Individual Details

Emily Maud "Queenie" READ

(30 May 1885 - 19 Dec 1954)

As a child went by middle name Maud. Seen in census and school record.

Events

Birth30 May 1885Clapton, Hackney, London, England
Census5 Apr 1891189 Goswell Road, Clerkenwell, London, London, USA
EducationBef 2 Apr 1894Last School Attended: St. Barnabas - St. Barnabas, Hornsey Road, Islington, London, England
Education2 Apr 1894Moreland Street School, Islington, London, England
Education5 Apr 1900Moreland Street School, Islington, London, England
Census31 Mar 1901189 Goswell Road, Clerkenwell, London, London, England
Marriage15 Oct 1908Holborn, London, England - Ernest Augustus "Ernest Augustas Isaacs" ISAACS STEWARD
Alt name15 Oct 1908Emily "Maud" "Queenie" ISAACS
Alt name1911Emily Maud ISAACS STEWARD
Census2 Apr 1911Pepy's House, Rochester Row, Westminster SW, London, England
Emigration1 Jun 1911Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Census1 Jun 192196 Lydia Street, Sarnia, Lambton, Ontario, Canada
Residence1953Lake Shore Road, Sarnia, Lambton (West), Ontario, Canada
Death19 Dec 1954Lakeshore Road, Sarnia, Lambton, Ontario, Canada
Funeral21 Dec 1954St. Andrew's Memorial Anglican Church, Sarnia, Lambton, Ontario, Canada
Burial21 Dec 1954Lakeview Cemetery, Sarnia, Lambton, Ontario, Canada
Reference No20
ChildParent

Families

SpouseErnest Augustus "Ernest Augustas Isaacs" ISAACS STEWARD (1880 - 1968)
ChildEric Ernest ISAACS STEWARD (1910 - 1991)
ChildVera Elsie STEWARD (1912 - 2001)
ChildIrene Maud STEWARD (1913 - 1980)
ChildVerona Elaine STEWARD (1917 - 1956)
ChildCyril Read STEWARD (1920 - 1968)
ChildQueenie Pearl STEWARD (1923 - 1924)
ChildDonald Bruce STEWARD (1926 - 1994)
FatherWilliam Rowland READ (1856 - 1924)
MotherEmily "Elsie" QUARTLY (1860 - 1933)
SiblingElsie Beatrice READ (1887 - 1914)
SiblingRuby May READ (1891 - 1981)
SiblingOlive Louisa READ (1893 - 1983)

Notes

Birth

Name: Emily Maud Read
Age: 5
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1886
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Em Rowland Read
Mother's Name: Emily Read
Gender: Female
Where born: Clapton, London, England
Civil Parish: Clerkenwell
Ecclesiastical parish: St Peter
Town: London
County/Island: London
Country: England
Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

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Registration District: Holborn
Sub-registration District: Goswell Street
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 229
Folio: 27
Page Number: 1
Household Members:
Name Age
Em Rowland Read 35
Emily Read 30
Emily Maud Read 5
Elsie Beatrice Read 3

Census

Live above their furniture store.

Name: Emily Maud Read
Age: 5
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1886
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Em Rowland Read
Mother's Name: Emily Read
Gender: Female
Where born: Clapton, London, England
Civil Parish: Clerkenwell
Ecclesiastical parish: St Peter
Town: London
County/Island: London
Country: England
Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

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Registration District: Holborn
Sub-registration District: Goswell Street
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 229
Folio: 27
Page Number: 1
Household Members:
Name Age
Em Rowland Read 35
Emily Read 30
Emily Maud Read 5
Elsie Beatrice Read 3

Education

Name: Maud Read
Age: 8
Birth Date: 30 May 1885
School: Moreland Street School
Borough: Islington
Admission Date: 2 Apr 1894
Parent: William Rowland
Notes: Moreland Street School (0388) opened 1877, Moreland Primary Schools from 1951
Reference Number: LCC/EO/DIV03/MOR/AD/001

Education

Date of Leaving

Name: Maud Read
Age: 8
Birth Date: 30 May 1885
School: Moreland Street School
Borough: Islington
Admission Date: 2 Apr 1894
Parent: William Rowland
Notes: Moreland Street School (0388) opened 1877, Moreland Primary Schools from 1951
Reference Number: LCC/EO/DIV03/MOR/AD/001

