Tag: Mary Cutler Paulin(e)

Another Organist in the tree, 2024

Richard Guise was choir master and organist at Westminster Abbey until his death in 1806. He is also buried there. He was also known as a composer, although not much survives.

Through his great-granddaughter Mary Cutler Paulin, his great 3x grandson George Paulin was also a composer and organist. He was organist at Christ Church Cathedral in Victoria BC.

Newly discovered is another organist and composer, Edward Cutler, KC, who was Richard’s great-grandson. While professionally Edward was a lawyer he was known as an organist and a composer.

I have actually found a recording of one of his compositions on You Tube – here

Here is his obituary:

Harrow Observer, 29 December 1916, page 8

Mr E Cutler, KC

Mr Edward Cutler, KC, of Little Stanmore, died in London, on December 22, aged 85. Mr Cutler was the son of the late Mr Edward Cutler, surgeon to St George’s Hospital, and grandson of Sir Thomas Plumer, first Vice-Chancellor of England and afterwards Master of the Rolls. He was educated at Eton, Paris, Dresden, and Balliol College, Oxford, where he obtained honours in classics, and was called to the bar in 1857. In his practice he devoted himself particularly to copyright law, and this, with his knowledge of music, led to his writing a “Manual of Musical Copyright Law” (1906) and collaborating with Mr Eustace Smith and Mr FE Weatherley in a “Treatise on Musical and Dramatic Copyright.” Mr Cutler, who had taken “silk” in 1884, was on the Imperial Commission for Copyright in 1909, and was employed in the International Copyright Bill. He wrote many songs and pieces for full orchestra, organ, and pianoforte, of which, perhaps, the best known is a song called “Golden Years.” He was Grand Organist of English Freemasons in 1892-3, and at one time gave frequent recitals in public. He also wrote pamphlets in French on educational and other subjects.

Mr Cutler married Ellen Mona, daughter of Major Larkins, who was murdered at Cawnpore, and leaves one son and two daughters.

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Mary Cutler Paulin to her son Frederick, 2 Dec 1886

Letter from Mary Cutler Paulin to Frederick A Paulin, 2 Dec 1886

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Henley Lodge

December 2nd/86

My dearest Fred,

Just a few lines to tell we are thinking of you. Dad has been hurrying us very much as he wishes all letters to be posted to night for BC.  The children have been talking of writing for love him but it has been a very busy time for them and Mother so you will I know e[illegible]

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All [illegible] I am thankful in being able to tell you we are all well and all wishing the very best of wishes for all our dears out in BC.  Will write of love sir [illegible]

Your Mother

Love to George + Herbert – cannot get trice so write to them.

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Mary Cutler Paulin to her son Frederick, 18 April 1883

Letter from Mary Cutler Paulin to Frederick Paulin, 18 April 1883

Acock’s Green

April 18th/83

My dear Fred,

I feel [illegible] that we have not written to you before this but you will have had letters from the Bordesley folks, all we have thought of is looking for letters from you.  Nancy thinks for them we could last help feeling very [illegible] about you it was such terrible matter the [illegible] of March and altogether we are getting frigid and the wind is very cold, your father is better but is bothered as usual with business – we think you must have suffered [illegible] no board that terrible [illegible] hope with may be repaid for all it

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Will be a long time before you feel settled or comfortable and we do trust you will folks keep well we keep having colds here, no cry has colds Miss Shearman is getting better but looked very ill for three weeks after [illegible] left but kept to her duties poor girl, she says why did you go from all your best friends we only wish we were with you we should not much how rough  it was. Your father has been getting seeds garden, George has worked being well too Saturdays he is getting £1 per week now [illegible] will be able

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To manage.  I must try and let some news Uncle William writes he is passing his bill in the House of Lords commuted yesterday will send my dividend the end of the week.  Grandpa sent £5 unknown to Grandma because copperman is so long lending the tent, very kind poor old gentleman. Mrs Grant so as here yesterday looking very well for her letter I have [illegible] I went to see her with your first letter – Lizzie and Polly came on & after Sunday and staid till Monday evening they were both pretty well but we [illegible]

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Right since you left – I have it a busy long time getting use to your absence. Papa says you have done quite right to go and he wishes he was with you.  I think Birmingham will soon be blown up.  A parcel coming from Auntie Bessie this week. Louise is very busy getting ready to go. We have sending you kind enquiries after you kind see take greater interest in the postman.  [illegible] with united love and kindest wishes now and after Mother

