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****************************Source of George Musgrove's wealth discovered!!!!!!!January 2011 Read
the facinating details of this age old family mystery.
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Jason Clark
(great great grandson of George & Emily)
his wife Janine & children Tabitha, Josiah, Moses & Obidiah
celebate Jason's 40th birthday 23.07.2010
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2010 May - New Relations fron New Zealand
email received from descendant of Philip Luscombe Hollihgs
I found your website while
searching for information about my grandfather, Phillip Luscombe
Hollings. It was most interesting to read about his English history
and forebears as I knew very little about his life before he emigrated
to New Zealand. On your site you have that he married my grandmother,
Frances Elizabeth Perry and list 7 children. In fact they had 13
children, the 12th being my mother, Zoe Phillipa who was born in
1916 and is still alive in Wellington, NZ at the age of 94. I am
writing a book on my own life and wanted to include as much background
as I could about all my grandparents and their forebears too. Below
is an excerpt that you might be interested in.
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Phillip Luscombe Hollings emigrated to New Zealand in 1894.His bother
Alfred W G Hollings and family followed in 1904 .Phillip married
Fanny Elizabeth Perry in 1897. At the time of his marriage he was
managing clerk to Mr A. R Bunny, Masterton. Phillip was Mayor of
Masterton between 1902-03 and again 1908-1916. He was an outstanding
barrister and solicitor and was appointed to the magisterial bench
in 1919. In 1903 he took a case to the privvy council in England
and won it. Not bad for a boy raised in an English workhouse. There
is a plaque commemorating him on the band rotunda in the park at
Masterton. He died in 1931.
With your permission I would like to reproduce the photo of Mary
Hollings, 1801-1867, my great, great grandmother and the one of
her with her daughter, Mary Anne who was Phillip's sister in my
book.
If you would like any more information on the NZ family of Phillip
Hollings, please do not hesitate to email me.
Kind regards
Robin A Brown
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2009
October Hollings
Family
The first of our 'other related famillies' section covers
the Hollings and Bristow
families with information dating back to the early 1800's
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Syd Brooker's 70th
A fancy birthday card made by grandson 12 year old Daniel showing Syd Brooker in various stages of his life.
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M..............Maggie
Wilson's Christening
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Maggie Great great great
granddaughter of George & Emily
daughter of Eric & ............Francis
Wilson is baptised
in Stanley in County Durham.
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John Harris and Dave Wilson after many trips to the Essex Record Office found a part of what we have been looking for at least ten years
The accounts below show how George got his money but not who supplied it hopefully we will find out one day. The account on the left is from 'The Essex Weekly News' the one on the right is from 'The Essex County Chronicle' the two acconts of the court case vary slightly the one on the right you can read OK. The one on the left we've copied in the center of the page. You will read that our George was a bit of a rascal and that the basic truth is that someone set up a trust fund for his first wife Cristiana Musgrove (nee Aitchison) for £12,000 a huge sum of money in 1870 the average wage was about a one pound a week so it equals 230 years pay, a house could be bought for under a hundred pounds. It appears that a trust was set up with the £12,000 for the benefit of his first wife, on her death to George, on his death to their daughter Cristiana. Bare in mind that George's wife was to die within months of this settlement and that he married his second wife Emily within one month of her death.
Very special Christmas Greetings to you both and to your respective families! And a Beautiful Boxing Day! We were thrilled to receive your email last night with more updates. So sorry we haven't kept in touch but we are truly grateful to you both for your continuous patience and enthusiasm to research more information on the family. We have George's daughter, Christiana, visiting from Fiji. She is 20. Knowing the Langman family picked up again is a relief. I wonder how much Edward snr knew about his family after leaving home. We are shocked to learn that Dad's sister lived to 2001 and only wish we had known earlier and been able to make some contact with her. Do you think that maybe and just maybe, there could be others? Why was it so difficult for Edward to locate his family after the war?
Lots of questions huh, sorry about that. Well Christmas in America is still very special for our family. We gather together and cook up a feast. Today our menu includes Corned Beef and Gravy, Honey baked Turkey Breast, Fish in Coconut Milk, Baked Potatoes with Sourcream and other trimmings. Dessert includes a Strawberry Cheesecake and a Flan which is pretty much similar to the Creme Caramel. We have been snacking on all sorts of sweets and snacks this morning and will settle down to Christmas Dinner at 2pm. Is the tradition similar out there? Anyways, we hope your Christmas was special. Best wishes from our family to you all and hope to hear from you soon.
Curl and Ed
Hi John
Thankyou for the familytree.
Ed Snr was part of the British team who set up the Fiji Military Forces. Both sons have had the priviledge of accessing his docs but neither took copies out. We are hoping to talk with Geroge during the weekend. Time difference is a challenge and the weekend (Sat in USA and Sun in Fiji) is the only time we can chat with him. there is quite abit to provide you on Edward's history.
Edna recently visited Croydon in 2006 after accompanying a patient back to UK, visited Stag and Hounds but didn't know how to track anyone else. I began this research 8 years ago. Wrote many a letter to the UK registry. Often I research internet to see if anything new has been cyberspaced and voila, this time I found your site.
Yes you may upload photo and certificate.
I will be in touch soon.
Thanks much,
Curl
Hi Dave,
I found your webpage on the internet and wondered if you might be able to help me rule out your branch of Musgroves from the adoption of a boy at about 5yrs of age in around 1943?? (he was born on 14th May 1938 Dennis Gene Eaves) - all my Mother knew was that her half-brother was given up for adoption at 5yrs of age by her Mother - my Mother was born in 1947 so never met him other than seeing him in the back of a car as he drove past with the adopted family (she believes), his father is presumed to have been a G.I., and so far we've not managed to find anymore info (we have his original birth cert but no adoption record).
