14 Sep 2002
Husband: Christian Karl Gottfried RUSS
Died: before 1888
Event: 1865? auctioned off his property 1
Occupation: 1842 furrier and cap manufacturer 2
Father: Unknown RUSS
Mother: UNKNOWN
Wife: Frederika Wilhelmina RUDIGER Other name Frederika Wilhelmina Sophie von RUDIGER
Died: before 1888
Resided: 1842 in Brandis Saxony
Resided: 1863 in Taucha Saxony
Father:
Mother:
M Child 1: Child1
F Child 2: Paulina RUSS died at age: 24
Born: 16 Aug 1839 in Brandis Saxony 3
Died: 9 Jan 1864 in Leipzig 4
Cause of death: died in childbirth - 2nd child
Spouse: Karl Edward WINKLER b. 27 Jan 1833 d. 17 Sep 1900
F Child 3: Bertha RUSS
Died: 21 Oct 1896 5
Spouse: Unknown SCHONE
M Child 4: Christian Carl Gottfried RUSS Current name Charles RUSS died at age: 51
Born: 10 Feb 1842 in Brandis Saxony 6,7
Baptized: 13 Feb 1842 in Evangelical Lutheran Church, Brandis 8
Emigrated: 1862 to London via Edinburgh 9
Naturalized: 17 Feb 1870 10
Resided: 1869 in 30 Northampton Sq, Clerkenwell 11
Resided: in 70 New Bond Street London
Census: 1881 at 27 Clifton Hill St John's Wood 12
Died: 4 Nov 1893 at 27 Clifton Hill St John's Wood 13,14,15
Buried: 9 Nov 1893 in West Hampstead Cemetery 16,17
Probate: Cheque for £1320 written out 18
Occupation: 1858 Furrier: Paris - after Leipzig 19
Occupation: Furrier to Queen Victoria 20,21,22
Cause of death: Stroke 23,24
Spouse: Emily CALLAWAY b. 29 Dec 1849 d. 3 Oct 1918
Family home: 27 Feb 1878 at 27 Clifton Hill St John's Wood
Married: 25 Jan 1872 in Albany Street Regents Park 25,26
M Child 5: Frank Henry RUSS Census name Francis Henry Russ died at age: 41
Born: 1847
Died: 6 Dec 1888 at 35 Newark Drive Pollokshields Glasgow 27,28
Emigrated: 1862 to London with elder brother CCGR
Event: author of "Skins and Furs" 29
Census: 1881 at St Vincent Villa Ventnor IOW 30
Cause of death: Disease of Liver; congestion of lungs 31
Occupation: cutter in London 32
Occupation: 1878 Furrier in Buchanan St Glasgow 33,34
Occupation: 1883 Furrier at 132 Princes St Edinburgh
Spouse: Mercy Ann BURTON Other name Mercy Anne BUNKER b. 1845 d. 1912
Married: 13 Feb 1870 in London 35
Family home: 1881 at Auchindale Lenzie Rd Dumbarton 36
Family home: 1885 at The Crescent 3 Leslie Road Pollokshields 37
Sources:
(1) DK, 'Carl's father had perhaps urged his son to go abroad [1862], for he had
fallen deeply in debt and would soon have to auction off his property', 10.
(2) DK, 'citizen, houseowner, furrier and cap manufacturer at Brandis', 8.
(3) Ind, Transcription of gravestone.
(4) Ind, Transcription of gravestone.
(5) Emily Callaway, Day Book, Mrs Schone having expired on Oct 21st 1896, 88.
(6) Emily Callaway, Day Book, 'He was born at Brandis, near Leipzig on the 10th
of February 1842. The fourth child and second son of Christian Karl Gottfried
Russ citizen, houseowner, furrier and cap manufacturer at Brandis and of his
wife Frederika Wilhelmina geb. Rudiger'.
(7) DK, 'Carl Russ's good friend Carl Muller, a ropemaker seven years his senior,
...wandering from the town of Taucha, six miles north-east of Leipzig, in
Saxony, ll the way down to Bavaria and back. In 1858, at the age of sixteen,
Carl....the second son of a furrier in Taucha, set his sights a bit higher.', 9.
(8) Emily Callaway, Day Book, 'baptized on the 13th of the same month and the
following were his godfathers and godmothers:-
1, Gustav Arudt - tanner in Brandis.
2, Eleanor Rost, wife of Karl Rost shoemaker in Brandis.
3, Friedrich Hansmann junr., ropemaker in Brandis.', from the Register 16 vol
1842 - certified by the Mayor of Brandis Mr Dobler.
