Descendants of Pauline Sheridan Wardley
Generation No. 1
1. PAULINE SHERIDAN2 WARDLEY (RICHARD SHERIDAN1) was born 27 August 1857 in Barnby Gate, Newark, Nottingham,
England, and died 11 February 1921 in Jhansi, India. She married (1) GUSTAV ADOLPH ALBERT KUHLMEY 28 November 1878 in St Annes, Soho,
Westminster, London, England, son of WILHELM KUHLMEY and SOPHIE SCHMIDT. She married (2) WALTER HENRY WHEELER 3 September 1898 in Methodist Episcopal Church, Mussoorie, India, son of GEORGE WHEELER.
More About PAULINE SHERIDAN WARDLEY:
Burial: 11 February 1921, Jhansi (New) Cemetery, Jhansi, India
Cause of Death: Rupture of heart due to bullett wound
Notes for GUSTAV ADOLPH ALBERT KUHLMEY:
Played Viola at The Gaiety Theatre, Strand, London 1879/80.
1881 British Census:
Dwelling: 9 Gerrard St Soho
Census Place: St Anne Soho, London, Middlesex, England
Marr Age
Sex Birthplace
Gustav KUHLONEY M 25
M Germany
Rel: Head
Occ: Muscian
1882 - Lived at 39 Long Acre, St Martin in the Fields, Strand, Middlesex, England.
1883 - Arrived in India around January. Took
the position of Band-Master for the 28th Punjab Native Infantry at Peshawar.
1886 - Living in Peshwar. Occupation - Professor
of Music.
1887 - Lived at Free School Street, Calcutta, India.
Occupation - Musical Director.
1887 to 1889 - Gustav served as Band-Master for the 60th Royal Rifles and the Band of the
Presidency Volunteers, which is also the Town Band during this period.
1888 - The Royal Bengal Academy of Music gava Gustav
the title of Sangita-Acharyn, or Professor of Music, the diploma being accompanied by a handsome gold armlet or badge
bearing an inscription to that effect. Still with the Calcutta Town Band.
1891 - Left the Calcutta Town Band.
1895 - Musical Director living at Rampore Kohilkhand, India.
Monument Inscription reads TO THE SACRED \ AND EVER LOVING \ MEMORY OF MY \ DEAR HUSBAND \
GUSTAV KUHLMEY \ BORN AT STETTIN JANy 28th 1856 \ DIED AT AGRA JANy 6th 1896 \ "FOR SO HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED \ SLEEP"\ "ER
RUHE IN FRIEDEN"\\
Burial performed by Walter Kitchin, Chaplain.
COPIES OF TESTIMONIALS
G. Kuhlmey, Mus. Dir.
Agra, August 1884
Herr Gustav Kuhlmey came to India some 20 months ago at my suggestion, having been strongly
recommended to me by an eminent London musical firm. The Officers of my old Regiment
the 29th P. N. I., had asked me to send them a Band-Master, and results fully show how excellent was the selection I made.
I am personally aware that Herr Kuhlmey's exertions have elicited the approval of every officer
of his Regiment and from my own knowledge I can say that in 20 months he has worked wonders in the face of many obstacles
as fourloughs, camps of exercise, &c. He has converted an untuneful rabble
into a disciplined, harmonious, intelligible Orchestra and fortunate will be the band that next obtains his services.
F. W. CHATTERTON, MAJOR,
Cantonment Magistrate.
Herr Kuhlmey has now been over four years bandmaster of the 29th P. Infantry and the excellent
state into which he has brought the Band proves his capabilities as an Instructor and conductor. He is a thorough musician and takes an immense interest in his work.
His habits are perfectly sober and he is thoroughly trustworthy in every respect.
PESHAWAR: E. BEDDY, LT. COL.,
8th January 1887.
Commanding, 29th P Infantry.
I have much pleasure in certifying to the ability, zeal and attention shown by Herr Kuhlmey,
as Band-Master of the 29th Punjab Infantry, when stationed under my command at Peshawar.
