George Anthony Molteno

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: Abt 1754, Como, Lombardia, Italy
• Arrival: Abt 1781, London
• Occupation: Between 1789 and 1793, London; Printseller & Publisher in Partnership with Peter Colnaghi. Trading on own from 1796
• Residence: 1805, London
• Residence: 1810, St James Piccadilly, Westminster, London
• Residence: 1811, London
• Civil: 31 Jan 1817, St James Piccadilly, Westminster, London

Notes:

He is our original ancestor whom we know about. There are no available records of who his parents were or where they lived. Anthony moved from Milan in Italy to England, probably directly, but possibly via Paris. He opened his first printselling shop in Pall Mall in 1783. For a short time Paul Colnaghi was in partnership with him; the famous firm of Colnaghis is still in existence in London today. Anthony married an Englishwoman, Mary Lewis. Unfortunately, no portrait of George Anthony exists. Instead here is one of the prints he sold.

Their children included James Anthony, John, Charles Dominic, Mary, Emma and Eloise. James Anthony, John and Mary were, it seems, the only children to marry and start families. Mary married Charles Busby Bristow, from where the Bristow-Molteno connection springs. John married Caroline Bower and is the ancestor of all Molteno descendants who have a South African connection. James Anthony married Mary Mylius. Anthony’s business prospered; the winding up of his estate after his death in 1816 took some years. His eldest son, James Anthony, was also a printseller, and an equally successful one for many years.


Buried:
St Martin in the Fields

George married Mary Lewis on 7 Apr 1782 in Westminster, London. Mary (daughter of Joshua Lewis and Susanna "Ann" Hardiman) was born on 8 Jul 1758 in St Paul Covent Garden, London; died on 12 Feb 1810 in London; was buried on 25 Feb 1810 in St Katherine Cree, Aldgate, London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. James Anthony Molteno was born on 7 Jun 1784 in Islington, London; died in 1845 in London.
2. Mary Sophia Molteno was born on 10 May 1786 in Westminster, London; died about 1786 in London.
3. John Molteno was born on 1 Mar 1788 in Islington, London; died on 10 Apr 1827 in Soho Square, London.
4. Charles Dominic Molteno was born about 1789 in Islington, London; died in 1874 in Scotland.
5. Mary Molteno was born on 17 Jul 1791 in London; died in Jun 1845 in London.
6. Francis Molteno was born about 1794 in London; died about 1868 in Genève, Switzerland.
7. William Henry Molteno was born on 2 Mar 1796 in Canterbury, Kent.
8. Rose Emma Molteno was born on 30 Jun 1798 in Westminster, London; died in Aug 1873 in Greensburg, Decatur, Indiana, USA; was buried in Aug 1873 in Greensburg, Decatur, Indiana, USA.
9. Emma Molteno was born in 1800 in London; died in 1860 in London.
10. Eloise Molteno was born on 26 Jul 1802 in London; died in 1839 in England.