Family History – updated OCt 2023
The Spalding family tree follows the following main lines:
Spalding (paternal grandfather)
Lyon (paternal grandmother)
Ware (maternal grandfather)
Weitzer (maternal grandmother)
The Spalding line runs to the early 1800 with a long family business in the paper/stationery business centred in Drury Lane, London. The company name was Spalding & Hodge and history is contained in their 150th Anniversary edition of the company magazine. This line also picks up a Dixon family line with strong naval tradition (and apparently some ability as one reached to Rear Admiral). There are also branches into architecture and education. Before that they seems to be a line farriers and blacksmiths from Reading. Also should not forget Henry Spalding - Victorian army in India and Zulu campaign, but also became proficient in Russian to translate Pushkin!
The Lyon line - in the 1900 it was centred around Indian Army and mining engineering, but earlier the Lyon family appear to be large and wealthy merchants based in Staffordshire (Barton-under-Needwood, Rocester) and Cheshire (eg Altringham, Stand, Litherland) – unconfirmed research by other has then them back to 1550 in the Ridware villages of Staffordshire!! This line also includes the tragic Edward Wainwright Lyon who was shot by Apache Indians in the USA in 1885 – a history of this event was pulled together by Rudy Gordon from Arizona. An amazing find has been the 1819 diary of Elizabeth Lyon (née Power) in her final year – the transcript is easier to read. This line also links in to the Irish Kavanaghs, but that has not been explored very far.
For the Ware line, horticulturists seem to be the common trade in the 19th and 20th century. The original nursery was founded by Thomas Softey Ware with a large nursery located in Hale, Tottenham but originating in County Durham: I have images of the company catalogues. Though not a direct line, the business was carried on by his son Walter T Ware who ran a nursery business in the West Country. Also cousin Sydney John Ware known for his design of an early carburetor (1907 patent) for Straker-Squire cars in Britsol.
The Weitzer line is difficult to research prior to a move to London in the 1890 as they originated in Germany and married the Göebels from Austria – also rather short due to some illegitimacy!
There seems to be an increasingly long list of mildly influential people.
As for my wife’s family – Morrison – there has been quite some work by others tracing the Scottish and Irish lines.
More later, or contact me.
Spalding (paternal grandfather)
Lyon (paternal grandmother)
Ware (maternal grandfather)
Weitzer (maternal grandmother)
The Spalding line runs to the early 1800 with a long family business in the paper/stationery business centred in Drury Lane, London. The company name was Spalding & Hodge and history is contained in their 150th Anniversary edition of the company magazine. This line also picks up a Dixon family line with strong naval tradition (and apparently some ability as one reached to Rear Admiral). There are also branches into architecture and education. Before that they seems to be a line farriers and blacksmiths from Reading. Also should not forget Henry Spalding - Victorian army in India and Zulu campaign, but also became proficient in Russian to translate Pushkin!
The Lyon line - in the 1900 it was centred around Indian Army and mining engineering, but earlier the Lyon family appear to be large and wealthy merchants based in Staffordshire (Barton-under-Needwood, Rocester) and Cheshire (eg Altringham, Stand, Litherland) – unconfirmed research by other has then them back to 1550 in the Ridware villages of Staffordshire!! This line also includes the tragic Edward Wainwright Lyon who was shot by Apache Indians in the USA in 1885 – a history of this event was pulled together by Rudy Gordon from Arizona. An amazing find has been the 1819 diary of Elizabeth Lyon (née Power) in her final year – the transcript is easier to read. This line also links in to the Irish Kavanaghs, but that has not been explored very far.
For the Ware line, horticulturists seem to be the common trade in the 19th and 20th century. The original nursery was founded by Thomas Softey Ware with a large nursery located in Hale, Tottenham but originating in County Durham: I have images of the company catalogues. Though not a direct line, the business was carried on by his son Walter T Ware who ran a nursery business in the West Country. Also cousin Sydney John Ware known for his design of an early carburetor (1907 patent) for Straker-Squire cars in Britsol.
The Weitzer line is difficult to research prior to a move to London in the 1890 as they originated in Germany and married the Göebels from Austria – also rather short due to some illegitimacy!
There seems to be an increasingly long list of mildly influential people.
As for my wife’s family – Morrison – there has been quite some work by others tracing the Scottish and Irish lines.
More later, or contact me.