Ghosts of Glanvilles

A One-Name Study on the surname "Glanville" & its variants

Person Page 74

Henry Glanville

Male, #2191, born 28 May 1792
FatherThomas Glanville (b. 1766)
MotherMary Worsley (b. before 1769)

Birth, Marriage and Death information

Henry Glanville was born before 28 May 1792 in Ashburton, DEV, ENG.
     He was baptized on 28 May 1792 in St Andrews Parish Church, Ashburton, DEV, ENG, Henry, son of Thomas and Mary Glanvil.

Other Information


     Henry Glanville immigrated to India.

James Burt Glanville

Male, #2192, born 1819, died 22 June 1882
FatherThomas Glanville (b. 1789, d. circa 1849)
MotherAnna Maria Burt (b. between 1789 and 1790, d. 1876)

Birth, Marriage and Death information

James Burt Glanville was born in 1819 in Stoke Damerel, DEV, ENG.
     He was baptized on 5 December 1819 in Stoke Damerel, DEV, ENG, James Burt of Thomas and Anna Maria Glanville, abode Dock.
     He married Elizabeth Cummings after 1851 possibly in Graham's Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.
     He died on 22 June 1882 in Grahamstown, Cape Colony, RSA, (when age calculated as ~63); recorded age 62 years 7 months.

Alternate Names

He was also known as Burt James.

Address(es), Census(es) and Occupations

  • James Burt Glanville appeared on the census of 30 March 1851 in 4 Newcastle Street, London St Sepulchre, MDX, ENG; recorded age 31, his sister Anna living with him.
  • James was a chemist on 30 March 1851.
  • James was town clerk, at baptism of daughter Mary on 1 July 1860.
  • James was town clerk, at baptism of son Vyvyan on 30 June 1864.
  • James was curator of the Albany Museum in Grahamstown.
  • James was town treasurer to Graham's town municipality in June 1882.

Family: Elizabeth Cummings (b. between 1833 and 1834, d. 1925)

DaughterMary Elizabeth Glanville (b. 1860, d. 1888)
SonBurt Reginald Glanville (b. 1862, d. 1873)
SonGodfrey Kennelly Glanville+ (b. after 1862, d. 1937)
SonVyvyan Pugh Glanville (b. 1863, d. 1939)
SonOliver Hayton Glanville+ (b. 1866, d. 1915)

Elizabeth Cummings

Female, #2193, born between 1833 and 1834, died 4 August 1925

Birth, Marriage and Death information

Elizabeth Cummings was born between 1833 and 1834.
     She married James Burt Glanville, son of Thomas Glanville and Anna Maria Burt, after 1851 possibly in Graham's Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.
     She died on 4 August 1925 in 1 Trollope Street, Grahamstown, Cape Province, RSA; recorded age 91. Widow. Cause of death : senile decay.

Alternate Names

Her married name was Glanville.

Family: James Burt Glanville (b. 1819, d. 1882)

DaughterMary Elizabeth Glanville (b. 1860, d. 1888)
SonBurt Reginald Glanville (b. 1862, d. 1873)
SonGodfrey Kennelly Glanville+ (b. after 1862, d. 1937)
SonVyvyan Pugh Glanville (b. 1863, d. 1939)
SonOliver Hayton Glanville+ (b. 1866, d. 1915)

Mary Elizabeth Glanville

Female, #2194, born 17 June 1860, died 15 April 1888
FatherJames Burt Glanville (b. 1819, d. 1882)
MotherElizabeth Cummings (b. between 1833 and 1834, d. 1925)

Birth, Marriage and Death information

Mary Elizabeth Glanville was born on 17 June 1860 in Grahamstown, Cape Colony, RSA.
     She was baptized on 1 July 1860 in St Barnabas, Grahamstown, Cape of Good Hope, RSA, parents named Burt James and Elizabeth. A private baptism.
     She died on 15 April 1888 in Grahamstown, Cape Colony, RSA, (when age calculated as 27.)

Alternate Names

She was also known as Minnie.

Address(es), Census(es) and Occupations

  • Mary was curator of the Albany Museum in Grahamstown between 1882 and 1888.

Vyvyan Pugh Glanville

Male, #2195, born 18 October 1863, died 26 May 1939
FatherJames Burt Glanville (b. 1819, d. 1882)
MotherElizabeth Cummings (b. between 1833 and 1834, d. 1925)

Birth, Marriage and Death information

Vyvyan Pugh Glanville was born on 18 October 1863 in Bathurst Street, Grahamstown, Cape Colony, RSA, a minor at the death of his father.
     He was baptized on 30 June 1864 in St George Cathedral, Grahamstown, Cape of Good Hope, RSA, parents named James Burt and Elizabeth Glanville.
     He married Anne Jaffray on 24 September 1901 in Trinity Presbyterian, Grahamstown, Cape Province, RSA, (when age calculated as 37) bachelor and spinster, both of Grahamtown.
     He died on 26 May 1939 in 1 Trollope Street, Grahamstown, Cape Province, RSA, (when age calculated as 75); recorded age 76. Widower. Cause of death : Pleural Etrusion, X Ray suggested malignancy.