Census

Name: Maud Reed
Age: 15
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1886
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: William R Reed
Mother's Name: Emily Reed
Gender: Female
Where born: Clapton, London, England
Civil Parish: Clerkenwell
Ecclesiastical parish: St Peter
County/Island: London
Country: England
Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

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Registration District: Holborn
Sub-registration District: Goswell Street
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Schedule Number: 406
Piece: 255
Folio: 30
Page Number: 51
Household Members:
Name Age
William R Reed 45
Emily Reed 40
Maud Reed 15
Elsie Reed 13
Ruby Reed 9
Oliver Reed 7

Marriage

October 15, 1908
Ernest Augustus Isaacs (28) a bachelor missionary lived at 187 Old Ford Road, Bethnel Green, London, England. His father Isaac Isaacs was a cigar maker. Emily Maud Read (23) a spinster postal clerk, lived a 189 Goswell Road, Clerkenwell, London, England. her father was William Roland Read, a furniture dealer

Alt name

"You were asking about the background of the Steward family. I don't know how much you do know but ther is actually very little informaiton on them. YOu may or May not know that the family name was not originally Steward but Isaacs. Eric's grandfather was named Isaac Isaacs and was Jewish. He married Louisa May Simpson. theri son was Ernest Augustus Isaacs, he was Eric's father. He married Emily Maud Read, daughter of William Read and Elsie quartley. Eric was born in England and his birth certificate bears the name Eric Ernist Isaacs. He is listed as the son of Ernest augustus Isaacs. I believe tht Ernest Augustus had tow sisters, one was named Caroline, and I think tow brothers. I understand that hte brothers died when quite yourng. Eric's mother had three sisters Ruby, Olive and Elsie. One of them, I believe it was Elsie, died when quite yourng.

Athough we knewthat Eric's grandfather was Jewish he may have been a Christian Jew. In other workds he was Jewish by race but had become a Christian. When still in England Eric's father was a lay missionary for the Anglican church. He had a portable organ and he used to travel out to the hop fields and hold services for the workers.

At the time Eric's parents started planning to go to Canada there was a great deal of prejudice aginst the Jews in England and I think they feared it might be the same in Canada so they decided (I expect it was mostly his mother's idea) to change their name and the name Steward was picked because Eric's father had been a steward in a men's club. They left England as Isaacs and entered Canada as Steward.

Eric's mother never talked about the family and firmly discouraged anyone from asking questions. It was not until Eric decided to get married this his mother told him about the name change. As the name on his birth certificate was Isaacs I assume his mother hand never let him see it. When he came to Canada in 1911 they all used the name Steward. The rest of the children were born her under the Steward name.

I regret that after Eric's mohter died we did not ask his father about the family as I thin he would have told us. After both his parents died and we were helping clear out the house we discovered another mystery. We found a piece of paper on shich there was a lock of hair from each of the bbies and at the end of the list there was one from a baby named Billy. Neither Eric or any of the others knew anything about this baby. As Eric was sisteen when Don was born and htis baby had apparently been born after Don we can only assume that it was born dead or died soon after birth and the other children were never told, possibly it was very premature. Eric's mother was a very secretive person and got quite annoyed if anyone asked questions about family so htere were a number of things the family did not know. As Cyril once said "Mum was a strange woman."

When Eric and I went to England some years ago we went to St. Catherine House in London where the records were kept to try to find out more about the family. Unfortunately ther are about five people of the name Ernest Isaacs wh had been born in the same are of London at about the same time and we could not spend sufficient time in research to find out which one had become Eric's father.

I will try to find out through the Genealogical Society if it is possible to write to St. Catherine's House for informaiton. I expect ther would be a charge of some kind. It would be nice to know more about the family.