It was to me always a treat in music to hear their Band under Herr Kuhlmey's direction and the marvellious results
with a Band of purely Natives shows the great attainments of the Instructor. Herr
Kuhlmey also for a time directed the Band of the 60th Royal Rifles and was equally successful.
MEEAN MEER, HUGH GOUGH, MAJOR GENL
24th January 1889.
I have much pleasure in certifying to the very great success which has attended the connection
of Herr G. Kuhlmey as Band-Master with the Band of the Presidency Volunteers, which is also the Town Band. Within a few months of his appointment as it's conductor, he fully justified his election for the post
by raising the Band to such a high state of efficiency as it had never attained; which marked change for the better was universally
admitted in the Town. In addition to his being a first class musician, he is
very painstaking, and thoroughly steady: and I much wish that I could see the prospects of the Band continuing under his able
instruction for a much longer period.
CALCUTTA, YAS. LACKERSTEEN, MAJOR,
3rd October 1889.
Offg. Comdg. Presidt. Volunteer, and Hon. Secretary, Town Band.
DORUNDA,
10th September 1890
I have known Herr Kuhlmey for the last seven years and have great pleasure in certifying to
the excellent manners in which he instructed and conducted the Band of the 29th Punjab Infantry, my former regiment. Of his musical attainments it is needless for me to express an opinion, but I know
him to be highly talented and a most painstaking, conscientious and upright man, and I feel sure that any work he may undertake,
will, at all times, be both carefully and successfully carried out.
V. W. TREGEAR, COLONEL,
Commanding, 9th Bengal Infantry.
A few Press-notices:
"Indian Daily News" 26-5-87. - The Volunteer Band -We should do an injustice to the Band Committee
and the Band itself if we failed to notice the marked improvement that has taken place in their playing since the Band was
placed under it's new master, Herr Kuhlmey. From the very first night of the
change, it was evident that the Committee had obtained the service of a Band-Master who was capable of lifting his performers
out of the hum drum style of playing which has been too long tolerated. The bad
playing has often been imputed to bad instruments. But under Herr Kuhlmey's magic
wand, it has been shown that it was not the instruments only that accounted for indifferent music. The Band-Master has evidently "music in his soul" and has the faculty of awakening some response in the
souls of his men(The above appeared 10days after I took charge of the Band. G.
K.)
"Englishman" 6-7-87. - We run the risk of being told that adulation has "run riot" with us,
but we cannot conclude a notice of this most successful concert without a distinct allusion to the playing of the Band, and
to the master hand to which the excellence of their performances is due. It was
well nigh impossible to realize that the men, wh0o but a few weeks ago failed to attract an audience much in excess of the
children and their ayahs so intelligently played music of such masters as Schubert and Mozart, but the secret was easy to
discover. One had but to watch that baton to realise whence the life, the delicacy,
the expression, the soul came. All honor to Herr Kuhlmey, he his a thorough artist
and we hope the public will hasten to see this and to make the most of him We
believe we are right tin saying that Colonel Chatterton, so to say, "discovered" the Herr when in London some years ago, and
brought him out to India for a regiment. If this was so, it must be a source
of gratification to the Colonel to see how successful his discovery is.
"Annual Report", Calcutta Vol. 87-88. (Col. Chatterton)
A complete set of instruments was obtained from the best English makers, but a far more important addition has lately
been made in the engagement of a Director of the Band, whose qualifications are, I venture to assert, second to those of no
Band-Master in the country.
"Pioneer" 26-7-87. - The Sorcerer at Calcutta:
That the musical part of the work was in safe hands was evident when Herr Kuhlmey, the accomplished
conductor of the Town Band, was seen in the conductor's seat.
"Indian Daily News" 30-12-87 - The Volunteer Band since Herr Kuhlmey took charge, is one of
which Calcutta may be justly proud.
"Englishman"30-12-87 - The improvement in the playing of the band during the past few months
has been both rapid and steady, but it may be doubted whether many of the audience were prepared for a performance of Rossini's
masterpiece so admirable as that with which the concert opened. It was played
with extreme delicacy and brilliance and elicited warm approbation from the audience.
