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Now now, Peter, don't be getting all serious here.

We're talking about someone who treated us like morons; we don't need somebody replicating the act!

Or -- were you on purpose? ;)

I know Claude Monet (note spelling) had an older brother named Leon - where did a younger one come from?

Peter

Oh - you edited!

"what's the chances Lilian Gickie was a nude model!!!!"

My thoughts exactly.


Huh!

http://www.askart.com/askart/r/alexander_rowan/alexander_rowan.aspx

You got 'im, Ann o' GG. ;)

Don't know whether you followed it all after you were so thoroughly dissed, and then it got consigned to the dustbin by its not well pleased author, but I can send you the whole thing if you like. PM me an email address 'cause if I have one, I don't know where it is!

hmmmm......Claude Monay - he's that geezer wot painted them lilies innit?

what's the chances Lilian Gickie was a nude model!!!!

I got side tracked on Google and Bing!


but didn't find aything that you ahven't found.


Dinnertime, must go!


I'll see how far you've got in a little while


sylvia

Heretofore unknown offspring, I wonder? Although the Sep 1882 one had Alexander as middle name ...


Births Mar 1882
Rowan Alexander St. Geo. H. Sq. 1a 495
Deaths Mar 1884
ROWAN Alexander 2 St Geo H Sq 1a 336

Alexander Monay. Younger brother of the better-known Claude Monay.

snort

I got 'im!

1871

Name: Alexander Rowan
Age: 31
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1840
Relation: Son
Mother's Name: Mary A
Where born: Islington, Middlesex, England
Civil parish: Lambeth

Occupation: ARTIST

Mary A Rowan 69 - Annuitant, born Ireland
(but the neighbourhood is more middle class than "own means" -
but lots of unmarried adult children, so prosperous)
Alexander Rowan 31
Maria J Rowan 35
Emily Rowan 33

Alex Monay??????????

it's the same on familysearch


Household:

Alexr. BOWAY Head U Male 37 Islington, Middlesex, England Artist (Painter)
Lillian GICKIE Visitor M Female 19 France

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Source Information:
Dwelling 89 Davyell Rd
Census Place Lambeth, Surrey, England
Family History Library Film 1341143
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 0620 / 43
Page Number 79



sylvia

1881

Alexr. BOWAY Head U Male 37 Islington, Middlesex, England Artist (Painter)
Lillian GICKIE Visitor M Female 19 France


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Source Information:
Dwelling 89 Davyell Rd
Census Place Lambeth, Surrey, England
Family History Library Film 1341143
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 0620 / 43
Page Number 79

Just having a look-see

I'm thinking this could be the householder:

Marriages Jun 1881
Mowbray Alexander Camberwell 1d 1087


The "B" in his surname in the census doesn't look like a B, it looks like an M: Moway.
(See the B and M, 2 and 3 lines above on the census image.)

Name: Lillian Gickie
Age: 19
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1862
Relation: Visitor
Gender: Female
Where born: France
Condition as to marriage: Married

Name: Alexr. Boway
Age: 37
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1844
Relation: Head
Where born: Islington, Middlesex, England
Condition as to marriage: Unmarried
Occupation: Artist (Painter)

Civil parish: Lambeth
County/Island: London
Country: England
Street Address: 89 Davyell
Registration district: Lambeth

Alexr. Boway 37 ? (artist / painter)
Lillian Gickie 19 ?


RG11; Piece: 620; Folio: 43; Page: 79

in case anyone is looking somewhere other than Ancestry where it might be easier to read.


I can't read the surname for either person! Except that I doubt that either one is what Ancestry says. ;)

It's not so much that the image is bad - I've tried both enhanced and unenhanced - it's more that the handwriting is illegible. I'm usually pretty good at it, but that has me stumped.