The Rothschild family owned Gunnersbury Park from 1835 when Nathan Mayer Rothschild purchased the Large Mansion and park ( they later purchased the Small Mansion) until 1925 when it was sold after the death of Nathan's grandson Leopold Rothschild. The grounds became a park for the local community ( part was used for a cemetery) and the Large Mansion now houses the local history museum for the London Boroughts of Ealing and Hounslow. So the family story is possible! HTH Anne On 6 Jun 2011, at 09:54, David Roberts wrote: > My grandmother, Anna Sarah Maria BOND was born in Acton in 1870. Her mother > died in 1885, when she was 15. She was, in her day, a good cook, and I have > wondered how and where she learned these skills. She said that she worked > for the Rothschild family, but I have no more detail. She was a housekeeper > after her first husband died in 1901, and she remarried in 1905. Perhaps it > was during this period that she may have worked for the Rothschilds. > > Does anyone know whether members of the Rothschild family lived in the > Acton/Gunnersbury/Chiswick area at that time? > > Any information would be much appreciated. > > > David Roberts

Ann Thank you so much. I remember Gunnersbury Park very well from my early years in Ealing. How I wish - like all of us I imagine - I had asked even more questions as a child. Best Wishes David On 6 June 2011 19:51, Anne Peat <anne.peat@bigwindows.demon.co.uk> wrote: > The Rothschild family owned Gunnersbury Park from 1835 when Nathan Mayer > Rothschild purchased the Large Mansion and park ( they later purchased the > Small Mansion) until 1925 when it was sold after the death of Nathan's > grandson Leopold Rothschild. The grounds became a park for the local > community ( part was used for a cemetery) and the Large Mansion now houses > the local history museum for the London Boroughts of Ealing and Hounslow. > > So the family story is possible! > > HTH > Anne > On 6 Jun 2011, at 09:54, David Roberts wrote: > > > My grandmother, Anna Sarah Maria BOND was born in Acton in 1870. Her > mother > > died in 1885, when she was 15. She was, in her day, a good cook, and I > have > > wondered how and where she learned these skills. She said that she > worked > > for the Rothschild family, but I have no more detail. She was a > housekeeper > > after her first husband died in 1901, and she remarried in 1905. Perhaps > it > > was during this period that she may have worked for the Rothschilds. > > > > Does anyone know whether members of the Rothschild family lived in the > > Acton/Gunnersbury/Chiswick area at that time? > > > > Any information would be much appreciated. > > > > > > David Roberts > >