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Chris Scott
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Chris
Post Number: 1676
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, February 06, 2005 - 11:05 am: | 
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Hi guys
I am working on a new section for the casebook and would appreciate your input. This will cover in as much detail as I can find the various doctors involved in the murders. This is my working list so far - any omissions, I would be grateful so I can include them and make it as full as possible
Many thanks
Chris
Doctors involved in the Whitechapel Murders
1) Emma Elizabeth Smith
George Haslip - House Surgeon (also listed as Dr. Hellier)
2) Martha Tabram
Dr. T. Killen, 68 Brick Lane
3) Mary Nichols
Henry Llewellyn
4) Annie Chapmen
George Bagster Phillips
5) Elizabeth Stride
Frederick William Blackwell, 100 Commercial Road
Edward Johnson, assistant to Blackwell and Dr. Kaye
6) Catherine Eddowes
G.W. Sequeira, 34 Jewry Street
William Sedgwick Saunders
Frederick Gordon Brown
7) The Whitechall Torso
Thomas Bond, The Sanctuary, Westminster Abbey
Charles Alfred Hibbert, assistant to Bond
8) Mary Jane Kelly
George Bagster Phillips
Thomas Bond
J.R. Gabe
Frederick Gordon Brown
9) Alice McKenzie
George Bagster Phillips
10) The Pinchin Street Torso
George Bagster Phillips
J. Clarke, assistant to Phillips
11) Frances Coles
F.J. Oxley
Others:
Thomas Openshaw (the Lusk letter)
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Frank van Oploo
Inspector
Username: Franko
Post Number: 479
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, February 06, 2005 - 12:58 pm: |
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Hi Chris,
According to a report by Chief Inspector Swanson Dr Phillips was also involved in Eddowes' case. He apparently didn't appear at the inquest, but together with Dr Brown, he was responsible for the post-mortem examination.
All the best,
Frank
"Every disadvantage has it's advantage."
Johan Cruijff
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Robert Charles Linford
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Robert
Post Number: 4041
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, February 06, 2005 - 1:02 pm: |
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Hi Chris
Bond took a look at McKenzie. Phillips also mentions the Chief Surgeon and his friend (whoever they were) plus Drs Brown, Clark, and a "Mr Boswick"(?) (from Sourcebook).
What about Mylett?
Robert |
Natalie Severn
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Severn
Post Number: 1568
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, February 06, 2005 - 2:15 pm: |
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Hi Chris,
There was a Doctor Wheeler of Mile End Road called to the Ada Wilson case 28/3/88 .He bandaged her wounds and ordered her to be taken to the London Hospital.
Interestingly he was the doctor who was called on 31/3/88 when Annie Millwood collapsed one month after she had been stabbed in Whites Row[25/2/88].Dr Wheeler of Mile End Road pronounced life extinct and the body was removed to the mortuary.
I am currently very intersted in the names of all the doctors,especially the police doctors called in on the case,some whose presence may not always have been recorded.So its great you are involved in researching them.
Bast Regards
Natalie |
Nina Thomas
Inspector
Username: Nina
Post Number: 227
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Monday, February 07, 2005 - 12:25 am: |
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Hi Chris,
I put a chart together to help me keep track of the doctors but it won't fit on here so I'll e-mail it to you.
Nina |
Nina Thomas
Inspector
Username: Nina
Post Number: 228
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Monday, February 07, 2005 - 12:38 am: |
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Chris,
That won't work either, it won't fit. Let me see what I can do and I'll get back to you.
Nina |
Nina Thomas
Inspector
Username: Nina
Post Number: 229
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Monday, February 07, 2005 - 12:59 am: |
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This should do it.
Martha Tabram
Dr. Timothy Robert Killeen / 68 Brick Lane
Mary Ann Nichols
Dr. Rees Ralph Llewellyn / 152 Whitechapel Road
Annie Chapman
George Bagster Phillips / 2 Spital Square
Elizabeth Stride
Frederick William Blackwell / 100 Commercial Road
Edward Johnson (Assistant to Blackwell) / 100 Commercial Road
George Bagster Phillips / 2 Spital Square
Dr. Rygate (At morgue)
Catherine Eddowes
George William Sequeira / 34 Jewery Street
William Sedgwick Saunders / 13 Queen Street, Cheapside
Frederick Gordon Brown / 17 Finsbury-Circus
George Bagster Phillips / 2 Spital Square
The Whitehall Mystery
Thomas Bond / 7 The Sanctuary
Charles Alfred Hibbert (Assistant to Bond)
Mary Jane Kelly
George Bagster Phillips / 2 Spital Square
Thomas Bond / 7 The Sanctuary
J. R. Gabe / Mecklenburg Square
Frederick Gordon Brown / 17 Finsbury-Circus
Dr. Duke
Rose Mylett
Chief Surgeon Alexander Mackellar
Thomas Bond / 7 The Sanctuary
Charles Alfred Hibbert (Assistant to Bond)
Dr. Mathew Brownfield / 171 East India Dock Road
Dr. Harris
Dr. M’Kenna
Elizabeth Jackson
Dr. Michael McCoy / 300 Commercial Road
Alice MacKenzie
George Bagster Phillips / 2 Spital Square
Thomas Bond / 7 The Sanctuary
Chief Surgeon Dr. Alexander McKeller
Frederick Gordon Brown / 17 Finsbury-Circus
Dr. Clark
Mr. Boswick (without Phillips permission)
Pinchin Street Torso
George Bagster Phillips / 2 Spital Square
J. Clark (Assistant to Phillips)
Frederick Gordon Brown / 17 Finsbury-Circus
Dr. Charles Albert Hibbert
Frances Coles
F. J. Oxley / Dock Street
George Bagster Phillips / 2 Spital Square
Nina |
Chris Scott
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Chris
Post Number: 1677
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Monday, February 07, 2005 - 4:38 am: |
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Nina
Many thanks for this - very useful indeed and much appreciated
Thanks to you other guys too for all your input
Chris |
Chris Scott
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Chris
Post Number: 1678
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Monday, February 07, 2005 - 4:20 pm: |
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Thanks again to all for the help. here is an example of the type of information I am compiling:
Dr Rees Ralph Llewellyn (born 1850/51)
Rees Ralph Llewellyn was listed at the time of the Whitechapel murders as living at 152 Whitechapel Road and indeed he lived at this address for a considerable period. He was the son of Llewellyn Llewellyn, who was also a doctor, and Emily Llewellyn, whose maiden name was Emily Culshaw. His father came from Brecknock in South Wales but had already moved to Whitechapel by the time he married his mother. This marriage was registered in the first quarter of 1850. Rees' mother died when he was still young - her death, at the age of 42, was registered in Whitechapel in the last quarter of 1870.
By the time of the 1871 census, the family, headed by Rees' widowed father, is already noted as living at the address which he still occupied in 1888.