(9) DK, 'he and an older cousin caught a ship bound for Edinburgh......As family
lore has it, after the two cousins disembarked, they were walking along and saw
a sixpence lying on the ground. They picked it up. A little farther along,
they found a half-crown, which they also collected. 'There's money in this
city,' the cousin said to Carl. 'I'm staying. You go down to London.' Russ
dutifully headed south', MJH: who is the cousin? Is he the F.H. Russ, furrier
of Glasgow and uncle to R. Russ Winkler of Russ & Winkler, furriers to the Queen
of 132 Princes St Edinburgh?, 10.
(10) Certificate, Passport of 7 Jun 1889 mentions Certificate of Naturalization,
17 Feb 1879.
(11) DK, 'By 1869, Russ had settled in Clerkenwell....where he anglicized his name
to Charles.....leasing a residence and shop on Northampton Square for ten years
at £50 per year.', 10.
(12) Census 1881, Dwelling: 27 Clifton Hill
Census Place: St Marylebone, London, Middlesex
Source: FHL Film 1341036 PRO Ref RG 11 Piece 0164 Folio 53 Page 19
Marr Age Sex Birthplace
Charles REESS M 39 M Saxony
Rel:
Head
occ: Master Furrier
Emily REESS M 31 F London
Rel: Wife
Emily REESS 8 F London
Rel: Daur
Paullina REESS 7 F London
Rel: Daur
Edith REESS 5 F London
Rel: Daur
Charles REESS 4 M London
Rel: Son
Ernest REESS 3 M London
Rel: Son
Percey REESS 2 M London
Rel: Son
Sidney REESS 1 M London
Rel: Son
Bertha REESS 4 m F London
Rel: Daur
Jesse G. GOLLENCOVE U 21 F Leeds
Rel: Serv
occ: General Servant
Clara DEERSLEY U 19 F London
? DURSELY Rel: Serv
occ: Nursemaid
Mary A. DACELESS W 57 F Surrey
Rel: Serv
occ: Monthly Nurse.
(13) Emily Callaway, Day Book, 'my dear husband and our good father died at 27
Clifton Hill, St John's Wood N.W. on Saturday Nov. 4th at 4:35 pm'.
(14) Newspaper, from Morgenblatt und Anzeiger - Wed Nov 8 1895:
"Taucha. We received the news privately that on Saturday in London Mr Charles
Russ after a long illness fell asleep. Our town loses in him one of her most
successful sons abroad, who preserved for his native town a warm attachment and
who benefited it by many benevolent acts. After he went to England Mr Russ was
a fatherly friend and adviser to the children of Tauscha, and many are indebted
to him for an esteemed position abroad. Peace be unto him.".
(15) Newspaper, from Kurchner-Zeitung, Leipzig 3 Dec 1893
"Charles Russ, Furrier, London, died suddenly on the 4th of November at the age
of 51, lamented by his wife, twelve children and numerous friends there and on
the continent. The deceased was born at Brandis near Leipzig and left Germany
shortly after the termination of his apprenticeship in order to go to Belgium &
France. Only equipped with modest means he finally came to London where good
fortune soon followed him. After he had worked several years as chambermaster
for City houses he established in 1874 in 70 New Bond St a business of his own,
which he was soon able to bring to a splendid position. At the Exhibition of
Paris 1878 he received the Golden Medal, which is a proof to what ability &
capacity his house had reached. The following shows in what respect of private
life he rejoiced that he was commissioned with the management of the German
Hospital for one year, as also that he occupied the office of Master of the
Freemasons Lodge. For the last 3 years he saw his uncertain health would compel
him to sell his business through which his family is well provided for, as he
has left behind him considerable wealth. Mr Russ is a self made man in the
fullest signification of the word & can be placed before the eyes of the growing
generation as a pattern of an active persevering business gentleman. Peace be
to him!".
(16) Emily Callaway, Day Book, '9th November 1893
The Funeral was decided for & took place on the 9th of November at Hampstead
Cemetery in a new brick vault, family grave, situated next to our dear little
Walter's grave in the centre path on the right hand side of the cemetery through
the chapel. The service was conducted by Rev Dr Swanson D.D. of 19 Greencroft
Gardens, South Hampstead, and attended by the widow of the deceased, our dear
Mother, the four eldest children Lena, Edith, Charles and Emil, Mr Otto George
Muller of Chemnitz, son-in-law of the above, Mr R Winkler of Edinburgh, nephew
of the above, Mr Callaway, father-in-law of the above; Mr W.G. Schoof, Mr
Muhlberg and Mr Bailey, Trustees of Mr Charles Russ' Will and several other
friends. After the ceremony the Will was read in the presence of Mrs Russ,
Executrix and her four eldest children, and Messrs Schoof & Mulhberg the two
trustees, Mr Robert Bailey of 51 Clifton Hill, N.W. having resigned. The Will
was drawn up by Messrs Dod Longstaffe Son & Fenwick of 16 Berners Street and the
signature was witnessed by Mr Preston, clerk in the late Mr Russ' business', W G
Schoof - 1881 Census Return:
"Dwelling: 99 St John St
Census Place: Clerkenwell, London, Middlesex, England
FHL Film 1341077 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 0357 Folio 15 Page 23
Wm. Geo. SCHOOF Unmarried Age 50 Birthplace Hensburg, Germany
Rel: Lodger (Head)
Occ: Watch Springer Maker".
