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Anna Maria Lambert

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| style="color:white; background:darkgreen; width:1px height:30px" | Born: [[Not Created|23 Sep 1794]]
| style="color: white; background:darkgreen; " | Died: [[Not Created|8 March 1849]]
| style="color: white; background:darkgreen; " | Married: [[John Angus Walmisley|John Angus Walmisley]]
| style="color: white; background:darkred; " | Mother: [[Not Created|]]
| style="color: white; background:darkgreen; " | Father: [[William Lambert|Lt. Col. Lambert]]
| style="color: white; background:darkgreen; " | Descendant: [[Augustine Walmisley|Augustine Walmisley]]
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[[File:Anna Maria Lambert sm.jpg|thumb|400px]]

Anna Maria Lambert was the daughter of Lieutenant Colonel [[William Lambert]], and was born on the 23rd September 1794 in Tannah, India.

She married John Angus Walmisley in 1816. She died on the 8th March 1849 at the age of 53 (according to the obituary, or 54 if her birth date is believed).

In [[Walmisley Census#1841Westminster|1841]] she was living with her husband at North Street, St John The Evangelist, Westminster, Middlesex. Also with them was their children John (22), George (21), Philip (19), and Charles (14). The census says that she was born outside of Middlesex, but inside England, but this could be an oversight (if she was in fact born in India).

== Birth ==

According to the will of Lieutenant Colonel [[William Lambert]] (as written in his probate in 1806) she was born in Tannah, India on the 23rd September 1794. This is a year earlier than her obituaries would indicate (claiming that she was 53).

According to the same source she had a brother Harry Lambert, born on the 4th May 1792.

== Mother ==

Family oral histories record that her mother was a Pharsee or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsis Parsee] (a community of people who migrated to India from Persia in the 7th Century).

There is much circumstantial evidence that their mother was native of India (or the region), and quite likely that her parents might not have been married at the time of Anna's birth:

* Anna was born in Tannah in India
* the will of her father [[William Lambert|Lieutenant Colonel William Lambert]] did not mention a wife.
* his will referred to his children as “my natural children"
* the phrase "natural born" is often used to mean born out of wedlock, he doesn't use the exact phrase here
* this appeared to be common, there is a potential second brother of her father, called [[Peter Lambert]] who had children with "his girl" who was Indian.

The [https://blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/2018/12/from-westmorland-to-india-william-lambert-of-the-bombay-army.html British Library post] about William says that his girl was called Bibee Shariffa.

ChatGPT suggests that:
* “Bibee” was used by the British (and earlier by the Portuguese) to refer to Indian or Indo-Portuguese women they had relationships with — it comes from the Urdu/Persian/Hindi word Bibi, meaning “lady” or “wife.”
* Shariffa is not a Parsi (Zoroatrian) name. The name indicates either a Muslim Indian name
* “Parsee” was sometimes used loosely by British contemporaries to refer to any Persian-speaking or Persian-dressed people, not strictly Zoroastrians. So it is possible her ancestors were Persian Muslims settled in India.

However, DNA testing does not show any ancestry from Persia (albeit it would be very hard to detect this far back), but there is a 1% match from the Bengal/Bhutan/Bangladesh region. And so far there are no other ancestors who might account for this.

== Marriage ==

Anna Maria married [[John Angus Walmisley]] on the 6th September 1816 at St Johns Thanet (Margate) in Kent.

[[File:Marriage John Angus Walmisley Anna Maria Lambert 1816 crop.jpg|center|thumb|400px]]

In the European Magazine and London Review, Volume 70: 
''Sept 6. Mr. John Angus Walmisley , son of Mr. Walmisley, clerk of the papers of the House of Lords, to Anna Maria, daughter of the late Lieutenant-colonel Lambert of the East India Company's service.''

Similarly in the Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India, China, and Australia, 1816:

''At Margate, John, son of Wm. Walmsley, Esq. clerk of the papers to the House of Lords, to Anna Maria, only daughter to the late Lieut. Col. Lambert, of the East-india Company's service.''

== Children ==

They had the following children, christened at St Margaret's Westminster:
* Maria Amelia Walmisley (b.27 May 1817, c. 30 July 1817) daughter of John Angus and Anna Maria, Gt. Queen Street, Gent.
* [[John Richard Lambert Walmisley]] (b. 6th April 1818, c. 9th June 1818) son of John Angus and Anna Maria, Gt. Queen Street, Gent.
* George Augustus Walmisley (1820-1896) b. 3 Jan 1820, c. 19 Apr 1820) son of John Angus and Anna Maria, Smith Square, Gentleman
* Philip Moss Walmisley (b. 19 Nov 1821, c. 14 Jan 1822) son of John Angus and Anna Maria, Smith Square, Gentleman
* Maria Selina Walmisley (b. 11 July 1823, c. 8 Aug 1823) daughter of John Angus and Anna Maria, Smith Square, Gent.
* Charles MacKennon Walmisley (1827-1878)
* Isabella Amelia Walmisley (1829-1917), b. 6th July 1829, c. 5 Nov 1829, daughter of John Angus and Anna Maria, Smith Square, Gentleman
* Walter Milbanke Walmisley ~1832-1915), b. North St, Smith Square, London, d. 3 Grosvenor Avenue, Carshalton

[[File:Christening Maria Amelia Walmisley.jpg|600px|none]]
[[File:Christening Philip Moss Walmisley 1821.jpg|600px|none]]

== Death ==

Anna Maria Walmisley died on the 8th March 1849, aged 53, at 59 King's Road, Brighthelmstone, after suffering pneumonia for 7 days Brighthelmstone was the official name of Brighton until 1810, and still the parish name used in the census in 1841. The registry of her death lists her occupation as wife of [[John Angus Walmisley]], parliamentary agent of 7 Clapham Rise. The informant was John King Dingle, of 38 Bloomsbury Place, Marina Parade, Brighton, who was present at her death, and registered it on the 9th March 1849.

