Druitt At Wedding of T W Stubbs

[aspallek]

I don't believe this has been posted before. Apparently, Stubbs was an Oxford mate of Druitt's.

[aspallek]

Stubbs appears to have died in 1899 at Stow-on-the-Wold. There is also a Thomas Walker Stubbs born in 1879 at Stow-on-the-Wold, who would likely be his son.

Ed. -- Indeed, he died 5 June 1899. Just realized that I've been through Stow-on-the-Wold many years ago on an outing to the Cottswolds with my wife.

[Mitch Rowe]

A Velvet Album with silver mountings?
Somehow I just cant picture the Ripper being so sentimental like that.
Druitt seems like a regular guy who had personal issues or he was JTR and very good at pulling the wool over everyones eyes.

[aspallek]

Probably a standard-type wedding gift. Not cheap but probably not terribly expensive, either.

Edit -- Sorry I forgot to give the citation for the article above: Jackson's Oxford Jornal, 6 July 1878.

[steje73]

'At half past two the happy pair left, amidst a shower of rice and slippers...'

Slippers? Who throws slippers at a wedding?

[Mitch Rowe]

Yes..Probably something standard. We dont know if Druitt made the choice himself or perhaps he had advice. Thanks for posting that. Any info on Druitt is greatly appreciated.

[Natalie Severn]

Thanks Andy,
But actually it doesnt tell us all that much about Druitt except that out of courtesy to his friend he sent him a gift for his wedding.
Best
Natalie

[aspallek]

Right Nats. But it does give us a glimpse at who some of his friends were.

[Robert]

Hi Steje

In the Frank Sinatra song "The Tender Trap" come the lines :

And all at once it seems so nice
The folks are throwing shoes and rice

So from slippers we go to shoes. Not heard of boots being thrown, though.

[Mitch Rowe]

Right Nats. But it does give us a glimpse at who some of his friends were.

Correct. Any info on Druitt is precious. One never knows if one of these people has written in a diary or something with a statement like. "Sept 29 1888, We all had a good time playing charades until the wee hours of the morning. Monty was the best of all. Afterwards he fell asleep on the davenport."

[Chris Scott]

Here are the details from the list of Oxford Alumni
The marriage was celebrated at Henley in 1878
Stubbs died in 1899 at the age of 42

[Chris Scott]

Thomas Walker Stubbs

1881
Quar Wood House, Lower Swell, Gloucs
Head: Thomas W Stubbs Esq. aged 24 born Ashton on Mersey, Cheshire - Income from dividends
Wife: Evelyn M Stubbs aged 23 born Akeley, Bucks
Child: Thomas W aged 1 born Lower Swell

By 1891 Stubbs had remarried:
Quar Wood, Lower Swell, Gloucs
Head: Thomas W Stubbs aged 34 born Ashton on Mersey - Living on own means
Wife: Kathleen H B Stubbs aged 33 born Dublin
Children:
Robin H aged 8
Daphne K aged 6 months
Both born Quar Wood

The second marriage took place at Brighton in 1890 and his second wife's maiden name was Kathleen Amelia Moon
Stubbs's first wife, Evelyn, died in Stow on the Wold in 1887 aged 29

[Sam Flynn]

Quar Wood, Lower Swell

...sounds rather rude, all told.

[Chris Scott]

I think I may have found the reason for Druitt's friendship with Stubbs. Stubbs appears to have been a keen cricketer, like Druitt, and played for Gloucestershire. Indeed in the listing I have found he was on the same teams as the great W. G. Grace. The report below is from the Times of 24 April 1889

[aspallek]

Good work, Chis. I wonder what happened to Stubb's eldest son. Was he away at boarding school at the 1891 census (aged 11) or had he died like his mum?