Martha James Brisco Sparks nee Ivall (1831–99)

Martha James Brisco Ivall was the eldest daughter of David Ivall, who was the younger brother of Thomas Ivall (1781-1835), my great great great grandfather.

Martha was born 30 September 1831 in St Pancras and christened on 2 May 1832 in St Pancras Church. She was the second child of David Ivall (1795-1850) and his wife Martha Ivall nee James (1796-1853). They had six other children namely David James (1830-73), James (1832-96), Laura (1833-39), Emma (1835-86), Kate Bainbrigge (1836-1917) and Albert (1839-97).

Martha’s father was a highly successful coach maker. In the 1841 census David Ivall’s family were living at 158 Tottenham Court Rd, the address of his business. Martha (aged 9) is listed as a pupil at a school in Chiswick Square, Chiswick. In 1845 the family moved to 14 Blomfield Road, Paddington, a large house that overlooked the Regent’s Canal. It is still there (but is now number 24).

Martha’s father died on 6 June 1850 when Martha was aged 18. The 1851 census shows David’s widow Martha Ivall (aged 55, an annuitant), David James Ivall (20, an artist), Martha Ivall (19), James Ivall (18, an apprentice coachbuilder) and two servants living at 14 Blomfield Rd.

Martha’s mother died on 13 June 1853. Martha inherited approximately £5,000 (equivalent to about £290,000 in modern day terms) in total from the estate of her parents.

On 3 April 1856, Martha married William Sheldrake Francis Sparks at St James Church, Sussex Gardens, Paddington. He was 24 (the same age as her). The witnesses included Martha’s brother David and her sister Emma.

William Sheldrake Francis Sparks had been declared bankrupt in May 1855. The announcement in the London Gazette described him as a waterproofer, dealer and chapman (ie pedlar) of 115 New Bond St, Middlesex. A dividend of 1s 10½d in the pound on his debts was declared in March 1856. At the time of his marriage in April 1856, William’s occupation was given as surgical instrument maker, as was that of his of father, Jonathon Sparks (they were in partnership).

London Post Office Directories for 1857 to 1865 list William S Sparks at 9 Beaufoy Terrace, Edgeware Rd, Marylebone. The 1861 census shows William S Sparks (aged 29, surgical instrument maker employing 3 men and 2 women), Martha (29), a daughter Minna aged 3, a son Eric aged 1 and two servants living at 9 Beaufoy Terrace.

The following notice appeared in the 19 January 1864 London Gazette :

“Notice is hereby given that the Partnership between us the undersigned Jonathon Sparks and William Sheldrake Francis Sparks, in the trades or businesses of Surgical Bandage and Truss Makers, at No 28 Conduit Street, Regent Street, in the county of Middlesex and elsewhere, under the firm or style of Sparks and Son, was, on the 31^st day of December last, dissolved by mutual consent; and in future the said businesses will be carried on by the said William Sheldrake Francis Sparks on his separate account; and who will pay and receive all debts owing from and to the said partnership in the regular course of trade. Witness our hands this 15^th day of January 1864.                                      

W. S. Sparks                   Jonathon Sparks           

                  

Martha’s daughter Minna Martha Sparks died in 1867 aged 10 and her son Eric John William Sparks died in 1868 aged 8. I cannot find Martha in the 1871 census, but her husband William (aged 38, a surgical machinist) is listed as a lodger at South Lodge, Willesden, Kilburn.

William Sparks (Martha’s husband) died on 13 January 1880 aged 48. The death certificate gives the cause of death as "Anasarca Congestion of Brain". Anasarca is a medical condition characterized by swelling caused by effusion of fluid into the extracellular space. It is usually caused by liver, renal or heart failure. The entry in the probate index reads “The will of William Sheldrake Francis Sparks late of 2 St Andrew’s Villas, Church Rd, Watford, Gentleman, who died 13 Jan 1880 at 2 St Andrew’s Villas was proved at the Principal Registry by Louisa Birley of 2 St Andrew’s Villas, one of the executors. Personal estate under £2,000.” William’s will (dated 29 Nov 1879) leaves everything to Louisa Birley, spinster, his housekeeper. It makes no mention of Martha, who was by then was estranged from her husband. The death duty register says that Louisa received £1635 in total from William’s estate and was not a blood relation to him.

In 1881 Martha (an annuitant) was living with her brother James (a coachmaker’s clerk aged 47) at Thames St, Hampton, Middlesex. Also at the address were James’s wife Sarah (40) and their children William (12), Edith (11), Henry (7) and Percy (4).

In 1891 Martha was listed as a widow aged 59, living on her own means. She was a lodger at 105 Barnsbury Rd, Islington.

Martha died in 1899 in Islington aged 67 and was buried on 24 March 1899 in Highgate Cemetery, grave 33220. The website Deceased Online records that James Samuel Ross was buried in the same grave on 27 March 1899. My research shows that he died aged 63 in Islington and was an upholsterer. The value of his estate was £143, he had a widow and at least 9 children. It seems likely that he had no connection to Martha.

The probate index reads “Martha James Brisco Sparks of 38 Noel St, Islington, widow died 17 Mar 1899. Probate to William Sweetland, solicitor £3,379. Resworn Feb 1900 £3,452.”

The record of the death duty due on her estate is in document IR 26/7490, folio 672, held at Kew. Martha’s estate was allocated as stated in her will (made in 1897). Martha’s sister Kate Legg received £500 on which duty at 3% was payable ie £15. The will released her brothers Albert and James from money they owed her and gave her nephew William Ivall (this must be William Albert Ivall, 1868-1948, a son of her brother James) the money she had advanced to him apart from £28 for funeral expenses. A note says “Exec can give no information as to sums owing to dec ?”. No duty on these sums was levied. The residue of the estate ie £2675-19-4 was left to the British and Foreign Bible Society on which they paid 10% duty ie £267-11-11. 

