Descendants of Frederick and Mary Paulin gather here
In anticipation of the reunion in July 2023 I have made a map of Henley for all, which highlights places we lived, worked and so forth. I also included a few historic sites for flavour!
If you would like the full image file, you can email me gilliandoctor at gmail dot com
The Times (London), 17 March 1824
Dartmouth-row, Blackheath – by Mr Charles Wright, at the Green Man Inn, Blackheath, to-morrow, March 18 at 4 in the afternoon, by order of the proprietor, Thomas Freake, esq, who is removing from thence, and will give immediate possession.
A substantial and very compact leasehold residence, pleasantly situate in the preferable part of Dartmouth-row, fronting the avenue leading to the Heath, and contains 5 good bed rooms, a drawing room with a balcony, entrance hall, store room, kitchen, scullery, large coal vault, very dry wine and beer cellars, and other conveniences, and a neat veranda or covered way from the front leading to the entrance hall; held of the Right Honorable Earl Dartmouth, for a term of ten years and a half, at Christmas last, at the low ground rent of 10l per annum. May be viewed, from 11 till 4 o’clock, the three days preceding the sale, and particulars had on the premises; at the place of sale; Dover Castle, Broadway, Depford at Garraway’s coffeehousel and of Mr Wright, surveyor and auctioneer, Blue Stile, Greenwich.
Morning Post
19 Jun 1815
Residence, Blackheath – by Mr Ellis, at Garraway’s, on Tuesday next, June 13 at twelve, unless previously disposed by Private contract.
An excellent family house, with garden, lawn, and shrubbery, most delightfully situate in the Grove, Blackheath, the residence of Thomas Freake, Esq removing to Bromley. The house contains spacious drawing and eating rooms, boudoir, tastefully papered, opening to conservatory, library, numerous bed-chambers, entrance hall, and suitable domestic offices, held on lease for 26 years, at a low ground rent.
Tickets for viewing, may be had by applying to Mr Ellis, 36 Fenchurch street, of whom printed particulars may be had; also at the place of sale, and auction mart.
Daily Colonist, 16 June Dec 1975
Oak Bay Seeks Help to fix historic house
Vancouver Island residents are being asked to check their parlors and bookshelves for artifacts or information that would assist Oak Bay Municipality in its proposed restoration of the recently-acquired Tod House.
The request came Monday after Ald Doug McLelland told council of receiving a phone call from a Tod family member with information on the original furnishing of the 125-year-old house built by John Tod, chief trader with the Hudson’s Bay Company.
McLelland said he hoped others would come forward with similar assistance.
The Heron Street house was jointly purchased by the province and the municipality for $65,000.
In a letter from her father Frederick Paulin, to his son Frederick, dated 28 December 1887, he talks about writing to his daughter Bessie, who had emigrated to the United States that year.
She arrived in New York City 15 Nov 1887. She lived in Brooklyn, NY. The letter to her brother provided her addresss as 449 Dean Street, Brooklyn. It is not clear how long she lived there, and there is the suggestion that she moved a lot.
So where is this place? I searched on google and found this image on streetview. It appears to be 447-449 Dean Street. The area is under a bit of development, but across the street there are still some older, low rise apartment buildings.
Here is the map for Ernest Paulin and his wife Emma Jennings. It is perhaps one of the biggest lists of residences, but then Ernest moved around a lot in his life. Economic insecurity, and other factors led him to live in Birmingham, Victoria BC, Ilford, and Leigh-on-Sea. He died in Victoria in 1912, and the family continued to move about a fair bit before settling in Perry Barr. I included some of the addresses Emma had as a widow on this map.
According to his attestation papers, George Frederick Andrew Rutherford lived here with his wife Beatrice Friar and their two children, when he signed up for the Canadian Expeditionary Force in December 1915. The house on the site appears to date from that period – so I think this is the same building.
George was the son of Louise Paulin and Robert Rutherford. He moved to Canada around 1911.
Here is a map for George and Violet Lapraik. I have another address 2630 Bransome, Berkeley, but I cannot find it on the map. They lived in Seattle and Berkeley, CA.
Here is the map for Nellie Paulin, who was first married to Daniel Louis Hickey in 1906, then Benjamin Bantley in 1950. She lived in Victoria, Vancouver, Seattle and San Mateo.
The Amazing Paulin(e) Family 