Martha

Martha Barkley (1831-1924) married Rev Francis Raikes (1822-1879)

Martha married Rev Francis Raikes in her father's church in May 1850.

Rev Francis Raikes was the son of George Raikes (1785-1840) and Marianne Currie (1790-1853). George Raikes was a Director of the East India Company. There are a number of well-known members of the Raikes family. Quite a few of them went to India; quite a few of them lost their lives there. Rev Francis Raikes seems not to have travelled further east than Norfolk where he was rector of Barnham Broom, near Norwich, his parish close to that of Martha's father.

After the death of her husband Martha moved to Hedenham Hall, 12 miles south of Norwich, and lived there with her daughter, Mabel, for several years. At the time of the 1911 census she and Mabel were living at The Priory in the village of Hethersett, seven miles west of Norwich, and that is where Martha died in 1924.

Martha and Francis had nine children.

1 Ellen Raikes (1853-1945) married Charles Horace Pettus Dashwood (1855-1944) in Loddon, Norfolk in 1883.

Charles Horace Pettus Dashwood was the son of Rev Charles John Dashwood (1813-1894), Rector of Billingford, Norfolk and Hanna Amelia Carr (1827-1893).

Ellen and her husband moved to Argentina and remained there; I believe there are descendants still living in Argentina. There are lots of records of Dashwoods travelling by ship between UK and South America. Charles Horace Pettus Dashwood played in one the first games of polo to take place in Argentina at Estancia Negrete in 1875.

Ellen Raikes is the lady near the centre of this Dashwood family photo taken in 1897. Her sister-in-law Anna Amelia Dashwood is seated left. Her five children are Horace Raikes (Ray) and Elsie, both standing) and seated left to right Gerald, Anna Mabel (Mabel) and Richard (Dick). Photo kindly provided by a member of the Dashwood family.

Charles Horace Pettus Dashwood is the subject of the photo on the right, also provided by the same member of the Dashwood family.

Ellen and Charles had six children

1.1 Helen Margaret Dashwood (1885-1885)

Helen Margaret Dashwood was born in Norfolk in January 1885. She died in Argentina in September the same year.

1.2 Horace Raikes (Ray) Dashwood (1885-1967) married Jessie Nina Cassells (1884-1978) at St John's, Buenos Aires in 1911

Jessie Ninal Cassells was born in Buenos Airies, the daughter of Walter Ritchie Cassells (1848-1915) and Elvina Eusebia Trillia (1857-1906). Walter was born in Portugal. His wife was born in Uruguay. Walter was a merchant, sometimes living in Argentina, other times in the UK.

Horace Raikes Dashwood farmed in Argentina for a number of years before he and his wife returned to settle in the UK at Caldecott Hall near Great Yarmouth. As Colonel Dashwood he was active in the Home Guard during World War Two. After the war he chaired the housing committee on the local council; new council houses were built and Dashwood Close was named after him.

1.3 Elsie Marion Dashwood (1887-1977) – died unmarried in Cordoba, Argentina.

1.4 Anna Mabel Dashwood (1889-1967) – died unmarried at Estancia Catriel Huangeuleu Guamini, Buenos Aires.

1.5 Richard Raikes (Dick) Dashwood (1890-1967) married Rachel Mary Wyndham Lowth (1895-1982) in Hampshire in 1918

Rachel Mary Wyndham Lowth was the daughter of Rev Alfred Charles Lowth (1857-1926) and Edith Sarah Kewley (1865-1959).

1.6 Gerald Raikes Dashwood (born 1893) married Luisa Emilia Mcmillan (1892-1962) in London in 1934.

Luisa Emilia Mcmillan was the daughter of John Duncan Mcmillan (1860-1917) and Louisa Ann Howard (born 1873). John Duncan Mcmillan was a Scottish born tailor based in Buenos Aires. Luisa's first husband was Eduardo Brisson; they married in London in 1912.

Gerald Raikes Dashwood served in the First World War as a Second Lieutenant. He was an engineer. At one point he was employed by the Morgan Crucible Company in London but for most of his life he resided in Argentina.

2. Edith Marion Raikes (1856-1884) – died young unmarried

3. Francis Walter Raikes (1857-1950) married Lilias Gertrude Cochrane (1859-1937) in Middlesbrough in 1886.

Lilias Gertrude Cochrane was the daughter of Henry Cochrane (1828-1903) and Sophia Caroline Wood (1835-1888). Henry Cochrane was a Middlesbrough ironmaster operating the Ormesby Iron Works. Lilias's younger sister, Maud, married Francis's younger brother, George Barkley Raikes (see below).

Francis Walter Raikes was an engineer based in Newport, Monmouthshire. He was a keen sportsman playing rugby for Newport RFC as well as championship tennis. He was a magistrate and town councillor.

http://www.newportpast.com/gallery/photos/php/photo_page.php?search=cordes&search2=yyyyyy&pos=6

Francis and Lilias had three children.

