[4th Great Grandparents]
Sarah Tripp Isles (Hiles) and Thomas Edwards
see Edwards
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[5th Great Grandparents]
Richard Hiles and Olive Tripp
Richard was born Abt. 1748, Wrington, Somerset, England to Unknown.
He married Olive Tripp, 14 June 1773, Churchill, Somerset, England.
Richard Hiles (Bachelor of Wrington, Somerset) and Olive Tripp (Spinster of Churchill, Somerset)
Olive was born Abt. 1753, Churchill, Somerset, England to Unknown.
Children of Richard and Olive:
1. Sumner (Tripp), born Abt. 1774, Somerset?, England.
2. Henry (Tripp), born Abt. 1775, Blagdon?, Somerset, England.
3. Richard, born Abt. 1778, Blagdon?, Somerset, England. He possibly died 21 August 1779, Blagdon, Somerset, England.
4. Charles, born Abt. 1781, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.
5. Elizabeth, born Abt. 1781, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.
6. Betty, born Abt. 1784, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.
7. Richard, born Abt. 1785, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.
8. SARAH TRIPP, baptised April 1778, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. Married THOMAS EDWARDS.
9. Thomas, born 22 May 1791, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. He died December 1841, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. Married Mary James, 27 September 1818, St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. Mary was born Abt. 1796, Bristol, Gloucester, England to Thomas James and Elizabeth Perrin.
1841 England Census, St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol, Gloucester, shows: Thomas (50); Mary (45).
Thomas and Mary had a son, George Henry Hiles, born 1819, Redcliff, Bristol, Gloucester, England. George married Frances Sarah Cross, 11 August 1841, St Michael’s, Bristol, Gloucester, England.
George and Frances had a son, Frederick Horatio Hiles, born 11 February 1850, Bristol, Gloucester, England. He married Maria Charlotte Bartram.
Frederick and Maria had a son, Frederick John (Bartram) Hiles, born 11 March 1872, Bristol, Gloucester, England. He married Clara Louise Hunt.
Bartram Hiles, From newspaper article – Western Daily Press, 8 July 1927
Bartram’s paintings
Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 7 December 1894
The Queen has been pleased to purchase two of the water-colour drawings from the collection of Mr Bartram Hiles, the armless artist.
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From Google Search:
HILES, Frederick John (Bartram)
As one views the works of this talented artist, at first one is inclined to simply marvel at the sheer physical ability of one so handicapped to produce such a work, and early criticisms are often biased on that account. On examination of other examples of his skill, the creator of them is often forgotten in the admiration they evoke. Truly he was a great artist, but he was a boy and a man of a courage few people have surpassed. In modern times anyone in need can obtain relief but, in his time, the future would be extremely bleak for anyone unable to earn a living. It is impossible even to try to understand what a terrible stress he must have endured in his youth following the accident. A vivacious and lively young boy of eight, suddenly to loose both arms and find himself condemned to a life utterly dependant on others for every single daily action, washing, dressing, feeding etc., much of the time in severe pain, it could have been quite understandable if he had lost all will to live and simply passed away. In 1880 the new horse-drawn trams were introduced on the Hotwells route in Bristol and naturally produced a fascination for the youngsters of the district especially for the more venturesome who would jump on the back for a ride. He was the odd unlucky one and, having fallen off, was struck by another tram travelling in the opposite direction. His injuries were so severe that it was necessary to amputate both arms at the shoulder, and in the absence of modern pain-killing drugs he must have spent many weeks in a most distressful and hopeless condition.
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But as he lay there, probably thinking of his early dream to be an artist, he decided to see what he could do with a pencil between his teeth. After months of diligent practising he eventually produced a passable sketch. He was now able to go to school and in 1910, two years after the accident, he gained a First Class Certificate in second grade freehand drawing. He then attended the Merchant Venturers` Technical College where he won prizes and passed all his exams, including modelling. Soon after this he came under the influence of B/Savage W. Matthew Hale, who coached him and no doubt encouraged him to take up water colour painting. He also suggested that he should take up the name Bartram. So well did he progress that when he was sixteen, he exhibited at the Academy of Fine Arts, now the Bristol Art Gallery. Furthermore he sold the picture and with the knowledge that a source of livelihood was now open to him he applied himself with tremendous zest to improve his art. When he was eighteen he entered an open competition which he won, with no indication of his manner of painting, and became the youngest ever to have done so. The prize was one hundred guineas and two years training at the Royal Academy School then known as the South Kensington National Art College. Here he won one Silver and two Bronze medals and a book prize. In 1893 when he was twenty one, he exhibited at the Royal Society of British Artists and the same year, the South Kensington authorities arranged for him to go to Paris where could study Monet, Renoir and Pissaro. With his physical disability this was no mean feat but when he returned he had learnt much to improve his technique.
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He then returned to Bristol and exhibited thirty paintings at Frost and Reed`s gallery, where twenty-seven, including one of the Princess of Wales were sold. He returned to London where he obtained regular employment with Raphael Tuck, designing post cards etc., supplementing his income from the sale of his impressionist style pictures of London street scenes. By now he must have felt that he had achieved success in life, for we learn that he had a wife and a baby daughter. In 1906, at the age of thirty four, he brought his family to Bristol and took up residence at 21, Constitution Hill, Clifton, and soon became a familiar figure in his long Inverness cloak with the deep capes concealing his deformity. His boyhood haunts of Brandon Hill, the docks and streets were all revisited and many hours were spent at the Municipal Art gallery studying the exhibits. Once again he contacted Matthew Hale who that year had been invited to become a Savage. It is not unreasonable to assume that it was due to him that Bartram was elected to the tribe in that October. One can imagine how much he must have enjoyed the company of that small group of fine artists, and for a period of twelve years he was a regular attender. In 1908 and again in 1909 he exhibited at the Royal Academy and had two of his pictures hung in Bristol Municipal Art Gallery. Around 1920 his health began to fail and there is no record of his presence in the Wigwam after 1918. He was still selling pictures but in diminishing numbers, and when the post-war world depression set in he was finding things most difficult.
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If the information vouchsafed by one of his relatives is correct, there could be a contributing reason for his decline in sales. It seems that on one occasion the cheque to his agents was inadvertently sent to him. One can imagine his feelings when he found that they were receiving exactly three times the amount he had received from the purchase. Naturally with that connection closed he had lost his shop window at a time when he most needed it. With mental depression, failing health and finances and his long absence from the Wigwam, in 1923 the Committee decided that his active membership should cease. He was undoubtedly in a very low state at this time, but the Savages did not forget him. In March 1924 they made him a grant of £10 and commissioned him to paint a picture for us for £40 and made him a grant of £12 for artist materials. In August 1995 he wrote asking for £10 to pay his rates which was immediately sent to him. They also made approaches to the Royal Academy and the Artists` Benevolent Fund for financial assistance to him. They also found he was finding work very difficult owing to the condition of his teeth. Accordingly B/S Kelsey who was a dentist and incidentally elected a Red Feather on the same night as Bartram, agreed to visit him and make an examination of his teeth. He advised that all his teeth should be extracted owing to the gangrenous state of his gums, starting with two or three teeth at a time. A grant of 30 shillings a week was also made for 15 weeks.. In December the Artists` Benevolent fund made him a grant of £100 with a stipulation that the Fund should be administered by the Savages. Accordingly they paid off sundry debts and made him weekly payments of £3. However he grew gradually weaker and died in July 1927 aged 55.
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