In 1866, Martha and her husband William were both named as leaseholders of a business property in Cardington Street, near Euston Station. It seems that there was uncertainty over whether William had remarried after he separated from Martha, which needed to be resolved after her death. Camden Archives have the following statement made by Sarah Ivall (wife of Martha's brother James) in July 1899.

The Louisa referred to is Louisa Birley.

Albert Ivall (1839-97) : Farmer, haulage contractor and dairyman

I have recently found some new information about Albert's life and so am re-issuing this item.

Albert Ivall was born 26 January 1839 in St Pancras, the youngest of seven children born to David Ivall (1795 - 1850) and his wife Martha nee James (1796 - 1853). He was christened on 22 February 1839 in St Pancras Church. Albert’s father David was the younger brother of Thomas Ivall (1781 - 1835), my great, great, great grandfather. Albert’s siblings were David James (1830-73), Martha James Brisco (1831-99), James (1832-96), Laura (1833-39), Emma (1835-86) and Kate Bainbrigge (1836-1917).

The 1841 census shows David Ivall aged 45 a coach maker living at 158 Tottenham Court Road, St Pancras with his wife Martha (45) and their children Emma (6), Kate (4) and Albert (2). In 1845 the family moved to 14 Blomfield Road, Paddington, a large house which still exists (it has been renumbered as 24).

David Ivall (Albert’s father) died in 1850 and left an estate worth £35,000 (about £2,100,000 in modern terms). This was administered by the Court of Chancery. In the 1851 census, Albert (aged 12) is shown at Streatham Academy, Croydon Rd, Streatham. The school had 3 teachers and 30 pupils aged 9-16.

Martha, Albert’s mother, died in 1853 when he was 14. David James Ivall, his eldest brother aged 23 in 1853, was appointed as Albert’s guardian together with Anne Caroline Kingston (aged 38 in 1853), the wife of William Wykeham Kingston (51). In 1853 the Court of Chancery awarded £80 pa for the future maintenance and education of Albert.

The Court of Chancery records contain a document stating that Albert was to be apprenticed to James Rock of Hastings, Coach Builder, for 5 years from 26 January 1855 (Albert’s sixteenth birthday). James Rock was paid £250 and Albert’s wages were set at 6s per week in the first year, 7s in the second, 8s in the third, 10s in the fourth and 12s in the fifth. The amount that his guardians were allocated to spend on Albert’s maintenance and education was increased to £130 pa. The 1861 census shows James Rock Jnr, aged 42, a coach builder master employing 50 men. He was also an Alderman of the Borough of Hastings.

Albert inherited £5,000 (equivalent to about £320,000 now, calculated in relation to average earnings) from his father’s estate in 1860 when he was 21. The 1861 census shows Albert, aged 22, as a lodger in the house of John and Harriett Hogg at 7 Trinity Street, Hastings. It seems that coach making did not appeal to Albert - his occupation is given as “retired coachman”.

Later in 1861 Albert married Maria Streeter (b1840 St Leonards, Sussex) in Hastings. She was 21, the daughter of a baker and confectioner. He was aged 22. They had four children, namely Albert (1862 - 1905), Emma (1863 - 1904), David (1867 - 1897) and Harry (1869 - 1935).

Kelly's Post Office Directory for 1867 has the following entries :

Private : Mr. Albert Ivall, 2 Blomfield Terrace, St Leonards-On-Sea
Commercial : Albert Ivall, dairy farmer, Chapel Farm, Bohemia, Hastings

The London Gazette of 6 December 1867 contains a bankruptcy notice for James Ivall, Albert’s brother. It says that all of James’s estate and effects had been assigned to Albert Ivall (of Chapel Farm, Hastings, a farmer) as his Trustee to be administered for the benefit of his creditors.

The Sussex Advertiser dated 7 December 1867 contained the following item :

“George Bond, labourer, on remand from Monday charged with stealing two fowls belonging to Mr Albert Ivall of Chapel Farm, was again brought up. Prisoner pleaded guilty and was sentenced to one month’s hard labour.”

In 1870, Albert was taken to court over some cattle he had sold. A newspaper report on the case begins as shown below

 Hastings and St Leonards Observer, 18 June 1870 

The judge did not think the evidence conclusive that the heifers were in calf at the time that they were sold and so rejected the claim against Albert.

The 1871 census lists Albert Ivall aged 32 as a farmer of 110 acres employing 5 men and 2 boys. He was living at 12 Magdalen Terrace, Hastings with his wife Maria, their children Albert (9), Emma (7), David (4) Harry (1), a general servant and a nurse.

Later in 1871, Albert gave up the tenancy of his farm to Charles Gilbert Eversfield and Walter Harris. The East Sussex Record Office in Lewes has a valuation book with an entry dated Nov 6^th 1871 giving an inventory and valuation of the livestock, crops and equipment on the farm (Hulls or Fieldings) in the parish of St Mary in the Castle, Hastings. The total value was £570-1-5, which the new tenants paid to Albert.

Albert became a haulage contractor. In 1872, one of his employees was prosecuted for ill-treating a horse that was pulling a cart but was unfit for work. He pleaded guilty but said that he was acting on the instructions of his master. As a result, Albert was charged with cruelty to the animal. He pleaded not guilty. The court found Albert guilty of the charge and fined him £1. The case was reported in detail by the Hastings & St Leonard Observer dated 2 March 1872.

