George Forster Tufnell of Chichester, Esq.
(1721-1797)
Mary Farhill
(1742-By 1818)
John Diggens of Chichester, Esq.
(1753-1807)
Elizabeth Peachey
(Abt 1751-1835)
Samuel Jolliffe Tufnell, Vicar of North Mundham
(1773-1850)
Charlotte Diggens
(1786-1871)
Ellen Mary Tufnell
(1812-1891)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
Giovanni Battista Manso di Villa, Esq.

  • Teodolinda Manso di Villa
  • Felix Manso di Villa, Gent.+
  • John Manso di Villa
  • Georgina Manso di Villa
  • Emilio Joliffe Manso di Villa
  • Blanch Elizabeth Manso di Villa

Ellen Mary Tufnell

  • Born: 1812, North Mundham, Sussex, England
  • Christened: 1 Nov 1812, North Mundham, Sussex, England 1
  • Married: 6 Feb 1835, St. Peter-the-Great, Chichester, Sussex, England 2
  • Died: 1 Jul 1891, 4 Hunter St., Brunswick Square, Middlesex, England 3 5
  • Buried: 8 Jul 1891, St. Stephen's, North Mundham, Sussex, England 4

  Research Notes:

Ellen Mary daughter of the Reverend Samuel Joliffe Tufnell, Vicar of North Mundham, and Charlotte (baptismal record) 1

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Ellen Mary Tufnell was named as a beneficiary in the Will of her maternal grandmother Elizabeth Diggens (proved 1836).

In 1851 Ellen Mary de Villa, age 38, born in North Mundham Sussex, married, gentlewoman, and children Teodolinda de Villa, age 15, born in Southampton Hants., scholar at home, Felix de Villa, age 13, born in Caen Normandy France, scholar at home, were with Ellen's widowed mother Charlotte Tufnell in North St., St. Olave, Chichester, Sussex.

In 1861 Ellen M Manso de Villa, age 48, born in North Mundham, widow, was living at 4 Hunter St., St. George, Bloomsbury, London. With her was son John, age 23, born in Caen Normandy, and her widowed mother Charlotte Tugnell, age 74, born in Chichester Sussex.

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"ACQUIREMENT of the FRENCH LANGUAGE.—A Perfect PRONUNCIATION and Thorough KNOWLEDGE imparted in a SINGLE COURSE of LESSONS. Apply to Mrs. Manso di Villa, 4, Hunter-street, Brunswick-square, W.C."

Morning Post (London), 18 May 1865 and 13 Jun 1865, p. 1

Pimlico Literary Institution,
MONDAY, MAY 22nd,
MRS. J. B. MANSO DI VILLA,
"READINGS FROM THE POETS."

West Middlesex Advertiser and Family Journal, 20 May 1865, p. 2

"Madame Manso di Villa will give a selection of recitations from the poets in the large room of the Youth's Institute, St. George's Hall, this evening (Tuesday.) The recitations will include selections from Macaulay, Scott, Schiller, Hood, Colman, &c. &c."

Islington Gazette, 6 Mar 1866, p. 3

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In 1891 Ellen M Manso di Villa, age 78, born near Chichester, widow, was living on her own means at 4 Hunter St., St. George, Bloomsbury, London.

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Ellen Mary Manso di Villa of Hunter Street London died aged 78 years (burial record).

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Abstract of the Will of Ellen Mary Manso di Villa of no. 11 Hunter Street Brunswick Square in the County of Middlesex, Widow, written 4 Aug 1887.

Desires her body to be buried at North Mundham in Chichester, county Sussex.

Gives to her friend Edward Sterling Lambert of 12 Edwardes Square Kensington her armchair which is his favorite and formerly belonged to her mother, and her 64 volumes of Blackwood with the bookcase.

Gives all of her wardrobe and wearing apparel to her friend Mrs. Eliza Newbery of 16 Burton Crescent Middlesex.

Gives and bequeaths an annuity of £22 to John Hodges of North Mundham near Chichester Sussex.

Gives and bequeaths the residue of her property to her son Felix.

Appoints William Joseph Jarrett and Frederick Charles Jarrett, esquires, as co-executors of her last will and testament.

(Signed)

Witnesses: John Cockington, Herbert Norris

The Will of Ellen Mary Manso di Villa late of 4 Hunter-street Brunswick Square in the county of Middlesex, widow, who died 1 July 1891 at 4 Hunter-street was proved 3 August at the Principal Registry by William Joseph Jarrett of 66 Lincoln's-Inn-fields in the said county, Esquire, one of the executors. Personal estate £1,692 8s. 7d. 5

  Marriage Information:

Ellen married Cpt. Giovanni Battista Manso di Villa, son of Vcte Carlos Manso di Villa and Theodolinda Frattini, on 6 Feb 1835 in St. Peter-the-Great, Chichester, Sussex, England. (Giovanni Battista Manso di Villa was born about 1816 in Milan, Italy and died on 20 Apr 1860 in 4 Hunter St., Brunswick Square, Middlesex, England.)

  Marriage Notes:

Marriage Licence 12 Jan 1835 6

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Giovanni Batttista Villa of this Parish and Ellen Mary Tufnell of the Parish of North Mundham

Married by Licence

Witnesses: Charlotte Veal, Charlotte Tufnell, James Powell, Henry Long

Sources


1 England, Sussex, Parish Registers, 1538-1910.

2 Chichester St. Peter the Great Parish Registers, Marriages, p. 266, no. 797.

3 England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915, 3rd Quarter, vol. 1b, p. 359.

4 North Mundham Parish Registers, Burials, p. 72, no. 572.

5 England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995, 1891, p. 246.

6 Faculty Office Marriage Licences, Dioceses of England & Wales.


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