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< S-V
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Biographical notes on miscellaneous players from outside
Yorkshire and Lancashire.
(See Person Index for
main alphabetic index.)
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Salomon van Gelder
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Birth:
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1849/50,
Netherlands [censuses]
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Baptism:
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Death:
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12/06/1920
[probate], Bath (death reg. index gives “Salomon”)
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Parents:
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Siblings:
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Education:
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Marriage:
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Wife in 1881 was
23-year-old “Marian” (born 1856/57, Lewes, Sussex; apparently
of maiden name Lee, as in 1881 census 8-year-old sister-in-law Mabel Lee,
born W Brompton, in household). Wife in 1901 was 53-year-old
“Isabel” (born 1856/57, Lewes, Sussex). Widow in 1920 was
“Marion Isabelle”. These could all be the same person.
The marriage of
“Solomon van Gelder” and “Isabel Lee” in 1884, in
London, is presumably unconnected, unless “Marian” died.
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Children:
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Residence,
Occupation:
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02/04/1871:
03/04/1881
[census]: 7 Dorset Street, Westminster; musician (clearly gives “Solomon”
in manuscript)
05/04/1891:
1895
[directory]: 9 Pulteney Gardens, Bath; professor of music
31/03/1901
[census]: 9 Pulteney Gardens, Bath; musician (clearly gives “Salamon”
in manuscript)
02/04/1911:
12/06/1920
[probate]: 14 Bathwick Street, Bath (“Salomon” in print)
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Chess:
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First appears
playing for Bath in April 1886, becoming a regular player in twice-yearly
matches against Bristol & Clifton, against Wiltshire, and in Somerset
county teams, at least as late as 1900. He played in both North v
South matches, of 1893
and 1894. He played
in Preliminary Section 3 of the 7th British Amateur Championship in 1895,
in Hastings. He played in Class 1 of the Southern Counties Chess
Union Congress in 1896, in Bristol, though retired after the first 5 of 9
rounds.
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Notes:
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“Salomon”
is a Dutch name. It gets rendered “Solomon” much of the
time, due to being anglicised, or due to it being misheard or due to
cursive script being misread.
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