Adolphe Emile Marval

Adolphe Emile Marval (ca.1845 – 11 July 1935) was a French-born educator and art dealer in Adelaide, South Australia. His first wife Anna ( – 25 February 1905) was a German-born educator; his second wife Caroline (ca.1861 – 7 January 1941) was a philanthropist and abortionist.

History

Adolphe Marval was born in France and may have taught at Ecclesall College, Sheffield and came to South Australia in 1864 to teach at St. Peter's College,[1] and took private classes[2] and other private schools, notably J. L. Young's Adelaide Educational Institution. He was hon. secretary of the French Relief Fund committee in 1871. In May 1884 he signed the Oath of Allegiance to become a naturalised British subject. He was appointed Justice of the Peace, resigned 1887.

He married Anna Thilo, daughter of Professor Wilhelm Thilo of Berlin, on 25 June 1872. She had been awarded a diploma (Geprũfte Lehrerin fũr Preußen) from the Ladies' University of Berlin,[3] and came to South Australia as a governess for the children of Sir James Fergusson.[4] Following a return to Europe in 1873, the Marvals returned to Adelaide, where he worked as tutor and she as head of a school for young ladies, operating from Ramsay House, once the home of Dr. Gosse on the Rundle Place (now Gawler Place) corner of North Terrace. She took boarders and day pupils, and taught singing, dancing and deportment, as well as French. Anna Montgomerie Martin was one of her teachers. In December 1874 they took over the staff and students of Miss Senner's school, Palm House, Hackney.

By 1878 he was a ratepayer of Brighton and in 1882 Mme. Marval's academy was operating at their home "De la Haye" on Brighton Road. In that year he became a member of Brighton Council. He was appointed chairman of the Brighton Board of Health and elected mayor of Brighton in 1884. He was a director of the Brighton Tramway Company (or Glenelg, Brighton and Marino Tramway Company).[5] In 1880 Mme. Marval began teaching music, gratis, to blind students.[6]

By 1887 her school had moved to her home "De la Haye", 65 The Parade, Norwood. Mme. Marval later taught at the Deaf Dumb and Blind Institution. She died of diabetes at home on 25 February 1905.

He was an art connoisseur and turned commission agent and fine art dealer with a private gallery at 121 Pirie Street, and owned a valuable collection of engravings by Pietro Tosto, paintings by Murillo and Vandyke, and an etching by Hogarth.[7] He was deputised by the Art Gallery of South Australia to purchase works from the estate of Melbourne collector Mme. De Hazard in 1887.[8] He returned to Paris for the Exhibition of 1889 to procure works for his gallery, and again in 1900.[9]

A. E. Marval married again. His second wife, Caroline Emma Marval (ca.1861 – 7 January 1941), a palmist,[10] was a generous contributor to the Belgian Relief Fund, and manufactured confectionery for Australian soldiers during World War I, a work which was initially deprecated by many,[11] and which she continued to make after the war in aid of various charities.

Mme. Marval participated in procuring abortions at her home, "Cumberland House", 4 George Street, Norwood, for many years. She had been involved in the 1914 death from septicaemia of Ellen Phyland, but no charges were laid due to lack of evidence.[12] Finally she was convicted of manslaughter by Mr. Justice Cleland following the 1941 death of Edith Millburn, aged 20, from blood loss following "an illegal operation". Mme Marval refused food and drink and died at the Royal Adelaide Hospital.[13]

Family

They had a daughter 3 October 1874. Their daughter Adele was a talented violinist.[14] Their second son Sydney Waldegrave Carver Marval (born ca.1889) was killed in action 1919.

References

  1. ↑ "A Frenchman Looks at Europe.". The Register (Adelaide: National Library of Australia). 4 August 1923. p. 11. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "Advertising.". South Australian Register (Adelaide: National Library of Australia). 8 October 1864. p. 1. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "Advertising.". South Australian Register (Adelaide: National Library of Australia). 8 January 1874. p. 1. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "Early Day Memories". The Register (Adelaide: National Library of Australia). 28 August 1919. p. 5. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "The Brighton Tramway Company". South Australian Weekly Chronicle (Adelaide: National Library of Australia). 4 April 1885. p. 8. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "Blind and Deaf and Dumb Institute". South Australian Register (Adelaide: National Library of Australia). 5 March 1880. p. 5. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "Rare Old Engravings". South Australian Register (Adelaide: National Library of Australia). 15 December 1886. p. 4. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  8. ↑ "A Valuable Collection". South Australian Register (Adelaide: National Library of Australia). 28 November 1887. p. 2 Supplement: Supplement to the South Australian Register. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  9. ↑ "Presentation to Mr. A. E. Marval". South Australian Register (Adelaide: National Library of Australia). 14 July 1900. p. 5. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  10. ↑ "Advertising.". The Advertiser (Adelaide: National Library of Australia). 21 August 1899. p. 8. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  11. ↑ "Women's Sphere : Practical Patriotism". The Mail (Adelaide: National Library of Australia). 23 September 1916. p. 13. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  12. ↑ "A Mysterious Death". The Advertiser (Adelaide: National Library of Australia). 26 February 1914. p. 11. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  13. ↑ "Echo of Death of W.A. Man's Girl Friend". The Mirror (Perth: National Library of Australia). 11 January 1941. p. 1. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  14. ↑ "Adele Marval". South Australian Register (Adelaide: National Library of Australia). 28 December 1885. p. 5. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
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