J. W. Stutter (aka
Joel Whiton Stutter): History
The Company
According
to the 1906[1]
newspaper advertisement on the next page, this company was established in 1811,
however there is no evidence to support that date. During the Victorian Era companies frequently
claimed they 
were established when a
parent, grandparent or other relative first started working in a trade related
to the later business. Although the
exact year this company was founded is unknown, it seems most likely that it
was established sometime around 1865[2]
by Joel Whiton Stutter. That was the first year the
business was listed in the trades section of a London city directory as J. W.
Stutter, cutler at 184 Shoreditch High Street (pictured bere on the left[3])
in London’s East End. Earlier in 1860[4]
Mr. Stutter’s father was listed at that same address as Joel Barns Burcombe Stutter, also a cutler. The father was first listed in city
directories as a cutler in 1820[5]
and his son Joel Whiton Stutter was apprenticed t
o him in 1842[6]. Father and son lived and worked together at
that address from at least 1861[7]
until the father’s death in 1864[8]. Apparently, the son took over his father’s
cutlery business after his father’s death and established his own cutlery
business as J. W. Stutter. By 1881 the
three eldest sons of Joel Whiton Stutter: George Franklin Stutter, Joel Stutter
Jr. and Jesse Stutter also joined their father’s company, George by 1871, Joel
Jr. by 1878 and Jesse by 1881. In 1875[9]
the company became known as Joel Whiton Stutter, a name it retained for most of
its existence[10],
although it was most often listed on store fronts, like the one seen here on the
right, and
in newspaper advertisements, like the one below, as J. W. Stutter
manufacturing cutler. The business also
expanded by 1875[11] and now
included a shop at 133 Bishopsgate Street (pictured here on the right[12])
in addition to the original one at 184 Shoreditch High Street. By 1880[13]
another shop was added at 138 Goswell Road.
The middle son Joel Jr. obviously managed the shop on Bishopsgate
because he lived there from at a least 1878 until around 1891[14].
After Joel Whiton Stutter
died in 1885[15] his
three sons continued the business at all three locations for a
number of years. Perhaps the
reason there were three shops at three different places was so each brother
could have a shop of his own to manage.
It is unclear why the address at Shoreditch High Street changed from 184
to 173 by 1895[16]. Possibly the local government decided to
renumber the buildings on that street, or the business simply moved to another
building on the block. From at least
1905[17]
until at least 1910[18]
the business opened one more shop at 125 High Street in Stoke Newington which
was listed as Joel W. Stutter cutler.
Presumably this was where the youngest brother Jesse and his eldest son
Henry Herbert Stutter worked for a few years as it was very close to their
residence. The 1906[19]
advertisement seen here provides additional information about the firm’s
product line.
In 1910[20]
the business became a limited liability company which was presumably managed by
the two eldest brothers George and Joel Jr. as they were listed as directors in
the 1911 census. When Jesse the
youngest brother died in 1913[21]
his son Henry Herbert appears to have taken over his interest in the family
business as he spent his life working in the cutlery trade. However, when George, the eldest brother,
died in 1915[22] without
a son, his interest in the business ended.
The middle brother, Joel Jr., was the only brother alive after 1915 and
his sons’ pursued careers in other areas.
Apparently, Joel Jr. remained the governing director of the Stutter
cutlery business until at least 1939[23]
with his nephew Henry Herbert assisting him.
The last time the business appeared in
city directories was in 1930[24]
when it was listed as J. W. Stutter, Ltd cutlery manufacturers, however with
only two locations, 173 Shoreditch High Street and 268
Bishopsgate Street. The company must
have gone through some difficult times because in 1945[25]
Joel Stutter Jr., who was the chairman then, and Henry Herbert Stutter, the
company secretary, filed a petition to have the shares in the company’s capital
reduced. What happened after that is
unclear although it must have ceased to exist because it was no longer listed
in city directories or newspapers.
According to an article in a magazine in 2013 that included an interview
with Bryan Stutter, a descendant of this Stutter family, the original J. W.
Stutter was a company of “manufacturing cutlers employing a sheet metal worker,
a carpenter, an ivory carver and a silversmith, but by the sixties could no
longer compete with imported cutlery and the business was sold, moving to
Hackney, only to close finally in 1982.”[26]
To date only one Avery
style needle case has been found with the Stutter name, the Quadruple Golden
Casket - Butterfly on Leaf (seen here) which was patented by William Avery and
Albert Fenton of Redditch in 1868. It is
stamped with the “J. W. Stutter 133 Bishopsgate St City” name meaning an
arrangement was most likely made between Joel Jr. who lived and worked at that
address and Mr. Avery which allowed the Stutter name to be placed on the
exterior of Avery’s design.
The
Stutter Owners
Joel
Whiton Stutter, the founder of this company, came from a family of cutlers in
the London area. His father was Joel
Barns Burcombe Stutter, who will be listed as Joel I
for the remainder of this narrative.
Joel I was born c1786, the son of Richard Burcombe
Stutter a tinman and Priscilla Elizabeth Barns who lived in Hoxton, Shoreditch
an area located in the East End of London, a mile and
a half north of St. Paul’s Cathedral. He
was baptized that year at St Botolph, Aldgate, a church 1 mile east of St.
Paul’s. At age 15 in 1801 Joel I was apprenticed to
another man to learn the cutlery and silversmith trade, an occupation he
retained throughout his life. In 1812 he
married his first wife Elizabeth Stutter at St. Helen in Bishopsgate, almost a mile
northeast of St. Paul’s. Unfortunately,
Elizabeth died 10 years later in 1822 and was buried at St. Leonard’s in
Shoreditch. Three years later in 1825
Joel I married his second wife, Ann May Whiton, at St. James Duke’s Place, less
than a mile east of St. Paul’s, although this church no longer exists as it was
demolished in 1874[27]. Ann May was 19 years younger than him. Joel I and Ann May had 7 children between
1825 and 1840 all baptized at St. Leonard’s: Hannah Whiton (1825), Joel Whiton
(1827), Louisa Daniels (1830), Elizabeth Whiton (1832), John Richard (1835),
Sophia (1838) and George Charles (1840) who died at age 6. The family lived at 184 High Street,
Shoreditch, located in the East London boroughs of Tower Hamlets and
Hackney. Ann May died there in 1853 at
age 48. Two years later in 1855 Joel I
married his third wife, Mary Hammond a widow, at St James Duke’s Place, who was
around 15 years younger than him. They
continued to live in Shoreditch until Joel I died there in 1864 at age 78. He left an estate valued at under £450 which was proved by his son,
also a cutler, Joel Whiton Stutter. At
some point after his death, Mary moved to Deptford in the Greenwich section of
southeast London where she died three years later in 1867 at age 69. She was buried at the Tower Hamlets Cemetery.