Albert worked as a contractor for Mr Moreing, a wealthy Hastings builder and landowner. Mr Moreing wanted a large quantity (6,000 cart loads) of soil removed from a site near the sea front and instructed Albert to deposit it on the beach, hoping that the tide would wash it away. In fact it caused a considerable nuisance and the council filed a bill stopping further deposits. Mr Moreing contested the council’s order in Albert Ivall’s name and “Mayor and Corporation of Hastings v Ivall” was heard in the Vice Chancellor’s court in London in 1874. The case lasted 9 days and was reported in the national (The Times and Daily Telegraph) and local press. Both sides were represented by QCs. The Hastings and St Leonards Chronicle of March 11^th 1874 reported :

“Mr Albert Ivall was cross examined by Mr Glasse QC. He said he was in Hastings for 19 years and he ought to be there now. Before he went to Hastings he was a schoolboy. He and four others were now carrying on the business of a dairyman at Bayswater. He superintended the business. He was a married man and his wife and family lived at Kingston-on-Thames. The business belonged to his brother. His remuneration was uncertain. Sometimes he got £1 a week. He was indemnified by Mr Moreing so far as concerned his counsel’s fees but not as to any costs the court might award against him.”

(Albert’s brother was James Ivall (1832 - 1896). His dairy business was at 120 Talbot Road, Westbourne Park, which is north of Hyde Park in London.)

When Vice Chancellor Sir R Malins delivered his judgement in June 1874 it was in favour of the Hastings Corporation. Part of his judgement was :

“The defendant Ivall is now engaged as a journeyman milkman in the neighbourhood of London at the wages of 20s to 30s a week and may possibly never see Hastings again, so he has not the slightest interest in the result of this enormous litigation and has certainly no means to pay the costs of it, though he has an indemnity, as he states, from Mr Moreing. He is in fact the mere tool of Mr Moreing, who carries on the contest as he likes, and thereby escapes the peril of having to pay costs, though he may have the benefit of the litigation…
…The defendant must pay the whole costs of this suit. In making the order that he must do so, I am aware of its futility, and I regret that it is not in my power to make Mr Moreing pay the costs of this enormous litigation.”

The costs awarded against Albert resulted in his bankruptcy. The London Gazette of 9 April 1875 announced that a meeting of the creditors of Albert Ivall, of 10 Thames Street, Kingston-upon-Thames was to be held on 1^st May 1875.William Maton of 151, Gray’s Inn Road, an auctioneer, was appointed Trustee of Albert’s property. 

The Post Office Directories for 1874 to 1884 have the following entries for Albert :

1874	Albert Ivall, 4 Kings Rd, Kingston
1877	Albert Ivall, dairyman, Portsmouth St, WC
1878	Albert Ivall, 12 Silchester Rd, St Leonards
1880	Albert Ivall, dairyman, 132 Salmon’s Lane, E
1881	Albert Ivall, dairyman, 132 Salmon’s Lane & 5 Dock St, London Docks
1882, 83	Albert Ivall, dairyman, 145 Manor Place, Walworth
1884	Albert Ivall, dairyman, 145 Manor Place, Walworth & 10 York St, Walworth
1885 on	No entry for Albert Ivall

The Hastings and St Leonards Observer dated 15 June 1878 contained the following item :

“ACCIDENT – A serious accident happened on Thursday to Mr Albert Ivall, living in Silchester Road. He fell down two steps outside his house and, after being seen by Dr Ticehurst, was removed to the Infirmary, where it was found that he had fractured both bones of the right leg. He is now progressing as favourably as possible.”

The 1881 census shows Albert aged 42, a dairyman, living at 3 Long Lane, Southwark with his children Albert (19, also a dairyman), Emma (17), David (14, a solicitor‘s clerk) and Harry (11). Albert’s wife, Maria, is listed as a visitor at her mother’s address in Hastings.

Albert’s son, David married in 1886. The marriage record lists his father as Albert Ivall, retired, so he had ceased work as dairyman by then.

In 1891 Albert (aged 52, no occupation given) was living at 33 Manor St, Clapham with his wife Maria (50), their sons Albert (29, a grocer’s assistant) and David (25, a boot salesman). Also listed at the address was their grandson William A Freestone (3), the son of their daughter Emma who had married William Stafford Freestone in 1886.

Kelly’s 1896 Directory for the Southern Suburbs of London lists Albert Ivall at 55 Studley Rd, Clapham.

It seems that Martha, Albert’s eldest sister, lent Albert some money. Her will, dated May 1897 says “I forgive and release my brother Albert from moneys due from him to me at the time of my death” (she died in 1899).

Albert died on 22 June 1897 aged 58 at 55 Studley Rd, Clapham. The death certificate gives the cause of death as phthisis (chronic), debility, exhaustion. This corresponds to progressive wasting disease caused by pulmonary tuberculosis, which was common at this time. The informant was his daughter Emma Freestone, who was present at the death. There is no record of probate being granted on his estate. His wife Maria lived until 1921 when she died aged 81 in Upton Park, West Ham. Probate was granted to Harry Ivall, a draper’s assistant, who was the only one of her children still alive. The value of her estate was £217.

Kate Bainbrigge Legg nee Ivall (1836-1917)

Kate Bainbrigge Ivall was a daughter of David Ivall, who was the younger brother of Thomas Ivall (1781-1835), my great great great grandfather.

Kate was born 12 July 1836 at 158 Tottenham Court Rd, St Pancras and christened on 3 August 1836 in St Pancras Church. She was the sixth child of David Ivall (1795-1850) and his wife Martha Ivall nee James (1796-1853). They had six other children namely David James (1830-73), Martha James Brisco (1831-99), James (1832-96), Laura (1833-39), Emma (1835-86) and Albert (1839-97). Bainbrigge was the maiden name of Kate’s maternal grandmother Anne, who was descended from Edward III.