"Englishman" 8-6-88 - The Royal Bengal Academy of Music has conferred upon Mr. Gustav Kuhlmey,
Musical Director, the title of Sangita-Acharyn, or Professor of Music, the diploma being accompanied by a handsome gold armlet
or badge bearing an inscription to that effect. Mr. Kuhlmey is the only musician
in Calcutta who has received the distinction, a former recipient having been Herr Mack.
All who know the thoroughly good work that Mr. Kuhlmey has done for music during his residence in Calcutta will be
glad to hear that his efforts have been recognised in a quarter where excellence is regarded with critical appreciation. To take a recent instance of his zeal in a musical score cause, it may be stated that
Mr. Kuhlmey held over a score of rehearsals of 'Patience' before the piece was ever put upon the stage and of course his cares
and toils did not terminate till the fall of the curtain on the last performance.
"Englishman" August 1888 - Mainly through the untiring exertions of the present Director,
Herr Kuhlmey, the Band is admitted by all to have ere this fully realised the great results predicted by Col. Chatterton,
when he placed it on it's present footing about a year ago, and stated in an appeal to the Municipal Corporation for a contribution,
that "Calcutta will in six months possess a band of which it will be proud"-(Hon. Secretary Vol. Band).
"Englishman" September 5th, 1888-But it is generally admitted that we have now got together
for the first time a band worthy of Calcutta.
"Statesman" 26-2-91- Herr Kuhlmey's Farewell Concert.
If one of the most artistic of the current musical season, the concert at the Town Hall on
Monday last, when Herr Gustav Kuhlmey made his farewell bow to a Calcutta audience, was yet tinged with a certain sadness. Like Jessica, we are never merry when we hear sweet music, and perhaps no more pathetic
made of taking his farewell could have been devised by Herr Kuhlmey, than through the medium of sweet sound. With a changing population like ours, separation of course may be expected: our air is not only, as the
poet says, "full of farewells to the dying and mournings for the dead" but we have the hourly partings and abrupt terminations
of pleasantess intercourse and dearest friendships. It is in the nature of things
Indian, and yet we cannot regard but with regret the removal from our midst of the talented musician who presided over the
concert on Monday night. He, more than almost any other, has helped appreciably
to relieve the tedium of exile and to remove from the heart the weight of care by sweet music, nightly, and the departure
has all the force of a personal loss.
Few who have lived here a short term of years can fail to have noticed the immense difference
in the quality of the Town Band now and what it was only a few years ago. We
have no desire to magnify the present by be-littling the past; but there was a time not long ago when it needed no higher
evidence to know how "some sweet music is when time is broke and no proportion kept" than a stroll at sundown through the
Eden Gardens. Considering the bad training of the old musicians, the difficulty
of eradicating deeprooted ignorance and the utter distrust they had inspired in their breasts of their hearers, the reconstitution
of the Town Band was a labor which the most sanguine would not have taken with great hopes of success. Patience, perseverance, and musical ability of a high order have, however, achieved what at one time appeared
insuperable. Subscriptions alone being insufficient for the support of the Town
Band, the Volunteers took over the staff and maintained it partly from regimental funds, and partly from donations by the
public. But the transfer would only temporarily have saved the musicians from
extinction, had not the work of reorganisation fallen into Herr Kuhlmey's hands. Through
heat and cold he has laboured unceasingly, until he has succeeded in transforming what was at one time the worst band in India
into one of the best in the east to-day. -- No better instrument of his skill could have been desired than the large gathering
at his concert on Monday, though many more would doubtless have been present had the weather proved propitious. The large number of tickets sold was, however, the best tribute to the esteem in which Herr Kuhlmey is
held and the surest proof that could have been given of the public estimation - of Herr Kuhlmey in particular we should like
to say more, but we shall close here: we have too heavy a heart to take a tedious leave of him.
"Indian Daily News" February 1891. - Herr Kuhlmey soon made the Town Band the most efficient
we have had in Calcutta for many years. Besides his duty in the Band Stand, and
with the Volunteers, he has always been a ready helper in every movement when his services have been in request. He is an unassuming as a man as he is competent as a musician and he will leave India with many regrets,
which he may have the satisfaction of knowing are mutual.