Address(es), Census(es) and Occupations

  • Vyvyan was a merchant on 24 September 1901.
  • Vyvyan was a retired store keeper on 26 May 1939.

Oliver Hayton Glanville

Male, #2196, born 1866, died 8 October 1915
FatherJames Burt Glanville (b. 1819, d. 1882)
MotherElizabeth Cummings (b. between 1833 and 1834, d. 1925)

Birth, Marriage and Death information

Oliver Hayton Glanville was born in 1866 in the RSA a minor at the death of his father.
     He married Evelyn Mitford Stockdale on 15 December 1898 in Christ Church, Swellendam, RSA, (when age calculated as ~32) by Rev WE Shingsby rector. Witnesses Richard Henry Stockdale, Arthur Atherstone Stockdale.
     He died on 8 October 1915 in Albany General Hospital, Sidbury, Cape Province, RSA, (when age calculated as ~49); recorded age 49, married. Cause of death : Cirrhosis Liver.

Other Information


     Oliver (when aged ~35) was present at the death of Evelyn Mary Glanville on 4 June 1901 in Commando Kraal, Uitenhage, Cape Province, RSA, recorded age twenty months, named daughter of Oliver H Glanville (who was the informant). Cause of death membranous croup.

Address(es), Census(es) and Occupations

  • Oliver was a farm manager, at death of daughter Evelyn on 4 June 1901.
  • Oliver was a farmer (stock) in October 1915.

Family: Evelyn Mitford Stockdale (b. 1874, d. 1949)

DaughterEvelyn Mary Glanville (b. circa 1899, d. 1901)
SonMitford Burt Glanville (b. after 1898)
DaughterMary Elizabeth Glanville (b. after 1898, d. before 1949)
DaughterOlive Grace Glanville (b. between 1903 and 1904)

Godfrey Kennelly Glanville

Male, #2197, born after 1862, died 14 December 1937
FatherJames Burt Glanville (b. 1819, d. 1882)
MotherElizabeth Cummings (b. between 1833 and 1834, d. 1925)

Birth, Marriage and Death information

Godfrey Kennelly Glanville was born after 1862 in the RSA a minor at the death of his father.
     He married Ada before 1904 probably in Kenya.
     He died on 14 December 1937 in Kitale, Kenya.

Other Information


      The National Archives Anglo-Boer war records list a Godfrey Kennelly Glanville as being a Trooper in Gorringe's Flying Column (a colonial unit), Anglo-Boer War records 1899-1902.
      On 22 February 1938 the Kenya Gazette listed:
IN HIS MAJESTY'S SUPREME COURT OF KENYA AT NAIROBI
PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION
Cause No 18 of 1938
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR PROBATE OF THE WILL AND CODICIL OF GODFREY KENNELLY GLANVILLE, LATE OF KITALE, DECEASED
Take notice that application having been made in this Court by Ingram Christopher Raftesath, the Manager of the Kitale brach of the Standard Bank of South Africa, Limited, for probate of the will and codicil of Godfrey Kennelly Glanville late of Kitale in the Colony of Kenya who died at Kitale aforesaid on the 14th day of December, 1937, this Court will proceed to issue the same unless cause be shown to the contrary and appearance in this respect entered on on before the 8th day of March, 1938
Dated at Nairobi this 18th day of February, 1938
EDWARD J O'FARRELL
Registrar
Supreme Court of Kenya.

Address(es), Census(es) and Occupations

  • Godfrey was a planter in Kenya in 1923.

Family: Ada (b. 1879, d. 1949)

SonSydney L. Glanville (b. 1904, d. 1928)
SonR. Clive Glanville (b. circa 1907, d. 1934)
DaughterMildred Hope Glanville (b. 1907)

Wilmot Watson

Female, #2198, born between 1824 and 1825, died circa May 1917

Birth, Marriage and Death information

Wilmot Watson was born between 1824 and 1825 in Totnes, DEV, ENG.
     She married Thomas Burt Glanville, son of Thomas Glanville and Anna Maria Burt, on 16 January 1850 in St Matthias Church, Madras, India, both of full age, bachelor and spinster, fathers named Thomas Glanville and Thomas Watson.
     She died circa May 1917 in Exeter, St Thomas registered, DEV, ENG; recorded age 92.

