Henry Pigeon was a distiller of wines and spirits in the borough of Southwark, south of the River Thames.  He married Mary Smaley at Westminster in 1753 and they had at least two sons.  The elder, another Henry, carried on with the distilling business after his father retired, as did his son Henry and also his grandson Henry.  However, the fifth Henry in this line became a Barrister.  It would appear, from various articles published in the London Gazette throughout the 18^th and 19^th centuries, that the Pigeons found distilling quite profitable, but as the family became richer they looked elsewhere for fulfilment.

In the early 18^th century the family lived on Clapham Common, but the fourth Henry Pigeon bought a property at Furzdown, Hampshire.  His son the barrister, after his first wife died aged 26 years, married Edith Marion Barnes at Sandown on the Isle of White.  However in 1901, after 6 children and many years of alleged drunkardness, cruelty and adultery with one Hannah Barnes (Edith’s sister?) Edith took Henry to the High Court and divorced him.

A daughter of the third Henry, Catherine, married into the Fowler-Jones family;  George Fowler Jones, an architect, was born in Scotland, but the family lived at York.  One branch of this family now lives in Chile.

Other descendants of Henry and Mary live near Brighton and in New Zealand.

Note:      ab. = about,  b. = born,  bp. = baptised,  bu. = buried,  d. = died,  m. = married,  + = extra-marital relationship

Henry PIGEON (b.ab.1730 – d.) Distiller

   m.(18/8/1753, Westminster) Mary SMALEY (b.ab.1725 – d.ab.1779)

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    |– Henry PIGEON (bp.25/1/1756, Southwark – d.1822) Distiller

    |      m.() Susan ? (b.ab.1760 – d.1820)

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    |       |– Susan PIGEON (b.18/9/1784, Southwark – d.)

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    |       |– Henry PIGEON (b.ab.1785 – d.1850, Wandsworth) Distiller

    |       |      m.(1/5/1813, Newington) Eliza SMITH (b.ab.1794 – d.1858, Wandsworth)

    |       |       |    1841:  at South Side, Clapham Common – Henry;  Eliza, Henry, Alfred, Mary, Catharine, Anna,

    |       |       |                                                                                                                                 Frederick, Ellen

    |       |       |    1851:  at Clapham Common – Martha, Mary, Edward, Anna + Rebecca West (servant)

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    |       |       |– Eliza PIGEON (b.2/5/1814, Newington – d.1908)

    |       |       |      m.(1864, Kensington) Edward STEANE (b.ab.1813 – d.1901)

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    |       |       |– Henry PIGEON (b.18/11/1816, Clapham – d.19/7/1898, 81y, Fawley) Distiller

    |       |       |      m.() Mary Anne WALKINSHAW (b.ab.1822, Glasgow – d.1900)

    |       |       |       |    1861:  at 158 High St, Southwark – Henry & Mary A; Henry + 10 others (clerks, servts, etc)

    |       |       |       |    1871:  at Furzedown, Fawley – Henry & Mary Ann;  Henry + tutor, 3 servts

    |       |       |       |    1881:  at Hamilton Lodge, Oak Hill Rd, Kingston-on-Thames – Henry & Mary A, with Barbara

    |       |       |       |                                                                                    WALKINSHAW (Mary’s sister) + 2 servts

    |       |       |      └  Henry PIGEON (b.ab.1853 – d.1915, 62y, Fawley) Barister, Solicitor

    |       |       |              m1.(1879, Marylebone) Robina Harrison ACLAND (b.ab.1854 – d.1880, 26y, Kensington)

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    |       |       |               |– Robina Violet Acland PIGEON (b.1880, Kensington – d.)

    |       |       |               :      m.(1906, Westminster) Duncan James Nugent BLAIR (b. – d.)

    |       |       |               :       |– ??

    |       |       |               :      └  Diana BLAIR (b.1913, Bridgwater, Som – d.)