[[File:Death AnnaMariaWalmisley 8Mar1849.jpg|800px|none]]

In the Obituary section of "The Gentleman's Magazine" in 1849: "March 8. At Brighton, Anna-Maria, wife of John Angus Walmisley, esq. of Clapham-rise."

Also in the London Standard on the 15th March 1849:

[[File:Obituary Anna Maria Walmisley London Standard 15 March 1849.jpg|center|thumb|400px]]

She was buried on the 15th March 1849 at the South Metropolitan Cemetery (now known as West Norwood) at the age of 53. Her residence was listed as Clapham Rises Surrye (removed from Brighton). Buried by a Rev. from St John's, Clapham Rises.

[[File:Death Anna Maria Walmisley 15 March 1849.jpg|center|thumb|400px]]

In 1851, 59 King's Road was Belvidere house, the head was a Joseph Staley, a lodging house keeper (also staying there was a Primrose Elphistone from the East Indies - in 1841 she was living with a James Welch/Welsh in the service of the east india company - A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Welsh_%28East_India_Company_officer%29 James Welsh] was in the 3rd Native Regiment, William Lambert was in the 6th Native regiment, hmm)

== Hypotheses about her father ==

What do we know for sure about the father of Anna Maria Lambert?

* He was called Lieutenant Colonel Lambert (from the marriage announcement).
* He was born between 1700-1780 (given his daughter was born in ~1796)
* He was married before 1796 (assuming his daughter was born in wedlock - which appears to be a false assumption)
* He died between 1796 and 1818 (he was dead before her wedding)
* He was a Lt. Col. in the East India company (which strangely a lot of Walmisleys were)
* He lived outside of Middlesex, but inside England when she was born (this might be a false record as well).
* He had a daughter called Anna Maria
* she was his only daughter
* another source says he was Colonel William Lambert.

Possible candidates:

Someone's tree has him born in 1760 and died in 1810.

A Captain William Lambert was deputy commisary of stores in Tannah in Bombay in 1798
William Lambert was a Major in the Sixth Regiment Native Infantry on the 6th March 1800 (at Tannah Deputy commissioner of stores).
A William Lambert died in 10 August 1817
Frederick Lambert, Burial Date: 13 Jul 1813, Burial Place: Fort St. George, Madras, India

14 December 1812, 82d ditto, To be lieutenants: Robert Latham vice Lambert deceased.

The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography has an entry for Henry which starts

'Lambert, Henry (d. 1813), naval officer, younger son of Captain Robert Lambert (d. 1810), '

On the otherhand John Lambert's entry in ODof NB begins

'Lambert, Sir John (1772–1847), army officer, was born on 28 April 1772, the son of Captain Robert Alexander Lambert RN (c.1732–1801), '

William Emsden Lambert died in India

Madras G.L.Lambert Captain of in 1805, Major of in 1817, 12 years of service

War-Office, May 26, 1801.
Battalion of the £2d Foot.
Lieutenant-Colonel the Honorable Philip Cocks to be Captain of a Company, vice Juefl'ie.
Captain John Lambert to be Captain-Lieutenant, vice Cocks.
Ensign George Elrington to be Lieutenant, vice Lambert.

26 July 1794 3d Regiment of Foot, Bre.vet Major Oliver Lambert to be Major, without Purchase, vice Riehar-jso •, promoted in the 64th Foot.

3 Nov 1803 To be Lieutenant: George Anthony Lambert, Gent

14 June 1808: %2dDilto,'Lieutenant Thomas Lambert, from the Westmeath Militia, to be Ensign.

Edmund Lambert, from Mary la bonn, middlesex, wife sophia, sister susan mary ??oman, brother the reverend edward lambert, sister deborah lambert 7 sep 1808

Ensign Edward Lambert to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Fi-eetii. Dated April 17, 1817.

To be Lieutenant Colonels in the Army: Major Peter W. Lambert, of the &th Foot. Dated June .4, 1813.

Pursuant to a Decree of the High Court of Chan-
_„ eery, made in a Cause Lambert and others against
Coclierdl and others, the Creditors and Legatees of Edmund
Lambert, formerly of the Parish of Saint Mary-le-Bonc, "in
t)io County of Middlesex, afterwards of Long Melford, in the
County of" Suffolk, and since of Wrest. Lavington, in the
bounty of Wilts, and of the City of Bath, Esq. a Lieutenant-
Colonel in the Honourable East India Company's service,
deceased, (who died in the month of .Tune 1808,)
yrc forthwith to come iw and prove their debts and claim
their legacies, before Francis Paul Stratford, Esq. one of the
Musti'rs of the said Court, at his Chambers, in Southamptou-
Bitiltlings, Chancery-Lane, London, or in default thereof
tlici' will be excluded ths benefit of .the sjitid Decree.

