Chris Liffen
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 Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2010 7:06 pm Post subject: Archibald Sim Montgomrey |
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He was born in 1843 in Brentford, the son of a wholesale timber merchant. He is described as a timber merchant in most of the census returns, and one also indicates that he was a JP (as does his entry in the Cotteswold Naturalists' Club's proceedings).
He and the family moved around the country between 1840 - 1890 (Ealing, Hillingdon Heath, Heston, Brighton & Isleworth. He married Olivia Maria Coward in 1870. Archibald was left the Brentford premises when his mother died in the early 1900's. Sim was his mother's maiden name. There is a Montgomrey's Wharf in Brentford.
In 1912, his address (as given in the Proceedings of the Club) was Montpellier Grove, Cheltenham.
He was a member of the Cotteswold Naturalists' Field Club, and there are references to him in the Journal of Botany - see
see http://herbariaunited.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5507 .
He died 12th April, 1922 at Hilperton Rectory, Trowbrdge (where his nephew (?) P C West, was living).
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chrisu
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| Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2010 10:18 am Post subject: |
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In the 1911 census he is shown as a 67 year old widower, a retired timber merchant, living at the house of his widowed sister Agnes West; 10 Montpellier Grove, Cheltenham.
Ronald Cavey West, age 36 (son of Agnes) was also living there at that time |
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