Family History Notebook

John Popham Swindale

Son of John Limbery Swindale

Born 1842 in Appledore, Devon

Married Matilda Aston on the 31st of October 1866 at St John, Hackney, London
(born 1844 or 1845 in Aldgate, Middlesex, buried 24th June 1893 at All Saints, Binfield, Berkshire6)

Children

Jane Popham, born 1868 in Binfield, Berkshire
Emily, born 1869 in Binfield, Berkshire
Mary Stafford, born 1871 in Binfield, Berkshire
John, born 1874 in Binfield, Berkshire
Mabel Matilda, born 1875 in Binfield, Berkshire
Kathleen Ellen Key, born 1877 in Binfield, Berkshire
Dora, born 1878 in Binfield, Berkshire
Henry Vernon, born 1879 in Binfield, Berkshire

Married Constance Sarah Moore on the 22nd of August 1897 at St John The Evangelist (1854-1935) 5

Died in Ipswich on the 17th of December 1911

A doctor, trained in the 1860s, practicing in Binfield, Berkshire at the time of the 1881 census. Moved to Ipswich between 1900 and 1906.

Notes

1    Possibly his mother is a Hannah Popham? There are three Popham Swindales all mentioned in the will of Thomas Popham in 1854, along with Hannah Swindale. The death of a Hannah Swindale is recorded in 1876 at the age of 65. Supported by e-mail June Kirk 15th June 2004

Beneficiary of the 1854 will of Thomas Popham - along with Thomas Popham Swindale, Susan Popham Swindale, Sarah Swindale, Phillis Limbery Swindale, Hannah Swindale

Kelly's Year Book for Ipswich
1900 No entry for Swindale
1906 Swindale Jn, 46 Warrington Road
1908 Swindale Jn, 44 Warrington Road
Swindale Jn, MRCSEng, LSA London
[Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries]
1910,1912 As 1908
1912 for Suffolk , 1913 for Ipswich changed to Mrs Swindale
Repeated 1922, 1929 but 1937 has no entry.

National Probate Calendar
Swindale, John Popham of 44 Warrington Road, Ipswich, retired surgeon died 17 Dec 1911 Probate 28 Feb to Constance Sarah Widow ... Effects £10773.

Note:- Warrington Road is just round the corner from Anglesea Road Hospital. Both 44 and 46 are substantial Victorian detached properties.

2    According to e-mail from June Kirk 2004 John Limberry Swindale married Hannah Popham

3    The Times  April 30th 1862  "Apothecaries' Hall. ...The following gentlemen also passed the examination in Arts and received certificates of proficiency in general education, on the 26th of April ....J. Swindale"

The Times Jul 16 1864 "Apothecaries Hall ..  14th July..... The following gentlemen on the same day passed their first examination:- .....John Swindale, Middlesex Hospital"

The Times Oct 20 1864 "Royal College of Physicians of London - The following gentlemen were reported by the examiners to have passed the primary professional examination:- ... John Swindale, Middlesex Hospital;"

4    The Times Wed Dec 20 1911 Deaths

"On the 17th Dec at 44 Warrington_road, Ipswich, John Popham Swindale, MRCS Eng, late of Binfield, Berks aged 69 years"

5    The Times Wed 05 Jan 1935 Deaths

"Swindale  On June 3 1935, suddenly, at 44 Warrington Road, Ipswich, Constance Mary Swindale, widow of Dr J.P. Swindale. Funeral service at St Mary le Tower Church, Ipswich, tomorrow (Thursday) at 2.30 p.m."

The Times Aug 26 1935 Wills and Bequests

"Swindale, Mrs Constance Sarah, of Ipswich £15,494"

Note: Death announcement says Constance Mary, Probate for John Popham and Wills and Bequests say Constance Sarah.

6    National Burial Index, 2nd Edition