Samuel Wolfe Keene 1835-1903
Barnes Local Studies Collection is housed at Old Town Hall, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond.:this would have photos of Mill Lodge and local newspapers and books on the area: Worth a visit David - staff usually suoer helpful
The site of Mill Lodge has been the Harrodian School since its foundation in 1993. Before that this riverside location on the south bank of the Thames in Barnes served as a farm, a private residence and a sports club( for harrods) :
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1835 Samuel Wolfe Keene was born to William Charles Lever Keene & Charlotte Wolfe , Margate . Baptised in the parish of St Giles in the Field in 1835- image Ancestry too faint to read!
1841C Samuel Keene, 5, was living with 2 servants & a slightly older sister? at Garlinge Dent de Lion, St John Baptist Margate, Thanet, Kent.
Mary A | Keene | Female | 7 | 1834 | - |
Samuel | Keene | Male | 5 | 1836 | - |
Eliza | Sheppard | Female | 19 | 1822 | - |
Susanna | Chandler | Female | 20 | 1821 |
His parents were in residence in Gower Street, St Giles in the Fields, St Giles, London & Middlesex, with their 2 older children
William | Keene | Male | barrister 42 | 1799 | Middlesex, England |
Charlotte | Keene | Female | 40 | 1801 | Middlesex, England |
William | Keene | Male | medical student19 | 1822 | Middlesex, England |
Charles | Keene | Male | classical student 16 | 1825 | Middlesex, England |
John | Rumbull | Male | 25 | 1816 | - |
Joseph | Maynard | Male | 20 | 1821 | - |
Mary | Cross | Female | 25 | 1816 | - |
Emily | Lamatar | Female | 20 | 1821 |
1842-1843 William Charles Lever Keene is in the Electoral register for St Johns, East Kent . Also in the 1843 Westminster Rate book, his address New Square Coundary, St Clements Dane
1842. William Keene, 31, eldest son of William Charles Lever Keene , died on 3/9/1842 at Dent de Lion, Thanet. - FMP Newspapers, Kentish Gazette 6/9/1842
1843. His father, William Charles Lever Keene, died Thanet Mar 1843. Aged 49, was buried on 10/1/1843 in St John in Thanet (Margate), St John the Baptist - FMP Kent burials, image available . Entry for him, of Lincoln Inn & Dent de Lion Index to Death Duties Register FMP
1850. His mother, Charlotte Keene, died , aged 55, buried St Leonard, Shoreditch on 15/9/1850, abode Holywell St. Shoreditch Sep 1850
1851C Samuel W Keene, 15, was at a sort of boarding school at North Street, Hornsey, Edmonton, Middlesex,
Robert | McEwan | Head |
Married | Male | 29 | 1822 | Writing master | Yarmouth, Norfolk, England |
Rosetta | McEwan | Wife |
Married | Female | 38 | 1813 | Wife | Beccles, Suffolk, England |
Nicholson L | McEwan | Son |
- | Male | 4 | 1847 | - | Highgate |
Albert J | McEwan | Son |
- | Male | 1 | 1850 | Writing master son | Highgate |
John | Whitcomb | Visitor |
Unmarried | Male | 24 | 1827 | Student for the bar | - |
William A | Basevi | Visitor |
Unmarried | Male | 17 | 1834 | Articled clerk to solicitor | London, Middlesex, England |
David | Kitcat | Visitor |
Unmarried | Male | 22 | 1829 | Student for the bar | Newbury |
Percy T | Sonallwood | Boarder |
Unmarried | Male | 14 | 1837 | Scholar | London, Middlesex, England |
Samuel W | Keene | Boarder |
Unmarried | Male | 15 | 1836 | Scholar | Margate, Kent, England |
William | Scarisbrick | Boarder |
Unmarried | Male | 13 | 1838 | Scholar | London, Middlesex, England |
John G | Ewart | Boarder |
Unmarried | Male | 12 | 1839 | Scholar | Hornsey, Middlesex, England |
Griffiths | Smith | Boarder |
Unmarried | Male | 11 | 1840 | Scholar | St Pancras, Middlesex, England |
George | Baxter | Boarder |
Unmarried | Male | 12 | 1839 | Scholar | London, Middlesex, England |
John | Mayhew | Servant |
Unmarried | Male | 24 | 1827 | Man servant | Norfolk, England |
Louisa | Mayhew | Servant |
Unmarried | Female | 27 | 1824 | House maid | Norfolk, England |
Martha | Mayhew | Servant |
- | Female | 15 | 1836 | Nurse | Norfolk, England |
1858. Samuel Wolfe Keene married Susan Ellis St Giles Mar 1858
1861C Samuel Wolfe Keene, 25, Corn factor, was living 5, Park Villas, Hammersmith, Kensington, London & Middlesex. Birth place here is daft!