Alternate Names

Her married name was Glanville.

Other Information

     Wilmot and Thomas Burt Glanville had 11 children by the 1911 census, 3 deceased by that date.

Address(es), Census(es) and Occupations

  • As of 29 June 1851, Wilmot Watson and Thomas Burt Glanville lived at Bangalore, Tamil Nadu, India, at baptism of daur Flore.
  • She appeared on the census of 3 April 1881 in Strand Hill, Topsham, DEV, ENG; recorded age 56, as a widow.
  • Wilmot was Income From Funds on 3 April 1881.
  • Wilmot was Living on Own Means on 3 April 1881.
  • She appeared on the census of 5 April 1891 in Mount House, Topsham, DEV, ENG; recorded age 66, widow.
  • Wilmot was living on own means on 5 April 1891.
  • She appeared on the census of 31 March 1901 in Strand, Topsham, DEV, ENG; her recorded age 76, widowed.
  • Wilmot was living on own means on 31 March 1901.
  • She appeared on the census of 2 April 1911 in Follett Lodge, Topsham, DEV, ENG; recorded age 86, widowed.
  • Wilmot was living on private means on 2 April 1911.

Family: Thomas Burt Glanville (b. 1822, d. 1878)

DaughterFlora Adelaide Glanville (b. 1851, d. 1920)
DaughterAnnie Alicia Glanville (b. 1852, d. 1926)
SonHerbert Cranswick Glanville+ (b. 1853, d. 1901)
SonErnest Glanville+ (b. 1855, d. 1925)
DaughterWilmot Glanville (b. 1857, d. 1942)
DaughterMary Edith Glanville (b. 1860, d. 1947)
DaughterMay Glanville (b. 1862)
DaughterHenrietta Maria Glanville (b. 1866, d. 1917)
DaughterLilian Glanville (b. 1867, d. 1953)

Flora Adelaide Glanville

Female, #2199, born 20 February 1851, died 11 June 1920
FatherThomas Burt Glanville (b. 1822, d. 1878)
MotherWilmot Watson (b. between 1824 and 1825, d. circa 1917)

Birth, Marriage and Death information

Flora Adelaide Glanville was born on 20 February 1851 in Madras, Tamil Nadu, India, Bangalore recorded in 1891 census.
     She was baptized on 29 June 1851 in Madras, Tamil Nadu, India, daur of Thos Burt and Wilmott Glanville born Feby 20 1851.
     She married Benjamin Durban Godlonton on 19 May 1870 in Commemoration Church, Grahamstown, Cape Province, RSA, (when age calculated as 19) his age recorded 24, hers 19.
     She died on 11 June 1920 in Mountfield, Musbury, DEV, ENG, (when age calculated as 69); recorded age 69, registered Axminster.
The death was registered in South Africa 18 May 1921 by her husband present at death.
     Her estate was probated on 18 August 1920 indexed as:
GODLONTON Flora Adelaide of Mountfield Musbury Devonshire (wife of Benjamin D'Urban Godlonton) died 11 June 1920 Probate London 18 August to the said Benjamin D'Urban Godlonton gentleman. Effects £829 13s 5d.

Alternate Names

Her married name was Godlonton.

Other Information


      Andrew Glanville Godlonton ( asgodlonton@onetel.net.uk ) is descended from this line.      Flora and Benjamin Durban Godlonton had 9 children :
Robert Godlonton, aged 19 in 1891 census
Burt Godlonton (1873-1952),
D'Urban Godlonton (1874-1943),
Wilmot Glanville Godlonton (1876-1939),
Ethel Godlonton (1877-1952),
Maurice Glanville Godlonton (1880-) m. Murial Jackson, May (1882-),
Saray May Godlonton,
Flora Glanville (1884-1885),
William Ayliff Godlonton (1888-) born Finchley.
     Flora Adelaide Glanville left a will on 3 July 1889 appointing her husband executor. Her gold watch and chain and first choice of one of her rings to her eldest living daughter, her oak pattern round brooch and second choice of ring to her second daughter then living, and two remaining articles of jewellry to be selected according to the age of the legatees to such other daughter or daughters as may be living. Everything else was left to her husband, but if he was demised, then equally divided amongst her children then living.
Witnessed Herebrt C Glanville and Ernest Glanville.

Address(es), Census(es) and Occupations

  • As of 3 July 1889, Flora Adelaide Glanville and Benjamin Durban Godlonton lived at 1 Hendon Lane, Finchley, MDX, ENG.
  • She appeared on the census of 5 April 1891 in 1 Hendon Lane, Finchley, MDX, ENG; recorded age 40, married, husband not present, 8 children with her.