Joel Whiton Stutter, who will be listed as
Joel II so he is not confused with others in the
family with this forename, was born in 1827 in Shoreditch, the eldest son of
Joel I and his second wife Ann May Whiton.
When Joel II was 15 years old in 1842 he was
apprenticed to his father for 7 years to learn the cutlery trade. At age 20 in 1847 he married Elizabeth Morgan
at St. Mary’s in Islington, 2 miles north of St. Paul’s. Shortly after their marriage, Joel II and
Elizabeth moved temporarily to the USA, to the town of Meriden in New Haven
County, Connecticut. At the time Meriden
was known as the “Silver City” [28]
because of the large number of silver manufacturers and other producers of
cutlery with businesses in this town.
Most likely they decided to visit Meriden to learn more about the
American silver cutlery trade. Later in
1858 Joel II’s younger brother John Richard Stutter, who was born in 1835,
immigrated to the USA, settled in Meriden where he worked in a cutlery factory
and where he spent the rest of his life.
Unfortunately, Joel II’s wife Elizabeth died in Meriden in 1850 at age
30 and was buried there at the West Cemetery.
Joel II remained in the area for several more years as he married his
second wife an American woman named Matilda D. Johnson in Meriden in 1851. Sometime after the birth of their first child
Louisa Ann in 1852, the Stutter family returned to Shoreditch area of East
London where they had 6 additional children born between 1854 and 1868: George
Franklin (1854), Joel (1856 who will be listed as Joel III), Jesse (1859),
Henry Douglas (1863), Matilda Louisa (1865), and Horace Greely (1868). At first they lived
with Joel II’s parents at 184 High Street in Shoreditch where Joel II most
likely worked in his father’s cutler business.
He either took over his father’s business after his parents died in the
mid 1860’s and renamed it J. W. Stutter or he established his own cutlery
business there with that name after their deaths. Joel II worked as a cutler his entire life
with his business and home located at the same address, 184 Shoreditch High
Street, which probably meant the shop was on the ground floor and the family
lived on the upper floors, a common living arrangement during the Victorian
period. He died there in 1885 at age 58
leaving an estate valued at £3,980
and Matilda died there three years later in 1888 at age 59. Three of the 7 children of Joel II and
Matilda died in their youth: Louisa Ann
at age 2 in 1854, Matilda Louisa at age 9 in 1875 and Horace died in 1871 at
age 2. Of the 4 surviving sons, the
three eldest carried on the J. W. Stutter cutlery business whereas the youngest
son, Henry Douglas Shutter, became a carpenter and joiner who worked in a
fitter shop.
George Franklin Stutter
was the eldest son of Joel II and Matilda Stutter. George was born in Shoreditch in 1854 and
married Mary Ann Clarke in 1877 at St. John, Hoxton in Hackney. They had one child, Matilda Ann who was born
in 1878. Mary died 8 years later in 1886
at age 30 and was buried at the City of London Cemetery in Newham, northeast
London. George spent his entire life
working as a cutler in the business his father founded and was listed as a
cutler employer in 1901 and a cutler employer director in 1911 indicating he
was managing the company which had other employees. At first this Stutter family lived at Hoxton
New Town in Shoreditch, however after his wife’s death, George moved 3 miles
north to Upper Clapton in the Stamford Hill section of North Hackney where he
remained with his daughter Matilda.
George died there in 1915 at age 61 and left an estate of £6,800 to his daughter. George was also buried at the City of London
Cemetery in Newham[29].
Joel Stutter[30]
(Joel III), the second son of Joel II and Matilda Stutter, was born in 1856 in
Shoreditch. At age 21 he married Alice Mary Ann Ismay in 1878 at the Finsbury
Chapel in the Finsbury Circus section of London. This Stutter family lived at 133 Bishopsgate,
1 mile northeast of St. Paul’s, the same address as one of the J. W. Stutter
cutlery shops. Like his father before
him, his shop was most likely on the ground floor with the family residence on
the upper floors. Joel III and Alice
Mary A. had 11 children born between 1879 and 1898: Elvina Alice (1879), Rhoda
Matilda (1880), Joel Whiton (1883 who will be listed as Joel IV), Edith (1884),
Alice May (1886), Winifred Douglas (1888), Arthur (1890), Lawrence George
(1892), Hilda Emma (1893), Gerald Stanley (1894) and John Eric (1898). Sometime between 1891 and 1892 they moved to
Stamford Hill not far from Joel III’s brother George where they lived for a number of years.
Sometime after 1911, they moved again this time to Church Crescent in
Finchley, 6 miles north of St. Paul’s where they spent the remainder of their
lives. Like his father Joel III also
spent his entire life working as a cutler and by 1891 was listed as a cutler
employer and in 191l as a director of a cutler and dealer in silver plate
employer, most likely working in the same business as his brother George. Alice May died in Finchley in 1934 at age 79
and was buried at the St. Marylebone cemetery in London. She left an estate valued at £237 to her husband who was
listed that year as a manufacturing cutler.
Joel III continued to live at Church Crescent in Finchley with his
daughters Elvina and Hilda and was listed in 1939 as a governing director. He died there in 1950 at age 93 leaving an
estate of £4,447 to his
daughters Elvina and Hilda. Of the five
sons of Joel III and Alice Mary only one was known to have been involved with
the family’s cutlery business and that was only for a few years. Joel Whiton Stutter (Joel IV) was born in
1883. Although he was listed as the
manager of a cutlery and silver plate worker in 1911
he became a spectacle maker and later an optician. Not much is known about the son Arthur who
was born in 1890. The son Lawrence
George who was born in 1892, immigrated to Australia and joined the Australian
Military Service during World War I. The
fourth son Gerald Stanley was born in 1894 and also
traveled to Australia in 1914 at age 20.
