ADELINA DE LARA- CONCERT PIANIST- CRAWCOUR FAMILY LINKS

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George Matthew Tilbury aka Preston's first wife was Ann Newell Fulton. She was baptised 10 January 1834 Parish Church Chipping Campden-parents George and Mary Fulton- George was a Seedman.
Ann appears as an unmarried servant age 17 in the 1851 Census born Gloucestershire Chipping Campden in the household of John Field a Master Baker ( full reference for record to follow)

By 1871 Ann is living alone with her 3 sons and recorded as a widow. However, George was still alive and possibly living with Anne aka Anna because Adelina aka Lottie was born in 1872.
1871 Census (Copyright,TNA) RG10 4044 101 12
120 Red Barr? Road Manchester Lancashire
Thomas Mullin H M 35 Miller b Hampshire
Esther wife 44 b Reading Berks
Edward Simmonds nephew u 20 Miller b Reading Berks
ANN NEWELL PRESTON Lodger widow 33 Engraver's wife b Gloucestershire Campden
Frank R Preston son 14 b Southampton
Percy Augustus son 11 b London Pimlico
Rodney George son 10 b London

Why George Tilbury changed his surname to Preston is unclear- Criminal and Bankruptcy records may provide an answer.

George Matthew Tilbury was recorded in the GRO Death Index as dying in 1883- George Matthew TILBURY Death Jan qtr 1883 b abt 1838 age 45 Liverpool 8b 140.

Why his surname at death reverted back to Tilbury is also not clear.

There is no current data to indicate what happened to Ann Newell Tilbury aka Preston nee Fulton and further research is required.

I will post further data on the lines.

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George Tilbury aka Preston appears in the 1871 Census (Copyright TNA) RG10 2867 54 5
He is a Boarder in an Inn:
Roebuck Inn Shelton Hanley Staffordshire
The head of the property is John Cope H M 49 beer seller
GEORGE PRESTON Boarder 32 Married Engraver b Hants Southampton

By 1891 Adelina aka Lottie appears as a visitor in the household of William Priestly. She is incorrectly on Ancestry.Com recorded as Priestly but the census record is clear and shows her surname as PRESTON:
1891 Census (Copyright TNA) RG12 2263 4 1
229 Gloster House Birchfield Road Handsworth Staffordshire
William H Priestly H M 50 Music Seller b Birmingham
LOTTIE A D PRESTON visitor s 19 b Carlisle Cumberland

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Death-
In her 40th year Anna PRESTON 83 Mount Pleasant wife of the late G P De Lara
Weds 21 February 1883 Liverpool Mercury Lancashire.

The 1861 Census previously posted on showed George Tilbury and Ann Fulton with children Frank William b 1858;Percy Augustus b 1860; Rodney George b 1861.
The 1861 Census for Joseph Laurence aka Lawrence and Ann De Lara shows children Sarah A b 1859; David D b 1861
The 1871 Census showed Ann aka Annie Laurence with her parents David/Sarah and children Sarah b 1859;David b 1862;Penelope b1867
The 1881 Census recorded with George Tilbury/Ann De Lara show Helen b 1861; Penelope Jane b 1867 and Lottie b 1872 (Penelope was born 1865 based on her baptism record).

In earlier threads Percy Augustus Lawrence aka Tilbury aka George Tilbury was shown to have had several prison sentences as a hawker without a licence and drunk/disorderly.

Rodney George Lawrence aka Tilbury was aka George De Lara actor and I will post data showing him living with Adelina De Lara.

Penelope Jane was to marry and I will post on her.

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This posts contains further data on the marriage of Adelina aka Lottie to Thomas Johnson Shipwright 1870-1911:
Marriage Certificate
Parish Church St.Mark Regents Park
July 30 1896
Thomas Johnson SHIPWRIGHT 26 Bachelor Actor 5 Clouth..?wry Road father Thomas Shipwright Gentleman
Adelina de Lara PRESTON 24 Spinster no occupation recorded 9 St.George Square-father George PRESTON Deceased
Witnesses ? Birt; Geo..? Row?
The parents of Thomas Johnson Shipwright were Thomas Shipwright 1842-1916-Elizabeth Johnson 1848-1891

The 1871 Census (Copyright TNA) RG10 194 30 53
58..?Road Hampstead London
Thomas Shipwright H M 28 Master Perfume/ Employing 12 men and 2 boys b Soho
Elizabeth wife 23 b Finsbury
Thomas John son 1 b Middx Hampstead
+2 servants

I will post further on the parents of Thomas Johnson Shipwright.
Thomas Johnson Shipwright was to change his surname to KINGSTON.
His Probate Record shows:
Thomas Johnson Shipwright otherwise Thomas KINGSTON 5 Elsworthy Road Primrose Hill Middlesex died 2 August 1911 Probate to Sir Henry Francis Herbert Thompson Baronet Effects £2393 13s 6d

His Burial record- See Findagrave;
Thomas KINGSTON Birth 1870 death 1911
St Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery Kensal Green London Borough of Brent
Grave 4092

