Name/Title
Pickersgill of EllingstringEntry/Object ID
2014.013.0106Description
Next up are pages thirteen through twenty of a write-up of Hope's genealogical research on both the Pickersgills and a bit of the Cunliffes.
The beginning of page thirteen starts with Harriette Eliza Pickersgill. She was the sister of John Pickersgill-Cunliffe who was Hope's great grandfather. She was born in 1835. On April 18th, 1865 she married Rev. Henry Shepherd. Henriette died in 1895. She had a son named Arthur Cunliffe Shepherd,
Following her is Sophia Cunliffe Pickersgill who was the eldest of William Cunliffe Pickersgill and Anna Riggs. She was likely born in Baltimore in 1838. On April 25th, 1857 she married Louis Jay. She died sometime in 1891. Her and Louis had three children: Marie, Louis and Adele.
The next is Anna Riggs Pickersgill who was the second child of WIlliam Cunliffe Pickersgill and Anna Riggs. She was born 1841. She married Carl Augustus Jay on June 7th, 1866. They had four children: William, Anna, Sophie and Emma.
After that is William Cunliffe Pickersgill Jr. who was the eldest son of William Cunliffe Pickersgill and Anna Riggs. He was born February 4th 1844. He married Sophia Whitaker on February 18th, 1865. William died on May 18th, 1868 in Paris. He and his wife had one child: Anna.
Lastly on thirteen an entry on William Wallace Rodger Cunliffe.who was a son of Sophia Cunliffe Pickersgill. William was her eldest son and he was born in 1847. He was married his first wife Annie Kentfield in 1875. With her, he had two children: Sophia and Robert. On November 19, 1887 he Cunliffe to his surname. By 1888 he married his second wife Jeanne Schmedding. He died before 1907. William and Jeanne had one child: Miriam Rodger Cunliffe.
Page thirteen ends with his entry and continues to the top of fourteen.
The following entry on page fourteen is of another of Sophia's sons named Sir John Pickersgill Rodger. He was born in 1851 and married a woman named Maria Tyser. He had one daughter named Ethel.
The next person listed is Helen Dale Pickersgill-Cunliffe. She was the eldest child of John Pickersgill-Cunliffe and his wife Helen Hutton Dale She was also Hope's grandmother. She was born on January 18th, 1850. She married Lieut.Charles Thomas Farquhar Hodgkinson. Based on letters between Helen's father and Charles father it was apparent neither was happy with the engagement. Helen most certainly disliked it. So much so that after parting with her daughter after the wedding she refused to speak with her twenty-six years. It wasn't until Charles passed away that Helen bothered to reach out to her daughter again. The two had five children: Austin, Thomas, Frances, Mary and Cyril. Page fourteen ends on this.
Next up on page fifteen is John's eldest surviving son Harry Pickersgill-Cunliffe. He was born in 1858. In 1880 he married Arlette Isobel Reynolds. He died on January 13th, 1919. They had four children: Gillian, Daphne, Enid and John. Page fifteen ends on Enid.
Sixteen starts off with Harry's youngest child John Pickersgill-Cunliffe. Hope mentions he was born on May 16th, 1895 and died on September 14th, 1914. He fell at the Battle of the Aisne.
Alice Pickersgill-Cunliffe is next and she was the second surviving daughter of John and Helen. By the time she was born in 1862 she was the tenth child born. By 1882 she was married to Major William Edwin Fell. They had nine children: Rose, Barbara, Marjorie, Joan, Elspeth, Faith, Louis, William and Bridget
Charles Pickersgill-Cunliffe is the last entry on page sixteen. He was the second surviving son of John and Helen, He was born in March of 1863. Page sixteen ends here.
Seventeen continues with Charles' entry. He finished at St. Eton College at 16 and then went to read for Oxford with the Rev. F. Parnell, a rector of Oxtead Parish. It was here he met and fell for his future wife. On April 12th, 1883 he married Evelyn Audrey. Charles was the one who came up with the idea for a family newsletter. This newsletter's purpose was to publish interesting items relating to births, marriages promotions, travel, death etc. of all the descendants of Rev Thomas Dale; his grandfather. It was published quarterly from October of 1903 until April of 1915. Charles died on September 26th, 1905 at forty-two. Page seventeen ends here.
Starting from the top of page eighteen is the list of Charles' children: John, Evelyn, Valentine and Margaret.
Marie Wilhelmina Jay is the next entry Her mother was Sophia Cunliffe Pickersgill who in turn was the daughter of William Cunliffe, otherwise known as Charles' uncle. Her father was a man named Louis Jay. Marie married Carl Borgnis in 1881. She and Carl had four children: Anna, Hugo, Wilhelm and Alexander. Marie married a second time to a man named Herman von Trenkwald. She had no kids with him.
Louis Jay also a son of Sophia, was born in 1862. He married Hertha von Seldeneck in 1906. His son was Herbert Wilhelm. Page eighteen ends with Louis and nineteen finishes off his entry.
William Cunliffe Pickersgill was the eldest son of Anna Riggs Pickersgill. She was also a daughter of William Cunliffe. He was born in 1869 and married Ethel Maud Pilcher in 1894. He had two children: Ethel and Nora.
Anna Jay, was the eldest daughter of Anna Riggs Pickersgill. She was born in 1869 and married Edmund Phipps Hornby in 1895. They had two daughters: Evelyn and Betty.
Sophie Emily Jay ends page nineteen. She was the second daughter of Anna Riggs Pickersgill and was in 1871. On September 10th, 1908 she married Col. Reginald Mandeville Rodwell. Begining with page twenty is the mentioning of her son John Raymond Rodwell.
Jill Helen was the daughter of Harry Pickersgill-Cunliffe and his eldest. She was born in 1881. On April 2nd, 1902 she married Christopher Rede Turner. Jill died in 1950. She had two children: Grizel Blanche Turner and Ronald Mark Cunliffe Turner. The last bit of information was continued on to page twenty-one with details on Ronald's children.
Page twenty ends here.Collection
Hope Grace Research CollectionPublication Details
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1989 - 1998Location
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Hope Grace Collection, Box 3Table
Archives 2 Work TableRoom
Archives 2Building
Tudor HallContainer
Hope Grace Collection, Box 3Table
Archives 2 Work TableRoom
Archives 2Building
Tudor HallRelationships
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