Eliot Place in 1881
The census listing for 9 Eliot Place, Valentine's school, in 1881 has been posted before as below:
Head: George Valentine aged 39 born Bombay - Schoolmaster B.A.
Mother: Louisa Valentine aged 66 born Nevis, West Indies
Schoolmasters:
Mark Francis James Mann aged 25 born Guernsey - Assistant schoolmaster B.A.
Montague John Druitt aged 23 born Wimborne - Assistant schoolmaster B.A.
Pupils:
Henry S Liesching aged 17 born Ceylon
Ernest Borwick aged 16 born Walthamstow
William Walker aged 16 born Rosario, Argentine Republic
John D Mennie aged 16 born Poonah, India
W Reginald Ellis aged 16 born Sheffield
Edward A Ugielli aged 15 born London
Henry F Mackern aged 15 born Buenos Ayres, Argentine Republic
William F Tyler aged 15 born Wootton, Somerset
Albert Budge aged 15 born British Guiana
Julius C Savory aged 15 born London
Nathaniel B Winter aged 14 born British Guiana, New Amsterdam
George H Mackern aged 14 born Limerick, Ireland
Tufnell B Southgate aged 14 born Lee, Kent
Arthur Bousfield aged 14 born Lee, Kent
Douglas Ugielli aged 14 born London
This is the list as it has been posted on the message boards before. However, some recent searches I have done have shown that this list is incomplete and I now realise how this has happened. The whole of Eliot Place in 1881 is part of the following district listing:
London / Lewisham / Lee / District 4
This whole district consists of 83 pages, and the above listing for Valentine's school is on page 5 of 83. The next page (6 of 83) starts at 13 Eliot Place so it has previously been assumed that the list above is complete for Valentine's establishment, but this is not the case. What has happened is that the pages have been missorted prior to scanning and the continuation for Valentine's school occurs on pages 1 and 2 of this district. These extra entries list more pupils and the full domestic staff. Here is the full additional listing below:
George W Sherlock aged 13 born British Guiana
George Horm aged 13 born Killeagh, Cork
Geo. W Stanley aged 13 born Cambridge
Reginald Weston aged 13 born Clapham
Mordaunt C Crowe aged 13 born Canada
Robert W Ledger aged 13 born Southwark
Leonard Borwick aged 13 born Walthamstow
John C W Stanley aged 13 born Longstone Hall, Cambridge
St John Wagstaffe aged 12 born Portsmouth
The Honourable Walter Boyle aged 12 born London
Archibald C Higginson aged 11 born Gibraltar
Charles Randell aged 11 born Bexley, Kent
Claud H Moxon aged 11 born Clapham
Archibald Borwick aged 11 born Walthamstow
Archibald D Tilleth aged 10 born Fakenham, Norfolk
The Honourable Spencer Boyle aged 10 born London
William Crowe aged 10 born The Curragh, Ireland
Walter L D Scott aged 10 born Selkirk
Charles Cabe aged 10 born Abbey Wood, Kent
Walter B Randell aged 10 born Bexley, Kent
Cardley Liesching aged 9 born Ceylon
Charles Vane Tempest aged 10 born Austria
The Honourable Algernon Boyle aged 9 born London
Staff:
Frances Curtis aged 49 born Danbury, Essex - Housekeeper
Katherine Lemon aged 23 born Clandon, Surrey - Cook
Elizabeth Rastell aged 23 born Weedon, Northampton - Housemaid
Pleasance Green aged 21 born Wilton, Norfolk - Housemaid
Sarah Alderton aged 18 born Woolwich - Kitchen maid
Emily Hetherington aged 18 born Fetcham, Surrey - Housemaid
Mary Plumb aged 18 born Burnham, Norfolk - Needlewoman
Thomas Plumb aged 21 born Burnham, Norfolk - Manservant
Thomas How aged 15 born Colchester - Manservant
Elizabeth Sims aged 55 born Clerkenwell - Matron
This now complete listing shows that the age range of pupils taught by Druitt ranged in age from 17 to as young as 9. If the mysterious cause of Druitt's dismissal was one of misconduct either with one of his charges or one of the domestic staff - both of which have been suggested - then this now complete listing may include the name - not that we are ever likely to know!
The way I came across this is that one member of the domestic staff, Elizabeth Sims, was still with Valentine in 1891. The listing for that year is as follows:
Staff at 9 Eliot Place in 1891
Listing:
Head: George Valentine aged 49 born Bombay - Schoolmaster
Pupil: William E Johnson aged 15 born Kampsee, India
Nephew: John M Valentine aged 13 born Lee, Kent - Pupil
Elizabeth Sims (Widow) aged 65 born Clerkenwell - Boy's matron
Sarah Booker aged 56 born Clapton - Housekeeper
Susan M Godfrey aged 34 born Frittenden, Kent - Housemaid
Emma Dains aged 19 born Margaretting, Essex
Frederick S Tebbutt aged 18 born Woolwich - Footman
The census listing for 9 Eliot Place, Valentine's school, in 1881 has been posted before as below:
Head: George Valentine aged 39 born Bombay - Schoolmaster B.A.