Intenture of apprenticeship Jonathan Lambert of Thames St. to his father William Lambert, Butcher. 5 March 1795. London Metropolitan Archives: City of London, not available at The National Archives

11th December 1799 St Marylebone Middlesex
Robert Lambert Esquire bachelor of the parish
Charlotte Pigou spinster of the parish
married by licence
Both signed
Witnesses Frederick Pigou and Sophia ?

First name(s)
Last name
Birth year
Baptism year
Place
Presidency
Louisa
Lambert
1794
1794
Fort William
Bengal

== References ==

BMD:Death: Jan-Feb-Mar 1849, Brighton, Sussex, East Sussex, Volume 7, Page 247).

== Other Records ==

Potentially unrelated Lambert records:

Finningley, Nottinghamshire, England: Ann Lambert, b.18 Jan 1796, c.23 May 1796. f.William Lambert m.Mary Slack. pgf. Thomas Lambert, pgm Mary mgf George Slack

St John, Croydon, Surrey, England: Ann Lambert b.30 Jan 1795, c. 8 Mar 1795, f. William Lambert, m.Ann

Another Anna Maria Lambert had banns with Joseph Hawker in St Martin in the Fields, Middlesex in 24 April 1836. Either a coincidental name, or maybe a niece? Probably the former as there seem to be a lot of Anna Maria Lamberts in the world.

One Anna Maria was baptised in Bombay, India on the 25th January 1795. Parents names are not included in the record transcript.

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| style="color:white; background:darkgreen; width:1px height:30px" | Born: [[Not Created|17 Apr 1855]]
| style="color: white; background:darkgreen; " | Died: [[Not Created|1 Jan 1925]]
| style="color: white; background:darkgreen; " | Married: [[Janet Balfour|Janet Balfour]]
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[[File:Samuel Gordon 110.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Samuel Gordon]]

Samuel Gordon was the father of [[Eugenie Gordon]], the censuses put his birth year around 1855-1856, and his birth place as variously St John Wapping, St Pancras, Wapping, and E.Middlesex. His marriage certificate to Janet states that his father was [[Joseph Gordon]] (labourer).

== Birth ==

His father was [[Joseph Gordon]] a labourer and his mother was Mary.

His birth certificate stated he was born at 11 Plough Alley in Saint John (Wapping). Plough Alley, despite being immortalised in a song, no longer exists, but in today's map it would be in Wapping between Hellings Street and Lilley Close, just off Great Hermitage street ( later census entries said he was born at 11 Great Hermitage Street).

{| border="1" width="100%" height="108"
| colspan="8" | REGISTRATION DISTRICT Saint George (in the East)
|-
| colspan="8" | 1855 BIRTH in the Sub-district of Saint John in the County of Middlesex
|-
| When and where born
| Name, if any
| Sex
| Name and surname of father
| Name, surname, and maiden name of mother
| Occupation of father
| Signature, description and residence of informant
| When Registered
|-
| Seventeenth April 1855 11 Plough Alley
| Samuel
| Boy
| [[Joseph Gordon]]
| [[Mary Healey|Mary Gordon]] formerly Healey
| General Labourer
| Joseph Gordon, Father 11 Plough Alley
| Nineteenth April 1855
|}

He was baptised on the 13th May 1855 at St. George in the East, Stepney, Cannon Street Road (his parents were given as Joseph Gordon (labourer) and Mary. His address was given as 11 Plough Alley (and his birthday was confirmed as 17th April 1855).

On the night of [[Gordon Census#1851_Wapping|7 April 1861]] Samuel was living with his father [[Joseph Gordon]] and his mother [[Mary Healey]] at 11 Plough Alley, Wapping.

The address for his birth comes from the [[Gordon Census#st_gabriel_1871|1871]] census where a Samuel Gordon of the correct age, 15, is living as a lodger with his sister 13 year old Hanna Gordon at 25&27 Rood Lane, St Gabriel Fenchurch, London. He is a clerk, and she is a scholar, and under "Where Born" the address of "11 Gt. Hermitage St. Wapping" is given. This is presumed to be a mistake, as Plough Alley lead off Great Hermitage street.

== Marriage ==

From his granddaughter Jean: "Samuel Gordon worked as a Fishmonger at Marchmont Street. When the owner wanted to retire, he said that he wished Samuel could take over the business as he thought he was smart. However, Samuel didn't have any money to buy the business. He went to old Mr. Balfour to ask to borrow the money to buy the business. Mr. Balfour wryly suggested that he'd lend him the money if he married his niece Janet."

On the 9th April 1876 Samuel married [[Janet Balfour|Janet Hunter Balfour]], from Fife in Scotland, at the Regent Square Church, St Pancras, London.

At the time he was living at 86 Marchmont street, London.

