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Chris Scott
Chief Inspector
Username: Chris
Post Number: 523
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Friday, September 19, 2003 - 6:07 pm: | 
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I have finally tracked down a hard copy of Stephenson's whereabouts in 1891.
In the 1891 census he is listed as a boarder at the following address:
The Triangle Hotel
Charterhouse Street
St Sepulchre's
London
I have looked up the location of Charterhouse Street - it is immediately adjaccent to St. Bartholomew's Hospital
In the census return his details are given as follows:
Name: Roslyn D'Ouston
Boarder:
Marital Status: Single
Age: 50
Profession: Journalist ("author" added)
Where born: Elsham
(Elsham is in North Lincolnshire, east of Scunthorpe)
Cope of census entry below:
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Thomas C. Wescott
Sergeant
Username: Tom_wescott
Post Number: 11
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Friday, September 19, 2003 - 6:48 pm: |
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Great work Chris! If you wouldn't mind, please email me.
Tom Wescott |
Chris Scott
Chief Inspector
Username: Chris
Post Number: 525
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, September 20, 2003 - 7:17 am: |
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Found this map that shows Charterhouse Street clearly, next to Smithfield Market and Barts Hospital
Ignore the "We are here" as I found this from an unrelated source
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Chris Scott
Chief Inspector
Username: Chris
Post Number: 526
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, September 20, 2003 - 7:24 am: |
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I think it highly likely (am still researching this) that the building that was the Triangle Hotel where Donston stayed still exists and is now known as the Charterhouse Bar. This is how the bar publicity describes the building:
"Situated on the north side of Smithfield Market, London's famous meat-packing district, the Charterhouse building has an unusual triangular shape, making it potentially one of the most distinctive bar / restaurants in London."
The "unusual triangular shape" strongly suggests this could be the origin of the odd name of the Triangle Hotel
This is the main entrance:
I have contacted the Charterhouse Bar to see if anyone there can confirm this identification and is any documentation survives
Chris |
Chris Scott
Chief Inspector
Username: Chris
Post Number: 527
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, September 20, 2003 - 7:31 am: |
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Here is a better external view of the building mentioned above
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Jeffrey Bloomfied
Inspector
Username: Mayerling
Post Number: 410
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 - 9:48 pm: |
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Nice looking old building. The clientele for 1891 seemed working class/lower middle class (the commercial travellers). D'Onston certainly towered above them in his class and profession.
Jeff |
Howard Brown
Inspector
Username: Howard
Post Number: 462
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, May 29, 2005 - 10:39 pm: |
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Jeff....
Yeah,but those people worked for a living.
Stephenson couldn't have lived very well off of being a journalist as it is his "profession" in the 1891 census.
This guy is what we call a luftmensch...
He looks like he is living off the air around him.
Could he have had a "side job" that will never be known? This is baffling,unless,of course,he was a recipient of money from the Stephenson clan...
(Message edited by howard on May 29, 2005)
HowBrown
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Jeffrey Bloomfied
Chief Inspector
Username: Mayerling
Post Number: 669
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Monday, May 30, 2005 - 5:34 pm: |
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Hi Howard,
A luftmensch, huh? Do you think (vis-a-vis the Stephenson clan) he could have been a schnorrer?
Best wishes,
Jeff |
Howard Brown
Inspector
Username: Howard
Post Number: 464
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Monday, May 30, 2005 - 6:16 pm: |
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J.B.
Es ken gemolt zein !
Like a Kabtzen he dresses or a bohmer..
Az a yor ahf mir !!!
Living in such a hekdish ? Whatta way for a
kolboynik to end up.
From a lamden to a schlub...Oi vai iz mir !
The Draikop...How
HowBrown
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