See also
- Elizabeth GILBERT's parents: George GILBERT (1781-1860) and unk UNK ( - )
- Elizabeth GILBERT's siblings: May GILBERT ( - ), George GILBERT ( - ), William GILBERT ( - ), John GILBERT ( - ) and Thomas GILBERT ( - )
Elizabeth GILBERT (1809?-1893?)
1. Elizabeth GILBERT, daughter of George GILBERT (1781-1860) and unk UNK ( - ), was born in 1809 (estimated). She married John OWEN SMITH on 3 August 1826 in Grahamstown, Albany, Cape Colony. She died in 1893 (estimated).
John OWEN SMITH, son of John SMITH ( -1813) and Charlotte BURNETT ( - ), was born in 1804 in Scarborough. He was an Owner of a Shipping Company. He died on 10 August 1871 in London. He and Elizabeth GILBERT had the following children:
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Second Generation
2. James OWEN SMITH, son of John OWEN SMITH and Elizabeth GILBERT, was born in 1828. He was baptised on 4 April 1828.
3. John OWEN SMITH, son of John OWEN SMITH and Elizabeth GILBERT, was born on 11 January 1835. He died of Drowning on 26 March 1861.
John was the 4th son of John Owen Smith snr. and Elizabeth Gilbert. He died by drowning.
4. Sarah Elizabeth OWEN-SMITH, daughter of John OWEN SMITH and Elizabeth GILBERT, was baptised on 17 November 1833. She was born on 30 December 1839 in Cape of Good Hope, Port Elizabeth. She was born on 30 December 1839 in South Africa. She married Hopkins BADNALL on 27 February 1854 in St. Mary's Cathedral, Port Elizabeth. She died on 7 December 1903 in Kensington, London. She was buried on 12 December 1903 in Badnall Family Vault, Leek, Staffs..
Bishop's Diocesan School for Boys, founded by Hopkins Badnall, has a ladychapel dedicated to Sarah Badnall.
Her date of birth is quite possibly wrong, as there is a baptism recorded earlier than this, which is probably correct, and would make her marriage happen at the age of 15.
The Venerable Hopkins BADNALL, son of Richard Jnr. BADNALL (1797-1839) and Sarah HAND (1799-1886), was born on 12 September 1821 in Leek, Staffordshire. He was christened on 24 September 1822 in St. Edwards Leek, Staffs.. He was an Archdeacon of Cape Town, Vicar General of Capetown. He also founded Bishop's Diocesan School and was vice-chancellor of the University of the Cape of Good Hope. He appeared in the census. He was educated at Durham University, BA, MA1851, DD1870, He was Curate in Stockton-on-Tees in 1845. He accompanied Bishop Gray in 1847 in South Africa. He became Rector of Goldsborough in 1855. He became Rector of Cawthorne in 1857. He became Vicar of Fishlake in 1886. He died on 27 September 1892 in 19 Randolf Rd., Maida Vale, London. He was buried on 1 October 1892 in Family Vault, Leek, Staffs.. He and Sarah Elizabeth OWEN-SMITH had the following children:
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5. Elizabeth Gilbert OWEN SMITH, daughter of John OWEN SMITH and Elizabeth GILBERT, married Henry James DURRELL on 14 August 1851.
6. George Chalmers OWEN SMITH was the child of John OWEN SMITH and Elizabeth GILBERT.
In 1884 he became "Owen".
7. Jessie OWEN SMITH, daughter of John OWEN SMITH and Elizabeth GILBERT, married Robert SPEEDY on 8 September 1860.
8. Edith OWEN SMITH was the daughter of John OWEN SMITH and Elizabeth GILBERT.
Edith remained unmarried.
9. Henrietta Gilbert OWEN SMITH, daughter of John OWEN SMITH and Elizabeth GILBERT, married M STEPHENSON.
10. Mary Anne OWEN SMITH, daughter of John OWEN SMITH and Elizabeth GILBERT, married Henry Bailey CHRISTIAN on 8 July 1852.
11. Alice OWEN SMITH, daughter of John OWEN SMITH and Elizabeth GILBERT, was born on 1 July 1843. She married George Bellamy CHRISTIAN.