Kate’s father was a highly successful coach maker. In the 1841 census David Ivall’s family were living at 158 Tottenham Court Rd, the address of his business. The household consisted of David Ivall (aged 45, a coachmaker), his wife Martha (45) and children Emma (6), Kate (4) and Albert (3).

In 1845 the family moved to 14 Blomfield Road, Paddington, a large house that overlooked the Regent’s Canal. It is still there (but is now number 24) – see the picture above.

Kate’s father died on 6 June 1850 when Kate was aged 13. The 1851 census shows David’s widow Martha Ivall (aged 55, an annuitant), David James Ivall (20, an artist), Martha Ivall (19), James Ivall (18, an apprentice coachbuilder) and two servants living at 14 Blomfield Rd. Emma Ivall (16) and her sister Kate (14) are listed as pupils at a school in Brighton. They later finished their schooling in France (see note 1).

Kate’s mother died on 13 June 1853. Kate inherited approximately £5,000 (equivalent to about £290,000 in modern day terms) in total from the estate of her parents when she reached the age of 21 in 1857.

On 18 August 1857 Kate married Frederick Augustus Legg at Kensington Parish Church. She was aged 21 and he was 23. They had 10 children (6 boys and 4 girls) over the next 17 years, namely Frederick George Ivall (1858-1939), Stewart Harry (1860-1921), Ernest Charles (1861-1900), Kate Emma (1863-6), Lily (b 1865), Norman (b 1867), Mildred Ivall (1868-1952), Marshall Albert (1870-1938), Alfred Edward (1872-1932) and Olive (1874-1941).

The 1861 census shows Frederick Legg aged 27, a private secretary to a nobleman, living at 51 Belsize Road, Hampstead with his wife Kate (24), his sons Frederick (2) and Stewart (1) and three servants. Frederick is thought to have been Land Agent to the Marquis of Angelesey. This title was created in 1815 for Henry William Paget, 2nd Earl of Uxbridge, a hero of the Battle of Waterloo. He died in 1854 and was succeeded by his son Henry Paget (1797-1869) and then by his son Henry William George Paget (1821-1880). The family seat is Plas Newydd on Anglesey, now run by the National Trust.

In 1864, various newspapers (including The Preston Guardian of 5 March 1864) carried an invitation to subscribe to shares in The City Mercantile Club and Dining Hall Company, which was to be a new gentleman’s club in London. One of the directors listed was Frederick Augustus Legg Esq., The Willows, South Norwood.

The Court Section of the London Post Office Directory lists people with some social standing. Frederick Legg appears in it at the following addresses :

1858 :              6 Blenheim Rd, St John’s Wood

1860-2 :           51 Belsize Road, Hampstead

1865:               The Willows, Albert Rd, S Norwood

1866-76 :         2 Carlisle Place, Westminster

1870-72 :         87 St George’s Road, Pimlico

In the 1871 census Kate is shown living at 87 St George’s Road, Westminster. The household consisted of Frederick (36, a private secretary) and his wife Kate Legg (34) with their children Frederick (12), Lilly (6), Norman (3), Mildred (2) and Marshall (1) as well as a cook, housemaid and 2 nursemaids.

Kate’s husband Frederick died in 1878 aged 44. The entry in the probate indexes reads

“Frederick Augustus Legg of 5 Freegrove Rd, Hillmarton Rd, Holloway, Middlesex, Gentleman d 20 Oct 1878 at Northumberland House, Stoke Newington. Administration to Kate Bainbrigge Legg of 5 Freegrove Rd, widow the relict, personal estate under £800.”

Frederick did not leave a will. The size of his estate was fairly modest (£800 equates to about £40,000 in modern terms). However, this may be because many of the couple’s assets were either in his wife’s name or their joint names.

The 1881 census records the family still living at 5 Freegrove Road, Islington and consisting of Kate Legg (44, income from house property) and her children Frederick (22, a engineering draughtstman), Stewart (20, a commercial clerk with ship builders), Lily (16), Norman (13), Mildred (12), Marshall (11), Alfred (8) and Olive (6) with a cook and a housemaid. As the family were still able to employ servants, it seems that Frederick’s death had not left them impoverished.

Kate signed the register as a witness to the marriage of her eldest son Frederick in August 1882.

In 1891, Kate (54, living on own means) was living at 9 Freegrove Road with her children Lily (26), Norman (23, an accountant), Mildred Ivall (22), Alfred Edward (18, an asbestos trade clerk) and Olive (16) as well as a servant.

The three daughters of Kate who reached adulthood all married clergymen. Lily married David Marcus Brown in 1893, Mildred married Horace Mould in 1897 and Olive married George Stanley Pite in 1905.

Kate was left £500 by her sister Martha when she died in 1899.

The 1901 census shows Kate (64, living on own means) at Upnor House, Vale Rd, Ramsgate with her daughter Olive (26) and a domestic servant.

The will of Lea Mathilde Ivall (widow of Kate’s elder brother David James Ivall) made in 1905 leaves several items to Kate “who now resides at Ramsgate”. They were a painting by David of his grandmother Anne James nee Bainbrigge, some cutlery and David’s christening mug. Lea died in 1907.

In 1911 Kate aged 74, was living alone in one room at 7 West St, Redland, Bristol. The census return gives her occupation as “private means” and says that two of her ten children were no longer alive. Kate’s eldest daughter Lily was living nearby in Redland in 1911.

Kate died 1917 in Kingston aged 80. I can find no record of probate on her estate.

Emma Heywood nee Ivall (1835-1886), New Zealand Pioneer

Emma Ivall was a daughter of David Ivall (1795-1850), who was the younger brother of Thomas Ivall (1781-1835), my great, great, great grandfather. Most of the information I have on Emma’s life came from Stewart Kington (brother of the author, humourist and broadcaster Miles Kington), who is related to her husband Joseph Martin Heywood. Stewart sent me a transcription of a somewhat rambling document written in 1937 by Miss Emma Heywood (1862-1952), one of Joseph and Emma’s children (the original is held by the Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, New Zealand). It contains information about their lives. He also sent me a transcription of handwritten notes on the life of Joseph Martin Heywood by G R MacDonald, who between 1951 and 1964 prepared biographical material on Canterbury pioneers, mostly men.

