Second English Tolkien and his very modest obituary (1819)

A fragment of my Tolkien Family Tree made on Ancestry.co.uk

John Benjamin Tolkien (1752-1819; J. R. R. Tolkien's 2nd great-grandather) had much shorter obituary than his richer brother Daniel. Daniel since 1794 was a naturalized English citizen. John Benjamin died in 1819 as a bankrupt and a foreigner. J. R. R. Tolkiens ancestor was described in the London documents as "native of Dantzic" and who "married a Native of this Country and has resided here ever since and where you Petitioner [J. B. Tolkien, the younger] was born" (see "Dantzic mentioned in the London documents")

Source: Google Books

In Marriages and Deaths in and near London, 1819 I have found only this short obituary of John Benjamin Tolkien (see the spelling Tolkien, like in the obituaries of Daniel Tolkien): 

"At Islington, 67, Mr. J. B. Tolkein, many years of the firm of Gravelle and Tolkein"

The "Tolkein" error occured long time before J. R. R. Tolkien complained about this in his letters, though it is not as improper as many think, because the original spelling of the Tolkien family name in Prussia was Tolkeim, Tolkeimer, Tolkein, Tolkin.

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