(The above are only part of all the Press notices, G. K.)
More About GUSTAV ADOLPH ALBERT KUHLMEY:
Burial: 6 January 1896, Agra Cantonment Cemetery, India
Cause of Death: Consumption
Census: 1881, British
Christening: 24 March 1856, Sankt Marien, Stettin Stadt, Pommern, Preussen
Occupation: 1896, Bandmaster 17th Bengal Infantry
Notes for WALTER HENRY WHEELER:
COMMANDING OFFICER'S PARCHMENT CERTIFICATE
(VERY GOOD)
ORDERLY ROOM,
5th (P.C.W.) Dn. Gds
20th March 1899.
I have known Corporal Wheeler during the past two years as a well behaved, smart soldier and
a good rider.
I can thoroughly recommend him as a steady, active, energetic man.
(Sd.) R. S. S. BADEN-POWELL, COLONEL
5th Dragoon Guard
____________________________________________________________________________________
SIALKOT (PUNJAB).
6th April 1899.
For the short time I have known Corpral Wheeler, I have found him a hardworking, steady, clean,
and respectful soldier, and I was sorry to lose his services.
(Sd.) A. H. M. EDWARD, MAJOR,
Comdg. D. Sqadron,
5th Dragoon Guards.
____________________________________________________________________________________
THE BREWERY,
GORA GULLY,
February 8th, 1899.
Corporal Wheeler was in my Sqadron under my command during the time (about one year) that
I was in the 5th Dragoon Guards. He was then employed in the Riding School as
Rough Riding Corporal. His character was in every way excellent. He was a smart soldier, and thoroughly understands the care and management of horses.
(Sd.)
MAURICE FITZGERALD, CAPT.,
late 5th Dragoon Guards.
____________________________________________________________________________________
SIALKOT (PUNJAB)
12th March 1899
Corporal Wheeler was in my troop for nearly four years, he was quite one of the best men in
the troop. I don't think I ever had occasion to find fault with him about anything;
he was always well turned out, and did his work cheerfully and well. He is an
excellent rider, very intelligent and honest.
(Sd.) H. P. TRAVERS, LIEUT.,
D. SQUADRON, 5th DRAGOON GUARDS.
____________________________________________________________________________________
SIALKOT
9th February 1899.
Corporal W. H. Wheeler has served in my regiment to my knowledge from 1894 to 1898. I have always understood that he was a very good man and he had a good reputation as a horseman, being
one of our best Rough Rider.
(Sd.)
R. S. POMEROY, LIEUT.,
5th Dragoon Guards.
Children of
PAULINE WARDLEY and GUSTAV KUHLMEY are:
i. ELSA EDITH3 KUHLMEY, b. 1894, India;
d. February 1932, Berlin, Germany; m. GEORGE WILLIS, 29 April 1918, Jhansi, India.
2. ii. FRANZ ERNST KARL KUHLMEY, b. 16 August 1882, 39 Long Acre, St Martin in the Fields, London, Middlesex, England; d. 4 March 1920, Berlin, Germany.
iii. GUSTAV FRIEDRICH WILHELM KUHLMEY, b. 22 June 1886, Peshawar, India; d. Berlin, Germany.
More About GUSTAV FRIEDRICH WILHELM KUHLMEY:
Christening: 2 July 1886, Peshawar, India
iv. SIEGFRIED AUGUST GOTTLIEB KUHLMEY, b. 2 October 1887, Calcutta, India; d. 29 June 1961, Plestein,
Barvaria; m. FRIEDA.
More About SIEGFRIED AUGUST GOTTLIEB KUHLMEY:
Christening: 14 November 1887, St Thomas Church, Calcutta, India
3. v. BRUNHILDA MARY PATRICIA KUHLMEY, b. 24 September 1889, Berlin, Germany.
4. vi.
WOLFRAM BRUNO ARTHUR KUHLMEY, b. 29 April
1893, Agra, India; d. 3 February 1972, Clacton-On Sea, Essex, England.
5. vii.