1871:
152 Whitechapel Road
Head: Llewellyn Llewellyn aged 51 born Brecknock, South Wales - Medical practitioner M.D., L.S.A. - Widowed
Children:
Rees R aged 20
Walter aged 15
Arthur aged 13
Ernest aged 9
Eugene E aged 8
Reginald L aged 4
All children born in Whitechapel
Niece: Margaret Davies aged 30 born Brecknock, South Wales
Assistant: James W Hope aged 20 born Brecon - Medical assistant
Servants:
Ellen Wright aged 24 born Middlesex - Cook
Emma Burton aged 18 born Middlesex - Housemaid
Eugenie Mensburger aged 20 born France - Nurse
Rees' father, Llewellyn, died in Whitchapel in the second quarter of 1880, his age at the time of death being noted as 60. As far as can be traced, Rees Llewellyn never married, but lived with various of his siblings. By the 1881 census he was still at the same address, and the household was comprised as follows:
1881:
152 Whitechapel Road.
Head: Rees R Llewellyn aged 30 born Middlesex - Surgeon - Unmarried
Brother: Ernest E Llewellyn aged 19 born Middlesex - Medical Student
Sister: Eugene E Llewellyn aged 18 born Middlesex - Independent
Assistant: Charles J Fooks aged 23 born Cerne, Dorset - Medical Student
Servants:
Amy Sedgwick aged 17 (?) born Dee Church, Derby - Cook
Maria Louisa Smith aged 17 born Hertford - Housemaid
By 1891, three years after the Whitechapel murders, Llewlellyn was still at the same address and still living with his sister:
1891
152 Whitechapel Road
Head: Rees R llewellyn aged 40 born London - Physician and surgeon
Sister: Eugene E Llewellyn aged 28 born London - Living on her own means
Visitor: Marion Jaques aged 30 born London - Ladies companion
Assistant: Benjamin Badcock aged 33 born Chilham, Oxford - Physician and surgeon
Servants:
Annie Bayee aged 19 born Spalding, Lincs - Cook
Annie Dawson aged 20 born London - Housemaid
Finally, by 1901, the family had moved to Hackney. The exact date and circumstances of leaving Whitechapel are not known. By this time Rees was living with the same sister and two brothers, one of whom had followed him into the medical profession:
1901:
108 Stamford Hill, Hackney
Head: Rees R Llewellyn aged 50 born Whitechapel - Physician and Surgeon
Brother: Walter Llewellyn aged 45 born Whitechapel - Physician and Surgeon
Brother: Reginald L Llewellyn aged 34 born Whitechapel - Architect
Sister: Eugene E Llewellyn aged 38 born Whitechapel
Servants:
Edith G Jones aged 24 born Holborn - Cook
Eleanor M Jones aged 22 born Holborn - Housemaid
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Natalie Severn
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Severn
Post Number: 1570
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Monday, February 07, 2005 - 5:25 pm: |
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Hi Chris,
This is absolutely brilliant!I cant quite believe
it as I have been thinking how to access just exactly this type of information.And its fascinating too -after reading about these doctors to have such insights on them,who their folks were,whether they ever married,etc
Very instructive and valuable Chris,
Many Thanks
Natalie
Nina,
Thanks to you too.Excellent research on these doctors we keep reading about.
Thanks a lot,
Natalie |
Chris Scott
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Chris
Post Number: 1679
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Monday, February 07, 2005 - 5:59 pm: |
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Hi Natalie
Glad the info was of interest and I hope the section will be as well when it is done
All the best
Chris |
Suzi Hanney
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Suzi
Post Number: 2087
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Monday, February 07, 2005 - 6:15 pm: |
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Glad to know theres a doctor in the house when you need one!!
Brilliant eveyone! Great research! thanks!
Suzi
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Nina Thomas
Inspector
Username: Nina
Post Number: 230
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Monday, February 07, 2005 - 11:43 pm: |
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Hi Chris,
Great work on Dr. Llewellyn. I can't wait to read what you come up with on the other doctors.
The following link contains info on Thomas Openshaw that may be of help.
http://www.bartsandthelondon.org.uk/aboutus/master_surgeon.asp
Nina
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Robert Charles Linford
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Robert
Post Number: 4047
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 08, 2005 - 4:40 am: |
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Great stuff, folks. Very interesting.
Robert |
John Ruffels
Inspector
Username: Johnr
Post Number: 342
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 08, 2005 - 5:05 am: |
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Hey,
There is just one doctor supposed to have been closely involved in ALL the canonical Ripper
murders, missing from your comprehensive list.
His name?
Why, Doctor Montague John Druitt, of course! |
Chris Scott
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Chris
Post Number: 1680
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 08, 2005 - 10:43 am: |
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George Bagster Phillips (1835/36 - 1897)
Phillips was born in Camberwell, Surrey. The exact year is unknown as it predates the establishment of national registers for Birth, Marriage and Death records in 1837. By the time of the 1871 census he was already established at the address in Spital Square which he was to occupy until the time of the Whitechapel murders and after. In 1871 he is listed as still unmarried, sharing his residence with one assistant and one servant:
1871:
2 Spital Square, Norton Folgate
Head: George B Phillips aged 36 born Camberwell, Surrey - Surgeon M.R.C.S. - Unmarried
Boarder: William Neale aged 55 born Yarmouth, Norfolk - Assistant
Servant: Mary Ann Frost aged 29 born Fusing, Essex
Phillips married shortly before the 1881 census. The union is registered in Kensington in the third quarter of 1880 (Volume 1a Page 146) and the maiden name of his spouse is given as Eliza Toms. The 1881 census listing shows him and his new wife still at the same address:
1881:
2 Spital Square, Norton Folgate
Head: George B Phillips aged 46 born Camberwell, Surrey - General Practitioner, M.R.C.S., L.S.A.
Wife:
Eliza Phillips aged 42 born Chard, Somerset
Assistant: Geoffrey McCarthy aged 42 born Connemara, Ireland - Assistant L.S.A.
Servants:
Emily Gristwood aged 30 born Brompton - Cook
Sarah Long aged 18 born Stepney - Housemaid
The couple, who appear to have had no children, and a growing household of assistants and servants, was still at Spital Square in 1891:
1891:
2 Spital Square, Norton Folgate
Head: George B Phillips aged 56 born Camberwell, Surrey - Surgeon, registered General Practitioner
Wife: Eliza Phillips aged 52 born Chard, Somerset
Locum Tenens: Henry D Halliday aged 47 born Bridgwater, Somerset - Surgeon, registered General Practitioner
Servants:
Mary Adams aged 34 born Islington
Selina J Duncan aged 20 born Darlington, Durham
Caretaker: Charlotte Woodhouse aged 57 born Hibbard, Norfolk
Visitor: Maria Turner aged 74 born Beccles, Suffolk
We do not find Phillips listed in the 1901 census as he died in 1897. His death was registered in Whitechapel (Volume 1c Page 198) in the last quarter of 1897 and his age at the time of death was given as 63.
By the time of the census, his widow, Eliza, had gone to live with her unmarried sister in Finchley:
1901:
Snowdon Cottage, Holden Avenue, Finchley, Middlesex
Head: Sarah Toms aged 65 born Chard, Somerset - Living on own means
Sister: Eliza Phillips aged 62 born Chard, Somerset - Living on own means
Servant:
Ada L Pascoe aged 22 born Lambeth - General servant
Chris |
Chris Scott
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Chris
Post Number: 1681
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 08, 2005 - 11:21 am: |
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Frederick William Blackwell 1852 - 1900
Blackwell came from a Northampton family which appears to have no immediate medical background. His own place of birth is given variously as Edgbaston or Birmingham in Warwickshire. He was the son of James Blackwell, a tailor, and Harriet Blackwell, who may have been some kind of teacher, her profession being given only as "Private School." He had one sibling, a sister named Elizabeth, six years younger than him. He was still living with the family at the time of the 1871 census, and it would appear that he had initially set out on a pharmacological career rather than a general medical one:
1871:
359 Bristol Road, Edgbaston, Warwickshire
Head: James Blackwell aged 57 born Harpole, Northants - Tailor and draper
Wife: Harriet Blackwell aged 48 born Kettering, Northants - Private school
Children:
Frederick W aged 19 born Birmingham - Dispenser to Surgeon, Registered Student of the Pharmacological Society
Elizabeth aged 13 born Edgbaston
Servant:
Mary Jane Ryder aged 16 born Stourbridge, Worcestershire.