Samuel Wolfe | Keene | Head |
Married | Male | 25 | 1836 | Corn factor | St Peter's, Kent, England |
Susan | Keene | Wife |
Married | Female | 20 | 1841 | - | Porlock, Somerset, England |
Susan Alice | Keene | Daughter |
Unmarried | Female | 1 | 1860 | - | Hammersmith, Middlesex, England |
Amy | Keene | Daughter |
Unmarried | Female | 0 | 1861 | - | Hammersmith, Middlesex, England |
Ann | Hart | Servant |
Unmarried | Female | 18 | 1843 | Servant | Chiswick, Middlesex, England |
Mary | Walker | Servant |
Unmarried | Female | 16 | 1845 | Servant | Windsor, Berkshire, England |
1871C Samuel W Keene, 35, member of Corn Exchange, was living Castlenau Villas, Lonsdale Road, Barnes, Richmond upon Thame, with his wife and 4 children
Samuel W | Keene | Head |
- | Male | 35 | 1836 | - member of Corn Exchange | Kent, England |
Susan | Keene | Wife |
- | Female | 30 | 1841 | - | Somerset, England |
Henry A | Keene | Son |
- | Male | 5 | 1866 | - | Surrey, England |
Francis F | Keene | Daughter |
- | Female | 3 | 1868 | - | Surrey, England |
Edward R | Keene | Son |
- | Male | 2 | 1869 | - | Surrey, England |
Isabella | Keene | Daughter |
- | Female | 0 | 1871 | - | Surrey, England |
Frances | Fletcher | Visitor |
- | Female | 74 | 1797 | - | Surrey, England |
Ellen | Beavis | Servant |
- | Female | 42 | 1829 | - | Kent, England |
Selina | Gregory | Servant |
- | Female | 35 | 1836 | - | Nottinghamshire, England |
Emma M | Karl | Servant |
- | Female | 18 | 1853 | - | Surrey, England |
Georgina M | Maskell | Servant |
- | Female | 21 | 1850 | - | Surrey, England |
Charles P | Phillips | Servant |
- | Male | 23 | 1848 | - | Gloucestershire, Engl |
His daughter Grace, 9, was a visitor at the Barnes home of John E Keene, 42,(~1829) clerk Bank of England
1873. Samuel Wolfe Keene was given the Freedom of the City, Spectacle & Lens Company
1880. His wife, Susan Keene, died Richmond Sep 1880
1880 Mill Lodge, becomes the home of entrepreneur and Justice of the Peace, Samuel Keene
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. . Mill Lodge circa 1880 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mill Lodge, now the Harrodian School, was situated in the bottom left of this map
1881C Samuel W Keene, 45, actually a widower, was living Mill Lodge, Lonsdale Road, Barnes, Richmond upon Thames, Surrey,
Samuel W | Keene | Head |
Married | Male | 45 | 1836 | Member of corn exchange | Chapel Hill, Monmouthshire, Wales |
Susan A | Keene | Daughter |
Single | Female | 21 | 1860 | - | Hammersmith, Middlesex, England |
Grace | Keene | Daughter |
Single | Female | 19 | 1862 | - | Hammersmith, Middlesex, England |
Walter C | Keene | Son |
Single | Male | 18 | 1863 | Clerk corn exchange | Hammersmith, Middlesex, England |
Blanche F | Keene | Daughter |
Single | Female | 5 | 1876 | Scholar | Barnes, Surrey, England |
Lily A | Keene | Daughter |
Single | Female | 0 | 1881 | - | Barnes, Surrey, England |
Sarah | Briggs | Servant |
Single | Female | 26 | 1855 | Cook domestic | Ashford, Kent, England |
Ellen | Chapman | Servant |
Single | Female | 24 | 1857 | Housemaid domestic | Hutton, Suffolk, England |
Elizabeth | Danby | Servant |
Single | Female | 18 | 1863 | Housemaid domestic | Mortlake, Surrey, England |
Matilda A | Bennett | Servant |
Single | Female | 21 | 1860 | Nurse domestic | Hutton, Suffolk, England |
Florence L M | Wagner | Servant |
Single | Female | 22 | 1859 | Nurse domestic | Forest Gate, Essex, England |
Children of Samuel Wolfe Keene
1883. Samuel Wolfe Keene, Esquire, married again to Jane Thomson on 29/12/1883. in St Lukes Church, Kensington. His father William Charles Lever Keene, barrister: hers Andrew Thomson professor . Groom's address Parish of Barnes, Surrey; bride's address 18 ?Colehome Road. One of the witnesses was Charles Vernon Peacock Keene( he a Rev. of Venn, nr Tavistock/ 1855-1933, father Charles Hansard Keene, 1824-1878, an elder brother of Samuel Wolfe Keene ).