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    |       |       |              m2.(29/11/1882, Sandown, IoW, div.13/1/1902) Edith Marion BARNES  

    |       |       |               |                                                                           (b.1860, E Hampstead – d.1942, 85y, Eton)

    |       |       |               |    1891:  at 46 Belsize Park, Hampstead – Henry & Edith M;  R.V.A, Henry R, Marjorie, E.L,

    |       |       |               |    1901:  at Furzdown, Fawley – Henry + 6 servts                                                  + 5 servts

    |       |       |               |               at 11 Hartington Place, Eastbourne – Edith M;  Robina V.A, Edith L, Frank B.B,

    |       |       |               |    1917:  at 10 Lewes Crescent, Brighton.                                 Arthur L, Robert J + 2 servts

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    |       |       |               |– Henry Richard PIGEON (b.1883, Hampstead – d.1923, 39y, Guildford) Army Lieutenant

    |       |       |               |      m.(1910, Edmonton) Minnie MELVILLE (b.13/2/1881,  – d.1971, 90y, Hove)

    |       |       |               |            1917:  at 5 Howitt Rd, Hampstead.

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    |       |       |               |– Marjorie PIGEON (b.1885, Hampstead – d.)

    |       |       |               |      m.(1912, ) Robert Stewart ROY (b.1878, Tadcaster – d.1924, 46y, Westminster)

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    |       |       |               |       |– Violet ROY (b.1913, Petersfield – d.)

    |       |       |               |       |– Robert J ROY (b.1917, Chertsey – d.)

    |       |       |               |      └  daughter ROY (b. – d.)

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    |       |       |               |– Edith Lilian PIGEON (b.1888, Hampstead – d.)

    |       |       |               |      m.(1910, Westminster) John P GIBBS or Gilbert I IRELAND-BLACKBURNE

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    |       |       |               |– Frank Black Barnes PIGEON (b.16/12/1891, Hampstead – d.1940, 48y, S E Surrey)

    |       |       |               |      m.(1918, Westminster) Dorothy Cecille B FOX (b.2/11/1896, Brentford – d.1983, 86y,

    |       |       |               |                                                                                                                          Worthing)

    |       |       |               |– Arthur Lionel PIGEON (b.29/4/1895, Hampstead – d.1941, 46y, Brighton)

    |       |       |               |      m.(1922, Westminster) Dorothy Louisa VIRGO (b.1900, Brighton – d.1960, 60y, Brighton)

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    |       |       |               |       |– Jean Dorothy PIGEON (b.12/2/1923, Newhaven – d.12/2004, 81y, Brighton)

    |       |       |               |       |      m.(1947, Brighton) Edgar W HILDER (b.5/1/1913 – d.3/2003, 90y, Brighton)

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    |       |       |               |       |– Richard Lionel PIGEON (b.28/2/1926, Newhaven – d.1993, 67y, Brighton)

    |       |       |               |       |      m.(1951, Brighton) Eileen Edith TURNER (b.22/6/1925 – d.1999, 73y, Brighton)

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    |       |       |              └  Robert James PIGEON (b.9/1/1901, Marylebone – d.1939, 38y, Brighton)

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    |       |       |– Alfred PIGEON (b.7/9/1819, Southwark – d.2/6/1820)

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    |       |       |– Martha PIGEON (b.18/5/1822, Southwark – d.1871, 49y, Scarborough)

    |       |       |            1871:  at 14 P.Wales Terrace, Scarborough – Martha, Mary (sister)

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|       |       |– Alfred PIGEON (b.25/1/1824, Southwark – d.16/10/1893, 69y, Timaru, NZ)

    |       |       |      m?(15/1/1856) Annie WALKER (b.3/3/1834 – d.)

    |       |       |       |    Emigrated to New Zealand?

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    |       |       |       |– Alfred Frederick PIGEON (b.27/5/1858 – d.)

    |       |       |       |– Annie Elizabeth PIGEON (b.6/11/1860 – d.)

    |       |       |       |– Edward Arthur PIGEON (b.7/12/1862 – d.)

    |       |       |      └  Ellen Mary PIGEON (b.31/12/1976 – d.)

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    |       |       |– Mary PIGEON (b.11/10/1825, Southwark – d.1908, 83y, Hampstead)

    |       |       |       :    1871:  at 14 P.Wales Terrace, Scarborough – Martha (sister), Mary

    |       |       |      m.(1872,Wandsworth) Edward Bean UNDERHILL (b.1813, Oxford – d.1901, 87y, Hampstead)

    |       |       |            1881:  at Marine Hotel, Ventnor, Hants – Edward B & Mary (boarders)

    |       |       |            1891:  at 21 Thornton Rd, Hampstead – Edward B & Mary + 3 servts

    |       |       |            1901:  at 21 Thornton Rd, Hampstead – Edward B & Mary + 3 servts

