Diary Or Mariana Fox Tuckett's Journal
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Mariana Fox Tuckett (1) circa 1860. A VICTORIAN “TEENAGER’S” DIARY OR MARIANA FOX TUCKETT’S JOURNAL DEC. 1857 - MARCH 59 Transcribed for the Frenchay Tuckett Society by Gerald Franklin Copyright © June 2011 Introduction. As the Executor of her Uncle Hubert Fox’s estate, Sarah Smith nee Fox, kindly donated to the Society six volumes of a journal kept by her Great Grandmother Mariana Fox Tuckett during her teenage years 1857/59. As these volumes contain a very interesting and detailed account during that period of the Tucketts, other Quaker families, as well as friends, acquaintances and some important persons, it was felt that they should be transcribed and made available to be read by members of the Society and visitors to the Frenchay Village Museum. In writing her journal Mariana mentions a great number of relations, friends, neighbours and other people. Unfortunately, as was the practice of Quakers of the period, she generally uses initials or first names for relations and friends and, where she mentions other persons she just gives names and no details. In view of this, and to provide the reader with more information, Dramatis Personae have been added at the end of this Introduction giving whatever information that could be ascertained. This List has been divided into a number of separate sections detailing Family, Relations, Friends and other Persons, these are listed in numerical order with the appropriate number appended to the various initials/names the first few times they appear in each volume of the journals. However due to the above sections, these will not be in numerical order but will appear somewhat randomly. During the transcribing of this journal there has been some difficulty in interpreting people’s names, places and of course, some words, so wherever there was any doubt regarding correctness the interpretation has been marked with a ( ?) question mark, or in the case of obvious errors or omissions, the corrections are in ( italics ), and where the word is indecipherable it is replaced with -------- dashes, fortunately these are very few. Please note that this transcription is an exact copy of the original M.S., including any mistakes, therefore it contains all Mariana Fox Tuckett’s spelling and grammatical errors. Any other mistakes are the fault of the transcriber. 2 The Tuckett Family L. to R. Caroline, Frank, Mariana & Elizabeth. 3 Dramatis Personae. The following is a list containing information discovered about family relations, friends and other persons that Mariana Fox Tuckett has mentioned in her journal 1857/1859. This list has been numbered and these have been appended to the names the first few times they appear in the various volumes of the Journal and, due to the order of the list below, the numbers will be in a haphazard order. The list does contain names she has not mentioned, but these have been included to give an explanation of family relationships. Unfortunately the list is far from complete, firstly because Mariana mentions many people (over 160 in Volume 1) and also because it has proved impossible to ascertain who some were or to obtain information on others. This compilation would have been impossible without the assistance of 1. Sarah Smith, who provide the information on the Wellington Fox Family, the Fowlers, the Howards, the Backhouses, and the Bowlys, 2. Alan Freke who provided the information on the Frys, 3. “Barclay Fox’s Journal” for the Falmouth Fox Family, the Barclay Family, and the Gurneys, 4. Wikipedia for the Falmouth Fox Family and the Peases, and 5. Richard Fox for his usual enthusiastic and invaluable help. The Frenchay Tuckett Family (1) The Author . Mariana Fox Tuckett 1839-1908. Married Joseph Hoyland Fox 1833-1815 of Wellington in 1860. The Mother of Marion, Hugh, Gerald, Margery and Janet. The Grandmother of Hubert Fox and the Great Grandmother of Richard Fox and Sarah Smith, nee Fox. (2 ) Papa . Francis Tuckett 1802-1868. Married Mariana Fox 1807-1863 in 1833. Leather Factor of Bristol (Partner in the firm of Tuckett & Rake). Special Constable during the Bristol Riots 1831. Father of the Author. (3) Mama . Mariana Tuckett nee Fox 1807-1863. Youngest daughter of Robert Were Fox the Elder, of Falmouth and sister of Robert Were Fox the Younger, Joshua Fox, Alfred Fox and Charles Fox. Mother of the Author. (4) Frank/F . Francis Fox Tuckett 1834-1913. Married Alice Fox in 1896, sister of Harry Fox the mountaineer who was lost in the Caucasus in 1888. Eldest and only son of Francis and Mariana. Brother of the Author. Famous “Pioneer of the High Alps” and great traveller. He visited New Zealand twice, marrying Alice on his second trip. (5) Lizzie/L/E . Elizabeth Fox Tuckett 