Census

Name: Emily Isaacs
Age in 1911: 25
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1886
Relation to Head: Wife
Gender: Female
Birth Place: London, United Kingdom
Civil Parish: St Margaret and St John
County/Island: London
Country: England
Street Address: Pepy's House, Rochester Row, Westminster S W
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 3
Estimated Marriage Year: 1908
Registration District: St George, Hanover Square
Registration District Number: 5
Sub-registration District: St Margaret and St John
ED, institution, or vessel: 16
Piece: 481
Household Members:
Name Age
Ernest Isaacs 30
Emily Isaacs 25
Eric Isaacs 0

Emigration

Name: Ernest Steward Gender: Male Departure Date: 1 Jun 1911 Port of Departure: Liverpool, England Destination Port: Quebec, Canada Ship Name: Tunisian Search Ship Database: Search the 'Tunisian' in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database Shipping Line: Allan Line Official Number: 111248 Master: J Fairfull

Census

96 Lydia Street: Ernest Steward (head, Male, Married, age 41, Born England, year of immigration 1911, not naturalized, stationary engineer, earnings in past 12 mo: $1500), Emily Steward (wife, age 36, immigration 1911), Eric (son, age 11, student, immigrated 1911), Vera (daughter, age 9, student, born Ont), Irene, (daughter, age 8, student, b. Ont), Cyril (son, age 8 mo, b. Ont), Verona (daughter, age 3, b. Ont). All both parents born in England, pledge allegence to Canada, speak English, do not speak French, all members of Church of England. All except Cyril and Verona can read/write.

Death

Heart Attack

From Ernest T. Steward to cousin Dianna Steward:
Regarding the heart disease that led to the death of your dad at a young age, I am almost certain that he inherited the propensity for heart disease from his mother who also died at a relatively young age (although older than your father) from heart disease. As I remember it, she had a heart attach and spent some time in hospital. She was then released to home with strict orders to stay in bed under all circumstances. Well, Emily Steward was what I would call "antsy". She was always on the go and couldn't sit still. Anyway, one day while at home in bed, she decided that she needed something from the kitchen and, apparently, no one was immediately available to get it for her so, she got out of bed and headed for the kitchen. She never made it that far and dropped dead on the floor between the bedroom and kitchen. She and Granddad lived next door to us at the time and I remember that it happened on my sister Elsie's birthday, 10 June.

Funeral

The Book of Remembrance, Funeral Guest Book
In Memory of: Emily Steward
Birthplace: England
Passed away at: Lakeshore Road, Sunday, December 19, 1954, 69 years
Internment at: Lakeview Cemetery, Lot No 9 and 10, Mid pt. E 1/2, Lot 11, Sec H
Services, Tuesday, December 21, 1954 at 2 pm, St. Antrew's Anglican Church
Officiating: Rev. T.H. Masson
Assisted By: A. E. Ongley
Pall Bearers: E. E. Fader, Thomas Hilll, Wayne Hill, A. Johnson, Fred Ovens, Ernest Steward Jr.
Guest List and Floral Tributes included.

Burial

The Book of Remembrance, Funeral Guest Book
In Memory of: Emily Steward
Birthplace: England
Passed away at: Lakeshore Road, Sunday, December 19, 1954, 69 years
Internment at: Lakeview Cemetery, Lot No 9 and 10, Mid pt. E 1/2, Lot 11, Sec H
Services, Tuesday, December 21, 1954 at 2 pm, St. Antrew's Anglican Church
Officiating: Rev. T.H. Masson
Assisted By: A. E. Ongley
Pall Bearers: E. E. Fader, Thomas Hilll, Wayne Hill, A. Johnson, Fred Ovens, Ernest Steward Jr.
Guest List and Floral Tributes included.

Endnotes

1. , 5 Apr 1891 Census, , "1891 England Census." Digital image/database. Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 15 Oct 2013), entry for Emily Maude Read, Clerkenwell, London, England. Class: RG12; Piece: 229; Folio: 27; Page: 1; GSU Roll: 6095339..

2. , 17 Apr 2011 Census, , 1901 England Census, digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 Oct 2013), entry for Maud Reed (Emily Maud Read), citing National Archives, London, England, Class: RG13; Piece: 255; Folio: 30; Page: 51..

3. School Register: , by ; ; , . Online www.ancestry.com; , London, England, School Admissions and Discharges, 1840-1911, digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 Oct 2013), Moreland Primary School, entry for Maud Read. Page 8A, No. 393. 1894.