Who is Who:

Nancy – no idea

Miss Shearman – Miss Louise Shearman ran a private school in Acock’s Green, in the 1890 s she boarded young George Rutherford when he was a student

Mrs Grant – no idea

Grandpa and Grandma – George and Sarah Paulin, resident in Henley-on-Thames

Uncle William – Mary’s brother William Henry Cutler, who at the time was fighting the government over their takeover of the Windsor and Eton Waterworks, a Cutler family business he inherited when their father died in 1842

Aunt Bessie – Mary’s paternal aunt Elizabeth Cutler Bennison (1806-1887)

Lizzie – no idea

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Letter from Frederick Paulin to his son Frederick, 26 May 1894

Letter Frederick Paulin to his son Frederick Arthur Pauline, 26 May 1894

Conservative Club, Temple Row, Birm.

May 26th 1894

Dear Fred,

Yours of the 3rd inst with Draneys letter reached us a few days ago, but just after I had some large posters printed relating to the other properties. There said posters I sent out to Victoria 5 days ago to Saunders, Charlie, [illegible] + Dr Morrison parties interested.  The cannery matter I will not fail to work for. I replied you will send me an estimate of the additional cost 0f putting up 10,000 cases _ we are all well but find progress in the Trustee matter very difficult.  Since W[illegible] break down so far as we can discover, access to his safe has been had by some one probably by Bennison young man now in Silesia his executor no documents +c appear to have been rushlon by turned upside down

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We have found the conveyance of land at AG but not the conveyance of the Henley Property nor the trust deed of 1859.  The title (abstract of) relating to both have not yet turned up, so you see I have just changed the pen!

You will be as vexed proportionately as myself at this condition of affairs which shows that we should have been here in this business months ago.  Who to blame is difficult to say or to hold responsible for placing us in such a fix.  We are moving anything or anybody who can enlighten us and shall do so without any hesitation, because the situation is seriously expensive

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There is another matter which I haven’t yet fathomed.  I refer to the contents of my Uncle John’s will.  When I was in Henley a fortnight ago I found that his will passed thro’ Mercer’s hands the solicitors for probate, so I called there but I while an old acquaintance of mine and their clerk was at Oxford.  So I wrote him a note and left it with the caretaker woman of the office to give to him asking him for information but I got no reply from him after a weeks waiting, I wrote him again attending to my former letter and request and still I have had no answer.  This seems to me mysterious! I am writing this with Ma + Violet in London where we are frequently writing or seeing about some missing deeds –

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On our return to Miss Shearman’s now in a day or 2 I intend breaking the journey at Henley and finding out the reason for White’s silence. When I saw G Bennett for 2 or 3 hours last week in Derby, he said he was not aware that John Paulin had made a will or had anything to leave.  But I do and am going to bedrock to know – all this is perplexing and Clifford has broken his covenant as to time of building at A Green in a most flagrant manner.  The conveyance says not nearer than 15 yards to the public road whereas he has built within 10 yards.  This will require to be dealt with discretionally and I will carefully consider everything. We are comforted to see by the letters that you are all going on so well.  We shall be glad to be back with you again, but now we are here will finish everything + if possible leave no occasion for a future visit.

Who is Who:

John Paulin – Frederick Sr’s Uncle – will have to do more research on this.

G Bennett – Husband of Frederick’s sister Sarah, ironmonger in Derby

Clifford – unsure, but appears to be a neighbour in Acock’s Green, the family still owned Henley Lodge, but did not live there

Miss Shearman – could be the teacher in Acock’s Green who boarded George Frederick Andrew Rutherford during his education – which was at about this time. George gave his son the name Shearman as one of his middle names.

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Frederick Paulin to FA Pauline, 15 Dec c1886-1888

[Date estimated between 1886 and 1888]

Acock’s Green, Wednesday Dec 15

My dear Fred,

Your very acceptable and thoughtful Xmas box came quite safely and has been conferted and gone to reduce our most pressing obligations affording us gratification and relief and fixing a thankfulness to you for such assistance –

We hope the weather at least helps to prepare you for a cheerful time shortly which will have passed and become history by the time this reaches you.  It certainly doesn’t smile here for today a dark dirty fog envelopes everything around and is accompanied by falling snow and sleet which makes everything cold damp dreary and desolate.  We hope this description of climate is now prevailing with you and from your several allusions to the climactic conditions on your side we are consoling ourselves that there are some members of our family who are at least better off as regards weather which is always competent to reuse a lower one to cheers depress and makes the