By 1881 Blackwell had moved to London and was already established at the address in Commercial Road which he was to occupy until the time of the Whitechapel murders. At this stage he was still unmarriied and his status is given as that of a Medical Assistant:
1881:
100 Commercial Road
Head: Frederick W Blackwell aged 29 born Birmingham - Medical Assistant, L.S.A. London, A. Phar. Soc. London
Boarder:
Charles W Maddison aged 26 born Boston, Lincs - Medical Student
Servants:
Davis Rees aged 24 born Glamorgan - Chemist's assistant
Esther Lee aged 52 born Norton, Herts - Housekeeper
In 1891, three years after the murders, Blackwell was still at the same address and by this time had married. His wife's name is given as Anne Blackwell and the couple had a son, James Ernest Blackwell, whose birth was registered in St George in the East in the first quarter of 1889 (Volume 1c Page 398)
1891:
100 Commercial Road
Head: Frederick W Blackwell aged 39 born Edgbaston, Warwickshire - General practitioner, L.R.C.R. Ed. registered
Wife: Anne D Blackwell aged 39 born Brackley, Oxford
Son: James E Blackwell aged 3 (?) born Commercial Road
Boarders:
William M Bartlett aged 29 born Stonehouse, Devon - Chemist's assistant
Patrick J Casey aged 38 born Bruff, Ireland - Medical
Servants:
Maria F Hayhorn aged 24 born Camberwell - Nurse
Alice Donnitburn aged 26 born Bromley by Bow - Domestic Servant
Blackwell himself is not listed in the 1901 census as he died in 1900. His death was registered in Rochford, Essex and his age at death given as 49 (Volume 4a Page 334.)
In 1901, Blackwell's son, James Ernest, is listed as a boarder in a school in Leigh Essex. The address is Cliff Lodge School, Cliff Road, Leigh, Essex and the master of the school was John henry Howell aged 45. The boy's details are given as:
Boarder: James Ernest Blackwell aged 12 born St George's, London.
By 1901 Blackwell's widow was also located in Essex and details are given of two further children which the couple had had:
Address: Inverary, Leigh Road, Prittlewell, Essex
Head: Ann S Blackwell aged 49 born Brackley, Oxford - Living on own means - Widowed
Children: Frank aged 8 born Forest Gate, Essex
Dorothy M aged 4 born London
Servant:
Elizabeth King aged 21 born Foulness Island, Essex
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Joan Taylor
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Sunday, February 06, 2005 - 11:34 am: |
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How very helpful, Chris. I will have a look out for what I can find.
It may be aswell to have a subsection on Gull and his associates, before people introduce one! |
Natalie Severn
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Severn
Post Number: 1574
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 08, 2005 - 4:22 pm: |
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Many Thanks Chris for these fascinating insights into the Doctors and their families and their families occupations! Practically the whole of Whitechapel circa 1888 becomes "knowable" through such splendid research!Its amazing how many characters you alone have introduced us to-who married who and when,what they did for a living,what streets they resided in-even who might have known whom looking back at Kosminski
when he lived in Sion Square for example.
Sometimes I think its the people we dont read about in the books that might hold the key to the mystery----those that didnt come forward who may have known.
I always think too that someone who the women didnt fear,who had a right to be walking the streets at night such as an on duty doctor or doctors assistant or even one of the police who walked those streets as part of their beat,that it may be worth investigating their background
----not especially the Phillips type that was in attendance at so many inquests but people like Blackwell for example,
Anyway thanks for giving Whitechapel such life! |
Chris Scott
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Chris
Post Number: 1682
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 08, 2005 - 5:17 pm: |
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George William Sequeira born 1859
Sequeira came firmly from a medical background and also from the Whitechapel area. He was the son of Henry and Amelia Sequeira. His father was a surgeon, and there is another medic named Sequeira, James, who was firmly attached to the Whitechapel district. From his age, I think it most likely that this James Sequeira was Henry's brother, and thus George's uncle, but that is not yet proven.
The address we are given for Sequeira at the time of the murders, 34 Jewry Street, has previously been occupied by his parents, but the first address at which we find the family is at a different dwelling in the same street:
1871:
1 Jewry Street, Aldgate, London
Head: Henry Little Sequeira aged 43 born 132 Whitechapel High St. - Surgeon M.R.C.S., L.A.S., F.O.S.
Wife: Amelia Sequeira aged 41 born Peckham
Children:
Amelia Louisa aged 15
George William aged 12
James Baily aged 4
Alfred Edmund aged 1
All children born Jewry St., City
Assistant:
Charles Hale aged 28 born Shaftesbury - Surgeon's assistant
Servant:
Mary Sophia Millard aged 28 born Whitechapel
It was by the time of the 1881 census that the family had relocated to the 34 Jewry Street address at which George was still living in 1888:
1881:
34 Jewry Street, St Katherine Cree, London
Head: Henry L Sequeira aged 56 born Whitechapel - General Practitioner and Surgeon
Wife: Amelia Sequeira aged 51 born Peckham - Surgeon's wife
Children:
Septimus W aged 8 born Aldgate
Assistant:
William E Goodwill aged 19 born Scarborough - Medical Assistant, Associate of Arts, Oxford
Servant:
Maria Oliver aged 27 born Romford
George William by this time would have been 22 or 23 years of age, but I have been unable to locate him under that name at all in 1881. We next hear of him in the last quarter of 1886, when he married Georgiana Peachey, the marriage being registered in Lambeth (Volume 1d Page 854.)
However, there is an 1881 listing for the James Sequeira mentioned above, possibly George's uncle.
23 Cassland Road, London
Head: James Scott Sequeira aged 52 born Whitechapel - General Practitioner M.R.C.S., L.S.A.
Wife: Maria R Sequeira aged 46 born Lambeth
Children:
James H aged 15
Ernest R aged 13
Walter S H aged 11
Clara R L aged 9
All children born in Whitechapel
Sister:
Louisa Sequeira aged 56 born Whitechapel - Independent
Visitor:
Isabel Wylie aged 10 born Liverpool
Servant:
Marian H Stone aged 30 born Southwark
As Henry is listed in 1881 as aged 56 and born in Whitechapel, and James is aged 52 and born in Whitechapel, this, coupled with the very unusual surname, makes their being brothers a strong possibility.
There is yet another Sequeira houshold with medical connections listed in 1881, with connections to Aldgate.
156 Tulse Hill, Lambeth, Surrey.
Head (Daughter): Amelia L Sequeira aged 25 born Aldgate
Sons:
John B Sequeira aged 14 born Aldgate
Henry J Sequeira aged 23 born Aldgate - Medical Practitioner L.S.A. 1880 University of London Matriculated 1874
Visitors:
Sarah M Brook aged 75 born Camberwell
Henry J Halford aged 26 born Clerkenwell - Artificial Eye maker
Servants:
Augusta Carter aged 17 born Iver - Cook
Harriet Bosley aged 16 born Old Cleeve, Somerset - Housemaid.
This household is extremely odd. The head of household is also listed as "daughter". The two male residents listed as "sons" cannot possibly be her sons because of the ages. This Amelia L Sequeira is the same Amelia Louisa listed in 1871 as George William's older sister. The only child still living with the parents in Jewry Street was Septimus. Although the names are different, the other details for the two "sons" fit for Amelia's two younger brothers. James Baily aged 4 in 1871 becomes John B aged 14 in 1881. George William aged 12 in 1871 becomes Henry J aged 23 in 1881. If this is the case, why the change of name would have happened is unknown. The most likely scenario is, in my opinion, that Henry and Amelia set their three oldest children up in a separate household in Tulse Hill. Therefore Henry would nominally have been the householder, and the three would correctly have been listed as his daughter and sons. The only brother Amelia had of about the age of 23 at that time was George William, and I am therefore reasonably confident that the Henry J listed is, in fact, him. But, again, the name change is a mystery.