Emma was born 3 Feb 1835 in St Pancras and christened on 2 March 1835 in St Pancras Church. She was the fifth child of David Ivall (1795-1850) and his wife Martha Ivall nee James (1796-1853). They had six other children namely David James (1830-73), Martha James Brisco (1831-99), James (1832-96), Laura (1833-39), Kate Bainbrigge (1836-1917) and Albert (1839-97). Emma’s maternal grandmother Anne, was descended from Edward III.

Emma’s father was a highly successful coach maker. In the 1841 census, David Ivall’s family were living at 158 Tottenham Court Rd, the address of his carriage works. The household consisted of David Ivall (aged 45, a coachmaker), his wife Martha (45) and children Emma (6), Kate (4) and Albert (3).

In 1845 the family moved to 14 Blomfield Road, Paddington, a large house that overlooked the Regent’s Canal. It is still there (but is now number 24).

Emma’s father died on 6 June 1850 when she was aged 15. The 1851 census shows David’s widow Martha Ivall (aged 55, an annuitant), David James Ivall (20, an artist), Martha Ivall (19), James Ivall (18, an apprentice coachbuilder) and two servants living at 14 Blomfield Rd. Emma Ivall (16) and her sister Kate (14) are listed as pupils at a school in Brighton.

Emigration to the Canterbury Province on the South Island of New Zealand was promoted by Edward Gibbon Wakefield (1796-1852), whose aim was to create a Church of England colony there. Four ships containing 792 emigrants left England in 1850 and founded Christchurch (in Canterbury) that year. The total number of European (mainly British) settlers in New Zealand increased from about 2,000 in 1839 to outnumber the Maori by 1858 (approximately 56,000 Maori to 59,000 European). By 1872 the European total was 256,000.

One of those persuaded by Wakefield to emigrate to New Zealand was Joseph Martin Heywood (1832-1904). He asked his father, Joseph Benjamin Heywood (1795-1878) for permission but was told that he must learn a skill first. Joseph senior ran a varnish and paint company (Wilkinson, Heywood and Clarke) in King’s Cross. He arranged for his son to learn carpentry for a year at a carriage works. It seems likely it was the one owned by David Ivall (Joseph senior probably supplied him with varnish for his coaches) and that this is how Joseph came to meet his future wife, Emma Ivall. He made a flat pack house (with a loophole in each wall so he could shoot at the Maori!), which he took with him when he travelled with two friends to New Zealand on the Steadfast. It left London on the 27^th February 1851 and arrived at Lyttleton (near Christchurch) on 27^th June 1851. Joseph and his friends set up a store but it wasn’t successful. A notice appeared in the Lyttleton Times stating that the partnership between Edward Watson Tippets, Alfred Silk and Joseph Martin Heywood as storekeepers and general commission agents was dissolved by mutual consent on 25^th March 1855. Joseph then started to run some small ships, which transported goods along the New Zealand coast.

In 1853, Joseph returned to England hoping to become engaged to Emma Ivall, who was then finishing her schooling in France. They did become engaged and he returned to New Zealand. Emma’s mother died on 13 June 1853. Emma inherited approximately £5,000 (equivalent to about £3,500,000 now) in total from the estate of her parents when she reached the age of 21 in 1856.

Emma Heywood nee Ivall c 1856

Joseph came back to England and married Emma on 15 May 1856 at the Parish Church, Hammersmith. He was aged 23 and she was 21. His “Rank or Profession” on the marriage certificate is given as “Gentleman”. One of the witnesses was Emma’s sister Kate. An announcement of the wedding appeared in the Times. Joseph and Emma traveled on the continent for 3 months as their honeymoon and then left for New Zealand on a ship which sailed from London on 11 September 1856 and arrived at Lyttleton on 23 December 1856. The photo below shows a bedspread that has been passed down Emma's family and was reputedly made by her on the journey.

The first letters are unclear but could be EMH, standing for Emma Martin Heywood. The bedspread indicates that the ship was The Egmont. However, the Lyttleton Times (dated January 3rd 1866) contained an item from the passengers (Joseph and Emma are amongst the names listed) thanking the commander of the Ship Glenmark for "the uniform courtesy and kindness with which you have treated us." 

Emma and Joseph had eight children : Emma Louisa (1857-1935), George Ivall (1859-92), Lizzie (1861-1949), Emma (1862-1952), Katie Palliser (1864-65), Henry Martin Arthur Palliser (1866-1949), Mabel Lea (1868-1964) and Ernest Edward (1871-1931). The family lived in Lyttleton until 1861 and then moved to Avonside, Christchurch and later to Armagh St W, Christchurch (where Joseph is listed in the 1881 electoral register).

Emma and Joseph visited England in 1864 where their daughter Katie Palliser Heywood was born. Unfortunately, the child died 7 months later in July 1865 and was buried in the family grave (in Kensal Green Cemetery) purchased by David Ivall. Emma and Joseph returned to New Zealand arriving in December 1865.

There were severe storms in the late 1860s, which meant that station owners were unable to pay their debts to Joseph (by then a merchant as well as a shipping agent). He, like many others, became bankrupt and had to sell a piece of land in Hereford St, Christchurch that had been allocated to him when he emigrated. Joseph later paid back the money he owed and gradually got back on his feet.

