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Widowed to a Dean and lived in Southsea with her sister Mary, who was the Widow of an Admiral.
The sisters were said to have been childhood friends of Lily Langtry.
Widowed to an Admiral and lived in Southsea with her sister Ellen, who was the Widow of a Dean.
The sisters were said to have been childhood friends of Lily Langtry.
Arthur Wyndham Spedding Playfair
Arthur's marriage to Lena fell apart soon after they married due to his excesive drinking. Lena stayed with him while her father was alive, so as not to cause her father any distress.
To avoid any scandal to Arthur's family it was agreed that Lena would move from their house in Clareville Grove, where she lived with Ethel, to live in Berlin with two old governesses of his family. On her return to England she would find the house empty giving them grounds for divorce.
Arthur had one brother in the Army and another who was a doctor.
ARTHUR PLAYFAIR, Actor, aged 49, left £5,438 in a will.
Source: http://www.cartes.freeuk.com/history/theatre.htm
Lena Margaret Ashwell Pocock O.B.E.
NOTES: Lena had a nephew named Henry Macnicol
LENA ASHWELL OBE by Fmn Geoff Blackburn
Lena Ashwell (real name Lena Margaret Pocock) was the younger sister of Roger Pocock. She was born on 28th September 1872 on board ship in the River Tyne, England and died in London on the 13th March 1957.
A well known Edwardian actress and theatre manageress she was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1917 for her services in organising entertainment for the troops at the front.
Lena Ashwell Pocock was born on the "Wellesey" on the 28th September, 1869. This date is also shown on the family placque in Cookham Church, Surrey. An insertion in the "Shields Daily News" dated the 29th Sep. 1869 announces the birth. On page fifteen of her book, "Myself a Player", she tells how she had an agreement with her sister Hilda, "to be the younger one." Actresses, even in the making, are usually vain! Hilda was born on 27th April, 1871 - also on the ship. (Shields Daily News - 27th April, 1871)
Lena Ashwell was raised and educated in Canada, studying at the University of Toronto. She seemed to set her mind early on a singing career so she later studied music at the Lausanne in Switzerland and at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Her voice, however, proved inadequate and she turned her talents to acting.
She had several notable acting successes in the early 1900s after which she managed the Kingsway theatre in London from 1905-1915. During the First World War she organised the Lena Ashwell Concerts for the troops at the Front. She wrote of these experiences in her book Modern Troubadours published in 1922.
Following the War she formed and managed the Lena Ashwell Players and produced drama at London's Century Theatre from 1924 to 1929. She later wrote her autobiography, Myself a Player which was published in 1936.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/1124/legion/histlena.html
1871 census: R.N. Training vessel "Wellesley", Northumberland
Charles Ashwell Boteler Pocock, Mar, 42, Com. R.N., Superintendant, b. London
Sarah Margaret Pocock, Mar, 40, b. Holyhead, Anglesea
Francis Agnew Pocock, Un, 12, b. Weybridge, Surrey
Henry Roger Ashwell Pocock, Un, 5, b. Tenby, South Wales
Georgina Ethel Pocock, Un, 3, b. Ludlow, Shropshire
Lina Margaret Pocock, Un, 1, b. River Tyne
+ Officers, wives, servants & crew1881 Census
Dwelling: Queens Road
Census Place: Weybridge, Surrey, England
Source: FHL Film 1341180 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 0766 Folio 49 Page 38
Marr Age Sex Birthplace
Mary P. WATSON W 49 F Brighton, Sussex, England
Rel: Head
Occ: School Mistress
Ethel G. POCOCK 13 F Ludlow, Shropshire, England
Rel: Pupil
Occ: Scholar
Lina M. POCOCK 11 F Shields, Durham, England
Rel: Pupil
Occ: Scholar
Hilda F. POCOCK 9 F Shields, Durham, England
1901 Census (Index Only): Kensington, London
Lena Ashwell; age 30; born Durham South Shields; Actress
Roger Pocock; age 35; born Tenby, Pembroke; Novelist & Journalist
Ethel Pocock; age 32; born Ludlow, Salop; Living on own means
Henry studied at Edinburgh University. He was Honory Consulting Surgeon to the Hospital for Women at Soho Square, London, where he first met his future wife, Lena Ashwell. She went to see him for a medical consultation after he was recommended by her cousin, Sir Alfred Downing Fripp. She was instantly enamoured by him and new they would marry one day. Her marriage to Arthur Playfair had already fallen apart due to his alcoholism.
