Middlename mystery

Post by **Tracey** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 7:42 pm

Luckily they are together on the 1861 census

Name: Oliver Chas Hesse
Age: 25
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1836
Relation: Head
Mother's Name: Louisa Chas
Gender: Male
Where born: St Georges, Middlesex, England
Civil Parish: Milton
Ecclesiastical parish: Holy Trinity
Town: Gravesend
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Street address: 7 Terrace
Registration district: Gravesend
Sub registration district: Gravesend
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Household schedule number: 126
Oliver Chas Hesse 25 Head St Georges, Middlesex, England
Louisa Chas Hesse 51 Mother St Mary, Middlesex, England
Theresa Hartley 24 Sister (says Theresa Hesse in brackets)
Louisa M A Hartley 2 niece
Jessie M Hartley 1 niece
Helen Stuart 29 female servant born Scotland

Post by **emanday** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 7:51 pm

Attagirl Tracey!

I was looking for Stewart. I should have known her employers might have got the spelling wrong

So, a servant in the house of her future husband - how romantic is that

Post by **Tracey** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 7:53 pm

I looked under Hesse - far easier !

He is there from 1841 through 1861

Maxie · Post by **Maxie** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 2:41 pm

Thank you very much Mary and Tracey!

I managed to have a look at the census records, unfortunately Oliver's father died before the 1851 census so it will be difficult to find the German connection wherever it is!

I'll have to work out how Helen ended up in London and Kent now!

At last the mystery of Oliver's middlename is solved

Thanks again,

Maxie.

Post by **SarahND** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 1:12 pm

Hi Maxie,
Since Oliver's father (Wm C) was supposed to have been born in the county (Middlesex) in 1841, the German connection was at least back to his father. The IGI has William Charles Hesse marrying Louisa Dickerson Martin 11 OCT 1834 at Saint Mary At Hill, London, London, England

Also his birth:

WILLIAM CHARLES HESSE
Birth: 02 APR 1805
Christening: 28 APR 1805 Saint George In The East, Stepney, London, England
Father: JOHN GABRIEL HESSE
Mother: SARAH ANN

All the best,
Sarah

Post by **emanday** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 1:35 pm

John Gabriel Hesse married Sarah Ann Price in Southwark in 1791

(From Pallot's Marriage Index on Ancestry)

Post by **emanday** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 1:39 pm

Wee bit more, just for interest...

In 1871 Census Louisa Dickenson Hesse (Oliver Charles Hesse's mother) was living with her two unmarried sisters-in-law,
Caroline M Hesse aged 73,
Sarah A Hesse aged 78

and married sister-in-law Susannah Elizabeth Coates aged 76, widow of Samuel Coates (they were married in 1841 St George in The East, London ).

In 1881 Census Louisa was a Lodger/Ladies Nurse living in the household of John Wiseman.