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| width="9%" height="18" align="center" bgcolor="#BBC5B1" | Spinster
| width="14%" height="18" align="center" bgcolor="#BBC5B1" | ---------
| width="14%" height="18" align="center" bgcolor="#BBC5B1" | 24 Marchmont Street
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| width="83%" height="18" align="center" bgcolor="#BBC5B1" | Baker
|-
| width="194%" height="16" colspan="9" align="center" bgcolor="#BBC5B1" | Married in the ''Regent Square Church'' according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Presbytarians, by ''Certificate'' by me, ''Dykes D.D.''
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in 1876 the Post Office Directory lists 36 Marchmont Street (now #76) as being occupied by a fishmonger called Charles Lee. By 1877 it was listed the occupant as Samuel Gordon. So he took over the business in either 1876 or 1877 soon after he was married.

By [[Gordon Census#1881_MarchmontSt|1881]] they are living together at 84 Marchmont Street, St Pancras, London with their first three children, Mary, Helen and David. Samuel is a fishmonger, and they have both a servant girl, and a nurse. On the opposite side of the street, in number 77, is a household with James and Mary Balfour (42 and 43) which (if they are relatives) may possibly explain how he came to meet Janet. The family says that he had a fish and game shop on Marchmont street.

[[File:1952 PhoneBook SamuelGordon Crop.jpg|800px|Phonebook entry from 1952]]

By [[Gordon Census#1891_ComptonSt|1891]] they have moved to 60 Compton Street, St Pancras where they have had six more children, twins Hannah and Jane Garvie, Isabella, Alice, Eugenie and Samuel J. Gordon. At this time Samuel is still a Fishmonger, but his place of birth is given as Wapping in London (rather than St Pancras). Even with this number of children they can still afford a servant!

[[File:Gordon fishmonger lores.jpg|550px|The Fishmonger's at Marchmont street in 1948]] [[File:MarchmontFishmongers2.jpg|350px|The Fishmonger's at Marchmont street in 1977]]

This picture taken in 1977 shows the fishmonger's shop on Marchmont street. The tiles on the wall behind the unfortunately placed Jaguar car still spell out the name "Gordon", although it is unknown if a Gordon still ran the shop at this time.

The tiles are no longer there (replaced by a window), and the shop is now the [https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.5256212,-0.12548,3a,90y,14.83h,94.34t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sM8PI2_WIZp56jFei8-I3bQ!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DM8PI2_WIZp56jFei8-I3bQ%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D24.648323%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656 "Moreish Deli"].

There is a separate page for the [[Marchmont St Fishmongers|Marchmont St. fishmonger's shop]], as given it was established in 1803 (according to the adverts) then it predates Samuel's birth!

They are still at 60 Compton Street for the [[Gordon Census#1901_ComptonSt|1901]] census, where they have gained three more children, John, George, and Eva, although sadly we appear to have lost young Samuel, whose death (Samuel James Gordon) was registered in the September quarter of 1891 in St Pancras at the age of 2 (Pancras, 1b, 49).

== Children ==

Here is the list of their children:

* Mary Gordon (~1877)
* Helen Gordon (~1879)
* David Gordon (17th January 1881)
* Jane/Jean/Jeanie Garvie Gordon (20 Jan 1884) m. Thomas Bateman Bassham, d. 17 Mar 1962.
* Hannah Janet Gordon (~1883) m. Harry Judkin (Hannah J. Gordon married a Harry Judkins in Richmond, Surrey in 1917)
* Isabella Gordon (~1885)
* Alice Gordon (31st October 1885 at 84 Marchmont St., baptised 14th Febuary 1886 at the parish of St Pancras.)
* [[Eugenie Gordon]] (1887)
* Samuel J. Gordon (~1889-1891)
* John Gordon (~1892)
* George Gordon (6 July 1893)
* Eva C. Gordon (~1896)

BMD: George Donald Gordon, 1894,Apr-May-Jun, Pancras, London, Volume:1b, Page:56
BMD: George Gordon, Jul-Aug-Sep,1893, Pancras, London, Volume: 1B, Page: 52, Line Number: 343

Mrs. Jean Garvie Bassgam died at 76 Marchmont Street, London, W.C.1, 17th March 1962.

On the night of 2 April [[Gordon Census#1911_MarchmontSt|1911]], the family are living at 76 Marchmont Street, London. There are six children still with them, including [[Eugenie Gordon]], plus a servant Evelyn Marsh.

== Directories ==

Note: The numbers of the houses were renumbered at least twice.
For example, 84, Marchmont Street in 1880 is now numbered 76.

* 1871 Post Office London Directory - Marchmont Street, 24 (on the corner with Tavistock place) Balfour, James, baker
* 1871 Post Office London Directory - Marchmont Street, 36 (on the corner with Compton street) Morgan, Mrs. S., fishmonger

* 1872 Post Office London Directory - Marchmont Street, 15, Mapstone, Mrs Jane, baker

* 1872-1873 Post Office London Directory - Marchmont Street, 24 (on the corner with Tavistock place) Balfour, James, baker
* 1872-1873 Post Office London Directory - Marchmont Street, 36 (on the corner with Compton street) Mordin & Larkin., fishmonger

* 1874, 1875 & 1876 Post Office London Directory - Marchmont Street, 24 & 15 (on the corner with Tavistock place) Balfour, James, baker
* 1874, 1875 & 1876 Post Office London Directory - Marchmont Street, 36 (on the corner with Compton street) Lee Charles, fishmongers

* 1877 Post Office London Directory - Marchmont Street, 24 & 15 (on the corner with Tavistock place) Balfour, James, baker
* 1877 Post Office London Directory - Marchmont Street, 36 (on the corner with Compton street) Gordon, Samuel, fishmonger

All houses renumbered.