1837-1872. She married William Fowler MP (a climbing companion of Frank) in 1871 and died in childbirth the following year. Eldest daughter of Francis and Mariana. Elder Sister of the Author. She was an accomplished artist and published several books including a number of sketchbooks of the family’s travels in the Alps and “Letters from the Alps in 1864”. (6) Charley/C . Charlotte Fox Tuckett 1842-1932. Married Elliot Howard (a climbing companion of Frank) in 1871. Youngest daughter of Francis and Mariana. Younger Sister of the Author. She wrote “Recollections of Victorian Frenchay” in 1913. (7) Uncle P . Philip Debell Tuckett II 1801-1872. Married Anna Edmonds in 1832. Elder brother of Francis. Uncle of the Author and father of Philip and Edmonds. (8) Aunt A . Anna Tuckett, nee Edmonds 1802-1892, daughter of Samuel Edmonds & Grizzel Green of High Wycombe, Bucks. Married Philip Debell Tuckett II in 1832. (9) Philip . Philip Debell Tuckett III 1833-72. Married Rachel Elizabeth Fox in 1867, daughter of Alfred Fox of Glendurgan, Falmouth. Cousin of the Author. Eldest son of Philip Debell Tuckett II. 4 (10) Edmonds . Samuel Edmonds Tuckett 1837-1861. Younger son of Philip Debell Tuckett II and Anna Edmonds. Cousin of the Author. (11) Uncle A . Alfred Tuckett 1804-1966. Married Helen Curtis 1831. Younger brother of Francis Debell Tuckett II. Uncle of the Author. (12) Aunt Helen . Helen Tuckett nee Curtis 1809-1901, daughter of Samuel & Mary Curtis. Wife & 1 st Cousin of Alfred Tuckett. Not mentioned . Henry Tuckett 1806-1876. Younger brother of Francis Debell Tuckett II. Uncle of the Author. (13) Uncle F . Frederick Tuckett 1807-1876. Youngest brother of Francis Tuckett. Uncle of the Author and perhaps the most famous of all the Tuckett brothers. He was a great traveller having visited America in 1828/29, Europe in 1933/4, before going to New Zealand in 1841 where he, as Chief Surveyor, laid out the City of Nelson and during his exploration of the South Island in 1844 chose the future site of the City of Dunedin. He also visited South Australia and Victoria before returning to Frenchay in 1846. After settling in London he was a great campaigner for Aborigine rights as well as carrying out further travels in Europe. The Wellington Fox Relations & Friends Not Mentioned . Thomas Fox I 1754-1821. Married Sarah Smith 1759-1833 in 1783. Their children included Rebecca, Sarah, Anna, Thomas II, Mary, Edward, George, Sylvanus, Elizabeth, Samuel, Henry, and Charles. His Grandfather was George Fox of Par, who was the Great Grandfather of Mariana the Author’s mother. He was the builder of Tone Dale House, the Fox Brothers Mill and the Grandfather of Joseph Hoyland Fox. Not Mentioned . Thomas Fox II 1786-1862. Married in 1819 Catherine Alexander 1787-1849, daughter of Dykes Alexander & Hannah Brewster. He was the eldest son of Thomas Fox I. (14) Anna Fox . Anna Fox 1830-1907. Married in 1866 Frederick Hingston Fox 1825-1910. Eldest daughter of Thomas Fox II. Not Mentioned . Thomas Fox III 1828-1898. Married Sarah Maria Howard in 1855. They had 6 children. Eldest son of Thomas Fox II. (15) Sarah Maria . Sarah Maria Howard 1833-1926. Married in 1855 Thomas Fox III 1828-1898. They had 6 children. (16) Mary Fox . Mary Fox 1787-?. Eldest surviving daughter of Thomas Fox I at the date of Mariana’s Journal. Aunt of Joe. Not Mentioned . Sylvanus Fox 1791-1851, 3rd surviving son of Thomas Fox I. Married Mary Sanderson in 1821. Father of Sylvanus Fox of Linden and 5 daughters, the youngest Anna Rebecca married Edward Burnett Tylor FRS. (17) Sylvanus . Possibly Sylvanus Fox of Linden 1823-1910. Son Sylvanus Fox above. Unmarried he lived at Linden with his 5 Sisters, Mary Fox 1824-1910; Sarah Fox 1825-1907; Margaret Fox 1825-1915; Elizabeth Fox 1829-1907; Anna Rebecca Fox 1830?-1921. (18) Anna of Linden . Anna Rebecca Fox 1830?-1921. Married Edward Burnett Tylor 1832-1917 in 1858. Youngest of the above 5 sisters 5 (19) Edward Tyler/Edward T . Sir Edward Burnett Tylor FRS 1832-1917. Married Anna Rebecca Fox of Linden in 1858. Founding figure of Social Anthropology on which he wrote a number of books, the 1 st after his travels in Central America 1855/56. He wrote “Anthropology, an Introduction to the Study of Man & Civilisation” in 1881 and was the Curator of the Pitt Rivers Museum. (20) Eliz’th Fox . Possibly Elizabeth Fox 1793-1867. She was the 2nd surviving daughter of Thomas Fox I. (21) Uncle S . Samuel Fox 1794-1874. Married 1 st Maria Middleton in 1827 and 2 nd Charlotte Fox in 1849 (no issue). 4th son of Thomas Fox I. There were 3 sons by his 1 st marriage, Benjamin Middleton, Samuel Lindoe and Joseph Hoyland Fox, the Author’s future husband. As he was married to the Author’s Aunt S/C/Charlotte, Samuel was her Uncle-in-law and future Father-in-Law.