Mrs. Ellis A. Davidson (Catherine) with Stanley Kisch

Found Photo: Mrs. Ellis A. Davidson with Stanley Kisch

  

Name(s): Mrs. Ellis A. Davidson with Stanley Kisch
Date: Probably about 1879
Location: England

The text handwritten on the photo reads as follows:

Mrs. Ellis A. Davidson
(mother of Annie Kisch wife of Albert Kisch)
and
Stanley Kisch who later married Gertrude Gisborne and had two
daughters -- Noelle and Marcelle
Noelle married Sydney Woodford (no issue)
Marcelle married Gerald Driuff
-- two children; Caroline and David
7/2/53

Additional information about this family:

Mrs. Ellis A. Davidson (Catherine) was the mother of Annie Davidson. She is pictured here with Annie's son Stanley, her grandson.

Catherine was born around 1829 and lived her whole life in England. Her surname may have been Levy or Woodrich. She and her husband raised their children in Cheshire and later moved to London.

Annie, daughter of Ellis and Catherine Davidson, was likely born in Cheshire, England, around 1856. Around 1876, as a woman of around twenty, she married Albert Joseph Kisch, a prominent doctor, in London. Albert was the son of Joseph Kisch, an obstetric surgeon in London, and his wife, Louisa.

Annie and Albert had four sons:

Stanley Albert Kisch (1877)
Ellis Abraham Davidson Kisch (1879)
Percy Albert Kisch (1880)
Harold Albert Kisch (1880) - twin of Percy Kisch

They also had a daughter, Muriel Kathleen Kisch (1883).

Stanley married Gertrude Mary Gisborne and they had two daughters, Audrey Noelle Gertrude Kisch and Marcelle Muriel Gertrude Kisch. The family settled in Marylebone and then St. John's Wood, posh areas of London. Stanley was the manager of a fine arts warehouse.

According to Grace's Guide to British Industrial History, Ellis was "sent abroad by his father to learn business practice, first at Sandeman in Portugal, and then to the Apollinaris spring water bottling plant located on the banks of the Rhine in Germany." He became the manager of Putney Motor Co. by 1902, and the general manager of the Ailsa Craig Motor Co. by 1910. He married Dorothy Primrose Johnston. She was the daughter of Robert Ernest Johnston, a motor engineer, and his wife, Florence Lenora Johnston. Ellis and Dorothy had a son, Robert Kisch (1932).

Percy married Estella Kisch. They had three sons, Richard Percy Kisch, Edward Ellis Kisch and Norman Frederick Kisch. Percy became a merchant with a shop at 75 Mark Lane in London.

Harold married Sybil Hyman. They had no children. Harold served in World War I and became a distinguished ear, nose and throat surgeon in London. The details of his illustrious career can be found here.