Freville Gurney Christopher

1866 - 1930  (63 years)

• Name	Freville Gurney Christopher  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	07 Sep 1866	Watford   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  	twin of Alice On the 7th inst., at Watford, the wife of John T. Christopher, Esq., of twins -- a son and daughter [The Times]
  Baptism	23 Oct 1866	St Mary, Watford   [7]
  Residence	Apr 1871	Estcourt Lodge, Clarendon Rd, Watford   [8]
  Education	abt 1881	Chatham House College, Ramsgate   [1]
  Residence	Apr 1881	Chatham House, Chatham St, Ramsgate   [1]
  Education	aft 1881	Uppingham School   [3]
  Occupation	Apr 1891	Admitted Solicitor, acting as Solicitor's Clerk  [9]
  Residence	Apr 1891	6 Bloomsbury Square, Bloomsbury   [9]
  Marriage	abt Aug 1898	Steyning   [10]
  	Janet Simpson,   b. abt 1874, Lamberhurst ,   d. abt Feb 1901, Kensington
  Occupation	Mar 1901	Solicitor  [2, 3]
  Residence	Mar 1901	24 Stafford Terrace, Kensington   [2]
  Marriage	31 Aug 1904	St Marylebone, Marylebone   [11, 12]
  	Nora Winifred Carlyon Tweedy,   b. abt Dec 1880, Redruth ,   d. 28 Apr 1938, Ropley Cottage, Goring-on-Thames
  Occupation	Apr 1911	Solicitor  [6]
  Residence	Apr 1911	24 Stafford Terrace, Kensington   [6]
  Residence	abt 1921 - 1930	Court Garden, Goring-on-Thames   [3, 13, 14]
  Residence	1921	Vicarage Gate, Kensington   [3]
  	London residence
  Residence	1928	11-12 York Buildings, Strand   [15]
  	possibly his business address
  Residence	1930	9 Clifford St, Westminster   [14]
  Death	07 May 1930	Royal Thames Yacht Club, 60 Knightsbridge, Knightsbridge   [13, 16]
  	On May 7, 1930, at the Royal Thames Yacht Club, Freville Gurney Christopher, of Court Garden, Goring-on-Thames, aged 63. Funeral at noon to-morrow (Saturday), at Highgate Cemetery. No flowers, by request. [The Times]
  Burial	10 May 1930	Highgate Cemetery   [13]
  Probate	24 Jun 1930	London ; £24,361 1s. 10d.  [14]
  	Christopher Freville Gurney of 9 Clifford-street New Bond-street Westminster Middlesex and of Court Garden Goring-on-Thames Oxfordshire died 7 May 1930 at 60 Knightsbridge Middlesex Probate London 24 June to Nora Winifred Carlyon Christopher widow. Effects £24361 1s. 10d. [NPC] Christopher, Mr Freville Gurney (63), of Court Garden, Goring-on-Thames, and of Clifford-street, New Bond-street, W., solicitor (net personalty £3,363) - Gross value £24,361. [The Times, Wills & Bequests, 28 Jun 1930]
  Notes	also res Mar 1901: Annette H G Smith, ward, 20, b Middleboro' Lancs; presumably relation on his mother's side, not yet identified representative of this branch of the family in 1921. [Curtis] member of Royal Thames Yacht Club Twice married, he has, in 1922, 3 sons, and 4 daus. [Curtis]
  Person ID	I1765	Tatham | Christopher branch | Descendant
  Last Modified	12 Jul 2013

  
  

  Father	John Thomas Christopher,   b. 22 Jul 1830, Clerkenwell ,   d. 08 Aug 1910, 19 Marloes Rd, Kensington  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Helen Maria Smith,   b. abt Apr 1833, Wandsworth ,   d. abt Nov 1888, Plomesgate district  (Age ~ 55 years)
  Marriage	abt Feb 1862	Tonbridge   [17]
  Family ID	F0145	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Janet Simpson,   b. abt 1874, Lamberhurst ,   d. abt Feb 1901, Kensington  (Age ~ 27 years)
  Marriage	abt Aug 1898	Steyning   [10]
  Children	+ 1. Janet Alicia Christopher,   b. 27 Aug 1899, Kensington ,   d. Mar 1995, Hastings & Rother  (Age 95 years)
  Last Modified	24 May 2010
  Family ID	F0146	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Nora Winifred Carlyon Tweedy,   b. abt Dec 1880, Redruth ,   d. 28 Apr 1938, Ropley Cottage, Goring-on-Thames  (Age ~ 57 years)
  Marriage	31 Aug 1904	St Marylebone, Marylebone ; Type: Linked: unc & nce = 3x coz 1x rem  [11, 12]
  	On the 31st Aug., at the Parish Church of St. Marylebone, by the Reverend Prebendary E. M. Lance (brother-in-law of the bridegroom), assisted by the Reverend Harold H. Tweedy (brother of the bride), Freville Gurney Christopher, of 24, Stafford-terrace, Kensington, and 3[?]3 Cornhill, E.C., to Norah Winifred Carlyon, younger daughter of Charles Tweedy, of Redruth, Cornwall. [12]
  Association	Family: Hubert Edward Carlyon / Marie Emilie Tatham (Relationship: unc & nce = 3x coz 1x rem)
  Notes	Apr 1911: 12 rooms & 5 serv
  Children	1. John Danby Christopher,   b. 04 Jun 1905, Kensington ,   d. 18 Feb 1971, London City  (Age 65 years)   2. Carlyon Freville Christopher,   b. 09 Aug 1906, Henley + 3. Elizabeth Rosamund Christopher,   b. 20 Feb 1909, Kensington ,   d. 30 Dec 1993, Ipswich  (Age 84 years) + 4. Winifred Helen Christopher,   b. 04 Jun 1910, 24 Stafford Terrace, Kensington ,   d. Oct 2000, Kerrier district  (Age 90 years)   5. Thomas Francis Surtees Christopher,   b. 03 Oct 1912, 49 Wimpole St, Marylebone ,   d. abt Feb 1981, Millom  (Age 68 years)   6. Living
  Last Modified	19 Nov 2013
  Family ID	F0704	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S01] Census, UK, 1881. age 14 [S01] Census, UK, 1901. [S04] H Curtis: Notes for a Pedigree of the Tathams of Co. Durham. [S05] The Times, birth notice, 14 Sep 1866. [S02] BMD Index, birth reg Watford, 4Q1886. [S01] Census, UK, 1911. age 44 b Watford [S06] Parish Registers, baptisms, St Mary, Watford (BRVI), 23 Oct 1866. [S01] Census, UK, 1871. [S01] Census, UK, 1891. [S02] BMD Index, marriage reg Steyning, 3Q1898. [S02] BMD Index, marriage reg Marylebone, 3Q1904. [S05] The Times, marriage notice, 01 Sep 1904. [S05] The Times, death notice, 09 May 1930. [S14] National Probate Calendar. [S25] Electoral Registers. [S02] BMD Index, death reg SGHS, 2Q1930. Freville G Christopher age 64 [S02] BMD Index, marriage reg Tonbridge, 1Q1862.