George Bellamy CHRISTIAN and Alice OWEN SMITH had the following children:
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Third Generation
12. Herbert Owen BADNALL, son of The Venerable Hopkins BADNALL and Sarah Elizabeth OWEN-SMITH, was born on 20 November 1854. He was a Magistrate of George. He was educated at The Diocesan College, CapeTown. He married Lydia CAWOOD in February 1888 in Kimberley, Cape of Good Hope. He died on 5 November 1938 in Rondebosch, Cape Province. He was buried in November 1938.
Lydia CAWOOD and Herbert Owen BADNALL had the following children:
| 24 | Blanche Fiennes BADNALL (1889- ). Blanche was born in February 1889 in Beaconsfield, Cape of Good Hope. |
13. Blanche Elizabeth BADNALL (also known as [unnamed person]), daughter of The Venerable Hopkins BADNALL and Sarah Elizabeth OWEN-SMITH, was born on 28 February 1856 in Goldsborough, Yorkshire. She was baptised on 6 April 1856 in St. Mary's P.C., Goldsborough, Yorkshire. She died on 23 September 1872 in Kensington, England..
14. Florence May BADNALL, daughter of The Venerable Hopkins BADNALL and Sarah Elizabeth OWEN-SMITH, was born on 8 February 1858 in Cawthorne, Yorks. She married Maurice Fitzgerald WILSON on 2 August 1884. She died on 31 January 1941. She was buried in February 1941.
Florence May was the third of nine children of Hopkins Badnall, and was brought up in South Africa where her father was Archdeacon of the Cape. She met her future husband whilst he was a very junior engineer serving his apprenticeship in Port Elizabeth. She was thought of affectionately by her two sons, but was reckoned to be physically rather lazy. In her youth she had a talent for drawing, and a booklet of cartoons of her family members still survives, entitled "The Book of Truth and Nonsense (Combined)" which clearly shows a great sense of humour.
Maurice Fitzgerald WILSON, son of Richard Bassett WILSON (1806-1867) and Anne FITZGERALD ( -1877), was born on 4 February 1858 in London. He was a Civil Engineer. He was confirmed on 20 October 1874. He died on 23 December 1945. He was buried in December 1945. He and Florence May BADNALL had the following children:
| 25 | Maurice Fiennes Fitzgerald WILSON (1886-1975) (known as 'Fiennes'). Fiennes was born on 22 June 1886 in 2 Talbot Villas, Old Dover Road, Gravesend, Kent. He was a Naval Officer. He married Catherine Gladys MURRAY on 4 August 1914 in St Judes, Portsea, Portsmouth, England. He died on 16 February 1975 in Watlington, Oxon. He was buried in Putney Vale Cemetery. |
| 26 | Bassett Fitzgerald WILSON (1888-c. 1972). Bassett was born on 1 September 1888 in St. Ives, Cornwall. He was a Soldier, artist. He married Muriel Gertrude SAMUELSON on 24 April 1915. He was buried circa 1941. He died circa May 1972. |
15. Alice BADNALL, daughter of The Venerable Hopkins BADNALL and Sarah Elizabeth OWEN-SMITH, was born in March 1860 in South Africa. She was born on 12 March 1860. She married Arthur Patrick O'CONNOR "10/1890". She married him in October 1890. She died on 25 October 1939. She was buried in October 1939. She married Unk O'CONNOR.
For some reason, Alice is not listed as being with the family at the 1871 census, despite all the other siblings being there who had been born by then.
Arthur Patrick O'CONNOR was the son of Charles O'CONNOR ( - ). He and Alice BADNALL had the following children:
| 27 | Arthur Cathal O'CONNOR (1891-1916). Arthur was born on 28 September 1891 in Dublin. He was a Soldier. He died in 1916. |
| 28 | Margery Beaumont O'CONNOR (1894- ). Margery was born on 6 September 1894 in Kasauli, India. |
Unk O'CONNOR and Alice BADNALL had the following children:
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16. Gertrude BADNALL, daughter of The Venerable Hopkins BADNALL and Sarah Elizabeth OWEN-SMITH, was born on 23 April 1862 in Cawthorne. She died on 30 August 1950.