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Existence corresponding by pleasant or intolerable.  We had a fairly indulged autumn up to the last week or two so we suppose the inferior and faulty specimens which appear to have been reserved for a contrast we have to be home, if with a grin

You will have by this time my letter to you respecting spicer’s overture as to you acing for them in Victoria + distric on salary and com + shall be f which will come to get you news in answer to is which will come I dare say in comm

Say when you next write after receiving this whether you would recommend a despatch of “asbestos fire proof” paint to you.  The Asbestos co have divided themselves into two sections latetly, the asbestos will in the future receive district attention from the paint department and the latter will be under the managing directors control, Mountford of Clement S Birm the same who sent out some paint some time since but which didn’t

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Reach you.  In the paint department many improvements have been effected and it is now made in all colours the form of paint still provides for out door rough work and the improved is prepared for indoors dados friezes and decorative purposes whilst it is claimed for it great resisting power as to fire or water.  It can be met over other paint if necessary.  For warehouses churches, hospitals, offices, repositories of art + shipbuilding as a safeguard against fire at sea it is of great value.

Mr Cutler who has been in costly litigation with the Mayor +c of Windsor as to the value of the waterworks at Eton which has been take over by that body (council) subject to arbitration as to compensation for same has last week in the House of Lords lost his compensation and has been saddled with the heavy costs.  We are sorry it is so.

We are all pretty well some [illegible] your mother is I am happy to say better she was very unwell a fortnight since from overwork and chill and kept her bed for a few days which rest with

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Good nursing mainly no doubt helped her very much.  Ask Ernest to attend to the small charge on the Cyanite freight as Mr Evans of the CPR 88 command wishes it promptly paid + I have not paid it because Ernest told me not to do so and I have informed Mr Evans that my sons with to carry the preliminaries themselves so as to form a precedent for our future – a big future I trust.

We rejoice you write hopefully and quite think more + more that you are all better off and likely to be more so than if you had remained in England.  The Commercial features here are atrociously bad, lifeless


We have in store the plum pudding boiled yesterday and they gave me a taste last evening for tea + my word they are toothsome.  In 10 daysnow (Dr) we shall all be keeping Xmas and the mental telegrams to + fro will be doubtless frequent + festive in memory as in days gone by. 

Your mother has had a nice long letter from Mrs Ernest with which she is much pleased and will write back in a few days.

Hoping you are all well + happy together.

Your Affectionate father.

Cheat sheet

Mrs Ernest – wife of Ernest Paulin, Emma Jane Jennings – already in Victoria

Mr Cutler is Mary Cutler Paulin’s brother William Henry Cutler, who inherited the Windsor and Eton Waterworks from their father John Cutler in 1843. The waterworks were taken over by the city of Windsor, and the letter talks about the fight for compensation which reached the House of Lords

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Frederick Paulin to his son Frederick, May 1884

 

Frederick Paulin to his son Frederick A Paulin, 13 May 1884

Tuesday May 13, 1884

Dear Fred

Yours dated April 7th received to day in which you afford us a [illegible] glimpse of your present surroundings and occupation and we are all very much pleased indeed with contents.  It is cheering and interesting and suggests to us a sincere wish that the summer’s run you have entered upon will strengthen your eyesight, benefit your health and proved remunerative to you in every way.  There would be many opportunities doubtless for profitable barter and by the time this reaches you the preparation for market of the prince of fishes will have begun.  It is almost a pit that some one or two fo the many grand fellows you will feast your eyes to on cannot come here with as little ceremony or cost as the letters.  For we ever can imagine the difference between fresh salmon so called here and that which will be afforded you in a rapid transition

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From the mountain stream to the pot or grid.  I saw Blantern’s brother a few days ago and he informed me that you had been graduating in the Indian tongues. I I spose a sort of patois?  Are there any sketches to be had of the scenery around you – you might give us one of your own doing for an idea.  I will by its immensity probably be difficult subject, but try if you have time, and describe the colourings.

We are going on much the same here.  I am still pursuing the “British Mercantile Gazette” with the view of increasing its bulk in advertisements for which I get a share of 20%.  Canvassing is of course in the present depressed condition of trade difficult and laborious to the mind still my average earnings per week have been better than the cigar business, besides I seldom go from home and am only responsible to and at the bidding of myself.  The rush of such an arrangement and freedom is most appreciable.  George I have found an opening for him in the office of Mess Short Short & Co the export merchants in Gr Charles St and the owner and proprietor of the paper or publication I am working.

