John William Scadding^[1]

1868 - 1960  (92 years)

• Name	John William Scadding
  Birth	21 Jan 1868
  	Address: 97 Castle Road
  Gender	Male
  Ancestor Count	14
  Descendant Count	25
  Occupation	Headmaster
  Death	24 Feb 1960	Edgware   [2]
  Person ID	I3655	Taubman Family Tree
  Last Modified	12 Aug 2016

  
  

  Father	George Robert Scadding,   b. 13 Mar 1838   d. 17 Sep 1917 (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Green,   b. 1839, Islip, Surrey, England d. 18 May 1871, London, England (Age 32 years)
  Marriage	21 Jan 1866	Bermondsey, Surrey, England   [3, 4]
  Notes	Witnesses William and Ann Nisbett. Bride's father 'Unknown'. Address of both given as 9 Parker's Terrace According to Jessima Alice Scadding, George Robert tore the references to his second family out of the family Bible. He would not let anyone see the family notes until the relevant shhets had been removed. George Robert had a drink problem, but ended life a strict tea-totaller.George Robert lived in Allcroft Road, then moved to Burghley Road t be near John William's family in Evangelist Road, in about 1911. There he had a small flat with his carpenter's bench set up [1]
  Family ID	F1069	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jessima Alice Guyett,   b. 23 Sep 1883   d. 7 Oct 1959 (Age 76 years)  [1]
  Marriage	23 Dec 1905	London, England   [5]
  	Address: St. Pancras
  Notes	Family Source John William was, according to Jessima Alice, dressed in rags and ill fed, receiving no love or affection from either his father or his step mother. His half brothers and sisters were well cared for. While John William was not bitter about this, Jessima Alice never really forgave George Robert even though she looked after him with great kindness until his death. John William was brought up a Methodist and attended a training College thought to be Methodist. Later in life he became an agnostic as a result of the useless slaughter of the First World War and of his involvement with Socialism. Jessima Alice was born in England, emigrated with family to Australia soon afterwards. Lived near Melbourne. In 1899 or 1900 her parents brought her back to London on a visit, and it was at a dance that she first met John William, who was a very keen dancer. They must have met on several more occasions during her stay in England because they continued to correspond after her return to Australia despite her parents' disapproval. They decided to get married by correspondence and John William started to save what money he could from his very meagre teacher's salary to send Jessima for her fare over. In the meantime her parents (or at any rate her father) had died and Jessima, May and Elsie were looked after by either a relation or a friend of the family in Australia. Jessima eventually left (in 1905?) and came over to this country on a wool clipper. It was some years later that May came over and lived with Aunt Lizzie Perrin until she married Robert Maclaren. Elsie came over later still and, though she lived with Aunt Lizzie for a short time, she started nursing training and made her home with Jessima Alice and John William [1]
  Family ID	F1067	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Jul 2011

  
  

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  Marriage - Address: St. Pancras - 23 Dec 1905 - London, England Death - 24 Feb 1960 - Edgware  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Was a pupil teacher; gained Queen's Scholarship to College of St. Mark and St. John, Chelsea. Became a long-serving headmaster for LCC, at St. Leonard's Road School, Poplar in the 1920s, Holmes Road School, Kentish Town and Mansfield Road School, Highgate. [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S9] Dr John Wright, 9. [S971] . [S844] . [S1] Marriage Certificate, George Robert Scadding and Elizabeth Green, 1. [S839] .