Mother: Louisa Valentine aged 66 born Nevis, West Indies
Schoolmasters:
Mark Francis James Mann aged 25 born Guernsey - Assistant schoolmaster B.A.
Montague John Druitt aged 23 born Wimborne - Assistant schoolmaster B.A.
Pupils:
Henry S Liesching aged 17 born Ceylon
Ernest Borwick aged 16 born Walthamstow
William Walker aged 16 born Rosario, Argentine Republic
John D Mennie aged 16 born Poonah, India
W Reginald Ellis aged 16 born Sheffield
Edward A Ugielli aged 15 born London
Henry F Mackern aged 15 born Buenos Ayres, Argentine Republic
William F Tyler aged 15 born Wootton, Somerset
Albert Budge aged 15 born British Guiana
Julius C Savory aged 15 born London
Nathaniel B Winter aged 14 born British Guiana, New Amsterdam
George H Mackern aged 14 born Limerick, Ireland
Tufnell B Southgate aged 14 born Lee, Kent
Arthur Bousfield aged 14 born Lee, Kent
Douglas Ugielli aged 14 born London
This is the list as it has been posted on the message boards before. However, some recent searches I have done have shown that this list is incomplete and I now realise how this has happened. The whole of Eliot Place in 1881 is part of the following district listing:
London / Lewisham / Lee / District 4
This whole district consists of 83 pages, and the above listing for Valentine's school is on page 5 of 83. The next page (6 of 83) starts at 13 Eliot Place so it has previously been assumed that the list above is complete for Valentine's establishment, but this is not the case. What has happened is that the pages have been missorted prior to scanning and the continuation for Valentine's school occurs on pages 1 and 2 of this district. These extra entries list more pupils and the full domestic staff. Here is the full additional listing below:
George W Sherlock aged 13 born British Guiana
George Horm aged 13 born Killeagh, Cork
Geo. W Stanley aged 13 born Cambridge
Reginald Weston aged 13 born Clapham
Mordaunt C Crowe aged 13 born Canada
Robert W Ledger aged 13 born Southwark
Leonard Borwick aged 13 born Walthamstow
John C W Stanley aged 13 born Longstone Hall, Cambridge
St John Wagstaffe aged 12 born Portsmouth
The Honourable Walter Boyle aged 12 born London
Archibald C Higginson aged 11 born Gibraltar
Charles Randell aged 11 born Bexley, Kent
Claud H Moxon aged 11 born Clapham
Archibald Borwick aged 11 born Walthamstow
Archibald D Tilleth aged 10 born Fakenham, Norfolk
The Honourable Spencer Boyle aged 10 born London
William Crowe aged 10 born The Curragh, Ireland
Walter L D Scott aged 10 born Selkirk
Charles Cabe aged 10 born Abbey Wood, Kent
Walter B Randell aged 10 born Bexley, Kent
Cardley Liesching aged 9 born Ceylon
Charles Vane Tempest aged 10 born Austria
The Honourable Algernon Boyle aged 9 born London
Staff:
Frances Curtis aged 49 born Danbury, Essex - Housekeeper
Katherine Lemon aged 23 born Clandon, Surrey - Cook
Elizabeth Rastell aged 23 born Weedon, Northampton - Housemaid
Pleasance Green aged 21 born Wilton, Norfolk - Housemaid
Sarah Alderton aged 18 born Woolwich - Kitchen maid
Emily Hetherington aged 18 born Fetcham, Surrey - Housemaid
Mary Plumb aged 18 born Burnham, Norfolk - Needlewoman
Thomas Plumb aged 21 born Burnham, Norfolk - Manservant
Thomas How aged 15 born Colchester - Manservant
Elizabeth Sims aged 55 born Clerkenwell - Matron
This now complete listing shows that the age range of pupils taught by Druitt ranged in age from 17 to as young as 9. If the mysterious cause of Druitt's dismissal was one of misconduct either with one of his charges or one of the domestic staff - both of which have been suggested - then this now complete listing may include the name - not that we are ever likely to know!
The way I came across this is that one member of the domestic staff, Elizabeth Sims, was still with Valentine in 1891. The listing for that year is as follows:
Staff at 9 Eliot Place in 1891
Listing:
Head: George Valentine aged 49 born Bombay - Schoolmaster
Pupil: William E Johnson aged 15 born Kampsee, India
Nephew: John M Valentine aged 13 born Lee, Kent - Pupil
Elizabeth Sims (Widow) aged 65 born Clerkenwell - Boy's matron
Sarah Booker aged 56 born Clapton - Housekeeper
Susan M Godfrey aged 34 born Frittenden, Kent - Housemaid
Emma Dains aged 19 born Margaretting, Essex
Frederick S Tebbutt aged 18 born Woolwich - Footman
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