We are back on firmer ground by 1891. This was after George William's marriage and he and his wife had moved out of London to Essex and had already produced a young family:
1891:
6 Arlington Villas, Fairlop Road, Leyton, Essex
Head: George W Sequeira aged 32 born London City - Registered general practitioner
Wife: Georgianna aged 28 born Woodford, Essex
Children:
Horace aged 3 born London City
Edmund aged 2 born Dulwich, Surrey
Ida aged 10 months born Leytonstone
Servants:
Ellen Edmonds aged 21 born Mile End
Minnie L Simpson aged 18 born Canning Town
By 1891 the family was still in Essex, though at a different address and are listed as follows:
1901:
Daleleigh, Wellington Road, Edmonton, Middlesex
Head: George W Sequeira aged 42 born City of London - Surgeon
Wife: Georgiana Sequeira aged 37 born Woodford:
Children:
Horace aged 13 born Aldgate
Ida aged 10 born Leytonstone
Marion aged 8 born Leytonstone
Bertha aged 5 born Wandsworth
Boarder:
Gertrude Sequeira aged 22 born Upton Park - Companion
Servant:
Florence E Arnold aged 25 born Enfield
Who this Gertrude Sequeira is I have been unable to trace and to whom she is a "companion" is not clear. |
Chris Scott
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Chris
Post Number: 1683
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 08, 2005 - 5:19 pm: |
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Hi Natalie
thanks again for the comments and glad you are enjoying the thread
Chris |
Jeffrey Bloomfied
Chief Inspector
Username: Mayerling
Post Number: 571
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 08, 2005 - 8:42 pm: |
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Hi Chris,
I am guessing that it is the doctors handling the autopsies that most interest you, but I wonder if you are including
Dr. Sir William Gull
Dr. Thomas Neill Cream
Dr. Thomas Dutton
and even George Chapman, who was supposedly a barber surgeon in Poland and Russia.
Also Dr. Forbes Winslow.
By the way, regarding Dr. Blackwell's younger sister Elizabeth. I recall that the first female doctor to practice in the United States was Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, and I believe she was English originally. Is it possible that this is the same woman?
Jeff |
Chris Scott
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Chris
Post Number: 1686
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 9:42 am: |
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Hi Jeff
Initially I am looking at the doctors who were originally involed in the Whitechapel murders i.e. were consulted in their professional capacity. The others you mention would certainly would be worth a look! I have already done some work on Thomas Dutton which is elsewhere on the message boards
The comment about Elizabeth Blackwell was knew to memand certainly interesting. I'll see what I can find!
Thanks
Chris |
Chris Scott
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Chris
Post Number: 1687
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 10:22 am: |
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Dr. Rygate
This medic poses a problem in that in the report that mentions him (The Times 4 October 1888) we are only given his surname. This states that he was present at the post mortem on Elizabeth Stride. Phillips says: "At 3 p.m. on Monday at St. George's Mortuary, in the presence of Dr. Rygate and Mr. Johnston, Dr. Blackwell and I made a post-mortem examination."
The Rygate family was one which produced a number of doctors, headed by John James Rygate. The family is listed in 1871 as follows:
1871:
126 Cannon Street Road, London
Head: John James Rygate aged 46 born Grays, Essex - Bachelor of Medicine
Wife: Emma Rygate aged 45 born Middlesex
Children:
B (Male) aged 18 born St George's east - Medical Student
Ada H aged 15 born St George's East
David John aged 13 born Mile End
John Richard aged 11 born Mile End
Reginald aged 10 born Mile End
H Jane aged 5 born St George's East
Servants:
Margaret Lane aged 18 born Harwich, Essex
Hannah (?) Lane aged 16 born Harwich.
By the time of the 1881 census the family was still together and living in the same road but at a different number:
1881:
116 Cannon Street Road, London:
Head: John James Rygate aged 56 born Essex - Surgeon
Wife: Emma Rygate aged 50 born London
Children:
Benjamin R aged 28 - Surgeon
Adela Harriet aged 24
Daniel John aged 23 - Surgeon
John Richard aged 22 - Medical Student
Reginald aged 20 - Medical student
Phoebe (?) aged 15
All children born in London
Servants:
Alice Irish aged 23 born London
Amelia Mazle aged 24 born Gibraltar
By 1891 I can find no trace of John James or Emma Rygate, the parents, but have been unable to find a date of death for either. The family had split up and the three sons for whom I have been able to find records for 1891, all of whom were doctors, had all left London. They are listed as follows:
1891:
5 Jesus Lane, Cambridge
David Rygate aged 33 born London - Surgeon
Servants:
Eliza Russell aged 37 born Cambridge
James Payne aged 13 born Cambridge - Page
The Vicarage, Wardington, Oxfordshire:
Lodger:
Reginald Rygate aged 30 born Mile End - General medical practitioner
(Head of household - William Bonham aged 72 - Carpenter and joiner)
The Village, Weston Zoyland, Somerset
Head: John R Rygate aged 32 born London - Duly registered general practitioner
Servant:
Selina Bastable aged 22 born Burrowbridge, Somerset
I would suggest that the Dr Rygate who was present at the inquest on Stride was one of these sons, but until we can definitely establish the date of death of John James Rygate we cannot absolutely rule him out.
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Chris Scott
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William Sedgwick Saunders 1825-1901
Saunders was of a Devon background, was twice married and had three children by his two wives. By the time of the 1871 census the family were already settled in London:
1871:
13 Queen Street, City of London
Head: Wm. Sedgwick Saunders aged 46 born Plymouth, Devon - Physician
Wife:
Lydia Saunders aged 26 born London
Children:
Eliza aged 18
Sedgwick aged 16
Both children born in London
Servants:
Thomas Ingall aged 21 born London - Manservant
Annie Eades aged 24 born Warfield, Berks - Housemaid
Sarah Eades aged 31 born Warfield - Cook
Anne Stany aged 17 born Berks - Housemaid
Visitor:
Alice Eades aged 17 born Warfield - Housemaid
By 1881 the Saunders family had moved out of London and were living in kent:
1881:
Elmstead Wood, Elmstead Lane, Bromley, Kent
Head: William S Saunders aged 56 born Plymouth - Doctor L.C.O.P.
Wife: Lydia Saunders aged 37 born Middlesex
Children:
Godfrey aged 6 born Chislehurst, Kent
Servants:
Eliza Stockley aged 27 born Corfe Castle, Dorset - Parlourmaid
Margaret Warner aged 27 born Springfield, Essex - Cook
Harriet Friswell aged 24 born Bedworth, Warwickshire - Housemaid
Mary Stockley aged 17 born Corfe Castle, Dorset - Nurse
Henrietta Leopard aged 28 born Thorpe, Kent - Kitchen maid
1891 saw the family back in London and living at Kensington:
1891:
58 Onslow Gardens, Kensington
Head: William S Sanders (sic) aged 66 born Plymouth - Registered Physician
Wife: Lydia Sanders aged 47 born City of London
Children:
Eliza aged 38 born City of London
Godfrey W aged 16 born Clidehurd, Kent
Visitors:
Kate H Noddall aged 29 born Gosport - Living on own means
Frances M Noddall aged 32 born Gosport - Living on own means
Servants:
Emily Jones aged 31 born Bow
Esther Cassidy aged 36 born Plymouth
Alice Oliver aged 36 born Staplecross, Sussex
Eliza Bedford aged 25 born Kensington
Saunders' death was registered in Kensington in the first quarter of 1901 at the age of 75 (Volume 1a Page 129)
It is evident from the age of Eliza Saunders in 1871 that she was not the mother of the two children listed in the family. Therefore, Saunders must have had a previous marriage. In fact he was married for the first time in 1850 in Brighton but I have yet to verify the name of his first spouse. I have been unable to trace the marriage details for William and Eliza to date. |
Nina Thomas
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Hi Chris,
The 1901 census has a listing for a John Rygate
Age: 76
Born: Essex Grays
Administrative County: Essex Sussex
Civil Parish: Hove
Occupation: Bachelor of Medicine Retired
http://www.1901census.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
I found the following on a Dr. Rygate listing him as medical officer for St. George’s East.