This is a photo of Joseph’s office in Christchurch. The sign above it says “Heywood and Co’s, Shipping and Forwarding Agency. Packages Forwarded to all Parts of the World.” His company was chief agent of the Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society from 1872. Joseph was also a director of the Provincial Investment Society and Christchurch Gas Company.

Joseph was religious, being a Lay Reader at his Church, a synodsman and churchwarden. He was also involved in setting up an Art Gallery in Christchurch and supported local artists. Macdonald’s biographical notes include the following quote “He was the soul of charity, ever considering others and helping with advice and money beyond measure – with a marvellous efficiency and self effacement:” Macdonald said “He was a splendid colonist, worked desperately hard all his life, able not brilliant, a great family man.”

Joseph Martin Heywood

Emma died on 2 May 1886 in Dunedin aged 52 of heart disease and was buried in Avonside Cemetery, Christchurch.

The grave of Emma Heywood nee Ivall

Her husband Joseph died in Christchurch on 20 October 1904 aged 71 and was buried in the same grave as his wife. Joseph's will (dated 1 Sep 1904) and the accounts for his estate can be viewed (free) on the FamilySearch website. He left £3,000 to each of his unmarried daughters Lizzie and Emma Heywood. His daughter Mabel Lea Sanderson received £2,800. His daughter Emma Louise Hampson was left £1,300 and his sons Henry Martin Palliser Heywood and Ernest Edward Heywood each got £1,300.

James Ivall (1832-96), coachmaker and dairyman

James Ivall was a son of David Ivall, who was the younger brother of Thomas Ivall (1781-1835), my great great great grandfather. This profile contains information from research done by Dennis Endean Ivall.

James was born 24 October 1832 in St Pancras and christened on 17 November 1832 in St Pancras Church. He was the third child of David Ivall (1795-1850) and his wife Martha Ivall nee James (1796-1853). They had six other children namely David James (1830-73), Martha James Brisco (1831-99), Laura (1833-39), Emma (1835-86), Kate Bainbrigge (1836-1917) and Albert (1839-97).

James’s father was a highly successful coach maker who ran a thriving business. In the 1841 census David’s family are listed as living at 158 Tottenham Court Rd, the address of his father’s business. It seems likely that James was at boarding school at the time of the census as he is not listed at this address. The family later moved to 14 Blomfield Road, Paddington, a large house that overlooked the Regent’s Canal. It is still there (but is now number 24).

On 10 December 1846, James (then aged 14) was apprenticed to his father as a coachmaker. The apprenticeship was “turned over” to Henry Black on 5 Jun 1851 at the request of James and his mother, following his father’s death in 1850.

The 1851 census shows Martha Ivall (aged 55, an annuitant), David James Ivall (20, an artist), Martha Ivall (19), James Ivall (18, an apprentice coachbuilder) and two servants living at 14 Blomfield Rd.

James’s mother died on 13 June 1853. He received approximately £5,000 (equivalent to about £290,000 in modern day terms) in total from his parent’s estate when he reached the age of 21 later that year.

The Daily News of 6 October 1854 contains an item stating that James Ivall had been elected a fellow of the Zoological Society of London. James’s father had been elected a fellow of the Zoological Society in 1849.

After his mother’s death, James Ivall formed a partnership with his elder brother David James Ivall and with William Collins Large to run the coachmaking business at 158 Tottenham Court Road. Ivall and Large are listed at this address in the London Post Office Directories of 1855 to 1858.

The 1855 and 1856 London Post Office Directory lists in James Ivall at 96 Camden Rd Villas, Camden. He appears in the Court section, which contains people with social and professional status.

A newspaper report on the Befordshire Poultry Exhibition in 1855 lists the names of those who won prizes for various categories of domestic poultry. James Ivall of 96 Camden Road Villas came first in the Cochin China (Cinammon and Buff) category.

The book “Reports on the Carriages in the Paris Exhibition 1878” lists a donation of £10-10s made to the Coachbuilders Benevolent Fund in 1856 by James Ivall of 100 Talbot Road, Notting Hill.

On 4 September 1856, James married Sarah Benn at St Mary’s Church, Hampton. He was aged 23 and she was 17, the daughter of a coal merchant. One of the witnesses was William Sheldrake Sparks who married James’s sister Martha in April 1856. Another was Joseph Martin Heywood, who had married James’s sister Emma in May 1856. The marriage certificate gives James’s address as Albert Place, St Mary Abbotts, Kensington. The 1857 Post Office Directory also gives this address (10 Albert Place, Kensington) for James.

James and Sarah had 9 children (6 boys and 3 girls), although the first 4 died in infancy. Their children were Fanny Charlotte (1858-9), James David William (1859-62), Florence Martha Charlotte (1860-5), Horace Bentley Benn (1861-2), James (1867-1922), William Albert (1868-1948), Edith (b1870), Henry Thomas (1874-1956) and Percy (1877-1945).

Although infant mortality rates in Victorian times were much higher than now, it seems statistically unlikely that this would be the only reason for the deaths of the first four children, particularly since James and Sarah were not poor and so must have lived in reasonable housing conditions. A possible explanation for the deaths is that Sarah had syphilis, probably caught from her husband. In Victorian times about 10% of the population suffered from this disease, for which there was no effective treatment. Children born to mothers with syphilis were normally sickly, failed to put on weight and died young. However, the mother often recovered from the disease and went on to have healthy children.

Ivall and Large acquired new premises at 125 Picadilly in 1857 and the lease to 158 Tottenham Court Rd was transferred to James Shoolbred, a draper.

The 1861 census shows James (a coachmaker master aged 29) and Sarah (22) living in Thames St, Hampton, Middlesex with their children James David (1) and Florence (5 months) as well as Charlotte Benn (34), Sarah’s sister.

