Emma Stuttard

Emma Stuttard is said to have won a piano competition as a teenager. According to her granddaughter, Elizabeth Beatrice Adamson (Our Family History p. 73), “Grandpa Stuttard took our Grandma Emma Cooke to France with him to buy linen and to speak French for him. She spoke several languages as she was educated at boarding school in Bath, England, as was her mother.” She lived in Stockton, and in Napton-on-the-Hill, Warwickshire with her first husband. An old notice, probably dating from after the death of her first husband, advertises her intention to take in a number of “young ladies” from the neighbourhood to educate with her children, teaching them English, arithmetic, music, drawing, and French. She emigrated to Canada with her second husband, who was 18 years younger than her, in about 1875. She lived in Toronto for about 23 years, until her death in 1898.

Events

Date of Birth: 8 October 1830.

Place of Birth: London, England

The date of birth is given in her baptism record. Her place of birth is given as London, England in the 1851, 1861, and 1871 censuses.

Date of Baptism: 3 November 1830.

Place of Baptism: City of London, England (St Ann Blackfriars).

The place and date are given in the baptism record.

Date of Death: 16 February, 1898.

Place of Death: Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada.

The burial record gives the date and place of death. The cause of death was pneumonia. A letter from Elizabeth Beatrice Cooke to her husband gives the time of death as twenty minutes to eight in the morning.

Date of Burial: 19 February, 1898.

Place of Burial: Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Mount Pleasant Cemetery, plot N, grave 1157)

The date and place of burial are given in the burial record.

Relationships

Father: John Stuttard (1792 - 1873).

Relationship to Emma Stuttard: E.S.’s marriage registration (to Thomas Cooke) gives her father as “John Stuttard, agent.” Her marriage registration (to Thomas Wawman) gives her father as simply “John Stuttard”. The 1851 census gives E.S.’s father as John Stuttard, Linen Agent.

Mother: Henrietta Hall (about 1789 - 1867).

Relationship to Emma Stuttard: E.S.’s baptism record gives her mother’s name as Henrietta, as does the 1851 census.

Spouse: Thomas Cooke (1830 - 1865). Married 16 February 1853, Islington, London, England (St. Mary’s)

The date and place of her marriage are given in the marriage registration.

Spouse: Thomas Wawman (1849 - 1910). Married 1 February 1870, Warwick, England (St Mary’s)

The place and date of her marriage are given in her marriage registration.

Children (by Thomas Cooke):

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Thomas Arthur Cooke (baptized 1 December 1853 in Southam, Warwickshire - died 1934 in Leamington) married (1) Ellen (or Ann) Price 12 October 1874 in Leamington Priors, Warwickshire; married (2) Jane Charlotte Saul 21 April 1878 in Leamington Priors.

Ida Emma Cooke (born 29 September 1856 in Stockton, Warwickshire- died 3 Jun 1936 in Bracebridge, Ontario) married William Barrett 15 September 1883 in Toronto.

Elizabeth Beatrice Cooke (born 10 December 1857 in Islington, London, England - died 15 September 1920 in Uffington, Ontario) married Henry Gamble Adamson 6 June 1876 in Toronto.

Edward Ernest Cooke (baptized 20 August 1860 in Napton-on-the-Hill, Warwickshire - buried 6 December 1860 in Napton).

William Henry Cooke (born 5 January 1862 in Napton - died 1939 in Toronto) married Martha Jane Peters 29 April 1884 in Toronto.

John Ambrose Cooke (baptized 19 March 1865 in Napton - died 1865 in Napton).

Children (by Thomas Wawman):

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Thomas Wawman (baptized 4 September 1870 in Leamington Priors - died 1871).

Amy Edith Wawman (born 1872 in Warwickshire - buried 3 August 1872 in Leamington Priors).

Ella Gertrude Wawman (born 3 January 1875 in Leamington Priors - died 21 July 1945) married Thomas Hoskin 15 August 1898 in Toronto.

Evidence

from censuses of England:

6 June 1841 City of London, Parish of Allhallows Bread Street, Watling Street

John Stuttard, 45, warehouseman, [not born in Middlesex]

Henrietta do, 50, [not born in Middlesex]

James do, 20, [born in Middlesex]

Emma Stuttard, 10, [born in Middlesex]

Edward do, 8, [born in Middlesex]

Sarah Huggins, 20, [female servant], [born in Middlesex]

(Ages greater than 10 were rounded down to the nearest five in the 1841 census.)

30 March 1851 Islington St Peter’s, 3 New Terrace

John Stuttard, Head, [married], 58, Linen Agent, [born] Lancashire; Whalley

Henrietta Do., Wife, [married], 62, [born] Middlesex; Enfield

Henrietta M. Do, Daur., [unmarried], 33, [born] Kent; St. Bartholomew

Emma Do., Daur, [unmarried], 20, [born] Middlesex; London

Edward Do., Son, [unmarried], 18, Electric Telegraph Clerk, [born] Middlesex; London

James Muir, Lodger, [unmarried], 34, Civil Engineer, [born] Scotland

Sarah Odell, Serv., [unmarried], 18, Serv., [born] Middlesex; Islington

7 April 1861 Islington St Mary, 5 Rufford’s Row

John Stuttard, Head, [married], 69, Agent to Linen Manufrs, [born] Lancas:

