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John Reynolds Gwatkin                      1807-1877
John was born on 12 August 1807, the son of Edward Gwatkin and Hetty Elizabeth Gascoigne, at Kissengange, India.
Emma Amelia Salmon                         1818-1906
Emma was born on 10 March 1818, the daughter of William Broome Salmon and Marian Hearsey.
I have identified the following children.
Robert Lovell Born 10 Oct 1842   India  
Penelope Anne Theophila Palmer Born 13 Nov 1845   Devon Died 19 Nov 1845
Mary Elizabeth Penelope Anne Born 13 Nov 1847   Devon Died 18 May 1848
Amy Theophila Born 28 Jan 1848   Devon Married H. H. Lewis
Edward Reynolds Born 7 Apr 1850   London Died 29 Mar 1851
Joshua Reynolds Gascoigne Born 24 Mar 1855   London Married Arunbel Augusta Penruddocke
Stewart Beauchamp Born 26 Apr 1857   Hampshire  

Birth of Parents
John Reynolds Gwatkin b: 12 Aug 1807  c:7 Apr 1808                 Kissengange, India
son of Edward Gwatkin and Hetty Elizabeth Gascoigne

Emma Amelia Salmon b: 10 Mar 1818                                 India
daughter of William Broome Salmon and Marian Hearsey

Marriage
27 Feb 1841
John Reynolds Gwatkin
Emma Amelia Salmon
Kurnaul, India

Children
Robert Lovell Gwatkin b: 10 Oct 1842  c: 13 Nov 1842             Bycullah, Bombay, India
son of John Reynolds Gwatkin and Emma Amelia Salmon       Died 1 Jun 1865
Penelope Anne Theophila Palmer Gwatkin b: 13 Nov 1845               Devon       1845 4Q Plymouth 9 370
daughter of John Reynolds Gwatkin and Emma Amelia Salmon       Died 19 Nov 1845
Mary Elizabeth Penelope Anne Gwatkin b: 13 Nov 1846               Cornwall       1846 4Q Truro 9 327
daughter of John Reynolds Gwatkin and Emma Amelia Salmon       Died 18 May 1848
Amy Theophila Gwatkin b: 28 Jan 1848               Devon       1848 1Q Plymouth 9 408
daughter of John Reynolds Gwatkin and Emma Amelia Salmon       Died 6 May 1875
Edward Reynolds Gwatkin b: 7 Apr 1850               London       1850 2Q Marylebone 1 142
son of John Reynolds Gwatkin and Emma Amelia Salmon       Died 29 Mar 1851

1851 Census HO107-1486 31 March 1851 All Souls, St. Marylebone, Middlesex
54 Charlotte Street
J. Reynolds Gwatkin
Emma Amelia (Wife)
Robert Lovell (Son)
Amy Theophila (Dau)
Matilsa Salmon (Niece)
William H. Salmon (Nephew)
Plus 3 Servants
Age 43
Age 31
Age 8
Age 3
Age 5
Age 3
 

Bombay
Plymouth
Bombay
Bombay
East Indies
East Indies

Devon
12 Aug 1807
10 Mar 1818
10 Oct 1843
28 Jan 1848
abt 1845
abt 1847

Joshua Reynolds Gascoigne Gwatkin b: 24 Mar 1855  c: 23 Mar 1856             London       1855 2Q Kensington 1a 8
son of John Reynolds Gwatkin and Emma Amelia Salmon       Died 12 Sep 1939
Stewart Beauchamp Gwatkin b: 26 Apr 1857  c: 12 Aug 1857             Southampton
son of John Reynolds Gwatkin and Emma Amelia Salmon       Died abtn 1897

1861 Census RG9-1294 8 April 1861 Melksham, Steeple Ashton, Wiltshire
Melksham Road, Brookville House
John R. Gwatkin
Emma A. (Wife)
Amy T. (Dau)
Joshua R. (Son)
Stewart B. (Son)
Plus 2 Servants
Age 53
Age 43
Age 13
Age 6
Age 3
Land Fund Holder

Scholar
Scholar
Scholar


Plymouth
Paddington
Southampton
East Indies
East Indies
Devon
Middlesex
Hants
12 Aug 1807
10 Mar 1818
28 Jan 1848
24 May 1855
26 Apr 1857

1871 Census RG10-1913 3 April 1871 Bromham, Wiltshire
Manor House
John R. Gwatkin
Emma (Wife)
Annie (Dau)
Plus 3 Servants
Age 63
Age 52
Age 23
Landed Properties & Interest on money
Bengal
Plymouth
East Indies

Devon
12 Aug 1807
10 Mar 1818
13 Nov 1847

Death
John Reynolds Gwatkin Died 8 Nov 1877, Age 70,     Devon       1877 4Q Newton Abbot 5b 108

LONDON   20 Feb 1878                         Probate
GWATKIN, John Reynolds, Esq., The Will with two Codicils of John Reynolds Gwatkin, late of Nonsuch, near Chippenham, in the County of Wilts, Esquire, who died 8 November 1877, at Bay View House, Torquay, in the County of Devon, was proved at the Principal Registry, by Emma Amelia Gwatkin, of Nonsuch, Widow, the Relict, Robert Samuel Palmer, of 4 Trafalger-square, in the County of Middlesex, and of Droninquinna, County Kerry, Ireland, Esquire, and Charles Robert Gwatkin, of the Hermitage, Witham, in the County of Somerset, Esquire, the Brother, the Executors.   Effects under £10,000

1881 Census RG11-2043 4 April 1881 Potterne, Wiltshire
Manor House
Emma A. Gwatkin (Widow)
Plus 3 Servants
Age 63 No Profession Bengal India 10 Mar 1818

1891 Census RG12-1601 6 April 1891 Potterne, Wiltshire
Manor House
Joshua R. G. Gwatkin
Arundel A. (Wife)
Emma A. (Mother)(Widow)
Robert T.
Arundel T.
Helen A'Court Penruddoch
Plus 8 Servants
Age 36
Age 30
Age 75
Age 5
Age 4
Age 25
Living on own means

Living on own means


Visitor
Paddington
Lund
Bengal
Potterne
Potterne
Lund
London
Wiltshire
East Indies
Wiltshire
Wiltshire
Wiltshire
24 May 1855
abt 1860
10 Mar 1818
abt 1885
abt 1887
abt 1865

1901 Census RG13-8 1 April 1901 St. Mary, Paddington, London
17 Clarendon Gardenst
Emma Gwatkin (Widow)
Arthur R. Treinen
Arthur F. Jacob
Samuel A. Hirsch
Theophile Hirsch (Wife)
Age 83
Age 34
Age 36
Age 58
Age 51
Living on own means
Stockbroker
Bank Clerk
Music Teacher
Bengal

Paddington

India
London
Netherlands
Russia
10 Mar 1818
abt 1866
abt 1864
abt 1842
abt 1849

Death
Emma Amelia (Salmon) Gwatkin Died 16 Dec 1906, Age 88,       1906 4Q Paddington 1a 30

LONDON   22 Jan 1907                         Probate
GWATKIN, Emma Amelia, of 17 Clarendon-gardens, Maida Vale, Middlesex, Widow 16 December 1906, Probate London, 22 January, to Joshua Reynolds Gascoigne Gwatkin, esquire.   Effects £2,133 17s. 2d

SPECIAL THANKS  to Mary Virginia Swisher of Madison, Wisconsin, for many of the details provided above
and also Carolyn Mason, of Christchurch, New Zealand and her Gwatkin One-Name study
.