I will post further on the children of Adelina and Thomas. For their son Denis here is part of his WW1 Service record.
The WW1 Pension Records show:
Denis Shipwright 4.12..1914-10.4.1916 Mother Adelina Shipwright Holmscroft Betchworth Surrey
Age 18 years 6 months Kent Cyclist 9Reserved Battalion)Dec 1914

The UK Incoming Passenger Lists January 1897 show:
Adelina KINGSTON 25 musician and Thomas KINGSTON Actor 26 Landed London on 'Manitoba' from New York

There are various London Electoral Register records for Adelina which include her half sibling Rodney George Tilbury who lived with for part of the time of the records:
1919 Barnet Hendon 19 The Park Lottie SHIPWRIGHT
1921 19 The Park Barnet Hendon Lottie Adelina Shipwright
1945 Surrey Electoral Registers
Adelinas Cottage Cinder Path Farnham Lottie A Shipwright; Rodney G Tilbury

1939 Register (Copyright TNA)RG101 1930A
5 Hook Heath Woking UD Surrey
Lottie A SHIPWRIGHT b 23 Jan 1872 widow Pianist, composer, Teacher of Piano
Rodney G TILBURY b 11 March 1861 Actor (Retired)

1951 Electoral Register
Adelina Cottage Woking
Eric S V BROWN;Jessie BROWN;Lottie A Shipwright;Rodney G Tilbury

Death:
Rodney G Tilbury age 91 b abt 1872 Dec qtr 1961 Surrey 5g 689

I will post further data.

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The two sons of Adelina and Thomas Shipwrigt aka Kingston were:
Alan aka Thomas Alan Kingston Shipwright b 1897 who married Eileen M Watts July qtr 1951 Kensington 5c 2771. He had served in the RAF WW1 as a Flt Lieutenant and in the 1939 Register (Copyright TNA) RG101 2639 H was recorded as Alan T Shipwright b 10 May 1897 Squadron Leader RAF Retired single living in Worthing Sussex
There are RAF service records for him.

His brother Denis Ewart Bernard Kingston Shipwright b 20 May 1898 died 13 Sept 1984 Plym Lea Triggs Lane Worthing. He was married 3 times:
March qtr 1918 Chelsea 1a 953 to Kate HAIN
March qtr 1934 Kensington 1a 309 to Lilian M SCHMITZ/WALTER Nb The FREE BMD Record gives the same reference for Lilian as Schmitz and Walter so this maybe a married and maiden name on the record.
Dec qtr 1947 Surrey NW 5g 1374=Margaret Haynes.

The family records show Joy Lilian Marjory Walter 1901-1948; Kate Hain 1885-1954;Margaret Ethel Haynes 1907-1977.

I will not add further on the above lines because of living relatives.

I will post on Penelope Jane Laurence aka Lawrence the daughter of Joseph Lawrence and her marriage.


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In 2007 my Australian distant cousin Patrick Coppel wrote about our Crawcour lines in the Australian Jewish Historical Society Journal Vol XV111 2007 Part 4- Crawcour Stories. This article was based at the time on our research into our lines which we had shared ( including other distant cousins). I have continued over the past 11 years to do further research and post data where relevant plus developing my own data base on the respective lines.
In his article Pat included a section entitled Adelina De Lara and the Polish Military.In this section we had explored whether or not Adelina De Lara's comments about our mutual lines 'of the name Cracour, that of an important Polish military family who lived in Kracow, in the part of Poland then under Austrian rule' ( in her book Finale) was based on any actual evidence.
We have not found any such proof but we were aware of the involvement of the Jewish Regiment under Colonel Berek Josielewicz during the wars against Russia in 1794.
Whether or not our lines ( Pat and I descend from Isaac father of Samuel Crawcour 1748-1816 as does Adelina; her line comes through Isaac Crawcour c 177-1837=

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My apologies- the site appeared to 'freeze' during my last post hence an incomplete previous post. I will continue with the data posted earlier.
Isaac Crawcour c 1777-1837 =Simha Cohen De Lara 1776-1851 and their 7 children of whom Sarah Abigail Cohen Crawcour c 1804-1879 =David Laurent De Lara c 1807 1876. Anne their daughter married Joseph Lawrence aka Laurence and then Anne had a relationship and children by George Tilbury aka Preston which included Adelina.
Hannah the 5th child of Sarah and David was the mistress and later wife of Henry Russell 1812-1900 and as previously posted on in this thread this Russell line connected through marriage to John aka Isaac Davies and his mother Ann Crawcour who had married David Davies aka Davis. My own paternal Hart line had also married into the Crawcour/Davies as posted on.

Pat and my own Crawcour line descends through David Crawcour c 1791-1882 brother of Isaac 177-1837.


Following the death of George Tilbury aka Preston and his wife Anne within a week of each other Adelina was living with her two half sisters Nellie and Penelope who were older than her. Nellie apppears to have threatened to kill her self following the death of George and Anne and disappeared. There is no record currently to indicate what happened to her and one theory is that she committed suicide by drowning. She was the eldest sister.
Penelope Jane born 1865 appears to have supported Adelina with patrons assistance touring with Adelina in her piano recitals.

Penelope was later to marry Arthur Theobald a widower and retired army officer.