1885
"Vestries and Board of Works" London 1885
St. Georges in the East, Vestry Hall, Cable St, E.,.
Clerk T.G. HARRISON
Medical Off. Dr. RYGATE, mb,
Analyst W.C. YOUNG
Surveyor George A. WILSON
1888
The annual report of the medical officer of health, Dr Rygate, showed the East End had: the lowest marriage rate (10.4 per 1,000 as against 16.2 for the metropolis - the lowest on record); the highest birth rate (always found in the poorest and most densely populated areas) of 39.5 per 1,000 and the highest death rate of 28 per 1,000.
1898
Interview with Dr Rygate, medical officer St George's East, January 1898
http://booth.lse.ac.uk/cgi-bin/do.pl sub=search_catalogue_pages&arg0=rygate&arg1=and
I believe that you are correct in that it was one of Dr. Rygate’s sons as he was retired in 1901 and most likely would have been retired three years earlier at the age of 73.
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Chris Scott
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Frederick Gordon Brown born 1842
Frederick Brown was London born and bred but his wife and her family came from Essex and, as we shall see, he became closely linked with members of his wife's family. A number of them came to live with the couple and one of them ended up as Brown's professional partner.
Brown married Emily Appelford in the first quarter of 1869. The marriage was registered in Witham in Essex (Volume 4a Page 360). We first see the couple in 1871 in the census returns. They were living in St Mary Axe which was very close to Mitre Square. At the time of the census the couple were being visited by Brown's wife's parents and the full liting is as follows:
1871:
29 St Mary Axe, London
Head: Frederick G Brown aged 29 born London - General Practitioner in Medicine M.R.C.S. M.S.A. L.M. Undergraduate
Wife: Emily Brown aged 24 born Coggeshall, Essex
Visitors:
William Appleford aged 69 born Coggeshall, Essex - Miller
Bithiah Appleford aged 60 born Colchester
Servant:
Elizabeth Maskill aged 37 born London
The address given for Brown at the time of the Whitechapel murders was 17 Finsbury Circus. By 1881 the couple were living in the Circus but at a different number, in fact next door to their future abode:
1881:
16 Finsbury Circus, London
Head: Frederick G Brown aged 39 born St Botolph, Bishopsgate - Married - General Pracritiioner M.R.C.S. M.S.A. L.M. London
Sister: Frances M Brown aged 46 born St Botolph
Servants:
Jane Lenton aged 21 born South Betherton, Somerset - Cook
Alice Smith aged 23 born Holbrook, Suffolk - Housemaid
Mary C Arnold aged 13 born Hoxton
It will be noticed that Brown's wife, Emily, is not listed above. This does not mean there had been some marital rift. In fact I have traced that at the time of the census she was visiting a household in Surrey, that of another surgeon. The circumstances of this visit and the relationship between the Smee and the Brown families, of course, is not known:
The Grange, Hackbridge Road, Beddington, Surrey
Head: Alfred H Smee aged 39 born London - Surgeon
Wife: Jane Smee aged 40 born Beakford, Middlesex
Grand Aunt:
Emma Smee aged 78 born Kensington
Visitors:
Sarah Jones aged 31 born Deal, Kent
Emily Brown aged 33 born Coggeshall, Essex - Surgeon's wife
Servants:
Lydia Adams aged 28 born Winkfield
Elizabeth Ashford aged 43 born Exeter
Emily Woodbine aged 24 born Drayton
Mary Field aged 18 born Camberwell
The family had moved to No 17 by 1891 and by this time the household included Brown's sister Fanny (the Frances listed in 1881) and two sisters of his wife. His partner is listed as Stephen Appleford, his brother in law:
1891:
17 Finsbury Circus, London
Head: Frederick G Brown aged 49 born City of London - Surgeon
Wife: Emily Brown aged 44 born Coggeshall
Sister: Fanny M Brown aged 56 born City of London
Sisters in Law:
Ellen B Appleford aged 46 born Coggeshall
Fanny C Appleford aged 40 born Coggeshall
Servants:
Susan Weyman aged 36 born Little Downham, Cambridge
Jane Swain aged 28 born Theberton, Suffolk
Alice Forth aged 20 born Bucklers End, Somerset
John Clayson aged 14 born Dover - page
Partner:
Stephen H Appleford aged 39 born Coggeshall - Surgeon
By 1901 the houselhold had grown even more. His wife's two sisters werw still living with the couple but had now been joined by three cousins. Why all these relatives came to be living with Frederick and his wife is not known, but it would be fascinating to know. William Appleford, his wife's father, died in Witham in 1874 at the age of 72. It may well have been this that prompted the move of the two sisters.
1901:
17 Finsbury Circus, London
Head: Frederick Gordon Brown aged 59 born London City - Surgeon
Wife: Emily Brown aged 54 born Coggeshall
Sisters (sic):
Ellen B Appleford aged 56 born Coggeshall
Fanny Caroline Appleford aged 50 born Coggeshall
Cousins:
Agnes Louisa Greenall aged 47 born Walthamstow
Annie Ethel Gibbons aged 27 born Wantage, Berks
Florence Minnie Gibbons aged 23 born Wantage, Berks
Servants:
Clara Amelia Rider aged 39 born Rotherhiths
Flora Rose Hills aged 19 born Merton
Annie Louisa Clark aged 19 born Hornsey
Bernard Harley aged 14 born Albrighton, Shropshire - Page
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Chris Scott
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Charles Alfred Hibbert, assistant to Dr. Bond
I have only been able to trace one Charles Hibbert who was engaged in a medical career. His middle initial is consistenly given as H and not A for Alfred. Also he was from Cheshire, and all three census listings below give him as living in the town in that county in which he was born. If this is the Charles Hibbert who assisted Bond, he must have come to London at some time in the 1880s to further his medical training. At the time of the murders, this Hibbert would have been 17 or 18 years of age. I cannot prove this is the Hibbert involved, but is the only person of that name engaged in medicine during this period that I have been able to find.
1881:
Low Marple, Cheshire
Head: James Thomas Hibbert aged 50 born Marple - Surgeon
Wife: Mary Hibbert aged 50 born Compstall, Cheshire
Children:
Sarah W aged 18
Ellen A aged 16
Edith A aged 14
Florence M aged 11
Charles H aged 10
All children born in Marple
1891:
The Surgery, Low Marple, Cheshire
Head: Mary Hibbert - Widowed - aged 60 born Marple
Children:
Sarah W aged 28
Florence M aged 22 - Assistant teacher
Charles H aged 20 - Medical student
All children born Marple
Other:
Henry C Bradley aged 59 born Preston, Lancs - Medical duly registered
1901:
Brabyns Brow, Marple, Derbyshire
Head: Mary Hibbert aged 70 born Compstall, Cheshire
Children:
Sarah W aged 38
Florence M aged 32 - Assistant elementary teacher
Charles H aged 30 - Medical Practitioner Surgeon
All children born in Marple
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Natalie Severn
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Hi Chris,I"m off for a few days but will look up this thread with eager anticipation when I get back---great work Chris!