Benjamin Durban Godlonton

Male, #2200, born between 1845 and 1846, died 2 May 1936

Birth, Marriage and Death information

Benjamin Durban Godlonton was born between 1845 and 1846.
     He married Flora Adelaide Glanville, daughter of Thomas Burt Glanville and Wilmot Watson, on 19 May 1870 in Commemoration Church, Grahamstown, Cape Province, RSA, his age recorded 24, hers 19.
     He died on 2 May 1936 in Longroyd, Silwood Road, Rondebosch, Cape Province, RSA.
     His estate was probated on 21 August 1936 indexed as:
GODLONTON Benjamin D'Urban of Rhodehurst Milner-road Rondebosch Cape Province South Africa died 2 May 1936 at Longroyd Silwood-road Rondebosch Probate London 21 August to the Standard Bank of South Africa. Effects £18375 19s 4d in England.

Other Information

     Benjamin and Flora Adelaide Glanville had 9 children :
Robert Godlonton, aged 19 in 1891 census
Burt Godlonton (1873-1952),
D'Urban Godlonton (1874-1943),
Wilmot Glanville Godlonton (1876-1939),
Ethel Godlonton (1877-1952),
Maurice Glanville Godlonton (1880-) m. Murial Jackson, May (1882-),
Saray May Godlonton,
Flora Glanville (1884-1885),
William Ayliff Godlonton (1888-) born Finchley.
     Benjamin was present at the death of Flora Adelaide Glanville on 11 June 1920 in Mountfield, Musbury, DEV, ENG, recorded age 69, registered Axminster.
The death was registered in South Africa 18 May 1921 by her husband present at death.

Address(es), Census(es) and Occupations

  • Benjamin was a bookseller on 19 May 1870.
  • As of 3 July 1889, Benjamin Durban Godlonton and Flora Adelaide Glanville lived at 1 Hendon Lane, Finchley, MDX, ENG.

Henry James Glanville

Male, #2201, born 14 November 1868, died before 1875
FatherEdward Glanville (b. between 1827 and 1828, d. 1875)
MotherMaria Theresa Blake (b. between 1836 and 1837)

Birth, Marriage and Death information

Henry James Glanville was born on 14 November 1868 in Alival North, Cape of Good Hope, RSA.
     He was baptized on 27 December 1868 in St Paul, Aliwal North, Cape Colony, RSA, parents named Edward and Maria.
     He died before 1875; as not listed in his father's death notification.

Annie Alicia Glanville

Female, #2202, born 19 March 1852, died 18 October 1926
FatherThomas Burt Glanville (b. 1822, d. 1878)
MotherWilmot Watson (b. between 1824 and 1825, d. circa 1917)

Birth, Marriage and Death information

Annie Alicia Glanville was born on 19 March 1852 in Bangalore, Tamil Nadu, India, other sources record 9 Mar 1852.
     She was baptized on 18 July 1852 in Bangalore, Tamil Nadu, India, parents Thomas Burt Glanville and Wilmot. Born 19 Mar 1852.
     She married Rev Charles Pettman on 6 November 1880 in Wesleyan Chapel, Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony, RSA, (when age calculated as 28) both of full age. Witnesses Ernest and Wilmot Glanville.
     She died on 18 October 1926 in 45 PA Street, Queenstown, Cape Province, RSA, (when age calculated as 74); recorded age 74, married. Cause of death : Senility, Arteriosclerosis, Cerebral Haemorrhage.

Alternate Names

Her married name was Pettman.

Other Information


     Annie Alicia Glanville immigrated before 1880 to the RSA.
      A son Glanville Pettman died on The Somme, France (registered Kimberly South Africa 24 Mar 1918), listed as son of Charles and Annie Alicia Pettman, born c1885 at Durban. His parents address was 45 Prince Alfred St, Queenstown, Cape Province. Glanville was a private, no. 16828 in the 4th Regt South African Infantry.

Address(es), Census(es) and Occupations

  • As of 6 November 1880, Annie Alicia Glanville and Rev Charles Pettman lived at Grahamstown, Cape Colony, RSA.

Rev Charles Pettman

Male, #2203, born 14 August 1851, died 4 April 1935

Birth, Marriage and Death information

Rev Charles Pettman was born on 14 August 1851 in Whitstable, KEN, ENG, son of Richard Pettman and Mary nee Wells.
     He married Annie Alicia Glanville, daughter of Thomas Burt Glanville and Wilmot Watson, on 6 November 1880 in Wesleyan Chapel, Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony, RSA, (when age calculated as 29) both of full age. Witnesses Ernest and Wilmot Glanville.
     He died on 4 April 1935 in Queenstown, Eastern Cape, RSA, (when age calculated as 83.)