Sir Henry was a noted obstetrician who attended royal births, including Queen Elizabeth II and the late Princess Maragaret. He stayed at Glamis castle during these births while his wife, Lena, stayed at St. Andrews.
He was a keen golfer and often played at Walton Heath with Lloyd George. He had two aunts, Ann and Mary, who lived at the same house, in Edinburgh, for 50 years.
After his death, in 1932, Lena received letters of sympathy from many notabilities, including King George, Queen Mary and other Royal families from around the world.
Lena Margaret Ashwell Pocock O.B.E.
NOTES: Lena had a nephew named Henry Macnicol
LENA ASHWELL OBE by Fmn Geoff Blackburn
Lena Ashwell (real name Lena Margaret Pocock) was the younger sister of Roger Pocock. She was born on 28th September 1872 on board ship in the River Tyne, England and died in London on the 13th March 1957.
A well known Edwardian actress and theatre manageress she was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1917 for her services in organising entertainment for the troops at the front.
Lena Ashwell Pocock was born on the "Wellesey" on the 28th September, 1869. This date is also shown on the family placque in Cookham Church, Surrey. An insertion in the "Shields Daily News" dated the 29th Sep. 1869 announces the birth. On page fifteen of her book, "Myself a Player", she tells how she had an agreement with her sister Hilda, "to be the younger one." Actresses, even in the making, are usually vain! Hilda was born on 27th April, 1871 - also on the ship. (Shields Daily News - 27th April, 1871)
Lena Ashwell was raised and educated in Canada, studying at the University of Toronto. She seemed to set her mind early on a singing career so she later studied music at the Lausanne in Switzerland and at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Her voice, however, proved inadequate and she turned her talents to acting.
She had several notable acting successes in the early 1900s after which she managed the Kingsway theatre in London from 1905-1915. During the First World War she organised the Lena Ashwell Concerts for the troops at the Front. She wrote of these experiences in her book Modern Troubadours published in 1922.
Following the War she formed and managed the Lena Ashwell Players and produced drama at London's Century Theatre from 1924 to 1929. She later wrote her autobiography, Myself a Player which was published in 1936.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/1124/legion/histlena.html
1871 census: R.N. Training vessel "Wellesley", Northumberland
Charles Ashwell Boteler Pocock, Mar, 42, Com. R.N., Superintendant, b. London
Sarah Margaret Pocock, Mar, 40, b. Holyhead, Anglesea
Francis Agnew Pocock, Un, 12, b. Weybridge, Surrey
Henry Roger Ashwell Pocock, Un, 5, b. Tenby, South Wales
Georgina Ethel Pocock, Un, 3, b. Ludlow, Shropshire
Lina Margaret Pocock, Un, 1, b. River Tyne
+ Officers, wives, servants & crew1881 Census
Dwelling: Queens Road
Census Place: Weybridge, Surrey, England
Source: FHL Film 1341180 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 0766 Folio 49 Page 38
Marr Age Sex Birthplace
Mary P. WATSON W 49 F Brighton, Sussex, England
Rel: Head
Occ: School Mistress
Ethel G. POCOCK 13 F Ludlow, Shropshire, England
Rel: Pupil
Occ: Scholar
Lina M. POCOCK 11 F Shields, Durham, England
Rel: Pupil
Occ: Scholar
Hilda F. POCOCK 9 F Shields, Durham, England
1901 Census (Index Only): Kensington, London
Lena Ashwell; age 30; born Durham South Shields; Actress
Roger Pocock; age 35; born Tenby, Pembroke; Novelist & Journalist
Ethel Pocock; age 32; born Ludlow, Salop; Living on own means
Francis was an electrical engineer and inventor. He became an American citizen
1871 census: R.N. Training vessel "Wellesley", Northumberland
Charles Ashwell Boteler Pocock, Mar, 42, Com. R.N., Superintendant, b. London
Sarah Margaret Pocock, Mar, 40, b. Holyhead, Anglesea
Francis Agnew Pocock, Un, 12, b. Weybridge, Surrey
Henry Roger Ashwell Pocock, Un, 5, b. Tenby, South Wales
Georgina Ethel Pocock, Un, 3, b. Ludlow, Shropshire
Lina Margaret Pocock, Un, 1, b. River Tyne
+ Officers, wives, servants & crew
1881 Census
Dwelling: 365 Sauchiehall Street
Census Place: Barony, Lanark, Scotland
Source: FHL Film 0203662 GRO Ref Volume 644-9 EnumDist 44 Page 1
