Individuals:

Gosnell, Herbert Clifford

Birth Name Gosnell, Herbert Clifford
Gender male

Events

Birth about 1857  at  Ponder's End, Middlesex, England

Parents

Father Gosnell, John (P)
Mother Sinclair, Elizabeth
Siblings
  1. Gosnell, Alfred Ernest
  2. Gosnell, Constance Beatrice Nina
  3. Gosnell, Frederick Charles
  4. Gosnell, H. F. / John
  5. Gosnell, Madeline Fanny
  6. Gosnell, Rosalie Emma
  7. Gosnell, Gertrude Annie
  8. Gosnell, Elizabeth Sinclair
  9. Gosnell, Duncan Harry

Families

Married Wife Baker, Alicia Augusta
  Marriage 1881
  Children
  1. Gosnell, Harold Clifford
  2. Gosnell, Muriel Alice
  3. Gosnell, Robert Clifford
  4. Gosnell, Vernon Clifford
  5. Gosnell, William Clifford

Addresses

1891 Islington, Highbury, London

Narrative

AW: no money, solicitor, drank, struck-off, family ran a dress shop in good area of London.

Dad mentioned going to a ?dress? shop in London when he was young... - confirm

Apparently borrowed lots of money from DHG (MV was well off).

Co-executor with DHG of mother's will.

Looks like his firm were called: H. Clifford Gosnell and Son

http://www.a2a.org.uk/ yielded:

"FILE - Letter from The Town Clerk, Guildhall to H. Clifford Gosnell and Son concerning search for licence for City of London Lying-in Hospital in sessions records; annotated on back. See H10/CLM/A/10/001 for copy of 1773 Act of Parliament requiring licensing of lying-in hospitals - ref. H10/CLM/A/08/001/003 - date: 8 May 1918"

What happened to the son ?


living with mother, unmarried, aged 24 in 1881 census

doesn't seem to be around in 1901 census

Pedigree

  1. Gosnell, John (P)
    1. Sinclair, Elizabeth
      1. Gosnell, Alfred Ernest
      2. Gosnell, Constance Beatrice Nina
      3. Gosnell, Frederick Charles
      4. Gosnell, H. F. / John
      5. Gosnell, Herbert Clifford
        1. Baker, Alicia Augusta
          1. Gosnell, Harold Clifford
          2. Gosnell, Muriel Alice
          3. Gosnell, Robert Clifford
          4. Gosnell, Vernon Clifford
          5. Gosnell, William Clifford
      6. Gosnell, Madeline Fanny
      7. Gosnell, Rosalie Emma
      8. Gosnell, Gertrude Annie
      9. Gosnell, Elizabeth Sinclair
      10. Gosnell, Duncan Harry

Ancestors