Other Information


     Rev Charles Pettman immigrated before 1880 to the RSA.
      Brought up as a Baptist, he became a Methodist local preacher while in business in Folkestone. He attended the Richmond Theological College from 1873 to 1876, where after, ordained, he went to South Africa. There he became the first minister of any denomination to serve in East London. He laid the foundation stone of the Central Methodist Church in East London; thereafter serving in Port Elizabeth, King William's Town, Graaf-Reinet, and Kimberley.
He went to Queenstown in 1907 where he remained for the rest of his life. For 5 years, he was secretary, and in 1910 President, of Conference of Methodist Church of Southern Africa. In Queenstown, he was member of Town Council and chairman of the library committee. A respected clergyman and pioneer philologist and lexicographer, he became best known for his writings about South African place names and colloquialisms, embodied in his treatise Afrikanderisms.
In his will, Charles Pettmann left his books, stamps and savings of £ 3178 / 4 / 2 to the Queenstown Library directing that "the Africana be kept together and intact".

Address(es), Census(es) and Occupations

  • Charles was a Wesleyan Minister on 6 November 1880.
  • As of 6 November 1880, Rev Charles Pettman and Annie Alicia Glanville lived at Grahamstown, Cape Colony, RSA.

Kathryn Eloise Glanville

Female, #2204, born 22 August 1920, died 23 August 1994
FatherCarlen Taylor Glanville (b. 1891, d. 1966)
MotherMarion E. Johnson (b. between 1894 and 1895, d. 1966)

Birth, Marriage and Death information

Kathryn Eloise Glanville was born on 22 August 1920 in La Junta, CO, USA.
     She married on 25 August 1940 in Riddle, OR, USA, (when age calculated as 20.)
     She died on 23 August 1994 in OR, USA, (when age calculated as 74.)

Address(es), Census(es) and Occupations

  • Kathryn Eloise Glanville appeared on the census of 1930 in Orange, CA, USA; recorded age 9, living with her parents.
  • She appeared on the census of 1940 in Riddle, OR, USA; recorded age 19, living with her parents.

Ernest Glanville

Male, #2205, born 2 May 1855, died 6 September 1925
FatherThomas Burt Glanville (b. 1822, d. 1878)
MotherWilmot Watson (b. between 1824 and 1825, d. circa 1917)

Birth, Marriage and Death information

Ernest Glanville was born on 2 May 1855 in Cape Colony, RSA.
     He married Emma Priscilla Powell on 20 March 1880 in Commemoration Church, Grahamstown, Cape Colony, RSA, (when age calculated as 24) both with recorded age 23. Witnesses A. and E.H. Powell.
     He died on 6 September 1925 in Rondebosch, Cape Province, RSA, (when age calculated as 70.)
     He was buried in 1925 at Cape Town, Western Cape, RSA.

Other Information


      From whom is descended Neil Glanville, resident in Australia - neiljen@netspace.net.au.
     Ernest (when aged 25) was present at the marriage of Rev Charles Pettman and Annie Alicia Glanville on 6 November 1880 in Wesleyan Chapel, Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony, RSA; both of full age. Witnesses Ernest and Wilmot Glanville.

Address(es), Census(es) and Occupations

  • Ernest was a journalist on 20 March 1880.
  • He and Emma Priscilla Powell appeared on the census of 5 April 1891 in 13 Bournevale Road, Streatham, SRY, ENG; his age recorded 34, hers 30.
  • Ernest was an author on 26 November 1898.
  • As of 26 November 1898, Ernest Glanville and Emma Priscilla Powell lived at Bournevale Road, Streatham, SRY, ENG.
  • He and Emma Priscilla Powell appeared on the census of 31 March 1901 in 60 Lewin Road, Streatham, SRY, ENG; his age recorded 47, hers 41.
  • Ernest was an author and journalist on 31 March 1901.

Family: Emma Priscilla Powell (b. between 1859 and 1860, d. 1935)

DaughterAda Hoole Glanville (b. 1880, d. 1955)
SonThomas Burt Glanville+ (b. 1882, d. 1958)
SonJohn Glanville (b. circa 1888, d. circa 1896)
SonDenis Gordon Glanville (b. 1898, d. 1918)

Emma Priscilla Powell

Female, #2206, born between 1859 and 1860, died 18 September 1935

Birth, Marriage and Death information

Emma Priscilla Powell was born between 1859 and 1860 in Cape Colony, RSA.
     She married Ernest Glanville, son of Thomas Burt Glanville and Wilmot Watson, on 20 March 1880 in Commemoration Church, Grahamstown, Cape Colony, RSA, both with recorded age 23. Witnesses A. and E.H. Powell.
     She died on 18 September 1935 in Rodwell, Selwood Road, Rondebosch, Cape Province, RSA; recorded age 79, a widow. Cause of death Arterio Sclerosis, Cerebral Haemorrhage.

