Ada Goldsmith West/Tulloh 1848-1921
1848.Ada Goldsmith West likely born 13/10/1848 New Brunswick- Manan Island
"I have Ada's birth as October 13, 1848 in New Brunswick, Canada. Her father was James Fletcher West and her mother Frances Goldsmith. They had married 17/11/1842 Spilsby, Lincs. He had been married previously to a martha Trimmer/Truenerer and had a child Emily Martha baptised 1832 Luckington Wiltshire -FS. It is the Goldsmiths which are my connection. In a document regarding the family, I have the following entry:
"Ada Goldsmith West, Born on the Island of Grand Manan, New Brunswick, on the 13th October, 1848. Her parents died in Washington City in the year 1853, under very distressing circumstances, and she was taken charge of by the Protestant Orphan Asylum. It appears that Lieut. General Alexander T Tulloh, of the Royal Artillery, married a sister of her father and having no family of their own, on hearing of her distressed situation, immediately sent for her and adopted her as his own daughter, under the name of Ada Goldsmith Tulloh and intends to leave her his estate when he dies. Situated in West Malvern, Worcestershire, England and Valued at 15,000 pounds sterling."
The Rev James West was in Belgium in 1843
I have been trying to find out what happened to her parents, and what happened to her after she was taken in by Alexander. Any further history in the above would be greatly appreciated, as well as further info on Alexander. He sounds like quite the character!!- SueB 2004
I have discovered that Ada Goldsmith West's parents were destitute in Washington and the mother died. The parents were itinerant and addicted to strong drink and they lived on charity. 'The name of the woman is FRANCES WEST, that of the man JAMES WEST - both of English birth. The last named represents that he graduated at Oxford University and exercised the functions of a minister of the Established Church and that his wife was of highly respectable connexions and related in a direct line to OLIVER GOLDSMITH - hence the name of their girl, ADA GOLDSMITH WEST. . . . Arrangements were immediately made to place the poor child in the Protestant Orphan Asylum.'
This item was published in The New York Times of April 29, 1853. I located it via Google.- Diana 2008
Mr. L. A. Gobright, the excellent correspondent of the Baltimore Clipper, relates one of the most touching cases of destitution, misery, shame, and death, as occurring in this city, that we ever remember to have heard: "An inquest was held this morning (April 27) over the body of a white woman named Frances West, aged thirty-five years. It appears from the testimony that she went into the yard of a dwelling near the corner of Ninth and H streets, and while there fell to the ground, and shortly afterwards died, although every remedial means was taken by sympathizing strangers to avert so sad an end. Her husband, herself, and their child, (four years of age,) had for some weeks past been begging throughout the city, with no nightly shelter, except such as charity or chance provided. The parents were addicted to strong {Irink. The girl will be sent to one of our orphan asylums, and the father suffered to roam at large. It was evident that the woman died of exhaustion, she being thinly clad and pursuing an itinerant life. According to the narrative of the man to the writer hereof, he is a graduate of Oxford University, and was once an Episcopalian minister; and his wife was descended in a direct line from Oliver Goldsmith, the poet. Their little motherless one is named Ada Goldsmith West. Ihere is no reason to doubt that the deceased ani the surviving husband at one time moved in a respectable sphere of life; but alas! that curse of mankind, rum, has * changed the beautiful picture, and presented a scene of suffering, degradation, and death, at which humanity indignantly recoils." Yes?and some of the English phUanthropists who are at this moment spending their thousands of dollars on magnificent receptions of Mrs. Stowe, the traitor to her country, have perhaps been in the company of these unfortunate British subjects. A tithe of the money squandered on the female villifier of America would have saved the life of that descendant of the gifted Goldsmith, and redeemed the beggared husband and child. But they are only poor white English people. Mrs. Stowe's slanders deify American blacks. That makes all the difference in the world. -found by David
1851CC. Cannot find her, nor her father in this nor in the 1850 AC.
