Joseph VANDERSTEEN = Annie HOLLOWAY
Married 10 Aug 1862, Shoreditch, Midsx., St James1
Joseph VANDERSTEEN
Born 4 Feb 1843, 3 Fox Street, Bethnal Green, Middsx.2
Christened 19 Mar 1843, Bethnal Green, Midsx., St Matthew's3
Died 22 Jan 1922, 27 Greenside Road, West Croydon, aged 79 years4
Buried Bandon Hill Cemetery, Wallington5
Occupation: Porter (1863), Billingsgate Fishmonger, manager Half Moon Public House, Croydon, Rent collector (1901))6
Abode: 30 South Conduit St.,Shoreditich (1862), 43 New York Street, Bethnal Green, Midssx. (1863), Mitcham, Surrey7
EXTRACT FROM WILL (Transcribed by Margaret Wilkinson, by email 12 Nov 2007)
Last Will and Testament of Joseph Vandersteen
All my household furniture except the Blankenstein piano to my dear wife Ure Jane (Vandersteen)
All real estate, personal estate and effects, including the piano, to The London City of Midland, Executor - to be sold.
Half to said wife (Ure Jane Vandersteen)
Remaining half -
Rachel, wife of Joseph Benjamin Vandersteen, £100
Remainder divided between son Albert Edward Vandersteen, daughters Annie Orchard and Emily Jane Lye in equal shares
13 June 1912
Died 22 Jan 1922 at 27, Greenside Road, West Croydon, formerly of Sellwood, 136, St James Road, West Croydon
Probate granted 5 Apr 1922
Value of Estate £5401 - 19 - 10
Value of Personal Estate £518 - 11 -4
Annie HOLLOWAY
Joseph Benjamin VANDERSTEEN = Sarah Rachel TORRANCE > Family
Married 1887, Mile End10
Joseph Benjamin VANDERSTEEN
Born 3 Oct 1863, Bethnal Green, Midsx., 43 York Street.11
Died ABT 192712
Occupation: Fisher monger's assistant (1890)13
Abode: 94 Iffley Road, Hammersmith, London (1890)14
Sarah Rachel TORRANCE
Arthur George VANDERSTEEN17
Born 1865, Bethnal Green, Middsx18
Annie VANDERSTEEN19 = ORCHARD20 > Family
Albert Edward VANDERSTEEN = Catherine PERFECT23 > Family
Married 189424
Albert Edward VANDERSTEEN
Born 9 Jan 1871, Bethnal Green, Midsx., 61 Canrobert Street25
Died 26 Jul 1944, Bedgbury, 26 Ethelburt Road, Canterbury, Kent26
Occupation: Pawnbroker's Assistant (1895), Pawnbroker and Jeweller (1901) Jeweller (1920 shops in Dover and Canterbury27
Abode: St Pancras, London (1891) , Sidney Villa, Napier Rd, Gillingham, Kent (1895) 78 Northgate St, Canterbury (1901)28
He was nominated as Mayor of Dover but was ineligible because he could not trace his ancestry - Letter from Vera J Vandersteen, 15 Nov 1986
My mother had a sister who lived with us in Ashford.I can recall she once showed me a newspaper cutting about my grandfather,it was something about hin being caught with a young girl and at the time he was either the Sheriff of Canterbury or being nominated, unfortunately I was never given the cutting. I do not know if you could trace it, the papers then were "Kent Messenger" or "Kentish Express". From what I gathered my grandfather had was a womaniser,hence the reason for my father never taking me to meet him. - extract from email to RFG from Yvonne P Bowes, 20 Sep 2007.
He probably took over the business of T and G Burns, Pawnbroker and Outfitter, 3 and 4 Tower Hamlets Road, Dover. In the 1905 Pike's Blue Book and Local Directory of Dover, he is listed as "Pawnbroker and Outfitter" at 6 and 8 Tower Hamlets Road. (The road had recently been renumbered to have even numbers on one side and odd on the other.) In 1907 he is just listed as "Pawnbroker" and in 1913 as "Jeweller and Outfitter" when he also has the adjoining premises, number 10. In the 1921 Pike's Directory of Dover he has an additional listing at 109 High Street as "Furniture dealer". 109 High Street is the last one in the High Street and on the corner of Tower Hamlets Road. The following year 6 and 8 Tower Hamlets Road are unoccupied. He continues to be listed as a "Furniture dealer" at 109 High Street until 1930/31 after which entries for A.E.Vandersteen cease. 109 High Street becomes a radio repair shop.
As yet, I have found no evidence of Albert Edward Vandersteen being nominated for mayor of Dover. He is not listed as a town counsellor at any time between 1905 and 1931. (R.F.George visit to Dover 21Oct 2004)
Catherine PERFECT
1 :
Marriage certificate; Marriage Index Sep 1862 Shoreditch 1c 311
2 :
Birth certificate, Birth Index Mar 1843 Bethnal Green II 11, aged 20 at marriage 1862, IGI at 11 AUG 2004
4 :
Letter from Vera J Vandersteen, 15 Nov 1986, date and age on gravestone, buried with wife, Probate Registry, Death Index Mar 1922 Croydon 2a 460, aged 78
5 :
Seen by Alan George on visit. See also letter from Vera J Vandersteen dated 10 Mar 1989
6 :
Birth certificate of son Joseph Benjamin, Letter from Vera J Vandersteen, 15 Nov 1986, 1901 Census RG13/654 fol 85
7 :
Marriage certificate; birth certificate of son Joseph Benjamin, 1901 Census RG13/654 fol 85, from probate (informant Margaret Wilkinson by email 12 Nov 2007)
9 :
Death register Jun 1888 Fulham 1a 140
10 :
Marriage register Dec 1887, Mile End 1c 1051
11 :
Birth certificate, Birth Index Dec 1863 Bethnal Green 1c 281
12 :
Letter to RFG from Vera J Vandersteen, 15 Nov 1986
15 :
Birth register Mar 1867 Shoreditch 1c 115 (Mormons' Ancestral File, AFN:1T56-WP3 is wrong)
16 :
1881 Census, RG11/3080 Folio 68
17 :
1871 Census RG10/494 fol 41
18 :
1871 Census RG10/494 fol 41, Birth Index Sep 1865 Mile End 1c 518
19 :
"Auntie Annie" of Vera Vandersteen, see letter dated 30 Aug 2004,
1891 Census RG12/36 147
21 :
Marriage Index, Dec 1894, Medway 2a 1030
22 :
1891 Census RG12/36 147, Birth Index Jun 1869 1c 281
23 :
1901 Census RG13/792 fol 67, Marriage Index Sep 1894, Medway 2a 1034 (Free BMD)
24 :
Marriage Index, Sep 1894, Medway 2a 1034 (Free BMD)
26 :
Grant of probate to National Provincial Bank, 19 Dec 1944, £13777 7s;
now house number 29, where he was living with niece C Lye (email from Richard Barwick to RFG dated 22 Nov 2006)
27 :
Son Albert's birth certificate (1895) Letter to RFG from Vera J Vandersteen, 15 Nov 1986, 1901 Census RG13/792 fol 67, son Albert's marriage certificate (1920)
28 :
1891 Census RG12/119 fol 65, Son Albert's birth certificate (1895) 1901 Census RG13/792 fol 67
29 :
1901 Census RG13/792 fol 67
31 :
1930 abode at date of will
32 :
Will of brother Albert Edward Vandersteen
34 :
1891 Census RG12/36 147, Birth Index Sep 1875 Bethnal Green 1c 257
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