GRACE GERTRUDE MARGARETHE KUHLMEY, b. 5 February
1895, Rampore Kohilkhand, India.
Children of PAULINE WARDLEY and WALTER WHEELER are:
6. viii.
GEORGE3 WHEELER, d. South Africa.
7. ix. WINIFRED HARRIETTA WHEELER, b. 30 October
1899, Lahore, India.
Generation No. 2
2. FRANZ ERNST KARL3 KUHLMEY (PAULINE SHERIDAN2 WARDLEY, RICHARD SHERIDAN1) was born 16 August 1882 in 39 Long Acre, St Martin in the Fields, London, Middlesex, England, and died 4 March 1920
in Berlin, Germany. He married GERTRUD SOBIELLA.
Children of FRANZ KUHLMEY and GERTRUD SOBIELLA are:
i. CHARLOTTE4 KUHLMEY, b. 29 March 1915, Berlin, Germany;
d. 1 February 1986, Berlin, Germany; m. LENZ.
ii. MARGOT KUHLMEY, m. SCHMIDT.
More About SCHMIDT:
Cause of Death: Missing in action
WWII
3. BRUNHILDA MARY
PATRICIA3 KUHLMEY (PAULINE SHERIDAN2 WARDLEY, RICHARD SHERIDAN1) was born 24 September 1889 in Berlin, Germany. She
married (1) BARRY. She married (2) HOOK.
More About BRUNHILDA MARY PATRICIA KUHLMEY:
Christening: 17 March 1900, Simla Convent, India
Children of BRUNHILDA KUHLMEY and BARRY are:
i. MELVIN4 BARRY.
ii. TERENCE BARRY, m. KATHLEEN.
iii. ADELIA HELEN BARRY, m. PATRICK JOSEPH LYS.
iv. NOREEN BARRY.
Children of BRUNHILDA KUHLMEY and HOOK are:
v. PAULINE4 HOOK, d. Peterborough, England.
More About PAULINE HOOK:
Burial: Peterborough Crematorium, Peterborough, England
vi. PETER HOOK, m. BERYL.
4. WOLFRAM BRUNO
ARTHUR3 KUHLMEY (PAULINE SHERIDAN2 WARDLEY, RICHARD SHERIDAN1) was born 29 April 1893 in Agra, India, and died 3 February 1972 in Clacton-On Sea, Essex,
England. He married MURIEL EVA COLLETT 12 February 1923 in Jabalpur, daughter of ARNOLD COLLETT and EVA DUNCAN.
Notes for WOLFRAM BRUNO ARTHUR KUHLMEY:
Worked as a Guard on the G.I.P. Railway, Jhansi, India.
Worked as a Proof Reader for the East Essex Gazette when he came to England.
More About WOLFRAM BRUNO ARTHUR KUHLMEY:
Burial: Burrs Road Cemetery, Clacton-On-Sea, Essex, England
Cause of Death: Virus pneumonia, secondary cancer of lungs, sqamous cell carcinoma
Christening: 16 July 1893, St Georges Church, Agra, India
Occupation 1: 1972, Reader. Newspaper publishers
(retired)
Occupation 2: 1925, Guard GIP Rly, India
More About MURIEL EVA COLLETT:
Burial: Clacton-On-Sea, Essex, England
Cause of Death: Haemorrhage from peptic ulcer, fractured pubic ramus and Parkinsonism
Christening: 26 November 1902, Christ Church, Jabalpur, M.P. India
Education: Jesus and Mary Convent (Chelsea), Simla, India
Military service: 9 August 1943, 2nd Subaltern, WAC(I)
Children of WOLFRAM KUHLMEY and MURIEL COLLETT are:
i. VALMAY EVA PAULINE4 WARDLEY, b. 10 December 1923, Christ Church, Jabalpur, M.P. India; m. JOHN EDWARD SWINBOURNE, 12 May 1943, St Martins, Jhansi, India.
