Charlotte Mount Brock (Morrell) Schreiber (1834 - 1922)

Born 1834 in Essex, England, United Kingdom [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Weymouth George Schreiber — married 28 Sep 1875 in St Nicholas' Church, Witham, Essex, England

Died 3 Jul 1922 at about age 88 in Paignton, Devon, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

In the 1841 census Charlotte (age 5) was in Woodham Mortimer, Essex, England.^[1] In the 1851 census Charlotte (age 16) was the unmarried daughter of Robert Price Morell in Woodham Mortimer, Essex, England.^[2]

In 1861 the family is housing two visitors and 7 servants. The son of the household is absent.^[3] In 1871 it's similar; parents, sister Mary, a visitor and 6 servants, still in the village of Woodham Mortimer.^[4]

Charlotte was an artist of acclaim. She studied under J.R. Herbert R.A. She illustrated Edmond Spenser's Faire Queen chapter 'The Legend of the Knight of the Red Crosse' and Emily Barrett Browning's 'Rhyme of the Duchess May' [1].

Charlotte was the second wife of her cousin Weymouth Schreiber^[5], in 1875 moving to Canada to live with him and his three children in the Deer Park area of Toronto at 'Bradwell Lodge' (later renamed 'St Clair House') on St. Clair Ave, and after 1885 at Springfield on the Credit (Erindale), a rural area west of Toronto where they lived in a family compact of sorts with Weymouth's two sons and their families.

In the 1881 census Charlotte (age 47) was recorded as married in York, York, Ontario, Canada.^[6]

Charlotte continued to paint and produced many fine paintings, many of which are still in Canada. She was a charter member (and the only woman till 1933!) of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 1880. Her R.C.A. diploma picture, The Croppy Boy (The Confession of an Irish Patriot), 1879, hangs in the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa. Many of her works are held in private collections.

During her time in Canada, Charlotte did not abandon her skills as an illustrator. Some of her illustrations are found in three children's books that were published in Toronto.

Her principal exhibitions included the following:

• Paris Salon (under her maiden name, Morrell)
• 1855-1874, Britain's Royal Academy of Art (under her maiden name, Morrell)
• 1876, Philadelphia, Sesqui-Centennial Exhibition
• 1876-1888, Ontario Society of Artists
• 1880-1898, Royal Canadian Academy [of Art]
• 1892, Toronto, Lyceum Club
• 1893, Chicago
• 1903, CNE
• 1967, Toronto, Lyceum Club
• 1967, Toronto, Erindale College
• 1985, Toronto, University of Toronto, Erindale Campus Art Gallery

Charlotte was very active in raising funds for St. Peter's Anglican Church in Springfield-on-the-Credit, where she worshipped and played the organ. She raised money through various unique means: the sale of birds from an aviary she maintained on her property; the sale of long-haired Angora cats she raised; and from the sale of her own artistic works.

Charlotte was also very generous with her time, providing advice and inspiration to various students — Ernest Thompson Seton, George Reid, Lucius O'Brien and T. Mower Martin, just to name a few. She was very proud of her students and delighted in their success.

After her husband died in 1898, Charlotte returned to England.

In 1901 she is living in Paignton. With her is visitor (her step-daughter-in-law's sister) Violet Grahame of Canada. She employs two live-in help.

In the 1911 census Charlotte (age 76), Private Means, was the widowed head of household in Paignton, Devon, England.^[7]

Charlotte was in an obituary on 5 July 1922 in Plymouth, Devon, England. She died at Paignton (age 88) on 3 July 1922.^[8] Charlotte's death was registered in 1922 in Devon, England.^[9]

Charlotte died on 3 July 1922 and her estate passed probate on 30 November 1922 in Devon, England.^[10] The beneficiaries named in Charlotte's will were Anne Phear Morrell and William Guy Duncan Thompson.

She was a third cousin to Major-General Isaac Brock ('The Hero of Canada').