Natalie |
Chris Scott
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Thomas Bond 1842 - 1901
Bond originated from Somerset and the date of his moving to London is not known. Bond was twice married for in the census returns for 1871 to 1891 his wife is listed as Rosa Sophia Bond, born in Esher Surrey. This marriage was registered in Kensington in the second quarter of 1870 (Volume 1a 213) wherein his wife's maiden name is given as Rosa Sophia Hayes. However, in the 1901 census the name of his wife is given as Louisa Bond, born in Norwich. Rosa Sophia Bond's death at the age of 55 was registered at St. George's Hanover Square in the third quarter of 1899 (Volume 1a Page 376). The only marriage I have so far been able to trace between the death of Rosa Bond and the 1901 census that fits the criteria took place in Bromley, kent in the second quarter of 1900. A Thomas Bond married a Louisa Imrie (Volume 2a Page 941). This seems likely to be the reference for Bond's second marriage.
In 1871 Bond and his first wife were already living in Westminster, but not at the address which he occupied at the time of the murders.
1871:
50 Parliament Street, Westminster
Head: Thomas Bond aged 29 born Taunton, Somerset - Surgeon F.R.C.S. M.B. and B.S. Lond.
Wife: Rosa S Bond aged 27 born Esher, Surrey
Assistant:
Thomas W Lacey aged 24 born Loughborough, Leics - Physician L.R.C.P. M.R.C.S.
Pupil:
Henry P Payne aged 21 born Southampton - Medical student
Servants:
Maria Morrell aged 26 born Milverton, Somerset - Cook
Mary A Morrell aged 20 born Milverton, Somerset - Housemaid
By the time of the 1881 census (and indeed throughout the rest of the available census evidence) Bond and his family had moved to The Sanctuary. In the period between 1871 and 1881 Thomas and Rosa Bond had produced five children:
1881:
7 The Sanctuary, Westminster
Head: Thomas Bond aged 39 born Taunton, Somerset - Surgeon F.R.C.S. M.B. Lon.
Wife: Rosa S Bond aged 37 born Esher, Surrey
Children:
Lucy P aged 9
Margaret H H aged 8
Mabel A aged 6
Harold T H aged 6
Arthur G H aged 2 months
All children born in London
Boarder:
George Cramer aged 21 born Geneva - Banker's clerk
Servants:
Mary Ann Street aged 35 born Ringwood
Elizabeth Stratton aged 37 born Ringwood
Bessie Chilcool aged 26 born Dulverlin
Mary Ann Cogdale aged 16 born Essex
The Sanctuary was a very prestigious address in that it lay in the heart of Westminster. It was (and is) a small road which runs off Broad Sanctuary, a road which runs right beside Westminster Abbey and leads into Parliament Square, location of the Houses of Parliament.
In 1891 the family was at the same address, but no further children had been born:
1891:
7 The Sanctuary, Westminster
Head: Thomas Bond aged 49 born Durston, Somerset - Consulting Surgeon
Wife: Rosa Sophia Bond aged 47 born Esher, Surrey
Children:
Lucy E aged 19 - Art student
Margaret H H aged 18
Harold T Hayes aged 12
T Reginald B aged 5
Arthur G H aged 10
All children born in Westminster
Servants:
Elizabeth Stratton aged 40 born Rochford, Hants
Emily C Coxhead aged 29 born Newport, Isle of Wight
Maria E Harman aged 43 born St Helier, Jersey
Alice Lucy Irsingell (?) aged 21 born Camberwell
By 1901 Bond had remarried, as outlined above, and three of his children were still living with him and his new wife:
1901:
7 The Sanctuary, Westminster
Head: Thomas Bond aged 59 born Durston, Somerset - Consulting Surgeon
Wife: Louisa Bond aged 52 born Norwich, Norfolk
Children:
Margaret H H aged 28 born Westminster
Mabel A aged 26 born Westminster - Professional singer
Harold T H aged 22 born Westminster - Articled clerk to solicitor
Servants:
Elizabeth Stratton aged 59 born Rockford, Hampshire
Emily Moyce aged 36 born Freshwater, Isle of Wight
Maud Lincoln aged 17 born New Cross, Kent
Bond died a few months after the 1901 census. His death was registered in the second quarter of 1901 at St Georges Hanover Square (Volume 1a Page 305). His age at death was given as 59. |
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This is excellent. Keep it up Chris, it's being greatly appreciated here.
  
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Chris Scott
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John Gabe 1856 - 1910
John Gabe was Welsh by birth, from Merthyr Tydfil. He was the son of Rees Gabe, innkeeper at the Lord Raglan public house in Merthyr, and Ann Gabe. Both his parents were originally from Carmarthen. John Gabe was one of six children, having three brothers and two sisters. In 1871 we see the 12 year old John living at home with his parents and siblings:
1871:
The Lord Raglan, 119 High Street, Merthyr Tydfil
Head:
Rees Gabe aged 48 born Carmarthen - Innkeeper
Wife: Ann Gabe aged 44 born Carmarthen
Children:
Benjamin aged 16 - Plasterer
John aged 16 - Clerk
Elizabeth aged 13
Henry aged 11
Rees aged 9
Rachel M aged 4
All children born in Merthyr
Servants:
Mary Thomas aged 21 born Carmarthen
Margaret Thomas aged 35 born Carmarthen
Margaret Harris aged 19 born Cardigan
Margaret Harris aged 13 born Brecon
Thomas Price aged 27 born Merthyr - Ostler
Although by 1881 Gabe had married and set up his own household, he was still living in Wales. His household at this time included three members of his wife's family, her maiden name being Annie Rosser. The marriage was registered at Pontardawe, Glamorgan in the third quarter of 1877 (Volume 11a Page 707).
1881:
Llangefelach Road, Clase, Glamorgan
Head: John B Gabe aged 27 born Merthyr Tydfil - General practitioner L.S.A. etc.
Wife: Annie Gabe aged 22 born Aberavon, Glamorgan
Mother in law: Margaret Rosser aged 59 born Cowbridge, Glamorgan
Sister in law: Jenny Rosser aged 19 born Aberavon
Brother in law: John S Rosser aged 15 born Aberavon
Servant: Margaret Davies aged 17 born Llansamlet, Glamorgan
It is in 1891 that we see Gabe at the address gievn in accounts at the time of the murders, that is Meckelenburg Square. By this time he and his wife had produced three offspring, two daughters and one son.
1891:
16 Mecklenburgh Square, St Pancras, London
Head: John R Gabe aged 39 born Merthyr Tydfil, Wales - Duly registered Medical man - General Practitioner - Surgeon
Wife: Marion L S Gabe aged 35 born Preston, Lancs
Children:
Caroline M aged 10 born Spitalfields
Winifred A aged 7 born Spitalfields
Ivor S aged 5 born St Pancras
Visitors:
Rachel M Gabe aged 23 born Merthyr Tydfil
Frederick G Fincham aged 37 born St Helens, Lancs - Woollen agent
Servant:
Ellen F Cobb aged 28 born Plymouth
At some point between 1891 and 1901 Gabe returned to Wales, as he is registered in the 1901 census as living in Swansea. It appears that subsequent to this he returned to his birthplace of Merthyr Tydfil, for his death was registered in that town in the first quarter of 1910, his age at death being given as 62 (Volume 11a Page 452).
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Natalie Severn
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Fascinating about both Bond and John Gabe.Gabe may hark from the same neck of the woods as Mary Kelly is reputed to have had connections with?
I"m looking forward to getting these printed up. Again thanks for these excellent entries Chris.