The London Gazette of 4^th April 1862 contains the following item “Notice is hereby given, that the partnership heretofore subsisting between the undersigned, in the business of Coach and Harness Makers, carried on at No 125 Piccadilly and No 56 South Audley Street, both in the county of Middlesex, under the style or firm of Ivall and Large, hath been dissolved, as from 31^st day of March last, so far as respects James Ivall, by mutual consent. As witness our hands this 1^st day of April 1862. David James Ivall, William Collins Large, James Ivall.

James then became a dairyman. London PO Directories 1863-76 have several entries for James in their commercial section (he is not listed in the Court section) :

1863	James Ivall, cowkeeper, 11 Celbridge Place, Paddington
1864	James Ivall, cowkeeper, dairyman and farmer, 11 Celbridge Place, Paddington & Marylands and Ash Grove Farms, Harrow Rd
1866, 68	James Ivall, cowkeeper and dairy farmer, Westbourne Park Farm Dairy, 11 Celbridge Place, Westbourne Park.
1870	James Ivall, dairyman, 11 Celbridge Place, Westbourne Park
1871, 74, 76	James Ivall, cowkeeper, 120 Talbot Rd, Westbourne Park

In 1864, he went to court to recover an unpaid bill and won the case.

From Marylebone Mercury, 10 Dec 1864

The item below was published in the Marylebone Mercury of 28 April 1866 : 

Precautions against Cholera. Mr. James Ivall was summoned as the owner of Maryland Farm, in the Harrow Road, on the complaint of the Sanitary Inspector of the parish of Paddington, under the “Nuisance Removal Act for England, 1855,” for having on the above premises “an accumulation of rotten fish and decayed vegetable matter, so foul as to be nuisance or injurious to health.” Mr. H. Sullivan, the sanitary inspector, proved the nuisance, and explained, that this was the second summons granted relative to this nuisance, and applied for an immediate order to have the same abated.

The London Gazette of 6 December 1867 contains a bankruptcy notice for James Ivall. It says that all of James’s estate and effects had been assigned to his brother Albert Ivall (of Chapel Farm, Hastings, a farmer) as his Trustee to be administered for the benefit of his creditors.

The census of 1871 lists the inhabitants at 120 Talbot Rd, Kensington as James (a dairyman aged 39) and Sarah (31), their children James (4), William (2), Edith (1) and Sarah’s sister Charlotte Benn (40, a dressmaker).

Albert Ivall, James’s younger brother, was involved in a Chancery Court Case in 1874. The Hastings and St Leonards Chronicle reported :

“Mr Albert Ivall was cross examined by Mr Glasse QC. …..He and four others were now carrying on the business of a dairyman at Bayswater. He superintended the business. …. The business belonged to his brother. His remuneration was uncertain. Sometimes he got £1 a week.”

The brother referred to was James Ivall.

The following item was published in the Mid-Surrey Times dated 12 May 1877.

In 1881 James (a coachmaker’s clerk aged 47) and Sarah (40) were back at Thames St, Hampton, Middlesex with their children William (12), Edith (11), Henry (7) and Percy (4). Also listed at the address was Martha Sparks (49), who was James’s elder sister and a widow (her husband died in 1880). The house is called “The Box, Thames St, Hampton” in the 1885 electoral register.

By 1891 James (aged 58) was a coachbuilder’s manager at the carriage factory of F W Lucas, 240 Brixton Hill, Brixton, The census that year shows him at this address with his wife Sarah (51), and their children Edith (21, a stationer’s assistant) and Henry (17, a silversmith’s assistant).

James died on 19 Dec 1896 in Wandsworth aged 64. He was buried in Morden Cemetery. The probate register gives his address as 172 Falcon Road, Clapham Junction and his occupation as tobacconist and newsagent. He left no will. Administration of his estate, which was valued at £183, was granted to his widow Sarah, who died in 1904.

Martha Sparks, the elder sister of James died in 1899. It seems that she had lent him money as in her will (made in 1897) she says “I release my brother James’s estate from any moneys he owed me when he died”.

David James Ivall (1830-73), artist and coachmaker

David James Ivall was the eldest son of David Ivall, who was the younger brother of Thomas Ivall (1781-1835), my great great great grandfather. This profile contains information from research done by Dennis Endean Ivall.

David was born on 20 September 1830 in St Pancras, the eldest child of David Ivall (1795-1850) and his wife Martha nee James (1796-1853). They had six more children namely Martha James Brisco (1831-99), James (1832-96), Laura (1833-39), Emma (1835-86), Kate Bainbrigge (1836-1917) and Albert (1839-97). David James Ivall was baptised at St Mary's, Saltford, Somerset (where his mother lived at the time of her marriage) on 30 August 1831.

David’s father was a highly successful coach maker who ran a thriving business. In the 1841 census David’s family are listed as living at 158 Tottenham Court Rd, the address of his father’s business. It seems likely that David was at boarding school at the time of the census as he is not listed at this address. The family moved in 1844 to 14 Blomfield Road, Paddington, a large house in the area known as “Little Venice“.

The Coachmakers Company Book of Orders has an entry dated 5 December 1844 recording that David James Ivall was apprenticed to Henry Black as a coach maker for 7 years. It seems that he did not complete his apprenticeship, as his occupation in the April 1851 census is given as artist.

David senior died in 1850. His will left his house and its contents to his wife Martha until her death or remarriage. Thereafter it went to his eldest surviving son subject to him paying £1,500 to be divided between the other surviving children. His children were left £1,000 each when they reached 21 years. His wife received the income from the rest of his estate until her death or remarriage. Thereafter the rest of the estate was to be divided equally between his children. The estate duty record gives the value of David Ivall’s estate as £35,000, which equates to about £25,000,000 today (calculated by comparison with average earnings).