1853. Both her parents died in Washington City . Her mother on 27/4/1853- from Hatchett ancestry tree & the Rev James Fletcher West died 11/5/1853 in Washington according to article below, this only 2 weeks after his wife had died of starvation and his daughter placed in the Protestant Orphan Asylum
She was placed in the Washington Protestant Orphan Asylum
In 1854, the thirty-five girls living in the institution produced a significant number of garments and household goods, including “11 new mattresses,…100 yards carpet, 50 pairs of pants, 170 dresses, 37 boys shirts, 64 aprons,…27undergarments, 13 night-gowns, 31 capes, 7 bonnets,…[and] 5 cloaks. The younger girls made 48 handkerchiefs. The girls apparently became proficient enough in their skill as to allow some of them to bring their work to the National Fair in 1855.
Somone has written their Thesis on this Institution : this I have in PDF form on an email of 3/10/2015, titled The Washington Orphanage , sent from David Grant, and stored in the emails on my computer under Osmond-Owen - a Fascinating Read - please ask me for it if you are interested
1853-1854 . Ada was adopted by her uncle Alexander Tulloh who was married to Mary Louisa West, sister of her father . Alexander's 1881Will states she was residing with him aged 5.
No shipping records really cover this period for US to England
1861C. Not found her, nor her uncle, in census. I assume he is serving abroad.
1862. Ada and her aunt Mary Tulloh visited a Rebecca Stirling - Diana, ch. 6d
1870. Her aunt, Mary Louisa Tulloh, 53, died Ledbury Mar 1870- gravestone 157213 at end of Alexander's page
1871C. Ada G Tulloh, 22, b. Canada, is living with her uncle Alexander T. Tulloh, ?general, retired, at Tannachie, written Tanacia on census, Mathon, Ledbury, Worcester . Plus 2 servants . Mistranscription
| Alexander P | Pullok | Head | - | Male | 72 | 1799 | - | Blackheath, Kent | |
| Ada G | Pullok | Daughter | - | Female | 22 | 1849 | - | Canada | |
| Charlotte | Steel | Servant | - | Female | 37 | 1834 | - | Worcestershire, England | |
| Elizabeth | Mabury | Servant | - | Female | 25 | 1846 | - | Worcestershire, England |
1881C. Ada G Tulloh, 32, b. Nova Scotia, is living with her uncle Alexander T. Tulloh at Tannachie, Mathon, Worcester . Plus 3 servants
| Alexander T | Tulloh | Head | Widower | Male | 80 | 1801 | Lieut Gen Royal Art Retired | Blackheath, Worcestershire, England | |
| Ada G | Tulloh | Niece | Single | Female | 32 | 1849 | - | - | |
| John | Day | Servant | Widower | Male | 53 | 1828 | Gardener & Pensioner Royal Art (Dom) | Sigglesthorne, Yorkshire, England | |
| Ann | Watts | Servant | Widow | Female | 77 | 1804 | Dom Serv Cook | Kidlington, Oxfordshire, England | |
| Florence A A | Day | Servant | Single | Female | 16 | 1865 | Dom Serv Parlour Maid | West Malvern, Worcestershire, England |
Tannachie is now owned by Diana & Roger Morgan
1881.Ada G Tulloh/West married John Hatchett 18/10/1881 West Malvern - his father John Charles Hatchett, hers James Fletcher West
"I have a copy of the marriage certificate of Reginald's mother and father, also I have copy certificate of the birth of Olive, 13th. Sept 1901 (Bognor, Sussex) to Sydney Calvely Goldsmith (deceased) and Eleanor Calvely Goldsmith, formerly Randolph Lichfield.
Other items are mainly show business ephemera and letters received from race horse trainers. Reg had owned his own horses in th 20's but lost his assets in the crash of 1929"- Wendy 2009 Ancestry message board .