Marr Age Sex Birthplace
Agnes P. SMITH W 41 F Dalry, Ayr, Scotland
Rel: Head
Occ: Annuitant
Mary SMITH U 19 F Ardrossan, Ayr, Scotland
Rel: Daur
Occ: Scholar
Ann NICOLSON U 17 F Creiff, Perth, Scotland
Rel: Serv
Occ: Servant
John HUNTER W 61 M Adrossan, Ayr, Scotland
Rel: Boader
Occ: Retired Merchant
Joseph O'JEFFRIES M 30 M Ohio, United States
Rel: Lodger
Occ: Electricity Telephoner
John P. QUARLES U 33 M Virginia, United States
Rel: Lodger
Occ: Electricity Telephoner
Julion P. JEFFRIES U 23 M Ohio, United States
Rel: Lodger
Occ: Electricity Telephoner
Francis A. POCOCK U 28 M Waybridge, Surrey, England
Rel: Lodger
Occ: Electric & Mining Engineer
Pennsylvania 1910 Census Miracode Index
Francis A Pocock
Age: 51 State: PA
Color: W Enumeration District: 0154
Birth Place: England Visit: 0098
County: Philadelphia, Philadelphia
Relation: NR
Other Residents: NR Myra F 29, Pennsylvania
NR Doris C 09, Pennsylvania
NR C W Kennedy 06, Pennsylvania 10 non-relatives
1920 United States Federal Census
Pocock, Francis A
Age: 59 Year: 1920
Birthplace: England Roll: T625_1621
Race: White Page: 4B
State: Pennsylvania ED: 291
County: Philadelphia Image: 122
Township: Philadelphia
Scranton, Pennsylvania Directories, 1890-92Name Business Name - Occupation - Location - City - State - Year
Francis A. Pocock - mining engineer - 916 Pine - Scranton - PA - 1890
Francis A. Pocock - mining engineer - 916 Pine - Scranton - PA - 1891
Francis A. Pocock - mining engineer - boards Wyoming House - Scranton - PA - 1892
There is some confusion over her surname and her parents. The marriage entry shows the following:
BRIDE
Liize Phinny Mathews
Father: {Robert Phinney}
Mother:{Lizzie Phinney}With consent of guardian, Charles P. Matthews
Was her biological father Robert Phinney or Charles P. Matthews ? The following Website here shows a 'Charles P. Matthews', son of Robert or Richard Matthews & Ann Henwood, married M. Phinney and had a daughter, Lizzie Matthews, and sons Walter and Willard. No dates are given but it would appear to be the same Lizzie.
Did not marry and needed care
Francis was an electrical engineer and inventor. He became an American citizen
1871 census: R.N. Training vessel "Wellesley", Northumberland
Charles Ashwell Boteler Pocock, Mar, 42, Com. R.N., Superintendant, b. London
Sarah Margaret Pocock, Mar, 40, b. Holyhead, Anglesea
Francis Agnew Pocock, Un, 12, b. Weybridge, Surrey
Henry Roger Ashwell Pocock, Un, 5, b. Tenby, South Wales
Georgina Ethel Pocock, Un, 3, b. Ludlow, Shropshire
Lina Margaret Pocock, Un, 1, b. River Tyne
+ Officers, wives, servants & crew
1881 Census
Dwelling: 365 Sauchiehall Street
Census Place: Barony, Lanark, Scotland
Source: FHL Film 0203662 GRO Ref Volume 644-9 EnumDist 44 Page 1
Marr Age Sex Birthplace
Agnes P. SMITH W 41 F Dalry, Ayr, Scotland
Rel: Head
Occ: Annuitant
Mary SMITH U 19 F Ardrossan, Ayr, Scotland
Rel: Daur
Occ: Scholar
Ann NICOLSON U 17 F Creiff, Perth, Scotland
Rel: Serv
Occ: Servant
John HUNTER W 61 M Adrossan, Ayr, Scotland
Rel: Boader
Occ: Retired Merchant
Joseph O'JEFFRIES M 30 M Ohio, United States
Rel: Lodger
Occ: Electricity Telephoner
John P. QUARLES U 33 M Virginia, United States
Rel: Lodger
Occ: Electricity Telephoner
Julion P. JEFFRIES U 23 M Ohio, United States
Rel: Lodger
Occ: Electricity Telephoner
Francis A. POCOCK U 28 M Waybridge, Surrey, England
Rel: Lodger
Occ: Electric & Mining Engineer
Pennsylvania 1910 Census Miracode Index
Francis A Pocock
Age: 51 State: PA
Color: W Enumeration District: 0154
Birth Place: England Visit: 0098
County: Philadelphia, Philadelphia
Relation: NR
Other Residents: NR Myra F 29, Pennsylvania
NR Doris C 09, Pennsylvania
NR C W Kennedy 06, Pennsylvania 10 non-relatives
1920 United States Federal Census
Pocock, Francis A
Age: 59 Year: 1920
Birthplace: England Roll: T625_1621
Race: White Page: 4B
State: Pennsylvania ED: 291
County: Philadelphia Image: 122
Township: Philadelphia
Scranton, Pennsylvania Directories, 1890-92Name Business Name - Occupation - Location - City - State - Year
Francis A. Pocock - mining engineer - 916 Pine - Scranton - PA - 1890
Francis A. Pocock - mining engineer - 916 Pine - Scranton - PA - 1891
Francis A. Pocock - mining engineer - boards Wyoming House - Scranton - PA - 1892
Believed by Geoffrey A. Pocock to be unmarried.