It is believed that the adopted family name was Musgrove and that there was a possibility of a greengrocer involvement but other than that we don't have alot more information.
If any of the Musgrove Family in Islington have the same date of birth would you be able to advise me at all ? Any assistance appreciated at this point.
I've been doing alot of research on ancestry.co.uk and genesreunited with the rest of the family tree but drawn a blank so far with this one.... we may be able to get the local council to research the adoption since the law recently changed to allow a sibling to look for an adopted sibling but even then they do not necessarily give you any info.
By the way your website is fascinating, a great read even if it's not the right people!
Kind regards,
Michelle
Greetings from Australia.
you very kindly added my story about my Mother's lost sibling (who she has been trying to trace for many years) to the newsflash page of your website, was just wondering if you'd had any leads at all?
I checked out your family tree and the Rupert Musgrove end is in the right area for the time, would you be able to tell me whether they were either Jewish/well off or any connection to the greengrocer trade at all? we are not far from Bexley where I see some of their descendants were married so may just end up going thru the phone book and making a few odd phone calls otherwise? lol...
any assistance appreciated and thankyou so much for adding that to your site!
Kind regards,
Michelle
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| George's
Story Updates Below
are the latest updates and additions to George's story. Select
link to George's Story below.
Part 1 1790 to 1871 Part 2 1871 to 1903 Part 3 1904 onwards 2011 February 1854 baptism Mary Ann Aitchison St Pancras 1891 a letter to George Musgrove from Australia. 2010 september 1849-51 Baptisms of Betsy & Emily Harris. July 1902 Marriage Walter Cole 1904 Marriage Jessie Cole 1872 Cole baptisms 1883 Ellen Bristow marries 1875 James Banfield Moore Harris marries twice. 1875 Baptism of George John Musgrove in Kennington. 1851 Burial of Christiana Musgrove St Martin in Fields June 1869 Baptism of Christiana Musgrove in Kennington. 1896 Rose & Crown Dunton Green, Sevenoaks. 1861 James Banfield Moore Harris & Family King Street Lambeth 1851 James Banfield Moore Harris St Martins Workhouse 1851 James Harris with grandparents Southwark 2009 December 1897 Birth Ivy Harris 1922 Update on Peggy ........Musgrove November 1947 Peggy Musgrove 1921 Herbert Musgrove ........Honeymoon October Added... 1859 Death of Thomas ........Arthington Bristow 1965 Ivy Musgrove Mayfield 1975 Ivy Musgrove Broadoak August Added... 1897 Chevening Church 1876 Harris Book of Common ........Prayer July Added... 1911 Census Charles Harris... 1906 New Trustees... 1900 Death George Musgrove 1900 Death G J Musgrove 1900 Ivy Musgrove remembers 1894 Musgrove family at Hamlet Terrace Baddow Rd Chelmsford 1902 Musgroves leave Broomfield 1887 Death Alice Florence Harris June Added... 1880 Musgrove's at Navestock 1891 Ada Harris marries Alfred ....... Edward DayDay 1948 Herbert & Ivy Musgrove at ........Lee Cottage Radnage 1895 Portrait Herbert Musgrove May Added... 1921 Ruff family in Shepherds .........................Bush London April Added... 1931 Marriage Winifred Digby... 1939 Marriage George Digby... March Added... 1908 Birth Ethel Langman... 1909 Death Ethel Langman 1911 Albury Street Deptford... 1953 Christiana Langman... 1921 Birth Joyce Digby... 1914 Birth & Death William Digby February Added... 1913 Lambert Harris's shops.. 1916 Birth Ruby Harris... 1911 Census Henry Cole... 1911 Census Thomas & ........Christiana Langman... 1911 Census John & Emily Ruff... January Added... 1910 Birth Blanche Digby... 1912 Birth Herbert Digby... 1911 Census Lambert William ........Harris Barnsbury... 1911 Census Rupert Musgrove ........and John Digby Coventry 1845 Birth of George Musgrove 1848 Birth of Ann Margaret ,,,,,,,,Aitchison... 1861 Census Ellen Aitchison... 1790 Thomas & Agnes ........Aitchison .........children Baptisms... 1824 George Aitchison moves ''''''''into Hertford Street... 1847 George Aitchison Marries ........Ellen Denny... 2008 December Added... 1897 Burial registers for Emily ........and Alice Musgrove... 1855 John Aitchison at Cook's ........Terrace St Pancras... November added... 1895 Burial Register for Daisy ........and Grace Musgrove... 1913 Trust fund agreement... 1956 Musgroves emigrate to ........Australia... 1855 Birth of Alice Bristow... 1861 Bristow's at Hoarwithy... 1881 Birth of Alfred Harris... 1879 marriage Lambert William ........Harris to Alice Bristow... October added... 1926 photos Aberdeen Road... 1922 Peggy Musgrove born... 1902 Digby Chelmsford shop... 1950 Rupert Musgrove at ........Seaford... 1922 Peggy Musgrove born... 1949 Peggy Musgrove married... 1935 Alice Harris Dies... 1937 Holidays in Kent... 1950's Musgroves at Radnage ..........and Whiteleaf... 1962 Ivy Musgrove at Princes Risborough... 1962-75 John and Lilly Digby death certs... |