*
* 1880 Post Office London Directory - Marchmont Street (West Side), 77 (on the corner with Tavistock place) & 59 Balfour James, baker
* 1880 Post Office London Directory - Marchmont Street (East Side), 84 Gordon Samuel, fishmonger (on the NE corner with Compton Street)

* 1902 Post Office Directory - Gordon Samuel, fishmonger, 84 Marchmont street W C

* 1910 Post Office Directory - 59 Marchmont Street, Hemmings Charles Wm. hosier
* 1910 Post Office Directory - 75 & 77 Marchmont Street, Millar, James jun. baker
* 1910 Post Office Directory - 76 Marchmont Street, Gordon, Samuel, fishmonger

* 1926 Post Office Directory - 75 & 77 Marchmont Street, Millar, James, baker
* 1926 Post Office Directory - 76 Marchmont Street, Gordon, Samuel, fishmonger

Interestingly, there is a James Millar (& Sons) who was a baker at 17 Murray Street, Stirling in 1909. Stirling is where Eugenie Gordon went to work in a restaurant (potentially a couple of doors down).

== Death ==

Samuel Gordon died on the 1st January 1925.

His death was registered in Jan-Mar 1925 at Richmond, vol. 2a, page 716.

=== Probate ===

'''GORDON''', Samuel of 148 Castelnau Barnes '''Surrey''' died 1 January 1925. Probate '''London''' 24 February to Janet Hunter Gordon widow. Effects £21067 6s. 10d.

Note: the amount of £21067 in 1925, would be worth around £1.1M in 2017.

Samuel and Janet were buried in the Christian portion of the Jewish Cemetery at Golders Green (Hoop Lane?).

== Other References ==

Telephone Directory
His entry in the telephone book in 1941-56 read:

"Gordon, Samuel Fishmonger, 76 Mrchmnt st W.C.1 *EUSton 2271"

Those for 1951-1963 had a top of the page advertisement as well (as shown above).

By 1984 the advertisement had gone, and the entry said:

"Gordon Samuel Ltd. Fishmgr, 76 Marchmont St W.C.1 01-387-2271 & 01-387-0089"

Currently 76 Marchmont street contains something called "Bar-B-Lo"...

In 2001 a planning application was granted to add some signage to the basement entrance for "Bloom's Bar" The main shop has a sign entitled "1 HOUR PHOTOS".

The main shop is currently "Snappy Snaps".

Next door, 77 Marchmont Street is now "La Bardigiana", an Italian restaurant.

Other unconnected information:
BMD: Samuel Gordon died aged 1, SeptemberQ 1892 Whitechapel Vol 1c Page 203

BMD: Samuel Gordon died aged 1, JuneQ 1901, St.Geo.East, Vol 1c, Page 209

BMD: Samuel Gordon died aged 81, MarchQ 1909, Lambeth, Vol 1d, Page 242

BMD: Samuel Gordon died aged 57, MarchQ 1903, Prestwich (Lancs) Vol 8d, Page 306

BMD: Hannah Gordon died aged 47, DecemberQ 1904, Elham (Kent) Vol 2a, Page 665

BMD: Hannah J. Gordon died aged 53, September 1910, Ashton (Chesh/Lancs) Vol 8d, Page 307

BMD: Isabella Mary A. Gordon married either William Robert C. Luckhurst or Henry Augustus Brown (Minnie Johnson other female) in SeptQ 1904, Holborn, 1b, 1367

BMD: Isabella Gordon married either Walter Archer or Edward Robert West (Charlotte Rackstraw) in MarQ 1902, Camberwell, 1d, 1037

BMD: Jean Garvie Gordon, Marriage, Jun 1908, St. Giles, Volume 1b, Page 1059 (males on that page transcribed so far are Thomas Bateman Bassham and William Chatwynd Gardiner). Images confirm that there is no Robert Watson on that page.

Descendent of Samuel Gordon:

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/Middlesex_County_UK/2005-02/1108425941

From: "Wayne & Lyn" < angel777@optusnet.com.au>
Subject: Surnames BALFOUR GORDON RITCHIE HUNTER
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 11:06:41 +1100

Hello to the list,

I am researching my family from Torryburn Fife Scotland. Some migrated to Middlesex so I am posting the surnames to see if any other researcher is about linking to these families.

Janet Hunter BALFOUR born 1853 Torryburn married Samuel GORDON born 1855 Middlesex Eng in 1876 Saint Pancras London. They appear on the 1881 Census living at 84 Marchmont Street London with their children Mary, Helen and David.
Janet's parents were David BALFOUR and Janet HUNTER. Samuel GORDON was a fishmonger by trade.

James BALFOUR born 1839 Torryburn Fife and his wife Mary are also on the 1881 Census living at 77 Marchmont Street London. James was a Baker by trade, his parents were James BALFOUR and Mary RITCHIE.