Natalie |
Chris Scott
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George Ernest Haslip born 1864
Birth registered in Poplar in the third quarter of 1864 (Volume 1c Page 661)
George Haslip, involved in the Emma Smith case, was born in Poplar, the son of James and Sarah Haslip. His family background seems to have been maritime rather than medical, his father being listed as a pilot and his grandfather as a master mariner. He was one of five children, but a number of these appear to have died young. In 1871 the family was living in Gravesend, Kent and the details given are as follows:
1871:
3 Whitehall Place, Milton, Gravesend, Kent
Head: James Haslip aged 39 born Poplar - Pilot
Wife: Sarah A Haslip aged 31 born St George East
Children:
George E aged 6 born Poplar
Sarah A aged 4 born Poplar
Hilda aged 3 born Gravesend
Father in Law: Moses Simpson aged 68 born Filey - Master Mariner
Mother in Law: Sarah Simpson aged 58 born Bermondsey
Servants:
Sarah Edwards aged 20 born Gravesend
Susannah A Bowler aged 17 born Swanscombe, Kent
Ten years later, at the time of the 1881 census, George was still living in Gravesend with his parents. The road is the same, but the number has changed from 3 to 13 but this may be a transcripton error:
1881:
13 Whitehall Place, Milton, Gravesend, Kent
Head: James Haslip aged 49 born Poplar - Pilot
Wife: Sarah A Haslip aged 41 born St George's East
Children:
James S aged 22 born Poplar - Builder
George E aged 16 born Poplar - Medical student
Adeline aged 7 born Gravesend
Wife's mother: Sarah Simpson aged 68 born Bermondsey
Servants:
Mary A Walker aged 28 born Northfleet, Kent - Cook
Emily Walker born Northfleet - Housemaid
At some time between 1881 and 1888, the time of the Smith murder, Haslip must have moved to London. In the surviving papers relating to the Smith case we are told that Haslip was House Surgeon at the London Hospital but we are not given an address for him. In the press accounts the name of the attending surgeon is given as G.H. Hellier. In the 1891 census there are 9 persons of the name of G Hellier listed living in the London area. None of these has any connection to the medical profession. How this confusion of names arose between the police papers and the press reports is not apparent. The 1891 census does not gives us Haslip's address as he is listed as a visitor at the household of another medic, George Hamerton.
1891:
3 Southampton Street, Covent Garden, London
Visitor: George E Haslip aged 26 born London - Doctor of Medicine, Registered Surgeon
Head of household is George A Hamerton aged 35 born Brixton, London - Doctor of Medicine, Registered Surgeon
Another medic is listed as a visitor at the time same time:
Arthur E Atkinson aged 22 born Stamford - Surgeon
By 1901 Haslip, still unmarried, has moved to a very respectable address, Northumberland Avenue in the St Martin in the Fields district:
1901:
6 Northumberland Avenue, London
Head: George Ernest Haslip aged 36 born London - Doctor of medicine / Surgeon
Servants:
John Brinton aged 24 born Cowes, Isle of Wight - Housekeeper
Mina Brinton aged 31 born Essex
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Natalie Severn
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A bit irritating Chris dont you think that there was such a mix up--- also did he leave the London Hospital in 1888?Not that this would amount to much but it may be worth knowing
Once again Thanks for this Chris
Natalie |
Joan Taylor.
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This is really helpful. This is the sort of thing that really assists, good stuff.    |
Nina Thomas
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Chris,
Looking forward to your next listing. This is going to make a fantastic page. Perhaps pictures of the doctors may be added to it, even if some are only sketches.
Nina
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E Cruickshank
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William Sedgwick Saunders: first wife Charlotte Skerrett Abrahams and mother of Eliza and Sedgwick, second wife Lydia Cook, mother of Godfrey. Fascinating stuff, very useful family history background. W S Saunders' uncle, Richard Taylor Saunders was also with the Commission for Sewers, as a clerk, lived at 6 East side of Bethnal Green - see 1851 census for more detail of that family. |
Chris Scott
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Hi all thanks for the comments and extra info
Good idea about the pictures - here are 2 to start, Phillips and Blackwell.
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Nina Thomas
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Chris,
Great pictures!
I just discovered the date of Dr. Llewellyn's death (1851-1921) from the following site.
http://www.towerhamletscemetery.org/history/walk_withpics.shtml
23.The Llewellyn Family vault - No 1903 Sq 63
Nina |
Nina Thomas
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Some additional information.
Death announcement for Frederick Gordon Brown
Times January 20,1928
The death is announced of Mr. Frederick Gordon Brown, a past Master of the Society of Apothecaries, and for many years Surgeon to the City Police Force. He began his practice in the City as far back as 1863. He was in his 85th year. A memorial service will beheld this afternoon at 3.15 at St. Andrew Undershaft, Leadenhall-street.
Full name for J. Clark who was involved in the Alice MacKenzie and Pinchin Street Torso cases.
The Eastern Post & City Chronicle September 28, 1889
Mr. Percy John Clark, assistant to Dr. Phillips, surgeon to the H division of police
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Nina Thomas
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I believe that I have found Dr. Dukes. I used the information from the two following press reports to search the census.
East London Observer November 10, 1888
As to the exact nature of the mutilations inflicted, nothing can be yet positively stated - at all events until the exhaustive examination which is being made by Dr. Dukes, of Brick lane, and Dr. Phillips, of Spital-square, is completed.
Cork Examiner September 24, 1863
EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE OF A JEWESS
Mr. Profit Dukes, surgeon, 182, Brick-lane, gave evidence as to the deceased having died by strangulation.
1881 Census
182 Brick Lane, London, Middlesex, England
Head
William P. Dukes (widowed) Age 40
Born: Hackney, Middlesex, England
Occupation: Gen Surgeon/Practitioner
Daughters
Amy B. Dukes (unmarried) Age 4
Born: Spitalfields, Middlesex, England
Alice A. Poynter (unmarried) Age 30
Born: Plaistow, Essex, England
Visitor
Thos. G. Gaywood (unmarried) Age 21
Born: Forest Hill, Essex, England
Occupation: Asst Surgeon (Med)
Assistant
Ellen Staines (unmarried) Age 18
Born: Finchingfield, Essex, England
Occupation: Domestic Servant
Death Record
Name: William Profit Dukes
Age at death: 57
Year: 1895
Quarter: June
District: Hackney
County: Greater London London Middlesex
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Nina Thomas
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F. J. Oxley, doctor for Francis Coles
Times February 24, 1891
Frederick John Oxley, M.R.C.S., of 1, Dock-street
1881 Census
"Totteridge Park School" Totteridge, Hertford,
England
Fredk. John Oxley (Boarder) Age 14
Birthplace: London, Middlesex, England
Occupation: Scholar
Head of Household: William Henry Austen
1901 census
Frederick John Oxley: Age 34
Born: Islington, London
Occupation: medical practitioner
Administrative County: London
Civil Parish: Whitechapel
Listed in the 1913 Medical Register
Frederick Gordon Brown
Percy John Clark
George Ernest Haslip
Charles Henry Hibbert
Rees Ralph Llewellyn
Michael Joseph McCoy (Elizabeth Jackson)
Frederick John Oxley
George William Sequeira
Harris (Rose Mylett) 69 listings
Edward Johnson (Elizabeth Stride) 4 listings
1. Edward Johnson
2. Edward Reginald Johnson
3. Edward Stanley Johnson
4. Edward Thornton Johnson
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Robert Charles Linford
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Hi Chris
I hope this helps with your Sequeira research :
Z/51/53/JEWRY ST/38/
J/JAMES/SEGUERA?/HEAD/MAR/80//MEDICAL PRACTIONER/LND/CITY OF/
J/LOUISA/SEGUERA?/D/U//26//MDX/WHITECHAPEL/
J/HENRY/SEGUERA?/SON/U/25//APOTHECARY ETC/MDX/WHITECHAPEL/
J/JAMES S/SEGUERA?/SON/U/22//STUDENT IN/MDX/WHITECHAPEL/
J/HARRIET/SEGUERA?/NIECE/U//16//MDX/LONDON/
The transcription isn't mine, and I can't check it against the original. I got it from http://web.ukonline.co.uk/sheila.jones/51ceninfo.htm
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Chris Scott
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Nina and Robert
many thanks for your contributions which are indeed very helpful
All the best
Chris |
Natalie Severn
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Nina
Many thanks for this information about Frances Coles Doctor in attendance-and all the other research you have done and presented so pleasingly!
