Henry Octavius - note from my father
D.I.5 Henry Octavius Currie and his Issue
5. Henry Octavius b. 30.6.1834 Queen Anne Street, Marylebone bapt. 5.6.1835
mar. (1) 15.12.1859 St Paul’s Cathedral, Calcutta Meliora dau. of John Bowen Gumbleton of
Fortwilliam, near Lismore, Co. Waterford, Ireland
b. 1835 d. 30.5.1877 Fortwilliam
mar. (2) 1889(?) Moosomin, N.W.T., Canada Harriet Blanche b. Great Yarmouth ca 1864 dau. of
? Thompson, d. after 1910
Issue by 1st marriage
Sons a. Henry Gordon: b. 10.9.1862 bapt.4.10.1862 Lucknow Cantonments, India d. 17.5.1905
(1901 Census) Wholesale Distiller & Wine & Spirit Merchant of Roselands,
Bell Street, Sawbridgeworth, Herts
mar. 22.4.1890 Florence b. regd. 4th quarter 1863 St. Giles (1b 415) only child of
James Figgins (& Clara née Browne), type founder of 39 Tavistock Square, St. Pancras
Issue
Son i. George Henry Lowis: b. regd. 2nd quarter 1898 Chelsea (1a 380a), d. aft. 1923
D’ter ii. Florence Mary: b. regd. 1st quarter 1896 Kensington (1a 156), d.?
(1901 Census lists her as ‘Mary F.’)
mar. 2.7.1927 Alexander Windeyer Ralston b.27.11.1885 d. 29.9.1971
Of Australia.
(Issue 2 sons, 3 daus, 6 g-sons, 6 g-daus, 4 gg-sons, 4 gg-daus)
b. Mark Robert: b. 1.12.1863 bapt. 22.12.1863 Meerut, India d. 4.11.1903 Pretoria, RSA
mar. Ella Craven McLorg b. 27.10.1863 Beverstone Glos d. 1.3.1940 Minneapolis, Minn
dau of Edward McLorg (ca 1828-26.2.1873) & Mary Craven née Bannister
Issue
Sons i. Claude Francis: b. 9.10.1894 Superior, Wisc. d. 12.3.1954 Winnipeg, Man
mar. 10.8.1927 Eileen Margaret Bradshaw-Fullard b. 24.2.1901 Toronto Ont.
d. 5.4.1990 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
(Issue 3 sons, 1 dau, 3 adopt g-sons, 2 adopt g-daus, 1 gg-son, 2 gg-daus)
ii. Edward: b. 20.6.1899 (twin) d. unm. Minneapolis, Minn. 15.11.1967
Co-founder (with sister Constance) of Neighborhood House, St. Paul, Minn.
D’ters iii. Constance: b. Moosomin, N.W.T. 18.3.1890 d. unm. St. Paul, Minn. 14.11.1957
Co-founder (with brother Edward) of Neighborhood House, St. Paul, Minn.
iv. Margaret: b. 11.12.1892 Home Health-Aid, Minneapolis, Minn. Unm.
v. Agnes: b. 16.11.1895 m. Otto Stader, Veterinarian of Philadelphia, Pa.
(Issue 2 sons, 1 dau, 7 g-sons, 3 g-daus, + ?)
vi. Katherine: b. 20.6.1899 (twin) m. Minneapolis Francis Matson
(Issue 1 dau, 1 g-son, 2 g-daus)
c. James Maxwell (Jack): b. 18.2.1865 bapt. 10.3.1865 Meerut, India
d. Ypres, France, 25.5.1915
Volunteered for service in WWI, taking 5 years off his age to do so.
Mentioned in Dispatches 26.6.1915
mar. ca 1889 Isabella Wilkinson b. Scotland 18.8.1860, descendant of Hezekiah John
Merricks & Cecilia Wilkinson, owners of the Roslin Gunpowder and
Bomb Factory, Roslin, Midlothian
Issue
Sons i. James Percy (Jack): b. N.W.T. 1.6.1891
ii. Alfred Cecil: b. N.W.T. 2?.10.1892
D’ters iii. Frances Maud (Fanny): b. N.W.T. 14.?.1890
iv. Mylina Phyllis (Midge): b. N.W.T. ca 1895
D.I.5.d Issue of Henry Octavius Currie, sons by 1st marriage, (cont.)
d. William Edward Everard (Eddie): b. 9.2.1874 Hartley Wintney, Hants bapt. 9.3.1874
Crookham-cum-Ewshott, Hants d. 1958 Vancouver B.C.
Enlisted with Lord Strathcona’s Horse on 7.2.1900 for service in the
Boer War. Discharged 16.3.1901 with Queen’s Medal & 3 Clasps
mar. Annie Duff Pinkess d. 1974 Vancouver
Issue
D’ter
i. Ruth
mar. Stanley Hand d. Jan 1970 Vancouver
(Issue 1 son, 1 dau, 1 g-son 5 g-daus, 3 gg-sons 5 gg-daus, 1 ggg-son)
e. Gerald Ernest: b. 11.9.1875 Brentwood d. unm. 4.6.1911 The Cottage,Waterbeach,
Cambs. (Confined to a wheelchair for most of his life.)
f. John Gumbleton: b. Fortwilliam 25.4.1877 d. London 18.7.1940
mar. (1) ?.1.1907 Westminster Hilda Mary Hewke b. 26.1.1880 d. 23.1.1954 Horsforth
mar. (2) ca 1937 Dorothy Hill dsp.