Alternate Names

Her married name was Glanville. She was also known as Priscilla Emma.

Address(es), Census(es) and Occupations

  • Emma Priscilla Powell and Ernest Glanville appeared on the census of 5 April 1891 in 13 Bournevale Road, Streatham, SRY, ENG; his age recorded 34, hers 30.
  • As of 26 November 1898, Emma Priscilla Powell and Ernest Glanville lived at Bournevale Road, Streatham, SRY, ENG.
  • She and Ernest Glanville appeared on the census of 31 March 1901 in 60 Lewin Road, Streatham, SRY, ENG; his age recorded 47, hers 41.

Family: Ernest Glanville (b. 1855, d. 1925)

DaughterAda Hoole Glanville (b. 1880, d. 1955)
SonThomas Burt Glanville+ (b. 1882, d. 1958)
SonJohn Glanville (b. circa 1888, d. circa 1896)
SonDenis Gordon Glanville (b. 1898, d. 1918)

Ada Hoole Glanville

Female, #2207, born 29 December 1880, died 1955
FatherErnest Glanville (b. 1855, d. 1925)
MotherEmma Priscilla Powell (b. between 1859 and 1860, d. 1935)

Birth, Marriage and Death information

Ada Hoole Glanville was born on 29 December 1880 in Grahamstown, Cape Colony, RSA.
     She was baptized on 24 January 1881 in Wesleyan Methodist Church, Grahamstown, Cape Province, RSA, parents named Ernest and Emma Priscilla Glanville. Born Dec 29th 1880.
     She died in 1955 (when age calculated as ~75.)

Address(es), Census(es) and Occupations

  • Ada Hoole Glanville appeared on the census of 5 April 1891 in 13 Bournevale Road, Streatham, SRY, ENG; recorded age 10, living with her parents.
  • She appeared on the census of 31 March 1901 in 60 Lewin Road, Streatham, SRY, ENG; recorded age 20, living with her parents.

Wilmot Glanville

Female, #2208, born 2 March 1857, died 20 November 1942
FatherThomas Burt Glanville (b. 1822, d. 1878)
MotherWilmot Watson (b. between 1824 and 1825, d. circa 1917)

Birth, Marriage and Death information

Wilmot Glanville was born on 2 March 1857 RSA probably.
     She married Thomas William King on 28 August 1883 in Topsham, DEV, ENG, (when age calculated as 26) registered St Thomas. Fathers named Francis King, Thomas Burt Glanville.
     She died on 20 November 1942 in Kingsvale District, Bedford, Cape Province, RSA, (when age calculated as 85); recorded age 85, widow. Cause of death : heart failure, senile decay.

Alternate Names

Her married name was King.

Other Information


      Oliver King (sking@eastcape.net) is descended from this line.
     Wilmot (when aged 23) was present at the marriage of Rev Charles Pettman and Annie Alicia Glanville on 6 November 1880 in Wesleyan Chapel, Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony, RSA; both of full age. Witnesses Ernest and Wilmot Glanville.      Wilmot and Thomas William King had 10 children, named :
Queenie May Glanville KING (1884-1968) m 1921 Frank Wright Nelson (1891-),
Wilfred Glanville KING (1886-1955) m 1917 Jessie Louisa Scott (1890-1945),
Frances Elizabeth KING (1887-1893),
Mary Glanville KING (1888-1975) m 1915 George Holdway Moll (1884-1968),
Winnie Glanville KING (1889-1986),
Beatrice KING (1890-1890),
Thomas Glanville KING (1892-1978),
Hettie Glanville KING (1894-1990) m 1916 Ivan Robert Stewart Ainslie (1888-1963),
Ernest Burt Glanville KING (1895-1895),
Spencer Hartley KING (1898-1976) m 1939 Dora Glanville Godlonton, dau. of Maurice Godlonton, son of Wilmot's sister Flora.

Thomas Latimer Glanville

Male, #2209, born 2 February 1875, died circa August 1895
FatherStephen Henry Burt Glanville (b. 1829, d. 1898)
MotherCharlotte Margaret Latimer (b. between 1833 and 1834, d. 1885)

Birth, Marriage and Death information

Thomas Latimer Glanville was born on 2 February 1875 in Exeter, DEV, ENG, registered Exeter.
     He was baptized on 18 October 1877 in St Paul, Exeter, DEV, ENG, Thomas Latimer son of Stephen Henry Burt and Charlotte Margaret Glanville, abode Bradninch Place. Born Feby 2nd 1875.
     He died circa August 1895 in Islington registered, MDX, ENG, (when age calculated as ~20); with a recorded age of 20. Cause of death : scarlet fever caught assisting on the wards of Charing Cross Hospital.

