tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287304674854338547.post8498531474462274374..comments2023-10-29T06:43:22.893-07:00Comments on The Schiff Family: The Marriage of Esmé Borlase SchiffFrank Genthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03290115299578640520noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287304674854338547.post-72391719734243966442021-04-25T07:27:27.149-07:002021-04-25T07:27:27.149-07:00Re:Emma Clemantine Borlase:
NZ Birth:1871/19819 B...Re:Emma Clemantine Borlase:<br /><br />NZ Birth:1871/19819 Borlase Emma Clemintine <br />Clemintine Charles Holmes (sic: Clemantine)<br /><br />NZ Married 1897/4205 <br />Emma Clementine Borlase 25yrs of age Ernest Frederick Wilton Schiff<br /><br /> One member of the Lowndes Squares wrote in 2004 about Emma that "She married young to a Col. Cooke, to get away from her impossible mother, who was cold, selfish, and lesbian: for years she had a 'companion' called Mollie Naylor, who was equally unpleasant."<br /><br />1918/87342 Schiff Alfred Sydney Borlase 19Y (Son)<br /> Alfred Sydney Borlase SCHIFF, 2nd Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade.<br />Died Belgium, 9 April, 1917.<br />Buried at Brown's Copse Cemetery, Roeux.<br /><br />It is highly unlikely that Aunt Clemantine Borlase, mother of Emma Bolase Schiff, was a lesbian. Clemantine and her husband, Charles Holmes Borlase, Sollicitor, lived together until his death in December 1903 at which time Aunt Clemantine moved from her home in Whanganui NZ to Auckland NZ, where she died in 1919. Aunt Clemantine had 9 children and my grandmother, Clemantine's first cousin, and other family members, always spoke of her as being a kind and generous person. More information would be welcomed. Thank you.<br /> Cheers muvva duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08234781612383938442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287304674854338547.post-45566501222478111072021-04-25T07:01:57.442-07:002021-04-25T07:01:57.442-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.muvva duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08234781612383938442noreply@blogger.com