Emma Le Richeux 1830-1910

Born into a Huguenot family, her father was a stock & fancy linen manufacturer in Cheapside when she was born, in business with his brother Lewis. She a laundress before she married

Thorp Ancestry Family tree . I could put her ancestors onto a FS tree- I think!

1830. Emma Elizabeth Le Richeux was baptised on 18/8/1830 St Leonards, Shoreditch to John le Richeux and Elizabeth Smith - FS & FMP . Mistranscribed on Ancestry London Baptisms as Le Rickeny, address New North road, father a warehouseman !

1841C. ???

1851C.Emma Le Richeux , 20, laundress, was living with her mother, grandmother & brother at Frederick Cottage Sussex Road, Lambeth

Elizabeth le Richeux Head Married Female 46 1805 - Leicester, Leicestershire, England  
Emma le Richeux Daughter Unmarried Female 20 1831 Laundress Hoxton, Middlesex, England  
James le Richeux Son Unmarried Male 18 1833 Carpenter Apprentice Hoxton, Middlesex, England  
Elizabeth Smith Mother Widow Female 85 1766 - Not Known

1861C. Frederick Cottage Sussex Road, Lambeth . This just her parents!! Have not yet found her!

John le Richeux Head Married Male 59 1802 Warehouseman London, Middlesex, England  
Elizth le Richeux Wife Married Female 60 1801 - Leicestershire, England  
Emma le Richeux Daughter In Law Married Female 30 1831 Factory Forewoman Middlesex, England  
Edwin le Richeux Son Married Male 25 1836 Warehouseman Manchester, Lancashire, England  
Charlotte le Richeux Daughter Married Female 23 1838 Factory Forewoman Middlesex, England  
Lewis le Richeux Brother Married Male 57 1804 Warehouseman Middlesex, England  
Sanora le Richeux Granddaughter - Female 8 1853 Scholar Lambeth, Surrey, England  
Eliza Dorkins Servant Unmarried Female 16 1845 House Servant Middlesex, England

 

1863. Emma Le Richeux, 28, married George Evill West , 23, gentleman, , on 22/9/1863 in St John the Evangelist, Brixton, Lambeth- Ancestry Select Marriages Lambeth Sep 1863 . Also London Marriages. His father, George West, gentleman: hers John Le Richeux, gentleman. She was likely 2-3 months pregnant

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1864. George Harry West ws born Islington Jun 1864 . Baptised 19/6/1864, born 4/4/1864, address Eden Grove House, father a school teacher - Ancestry . Eden Grove House sounds to me like a school - but can find no reference to it!, other than it existed as someone's address in 1827!!

1866. Percy E L West was born Hastings Dec 1866 to parents George & Emma

1871C. G E West, 30 Clarinet Teacher is living Burgoynne Place, Lambeth with his wife, Emma, 35?, and 3 children

G E West Head - Male 30 1841 - Bath Somerset, England  
Emma West Wife - Female 35 1836 - Hoxton Middlesex, England  
George H West Son - Male 6 1865 - Holloway Middlesex, England  
Percy E West Son - Male 4 1867 - Hastings Sussex, England  
Kate A West Daughter - Female 2 1869 - Hastings Sussex, England

1873. Maude Lottie West baptised 7/9/1873at St Andrew, Stockwell Green, address 10 Burgoyne Place, father tutor

1875. Dora Ethel May West baptised 31/10/1875 at Brixton St. Matthew, address Burgoyne Road Stockwell, father tutor - Ancestry

1877-1881. The family move from Brixton to Camberwell

1881C. George Evill West, 40, mathematical tutor, is living with his wife, Emma, & 5 children at St Andrews Villa, 3 Underhill Road, Camberwell

George Evill West Head Married Male 40 1841 Mathmatical Tutor Bath, Somerset, England  
Emma West Wife Married Female 45 1836 - Middlesex, England  
George Harry West Son Single Male 16 1865 Clerk War Office Middlesex, England  
P E Le Richeux West Son Single Male 14 1867 Clerk Stationers Hastings, Sussex, England  
Kate A M West Daughter Single Female 12 1869 Scholar Hastings, Sussex, England  
Maude L West Daughter Single Female 7 1874 Scholar Brixton, Surrey, England  
Dora Ethel W West Daughter Single Female 5 1876 Scholar Brixton, Surrey, England  
Fred Geo Aldwell Boarder Single Male 19 1862 Clerk Government Brighton, Sussex, England

Kate, Maude & Dora West are thought to have been suffragettes - stated on Curious Fox . But Maude given as feeble minded in 1901C! I can find no reference to suffragette actions- has someone confused them with Rebecca West??, this an assumed name

Kate A M West 1868-1909. Dora Ethel West 1875-1922- FS

1891C. George E West, 40, mathematical master, is living with his wife, Emma, & 3 children at St Andrews Villas, Underhill Road, Camberwell

George E West Head Married Male 50 1841 Mathematical Master Bath, Somerset, England  
Emma West Wife Married Female 51 1840 - Middlesex, England  
George H West Son Single Male 27 1864 Civil Service P O S B Hastings  
Maud S West Daughter Single Female 17 1874 - Stockwell  
Dora E M West Daughter Single Female 15 1876 - Stockwell  
Frank Rathore Lodger Single Male 23 1868 French Master France  
Maria Woodman Visitor Widow Female 49 1842 Dressmaker Clapham

George & Emma had the following children: George Harry West 1865; Percy Edwin Le Richeux West 1866; Kate A M West 1869; Maude Lottie West 1873; Dora Ethel May West 1875

1901. Where is she?- her husband, married, a visiting Maths teacher, is in Lambeth . Eventually found Emma West, 71, living on her own means, via her daughter, Dora E M West, at 89 Talbot Road Paddington

Emma West Head Married Female 71 1830 Living On Own Means Not Known  
Maude L West Daughter Single Female 26 1875 Living On Own Means- feeble minded Brixton, Surrey, England  
Dora E M West Daughter Single Female 24 1877 Secretary Private Brixton, Surrey, England

 

1910. Emma Elizabeth West, 81, dies Wandsworth Jun 1910, on 6/4/1910 Streatham -FS- no probate

1911C. George Evill West, 70, widower, is living as a boarder at 24 Westwell Road, Streatham, Wandsworth

James Hitchcock Head Married Male Jobbing Gardener 64 1847 London Lambeth  
Eliza Hitchcock Wife Married Female - 62 1849 London Lambeth  
Edith Lousia Hitchcock Daughter Single Female - 35 1876 London Streatham  
Leon Victor Hammett Nephew Single Male Plumber 20 1891 London Streatham  
Caroline Tutt Friend Single Female - 48 1863 London Deptford Kent  
Henry Mitchell Boarder Widower Male - 87 1824 London St Pancras  
George Evill West Boarder Widower Male - 70 1841 London Bath Somerset  
Herbert Warrington Port Boarder Single Male Grocers Assistant 19 1892 London St Marys Relmver

1919. George E West, 77, dies Wandsworth Mar 1919- seemingly no probate

 

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