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

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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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