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OMG Margaret thank you! They liked that family name Gildon didn't they?

At least it's a bit more interesting than searching for William, Thomas, George etc etc etc LOL

Nite!

Somethin's wrong with dates here. Original says she was born 23 June 1841 (6 months before Gildon?). Address is 8 Great Quebec St. Father a surgical instrument maker.

Name: Louisa Manton
Estimated Birth Date: 25 Jun 1841
Father's Name: Gildon Manton
Mother's Name: Mary Ann Manton
County: Middlesex

something for tomorrow there are trees on ancestry worth checking


Gildon MANTON
Birth
1789
inGrantham, Lincolnshire
Death
1851
inMarylebone, London, Middlesex

Now there's this son of Gildon & Mary Ann but address is Shepherd's Bush and father is a gun maker. No birth date given.

Name: George Henry Granville Manton
Estimated Birth Date: 25 Aug 1855
Father's Name: Gildon Manton
Mother's Name: Mary Ann Manton
County: Middlesex

Nice one Lindsey this places the death of one of the Gildon's I had found

Deaths Jun 1851 (>99%)
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Manton Gildon Kensington 3 254

I'll come back tomorrow to dig deeper - I'm UK time so it's 0030 here - seem to remember MM was in the USA but may be wrong - where are you based Lindsey?

Nite nite and thank you all again

David xx

Gildon Manton (English, active 1818 - 1831)
Primarily a portrait painter, Gildon Manton exhibited several times at the Royal Academy in London between 1818 and 1831.

Just FYI kind helpers

This is my Great Gran, daughter of George Manton

Births Sep 1850 (>99%)
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Manton Sarah Amelia Shoreditch 2 419

She married William Harris Gauntlett

I am going now honest!!

x

Oh My MM another posh one in the family LOL

Dr Henry John Gauntlett was an ancestor too he wrote the tune "Irby" to which Once in Royal David's City is sung!

I'll have to dig much deeper into the Manton's I can see!

Bye all

Thought you were going to bed, Travelman. It's only 7:47 here, Canada not US. Like Lindsey I never delete my posts.

London, England, Deaths and Burials, 1813-1980
about Martha Manton
Name: Martha Manton
Record Type: Burial
Event Date: 31 Jul 1837
Age: 42
Estimated birth year: abt 1795
Parish: St Marylebone
Borough: Westminster
County: Middlesex

(address given as Salisbury Place where Gildon is on 1841 census)

1851 census...

MANTON, Edward Head Married M 27 1824 Estate Agent
Chelsea
Middlesex
MANTON, Fanny E Wife Married F 29 1822
Paddington
Middlesex
MANTON, Gildon Father Widower M 62 1789 Retired Artist Dependant On Me
Grantham
Lincolnshire
DE VILLIERS, Marie E Wifes Grand Mother Widow F 86 1765 Late A Pensioner French Civil Lest
Paris British Subject
MANTON, John Brother Unmarried M 22 1829 Peanc Forte Maker
Chelsea
Middlesex
MANTON, Edward De Villiers Son M 0 (4 MOS) 1851
Kensington
Middlesex
SOPP, Esther Servant Married F 24 1827 Nursemaid
Kensington
Middlesex
BELLINGER, Sarah Servant Unmarried F 29 1822 Domestic Servant
London
Middlesex

RG number:
HO107 Piece:
1468 Folio:
36 Page:
64

Registration District:
Kensington Sub District:
Kensington Town Enumeration District:
1 Ecclesiastical Parish:
Saint Mary Abbotts

Civil Parish:
Kensington Municipal Borough:
Address:
30, Sussex Place, Kensington County:
Middlesex

Chris :)

London, England, Deaths and Burials, 1813-1980
about Gildon Manton
Name: Gildon Manton
Record Type: Burial
Event Date: 23 May 1851
Age: 63
Estimated birth year: abt 1788
Parish: St Marylebone
Borough: Westminster
County: London

(address given as Sussex Place, where he is on 1851 census)

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