Address(es), Census(es) and Occupations

  • Thomas Latimer Glanville appeared on the census of 5 April 1891 in 8 Bradninch Place, Bradninch, DEV, ENG; recorded age 16, living with his widowed father.
  • Thomas was a scholar on 5 April 1891.

Benjamin Neilan Glanville

Male, #2210, born 29 October 1928, died before 2011
FatherCarlen Taylor Glanville (b. 1891, d. 1966)
MotherMarion E. Johnson (b. between 1894 and 1895, d. 1966)

Birth, Marriage and Death information

Benjamin Neilan Glanville was born on 29 October 1928 in Rocky Ford, CO, USA.
     He married on 15 November 1948 in Reno, NV, USA, (when age calculated as 20.)
     He died before 2011.

Address(es), Census(es) and Occupations

  • Benjamin Neilan Glanville appeared on the census of 1930 in Orange, CA, USA; recorded age 1, living with his parents.
  • He appeared on the census of 1940 in Riddle, OR, USA; recorded age 11, living with his parents.
  • Benjamin was a student in 1940.

Thomas Taylor

Male, #2211, born 1772

Birth, Marriage and Death information

Thomas Taylor was born in 1772.
     He married Susanna Glanville, daughter of Roger Glanville and Mary Teddy, on 26 March 1802 in St Andrew, Plymouth, DEV, ENG, (when age calculated as ~30) Thomas Taylor late Schoolmaster Minotaur and Susanna Glanville of this parish were married.

Address(es), Census(es) and Occupations

  • Thomas was late schoolmaster Minotaur on 26 March 1802.

Family: Susanna Glanville (b. 1773)

DaughterSusanna Taylor+ (b. between 1804 and 1805)
SonThomas Glanville Taylor FRS+ (b. 1804, d. 1848)
SonRev Henry Taylor (b. circa 1811, d. 1874)

Thomas Glanville Taylor FRS

Male, #2212, born 22 November 1804, died 4 May 1848
FatherThomas Taylor (b. 1772)
MotherSusanna Glanville (b. 1773)

Birth, Marriage and Death information

Thomas Glanville Taylor FRS was born on 22 November 1804 in Ashburton, DEV, ENG.
     He married Eliza Eley on 4 July 1832 in India probably (when age calculated as 27.)
     He died on 4 May 1848 in Southampton registered, HAM, ENG, (when age calculated as 43); cause of death : tuberculosis. Reported in Hampshire Advertiser 6 May 1848 as:
On the 30th ult., in Hanover-buildings, Southampton, Fanny Ashton, daughter of Thomas Glanville Taylor, eqs. aged 9 years; and on the 4th instant, Thomas Glanville Taylor, esq. aged 41, late of the East India Company's Service, having landed on the 29th April from the Hindostan, after having been in India 18 years.

Address(es), Census(es) and Occupations

  • Thomas was the Director of the Madras Observatory, during the East India Company presence in the sub-continent between 1830 and 1845.
  • As of between 1830 and 1848, Thomas Glanville Taylor FRS lived at India.

Family: Eliza Eley (b. before 1812)

SonFrederick John Chalmers Taylor+ (b. after 1832)
SonHenry Hanson Taylor (b. after 1832)
SonFrank George Taylor (b. between 1834 and 1835)
DaughterFanny Ashton Taylor (b. circa 1839, d. 1848)

Eliza Eley

Female, #2213, born before 1812

Birth, Marriage and Death information

Eliza Eley was born before 1812 daughter of Colonel Eley.
     She married Thomas Glanville Taylor FRS, son of Thomas Taylor and Susanna Glanville, on 4 July 1832 in India probably.

Alternate Names

Her married name was Taylor.

Family: Thomas Glanville Taylor FRS (b. 1804, d. 1848)

SonFrederick John Chalmers Taylor+ (b. after 1832)
SonHenry Hanson Taylor (b. after 1832)
SonFrank George Taylor (b. between 1834 and 1835)
DaughterFanny Ashton Taylor (b. circa 1839, d. 1848)

Frederick John Chalmers Taylor

Male, #2214, born after 1832
FatherThomas Glanville Taylor FRS (b. 1804, d. 1848)
MotherEliza Eley (b. before 1812)

Birth, Marriage and Death information

Frederick John Chalmers Taylor was born after 1832 in India probably.
     He married Frederica Georgina Wilton circa August 1860 in Kingston upon Thames registered, SRY, ENG.

Address(es), Census(es) and Occupations

  • Frederick John Chalmers Taylor and Frederica Georgina Wilton appeared on the census of 2 April 1871 in 17 Gairford Street, Kentish Town, MDX, ENG; his age recorded 30 born Marylebone, hers 29 born London.
  • Frederick was a commercial clerk on 2 April 1871.

Family: Frederica Georgina Wilton (b. before 1840)

SonFrederick Glanville Taylor (b. circa 1861)
DaughterLouisa Glanville Taylor (b. circa 1862)
SonFrank Glanville Taylor (b. circa 1864, d. 1917)
SonThomas Glanville Taylor (b. circa 1872)
SonPercy Chalmers Taylor (b. circa 1879)

Frederica Georgina Wilton

Female, #2215, born before 1840

Birth, Marriage and Death information

Frederica Georgina Wilton was born before 1840.
     She married Frederick John Chalmers Taylor, son of Thomas Glanville Taylor FRS and Eliza Eley, circa August 1860 in Kingston upon Thames registered, SRY, ENG.

Alternate Names

Her married name was Taylor. She was also known as Georgiana Frederica recorded at marriage.

Address(es), Census(es) and Occupations

  • Frederica Georgina Wilton and Frederick John Chalmers Taylor appeared on the census of 2 April 1871 in 17 Gairford Street, Kentish Town, MDX, ENG; his age recorded 30 born Marylebone, hers 29 born London.

Family: Frederick John Chalmers Taylor (b. after 1832)

SonFrederick Glanville Taylor (b. circa 1861)
DaughterLouisa Glanville Taylor (b. circa 1862)
SonFrank Glanville Taylor (b. circa 1864, d. 1917)
SonThomas Glanville Taylor (b. circa 1872)
SonPercy Chalmers Taylor (b. circa 1879)

Frederick Glanville Taylor

Male, #2216, born circa May 1861
FatherFrederick John Chalmers Taylor (b. after 1832)
MotherFrederica Georgina Wilton (b. before 1840)

Birth, Marriage and Death information

Frederick Glanville Taylor was born circa May 1861 in Pimlico, MDX, ENG, registered St George Hanover Square.

Address(es), Census(es) and Occupations

  • Frederick Glanville Taylor appeared on the census of 2 April 1871 in 17 Gairford Street, Kentish Town, MDX, ENG; recorded age 9, living with his parents.
  • Frederick was a scholar on 2 April 1871.

Louisa Glanville Taylor

Female, #2217, born circa August 1862
FatherFrederick John Chalmers Taylor (b. after 1832)
MotherFrederica Georgina Wilton (b. before 1840)

Birth, Marriage and Death information

Louisa Glanville Taylor was born circa August 1862 in Marylebone, MDX, ENG.

Address(es), Census(es) and Occupations

  • Louisa Glanville Taylor appeared on the census of 2 April 1871 in 17 Gairford Street, Kentish Town, MDX, ENG; recorded age 9, living with her parents.
  • Louisa was a scholar on 2 April 1871.

Frank Glanville Taylor

Male, #2218, born circa November 1864, died 13 March 1917
FatherFrederick John Chalmers Taylor (b. after 1832)
MotherFrederica Georgina Wilton (b. before 1840)

Birth, Marriage and Death information

Frank Glanville Taylor was born circa November 1864 in Marylebone, MDX, ENG.
     He died on 13 March 1917 in Watcombe Circus, Nottingham, NTT, ENG, (when age calculated as ~52); recorded age 52, leaving a widow and daughter.

Address(es), Census(es) and Occupations

  • Frank Glanville Taylor appeared on the census of 2 April 1871 in 17 Gairford Street, Kentish Town, MDX, ENG; recorded age 6, living with his parents.
  • Frank was a scholar on 2 April 1871.
  • Frank was a mathematician at Nottingham University in 1917.

Thomas Glanville Taylor

Male, #2219, born circa February 1872
FatherFrederick John Chalmers Taylor (b. after 1832)
MotherFrederica Georgina Wilton (b. before 1840)

Birth, Marriage and Death information

Thomas Glanville Taylor was born circa February 1872 in Pancras registered, MDX, ENG.

Percy Chalmers Taylor

Male, #2220, born circa November 1879
FatherFrederick John Chalmers Taylor (b. after 1832)
MotherFrederica Georgina Wilton (b. before 1840)

Birth, Marriage and Death information

Percy Chalmers Taylor was born circa November 1879 in Kingston upon Thames registered, SRY, ENG.