(17) ABR, Photo of gravestones nos WC234 and 235 West Hampstead Cemetery, Fortune
Green Road, London N 6 -, 239.
(18) Emily Callaway, Day Book, '27th November 1893
A cheque for Probate was written out for £1320 in favour of Messrs Dod
Longstaffe Son & Fenwick & advanced by the Manager at the rate of 5% Interest
until it can be repaid'
'30th November 1893
Mr Fenwick wrote for a cheque for Estate Duty which we sent on the above date
£437'
'4th December 1893
Valuation at market price of Bonds £35,379 - 1 - 2
Shares in Ships 'John Redhead', 'Carl Rahtkens', 'Fernbrook', 'Baron Clyde'
Valuation for Probate of 27 Clifton Hill by Higgins & Son 12 Finchley Road, St
John's Wood, NW £395, 'His account was held at the London & County Bank Hanover
Square branch'.
(19) DK, 'He had already worked in Leipzig, one of the fur centres of Europe. He
now travelled to Paris', 9.
(20) DK, 'he set up a shop on New Bond Street.....his furs caught the eye of Queen
Victoria', 11.
(21) Fritz Walter MULLER, Genealogy of Muller family, 'After his childhood at
Taucha he had learned the furrier trade at Leipzig. Later on he went to Paris
and then to London where he opened a furriers shop at New Bond Str. He made
excellent goods and was soon one of the leading furriers of London. I have
admired him always and to this day am thankful to him for having given me that
polish of education which is so essential in life and which I did not have from
my parents, being plain folks.
He was a stout gentlemen and rather stern although kind never the less. He
always laid great stress upon good appearance and one of his oft repeated words
to me was: "Never forget - a top-hat, a clean collar and clean boots make a
gentleman." He had bought a nice house, called Clifton Villa at 27 Clifton
Hill, St. John's Wood, N.W. with a fine garden attached to it where in summer we
used to sit after luncheon smoking our pipes or cigarettes. The Russ's lived on
a rather grand style and always had 2 female servants. When I came there for
the first time at Easter 1890 I was a boy of 16 and was greatly impressed by the
style of living of the Russ family. On every Sunday they went to church twice
and no meal was served without prayers and saying grace. I was always greatly
pleased when he offered me one of his fine Egyptian cigarettes. He gave me many
a hint especially valuable for a boy of 16 and was like a second father to me.
In 1892 he retired from business and together with his wife and eldest son
Charles made a trip to Vienna, Venice, Budapest and Dresden. It was on this
trip that the first symptoms of his disordered mind were noticed. After
returning to London his condition grew gradually worse ending in his death in
1895. Just as much as I admired Mr. Russ, I worshipped his wife'.
(22) R Russ Winkler, Furs and Furriery, (MacNiven & Wallace, 1899), 'The late
F.H. Russ of Glasgow, in his work on "Skins and Furs", and speaking from his own
experience, says: "The training of German youths to the trade is very severe and
trying, and embraces every branch of the art - dressing, dyeing, cleaning,
cutting, sewing, lining, beating, preserving from moths, and also the selling of
the goods; thus there is laid a solid foundation, not only of complete practical
knowledge of the trade, but also of commercial intercourse." The Germans are
quick workers, and they supply the demand for workmen from France, Great Britain
and America; in fact, practical furriery in the British Isles is almost
exclusively in the hands of German furriers residing in Britain. Englishmen
generally look upon the work as unhealthy, an opinion which fur-workers
themselves do not share', 9.
(23) Emily Callaway, Day Book, '4th November 1893
The cause of Mr Charles Russ' death was Cerebral Appoplexy & Coma, as certified
by Dr William Neale M.D. of 24 Loudon Rd. N.W. He was fairly well in health &
bright in spirits up to Thursday evening Nov 2nd when at 10.30 pm he was
suddenly attacked by paralysis in the right hand and arm, which during the night
also attacked the brain rendering him unconscious for 30 hours. He passed
peacefully away without having regained consciousness'.
(24) DK, 'Carl suffered a stroke.....at the age of fifty-one, Carl died with his
son Charles ...by his side', 13.
