Sunday, January 14, 2024

sorting the Toynbees

After reading and reviewing Polly Toynbee's excellent family history memoir I was still a bit hazy about the Toynbees so I had to sort them into a format I can understand:

Descendants of George Toynbee (1749 - abt. 1810) and Sarah Starkey (1753 - Jun 1829)

1. George Toynbee jr. (1783–1865) ~(wikitree has his ancestors back to his great-grandfather John Toynbee or Toyneby (bef. 1672 - 1740)). George's first wife was Elizabeth, née Cullen, (1785–1820). They were married at Bracebridge, Lincolnshire, on 21 May 1811, by Licence.

1.3. (third son, not sure how many girls were ignored there) Joseph Toynbee (1815-1866), otolaryngiologist, married Harriet Holmes (1822-1897), daughter of Nathaniel Holmes. The couple had nine children:
1.3.1. Gertrude (b.1848),
1.3.2. William (b.1849),
1.3.3.Lucy (b.1850),
1.3.4.Arnold (1852-1883), married Charlotte Atwood (1841-1931), college administrator at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, no children
1.3.5.Rachel (b.1853),
1.3.6.Paget Jackson (1855-1932), Dante scholar,
1.3.7.Mary H. (b.1856),
1.3.8.Grace Poleridge (1858-1946), bacteriologist, married Percy Frankland
1.3.9.Harry Valpy (1861-1941), charity administrator, married Sarah Edith Marshall (1859-1939)
1.3.1. Arnold Joseph (1889-1975) universal historian, married Rosalind Murray (1890-1967)
1.3.1.1.Antony (1914-1939)
1.3.1.2.Philip (1916-1981)
1.3.1.3.Lawrence (1922-1902), painter
1.3.2. Jocelyn (1897-1985), professor of archaeology at Cambridge
1.3.3.Margaret (1899-1987)

1.6. (sixth son, not sure how many girls were ignored there) Henry Toynbee (1819-1909) was an merchant sailor and an early meteorologist, whose career was dedicated to passing on his expertise. He introduced local weather-forecasting to the British Isles. On 22 December 1854 Henry, aged 35, married 25-year-old Ellen Philadelphia Smyth (July 1828 – 1881), a daughter of Admiral William Henry Smyth. No children.

2. Eleanor married Bettinson - see wikitree

Joseph Toynbee (1815-1866). Source

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