Henrietta Do, Wife, [married], 72, [born] Herefords:

7 April 1861 Warwickshire, Southam, Napton, Butt Hill

Thomas Cooke, Head, [married], 30, Dealer and Grazier of 35 acres employing 1 mean & 1 boy, [born] Warwick: Harbury

Emma Cooke, Wife, [married], 30, Governess, [born] Middlesex: London

Thomas A. Do, Son, 7, Scholar, [born] Warwick: Southam

Ida Emma Do, Daur, 5, Scholar, [born] Do : Stockton

Elizabeth B. Do, Daur, 3, Scholar, [born] Middlesex, London

Elizabeth Shearsey(?), Serv., [unmarried], 20, House Serv., [born] Northampton: Heydon

Albert Checkley, Serv., 16, Farm Serv., [born] Warwick: Napton

2 April 1871 Warwickshire, Leamington, 18 Union Walk

Thomas Wawman, Head, [married], 22, Clerk, [born] Camden Town, Middlesex.

Emma, Wife, [married], [Clerk’s] wife, [born] London, [Middlesex]

Beatrice, Daur, 13, Scholar, [born] [London] city, [Middlesex]

William Cook, step son, 9, [scholar], [born] Napton, Warwicksh

Thomas Wawman, son, 8 mo, [born] Leamington, [Warwickshire]

from Canadian censuses (links to images in the References section below)

1881 Toronto St Patrick Ward

Wawman, Thomas, [male], 38, [born] England, [Church of England], [English origin], Clerk G.T.R., [married]

[Wawman], Emma, [female], 40, [born England], [Church of England], [English origin], [married]

[Wawman], Ella G., [female], 6, [born England], [Church of England], [English origin]

Cooke, Ida, [female], 23, [born England], [Church of England], [English origin]

[Cooke], William, [male], 19, [born England], [Church of England], [English origin], Factory Hand

1891 Toronto St Patrick Ward

Wallman Emma, [female], [wife], 50, [married], [born in England, father born in England, mother born in England, religion C. of E.

[Wallman] Ella, [female], 16 [daughter], [born in England, father born in England, mother born in England, religion C. of E.

References

Emma Stuttard, baptism record (3 November 1830), London St Ann Blackfriars, 1830, page 55, no. 439; digital image Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 March 2014) citing London Metropolitan Archives, St Ann Blackfriars, Register of Baptism, P69/ANN/A/01/Ms 4508, Item 3.

Thomas Cooke - Emma Stuttard marriage registration (16 Feb 1853), Islington St Mary, p. 235, no. 474; digital image Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 March 2014) citing London Metropolitan Archives, Saint Mary, Islington, Register of marriages, P83/MRY1, Item 1218

Thomas Cooke - Emma Cooke marriage registration (1 Feb 1870), Warwick St Mary, marriages 1850 - 1874, page 93, no. 185; digital image Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 March 2014) citing Warwickshire County Record Office; Warwick, England; Warwickshire Anglican Registers; Roll: Engl/2/1252; Document Reference: DR 447.

Emma Wawman burial record (19 October 1898), digital image "Ontario, Toronto Trust Cemeteries, 1826-1989," FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 10 Mar 2014), citing Mount Pleasant Cemetery > Volume 02, 1896-1908 > image 23 of 128.

A digital image of the burial record can be viewed here: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11678-62819-95?cc=1627831&wc=M948-QK6:1876554994

1841 Census of England, London, London South, Allhallows Bread Street, Enumeration District (ED) 8, folio 8, page 9, John Stuttard household; digital image Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 March 2014) citing HO107, piece 719, book 3.

1851 Census of England, Islington, Islington East, St Peter, Enumeration District (ED) 7, folio 206, page 4, John Stuttard Household; digital image Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 March 2014) citing HO107, piece 1501, folio 206, page 4.

1861 Census of England, Warwickshire, Southam, Southam, Napton, Enumeration District (ED) 17, Thomas Cooke household, RG09, piece 2243, folio 6, page 5; digital image, Ancestry.com, (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 March 2014)

1871 Census of England, Warwickshire, Warwick, Leamington, Enumeration District (ED) 5, folio 110, page 30, family 110, Thomas Wawman household; digital image Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 March 2014) citing RG10, piece 3193, folio 110, page 30.

Thomas Wawman household, 1881 census of Canada, Ontario, Toronto City (district 134), St Patrick’s Ward (subdistrict H), division 2, page 100, family 504; digital image, Library and Archives Canada, Censuses (https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/Pages/census.aspx : accessed 9 March 2014), citing LAC microfilm C-13247

A digital image may be viewed here: http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/e/e328/e008182813.jpg

Thomas Wallman household, 1891 census of Canada, Ontario, Toronto City (district 119), St Patrick’s Ward (subdistrict G), division 8, pages 43-44, family 227; digital image, Library and Archives Canada, Censuses (https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/Pages/census.aspx : accessed 9 March 2014), citing LAC microfilm T-6372

A digital image can be viewed here: http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1891/jpg/30953_148174-00265.jpg

Hawn, Elizabeth Beatrice Adamson. Our Family History. Gravenhurst, Ontario: Baxter Press Ltd., October 1969.

[Elizabeth Beatrice Adamson Hawn, the compiler, was a granddaughter of Emma Stuttard.]