Mary Ann White 1843-1933

Born 1843/4 St Pancras, Mddx. - from her sole appearance in a census, that of 1881 - to Father White

She could be one of 3 births: 2 Jun 1843, but the second one can presumably be ruled out

1.one of whom was baptised 27/8/1843 to George Henry & Sarah, he a jeweller, address Phillips Buildings: she in a Warren Ancestry tree, family in 1851 & 1861C, no husband given , the most likely!

2. the second likely born to Robert & Rebecca, baptised 4/6/1843 Albany Street, marries Frederick Adams Pancras 1872 - Hume Ancestry family tree

3. and the third born 11/2/1844 and baptised to Charles & Kate, he a porn dealer, address Old Street, St Pancras

1863/4. A Jeanette Hutchinson was reputedly (1911C) born at Nottingham Place,( this Marylebone) London, but no entry on bmd , to Frederick Hutchinson ( from her 1908 m.c) of the Indian Civil Service. He seemingly only 15 in 1863!- maybe 2 Frederick Hutchinsons being confused here!

But!, there is a Jeanette White born Clerkenwell Dec 1862 and subsequently a marriage of Mary Ann White to Frederick Hutchinson Portsea I. Jun 1868

So I think Mary Anne White had a daughter,Jeanette, in 1862 who assumed the name of her stepfather in 1868, namely Hutchinson

Mary Ann White / Hutchinson "married", 1876-1877, Jamsetji Jivanji Gazdar, but not legally - not in England, Scotland or Ireland, and have not found on the Indian Fibis site - Mary Ann's surname obtained from 1877 b.c. of son James

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Photo of Mary Anne found by Nigel in 2020

1876. Mary Gazdar born to Jamsetji & Mary A - but no BMD/Ancestry birth entry!!-(they likely did not register the birth) , and she likely died 1881-1901?,""another daughter died aged about 9 and is buried in Wales"- Nigel. Bmd has death of a Mary May Gazdar Pwllheli Sep 1891 aged 15 and have now found- FMP, not on Ancestry! - a Mary Gazdar ,15, in 1891C , as a visitor in the Rectory Bottwny, Plasgwyn, Bottwnog, Pwllheli, Caernarvonshire. She died from TB- she must have been convalescing on the Lleyn Peninsular. -Nigel. Nigel once visited her grave in Bytwnog/Butternog. Nothing in FMP Newspapers. Seemingly not on Findagrave site

There is a birth of a Mary Hutchinson Marylebone Jun 1876

Jenkin Davies Head Married Male 53 1838 Cardiganshire, Wales Rector Of Bottwnag & ?
Anna Davies Wife Married Female 37 1854 Denbighshire, Wales -
Susan B Pary Jones Mother In Law Widow Female 75 1816 Flintshire, Wales Living On Her Own Means
Elizabeth Pary Jones Sister In Law Single Female 31 1860 Denbighshire, Wales Living On Her Own Means
Mary Gazdar Visitor Single Female 15 1876 London, Middlesex, England -Barrister's daughter
Jane Jones Servant Single Female 37 1854 Anglesey, Wales Domestic Servant
Elizabeth Roberts Servant Single Female 15 1876 Caernarvonshire, Wales Domestic Servant

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The photo in a locket, passed down to Nigel Gaspar,was thought to be her. Likely ~ 1870 . . . .The later photo maybe ~ 1905: Nigel has the clasp, photo centre

But I feel this could be Elsie Heard, b.1889., shown in the photo on the right

1877. James Gazdar born Marylebone Dec 1877 to Jamsetji & Mary A at 8 Abbey Terrace .

1879. Gertrude Gazdar born 26/6/1879 Marylebone Sep 1879 to Jamsetji & Mary A . B.c.on her page . Married Harry Forrester Hampstead Sep 1920 . Seemingly no children

1881C .Jamsetji Gazdar, 37, barrister, is living Rendisham House Cheshunt Herts with wife Mary A, his first 3 children and 3 servants. A Rendlesham Hall was like a stately home!

Jamsetji Gazdar Head Married Male 37 1844 Barrister At Law (In Actual Practice At The Chancery Bar) India Parsee Bombay
Mary A Gazdar Wife Married Female 37 1844 - St Pancras Middlesex, England
Mary Gazdar Daughter Single Female 5 1876 - Marylebone, Middlesex, England
James Gazdar Son Single Male 3 1878 - Marylebone, Middlesex, England
Gertrude Gazdar Daughter Single Female 1 1880 - Marylebone, Middlesex, England
Harriet Taylor Servant Single Female 31 1850 Nurse (Domestic) Swaffham, Norfolk, England
Isabel Taylor Servant Single Female 16 1865 Generl Servt (Domestic) Marylebone, Middlesex, England
Jane Kent Servant Single Female 15 1866 Generl Servt (Domestic) Marylebone, Middlesex, England

1881 - 1890 , he has chambers in New Square , Liberty of the Rolls

 

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Gertie, Mary & James ~1882

 

1883. Maud Gazdar born 6/12/1882( from 1897 baptism record)- bmd reg. 1883 - to Jamsetji & Mary A. Married John F Taylor Saffron Walden Dec 1928.