The youngest son John Eric was born in1898 and became a representative
of a fine instrument maker.
Jesse Stutter, the third son of Joel II
and Matilda Shutter, was born in Shoreditch in 1859. He married Emily Yates at Ecclesall
Bierlow in Sheffield, Yorkshire in 1881, 159 miles
north of London. How they met is
unknown, but his wife was born in Sheffield.
After their marriage they returned to the London area and lived in
Stamford Hill in Hackney, later moving a mile south west
to Stoke Newington. Jesse and Emily had
7 children born between 1882 and 1901: Emily (1882), Henry Herbert (1884),
Jesse (1886), Marian Douglas (1888), Thomas Franklin (1891), Elsie (1895) and
Eva Dorothy (1901). Jesse was
consistently listed as a cutler employer, most likely working with his brothers
in the cutlery business his father’s established. He died in 1913, was buried at the Abney Park
Cemetery in Stoke Newington and left an estate valued at £5,342. Sometime after his death, his wife Emily
moved to Enfield in Winchmore Hill, 6 miles north where she died 23 years later
in 1936 at age 76 leaving an estate of £1,826. Of their three
sons only one is known to have pursued a career as a cutler manufacturer. Henry Herbert was born in 1884 in Bishopsgate
in London’s East End. By the time he was
16, in 1901 he was working as a cutler.
In 1910 he married Lily A. Taylor in Edmonton, a town approximately 5
miles north of Stoke Newington, and they had one child: Herbert Thomas (1911). At some point they moved about 3 miles west
to the town of Southgate where they were living in 1939 and where Henry was
listed as a cutlery manufacturer and dealer and his son Herbert was a bank
clerk. Lily died there in 1952 at age
66. After her death Henry moved to
Westcliff-on-Sea, 40 miles east of London where he died at age 87 in 1972
leaving an estate valued at £6,105.
J.
W. Stutter (aka Joel Whiton Stutter): Images
J.
W. Stutter (aka Joel Whiton Stutter): Genealogy
Generation 1: Joel
Barns Burcombe Stutter (c1786-1864) and Elizabeth
Stutter (c1784-1822) and Ann May Whiton (c1805-1853) and Mary Hammond
(c1799-1867)
· Parents Marriage:
September 23, 1781 St. Bartholomew the Great, London
(S1m). Listed as Richard Burcombe Stutter and Priscilla Elizabeth Barns.
· Born: c 1786
(S1c).
· Baptized: October
15, 1786 St. Botolph, Aldgate, London (S1c). Listed as Joel Barnes Burcombe
Stutter son of Rich Bur and Priscilla Elizth.
(Note: the surname is incorrectly listed in the baptism index as
Stetter).
· 1801 Freedom of
the City Admission: October 7, 1801
(S=London, England, Freedom of the City Admission Papers, 1681-1930 available
at ancestry.com). Listed as Joel Barnes Burcombe Stutter, son of Richard Burcombe
Stutter of Hoxton, Middlesex apprentice to Joel Matthews to learn the art of a
cutler and silversmith. (Note: the middle name is incorrectly listed in the
admissions index as Bincombe).
· First Marriage:
September 10, 1812 St. Helen Bishopsgate, London
(S1m). Listed as Joel Barnes Burcombe Stutter a bachelor and Elizabeth Stutter a
spinster who were married in the presence of Pell Stutter and Ann Stutter.
· First Wife’s
Death: c1822 (S1burial).
· First Wife’s
Burial: March 11, 1822
St. Leonard, Shoreditch, Hackney (S1burial).
Listed as Elizabeth Stutter age 38 who lived on Holywell Street. (Note:
the surname is incorrectly listed as Shetter in the burial index).
·
First Wife’s Probate: not found.
· Second Marriage:
February 13, 1825 St. James Dukes’s
Place, London (S1m). Listed as Joel
Barns Burcombe Stutter a widower and Ann May Whiton a
spinster. (Note: his forenames are incorrectly listed in the marriage index as Toel and Buscombe and the month
and day are missing).
· 1841 Census: 184
Shoreditch, Tower Hamlets, St. Leonard Shoreditch (S4). Listed as Joel Stutter age 54 a cutler born
in the county with Ann age 38 born in the county and Hannah, Joel, Louisa,
Elizabeth, John, Sophia, and George all born in the county.
· 1851 Census: 184
High Street, St. Leonard, Shoreditch, London (S4). Listed as Joel Stutter age 62 a cutler born Aldgate
with wife Anne Clutch age 47 born Aldgate and 5 children all born in Shoreditch:
Hannah, Louisa, Elizabeth, John and Sophia, and 2 visitors Joshua Hopkins a
widower age 52 and Robert Hopkins age 17.
· Second Wife’s
Death: October 27, 1853 Holywell & Moorfields, The Shoreditch District, Middlesex (S8d). Listed as Ann May Stutter age 48 the wife of
Joel Barns Burcomb Stutter a cutler who died of
phthisis at 184 Shoreditch with her husband present at her death. (Note: the surname in incorrectly listed in
the GRO Online death index as Slutter).
·
Second Wife’s Burial: not found.
·
Second Wife’s Probate: not found.
· Third Marriage:
November 28, 1855 St. James Duke’s Place, London
(S8m). Listed as Joel Barns Burcombe Stutter a widower and cutler who resided at 184
Shoreditch with father listed as Richard Burcombe
Stutter a tinman and Mary Hammond a widow. (Note: the marriage index
incorrectly lists the year as 1857).
· 1861 Census: 184
High Street, Tower Hamlets, Shoreditch (S4).
Listed as Joel Stutter age 76 a head born in Aldgate, Middlesex with wife
Mary age 62 born Aldgate, Middlesex and 3 children: Joel, Louisa and Sophia, Joel’s
wife Matilda, 1 niece: Hannah Hammond, 3 grandsons: George, Joel
and Jesse, and 1 servant. (Note: the
census index incorrectly lists the surname as Statter and the grandson Jesse as
a servant with the surname Hutter).
· Death: January 23,
1864 Holywell, Shoreditch, Middlesex (S8d). Listed as Joel Barnes Burcom
Stutter age 78 a cutler master who died of disease of the brain at 184
Shoreditch with L. Stutter present at his death. January 24, 1864 at
184 Shoreditch (S6).
·
Burial: not found.
· Probate: June 11, 1864
Principal Registry (S6). Listed as Joel
Barnes Burcombe Stutter late of 184 Shoreditch,
Middlesex a cutler with effects under £450 proved by the oath of Joel Whiton Stutter of Shoreditch, a
cutler the son.
· Third Wife’s
Death: June 4, 1867 St. Nicholas Deptford, Greenwich,
Kent (S8d). Listed as Mary Stutter age
69 the widow of Joel Stutter a master cutler who died of chronic bronchitis and
dropsy at 15 Green, Deptford.
· Third Wife’s
Burial: June 10, 1867 Tower Hamlets Cemetery
(S=London, England, City of London and Tower Hamlets Cemetery Registers
1841-1966 available at ancestry, com).
Listed as Mary Stutter age 69 who resided in Deptford.
·
Third Wife’s Probate: not found.
· Children:
1.
Hannah
Whiton Stutter (1825-1910). Born:
December 29, 1825 and Baptized: February 12, 1826 St.
Leonard’s, Shoreditch, Hackney (S1c), listed as Hannah Whiton with parents Joel
Barns Burcombe and Ann May Stutter of Holywell Street
with father’s occupation listed as a cutler.
1841 and 1851 Censuses: with parents (S4). Death Year (S2).
2.
Joel
Whiton Stutter (1827-1885). – See Generation 2
3.
Louisa
Daniels Stutter (1830-1906). Born: April
3, 1830 and Baptized: April 28, 1830 St. Leonard’s,
Shoreditch, Hackney (S1c), listed as Louisa Daniels with parents Joel Barnes Burcombe and Mary Ann Stutter of Shoreditch with father’s
occupation listed as a cutler. 1841,1851
and 1861 Censuses: with parents (S4).
Death Year (S2).
4.
Elizabeth
Whiton Stutter (1832-1889). Born: February
14, 1832 and Baptized: March 7 1832 St. Leonard’s,
Shoreditch, Hackney (S1c), listed as Elizabeth Whiton with parents Joel Bircomb and Ann Stutter of Shoreditch with father’s
occupation listed as a cutler. 1841
and 1851 Censuses: with parents (S4).
Death Year (S2).
5.
John
Richard Stutter (1835-1914). Born: April
1, 1835 and Baptized: April 23, 1835 St. Leonard’s,
Shoreditch, Hackney (S1c), listed as John Richard with parents Joel Bircomb Barnes and Ann Mary Stutter of Shoreditch with
father’s occupation listed as a cutler. 1841
and 1851 Censuses: with parents (S4).
1880 US Census: 240 Hanover Avenue, Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut
(S4), listed as John Stutter age 39 works cutlery factory born in England with
wife Mary A. age 40 born in Ireland and 4 children all born in Connecticut:
Mary A., Joseph, Delia and Agnes (Note: the eldest was
age 15 indicating their father John moved to the USA something before
1865). 1910 US Census: 9 King Street,
Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut (S4), listed as John Stutter age 70 an inspector
at a cutlery shop born in England who immigrated in 1858 with wife Mary age 65
born in England who immigrated in 1871, indicates they had 4 children all still
living. Death Year (S2).
6.
Sophia
Stutter (1838-1902). Baptized: May 21, 1838 St. Leonard’s, Shoreditch, Hackney (S1c), listed as
Sophia with parents Joel Barnes Bircombe and Ann May
Stutter of Shoreditch with father’s occupation listed as a cutler. 1841, 1851 and 1861 Censuses: with parents
(S4). Son’s Birth: November 11, 1864 Hoxton New Town, Shoreditch, Middlesex (S8b), listed as
Robert with no father and with mother Sophia Stutter who was born at 64 Buttesland Street, Hoxton New Town (Note: the GRO Online
Index does not list the mother’s maiden name).
Death Year (S2).
7.
George
Charles Stutter (1840-1847). Born: 4th
QTR 1840 The Shoreditch District (S=GRO Online Index), listed as George Stutter
with mother’s maiden name Whiton.
Baptized: November 14, 1841 St. Leonard’s,
Shoreditch, Hackney (S1c), listed as George Charles with parents Joel Barnes Buscombe and Ann Mary Stutter of Shoreditch with father’s
occupation listed as a cutler. 1841
Census: with parents (S4). Death: 1st
QTR 1847 The Shoreditch District (S=GRO Online Index), listed as George Charles
Stutter age 6.
Generation 2: Joel
Whiton Stutter (1827-1885) and Elizabeth Morgan (c1820-c1850) and Matilda
Douglas Johnson (c1830-1888)
· Born: September 3,
1827 (S1c).
· Baptized:
September 30, 1827 St. Leonard’s, Shoreditch, Hackney (S1c),
listed as Joel Whiton with parents Joel Barnes Burcombe
and Ann May Stutter of Holywell Street with father’s occupation listed as a
cutler.
· 1841 Census: with
parents (S4). Listed as Joel Stutter age
14 born in the county.
· 1842 Freedom of
the City Admission: March 1, 1842
(S=London, England, Freedom of the City Admission papers, 1681-1930 available
at ancestry.com). Listed as Joel Whiton Stutter son of Joel Barnes Burcombe Stutter of No. 184 High Street, Shoreditch,
Middlesex doth put himself as apprentice to his said father for 7 years.
· First Marriage: November 9, 1847 St.
Mary Islington, Middlesex (S8m). Listed
as Joel Whiton Stutter a minor, bachelor and cutler who resided at Church Str.
with his father listed as Joel Barns Burcombe Stutter
a cutler and Elizabeth Morgan of full age a spinster whose father John Morgan
was a warehouseman.
· First Wife’s Possible
Death: February 10, 1850 Meriden, New Haven,
Connecticut (S=Connecticut, U. S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934
available at ancestry.com and S7), listed as Elizabeth Stutter age 30.
· First Wife’s
Possible Burial: West Cemetery, Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut (S7). Listed as Elizabeth Shutter who died February
10, 1850.
·
First Wife’s Probate: not found.
·
1851 Census: not found.
· Second Marriage:
July 3, 1851 Meriden, Connecticut, USA (S=Connecticut,
U. S., Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) available at
ancestry.com). Listed as Joel W. Stutter
and Matilda D. Johnson of Meriden.
· 1861 Census: with
parents (S4). Listed as Joel Stutter age
33 a son who was born in Shoreditch, Middlesex with wife Matilda age 31 who was born in America and 3 children: George, Joel,
Jesse.
· 1871 Census: 184
High Street, St. Leonard, Shoreditch, Hackney (S4). Listed as Joel W. Stutter age 42 a cutler
born in London with wife Matilda age 40 born in the
United States of America and 5 children: George F., Joel, Jesse, Matilda and
Henry, 1 shop assistant and 1 servant.
· 1881 Census: 184 Shoreditch,
St. Leonard, Shoreditch, Hackney (S4).
Listed as Joel W. Stutter age 53 a cutler born in Shoreditch with wife
Matilda age 51 born in the United States of America
and 2 children: Jesse and Henry, 1 shop assistant and a servant.
· Death: September
29, 1885 Holywell, Shoreditch, Middlesex (S8d). Listed as Joel Whiton Stutter age 58 a cutler
who died of chronic dyspepsia and hemorrhage from stomach syncope at 184 High
Street with Marie Rees present at his death.
September 29, 1885 at 184 High Street,
Shoreditch (S6).
·
Burial: not found.
· Probate: October
19, 1885 Principal Registry(S6). Listed as Joel Whiton Stutter late of 184
High Street, Shoreditch, Middlesex with personal estate £3,980 proved by Matilda Douglas Johnson
Stutter of 184 High Street the widow.
· Second Wife’s
Death: June 8, 1888 Holywell, Shoreditch, Middlesex
(S8d). Listed as Matilda Douglas Stutter
age 59 the widow of Joel Whiteing Stutter a cutler master who died of
hemoptysis exhaustion tubercular at 184 High Street with her son G. F. Stutter
present at her death.
·
Second Wife’s Burial: not found.
·
Second Wife’s Probate: not found.
· Children:
1.
Louisa
Ann Stutter (1852-1854). Birth: not
found. Death: June 3, 1854
Holywell & Moorfields, The Shoreditch District,
Middlesex (S8d), listed as Louisa Ann Stutter age 2 the daughter of Joel Whiton
Stutter a cutler who died of detention convulsions at 184 Holywell Street with
Louisa Danell Stutter of 184 Holywell Street present at her death.
2.
George
Franklin Stutter (1854-1915). – see Generation 3.
3.
Joel
Stutter (1856-1950). – see Generation 3.
4.
Jesse
Stutter (1859-1913). – see Generation 3.
5.
Henry
Douglas Stutter (1863-1941). Born: 3rd
QTR 1863 Shoreditch (S=GRO Online Index), listed as Henry Stutter with mother’s
maiden name Johnson. 1871 Census: with
parents (S4). 1881 Censuses: with
parents (S4), listed as Henry age 18 a carpenter born
in Shoreditch, Middlesex. Marriage:
November 21, 1886 St. George Hanover Square, London
(S8M): listed as Henry Stutter age 24 a
carpenter whose father was Joel Stutter deceased a manufacturer and Annie
Gorrie age 20 a spinster. 1911 Census:
215 Hampstead Rd, St. Pancreas, London (S4), listed as Henry Douglas Stutter
age 45 a carpenter and joiner a worker in a fitter shop born in Shoreditch with
wife Annie Gorrie age 43 born in Whitehaben,
Cumberland and 7 children: George Franklin, Horrace, Lillian, Nellie, Douglas, Francis and Ruth, 1 visitor and 1 boarder, indicates they
had 10 children of which 7 were still living.
Death: February 13, 1941 Tooting, London
(S62). Probate: April 7 1941 Llandudno (S6), listed as Henry Douglas Stutter of 59
Cambridge Street, Westminster with effects £141 to Lilian Millicent Stutter spinster.
6.
Matilda
Louisa Stutter (1865-1875). Born: 4th
QTR 1865 Shoreditch (S=GRO Online Index), listed as Matilda Louisa Stutter with
mother’s maiden name Johnson. 1871
Census: with parents (S4). Death: 3rd
QTR 1875 Shoreditch (S=GRO Online Index), listed as Matilda Louisa Stutter age
9.
7.
Horace
Greely/Greeby Stutter (1868-1871). Born: 3rd QTR 1868 Shoreditch (S=GRO Online
Index), listed as Horace Greeby Stutter with mother’s
maiden name Johnson. Death: 1st QTR 1871
Shoreditch (S=GRO Online Index), listed as Horace Greely Stutter age 2.
Generation 3:
George Franklin Stutter (1854-1915) and Mary Ann Clark (c1856/58-1886)
· Born: 3rd QTR 1854
The Shoreditch District (S=GRO Online Index).
Listed as George Franklin Stutter with mother’s maiden name Johnson.
·
Baptized: not found.
· 1861 Census: with
grandparents and parents (S4). Listed as
George Stutter age 6 born in Worley, Essex. (Note: the census index incorrectly
lists his age a 6/12 and his birthplace appears to be a census taker error as
it is the same as the niece).
· 1871 Census: with
parents (S4). Listed as George F.
Stutter age 16 a cutler born in London.
· Marriage: August 25, 1877 St.
John, Hoxton, Hackney (S8m). Listed as
George Franklin Stutter a bachelor and cutler who resided at 184 High Street
with father listed as John Whiton Stutter a cutler and Mary Ann Clarke a
spinster.
· 1881 Census: 28
Herbert Street, St. Leonard, Shoreditch, Hackney (S4). Listed as George F. Stutter age 25 a cutler
born in London with wife Mary Ann age 23 born in London and 1 child: Matilda
Ann.
· Wife’s Death: September 17, 1886
Hoxton New Town, Shoreditch, Middlesex (S8d).
Listed as Mary Ann Stutter age 30 the wife of George Franklin Stutter a
cutler who died of chronic hepatitis and acute gastritis exhaustion at 28
Herbert Street, Hoxton New Town with Mary Ann Porter an aunt present at her death.. September 17,
1886 (S7).
· Wife’s Burial:
City of London Cemetery, Newham, London (S7).
Listed as Mary Ann Stutter born in 1856.
See husband’s burial for more details.
·
Wife’s Probate: not found.
·
1891 Census: not found.
· 1901 Census: 32 Filey Avenue,
Stamford Hill, North Hackney (S4).
Listed as George Franklin Stutter age 46 a widow and cutler employer
born in Shoreditch, London with daughter Matilda Ann age 22 single born in
Bishopsgate, London and 1 servant.
· 1911 Census: 32 Filey Avenue N,
North Hackney (S4). Listed as George F.
Stutter age 57 a widower and cutler employer director born in Shoreditch,
London with daughter M. A. age 33 single born in Bishopsgate, London and 1
servant.
· Death: October 14, 1915
North Hackney, Hackney, London (S8d).
Listed as George Franklin Stutter age 61 a cutler and silversmith who
died of a coma, alcoholism, and nephritis at 32 Filey
Avenue, Upper Clapton with Joel Stutter his brother who lived at 48 Northfield
Road, Stamford Hill in attendance at his death.
October 14, 1915 (S7 and S6).
· Burial: City of
London Cemetery, Newham, London (S7).
Gravestone says…in loving memory of my dear father George Franklin
Stutter who departed this life October 14, 1915 aged
61 years. Also lists my dear mother Mary
Ann Stutter who passed away September 17, 1886 aged 30
years.
· Probate: March 18,
1916 London (S6).
Listed as George Franklin Stutter of 32 Filey
Avenue, Stoke Newington, Middlesex with effects £6,800 to Matilda Ann Stutter spinster.
· Children:
1.
Matilda
Ann Stutter (1878-1955). Born: 3rd QTR
1878 London City (S=GRO Online Index), listed as Matilda Ann Stutter with
mother’s maiden name Clarke. 1881, 1901
and 1911 Censuses: with parents (S4).
Death Date: (S2).
Generation 3: Joel
Stutter (1856-1950) and Alice Mary Ann Ismay (c1854/55-1934)
· Born: 4th QTR 1856
Shoreditch (S=GRO Online Index). Listed
as Joel Stutter with mother’s maiden name Johnson.
· Baptized: not found.
· 1861 Census: with
grandparents and parents (S4). Listed as
Joel Stutter age 4 born in Worley, Essex. (Note: the birthplace appears to be a census taker
error as it is the same as the niece).
· 1871 Census: with
parents (S4). Listed as Joel Stutter age
14 born in London.
· Marriage: April 18,
1878 Finsbury Chapel, Finsbury Circus, London City
(S8m). Listed as Joel Stutter age 21 a
bachelor and cutler who lived at 133 Bishopsgate Street whose father was Joel
Whiton a cutler and Alice Mary Ann Ismay age 23 a spinster.
· 1881 Census: 133
Bishopsgate, Bishopsgate, London (S4).
Listed as Jules Stutter age 24 a cutler born in Shoreditch with wife
Alice M. A. age 26 born in Norton Folgate and 2 children: Elvina Alice and
Rhoda M. and 1 lodger. (Note: his
foreman appears to be a census taker error).
· 1891 Census: 133
Bishopsgate, Bishopsgate, London (S4).
Listed as Joel Stutter age 34 a cutler employer born in Shoreditch with
wife Alice M. age 36 born in Norton Folgate and 7 children: Elvina A., Rhoda
M., Joel W., Edith, Alice M., Winifred D. and Arthur,
and 1 servant. (Note: the surname is
incorrectly listed in the census index as Stutler).
· 1901 Census: 48
Northfield Rd., Stamford Hill, Hackney (S4).
Listed as Joel Stutter age 44 a cutler employer born in Shoreditch with
wife Alice M. A. age 46 born in Norton Folgate and 9 children: Elvina A., Joel
W., Edith, Alice M., Winifred D., Lawrence G., Hilda E., Gerald S. and John E. and 1 servant.
· 1911 Census: 48 Northfield Rd., Stamford Hill, Hackney
(S4). Listed as Joel Stutter age 54 a
cutler and dealer in silver plate director employer born in Shoreditch with
wife Alice Mary Ann age 56 born in Norton Folgate and 8 children: Elvina Alice,
Joel Whiton, Winifred Douglas, Lawrence George, Hilda Emma, Gerald Stanley,
John Eric and Edith, 1 son-in-law and 1
grandchild. Indicates they were married
32 years and had 11 children of which 10 were still living.
· Wife’s Death:
April 15, 1934 Finchley, Barnet, Middlesex (S8d). Listed as Alice Mary Ann Stutter age 79 the
wife of Joel Stutter a master cutler who died of arteriosclerosis of cerebral
arteries at 54 Church Crescent, Finchley with his daughter H. E. Stutter
present at her death. April 15, 1934
(S6).
· Wife’s Burial:
April 18, 1934 St. Marylebone Cemetery, London
(S7). Listed as Alice Mary Ann Stutter
age 79 of 54 Church Crescent, Finchley.
(Note: the day is incorrectly listed the census index as April 19).
· Wife’s Probate:
May 17, 1934 London (S6). Listed as Alice Mary Ann Stutter of 54 Church
crescent, Church End, Finchley, Middlesex the wife of Joel Stutter with effects
£237 to Joel Stutter
manufacturing cutler.
· 1939 Register: 54
Church Crescent, Finchley, Middlesex (S9).
Listed as Joel Stutter a widow born November 12, 1856
a governing director with Ervina A. Stutter born April 21, 1879 and Hilda E.
Stutter born January 29, 1893.
· Death: November 9, 1950
Finchley, Hendon Middlesex (S8d). Listed
as Joel Stutter age 93 a company director cutlers retired who died at 54 Church
Crescent, Finchley of myocardial degeneration with his daughter H. E. Stutter
present at his death. November 9, 1950
(S6).
· Burial: November
15, 1950 St. Marylebone Cemetery, London (S7). Listed as Joel Stutter age 93 of 54 Church
Crescent, Finchley.
· Probate: February
5, 1951 London (S6).
Listed as Joel Stutter of 54 Church crescent, Church End, Finchley,
London with effects £4,447
to Elvina Alice Stutter and Hilda Emma Stutter spinsters.
· Children:
1.
Elvina
Alice Stutter (1879-1968). Born: 2nd QTR
1879 London City (S=GRO Online Index), listed as Elvina Alice Stutter with
mother’s maiden name Ismay. 1881, 1891,
1901 and 1911 Censuses: with parents (S4).
Death Date: (S2).
2.
Rhoda
Matilda Stutter (1880-1963). Born: July
5, 1880 and Baptized: October 3, 1886 St. Stephens
Coleman Finsbury Chapel, London (S1c), listed as Rhoda Matilda with parents
Joel and Alice Mary Ann Stutter of 133 Bishopsgate with father’s occupation
listed as cutler. 1881 and 1891 Census:
with parents (S4). Death Date: (S2).
3.
Joel
Whiton Stutter (1883-1958). Born: 1st
QTR 1883 London City (S=GRO Online Index), listed as Joel Whiton Stutter with
mother’s maiden name Ismay. 1891 and
1901 Censuses: with parents (S4). 1910
Freedom of the City of London (S=London, England, Freedom of the City Admission
Papers, 1681-1930 available at ancestry.com), January 7, 1910, listed as Joel
Whiton Stutter spectacle maker. 1911
Census: with parents (S4), listed as Joel Whiton Stutter age 28 single a
manager of cutlery and silver plate worker born in Bishopsgate. 1939 Register: 585 Green Lane, Southgate,
Middlesex (S9), listed as Joel W. Stutter born February 8, 1883
married a light testing optician with Edna H. Stutter born in 1886 and Beryl E.
Stutter born in 1913. Death Date: (S2).
4.
Edith
Stutter (1884-1974). Born: 4th QTR 1884
London City (S=GRO Online Index), listed as Edith Slutter with mother’s maiden
name Ismay. 1891, 1901 and 1911
Censuses: with parents (S4). Death Date:
(S2).
5.
Alice
May Stutter (1886-1980). Born: 3rd QTR
1886 London City (S=GRO Online Index), listed as Alice May Stutter with
mother’s maiden name Ismay. 1891 and
1901 Censuses: with parents (S4). Death
Date: (S2).
6.
Winifred
Douglas Stutter (1888-1977). Born: 3rd
QTR 1888 London City (S=GRO Online Index), listed as Winifred Douglas Stutter
with mother’s maiden name Ismay. 1891,
1901 and 1911 Censuses: with parents (S4).
Death Date: (S2).
7.
Arthur
Stutter (1890-??). Born: 2nd QTR 1890
London City (S=GRO Online Index), listed as Arthur Stutter with mother’s maiden
name Ismay. 1891 Census: with parents
(S4). Death: not found.
8.
Lawrence
George Stutter (1892-1972). Born: 1st
QTR 1892 Hackney (S=GRO Online Index), listed as Lawrence George Stutter with
mother’s maiden name Ismay. 1901 and
1911 Censuses: with parents (S4).
Australian Military Service (S=Australia, World War I Service Records,
1914-1920 available at ancestry.com), listed as Lawrence George Stutter age 23
who enlisted in Liverpool New South Wales with mother’s name Alice
Stutter. Death Date: (S2).
9.
Hilda
Emma Stutter (1893-1981). Born: 1st QTR
1893 Hackney (S=GRO Online Index), listed as Hilda Emma Stutter with mother’s
maiden name Ismay. 1901 and 1911
Censuses: with parents (S4). Death Date:
(S2).
10.
Gerald
Stanley Stutter (1894-??). Born: 3rd QTR
1894 Hackney (S=GRO Online Index), listed as Gerald Stanley Stutter with
mother’s maiden name Ismay. 1901 and
1911 Censuses: with parents (S4). 1914 Passenger
List: The ship named Demosthenes arrived
on December 5, 1914 in Brisbane, Australia (S=Victoria,
Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, 1839-1923), listed as
Gerald Stutter age 20 a clerk a British subject.
11.
John
Eric Stutter (1898-1978). Born: 3rd QTR
1898 Hackney (S=GRO Online Index), listed as John Eric Stutter with mother’s
maiden name Ismay. 1901 and 1911
Censuses: with parents (S4). 1939
Register: 74 Elm Bank, Arkley, Barnet, Hertfordshire (S9), listed as John E.
Stutter born August 8, 1898 married a representative
fine instrument maker living in the Stanley J. Hider household born in 1888 a
company director. Death Date: (S2).
Generation 3:
Jesse Stutter (1859-1913) and Emily Yates (c1860-1936)
· Born: 4th QTR 1859
Shoreditch (S=GRO Online Index). Listed
as Jesse Stutter with mother’s maiden name Johnson.
·
Baptized: not found.
· 1861 Census: with
parents (S4). Listed as Jesse Shutter
age 1 born in Shoreditch. (Note: the
census index incorrectly lists his age as 11 and his occupation as servant).
· 1871 Census: with
parents (S4). Listed as Jesse Shutter
age 11 born in London.
· 1881 Census: with
parents (S4). Listed as Jesse Shutter
age 21 a cutler born in Shoreditch.
· Marriage: 4th QTR
1881 Ecclesall Bierlow,
Yorkshire (S5m). Listed as Jesse Stutter
and Emily Yates.
· 1891 Census: 15 Forbuy Rd,
Stamford Hill, Hackney (S4). Listed as
Jesse Shutter age 31 a cutler employer born in Shoreditch with wife Emily age
31 born in Sheffield, Yorkshire and 4 children: Emily, Marion, Jesse and
unnamed and 2 servants. (Note: the
census index incorrectly lists: the surname as Stenetter,
the name of the last child as Jesse and it does not include the two servants).
· 1901 Census: 9
Paget Rd, Stoke Newington, Hackney (S4).
Listed as Jesse Shutter age 41 a cutler employer born in Shoreditch with
wife Emily age 41 born in Sheffield, Yorkshire and 7 children: Emily, Henry H.,
Jesse, Marion D., Thomas F., Elsie and Eva and 1
nurse.
· 1911 Census: 9 Paget Rd, Stoke Newington, London
(S4). Listed as Jesse Shutter age 51 a
manufacturing cutler employer born in Shoreditch with wife Emily age 51 born in
Halkley, Sheffield, Yorkshire and 5 children: Jesse,
Marion Douglas, Thomas Franklin, Elsie and Eva
Dorothy.
· Death: February
11, 1913 Stoke Newington, Hackney, London (S8d). Listed as Jesse Stutter age 53 a cutler who
died of malignant stricture of the esophagus at 8 Paget Road, Stoke Newington
with his son T. F. Stutter present at his death. February 10, 1913 (S7). February 11, 1913 (S6).
· Burial: Abney Park
Cemetery, Stoke Newington, London (S7).
Listed as Jesse Stutter who died February 10, 1913
born in 1860.
· Probate: March 19,
1913 London (S6).
Listed as Jesse Stutter of 9 Paget Road, Stoke Newington, Middlesex with
effects £5,342 to Emily
Stutter widow.
· Wife’s Death: October
30, 1936 Enfield, Edmonton, Middlesex (S8d). Listed as Emily Stutter age 76 the widow of
Jesse Stutter a manufacturing cutler who died of cerebral hemorrhage and
arteriosclerosis at 19 The Chine, Enfield with her daughter E. D. Aldrich in
attendance. October 30, 1936 at 19 The Chine, Enfield, Middlesex (S6)
·
Wife’s Burial: not found.
· Wife’s Probate:
March 12, 1937 London (S6). Listed as Emily Stutter of 10 Queen’s Avenue,
Winchmore Hill, Middlesex a widow with effects £1,826 to Henry Herbert Stutter cutler and Jessie
Stutter cashier.
· Children:
1.
Emily
Stutter (1882-??). Born: 4th QTR 1882
London City (S=GRO Online Index), listed as Emily Stutter with mother’s maiden
name Yates. 1891 and 1901 Censuses: with
parents (S4).
2.
Henry
Herbert Stutter (1884-1972). Born: 3rd
QTR 1884 London City (S=GRO Online Index), listed as Henry Herbert Stutter with
mother’s maiden name Yates. 1901 Census:
with parents (S4), listed as Henry Herbert Stutter age 16 a cutler worker born
in Bishopsgate. Marriage: 2nd QTR 1910
Edmonton, Middlesex (S5m): listed as Henry Herbert Stutter and Lily A. Taylor. Son’s Birth: 3rd QTR 1911 Hackney (S=GRO
Online Index, listed as Herbert Thomas Stutter with mother’s maiden name
Taylor. 1939 Register: 3 street name undecipherable, Southgate, Middlesex (S9), listed as
Henry H. Stutter married born on July 11, 1894 a cutlery mfr
and dealer with Lily S. Stutter born in 1885 and Herbert S. Stutter born in
August 26, 1911 a bank clerk (Note: the 1939 register index incorrectly lists
his occupation as crikerd mftr). Wife’s Death: March 4, 1952
Southgate, Wood Green, Middlesex (S8d), listed as Lily Ada Stutter age 66 wife
of Henry Herbert Stutter company director cutlery who died of a rupture of
dissecting aneurysm of aorta at Doveridge Gardens,
Southgate with H. H. Stutter widower of the deceased as the informant. Death: April 5, 1972
Rochford, Essex (S8d), listed as Henry Herbert Stutter age 87 who died of
cerebral thrombosis at the General Hospital in Rockford who was born July 11,
1884 in London and who was a retired cutler who lived in Westcliff on Sea with
his son Herbert Thomas Stutter as the informant; April 5, 1972 (S6). Probate: July 12, 1872
London (S6), listed as Henry Herbert Stutter of 27 Westcliffe Parade,
Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex with effects £6,105.
3.
Jesse
Stutter (1886-1958). Born: 3rd QTR 1886
London City (S=GRO Online Index). listed as Jesse Stutter with mother’s maiden
name Yates. 1891, 1901 and 1911
Censuses: with parents (S4). Death Date:
(S2). 1939 Register: 44 Behume Rd, Stoke Newington, (S9), listed as Jesse Stutter
married born on June 6, 1886 a clerk head depot with
Daisy Stutter born in 1883 and William S. Stutter born in 1912. Death Date: (S2).
4.
Marian
Douglas Stutter (1888-1950). Born: 2nd
QTR 1888 Hackney (S=GRO Online Index), listed as Marian Douglas Stutter with
her mother’s maiden name Yates. 1891, 1901 and 1911 Censuses: with parents
(S4). 1939 Register: 42 Woodberry Avenue, Southgate (S9), listed
as Marian D. Stutter single born June 11, 1888 a bank
clerk at Lloyds Bank (Note: the surname
is incorrectly listed in the register index as Stetter). Death Date: (S2).
5.
Thomas
Franklin Stutter (1891-??). Born: 2nd
QTR 1891 Hackney, London (S5b), listed as Thomas Franklin Stutter. 1901 and 1911 Censuses: with parents (S4). Death: not found.
6.
Elsie
Stutter (1895-1977). Born: 1st QTR 1895
Shoreditch (S=GRO Online Index), listed as Elsie Stutter with mother’s maiden
name Yates. 1901 and 1911 Censuses: with
parents (S4). Death Date: (S2).
7.
Eva
Dorothy Stutter (1901-??). Born: 2nd QTR
1901 Hackney (S=GRO Online Index), listed as Eva Dorothy Stutter with mother’s
maiden name Yates. 1901 and 1911 Censuses:
with parents (S4).
Avery
Needle Cases with the “J. W. Stutter 133 Bishopsgate St City.” Name Stamped on
It
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1.
Quadruple Golden Casket - Butterfly on Leaf: Mechanical Patent #3517 dated November 19, 1868 registered by William Avery, needle manufacturer,
and Albert Fenton, machinist, from Redditch (S=British Library - Business and
Intellectual Property Centre, London).
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The
National Archives, Kew records related to J. W. Stutter Ltd (regarding
litigation/trade and commerce)
1.
Reference
J 13/17860, 1945, Name of Company: J. W. Stutter Ltd
2.
Reference
J 13/17975/324, 1945 J. W. Stutter Ltd: Judge’s Notes. Case number 324 of 1945
3.
Reference
J 13/17977/324, 1945 J. W. Stutter Ltd: Judge’s Copy Petition. Case number 324 of 1945