The GRO Marriage Certificate for Penelope is particularly interesting because it sheds a small amount of light on what her father may have been employed as at the time of his death. Importantly, the 2 witnesses at her marriage were Henry and Hannah Russell showing that the Russell were involved with the family.
GRO Marriage Certificate
July 3 1897 St Marys Church Paddington
Arthur THEOBALD full age widower Lieutenant Colonel late of Her Majesty's Army Parish of St Mary father James Theobald deceased Gentleman
Penelope Jane LAURENCE spinster no occupation St Mary father Joseph LAURENCE deceased Private Secretary
Witnesses HENRY RUSSELL; HANNAH RUSSELL
I will post further

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Following their marriage in 1897 both Arthur and Penelope were dead by 1902. Penelope died first.
1901 Census (Copyright TNA) RG13 260 35
2 Warwick Road Paddington London
Arthur Theobald H M 54 Retired Army Officer b Winchester Hants
Penelope Jane wife 35 Living on own means b London
+2 servants

Probate
Penelope Jane Theobald 2 Warwick Road Maida Hill Middlesex (wife of Arthur Theobald) died 28 October 1901 Admin to Arthur Theobald retired Colonel H M Army £1896 18s 6d

Probate
Arthur Theobald Retired Colonel in her Her Majesty's Army 2 Warwick Road Maida Hill Middlesex died 30 April 1902 Probate to Rev Frederick Theobald Clerk Effects £579 13s 4d Re sworn £679 13 4d

Arthur's parents are likely to be James Theobald 1794-1871 and Sarah Richards 1808-1873.

I have yet to identify who the first wife of Arthur Theobald was.

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In this post I will provide data on Ellen Waldron b abt 1855 Liverpool the wife of Percival aka Percy Augustus Tilbury. They were married Sept qtr 1878 Sheffield 9c 482. The 1911 Census reveals that they had 7 children 3 of whom were dead.
I can't locate the family in 1881 census but here are the family without Percy in 1891 and 1911.
It appears that Percy was separated from the family and this may have been because he was an itinerant hawker but also in prison for some of the time.
1891 Census (Copyright TNA) RG12 3937 46 19
4 Hipponas Cottage Hull Yorkshire

Ellen Tilbury H M 36 Artificial flower Hawker b Lancs Liverpool
Francis son s 15 errand boy b Yorkshire Sheffield
Annie dau 6 b Hull
Mary dau 4 b Hull
Josephine dau 8months b Hull

1901 Census (Copyright TNA) RG13 4498 131 22
1 Henry's Place Kingston upon Hull
Ellen Tilbury H M 46 Living on own means b Lancs Liverpool
Frank son s 24 Organ builder Importer musical instruments worker b Scotland
Annie dau s 15 Dressmaking b Yorks Sheffield
Mary dau 12 b Yorks Hull
Josephine dau 10 b Yorks Hull

1911 Census (Copyright TNA) RG14 28758
6 Knowles Place Booth Street Hull

Ellen Tilbury H M 57 Married 37 years 7 children 3 dead 4 alive Hawker Paper flowers b Liverpool
Josephine dau 18 single Confectioner Needlers Tweed works b Hull


Ellen died in 1913 -Ellen Tilbury b abt 1854 age 59 Oct qtr 1913 Hull 9d 310


Percy maybe the individual recorded as dying in 1925- March qtr 1925 Beverley 9d 123 age 65

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The following is from The Times Monday Nov 27 1961 regarding the death of Adelina De Lara:
"The death of Miss Adelina de Lara in a Woking Hospital on Saturday at the age of 89... She have her last public recital at the Wigmore Hall on June 15,1954 at the age of 82 but continued subsequently to lecture on the teaching of Clara Schuma, whose pupil she was for six years at Frankfurt..."

The following also from The Times relates to the engagement and marriage of Denis Ewart Bernard Kingston Shipwright to Kate Hain in 1918:
The Times 7 March 1918
"An engagement is announced between Denis Ewart Bernard Kingston Shipwright second lieutenant RFC, younger son of the late Thomas Johnson Shipwright and Mrs Shipwright ( Mme.Adelina De Lara) and Kate, daughter of the late Sir Edward Hain and Lady Hain of Treloyhan, St Ives Cornwall."

The marriage took place in 1918.

The Obituary in The Times Friday Sept 21,1917 for Sir Edward Hain:
"Sir Edward Hain who was well known in shipping circles as the head of an important steamship fleet died at his residence Treloyhan St Ives Cornwall yesterday at the age of 65.. His only son Captain E Hain of the Devon Yeomanry was killed at Gallipoli in 1915. He was the eldest son of the late Mr Edward Hain of St Ives, his family having been connected with the shipping and fisheries of that port for centuries. He was the principal of the firm Edward Hain and Son ( St Ives) and a member of the firms Foster, Hain and Read (London0 and Foster,Hain and Co (Cardiff).. he was Sheriff of Cornwall, member of county council..six times..Mayor of St Ives..20 years member of Town council..He received a knighthood in 1910. In 1882 he married Catherine daughter of the late Mr James Hughes of Whitehaven Cumberland.."

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