This
is a self-portrat of Charles Ascot Tivey who was born in
Wolverhampton, Staffordshire in 1873 to parents Francis Tivey, a
tailor and his wife Lucretia Brown. Charles was the youngest
of 7 children born to Lucretia before her husband deserted her and
took up home with Mary Anne Palmer, a woman 12 years his junior.
Francis had a further 5 children with Mary and emigrated to
Massachusettes, USA in the 1880s then settling in Hartford,
Connecticut. Lucretia worked as a Tailor to support her
family. Charles was a talented artist and this picture is said
to be a very good likeness, he worked as a Japanner, ornament maker
and enameller in London where he met and married his wife Louisa
Blunt. They were blessed with 7 children, The eldest child Victor
Tivey born 1902 in St Pancras sadly perished in early
adulthood after drowning whilst attending a family picnic in 1921.
Their eldest daughter May Louisa (1906-1966) remained unmarried.
Isabel (Mrs George Huckstep 1906-1997) had two children Joan and
Georgina. Irene Tivey (1908-1993) had a son Antony Wyatt Tivey and
then married William A Gregory. Jessie Tivey married Herbert Smith
and Emigrated to Queensland, Australia, she had two children Patrick
George Smith and Jennifer Ellen Smith (Mrs Ferdinand C Boers)
Agnes Elizabeth Tivey (1913-1988) married twice, to Alfred Percival
Stratford a widow with two children and then to Walter Savage. The
youngest child was
Philip
Ascot Tivey. Thanks to Mike Vandenberg for sending me a
photo of the portrait which hangs in his hallway, Mark is the son of
grandson of Isabel Tivey.Back to Group 20 Media
This
is a self-portrat of Charles Ascot Tivey who was born in
Wolverhampton, Staffordshire in 1873 to parents Francis Tivey, a
tailor and his wife Lucretia Brown. Charles was the youngest
of 7 children born to Lucretia before her husband deserted her and
took up home with Mary Anne Palmer, a woman 12 years his junior.
Francis had a further 5 children with Mary and emigrated to
Massachusettes, USA in the 1880s then settling in Hartford,
Connecticut. Lucretia worked as a Tailor to support her
family. Charles was a talented artist and this picture is said
to be a very good likeness, he worked as a Japanner, ornament maker
and enameller in London where he met and married his wife Louisa
Blunt. They were blessed with 7 children, The eldest child Victor
Tivey born 1902 in St Pancras sadly perished in early
adulthood after drowning whilst attending a family picnic in 1921.
Their eldest daughter May Louisa (1906-1966) remained unmarried.
Isabel (Mrs George Huckstep 1906-1997) had two children Joan and
Georgina. Irene Tivey (1908-1993) had a son Antony Wyatt Tivey and
then married William A Gregory. Jessie Tivey married Herbert Smith
and Emigrated to Queensland, Australia, she had two children Patrick
George Smith and Jennifer Ellen Smith (Mrs Ferdinand C Boers)
Agnes Elizabeth Tivey (1913-1988) married twice, to Alfred Percival
Stratford a widow with two children and then to Walter Savage. The
youngest child was
Philip
Ascot Tivey. Thanks to Mike Vandenberg for sending me a
photo of the portrait which hangs in his hallway, Mark is the son of
grandson of Isabel Tivey.
Back to Group 20 Media