Sources

1. ↑ 1841 Census: "England and Wales Census, 1841"
   citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey
   FamilySearch Record: MQ2N-FTS (accessed 26 November 2023)
   FindMyPast Image
   Charlotte Morrell (5) in Woodham Mortimer, Essex, England, United Kingdom. Born in Essex.
2. ↑ 1851 Census: "England and Wales Census, 1851"
   citing Woodham Mortimer, Essex, England, p. 12; citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey
   FamilySearch Record: SGV4-S36 (accessed 26 November 2023)
   FindMyPast Image
   Charlotte Mored Brick Morell (16), unmarried daughter, in household of Robert Price Morell (45) in Woodham Mortimer in Maldon registration district in Essex, England. Born in S Marys Cockester.
3. ↑ 1861 Census: "England and Wales Census, 1861"
   citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey
   FamilySearch Record: M74G-ZPM (accessed 26 November 2023)
   FindMyPast Image
   Charlotte ... Brook Morell (26), unmarried daughter, in household of Robert Price Morell (55) in Essex, England, United Kingdom in Maldon registration district in Essex, England. Born in Colchester St Mary, Essex.
4. ↑ 1871 Census: "England and Wales Census, 1871"
   citing The National Archives of the UK
   FamilySearch Record: VFF5-531 (accessed 26 November 2023)
   FindMyPast Image
   Charlotte Mount Buch Morrell (36) daughter in household of Robert Price Morrell (65) in Woodham Mortimer, Essex, England, United Kingdom. Born in Colchester, Essex.
5. ↑ Marriage: "England, Essex Parish Registers, 1538-1997"
   citing Marriage, Witham, Essex, England, Essex Record Office, England
   FamilySearch Record: XKZ6-B4L (accessed 26 November 2023)
   Charlotte Mount Brook Morrell (full) marriage to Weymouth George Schreiber (full) on 28 Sep 1875 in Witham, Essex, England.
6. ↑ 1881 Census: "Canada Census, 1881"
   citing Volume: 11; Page: 35; Affiliate Publication Number: e008184135; Digital film/folder number: 004466516; FHL microfilm: 1375885; Image number: 234
   FamilySearch Record: MVFW-T8X (accessed 26 November 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: S3HY-D1NQ-YK8
   Charlotte Schreiber (47), married in York, York, Ontario, Canada. Born in England.
7. ↑ 1911 Census: "England and Wales Census, 1911"
   citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey
   FamilySearch Record: XW9H-KQW (accessed 26 November 2023)
   FindMyPast Image
   Charlotte Mount Brock Schriber (76), widowed, Private Means, head of household in Paignton in Totnes registration district in Devon, England. Born in Colchester, Essex.
8. ↑ Obituary: "British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices"
   citing Page: 1; Digital film/folder number: 102117929; Image number: 447
   FamilySearch Record: QPZQ-H6BD (accessed 26 November 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSW5-H945-Z
   Name: Carlotte Mount Brock Schreiber, Widow; Obituary Date: 5 Jul 1922; Obituary Place: Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom; Birth Date: 1834; Death Date: 3 Jul 1922; Age: 88; Source Newspaper: Western Morning News; Vis Status: VISIBLE; Source Pub Date: 5 Jul 1922; System Of Record: SLS.
9. ↑ Death Registration: "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007"
   citing UK General Register Office. Volume: 5B; Page: 158
   FamilySearch Record: QVHW-Y47M (accessed 26 November 2023)
   Charlotte M B Schreiber death registered 1922 in Devon, England, United Kingdom (age 88).
10. ↑ Probate: "England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957"
    citing Probate, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Great Britain.; FHL microfilm
    FamilySearch Record: QPLW-35YD (accessed 26 November 2023)
    Charlotte Mount Brock Schreiber probate on 30 Nov 1922 in Devon, England, United Kingdom. Died 3 Jul 1922.

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• Library and Archives Canada [6]

• Canada Census, 1891," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWL1-1QW : 3 August 2016), Charlotte Schreiber, Toronto, Peel, Ontario, Canada; Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; Library and Archives Canada film number 30953_148163..

• England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSWC-9DT : 8 April 2016), Charlotte Schreiber, Paignton, Devonshire, England; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Paignton subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey

• England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPLW-35YD : 17 September 2018), Charlotte Mount Brock Schreiber, 30 Nov 1922; citing Probate, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Great Britain.; FHL microfilm .