Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameSamuel WIX
Birth1815, Battersea, London, England
Death6 Feb 1898
OccupationSolicitor
Spouses
1Ann GIBSON, Half 1C3R
Birth19 Nov 1822, Calcutta, Bengal, India
DeathSep 1875, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
Burial27 Sep 1875, Norwood Cemetery, Lambeth, Surrey
FatherGeorge Thomas GIBSON (1784-1826)
MotherAnn MOIR (1804-1886)
Marriage2 Sep 1845, St. Mary, Battersea, Wandsworth, London
ChildrenArthur McKellar (1846-1918)
 Herbert Alexander (1847-1932)
 Ada Hester (1849-1924)
 Ernest Newton (1861-1928)
 Edwin Walter (1854-1930)
 Lilian Emily (1857-1932)
Notes for Samuel WIX
Name and birth year from Christopher Rack.

London Newspaper index
Born 1815,Samuel Wix, son of Charles Wix of Broadwater Down, Tunbridge.

In the 1881 census 22 Broadwater Down, Tunbridge Wells, Frant, Sussex.
Head Samuel Wix, widower, age 65, retired solicitor, born Battersea, Surrey.
Son Herbert A. Wix, unmarried, age 33, barrister, born Battersea, Surrey.
Daughter Lilian E. Wix, unmarried, age 23, born Battersea, Surrey.
Visitor Arthur Lee, married, age 35, solicitor, born Balham, Surrey.
Visitor [probably Samuel’s daughter] Ada H. Lee, married, age 31, born Balham, Surrey.
Visitor, Agnes M. Baker, unmarried, age 25, born Battersea, Surrey.
6 servants Housekeeper, cook, 2 housemaids, kitchen maid, butler.

In the 1891 census 22 Broadwater Down, Tunbridge Wells, Frant, Kent.
Head Samuel Wix, widower, age 75, living on own means, born Wandsworth, Surrey.
Daughter Lilian E. Wix, single, age 33, born Balham, Surrey.
6 servants a butler, a cook, 2 housemaids, a kitchenmaid and a groom.

National Probate Calendar
Samuel Wix of Broadwater Down Tunbridge Wells esquire died 6 February 1898 Probate London 26 to Herbert Alexander Wix barrister-at-law Ernest Newton Wix one of Her Majesty’s inspectors-of-schools and Edwin Walter Wix solicitor Effects 195 207 pounds 18 shillings 7 pence.
Notes for Ann (Spouse 1)
Name, birth date, seat date from Christopher Rack. Also became Ann McKellar when adopted by her step father Henry McKellar in 1827.

Parish records St. Mary, Battersea, Wandsworth, Surrey
September 2, 1845 Samuel Wix, full age, bachelor, solicitor, residence Battersea Rise, father Charles Wix, gentleman and Anne Gibson, full age, spinster, residence Wandsworth Lodge, father George Thomas Gibson, gentleman, by license, by Rob Eden?, Vicar in the presence of H. McKellar [step father of Ann] Herbert ??? Wix, E. A. Pauling [cousin of Ann Gibson], Mary? Ann McKellar.

In the 1851 census Balham Road, Streatham, Surrey.
Head Samuel Wix, age 35, proprietor of houses, born London, Middlesex.
Wife Annie Wix, age 22, born Calcutta, East Indies.
Son Arthur McKellar Wix, age 4, born Streatham, Surrey.
Son Herbert A. Wix, age 3, born Streatham.
Daughter Ada H. Wix, age 1, born Streatham.
A nurse, a nurse maid, a cook, housemaid and gardener.

In the 1861 census Upper Tooting, Streatham, Surrey.
Head Samuel Wix, age 45, solicitor, born London, Middlesex.
Wife Annie Wix, age 37, born Calcutta, East Indies.
Daughter Ada H. Wix, age 11, scholar, born Balham, Surrey.
Son Ernest N. Wix, age 9, scholar, born Balham.
Son Edwin W. Wix, age 7, scholar, born Balham.
Daughter Lilian E. Wix, age 3, scholar, born Balham.
Visitor Ann Lloyd, unmarried, age 17, fundholder, born Exeter, Devon.
4 servants, a nurse, an under nurse, cook and a housemaid.

In the 1871 census No. 22 Broadwater Down, Tunbridge Wells, Rotherfield, Frant, Sussex.
Head Samuel Wix, age 55, house property, born London, Middlesex.
Wife Annie Wix, age 47, born Calcutta, East Indies.
Son Herbert A. Wix, unmarried, age 23, student at law, born Balham, Surrey.
5 servants a butler, a cook, housemaid, lady’s maid, under housemaid.

Burials South Metropolitan Cemetery (Norwood Cemetery), Norwood Road, Lambeth, London
Annie Wix, of Broadwater Town, Tunbridge Wells, buried, September 27, 1875, age 53 years, ceremony performed by G. W. Phillips.
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