Kind regards

Lyn in Melbourne Aust

== Eva Gordon ==

Samuel's daughter Eva Gordon married Anthony W Clarke, registered in Apr-May-Jun 1919 at Canterbury, Kent (vol. 2a, page. 2667)

One A.W. Clarke, a second Lieutenant of the Royal Flying Corps, was hospitalised at the Queen Alexandra's Military Hospital At Millbank with neurodemia and discharged from hospital on the 4th May 2017. He was 22 and had been in service for 2 years.

One A.W. Clarke, a second Lieutenant of the Royal Flying Corps "E", was hospitalised at the Queen Alexandra's Military Hospital At Millbank with a head contusion from 21st September 1917 to 17th January 1918. He was 23 and had been in service for 2 years.

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Tokyo - 26th & 27th August 2022

2023-01-02T23:16:42Z

Hfrancis: /* Azabu Asai */

== 26th August ==

We arrived in Tokyo on the 26th, and stayed at the Mandarin Oriental hotel in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihonbashi Nihonbashi-Muromachi], which had quite an impressive view, although it was still raining when we arrived, but soon cleared up.

The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Skytree Tokyo Skytree] in the distance was always helping to orient the view (it's the third highest structure in the world).

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At night, several of the buildings had an identical blue sign, it turned out these were all buildings in the same hotel chain.

That afternoon we visited a paper shop, [https://www.ozuwashi.net Ozu Washi], which had lots of hand-made paper. Unfortunately they had a sign which said no photographs, which I hadn't seen until after I took this one of their more decorative papers, hopefully taking just the edges of the papers wasn't too bad!

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We had dinner at a tiny (it could probably only seat ten people), and very authentic, tempura restaurant just down the road called Tenmatsu, Nihonbashi. You sit at the bar while the chef cooks tempura piece by piece in front of you. Things are fried so hot, that even something like the spine of an eel (at least I think that was what it was) becomes a crunchy delight. Would definitely recommend, but don't expect it to be like the tempura prawns in sweet chilli sauce that we get in the UK. Definitely zero sweet chilli sauce, and more grated white radish (daikon oroshi)... it wasn't entirely clear what you do with that, I think it gets mixed in with the sauce. Apparently it's a great aid to digestion!

== 27th August ==

The plan for the first full day in Tokyo was to get up early and go see the Toyosu fish market over near the docks, using the fully automated raised [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yurikamome Yurikamome sightseeing train] - it looks like a monorail, but is actually more like a guided bus.

On the way was this large building shaped like a ship (shown below) - the Tokyo Museum of Maritime Science.

Sadly it appears we needed to get up a lot earlier to see the actual fish at the market, so all we got to see was a large empty warehouse and some crates. But there was a model of a tuna fish to get an idea of how big they are (human added for scale). Also pictured is ‘Itchino’, the mascot for the moving of the fish market to the new site (to make way for the 2020 Olympics). Because everything in Japan has a mascot!

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=== teamLab Borderless ===
Next on the itinerary was [https://www.teamlab.art/e/borderless_odaiba/ teamLab Borderless] - a large warehouse-sized set of spaces containing modern artworks. It was called Borderless as the artworks are supposed to blend from one room to another, but I didn't really get that feeling. We got there just a few days before it closed (as it's relocating to a new site in 2023). It was quite dark inside, as many of the artworks rely on projectors and lighting.

For the moving fish exhibit, visitors would sit and colour in fish while they were there, and then they would be scanned and be added to the aquarium for the day. Sadly each piece of paper has a template (outline) of a fish on it, and by drawing a smaller fish inside, it cuts out the fish based on the size of the fish template, which looks odd if you weren't expecting that!.

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=== teamLab Planets ===

Later in the day we visited a second teamLabs exhibition - teamLab Planets. There are some rooms that have some similarities, so it's probably not a good idea to visit them both on the same day, but they had some very different artworks as well. In this one we had to start by taking off our shoes and socks, and you enter the exhibition by climbing up a long (dark) ramp with rushing water coming down. I realised that this is a more exciting version of the traditional footpath that you get at swimming pools. After that there were rooms with soft and squidgy floors that it was hard to traverse. Then there was a room that was a giant paddling pool (with mirrored walls), and onto the water is projected swimming fish that react to the people standing there. And sometimes just swirling coloured patterns. It felt strange standing in a warehouse sized paddling pool with many strangers! Especially since it was upstairs...

There are many rooms covered in mirrors, and filled with various objects. One with giant balls (like balloons) that changed colour. Rooms with dangling strings of lights. And a giant room where the ceiling is made of real orchids, hanging by strings, that move up and down to make walls appear and disappear (to herd the visitors in and out of the room).

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=== Mori Tokyo City View Gallery ===

After teamLab Planets we went to the Mori Tokyo City View Gallery, in Roppongi Hills, at the top of a giant skyscraper. But there was a very long queue, and we were hungry and tired at this point, so we didn't actually go in to see the exhibits, we just walked around the perimeter of the 52nd floor, taking some photos of the view. I took an abstract photo of the blinds!