1885. Archibald Douglas Wolfe Keene was born on 8/5/1885 to Samuel , merchant, & Jane . Baptised 7/6/1885, in St Marys, Barnes address Mill Lodge-FMP image available
1891C Samuel Wolfe Keene, 55, was living Mill Lodge, Lonsdale Road, Barnes, Richmond upon Thames, Surrey,
Samuel Wolfe | Keene | Head |
Married | Male | 55 | 1836 | Merchant corn j p councillor surrey city council | Margate, Kent, England |
Janie | Keene | Wife |
Married | Female | 46 | 1845 | - | Scotland |
Grace | Keene | Daughter |
Single | Female | 29 | 1862 | - | Hammersmith, Middlesex, England |
Edward R | Keene | Son |
Single | Male | 21 | 1870 | Clerk corn trade | Barnes, Surrey, England |
Isabella | Keene | Daughter |
Single | Female | 20 | 1871 | - | Barnes, Surrey, England |
Eliza S | Keene | Daughter |
Single | Female | 19 | 1872 | - | Barnes, Surrey, England |
Archibald D W | Keene | Son |
Single | Male | 5 | 1886 | - | Barnes, Surrey, England |
Margaret | Lawler | Servant |
Single | Female | 42 | 1849 | Cook domestic | Ireland |
Bessie | Ireland | Servant |
Single | Female | 29 | 1862 | Maid domestic | Ross, Herefordshire, England |
Minnie | Wells | Servant |
Single | Female | 19 | 1872 | Housemaid domestic | London, Middlesex, England |
Louisa | Purdy | Servant |
Single | Female | 16 | 1875 | Kitchenmaid domestic | Barnes, Surrey, England |
1900. Samuel Wolfe Keene was the deputy chairman of the Surrey Commercial Dock Company - FMP Newspapers
1901. 15/2/1901. A letter appears in the Richmond Herald thanking the ratepayers of Barnes for having elected him to the County Council for the past 12 years ad hoping they will re-elect him: in the letter he talks of his opposition to two tramway schemes, and the building of a new Lunatic asylum and the enlargement of another one!
1901C. Samuel W Keene, 65, was living Mill Lodge, Lonsdale Road, Barnes, Richmond upon Thames, Surrey, . The family no longer has any live-in servants
Samuel W | Keene | Head |
Married | Male | 65 | 1836 | Grain merchant j p | Margate, Kent, England |
Jane | Keene | Wife |
Married | Female | 56 | 1845 | - | Scotland |
Lily A | Keene | Daughter |
Single | Female | 20 | 1881 | - | Barnes, Surrey, England |
Edward R | Keene | Son |
Married | Male | 31 | 1870 | Clerk "grain merchant" | Barnes, Surrey, England |
Clara K | Keene | Daughter-in-law |
Married | Female | 28 | 1873 | - | Barnes, Surrey, England |
Randall S R | Keene | Grand son |
- | Male | 6 | 1895 | - | Barnes, Surrey, England |
Archibald D W Keene, 15, b. Barnes, was at school at Hailbury College, Great Amwell, Ware, Herts . This Haileybury School
1902. Mr and Mrs Samuel Wolfe Keene and their daughters threw open all their gorunds to amuse local children for the Barnes Coronation festivities - FMP Newspapers 28/6/1902
1903. Samuel W Keene,67, J P, of Mill Lodge, Barnes, died, 6/1/1903 Brief mention in the Globe newspaper- FMP Newspapers
he was of Venn, near Tavistock- from newspaper article on the proving of Samuel's Will on 20/1/1903 Edward Riley Keene was of Mill Street, Dockhead . Samuel likely left money to his coachman of 18 years, one Charles Patrick, as he bought a livery stables in Barnes in 1904
From FMP Newspaper reports, he was connected to the Surrey Commercial Dock Company: they regret his death 'as a colleague' but he was actually its Chairman, as the report of his death in the Dorking and Leatherhead Advertiser of the 31/1/1903 states: this also gives him as Chairman of the Surrey branch of magistrates and with 2 more addresses, those of 16 Mark Lane and 9 Old Corn Exchange
It would appear that Mill Lodge was then sold, as
1904
A 25-acre sports club, with palatial clubhouse, is built on the site ‘for the mental and physical betterment of Harrods' employees’.
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a 1988 view of the playing fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2022 Google picture of a building next to the entrance gate of the Harrodian School: do not think this could be Mill Lodge
1988. The playing fields were sold and the Harrodian School erected on the site, opening in 1993 .
Maybe worth asking the school and Harrods if they have any old photos or maps of what was there around 1900 David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .