VAN BOOLEN Chart 0300

This is a Chart for Leonard Charles Van Boolen and Florrie (Florence) Wheaton

married
 5th March 1898 
St John
Hackney, London
as 
Florence Wheaton GRIFFITHS
witnesses
Mary Kate Cracknell GRIFFITHS
John DENBOW
1
LEONARD VAN BOOLEN
born 
 7th July 1874
  Victoria Road Bethnal Green, London 
as 
Van BODEN
school
Malmesbury Road School
Tower Hamlets
Middlesex
admitted
1st June 1885
birth date given as
7th July 1874
occupation
1891 Boot Clicker,  1898 Shoemaker,  1901 Bootmaker (checker)
1904 Boot Clicker (baptism of John)
 1947 Boot Clicker (retired) (death of wife)
 died
  10th November 1956
Walthamstow, Essex
 Age 82 		2
FLORRIE (FLORENCE) WHEATON
born
4th July 1878
2 Lower Gordon Road
Chaseside
Enfield
Middlesex
baptised
 16th October 1878
 St Andrew, Enfield, Middlesex as
 Florry 
(St Michael's 
in margin of register)
 died
 25th July 1947
20 Brightwell Avenue, Westcliff on Sea
  Essex 
Age 69 (indexed as Florence V BOOLEN)
cause of death
 1(a) Aortic disease
informant of death
  L Van BOOLEN widower of deceased
3
Florence
Elsie
VAN BOOLEN
born about
June quarter
1898
Hackney district
London
died
June quarter
1898
Hackney district
London
Aged 0 		4
 Esther
Kate "Kate"
VAN BOOLEN
born about
June quarter
1899
Old Street
Holborn district
London
died
18th May 1952
Essex South Western District
Essex
Aged 53

married(1)
March quarter
1921
West Ham district
Essex
as
"Kate"
Arthur
William
SKINNER
possibly
born
24th July
1898
Medway district
 Kent
possibly died
June quarter
1982
Waltham Forest district
Essex

married(2)
June quarter
1950
Essex 
S W district
Essex
Maurice
Clement
FRIDLINGTON
born
3rd January
1917
Elham district
Kent
died about
December quarter
1994
Thanet district
Kent 		5
Florence
"Flora"
Leonora
VAN BOOLEN
 born about
September quarter
1900
Old Street
Holborn district
London
died
2nd April 
1953
Toronto
Ontario
Canada

married
September quarter
1921
West Ham district
Essex
Alfred
George
WEBB
born about
 1895
 6
Henry
D'Arcy
VAN BOOLEN
born about
December quarter
1902
Bethnal Green
district
London
died
 28th February
1914
West Ham district
Essex
Aged 11 		7
John
VAN BOOLEN
born
9th March
1904
Bethnal Green
district
London
baptised
27th March
1904
St James the Great
Bethnal Green
London
died
March quarter
1978
Isle of Wight
district
Hampshire
Aged 73

married
1947
Congregational Chapel
Leeds Street
Sandown
Isle of Wight
Hampshire
registered
September quarter
1947
Isle of Wight
district
Hampshire
Violet 
Mary
BAKER
or
SHELLEY
born
20th October
1905
Croydon district
Surrey
died about
March quarter
1990
Isle of Wight
district
Hampshire 		8
Ivy 
Sadie
VAN BOOLEN
born
14th February
1906
Walthamstow
Essex
died
19th September
1962
Leyton
London
Age 56

married
4th June 1925
West Ham district
Essex
Herbert
Victor
John
GALE
born
21st July 
1903
West Ham district
Essex
died 
19th April
1962
Brentwood district
Essex
Aged 58 		9
Leonard
Charles
VAN BOOLEN
born
June quarter
1908
Walthamstow
Essex
died
10th November
1961
registered
December quarter
1961
Ealing district
Essex
Aged 53

married
September quarter
1936
Essex SW district
Essex
Matilda
A
BYLES
possibly
born
March quarter
1912
Croydon district
Surrey
possibly died
1978
Surrey Northern district
Surrey
as
Matilda Alice
HART
after
remarriage 
December quarter
1966
Surrey Northern district
Surrey
to a
William
HART
  1. 1881 37 Green Street (?), Old Artillery Ground, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex. (note mother = Jane, she was Jane MARTIN; marriage was July-September 1871 Whitechapel District, Middlesex - see 1891 census). Living with parents Louis Henry Van BOOLEN (29) Cigar Maker and Jane (29) Dealer in Cleaning Apparel born born Spitalfields, Middlesex and siblings Mark (8) born Spitalfields, Middlesex, Joseph (2) and Esther (4 mths) both born London City.
    1891 12 Chisenhall Road, Bethnal Green. London born Old Ford (note mother = Esther see 1881). Living with widowed mother Esther V BOOLEN (72) Living on Own Means born Spitalfields, London and brothers Louis H (39) Cigar Maker born Spitalfields, London, Joseph (13) Boot Clicker born Norton? Folgate, London and Reuben (5 mths?) born Old Ford, London. Living  with them was Louis's wife Betsey V (23) born Margate, Kent, and servant Jemima GREEN (43) single Domestic Servant born Old Kent 
    Road, Surrey
    1898 129 Queen's Road, Dalston, London (marriage) Father Louie Van BOOLEN - Cigar Maker
    1901 38 Chisenhale Road, Bethnal Green, London
    1904 25 Mape Street, Bethnal Green, London (baptism of John)
    1907 L VAN BOOLEN arrived 7th November, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on the "Himalaya"
    1911 L VAN BOOLEN arrived 23rd March 1911, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on the "Mongolia"
    1911 L VAN BOOLEN arrived 29th December 1911, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on the "Malwa"
    1911 Not with wife and children Not found. Not with siblings Mark, Joseph or Esther.
    1947 20 Brightwell Avenue, Westcliff on Sea, Essex (death of wife)
    Information for Leonard Van BOOLEN’s sea journeys
    New South Wales, Australia, Unassisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1826-1922 about Leonard Van BOOLEN
    Estimated Birth Year Age Port of 
    Departure    		 Port of Arrival Voyage Arrival Date Vessel 
    Name    		 Rank Born
    abt 1874 33 London Sydney, New South Wales 7 Nov 1907 Himalya GS London
    abt 1873 35 London Sydney, New South Wales 6 Nov 1908 Moldavia    
    abt 1874 34 London Sydney, New South Wales 15 July 1909 Mantua GS London
    abt 1874 36 London Sydney, New South Wales 16 Nov 1910 Mongolia GS & Violinist London
    abt 1874 36 Auckland, New Zealand Sydney, New South Wales 28 Nov 1910 Mongolia GS & Violinist London
    abt 1874 37 London Sydney, New South Wales 23 Mar 1911 Mongolia GS & Violinist London
    abt 1874 37 London Sydney, New South Wales 7 Sept 1911 Malwa Headed PURSERS DEPT. GS London
    abt 1873 38 London Sydney, New South Wales 29 Dec 1911 Malwa GS & Violinist London
    abt 1874 38 London Sydney, New South Wales 26 Dec 1912 Mooltan GS &  Violinist London
    abt 1875 38 Auckland, New Zealand Sydney, New South Wales 17 Mar 1913 Makura Sea ncts? England
    abt 1876 38 London Sydney, New South Wales 2 July 1914 Orama Band-master London
  2. 1878 Enfield, Middlesex (baptism)
    Original information from Sue PEACEY 7/5/2014
    1881 182 Blackfriars Road, Southwark, Surrey as Florence W CRACKNELL. Living as daughter with James C and Mary K CRACKNELL James (31) Outfitters Assistant born Enfield, Middlesex, Mary K  (27) born Peckham Rye, Surrey. Living with them was Friend widow Susan COOPER (63) born Grosvenor Square, London 
    Information from Sue PEACEY 7/5/2014
    James was Anne’s cousin and as James Coomes and Mary Kate had no children of their own, perhaps they were happy to  “adopt’ Florence especially if James and Anne had been close. 
    1891 4 Parst? Place West, St Pancras, London as Florence W GRIFFITHS. Living as their daughter with William J Darcy GRIFFITHS (38) Pharmaceutical Dispenser born Swansea, Wales and Mary K 
    C GRIFFITHS (36) born Peckham, Surrey 
    Information from Sue PEACEY 7/5/2014
    Mary Kate CRACKNELL was living in St Pancras with William Judge Darcy GRIFFITHS as his wife. William GRIFFITHS  died 1896 age 40 
    1898 129 Queens Road, Dalston, London (marriage). Gave father as William Judge Darcy Wheaton GRIFFITHS Dead
    1901 38 Chisenhale Road, Bethnal Green, London. Lodging next door was Mary Kate CRACKNELL (43) shown as Single born Peckham, Surrey 
    1904 25 Mape Street, Bethnal Green, London (baptism of John)
    1911 150 Lynmouth Road, Walthamstow, Essex. No husband present but shown as married Mary Kate CRACKNELL does not appear on the census but it is signed by Mrs M K CRACKNELL and she has her own  census form showing her living at this address, a widow (James was still alive) and Independent.
    1947 VAN BOOLEN Florence of 20 Brightwell-avenue Westcliff-on-Sea Essex married woman died 25 July 1947 Probate London 8 September to Arthur Henry Griffin solicitors managing clerk. Effects £1712 18s (National Probate Calendar)
    Additional Notes for Florrie or Florence WHEATON
    On the 1911 census Florence is shown as being married 13 years and having had 6 children all still living. However, all this information has been crossed through. 
    Information from James MOTT
    Boarded out from 1878 until 1881. Whereabouts unknown since that date
    Comments from JKW 7/5/2014
    Susan PEACEY wrote to me on the 2/5/2014 through Genes Reunited as follows:
    " I am trying to find out what happened to Florence as I have found no records and presume she must have died in infancy. I am descended from her mother Anne (nee Cracknell) and her illegitimate daughter Lucy Cracknell".
    I replied giving her the information I had received from James MOTT
    "Boarded out from 1878 until 1881. Whereabouts unknown since that date". 
    Sue and I then exchanged several messages in the following days....and then....
    Information from Sue PEACEY 7/5/2014
    Further to your information that Florence was boarded out, I then dug around and found Florence Wheaton CRACKNELL in the 1881 census living with James Coomes CRACKNELL and his wife Mary Kate (BUCKLAND). James was Anne’s cousin and as James and Mary Kate had no children of their own, perhaps they were happy ‘adopt’ Florence especially if James and Anne had been close. After that discovery I was able to follow Florence’s life:
    So, Florence was found after all these years within 5 days!
    Message from Sue PEACEY 2/5/2014 
    "I was looking through some documents in my CRACKNELL file and came across some photos I found on the internet of Edmonton workhouse. There is one which has 'St Michaels' in the wall which might explain why that name was written in the margin of the register for Florrie's baptism."

    St Michael's Workhouse as Mentioned above
    Comment from JKW
    Following the above I looked on line and included in the information for the Edmonton Workhouse were photos, one of which showed a very prominent "St Michael", and the following comment;
    "After 1930, the institution came under the control of Middlesex County Council and up until 1948 was known as Enfield House. It then became part of the National Health Service under the name of St Michael's Hospital, specialising in geriatric care"
    Additional information from Sue PEACEY 7/5/2014
    1923 James Coomes CRACKNELL of 13 Rawdon Road, Ramsgate, Kent died 1 December 1923. He left £97. 19s. 1d to his Administrator widow Mary Kate. In spite of living apart for so many years and Mary Kate having lived with another man, James still left his money to her. (Administration date 22 December 1923) There was a subsequent entry for James Coomes CRACKNELL with the administration London 11 December 1924 to Elizabeth TROUGHTON widow, Effect £33. 2s. 0d. "Grant P.R, December 1923)
    1924 Mary Kate CRACKNELL of 147 Lynmouth Road, St James Street, Walthamstoe, Essex widow died 25 May 1924. Probate was granted 24 June 1924 ro Henry  Charles CAMPBELL Solicitor and George Edward BAKER Solicitor's clerk. Effects £613. 10s. 2d.
  3.  
  4. 1901 38 Chisenhale Road, Bethnal Green, London
    1911 150 Lynmouth Road, Walthamstow, Essex as Kate
  5. 1901 38 Chisenhale Road, Bethnal Green, London
    1911 150 Lynmouth Road, Walthamstow, Essex as Flora
  6. 1911 150 Lynmouth Road, Walthamstow, Essex
  7. 1904 25 Mape Street, Bethnal Green, London (baptism of John)
    1911 150 Lynmouth Road, Walthamstow, Essex
  8. 1911 150 Lynmouth Road, Walthamstow, Essex
  9. 1911 150 Lynmouth Road, Walthamstow, Essex
    1961 VAN BOOLEN Leonard Charles of 40a Bulstrode Road Hounslow Middlesex died 10 November 1961 Administration London 23 January to Matilda Alice Ada Van Boolen widow. Effects £433 11s. 6d. (National Probate Calendar)

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