1884. Daughter Eleanor Mary Josephine born Ledbury Mar 1884
1855. Suspect a daughter, just listed as female, was born Ledbury Jun 1885 - died the same quarter
1885. Her adoptive father/uncle, Alexander Tulloh, dies, probate to her- only £367 is listed
1886. Daughter Ada Louise T Hatchett was born Ledbury Dec 1886 - died Barnstable Sep 1887
1888. Son Reginald John T Hatchett was born Barnstable Mar 1888
1891C. Ada G Hatchett, 42, is living on her own means with her husband, 2 children & 2 servants at St Katherines, Sand Pits, Cradley, Bromyard, Herefordshire Cradley very near Mathon, <1k- where she had lived with Alexander Tulloh
| John | Hatchett | Head | Married | Male | 38 | 1853 | Living On Own Means | Sussex, England | |
| Ada G | Hatchett | Wife | Married | Female | 42 | 1849 | Living On Own Means | Canada | |
| Elenor M | Hatchett | Daughter | - | Female | 7 | 1884 | - | West Malvern, Worcestershire, England | |
| Reginold | Hatchett | Son | - | Male | 3 | 1888 | - | Swimbridge Devon , England | |
| Jane | Carter | Servant | Single | Female | 29 | 1862 | General Servant Domestic | Bredon, Worcestershire, England | |
| Elizabeth | Hoore | Servant | Single | Female | 25 | 1866 | Nurse Domestic | Worcester |
1896. According to a local directory, Ada was still the owner and resident of Tannachie in 1896.- Diana
1901C . Ada G Hatchett, 53, married, living on her own means, is with her 2 children in Painswick Lawn 2, Cheltenham, yet her husband, John, correct age & birthplace, would appear to be in Swansea, as a timekeeper in a Copper works!!- Tim Hatchett Ancestry family tree .
| Ada G | Hatchett | Head | Married | Female | 53 | 1848 | Living On Own Means | Belgium? maybe Bolquim | |
| Eleanor M J | Hatchett | Daughter | Single | Female | 17 | 1884 | - | Malvern, Worcestershire, England | |
| Reginald J T | Hatchett | Son | - | Male | 13 | 1888 | - | Swimbridge, Devon, England | |
| Mary | Shortel | Servant | Single | Female | 27 | 1874 | Hospital Nurse | Sheffield, Yorkshire, England |
1911C . Ada Goldsmith Hatchett, 63, married, 4 children, 2 dead, living on her own means, is with her daughter in 3 rooms at 10 Imperial Square, Cheltenham, her husband, John, again, absent- I suspect they had separated before 1901. She no longer has a servant!
| Ada Goldsmith | Hatchett | Wife | Married | Female | - | 63 | 1848 | New Brunswick | |
| Eleanor Mary Josephine | Hatchett | Daughter | Single | Female | - | 27 | 1884 | Worcestershire West Malvern |
There do not appear to be any records of her husband John in the 1911 Census and it is possible that he travelled at this time. A Mr John Hatchett left Liverpool on 25th December 1909 on the ship C Lopez y Lopez, Compania Transatlantica, en route for Corunna, Spain. - Diana
1912. In Kelly’s Directory of 1912, John Hatchett was listed as living at Camp House Public House, Grimley, Worcestershire and was apparently still there in 1924 so the couple appear to have definitely parted company before 1901
1918.Ada G Hatchett is given as next of kin on the army record of her son, her address Mill House, Malvern
1921.Ada Goldsmith Hatchett [wife of John Hatchett] dies 27/11/1921 at Mill House, Malvern. Probate. Effects £596 .At the age of 68, Ada died on 27th November 1921 at Mill House, Clarence Road, Malvern from lobar pneumonia. Neither her son nor daughter are executors . I wonder who Julia Barber, spinster, is! - maybe the wife of a James Barber, but who is he? - Diana
Curiously she does not seem to have a headstone in St James, Malvern where both her adoptive parents/uncle & aunt, and her son are buried