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London and Middlesex / Re: William De Levante
« on: Wednesday 13 April 11 10:07 BST (UK)  »
Hello, me again.

Emily Florence, as you may know, was born February 1857 - the third daughter to William and Jane. The other two daughters are  Mary Jane (or Polly, born in 1852) and Frances Caroline (or Carrie, born August 1854). As Emily and Jane both worked closely together and with their parents, you might find the children in another family member's household on census nights. Emily and Henry's son Harry even ended up living with grandparents William and Jane Deville, and became known as Harry Deville.

Int his case, however, William and Jane are with their children in the 1861 census (now including son William) in Dalton-in-Furness - their surname is recorded as Macarte - as Valda identified in an earlier posting. I think the William and Jane you have might not be the right couple.

At the time Emily Florence was born, the Cliftons, Macarthys and Devilles were working for Joseph Henry Wolfenden who was a lessee of the Queen’s Theatre in Hull.  You probably know that in 1877 Emily Florence married Alfred Wareing.

My cousin who has done a lot of research into the Macarthy side is related to Emily Florence's older sister Mary Jane. I'm afraid I am not really at liberty to make her research public (sorry), but I will drop you a line (assuming I can contact you through RootsChat).

Erica


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London and Middlesex / Re: William De Levante
« on: Wednesday 13 April 11 06:26 BST (UK)  »
Dear Joye, Valda and Rob,

Myself and two other budding family historians have been researching the Delevantes for a number of years. It really does get quite complicated at times - and not just for the reasons I outlined above.

The following is in a nutshell due to space and time, but I am happy to expand on things later.

Masahod Delevante (as I said before) was a Sephardi Jew. He came to London in the early 1780s and married his wife Miriam in Bevis Marks. They had a number of children but only two boys survived to adult hood: Joseph and Jacob (aka John). They went on to have their own families, which are where some of the Delevantes you might find come from.

Masahod had other relatives that also came over - although we can't be sure of the degree of relationship, i.e. brothers, cousins, uncle and nephew etc. These include Esther (born 1799), Absalom/ Selim, Haim, and Prospero. You will also see Delevantes that belong to their line and not to Masahod.

We think when Miriam took ill, Masahod started a relationship with a gentile. They had a number of children, of which William was the second (I believe).

William had a number of failed businesses (including Sadgrove and Delevante, as mentioned by Rob). He then moved into working in the theatre. In 1841 you will find him in the census with his wife and daughter (my ancestor), but after then you may then have noticed that he disappears. This is because he went into the theatre himself and changed his name to Deville. We think this is because there was an acrobatic troupe that decided to use the name Delevante.

Of his children with Jane, both Jane (junior) and Emily work in the theatre. Emily married Henry Clifton who is a French polisher/ Stage Carpenter and also acts, and Jane's FIRST husband was William Macarthy. Both Williams took their turn at being actor managers. William Macarthy was married previously, and I can't recall if his first wife died - which might be why you can't find a marriage record.

The Macarthys, Cliftons and Devilles toured the provincial theatres, particularly in Yorkshire. If you look in The Era you'll see them listed as Mr Deville, Mr & Mrs Macarthy and Mr & Mrs H Clifton.

Henry and Emily managed to have 13 children between 1847 and 1872 and still tour the theatre circuit.

Between the three of us that have been researching this for a while, we have gathered a lot of information. Joyce, is it Jane (Junior) that your husband is related to?

Erica

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London and Middlesex / Re: William De Levante
« on: Tuesday 12 April 11 16:01 BST (UK)  »
I am directly related to William Delevante through his daughter Emily Ann Delevante (born 1829, baptised 1837).

Please be aware that there are more than on Delevante lines, so not all the Delevante/ De Levante/ Delevanti/ Delevant/ Dalevant people will be directly related to William.

William's father was Masahod Delevante a Sephardi Jew possibly born in Mogador, Morocco. His name is also given in other languages as Masoud or Prospero - they all mean the same thing. The same applies to his surname - in Morocco you might see it in other forms such as Sarique/ Chriqui.

Is there something in particular you are interested in? I am interested to know how you fit in to the family tree.

'Hope to hear from you soon.

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