Rosalind Flora (Bridge) Stainer (1884 - abt. 1966)

Born 10 Feb 1884 in London, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of Edward Stainer F.R.C.P. — married Jun 1907 (to 1940) in London. England, United Kingdom

Died about Sep 1966 at about age 82 in Eton, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

Biography

Rosalind Flora Bridge, an English violonist and composer, was born in 1884. She was the the daughter of the composer Frederick John Bridge and his wife Helen Mary Flora Amphlett.^[1] She studied harmony with her father and the violin with a number of teachers. A composer of hymn tunes, her "Bethsaida" can be found in the Methodist Hymn Book, of which her father was music editor.^[2] In the 1891 UK census, she was living at Westminster Abbey.^[3] In the 1901 UK Census she was at Sandleford Priory near Newbury.^[4]

In 1907 she married Edward Stainer,^[5] and in 1911 she and Edward were living in St Marylebone with two children.^[6] She died in 1966.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Births Mar 1884 Bridge Rosalind Flora St. Geo. H. Sq. 1a 512 https//www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl Freebmd
2. ↑ ”Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland”, by Maggie Humphreys, Robert Evans
3. ↑ England and Wales Census, 1891 County London Parish Westminster Ecclesiastical Parish ST PETER Registration District St George Hanover Square Residence Note Cloisters Birthplace Westminster, Middlesex, England John F Bridge Head M 46 Oldbury, Worcestershire, England Helen M F Bridge Wife F 38 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England Mabel C Bridge Daughter F 12 Westminster, Middlesex, England Rosaline F Bridge Daughter F 7 Westminster, Middlesex, England Annie E Ryder Servant F 42 Maidenhead, Berkshire, England Rosa F Gray Servant F 34 Kirby, Essex, England Rhoda J Bloom Servant F 30 Bradfield, Essex, England Fanny M Witts Servant F 21 Wyesham, Monmouthshire, England "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https//familysearch.org/ark/61903/11354J-8W2 15 October 2015), Rosaline F Bridge in household of John F Bridge, Westminster, London, England; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http//www.findmypast.com n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, London county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
4. ↑ England and Wales Census, 1901 Event Place Sandleford Priory, Berkshire, England Ecclesiastical Parish Enborne St Michael Sandleford Sub-District Speen Registration District Newbury Mary Thynne Head F 52 Scotland Perthshire Beryl Thynne Daughter F 11 London Rosalind Bridge Visitor F 17 London Elizth Upham Servant F 40 Wellington, Somersetshire Emily Akehurst Servant F 42 Pakenham, Suffolk Emma Milne Servant F 41 St Albans, Hertfordshire Lily Mills Servant F 17 Henley On Thames, Oxfordshire George Armitage Servant M 25 Welwyn, Hertfordshire "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https//familysearch.org/ark/61903/11XS3N-622 29 August 2015), Rosalind Bridge in household of Mary Thynne, Sandleford Priory, Berkshire, England; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http//www.findmypast.com n.d.); citing Speen subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
5. ↑ Marriages Jun 1907 BRIDGE Rosalind Flora St. Geo. H. Sq. 1a 997 STAINER Edward St. Geo. H. Sq. 1a 997 https//www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl Freebmd
6. ↑ England and Wales Census, 1911 Event Place St Marylebone, , London, England Sub-District All Souls Edward Stainer Head M 41 Oxford, Oxfordshire Rosalind Stainer Wife F 27 Westminster, London Flora Stainer Daughter F 3 Marylebone, London Hilary Stainer Daughter F 1 Marylebone, London Ellen Wood Servant F 44 Douglas, Isle Of Man Margaret Catchpole Servant F 52 Pailton Rugby, Warwickshire Margaret Catchpole Servant F 21 Somerby Leicester, Leicestershire Florence Lynn Servant F 18 Hove, Sussex Margaretta Cox Servant F 18 Glascote Tamworth, Staffordshire "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https//familysearch.org/ark/61903/11XWLM-Z5M 20 December 2018), Rosalind Stainer in household of Edward Stainer, St Marylebone, , London, England; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http//www.findmypast.com n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
7. ↑ Deaths Sep 1966 STAINER ROSALIND F 82 ETON 6A 370 https//www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl Freebmd