3.1 Kenneth Cochrane Raikes (1889-1973) married Sybil Boddington (1893-1982) in Cheshire in 1917.

Sybil Boddington was the daughter of William Slater Boddington (1853-1908) and Mary Walker (1858-1931). William Slater Boddington was a Manchester solicitor, the son of brewery owner Henry Boddington and company chairman after his father's death.

Kenneth Cochrane Raikes was a barrister and noted cricketer, also recognised for bravery when fighting in the First World War.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Raikes

3.2 Jack Francis Cochrane Raikes (1881-1961) married Emily Ruth Phillips (1893-1982) in 1923.

Emily Ruth Phillips was the daughter of Walter Clifford Phillips (1855-1936) and Gertrude Collinson Laybourne (1964-1940). Walter Clifford Phillips was a solicitor with business interests in the brewing industry. He was Mayor of Newport in 1903-04.

After army service in the First World War Rev Jack Francis Cochrane Raikes joined the church. He was rector in the Gloucestershire village of Alderton.

3.3 Kathleen Lilias Cochrane Raikes (1892-1979) married Oliver Bevir (1891-1967) in Newport in 1924.

Vice Admiral Oliver Bevir RN CB CBE was the son of Ernest Bevir (1857-1914), a London solicitor, and Ellen Blanchflower Hovell (1857-1929). He commanded battleship HMS Resolution (09) from 1939 to 1940; his ship was struck by a German bomb in May 1940 and torpedoed by a French submarine in September 1940. After the Second World War he became Secretary of the National Trust.

4. Mabel Raikes (1859-1945) never married. She was born in the Norfolk village of Carleton Forehoe and died residing at The Priory in the nearby village of Hethersett.

5. Ada Raikes (1861-1909) married Edward William Routh Clarke (1859-1907) in Loddon, Norfolk in 1880.

Edward William Routh Clarke was the son of William Robert Clarke (1800-1880) and Elizabeth Routh (1818-1873). William Robert Clarke was a brewer. The Clarke family seat was Wattlefield Hall.

Ada and Edward had three children.

5.1 Edward Francis Routh Clarke (1881-1934) married Maria Singleton (1882-1972) at her father's church in Theale, Somerset in 1910.

Maria Singleton was the daughter of Rev James Sydenham Fowke Singleton (1853-1920) and Mary Norman (born 1863).

In the 1911 census Edward is described as a landowner living in Wattlefield Hall, Wymondham.

5.2 Arthur Routh Clarke (1883-1931) married Clara Nelson (1894-1979) in Cambridge in 1911.

Clara Nelson was the daughter of local shepherd George Nelson (1846-1912) and Mary Ann Harvey (1850-1915).

In the 1911 census Arthur can be found in Cambridge with his 16 year old wife having 'private means'.

5.3 William Aubrey Routh Clarke (1886-1886) died in infancy.

6. Ernest Barkley Raikes (1863-1931) married Hilda Barkley (1871-1956)

Ernest married his cousin, daughter of Robert Barkley and Kate Hildyard. He was a barrister who spent some time in India. He was an accomplished cricketer. He served as the county secretary to the Norfolk branch of the British Red Cross, for services to which he was made an OBE in the 1919 New Year Honours.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Raikes

Ernest and Hilda had four children.

6.1 Ruth Martha Barkley Raikes (1900-2000)

Ruth was born in Bombay. She never married. In 1939 she was living in London and employed as a civil servant, an Inspector in the Insurance Department of the Ministry of Health. She died when living in Norfolk.

6.2 Thomas Barkley Raikes (1902-1984) married his cousin Naomi Sylvia Raikes (1903-1980) in Kingston, Surrey in 1930.

Naomi Sylvia Raikes was the daughter of Arthur Maynard Raikes and Sylvia Morgan (see below).

Thomas Barkley Raikes was born in India.

A family member has provided some inside information about Thomas and his younger brother, Robert.

Bob and Tom were at Winchester together, Tom a very good fast bowler and Bob a very good bat. Ernest had hoped they’d be the pick of the Varsity X1 but Bob died of meningitis towards the end of summer term before leaving Winchester. Tom was fast bowler for Oxford for two or three years, went down and got into a row in London with police over pistols and ammo in his rooms. It was rather hushed up and Tom went off to British Columbia to join various cousins.

Tom may have initially left for British Columbia but shipping registers indicate that he spent a period of time in Argentina. A 1925 newspaper report records that Thomas Barkley Raikes was committed for trial for obtaining money by false pretences. He had hired a car and paid with a cheque that was returned dishonoured. The judge was told that his father would "repay the money and send him abroad". He was also fined £2 for possessing an automatic pistol and seventeen rounds of ammunition without a license.