There exists a large set of correspondence, much of it to and from Gertrude Badnall when she was a student in Dresden in the 1880s. One example is here, the whole collection being with Alan Bednall, and a copy held by Philip Wilson.
17. Reginald Beaumont BADNALL, son of The Venerable Hopkins BADNALL and Sarah Elizabeth OWEN-SMITH, was born in August 1864 in Cape of Good Hope, George. He was educated at The Diocesan College. He married Matilda BROWNING on 15 June 1892 in East London, Cape of Good Hope. He died on 13 August 1939 in Molteno, Cape Province, South Africa.
Matilda BROWNING and Reginald Beaumont BADNALL had the following children:
| 31 | Ethel Beaumont BADNALL (1893- ). Ethel was born in March 1893 in Richmond, Cape Colony. |
| 32 | Gilbert Fiennes BADNALL (1895- ). Gilbert was born in March 1895. He was a Manufacturer's representative and exporter in 1952. |
| 33 | Rex B BADNALL (1898-1898). Rex was born in October 1898. He was a Solicitor, Notary and Sworn Appraiser. He died in October 1898. |
| 34 | Lancelot Ralph BADNALL (1902- ). Lancelot was born in January 1902. |
18. Ethel Mary BADNALL, daughter of The Venerable Hopkins BADNALL and Sarah Elizabeth OWEN-SMITH, was born circa 1868. She died on 31 January 1940 in Worthing, Sussex. She was buried in February 1940.
19. Lancelot Wykeham BADNALL, son of The Venerable Hopkins BADNALL and Sarah Elizabeth OWEN-SMITH, was born on 4 November 1871. He was educated at The Diocesan College. He married Constance Lilian ADDINGTON on 5 November 1898. He died on 24 March 1953 in 89 Camden Hill Court, Camden Hill, London W8.
Constance Lilian ADDINGTON, daughter of David ADDINGTON ( - ), died in 1963 in 7 Knaresboro' Place, Kensington, London. She and Lancelot Wykeham BADNALL had the following children:
| 35 | Irene Beaumont BADNALL (1899-c. 1984). Irene was born on 29 August 1899 in Port Elizabeth, Cape of Good Hope. She was born circa 1899. She was christened circa 1899. She was baptised circa 1899. She died circa 1984. She was buried circa 1984. |
| 36 | Kathleen BADNALL (1903- ). Kathleen was born in June 1903 in 49 Dryburgh Road, Putney, London. |
| 37 | Naomi Helen Constance BADNALL ( -c. 1996). Naomi died circa 1996. She was buried circa 1996. |
20. Evelyn Elizabeth BADNALL, daughter of The Venerable Hopkins BADNALL and Sarah Elizabeth OWEN-SMITH, was born on 24 December 1873. She married Frank Leonard NORTHCOTT on 8 June 1898. She married unk BROWNE on 21 April 1913. She died on 29 June 1944.
Frank Leonard NORTHCOTT, son of William NORTHCOTT ( - ) and Elizabeth UNK ( - ), was born in Rochester House, Ealing. He and Evelyn Elizabeth BADNALL had the following children:
| 38 | Honor Evelyn Austin LEONARD (1902- ). Honor was born on 7 August 1902 in Storrington, Sussex. |
| 39 | Ralph William Frank LEONARD (1907- ). Ralph was born on 1 July 1907 in Norwich. |
21. Harold Henry Durell CHRISTIAN, son of George Bellamy CHRISTIAN and Alice OWEN SMITH, was born in 1869. He died on 27 July 1946. He married Daisy NICHOLAS.
Daisy NICHOLAS and Harold Henry Durell CHRISTIAN had the following children:
| 40 | Joan CHRISTIAN ( - ). Joan was born in Arcturus, Zimbabwe. |
| 41 | Barbara CHRISTIAN ( -1990). Barbara was born in Arcturus. She died in 1990. |
22. Vyvyan Howard Owen CHRISTIAN, son of George Bellamy CHRISTIAN and Alice OWEN SMITH, was born on 29 April 1872. He died on 27 October 1953.
23. Everard George Curwen CHRISTIAN, son of George Bellamy CHRISTIAN and Alice OWEN SMITH, was born in 1875.