Person: THEOBALD, John (1858-1926)

Person summary

Biographical summary of this person

Full name

John Dazeley THEOBALD

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

proprietor of slide manufacturing business

Main period of activity

1870s-1910s

Relationships to other people

brother of THEOBALD, Miss Margaret (1852-1920)

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

1858

born at

Kensington, London W, England

7 April 1861

census record

1861 Census of England and Wales, RG9/13.7.8

1871

resident

4 Church Street, Kensington, London W, England

2 April 1871

~13

census record

1871 Census of England and Wales, RG10/32.40.8
– occupation “Bootmaker”

1880s-1910s

~21

owner

Theobald & Co.

1881-1901

resident

20 Church Street, Kensington, London W, England

3 April 1881

~23

census record

1881 Census of England and Wales, RG11/24.83.18
– occupation “Optician & Model Dealer”

5 April 1891

~33

census record

1891 Census of England and Wales, RG12/19.104.11
– occupation “Optician & Fancy Dealer”

31 March 1901

~43

census record

1901 Census of England and Wales, RG13/20.67.9
– occupation “Mechanical Toy Shopkeeper”

November 1910

~52

archive entry

Proceedings of the Old Bailey 1674-1913, t19101115-42
– prosecution for deception and fraud, November 1910

1911

resident

Wormwood Scrubs Prison, Ducane Road, Shepherd's Bush, London W, England

2 April 1911

~53

census record

1911 Census of England and Wales, RG14/00226
– occupation “Optician”; though actually a prisoner

26 September 1911

~53

archive entry

London Gazette, p.7044.
– notice of bankruptcy effective from 29 December 1910

1926

resident

126 Stockwell Park Road, Brixton, London SW, England

8 September 1926

~68

died at

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

9 October 1926

archive entry

National Probate Calendar Index of Wills and Administrations, 1926 p.46

Reference

Mervyn Heard, ‘Court report: R. v. Theobald’ in NMLJ 10.6 (Autumn 2010)

Lucerna ID 6002459

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 18 October 2014

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Person: THEOBALD, John (1858-1926)