John D'Oyly Tweedy Born: 1837 Camberwell, London Married: 1857
Isabella Mossman (Dec
1857 Islington 1b 389) Died: 1866 (Mar 1866 Islington 1b 232) 1861 Census; lists John, Isabella and Violet Tweedy as
living in Islington. John’s occupation
is not clear, perhaps a clerk in the Inland Revenue. 1871 Census; lists Isabella, Effie and Jessie as living 26
Douglas Road North, Highbury. Isabella
is recorded as a widow with an income from letting apartments. Violet is living with Hugh and Anne Jean
Tweedy and is described as a granddaughter. 1881 Census;
Isabella and Effie are still listed as living at 26 Douglas Road
North. Violet is a Governess to the
Mann family at Langley Marish, Bucks.
Jessie is a boarder or scholar with a Caroline Smith at West St Cromer in Norfolk. 1891 Census; Violet
is living with the widowed Anne Jean Tweedy.
Effie is now Effie Veli and is described as an authoress, living as a
lodger with three children at 3 Stockwell Road(?), Lambeth. Jessie married in 1885 to either a David
Watt or Henry Richard Cooper – details to be confirmed. Isabella Tweedy is living in Perth with
Jessie and her husband David Watt, a granary manager, and their two daughters. 1901 Census; Violet
is in Eastbourne visiting an Isabella Douglas.
Effie Veli is a widow boarding with four children in Streatham. The head of the household is a Louis
Hooper. She is described as living on
own finances. Isabella Tweedy is living
in Lambeth with Jessie and her husband David Watt and their two daughters. John & Isabella’s children; Born; 12 Oct 1859 (Dec 1859 Islington 1b 177) Born; 29 March 1862 (Jun 1862 Islington 1b 249) Married; 1st 1881
Nicholai Veli (Dec 1881
Islington 1b 682) 2nd 1901 either Louis
Hooper Vine or Philip Last, probably the former (Sep 1901 Wandsworth 1d 1238), Children from her first marriage; a. Marie
Veli Born 1883 (Marie Nicolaierna Veli
Dec 1883 Islington 1b 355) Married: 1906 (Jun 1906 St Marylebone 1a
1330) Charles Leonard Oliver or Julian Phillips b.
Vassilieff Veli Born
1885 (Osman Nicolaievich W Veli Jun 1885 Islington 1b 404 ?) c.
Vera Veli Born 1887 (Vera
Isabella N Veli Jun 1887 Hackney 1b 458) d. John
Veli Born 1896 (John Strogonoff N Veli
Sep 1896 Camberwell 1d 823) e.
? (Winnifred Effie M Veli ? Jun 1892 Wandsworth 1d
746) Born. 1865 Married: 1885 David Watt (Mar 1885 Islington 1b 446) a.
Amelia Allan Watt born 1885 (Mar1885 Islington 1b 456) b.
Jesse Isabella Watt Born 31st December 1886 (1887 St Andrew, Edinburgh
GRO 685/02 0100)