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. Name Index