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=== Azabu Asai ===

So we headed out to go for dinner, stopping off at an art shop (we didn't buy anything as even the toy artworks were over a thousand pounds) and passed a doggy-day-care centre, pet shop and poodle grooming parlour (called [http://www.joker.co.jp/roppongi/ Joker]). This road didn't look like there should be a great restaurant at the end of it, but there was! When we got to the restaurant, called [https://azabuasai.jp Azabu Asai], we said goodbye to our guide for the day. The restaurant was amazing (and quite small, it only had two or three tables). The first (fish) course looked a bit odd, as it came wrapped in plastic, but it tasted amazing, obviously the plastic kept all the flavours and scents inside.

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Tokyo - 26th & 27th August 2022

2023-01-02T23:15:12Z

Hfrancis:

== 26th August ==

We arrived in Tokyo on the 26th, and stayed at the Mandarin Oriental hotel in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihonbashi Nihonbashi-Muromachi], which had quite an impressive view, although it was still raining when we arrived, but soon cleared up.

The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Skytree Tokyo Skytree] in the distance was always helping to orient the view (it's the third highest structure in the world).

<gallery mode=nolines widths="400px" heights="500px">
Tokyo Skyline 2022 08 26A.jpeg
TokyoSkyline 2022 08 26b.jpeg
</gallery>

At night, several of the buildings had an identical blue sign, it turned out these were all buildings in the same hotel chain.

That afternoon we visited a paper shop, [https://www.ozuwashi.net Ozu Washi], which had lots of hand-made paper. Unfortunately they had a sign which said no photographs, which I hadn't seen until after I took this one of their more decorative papers, hopefully taking just the edges of the papers wasn't too bad!

<gallery mode=nolines widths="400px" heights="500px">
OzuWashi.jpeg
</gallery>

We had dinner at a tiny (it could probably only seat ten people), and very authentic, tempura restaurant just down the road called Tenmatsu, Nihonbashi. You sit at the bar while the chef cooks tempura piece by piece in front of you. Things are fried so hot, that even something like the spine of an eel (at least I think that was what it was) becomes a crunchy delight. Would definitely recommend, but don't expect it to be like the tempura prawns in sweet chilli sauce that we get in the UK. Definitely zero sweet chilli sauce, and more grated white radish (daikon oroshi)... it wasn't entirely clear what you do with that, I think it gets mixed in with the sauce. Apparently it's a great aid to digestion!

== 27th August ==

The plan for the first full day in Tokyo was to get up early and go see the Toyosu fish market over near the docks, using the fully automated raised [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yurikamome Yurikamome sightseeing train] - it looks like a monorail, but is actually more like a guided bus.

On the way was this large building shaped like a ship (shown below) - the Tokyo Museum of Maritime Science.

Sadly it appears we needed to get up a lot earlier to see the actual fish at the market, so all we got to see was a large empty warehouse and some crates. But there was a model of a tuna fish to get an idea of how big they are (human added for scale). Also pictured is ‘Itchino’, the mascot for the moving of the fish market to the new site (to make way for the 2020 Olympics). Because everything in Japan has a mascot!

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Fune no Kagakukan 2022 08 27.jpeg
Tokyo Fish Market 2022 08 27.jpeg
Tuna.jpeg
Itchino.jpeg
</gallery>

=== teamLab Borderless ===
Next on the itinerary was [https://www.teamlab.art/e/borderless_odaiba/ teamLab Borderless] - a large warehouse-sized set of spaces containing modern artworks. It was called Borderless as the artworks are supposed to blend from one room to another, but I didn't really get that feeling. We got there just a few days before it closed (as it's relocating to a new site in 2023). It was quite dark inside, as many of the artworks rely on projectors and lighting.

For the moving fish exhibit, visitors would sit and colour in fish while they were there, and then they would be scanned and be added to the aquarium for the day. Sadly each piece of paper has a template (outline) of a fish on it, and by drawing a smaller fish inside, it cuts out the fish based on the size of the fish template, which looks odd if you weren't expecting that!.

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Tokyo Docks 2022.jpeg
TeamLab Borderless 2022 08 27A.jpeg
TeamLab Borderless 2022 08 27B.jpeg
TeamLab Borderless 2022 08 27C.jpeg
TeamLab Borderless 2022 08 27D.jpeg
</gallery>

=== teamLab Planets ===

Later in the day we visited a second teamLabs exhibition - teamLab Planets. There are some rooms that have some similarities, so it's probably not a good idea to visit them both on the same day, but they had some very different artworks as well. In this one we had to start by taking off our shoes and socks, and you enter the exhibition by climbing up a long (dark) ramp with rushing water coming down. I realised that this is a more exciting version of the traditional footpath that you get at swimming pools. After that there were rooms with soft and squidgy floors that it was hard to traverse. Then there was a room that was a giant paddling pool (with mirrored walls), and onto the water is projected swimming fish that react to the people standing there. And sometimes just swirling coloured patterns. It felt strange standing in a warehouse sized paddling pool with many strangers! Especially since it was upstairs...

There are many rooms covered in mirrors, and filled with various objects. One with giant balls (like balloons) that changed colour. Rooms with dangling strings of lights. And a giant room where the ceiling is made of real orchids, hanging by strings, that move up and down to make walls appear and disappear (to herd the visitors in and out of the room).