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    |       |       |– Edward PIGEON (b.21/5/1828, Southwark – d.1868, 39y, Lympstone, Dev) Wine Broker

    |       |       |      m.() Christiana [WALKINSHAW?] (b.ab.1824, Glasgow – d?1898)

    |       |       |            1861:  at Vicarage House, Lympstone, Dev – Edward & Christiana + 2 servts

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    |       |       |– Fanny PIGEON (b.1830, Southwark – d.1831)

    |       |       |[twins]

    |       |       |– Catherine PIGEON (b.1830, Southwark – d.1890, 60y, Malton, Yorks)

    |       |       |      m.(1857, Wandsworth)  George Fowler JONES (b.ab.1819, Inverness – d.1905, 86y, Malton)

    |       |       |       |                                                                                                                                   Architect

    |       |       |       |    1861:  at 85 Bootham, York – George F & Catherine;  Augusta F, Annie E.E, Fanny F,

    |       |       |       |                                                              Constance F, + Anna, Ellen PIGEON (sisters) + 4 servts

    |       |       |       |    1871:  at 84 & 85 Bootham, York – George Fowler & Catherine;  Gascoigne H Fowler,

    |       |       |       |                   Augusta Fowler, Annie E.E, Fanny K Fowler, Constance Fowler, Harry Fowler,

    |       |       |       |                   Montague Fowler, Robert C.F, Edith K Fowler, Lucy Fowler + 5 servts

    |       |       |       |    1881:  at Quarry Bank, Malton Rd, Old Malton, Yorks – George F & Catherine; 

    |       |       |       |                   Gascoigne H.F, Augusta F, Annie E, Fanny K.F, Constance F, Harry M.F,

    |       |       |       |                   Montague F, Edith F, Lucy F + 4 servts

    |       |       |       |    1891:  at Quarry Bank, Malton Rd, Old Malton, Yorks – George F (wid);  Fanny K.F,

    |       |       |       |                   Constance F, Montague F, Robert C.F, Edith F, Lucy F + 2 servts

    |       |       |       |    1901:  at Quarry Bank, Malton Rd, Old Malton, Yorks – George F (wid);  Annie E.E,

    |       |       |       |                   Fanny K.F, Constance F, Robert C.J, Lucy F + 3 servts

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    |       |       |       |– Fanny Katherine Fowler JONES (b.1859, York – d.1936)

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    |       |       |       |– Constance Fowler JONES (b.1860, York – d.1930)

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    |       |       |       |– Harry MacKenzie Fowler JONES (b.1862, York – d.1948)

    |       |       |       |      m.(1889, Chile) Remijia Collado MORALES (b. – d.)

    |       |       |       |      └ΰ extensive family in Chile

    |       |       |       |

    |       |       |       |– Montague Fowler JONES (b.1864, York – d.1935) Mechanical Engineer, Farmer

    |       |       |       |      m.(1893, Scarborough) Rose Eleanor BOGG (b.1869 – d.1927)

    |       |       |       |       |    1901:  at Kelderhead Rd, Pickering – Montagu F & Rose E;  Robert A.F

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    |       |       |       |       |– Geoerge Montague Fowler JONES (b.1898, Malton – d.)

    |       |       |       |       |      m.(1922, Pickering) Mary Olwen CREASER (b.29/1/1896 – 4/1984, 88y, Northallerton)

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    |       |       |       |       |– Robert Augustus Fowler JONES (b.1900, Pickering – d.)

    |       |       |       |       |      m.(1932, Thirsk) Sarah Jessie BLENKTHORN (b. – d.Scotland)

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    |       |       |       |       |– Harry Lloyd Fowler JONES (b.1902, Pickering – d.)

    |       |       |       |       |      m.(1928) Lily Margaret COOPER (b.2/2/1896 – d.6/1987, 91y, Scarborough)

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    |       |       |       |      └  Kathleen Phyllis Fowler JONES (b.6/8/1904, Pickering – d.9/1994, 90y, Scarborough)

    |       |       |       |              m.(1928, Pickering) Hugh Donald HOLMES (b.1901, Knaresborough – d.)

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    |       |       |       |– Robert Colquhoun Fowler JONES (b.1865, York – d.1952) Architect

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    |       |       |       |– Edith Fowler JONES (b.1867, York – d.1946)

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    |       |       |      └  Lucy Fowler JONES (b.1870, York – d.1914, 43y, Knaresborough, Yorks)

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    |       |       |– Anna PIGEON (bp.3/10/1832, Clapham – d.15/3/1917, 84y, Wandsworth) Fundholder

    |       |       |            1917:  at 42 South Side, Clapham Common – Anna (d.)