(25) Emily Callaway, Day Book, 'He was married January 25th 1872 to Emily
Callaway at Albany Street, Regent's Park by Rev. Burrows'.
(26) Certified Copy, Marriage solemnized at Christ Church in the Parish of St
Pancras Jan 25 1872 - between Charles Russ age 29 Bachelor Furrier of 30
Northampton Square Clerkenwell - father Charles Russ Furrier
and Emily Callaway age 22 Spinster of 51 Park Village East - father Henry
Callaway Furrier
Witnesses Henry Callaway and C M Dybdahl [?] - by Licence by Rev H Burrows,
Certified Copy held by CSF.
(27) Newspaper, 'SCOTLAND OF TODAY & Edinburgh its capital' 1890
Mr. F. H. Russ died in December, 1888.
(28) Certified Copy of Death Certificate, Frank Henry Russ - Manufacturing Furrier
(married to Mercy Ann Burton) died at 9:35 pm at 35 Newark Drive, Pollockshields
aged 41. Father: Christian Karl Gottfried Russ - Manufacturing Furrier
(deceased) Mother: Fredericka Wilhelmina Sophie Russ - maiden name von Rudiger
(deceased). Informant - Ada Russ daughter [residing at 35 Newark Drive]
(29) R Russ Winkler, Furs and Furriery, (MacNiven & Wallace, 1899), 'The late
F.H. Russ of Glasgow, in his work on "Skins and Furs", and speaking from his own
experience, says: "The training of German youths to the trade is very severe and
trying, and embraces every branch of the art - dressing, dyeing, cleaning,
cutting, sewing, lining, beating, preserving from moths, and also the selling of
the goods; thus there is laid a solid foundation, not only of complete practical
knowledge of the trade, but also of commercial intercourse." The Germans are
quick workers, and they supply the demand for workmen from France, Great Britain
and America; in fact, practical furriery in the British Isles is almost
exclusively in the hands of German furriers residing in Britain. Englishmen
generally look upon the work as unhealthy, an opinion which fur-workers
themselves do not share', 8.
(30) Census 1881, Frank H REUSS married age 33 Birthplace Saxony. Head of
household - manufacturing furrier, MJH: surmise - he was convalescent.
(31) Certified Copy of Death Certificate.
(32) Newspaper, 'SCOTLAND OF TODAY & Edinburgh its capital' 1890
'The late Mr. Russ, it may be noted, was one of the very finest cutters out of
London, and in every sense of the word a thoroughly practical man'.
(33) R Russ Winkler, Furs and Furriery, (MacNiven & Wallace, 1899), 'he must
gratefully acknowledge his indebtedness to his uncle, the late Mr F.H. Russ of
Glasgow', Preface.
(34) Ind, FG: to Glasgow to Buchanan St - the street for fashion.
(35) Certified Copy, Evidence from birth certificates of children.
(36) Census 1881, Dwelling: Auchindale Lenzie Rd
Census Place: Kirkintilloch, Dumbarton, Scotland
Source: FHL Film 0203550 GRO Ref Volume 498 EnumDist 13 Page
5
Marr Age Sex Birthplace
Mary Ann RUSS M 36 F England
Rel: Wife (Head)
Occ: Furriers Wife
Ada B. RUSS U 10 F England
Rel: Daur
Occ: Scholar
Jessie A. RUSS U 6 F England
Rel: Daur
Occ: Scholar
Angaline E. RUSS U 2 F Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
Rel: Daur
Gertrude RUSS U 4 F England
Rel: Daur
Frank H. RUSS U 1 M Lenzie, Dunbarton, Scotland
Rel: Son
Jane M. COCHRAN U 50 F Paisley, Renfrew, Scotland
Rel: Serv
Occ: Sick
Nurse
Charlot A. WOTHERSPOON U 22 F England
Rel: Serv
Occ: Nurse
Mary MC DONALD U 18 F Ruilick, Inverness, Scotland
Rel: Serv
Occ: Table Maid
Neighbours in Lenzie Road - two houses empty and one still building: this
suggests Lenzie Road was a new development in 1881
Monkland Cottage Henry Hendry Mason's labourer
Sunnyknowe Mary McLean House
proprietor
Whitcomb Villa Alexander Campbell Writer - inspector of poor
Pomoma Villa Donald McQuarrie Rector Lenzie Academy
Woodlands Lodge William Hudson Domestic gardener
Inglebank Isabella Howell House furnisher's wife
Post Office Bldgs Alexander Baird Merchant
Glenalmond Cottage William Page Agent Trimming manufacturer, Frank Henry Russ is
not present - and his wife is shown as Head of household. We know he was at
Ventnor in the Isle of Wight, probably in a TB sanitorium.
(37) Certified Copy, from birth certificate of Alfred Rudiger Russ.
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