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TeamLabs Planets6912B.jpg
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TeamLab Planets 6946B.jpg
TeamLabs Planets 6912B.jpg
TeamLabs Planets 6997.jpeg
</gallery>

=== Mori Tokyo City View Gallery ===

After teamLab Planets we went to the Mori Tokyo City View Gallery, in Roppongi Hills, at the top of a giant skyscraper. But there was a very long queue, and we were hungry and tired at this point, so we didn't actually go in to see the exhibits, we just walked around the perimeter of the 52nd floor, taking some photos of the view. I took an abstract photo of the blinds!

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MoriArt 7008.jpeg
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=== Azabu Asai ===

So we headed out to go for dinner, stopping off at an art shop (we didn't buy anything as even the toy artworks were over a thousand pounds) and passed a doggy-day-care centre, pet shop and poodle grooming parlour (called [http://www.joker.co.jp/roppongi/ Joker]). This road didn't look like there should be a great restaurant at the end of it, but there was! When we got to the restaurant, called [https://azabuasai.jp Azabu Asai], we said goodbye to our guide for the day.

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Tokyo - 26th & 27th August 2022

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Hfrancis:

== 26th August ==

We arrived in Tokyo on the 26th, and stayed at the Mandarin Oriental hotel in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihonbashi Nihonbashi-Muromachi], which had quite an impressive view, although it was still raining when we arrived, but soon cleared up.

The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Skytree Tokyo Skytree] in the distance was always helping to orient the view (it's the third highest structure in the world).

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At night, several of the buildings had an identical blue sign, it turned out these were all buildings in the same hotel chain.

That afternoon we visited a paper shop, [https://www.ozuwashi.net Ozu Washi], which had lots of hand-made paper. Unfortunately they had a sign which said no photographs, which I hadn't seen until after I took this one of their more decorative papers, hopefully taking just the edges of the papers wasn't too bad!

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== 27th August ==

The plan for the first full day in Tokyo was to get up early and go see the Toyosu fish market over near the docks, using the fully automated raised [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yurikamome Yurikamome sightseeing train] - it looks like a monorail, but is actually more like a guided bus.

On the way was this large building shaped like a ship (shown below) - the Tokyo Museum of Maritime Science.

Sadly it appears we needed to get up a lot earlier to see the actual fish at the market, so all we got to see was a large empty warehouse and some crates. But there was a model of a tuna fish to get an idea of how big they are (human added for scale). Also pictured is ‘Itchino’, the mascot for the moving of the fish market to the new site (to make way for the 2020 Olympics). Because everything in Japan has a mascot!

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=== teamLab Borderless ===
Next on the itinerary was [https://www.teamlab.art/e/borderless_odaiba/ teamLab Borderless] - a large warehouse-sized set of spaces containing modern artworks. It was called Borderless as the artworks are supposed to blend from one room to another, but I didn't really get that feeling. We got there just a few days before it closed (as it's relocating to a new site in 2023). It was quite dark inside, as many of the artworks rely on projectors and lighting.

For the moving fish exhibit, visitors would sit and colour in fish while they were there, and then they would be scanned and be added to the aquarium for the day. Sadly each piece of paper has a template (outline) of a fish on it, and by drawing a smaller fish inside, it cuts out the fish based on the size of the fish template, which looks odd if you weren't expecting that!.

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=== teamLab Planets ===

Later in the day we visited a second teamLabs exhibition - teamLab Planets. There are some rooms that have some similarities, so it's probably not a good idea to visit them both on the same day, but they had some very different artworks as well. In this one we had to start by taking off our shoes and socks, and you enter the exhibition by climbing up a long (dark) ramp with rushing water coming down. I realised that this is a more exciting version of the traditional footpath that you get at swimming pools. After that there were rooms with soft and squidgy floors that it was hard to traverse. Then there was a room that was a giant paddling pool (with mirrored walls), and onto the water is projected swimming fish that react to the people standing there. And sometimes just swirling coloured patterns. It felt strange standing in a warehouse sized paddling pool with many strangers! Especially since it was upstairs...

There are many rooms covered in mirrors, and filled with various objects. One with giant balls (like balloons) that changed colour. Rooms with dangling strings of lights. And a giant room where the ceiling is made of real orchids, hanging by strings, that move up and down to make walls appear and disappear (to herd the visitors in and out of the room).

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=== Mori Tokyo City View Gallery ===

After teamLab Planets we went to the Mori Tokyo City View Gallery, in Roppongi Hills, at the top of a giant skyscraper. But there was a very long queue, and we were hungry and tired at this point, so we didn't actually go in to see the exhibits, we just walked around the perimeter of the 52nd floor, taking some photos of the view. I took an abstract photo of the blinds!

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=== Azabu Asai ===

So we headed out to go for dinner, stopping off at an art shop (we didn't buy anything as even the toy artworks were over a thousand pounds) and passed a doggy-day-care centre, pet shop and poodle grooming parlour (called [http://www.joker.co.jp/roppongi/ Joker]). This road didn't look like there should be a great restaurant at the end of it, but there was! When we got to the restaurant, called [https://azabuasai.jp Azabu Asai], we said goodbye to our guide for the day.

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