Like his father Thomas Barkley Raikes was a talented cricketer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Raikes_(cricketer)

His obituary in Wisden recognises his talent but “unfortunately this promise was never fulfilled. He found the pleasure of life at Oxford too alluring, rapidly put on weight and was never again really fit enough for a first-class bowler.” It concludes “he will be remembered as a bowler of great possibilities which he lacked the dedication to develop.”

Thomas Barkley Raikes was farming in Argentina for most of his working life. At the end of his life he was living in Suffolk.

6.3 Robert Barkley Raikes (1904-1919) died of meningitis while at Winchester College.

6.4 Elizabeth Barkley Raikes (1907-1942) died unmarried aged 35 in a nursing home in King's Lynn.

6.5 Annie Barkley Raikes (1910-1999) married Philip Henry Leake (1907-1978) in Freebridge Lynn, Norfolk in 1935.

Philip Henry Leake was the son of Water Leake (1875-1961) and Dora Pearson (1879-1956). Walter Leake owned a seed crushing business in King's Lynn. His son joined the family business.

7. Arthur Maynard Raikes (1866-1950) married Helen Sylvia Morgan (1866-1931) in Kirkley, Suffolk in 1895.

Helen Sylvia Morgan was the daughter of Suffolk brewer Henry Morgan (1824-1913) and Mary Ann Lodge (1837-1902).

Arthur Maynard Raikes farmed in Argentina for most of his working life. He and his wife spent their retirement in Crowborough, Sussex.

Arthur and Helen had five children.

7.1 Arthur Francis Morgan Raikes (1896-1987) married Ines Mary Stevenson (1898-1981) in Buenos Aires in 1926

Ines Mary Stevenson was born in Argentina the daughter of Joseph Thomas Stevenson (1865-1936) and Martha Edith Fanny Melsome (1870-1949). Canon Joseph Thomas Stevenson was born in South Africa, ordained in London and in 1895 moved to Argentina, where he lived for the rest of his life. In 1898 he founded St George's College, Quilmes and in 1912 helped establish a school for girls, St Hilda's College. Both schools are prestigious educational institutions today.

Arthur Francis Morgan Raikes was born in Argentina. He was an army Lieutenant in the First World War. He managed the La Ventura cattle ranch in Argentina for many years before he and his wife retired in Hampshire.

7.2 Robert Morgan Raikes (1897-1995) married Margery Florence Wood (1897-2002) in Middlesbrough in 1923.

Margery Florence Wood was the daughter of Yorkshire engineer Henry Alfred Wood (1866-1936) and Marie Marguerite Marley (1867-1955).

Robert was born in Argentina. He served as a Second Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery, in the First World War. Margery was a VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment) nurse during the First World War and continued nursing until her marriage. Robert managed a cattle ranch in Argentina from 1923 to 1963. Robert and Margery retired to the UK but then moved to America to join their daughter. Robert and Margery were married for 73 years and Margery lived to be 104 years old.

7.3 Naomi Sylvia Raikes (1903-1980) married her cousin Thomas Barkley Raikes (1902-1984) in Kingston, Surrey in 1930.

Thomas Barkley Raikes was the son of Ernest Barkley Raikes and Hilda Barkley (see above). This marriage did not endure and Naomi met Herbert Annesley Brownrigg (1914-1999), a British citizen born in Argentina.

For most of her life Naomi lived in Argentina. She moved to Columbia when Herbert's employment took him to that country. She died in 1980 and is buried in the British Cemetery, Bogota. Descendants of Thomas Barkley and Naomi Raikes continue to live in Columbia.

7.4 Rosamund Sylvia Raikes (1904-1952) married David William Seth Smith (1902-1987) in 1930.

David William Seth Smith was the son of David Seth Smith (1875-1963) and Mary Scott (1880-1945). David Seth Smith senior was a zoo curator who became known as The Zoo Man.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Seth-Smith

David William Seth Smith was a consultant radiologist. After Rosamund's death he married Jean McClymont Reid.

7.5 George Morgan Raikes (1908-2000) married Joan M Godding (1918-2001) in Uckfield, East Sussex in 1939.

George Morgan Raikes was born in Argentina. He was a surveyor, a partner in the Sussex firm of RH and RW Clutton from 1936 to 1989. He was a Temporary Major in the Second World and was awarded the Croix de Guerre with Vermilion Star in 1944.

8. Margaret Beatrice Raikes (1869-1879) – died in childhood

9. George Barkley Raikes (1873-1966) married Maud Cochrane (1871-1958)

Maud Cochrane was the daughter of Henry Cochrane (1828-1903) and Sophia Caroline Wood (1835-1888). Her older sister, Lilias, married George's older brother, Francis (see above).