Ash Tree House, Folkestone
Residents at Ash Tree House (Census 1881)
Catherine Salisbury, (Head), Unmarried, F, (67) 1814, Schoolmistress London, Middlesex
Hannah Manley (Boarder) Unmarried F (39) 1842 English Governess London, Middlesex
Katie Salisbury (Niece) Unmarried F (28) 1853 Music Governess Hadley, Middlesex
Mad’le Marie Dumard (Boarder) Unmarried F (28) 1853 French Governess Lucerne, Switzerland
Blanche Benezet (Boarder) Unmarried F (18) 1863 Scholar Paris, France
Alice Goss (Boarder) F (15) 1866 Scholar Folkestone, Kent [my great-grandmother]
Lily Hampton (Boarder) F (15) 1866 Scholar London, Middlesex
Mabel Can (Boarder) F (14) 1867 Scholar London, Middlesex
Madeline Can (Boarder) F (9) 1872 Scholar London, Middlesex
Josephine Can (Boarder) F (8) 1873 Scholar London, Middlesex
Edith Stobbs (Boarder) F (12) 1869 Scholar N Shields, Northumberland
Caroline Smith (Boarder) F (14) 1867 Scholar London, Middlesex
Charlotte Smith (Boarder) F (12) 1869 Scholar London, Middlesex
Evelyn Bennett (Boarder) F (13) 1868 Scholar Sydenham, Kent
Emily Dudman (Boarder) F (12) 1869 Scholar London, Middlesex
Kate Gordon (Boarder) F (13) 1868 Scholar London, Middlesex
Maud Gordon (Boarder) F (10) 1871 Scholar London, Middlesex
Lily Thurston (Boarder) F (8) 1873 Scholar London, Middlesex
Constance Chamberlain (Boarder) F (11) 1870 Scholar London, Middlesex
Sophia Neves (Boarder) F (25) 1856 Domestic Servant/Cook Sheerness, Kent
Mary A James (Boarder) F (23) 1858 Domestic Servant/Housemaid Rye, Sussex
Celine Lewes (Boarder) F (7) 1874 Scholar |
While researching my maternal line, I found that my great-grandmother was not living at home in 1881. Attached the census form for her as a 15-year-old schoolgirl at what seems to be a private girls’ school in Folkestone.
It was so interesting to find out the above info, as we never knew my grandmother. She died in 1920, after which my grandfather emigrated to South African and never returned to England. He used to tell us that his mother came from a fairly well-to-do family and had been to a finishing-school in Switzerland. While I don’t know if that was strictly true (I’ve never found any info to prove this), she certainly had a French Governess from Switzerland! So maybe that’s where the folklore began!!
It would be so wonderful if one of the Brickwallers was connected to one of the other pupils in the school (I have entered this info on Lost Cousins as well, but no luck there yet!). My gr-grandmother Alice’s father William Thomas Goss is one of my brickwalls, so would be great to know more about the school and any other info.
Cherie Wright |