More About VALMAY EVA PAULINE WARDLEY:
Christening: St Peter & Paul's Church, Jabalpur, India
More About JOHN EDWARD SWINBOURNE:
Burial: Burrs Road Cemetery, Clacton-On-Sea, Essex, England
ii. ELIZABETH MARGARET WARDLEY, b. 31 October 1925, Jubalpur, India; m. FREDERICK WILLIAM GASCOYNE, 11 June 1943, St. Martins, Jhansi, India.
Notes for ELIZABETH MARGARET WARDLEY:
Godparent - Stella Cotter.
More About ELIZABETH MARGARET WARDLEY:
Army No.: WAC(I) 5560
Christening: 15 November 1925, SS. Peter & Paul's Cathedral, Jubalpur, India
Confirmation: 9 April 1933
Active Service Abroad/Theatres - India, N.W.E., BETFOR, BAOR
Medals, clasps & decorations - Defence Medal, I.G.S. Medal with clasp (1936/37 N.W.F &
1937/39 N.W.F.), War Medal 1939/45, Coronation Medal 1953, L.S & G.C Medal.
Occupation and place of residence listed on Death Certificate as Major Royal Anglian Regiment
(Retired) of 55 Lea Gardens, Peterborough. Death certified By G. French MB.
More About FREDERICK WILLIAM GASCOYNE:
Army No.: Bet. 1934 - 1954, 5883712
Burial: 7 December 1992, Grave No. 11596 Plot 26, Eastfield Road Cemetery, Peterborough, England
Cause of Death: Stroke
Christening: 1963, All Souls, Peterborough, England
Military service: Bet. 4 June 1934 - 10 September 1954, Enlisted at London with Northamptonshire
Regiment.
Occupation 1: 1944, C.M.S. 1st Northamptonshire Regiment
Occupation 2: 1992, Major Royal Anglian Regiment (Retired)
Serial Number: Bet. 1934 - 1954, WK/3015
iii. PATRICIA MARIE WARDLEY, b. 31 July 1927, Jubbulpore, India; d. 1951, Colchester, England; m. COLIN
HIBBERT, August 1945, St Martins, Jhansi, India.
More About PATRICIA MARIE WARDLEY:
Burial: 1951, Burrs Road Cemetery,
Clacton-On-Sea
5. GRACE GERTRUDE MARGARETHE3 KUHLMEY (PAULINE SHERIDAN2 WARDLEY, RICHARD SHERIDAN1) was born 5 February 1895 in Rampore Kohilkhand, India. She married (1)
? BARRY. She married (2) PLUMMER.
More About GRACE GERTRUDE MARGARETHE KUHLMEY:
Christening: 23 June 1895, All Saints, Mussoorie, India
Children of GRACE KUHLMEY and ? BARRY
are:
i. ARTHUR4 BARRY.
ii. DAVID BARRY.
iii. DOREEN BARRY.
Child of GRACE KUHLMEY and PLUMMER is:
iv. YVONNE4 PLUMMER.
6. GEORGE3 WHEELER (PAULINE SHERIDAN2 WARDLEY, RICHARD SHERIDAN1) died in South Africa. He married VIOLET TOMLINSON.
Children of GEORGE WHEELER and VIOLET TOMLINSON are:
i. GRETA4 WHEELER.
ii. TERENCE WHEELER.
iii. MYRTLE WHEELER, m. DERREK.
iv. WILLIAM WHEELER, d. 27 March 2001.
v. MAY WHEELER.
vi. DOUGLAS WHEELER.
vii. GEORGE WHEELER, d. Abt. 1985; m. MARY GOW.
7. WINIFRED HARRIETTA3 WHEELER (PAULINE SHERIDAN2 WARDLEY, RICHARD SHERIDAN1) was born 30 October 1899 in Lahore,
India. She married DAVID NEALE.
Notes for WINIFRED HARRIETTA WHEELER:
Baptised by Ias G.L Lyme, Chaplain.
More About WINIFRED HARRIETTA WHEELER:
Baptism: 7 April 1900, Lahore, India
Children of WINIFRED WHEELER and DAVID NEALE are:
i. GEORGE4 NEALE, m. PAT.
ii. RICHARD NEALE.
iii. DAVID NEALE.
iv. PAULINE NEALE, m. SIDNEY.