Ernest is fairly settled and I believe is satisfied with his work at Wright and Butlers the Lamp people.  They have now a season ticket each which I paid for yesterday total 11.7.6 and they agree to pay me back so much a month.  Our garden is likely to prove much more remunerative to us this year because a larger tract is under cultivation than last season and the ground breaks down better.  I have added also some 3 or 4 dozen standard rose trees, some 200 gladioli bulbs, 3 Doulton ware vases in the rear also, and the pansies have given plenty of blossoms all the winter thro.  We have in the house the long room and one opposite across the hall papered and [illegible] sundry little items also give a more furnished effect than it used to have – on the whole we are gradually following our destiny and I know you will rejoice when I say that the future may be an improvement on the present

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And that the present is decidedly better than the past which we have just left behind.  The Dr Swinbourne would like a line from you, I think you never have sent to him since your departure.  He is not in such robust health as his best friends would wish him to be.  We have had a visit from Sarah Churchill and Col Burnaby in Birm lately, in anticipation of their bid for the midland metropolitan vote – the former delivered some talented and effective speeches and ahs gone quite to the front of the political arena in their country.  Bessie I omitted to say is apprenticed to Fordred (Millinery & Co) and seems to like it up to know.  Louise is still with grandpa and Gma at Henley having occasionally all her patience severely taxed occasionally by their eccentricities and crochets still she doesn’t murmur much at the sacrifice.  The remainder of the family are well.  Your mama is overworked as usual but in fair health, studied with the customary consideration of

Your affectionate father

We eagerly anticipate your letters

 

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Mapping the Family – Windham-Guise-Cutler

In 2014, ahead of a trip to London, I decided to map out the family’s locations in London, to visit, and also to understand the geography of the family itself.

Where did they live, what kind of areas were they in, how close were they to each other and their work, places of worship, etc?

Click below to see the map.

Windham-Guise-Cutler Families in London – Map

I do intend to do maps for other branches of the family.  If you have any addresses you think I should add for any of the Paulins – Frederick – Mary, or their children, then please pass them along.  They will be added to the addresses I have already found.

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Redcliffe House, Henley-on-Thames, 1899

Redcliffe House - Paulin trust

Excerpt from a document dealing with the trust originally created in 1859 when Frederick Paulin was courting Mary Cutler.  This trust was created to protect the interests of Mary Cutler Paulin and her children.  I am not sure why it was done, or why it took another two years for the couple to marry (after the birth of their daughter Louise and three months before the birth of their son Frederick Arthur Paulin) but it was done with her mother Louise Freak Cutler, brother William Henry Cutler, and brother in law William Churchill Longman as the original trustees.  On the death of Freak Cutler and Longman, George Paulin, Frederick’s father, and George Bennett his brother in law were named as trustees.  Later on J Walter Fry became a trustee.

So as seen above, Redcliffe House on New Street in Henley-on-Thames was part of the trust.  It is possible that this was also the house that Frederick and Mary lived when they were resident in Henley.  Several censuses and city directories stated that they lived on New Street, as did Frederick’s father, George.  No street numbers were provided. Their home “Henley Lodge” in Acock’s Green, Birmingham, where they lived before they emigrated to Canada was also owned by the trust.

The house is listed: https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101291564-redcliffe-house-henley-on-thames#.Xklw72hKjIU

From Google Maps – 31 New Street, Henley-on-Thames

Redcliffe House - google maps

 

 

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Disjointed letter, dated around 1886

Transcription of letter from Frederick Paulin to his son, no date, no idea which page is the first page of the letter.  Marlene Cormack, who scanned the letter called it the “disjointed letter” which is really spot-on.

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We share drawing you know from this side 70L at leas line rents per year

No we expect to have 2 to 300L on reaching you

Properly transferred for the purpose

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Anche chances obtainable for growing into set forms where they may flourish and develop into factors of progress and finally permanent rewards of a Paulin emigration period which may become matters conspicuous in the his long of your adopted colony.

We can’t say it won’t be s

No seasons impregnable obstacles need bar the way

My health is excellent once the operation I underwent in Guy’s

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Your hardworking affectionate mother is in I know embraces her change of seeing and being with her sons again, and I am additionally anxious that she should be liken on her account and for her sake

So think it well and write me without delay – we have not heard from your side lately nor from Bessie and are looking for news daily – we write in love to you all

From your affectional father

 

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