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    |       |       |– Frederick PIGEON (bp.5/12/1834, Clapham – d.1858)

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    |       |      └  Ellen PIGEON (bp.26/8/1836, Clapham – d.1902) Fundholder

    |       |              m.(1876, Wandsworth) Bradley Abbot (b.ab.1825, Harby, Yorks – d.1896) Vicar (Anglican)

    |       |                    1891:  at The Vicarage, Union Grove, Clapham – Bradley & Ellen + 2 servts

    |       |                    1901:  at 16 North Side, Clapham – Ellen ABBOTT (wid) + 2 servts

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    |       |– Richard Hotham PIGEON (b.1789, Southwark – d.1851-2, Lambeth) Druggist

    |       |      m.() Elizabeth ? (b.1791, Southwark – d.1854, Kensington)

    |       |       |    1841:  at Christ’s Hospital, City – Richard & Elizabeth;  Richard + Louisa (35)

    |       |       |    1851:  at Denmark Hill, Lambeth – Richard H & Elizabeth + 5 servts

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    |       |       |– Elizabeth PIGEON (b.14/11/1814, St Barts – d.)

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    |       |       |– Ellen PIGEON (b.12/3/1816, St Barts – d.)

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    |       |       |– Richard PIGEON (b.16/8/1817, St Barts – d.)

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    |       |      └  Richard Hotham PIGEON (b.14/10/1819, St Barts – d.) Wholesale Druggist

    |       |              m.(1843, Croydon) Emma KEEN (b.ab.1924, Garlick Hill – d.1889, 65y, Paddington)

    |       |                    1851:  at 31 Throgmorton St, London – Richard Hotham & Emma + 3 servts

    |       |                    1861:  at 146 Westbourne Ter, Paddington – Emma (wid) + Anne KEEN (sis) + 2 servts

    |       |                    1881:  at 146 Westbourne Ter, Paddington – Emma (wid) + Annie KEEN (sis) + friend + servt

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    |       |– William Russel PIGEON (b.1791 – d.1792)

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    |       |– Mary PIGEON (b.25/8/1792, Southwark – d.1817)

    |       |      m.() Nicholas NEWBERRY (b. – d.) Druggist

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    |       |– Elizabeth PIGEON (b.11/10/1794, Southwark – d.1858, York)

    |       |      m1.(30/9/1820, Clapham) Thomas WHITEHEAD (b. – d.)

    |       |      m2.(1834, York) William MATTERSON (b.1783, Low Dunsford, Yorks – d.1853) Surgeon & GP

    |       |            1841:  at Minster Yard, York – William & Elizabeth;  William, Frances, John, Ann, Eleanor

    |       |                                                                                                                           + Surgeon Appr + 3 servts

    |       |            1851:  at The Mount, York – Wm & Elizabeth;  Ellena (dau, 27)  + 2 servts

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    |       |– Louisa PIGEON (b.19/2/1796, Southwark – d.1872, 75y, York) Fundholder

    |       |            1841:  at Christ’s Hospital, City with Richard Hotham & Elizabeth (q.v.)??

    |       |            1861:  at   4 South Parade, York – Louisa, (lodger with Sarah & Francis MOSS)

    |       |            1871:  at 20 South Parade, York – Louisa, (boarder with Sarah & Francis MOSS)

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    |       |– Caroline PIGEON (b.3/2/1799, Southwark – d.1804)

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    |      └  Alfred Staines PIGEON (b.27/3/1803, Southwark – d.1867, 64y, Kensington) Distiller, Fundholder

    |              m.(1837, Southwark) Mary Ann Sophis SHENK (b.ab.1812, Southwark – d.1871, 59y, Kensington)

    |                    1851:  at 20 Westbourne St, Paddington – Alfred S & Mary Ann  + 3 servts

    |                    1861:  at 20 Westbourne St, Paddington – Alfred S & Mary A.S  + 3 servts

    |                    1871:  at 20 Westbourne St, Paddington – Mary A.S (wid)  + visitor + 4 servts

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   └   William PIGEON (bp.17/6/1757, Southwark – d.)

Page Updated  18 Oct 2008

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