Samuel was a Canadian civil engineer, born at Thorold, Ontario; died at Brockville, Ontario Jan. 7, 1890. Keefer learned his trade working on the Erie and Welland Canals as a boy - his father was W. H. Merritt's partner in the building of the Welland Canal; 1841 appointed Canada's first Chief Engineer of Public Works; 1843 built Canada's first suspension bridge at the Chaudière Falls in Ottawa; 1853 left government to engineer the Grand Trunk Railway; as supervising engineer of the Brockville and Ottawa Railway, he built Canada's first railway tunnel at Brockville; 1859 selected the plans for the new Parliament Buildings at Ottawa, and directed their construction; 1864 retired from public service; 1869 built the Clifton Bridge, the first suspension bridge at Niagara Falls, for which he was awarded the 1878 Gold Medal at the Paris Exposition.
Additional Notes:
KEEFER, Samuel, civil engineer, born in Thor-old, Canada, 22 January, 1811. His father, George, removed from New Jersey to Canada in 1792 after his property had been confiscated by congress. He was afterward the first president of the Welland canal company. The son was educated as an engineer, was appointed secretary of the board of works for Lower Canada in 1839, from 1841 till 1853 was chief engineer of the Government board of public works, and in 1852 made a survey for the Sault St. Marie canal. In 1853 he resigned his place under government to become resident engineer of the Grand trunk railway, and established the line between Montreal and Kingston. He was appointed government inspector of railways in 1857, and soon afterward deputy commissioner of public works, and held both places till 1864. His report upon the plans for the new parliament buildings at Ottawa was approved of by the governor-general in 1859, and in 1869 he completed the suspension-bridge at Niagara falls, which was at that time the longest single-span bridge in the world. He received a diploma and gold medal for the design and description of this work at the Paris exposition of 1878. In June, 1880, he was appointed a member of a royal commission to inquire into the conduct and prosecution of the Canadian Pacific railway.--His brother, Thomas Coltrain, Canadian engineer, born in Thorold, 4 November, 1821, was educated at Upper Canada college, Toronto, and in 1838 began his career as an engineer. After having been employed in various capacities, he was ordered by the government in 1850 to survey the rapids of the St. Lawrence with a view to their improvement, and also to explore the country between the head-waters of the St. John in New Brunswick and the St. Lawrence, opposite Sague-nay river, for the purpose of opening intercolonial communication by canal or railway. In 1851 he resigned frown the government service and was appointed chief engineer of the Toronto and Kingston section of the Grand Trunk railway, and made preliminary surveys for a bridge over the St. Lawrence, the present Victoria bridge being the outcome of his plans. He constructed water-works for Montreal, Hamilton, Ottawa, and other cities. In 1878 he was sent to Paris as chief commissioner for Canada at the international exhibition, hi 1849 he was the successful competitor for a premium that was offered by the Earl of Elgin for an " Essay on the Influence of the Canals of Canada upon her Agriculture." he published " The Philosophy of Railways" (1849).