1885-1890 . In London Directories at 3 New Square, Lincoln's Inn

1889. His step daughter?? Jeanette van Alstine is living in 4 Harley Road on 30/8/1889 - his residence from 1890-1896

1890. Mr Gazdar advertises for a valet , has an inability to walk

1890-1896 . Jamsetji Jivanji Gazdar is living 4 Harley Road, Hampstead- Ancestry Electoral registers

but not found in 1891C . But his daughter Mary, 15, was in Wales

1891. Her daughter, Mary/May , aged 15, buried in Bottwnog on 1/8/1891. She apparently died of TB.

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1894-5. Her husband returned to Bombay according to Lincoln's Inn letter . On the Counsel in the High Court of Bombay until 1913 at least- lists end then!

'Children lived with Mrs Mossop while his wife was in India with him. His wife just returned to England for the school hols. Mrs ? lived Vyne Cottage, Uxbridge ' - Nigel, from his aunt Emilie/Jean. I think she meant Mrs Jeanette Van Alstine as she was thus called in their school days: she only became Mrs Mossop in 1908

1897. Gertrude, 18, & Maud, 14,were baptised in St Mary's Kilburn on 11/5/1897- London baptisms Ancestry . No baptism for Mary & James, but Mary had died Pwiheli, Sep 1891, aged 15 . Father a barrister, address 136 Belsize Road

So, seemingly, JJ kept a base in London

1890s . His Times obituary claims he went out to India in the early 90s, he practiced for a time at Bombay High Court, and then for some years as Judicial Councillor of Bhavnagar State . He worked for the Gaekwar of Baroda ( this west India, Bhavnagar State in the East!) - Nigel

1900. & on retirement in 1900, he returned & settled at Fox Hall - I am dubious about the date 1900!, likely only lived there fairly continuously from ~1909/1914.

1901C. Neither she nor her husband to be found- thus almost certainly back in India. But her student daughters are living 5 Canfield Gardens Hampstead with a step sister, Jeanette van Alstine, aged 38. Have not found son James Henry, then 23.

1909. J J Gazdar on a ship's passenger list, travelling from Bombay to London, in July 1909 - Ancestry

1911C. Her husband and youngest daughter are living at Fox Hall, Upminster, Essex. Where is she?_ I think she is the Mary Anne Hutchinson listed here. Has she already become manic and retired to a seaside hotel- Southend/Westcliff on Sea?? Have done wildcard searches for an 1842-4 born St Pancras. She could well have reverted to being Mary Ann White by now . James Henry and Gertrude are to be found, in other London households, he an Engineer, she a medical student. Mary Anne Hutchinson almost certainly the mother of Jeanette Mossop/van Alstine/Hutchinson

Jamsetji Jivanji Gazdar Head Married Male 66 1845 Barrister -On- Law India Bombay Visitor
Maud Gazdar Daughter Single Female 28 1883 Demonstrator In Chemistry Univ: College L Boro Middlesex Waltham Cross
Mary Anne Hutchinson Boarder Widow Female 67 1844 Private Means Middlesex London
Nellie Louisa Taylor Cook Single Female 17 1894 Cook Domestic Essex Wakering
Ethel Ellen Flint Servant Single Female 22 1889 House Maid Domestic Kent Nortting
Edith Mary Chatfield Servant Single Female 15 1896 House Maid Domestic Surrey Croydon

 

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1914. Her husband probably returned from Bombay to England

1920. Her daughter Gertrude married an assistant school teacher, 8 years her junior.

Sadly, the family became increasingly dysfunctional, as they say. JJ cut Gertrude out of his will, supposedly disapproving of her marriage, but I wonder now if it wasn't about her surgical work for the somewhat notorious Louisa Garret Anderson -Nigel

1922. Jamshedi J Gazdar, 76, dies Romford Sep1922 . Times obituary - see his page

He left~£4200, including £100 for his gardener, Webber, if he were still in his employment on his death! - Chelmsford Times He leaves £500 to a lady friend, Jessie Percival-Hall. and only refers to the mother of his children (never his wife) who he suggests should be paid £300 /annum . His Will

He was cremated at Manor Park

1933. Mary A Gazdar and Mary A White - 2 entries on bmd, but Mary Ann White otherwise Gazdar in the actual d.c, 90, died in the Meteor Nursing Home, Genesta Road, Westcliff on Sea. on 12/2/1933 Rochford Mar 1933. She was an Annuitant, spinster, of Winton Hall Hotel, Westcliff on Sea . Informant was Gertrude Forrester, daughter of 30 Brigadier Hill Enfield . No probate found

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1931 Photo of the Winton Hall Hotel- mow divided into flats

I knew little of JJ's wife, not even her name; she was the 'spit' of my mother[ her granddaughter, Mary Gazdar 1915] from a photo I once saw, and was somewhat manic in old age -Nigel

 

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