4. , index, England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915, digital image, Ancestry.com (www.Ancestry.com : accessed 1 Nov 2013) entry for Emily Maud Read, Hackney, London, Vol 1b, p. 255, 1885. (), , .

5. , 5 Apr 1891 Census, , "1891 England Census." Digital image/database. Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 15 Oct 2013), entry for Emily Maude Read, Clerkenwell, London, England. Class: RG12; Piece: 229; Folio: 27; Page: 1; GSU Roll: 6095339..

6. , (), Steward/Molyneux Family Photo albums. Photograph, W. R. Read furniture store. Compiled by Mary Molyneux Steward. Privately held by Marion Steward Mino [1529 Pullen Drive] Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. Digital copy privately held by Denise Steward McLain [3501.

7. School Register: , by ; ; , . Online www.ancestry.com; , London, England, School Admissions and Discharges, 1840-1911, digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 Oct 2013), Moreland Street School, entry for Maud Read. Page 8A, No. 393. 1894.

8. School Register: , by ; ; , . Online www.ancestry.com; , London, England, School Admissions and Discharges, 1840-1911, digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 Oct 2013), Moreland Street School, entry for Maud Read. Page 8A, No. 393. 1894.

9. School Register: , by ; ; , . Online www.ancestry.com; , London, England, School Admissions and Discharges, 1840-1911, digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 Oct 2013), Moreland Street School, entry for Maud Read. Page 8A, No. 393. 1894.

10. , 17 Apr 2011 Census, , 1901 England Census, digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 Oct 2013), entry for Maud Reed (Emily Maud Read), citing National Archives, London, England, Class: RG13; Piece: 255; Folio: 30; Page: 51..

11. "", John Robert Logan, Notary Public, compiler, Steward, Ernest Augustus, Declaration of Status (, , 18 Jul 1918), Steward, Ernest Augustus, Declaration of, 18 Jul 1918. Lambton, Ontario, Canada. Original document privately held by Denise Steward McLain [Concord, NC, USA]. Statement of personal status, witnessed by notary..

12. England and Wales, Marriage Index, 1837-1920: "England and Wales, Marriage Index, 1837-1920," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/2DFR-J36 : accessed 23 Jan 2014), Ernest Augustus Isaacs, 1908., , .

13. Letter from Mary Molyneux Steward (728 Grove Ave., Sarnia, Ontario, Canada) to Unidentified, c. 1985; (), Molyneux, Mary, Undated typewritten letter, c. 1985, to unidentified recipient; Steward Family Papers, privately held by Denise Steward McLain [3501 Cedar Springs Drive SW] Concord, NC, 2011. Inherited 2006 by Denise McLain from grandmother Mary Molyneux,.

14. , 2 Apr 1911 Census, , , 1911 England Census, digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 Nov 2013) entry for Emily Isaacs, St. Margaret and St. John, London, Class: RG14; Piece: 481..

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16. , 1 Jun 1921 Census, , , 1921 Canada Census, Sarnia, Lambton West, Ontario (penned), p.29, subdistrict 46, Ernest Steward; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com : accessed 25 Sep 2013).Library and Archives of Canada..

17. Federal Voters List: , by ; ; , . Online www.ancestry.com; , Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980, digital image/index, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 Nov 2013, entry for Mrs. Emily Steward, Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Voters Lists, Federal Elections, 1935-1980; Reel: M-4878, 1953.

18. "Read, Emily Maud, "Teh Book of Rememberance" Funeral Guest Book," (MS, 19 Dec 1954; St. Andrew's Memorial Anglican Church), Read, Emily Maud, "The Book of Remembrance" Funeral Guest Book, citing services on Tuesday, December 21, 1954, Sarnia, Lambton, Ontario, Canada; privately held by Denise Steward McLain [Concord, NC, USA]. This handwritten guest book was passed to Denise S; , ; . Hereinafter cited as "Read, Emily Maud, Funeral Guest Book".

19. Emily Steward, Unidentified, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, 20 Dec 1954, Read, Emily Maud obituary, "Emily Steward., " Undated clipping, c. 20 Dec 1954, from unidentified newspaper; Stewrd Family Papers, privately held by Denise Steward McLain [3501 Cedar Springs Drive SW] Concord, NC, 2011. Inherited 2006 by Denise McLain fr.

20. Emily Steward, Unidentified, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, c. 22 Dec 1954, Read, Emily Maud, funeral notice, "Emily Steward., " Undated clipping, c. 22 Dec 1954, from unidentified newspaper; Stewrd Family Papers, privately held by Denise Steward McLain [3501 Cedar Springs Drive SW] Concord, NC, 2011. Inherited 2006 by Denise McL.

21. Steward, Ernest T., "Your Genealogy," e-mail message from \<[AuthorE-Mail]\\> ([Address]) to [Recipient]<, [Date]><, [Cd]><. Hereinafter cited as "[ShortTitle]">.

22. "Read, Emily Maud, "Teh Book of Rememberance" Funeral Guest Book," (MS, 19 Dec 1954; St. Andrew's Memorial Anglican Church), Read, Emily Maud, "The Book of Remembrance" Funeral Guest Book, citing services on Tuesday, December 21, 1954, Sarnia, Lambton, Ontario, Canada; privately held by Denise Steward McLain [Concord, NC, USA]. This handwritten guest book was passed to Denise S; , ; . Hereinafter cited as "Read, Emily Maud, Funeral Guest Book".

23. Emily Steward, Unidentified, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, 20 Dec 1954, Read, Emily Maud obituary, "Emily Steward., " Undated clipping, c. 20 Dec 1954, from unidentified newspaper; Stewrd Family Papers, privately held by Denise Steward McLain [3501 Cedar Springs Drive SW] Concord, NC, 2011. Inherited 2006 by Denise McLain fr.

24. Emily Steward, Unidentified, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, c. 22 Dec 1954, Read, Emily Maud, funeral notice, "Emily Steward., " Undated clipping, c. 22 Dec 1954, from unidentified newspaper; Stewrd Family Papers, privately held by Denise Steward McLain [3501 Cedar Springs Drive SW] Concord, NC, 2011. Inherited 2006 by Denise McL.

25. "Read, Emily Maud, "Teh Book of Rememberance" Funeral Guest Book," (MS, 19 Dec 1954; St. Andrew's Memorial Anglican Church), Read, Emily Maud, "The Book of Remembrance" Funeral Guest Book, citing services on Tuesday, December 21, 1954, Sarnia, Lambton, Ontario, Canada; privately held by Denise Steward McLain [Concord, NC, USA]. This handwritten guest book was passed to Denise S; , ; . Hereinafter cited as "Read, Emily Maud, Funeral Guest Book".

26. Emily Steward, Unidentified, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, 20 Dec 1954, Read, Emily Maud obituary, "Emily Steward., " Undated clipping, c. 20 Dec 1954, from unidentified newspaper; Stewrd Family Papers, privately held by Denise Steward McLain [3501 Cedar Springs Drive SW] Concord, NC, 2011. Inherited 2006 by Denise McLain fr.

27. Emily Steward, Unidentified, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, c. 22 Dec 1954, Read, Emily Maud, funeral notice, "Emily Steward., " Undated clipping, c. 22 Dec 1954, from unidentified newspaper; Stewrd Family Papers, privately held by Denise Steward McLain [3501 Cedar Springs Drive SW] Concord, NC, 2011. Inherited 2006 by Denise McL.

28. Eric Ernest Steward, "E. E. Steward - Steward/Molyneux Family Group Sheets", C. 1980s (). , Steward/Molyneux Family Charts and Group Sheets, to 1990. Privately held by Denise Steward McLain [3501 Cedar Springs Drive SW] Concord, NC. 2011. Compiled by grandfather Eric Ernest Steward (deceased)..

29. Eric Ernest Steward, "E. E. Steward - Steward/Molyneux Family Group Sheets", C. 1980s (). , Steward/Molyneux Family Charts and Group Sheets, to 1990. Privately held by Denise Steward McLain [3501 Cedar Springs Drive SW] Concord, NC. 2011. Compiled by grandfather Eric Ernest Steward (deceased)..