The 1851 census shows Martha Ivall (aged 55, an annuitant), David James Ivall (20, an artist), Martha Ivall (19), James Ivall (18, an apprentice coachbuilder) and two servants living at 14 Blomfield Rd.

When his mother died on 13 June 1853, David was appointed to administer her affairs. He received approximately £5,000 (equivalent to about £3,500,000 now) in total from his father’s estate. The house in Blomfield Road was sold around 1854.

By 1854 David was living in Dieppe, France. “Victorian Painters” by Christopher Wood (1995) records that D.J.Ivall exhibited four works at the Royal Academy in London 1855-60. They were “The Market Place at Dieppe” in 1855, “Chiffonieres de Paris” and “A Study“ in 1857 and “Once a Week“ in 1860. He had addresses in Paris and London. The Benezit Dictionary of Artists says that David was active in Paris and painted genre scenes (meaning events from everday life).

David seems to have lent money on a commercial basis. The following record relates to a property near Bodiam in Sussex : “27 Feb 1854. Geo Alfred Lawrence to David James Ivall of Dieppe, France. Recital: that D J Ivall had lent G A Lawrence £800 on a mortgage in fee simple with power of sale, & penalty of £1600.”

Sometime between 1851 and 1861 David married Lea Mathilde who was born 1833 in Paris.

James Ivall (David’s brother) took over his father’s coachmaking business in 1854 in partnership with Edwin Collins Large. The firm was named Ivall and Large. In about 1858 David joined the partnership and the business moved from 158 Tottenham Court Road to premises in 125 Piccadilly and 56 South Audley Street.

In 1861 David (aged 30) and Lea (27) were living at 7 Loudoun Road, Marylebone with a cook and a housemaid. David’s occupation was given as coach builder.

The London Gazette of 4 April 1862 carried an announcement that James Ivall was leaving the partnership running Ivall and Large. From then onwards the proprietors of the firm were David James Ivall and Edwin Collins Large.

The London Post Office Directory has the following addresses for David in its Court Section

1859, 60	David James Ivall, 152 Picadilly
1861	David J Ivall, 7 Loudoun Rd, St John’s Wood
1863, 64, 65	David James Ivall, 2 Manor Terrace, Brixton Rd
1866	David James Ivall, 2 Manor Terrace, Brixton Rd David Ivall, 15 Park Terrace, Brixton
1867	David Ivall, 15 Park Terrace, Brixton
1868, 70, 72	David Ivall, Somers Cottage, Upper Tulse Hill (2)

The 1871 census lists David (40, a carriage builder) and Lea (37) living in Tulse Hill, Norwood, Lambeth with a cook, housemaid and groom.    

David died in 1873 and was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery in the same grave as his parents (plot 1953, sq 22). The Times printed the following notice in its Deaths section

“On the 13^th inst at Bournemouth, DAVID JAMES IVALL of Somers Cottage, Upper Tulse Hill and Victoria Street, Westminster in the 43^rd year of his age. Friends will please accept this intimation.”

Victoria Street was the business address of Ivall and Large in 1873. The probate registry has the following entry

“29 April 1873. The will of David James Ivall, late of Victoria St, Westminster, Coach Builder who died 13 April 1873 at Bournemouth was proved at the Principal Registry by Caleb Love Price of Elmer’s End, Kent, Gentleman and Frederick Augustus Legg of Sutton, Surrey, Gentleman, the Executors. Effects under £8,000, re-sworn January 1874 under £12,000.”

Caleb Love Price was the husband of Lea Mathilde’s sister Seraphine Charlotte, b1819. The 1871 census lists Caleb, a clerk aged 53, living in Croydon (which is near Elmers End), his wife Seraphine (aged 51, born in Paris), his daughter Naomi (24) and a servant. Frederick Augustus Legg (aged 36 in 1871) was the husband of Kate Bainbrigge Ivall, David’s sister. Frederick was the private secretary to a nobleman.

I have a copy of David’s will (made 29^th March 1873) but it is handwritten and difficult to decipher. It appears that he left his wife £50, his “watches, jewels, ornaments of the person and wearing apparel, plate, plated articles, furniture, linen, glass, china, pictures, prints, books and other articles of household use or ornament.” He left £500 to be given to specified London Hospitals (including £100 to St Thomas’) and £52-10 to each of the executors. The residue was invested to provide an annuity for his wife. On her death or remarriage it was to be divided between his nephews and nieces who were living at the time of his death.

David’s wife Lea died in 1907. The Times printed the following death notice

“IVALL. On the 30^th May, LEA MATHILDE, in her 74^th year, of 40 Geneldon Road, Streatham, widow of the late DAVID JAMES IVALL of Tulse Hill, Brixton. Burial at Streatham Cemetery, Garrett Lane, Tooting on Tues June the 4^th at 11.30.”

I have found her grave (number 729, Block C). It has a headstone inscribed “In Memory of Lea Mathilde Ivall, Widow of David James Ivall, Died May 30^th 1907 aged 73.”

The probate register reads “Lea Mathilde Ivall of “Holmesdale” 40 Gleneldon Road, Streatham, Surrey widow died 30 May 1907 at St George’s Nursing Home, Salford Road, Streatham Hill. Probate London to Caleb Love Price esquire. Effects £6,934 2s 11d.”

The division of David’s estate between his nephews and nieces was administered by the Court of Chancery. A notice was placed in the London Gazette dated 7 August 1908 inviting claimants to come forward. A senior court official prepared a report (which is in the National Archives at Kew) dated 1 April 1909 listing the 22 people who were entitled to a share. Each received approximately £500 (equivalent to about £163,000 now).

Lea Mathilde’s will left a portrait in oil by David of his grandmother Ann James (1756-1845) to his sister Kate Legg and David’s gold watch and chain to Kate’s son, George Ivall Legg.