1880 Census: Place East Ward, Brockville, Brockville, OntarioName Marital Status Gender Ethnic Origin Age Birthplace Occupation Religion
Samuel KEEFER W Male German 70 OEngineer Church of England
Elizabeth GURLEY Female Irish 22 OServant Church of England
Bridget GLEESN Female Irish 19 OServant Catholic
John BEATTY Male Irish 18 OServant Presbyterian
Rosalie was born at Motueka, in the Nelson district of New Zealand, where her parents and brother, Francis, lived in a house called "Gables". A sister was also born there but died in infancy. When money ran out and the family returned to England.
In about 1881-82 the family sailed to Quebec, on the S.S. Peruvian, and lived in a log built cottage on the cliffs of the St. Lawrence River near to Brockville. They stayed there for two years before moving into Brockville.
While there she met a Canadian civil engineer, Samuel Keefer, who designed the suspension bridge across the Niagara gorge. He was a 72 year old widow and she was 23 when they married in 1883.
After her mother was tragically killed, in May 1887, she stayed in Canada while her distrought father took Ethel, Lena and Hilda to Lausanne, Switzerland. After her father returned to England he visited her in Canada and may have brought her back to England with him.
ABODES:
Cookham, Berks.
Horsemoor House, Chieveley, Berks. (with Mrs. Muller)
Samuel was a Canadian civil engineer, born at Thorold, Ontario; died at Brockville, Ontario Jan. 7, 1890. Keefer learned his trade working on the Erie and Welland Canals as a boy - his father was W. H. Merritt's partner in the building of the Welland Canal; 1841 appointed Canada's first Chief Engineer of Public Works; 1843 built Canada's first suspension bridge at the Chaudière Falls in Ottawa; 1853 left government to engineer the Grand Trunk Railway; as supervising engineer of the Brockville and Ottawa Railway, he built Canada's first railway tunnel at Brockville; 1859 selected the plans for the new Parliament Buildings at Ottawa, and directed their construction; 1864 retired from public service; 1869 built the Clifton Bridge, the first suspension bridge at Niagara Falls, for which he was awarded the 1878 Gold Medal at the Paris Exposition.
Additional Notes:
KEEFER, Samuel, civil engineer, born in Thor-old, Canada, 22 January, 1811. His father, George, removed from New Jersey to Canada in 1792 after his property had been confiscated by congress. He was afterward the first president of the Welland canal company. The son was educated as an engineer, was appointed secretary of the board of works for Lower Canada in 1839, from 1841 till 1853 was chief engineer of the Government board of public works, and in 1852 made a survey for the Sault St. Marie canal. In 1853 he resigned his place under government to become resident engineer of the Grand trunk railway, and established the line between Montreal and Kingston. He was appointed government inspector of railways in 1857, and soon afterward deputy commissioner of public works, and held both places till 1864. His report upon the plans for the new parliament buildings at Ottawa was approved of by the governor-general in 1859, and in 1869 he completed the suspension-bridge at Niagara falls, which was at that time the longest single-span bridge in the world. He received a diploma and gold medal for the design and description of this work at the Paris exposition of 1878. In June, 1880, he was appointed a member of a royal commission to inquire into the conduct and prosecution of the Canadian Pacific railway.--His brother, Thomas Coltrain, Canadian engineer, born in Thorold, 4 November, 1821, was educated at Upper Canada college, Toronto, and in 1838 began his career as an engineer. After having been employed in various capacities, he was ordered by the government in 1850 to survey the rapids of the St. Lawrence with a view to their improvement, and also to explore the country between the head-waters of the St. John in New Brunswick and the St. Lawrence, opposite Sague-nay river, for the purpose of opening intercolonial communication by canal or railway. In 1851 he resigned frown the government service and was appointed chief engineer of the Toronto and Kingston section of the Grand Trunk railway, and made preliminary surveys for a bridge over the St. Lawrence, the present Victoria bridge being the outcome of his plans. He constructed water-works for Montreal, Hamilton, Ottawa, and other cities. In 1878 he was sent to Paris as chief commissioner for Canada at the international exhibition, hi 1849 he was the successful competitor for a premium that was offered by the Earl of Elgin for an " Essay on the Influence of the Canals of Canada upon her Agriculture." he published " The Philosophy of Railways" (1849).
1880 Census: Place East Ward, Brockville, Brockville, OntarioName Marital Status Gender Ethnic Origin Age Birthplace Occupation Religion
Samuel KEEFER W Male German 70 OEngineer Church of England
Elizabeth GURLEY Female Irish 22 OServant Church of England
Bridget GLEESN Female Irish 19 OServant Catholic
John BEATTY Male Irish 18 OServant Presbyterian