Louise (Shanks) Maude (1855 - 1939)

Born 1855 in Moscow, Russian Empire

Ancestors

Wife of Aylmer Maude — married 1884 in Moscow, Moscow Uyezd, Moscow, Russian Empire

Died 1939 at about age 84 in Chelmsford, Essex, England, United Kingdom

Biography

Louise was born in 1855. She was the daughter of James Shanks and Mary Schilling. She passed away in 1936.

Sources

• wiki

Louise Maude was born Louise Shanks in Moscow, one of the eight children of James Steuart Shanks,[4] was the founder and director of Shanks & Bolin, Magasin Anglais (English store). Two of Louise's sisters were artists: Mary[5] knew Tolstoy and prepared illustrations for Where Love is, God is, and Emily was a painter and the first woman to become a full member of the Peredvizhniki. Louise married Aylmer Maude in 1884 in an Anglican ceremony at the British vice-consulate in Moscow, and they had five sons, one of them still-born. Aylmer Maude (28 March 1858 – 25 August 1938) and Louise Maude (1855–1939) were English translators of Leo Tolstoy's works, and Aylmer Maude also wrote his friend Tolstoy's biography, The Life of Tolstoy. After living many years in Russia the Maudes spent the rest of their life in England translating Tolstoy's writing and promoting public interest in his work.

Louise Maude England and Wales Census, 1901 Name: Louise Maude Event Type: Census Event Date: 31 Mar 1901 Event Place: Great Baddow, Essex, England, United Kingdom County: Essex Civil Parish: Great Baddow Ecclesiastical Parish: St Mary The Virgin Sub-District: Great Baddow Registration District: Chelmsford Sex: Female Age: 45 Relationship to Head of Household: Wife Birth Year (Estimated): 1856 Birthplace: Russia British Subject Schedule Type: 51 Page Number: 9 Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Aylmer Maude Head Male 43 Ipswich, Suffolk Louise Maude Wife Female 45 Russia British Subject Arnold Maude Son Male 16 Russia British Subject Lionel Maude Son Male 8 Russia British Subject

Deaths Dec 1939 Maude Louise 84 Chelmsford 4a 1136