Panton Villas are two houses within Glade Road Marlow. From circa 1893 to circa 1899 the Nutt family lived in one of the two. Sadly I am not sure which one!
Francis, born in Oxford, was a master tailor offering all the latest styles and materials or so he promised. Before he came to Marlow he worked for Messrs Wyatt at Minster Street, Reading. He later ran his own Marlow business out of his home in Panton Villas. A pair of the best tweed trousers crafted by Francis would cost you 12s 6d and up. He had "thousands" of patterns for customers to choose from. After selecting your item, style and fabric, Francis would craft your garments on a made to measure basis. "All kinds of work executed at the lowest prices."
His wife Margaret may have been his cousin as her maiden name was also Nutt. She was born in County Mayo Ireland to an Irish mother and an English father. Her father was a glazier, just like her future husband Francis's widowed mother (presumably running a glazing business was meant by this as I am unaware of female glaziers working in a hands on way at that time).
In 1896 Margaret gave birth to a daughter Margaret Lucy at home in Panton Villas. She and Francis already had a daughter Frances and son Frederick.
Francis was the District Secretary of the National Deposit Friendly society and hosted many of their meetings at home in Panton Villas. These friendly societies worked to a similar end as Slate Clubs, to provide an affordable kind of health/unemployment insurance for working men and their families. You can read more about these kind of organisations in Victorian Marlow here
At some time after 1899 but before the 1901 census the family moved to nearby High Wycombe. Francis took over the shop of Mr Evans at number 10 Crendon Street Wycombe.
Sadly their daughter Frances died aged 27 in 1915.
Sources include:
Marriage and birth certificates obtained from the GRO.
Census my transcriptions except High Wycombe 1901 which was by Jane Pullinger, National Archives Kew.
South Bucks Standard April 13th & August 3rd 1894 and April 5th 1901 copies held at British Library and accessed via the BNA.
Marlow Guide 1903
Marlow "Almanack" & Directory 1907.
GRO Death Registration Index.
©Marlow Ancestors.