Chris and Robert-Thanks also to you ofcourse!
Natalie |
David O'Flaherty
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Username: Oberlin
Post Number: 798
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Monday, March 28, 2005 - 6:02 pm: |
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Hi Chris,
Sir Bentley Purchase's biography (courtesy John Savage) mentions a Portuguese-born dermatologist named "Dr. Sequira" working at London Hospital in 1911. That's about all it says, and I imagine it's a different fellow.
Cheers,
Dave |
Valerie Taylor
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| | Posted on Wednesday, March 23, 2005 - 9:24 am: |
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Hi All,
Having trouble logging in, so posting as a guest.
My friend Louise has a great grandfather who dealt with the Ripper Murders.
He was Rees Ralph Llewellyn.
I found him on the 1881 census, along with siblings and housekeepers.
I also found his parents too, but that was all.
Thanks to Chris, I have found heaps and heaps of information, which I can now give to her.
Her father is aged approx 60 and has the name Llewellyn, so it has carried through the family since the 1800's, at least.
I am going to have a look at the post I have just found regarding R.R.L's death.
If anyone has anymore info regarding the Llewellyn's, it would be gratefully appreciated.
If I am allowed, my mail address is indigopussycat2@yahoo.com. Thank you.}}}}} |
TRISHA BOND
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| | Posted on Thursday, March 24, 2005 - 11:18 pm: |
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GREAT SITE AM REALLY INTERESTED ABOUT OUR JACK WHEN DID YOU SET UP |
David Powell
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| | Posted on Sunday, September 04, 2005 - 4:14 pm: |
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Picked this up rather late in the day. Very interesting line of research. Dr Bond''s assistant was actually Charles Alfred Hebbert (my great grandfather). He was born in June 1856 in Birming}ham and was a lecturer in anatomy at the Westminster Hospital at the time of the Ripper murders. In addition to his work on the Kelly and Mylett autopsies, he did a comparative study of the four 'torso' murders (Rainham, Whitehall, Thames and Pinchin Street). He emigrated to Canada in the early 1890s and died in Australia in 1925 |
SmadaGer
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| | Posted on Sunday, November 13, 2005 - 6:21 pm: |
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Beatrice Sarah, my father's cousin, married into the Sequeira family on 1 June 1904. Her husband was Ernest Rackwitz Sequeira, a cousin of George William Sequeira and of Henry James Sequeira. Yes, Chris, I am afraid they were not one and the same person! Amelia was living under the same roof as one brother (George) in 1871 and under the same roof as the other brother (Henry) in 1881.
Roots of the Sequeira family go back to Isaac Henrique Sequeira (born 1738 at Lisbon), who emigrated from Portugal to England in the mid-18th Century. He had at least two sons, one named James Sequeira (born 1780, married 14 Jly 1821, died Aug 1851). This James had three children: Louisa Sequeira (born 1824/25, unmarried), Henry Little Sequeira (born 1825/26) and James Scott Sequeira (born 1829). All three were born at Whitechapel; the two sons were both surgeons (MRCS & LAS) and worked at the London Hospital.
In the mid-1850s, Henry Little Sequeira married Amelia (born 1829/30 at Peckham). They always lived on Jewry Street, but they owned Walthamstow Lodge (156 Tulse Hill), in which some of their children were living on CensusNight 1881. By 1901, Henry L. had died and the widowed Amelia was living in Croydon. Their children were: Amelia Louise Sequeira (born 1855), Henry James Sequeira (born 1857), George William Sequeira (born 1859), John Baily Sequeira (born 1867q1), Alfred Edmund Sequeira (born 1870q1) and Septimus William (born 1872q4). All six were born at Jewry Street. Henry J. and George W. became surgeons. John B. worked for a distillery and by 1901 was living in Clapham with his wife Alice. They had two daughters: Shirley (born 1897q3 at East Grinstead) and Mabel (born Jan 1901 at Clapham). Septimus became a dispensing pharmacist. By 1901, he was living at Hornsey with his wife Jessie and son Clifford Woodmass Sequeira (born 1900q2 at Muswell Hill, Holborn RegDist).
In the early 1860s, James Scott Sequeira married Maria Rackwitz (born 1835 at Lambeth). Their children were: James Henry Sequeira (born 1865q4), Ernest Rackwitz Sequeira (born 1867q1), Walter S.H. Sequeira (born 1870) and Clara R.L. Sequeira (born 1872). All four were born at Whitechapel. Ernest became an Anglican minister in 1895 and he was Vicar of Uffington, Shropshire (1921-1941). Both James H. and Walter S.H. became surgeons.
James H. Sequeira specialised in dermatology and syphilology. For the London Hospital in the early 1900s, he obtained Finsen lamps for the treatment of lupus vulgaris and he introduced radium sources to treat skin cancers (rodent ulcers). He was in Kenya, working on leprosy, 1922-1932. He married Nellie Adams at Warwick RegDist in 1903q3. Walter S.H. Sequeira was single and living in Kent on CensusNight 1901.
In 1885, Henry James Sequeira married Inez Elfrida Stafford at Brentford. They had a daughter, Ivey (born 1885/86). Inez died in 1887 and Henry J. remarried in 1890q1 at Wandsworth RegDist. His second wife was Ella Mary Sadler (born 1862/63 at Wimbledon). At first, they were living in the St. Katherine's Creek district (probably on or near Jewry Street). They moved to Wandsworth after CensusNight 1891 and had moved to Edmonton (Middlesex) by the beginning of 1897. Their children were: Henry Cyril (born 1891q2), Ella Doris (born 1892q2), Bernard Augustus (born 1894q2), Frances Muriel (born 1897q1, died within the same quarter) and Hylda Mary (born 1898q3). Henry C. was born at Leytonstone, WestHam RegDist; the next two were born at Wandsworth; the next two were born at Edmonton.
In 1886q4, George William Sequeira married Georgina Peachey (born 1863 at Woodford). They married at Lambeth RegDist. At first, they were living at his parents' house (34 Jewry Street). That is where they were living at the time of Catherine Eddowes' murder (30 Sep 1888), but they had moved to Leyton (Fairlop Road) by CensusNight 1891. They seem to have moved to Wandsworth between 1892 and 1895, then to Edmonton (Wellington Road) by 1901. Their children were: Horace (born 1887q4 at Aldgate/Jewry Street?), Edmund (born 1889 at Dulwich, died 1895q3 at Wandsworth), Ida (born May 1890 at Leytonstone), Marion (born 1892q1 at Leytonstone), Bertha (born 1895q3 at Wandsworth).
I can't place Gertrude Sequeira (the companion & visitor, age 22 on CensusNight 1901) either, Chris. There was a Winifred Marian Sequeira born at WestHam RegDist in 1887q3. But I don't know if she changed her name to or was related to Gertrude.
After 1901, there were four more daughters born either to George & Georgina Sequeira or to Henry & Ella Sequeira. They were: Madeline Olive (born 1901q3), Irene Jessica (born 1902q3), Enid Marjorie (born 1904q1) and Greta Mary (born 27 June 1907). The first three were born at Edmonton, while Greta was born at Rochford (Essex). Greta became quite notorious. She married Ranald/Paul Valentine in the early 1940s. Among her friends were Lamorna Birch (painter of Cornish landscapes), Lady Frieda Harris (wife of the Liberal Party Chief Whip) and Aleister Crowley (self-styled Beast 666, who appears on the cover of the Beatles' Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club LP cover). Greta died on 28 Nov 1998 in Sussex.
Fascinated to hear more about the Whitechapel doctors and about the Sequeira family.
}}} REG ADAMS |
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