Issue by 1st marriage
Sons
i. John Bowen Gumbleton (Rex) b. 15.6.1911 d. 1965
mar. (1) Dorothy ?
mar. (2) Peggy Kershaw
(Issue: 1 son by 1st marriage, 1 son 1 dau by 2nd)
ii. Derek b. 10.5.1917 Merton d. 21.2.1996
mar. (1) Leila b. 28.3.1914
mar. (2) Tove Holmberg b. 23.6.1926 Denmark
(Issue by !st mar.: 1 dau, 2 g-sons; by 2nd mar.: 2 daus, 3 g-sons)
D’ters
i. Moira (Bubby) b. 21.12.1907 d. 1986 Isle of Man
mar. (1) Joseph Steele Catford
mar. (2) Teddy Meyers
(Issue by 1st mar.: 1 dau, 1 g-son; by 2nd mar.: 1 son 1 dau, 3 g-sons 3 g-daus)
ii. Doris Greta b. 10.5.1917 Merton
mar. Sam Keenan
(Issue 2 sons 1 dau, 1 g-son 1 g-dau)
D’ters
a. Frances Isabella (Lily): b. 31.8.1860 bapt. 6.10.1860 Barrackpore, India d. unm.16.6.1938
Secretary of a small London Club.
b. Augusta Margaret: b. 30.8.1861 bapt. 19.9.1861 Dum Dum India d. 11.10.1926 Cambridge
mar. 1.2.1883 Ashfield Magna, Suffolk Rev. Henry Aldersey Swann b. 27.3.1853 Bedford
d. 27.12.1938 Cambridge
Issue (SWANN)
Sons
i. Edward Francis Aldersey (Frank): b. 7.12.1883 d. unm. ca 1910 Motorcycle dealer
D.I.5.d Sons of Augusta Margaret Currie and Lawrence Edmund Swann (cont.)
ii. Henry Leslie Aldersey: b. 2.9.1886 Gt Ashfield d. 25.12.48 Feltwell Norfolk
Major RASC WWI
mar. 28.10.1919 Evelyn May Herbert Hitchings d. ca 1984 Oxford
(Issue 1 son, 1 g-son 1 g-dau)
iii. Revd.Cecil Gordon Aldersey: b. 27.5.1888 Gt Ashfield d. 28.3.70 Margate, Kent
Suffragan Archdeacon E. Coast Madagascar, Vicar of Quendon, Essex
mar. 1.9.27 Lancaster Gate Hilda McMahon
(Issue 3 sons, 3 g-sons 4 g-daus, ?3 gg-daus)
iv. & v. Twins, died in infancy.
vi. Lawrence Edmund (Adam): b. 29.2.1899 Bury St Edmunds
d. 31.8.1981 Liskeard, Cornwall Solicitor, Ashford, Kent
RNAS Pilot Officer WWI, Lt. Col. 1st Bt. Kent Home Guard WWII
mar. (1) 21.4.1925 Beatrice Mary Acworth b. 4.8.1897 d. 30.6.1934
mar. (2) 1936 Winifried Evelyn Monica Waddington b. 14.8.02 d. ca 4.1965
mar. (3) 30.10.1965 Ivy Margaret (Peggy) Gray née Boyce b. 3.9.1908 d. 28.12.2000
(Issue by 1st marriage 1 son (me!) 1 dau, 2g-sons 3 g-daus, 3 gg-daus,
1 ggg-dau)
D’ter
i. Winifred Mabel Aldersey (Winnie): b. 2.9.1894 Bury St Edmunds
d. unm. 21.3.1969 Cambridge Nurse (St Thomas’ Hospital)
c. Meliora: b. 3.6.1866 bapt. 5.7.1866 Meerut, India d. Australia
Went to Australia as a missionary, and lost contact.
d. Henrietta Elizabeth (Netta): b. 17.7.1867 bapt. 20.8.1867 Landour, India
Deaconess
e. Evelyn Mabel: b. 20.9.1869 bapt. 10.9.1869 Benares, India
Lived as Companion to Aunt Fanny Gumbleton at Connemara, Middle Warberry,
Torquay.
mar. 1912 Edwin Cunningham Foot of Hope Cottage, Leigh Common, Colehill, Dorset
Issue (FOOT)
D’ter
i. Doris H J
f. Agnes (Annie): b. 4th quarter 1871 Kensington, d. in infancy
Issue by 2nd marriage
Son
a. Cecil J.: b. ? 3rd quarter 1898 Eastbourne Sussex (Eastbourne 2b 88 ‘Male’)
D’ters
a. Jessie Gertrude: b. ca 1891 Moosomin, N.W.T. Canada
mar. 1st quarter 1914 Eastbourne Hugh C. Murdoch (Eastbourne 2b 108)
b. Ethel Hilda: b. 4th quarter 1893 Tunbridge Wells, Kent (Tunbridge 2a 643)
c. Sybil Nora.: b. 2nd quarter 1897 Mayfield Sussex (Uckfield 2b 115)
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