Helen's Family Trees - Jones

DESCENDANTS OF Catherine JONES (to contribute information, please email Helen@HelensFamilyTrees.com)

Third Generation

9. Thomas Aloysius HUSSEY (Agnes DEVINE , Catherine ) was born 1864 in probably 9 Mayfield Place, Kensington, London. He died 30 Mar 1916 in London.

Thomas, who was educated at St. Edmund's Roman Catholic College in Hertfordshire, followed in his father's footsteps and became a builder.
Thomas and his brother, James, were to marry two sisters, Mary and Jane Butler. It's possible the two families were neighbours at some point because at the time of the 1881 census, the Butlers were living at 32 St. Mary Abbot's Terrace in Kensington (they later moved but it's not known when), and at the time of the 1891 (and 1901) censuses, Thomas's parents were living at 23 St. Mary Abbot's Terrace (having moved there sometime after 1884). Perhaps that's how the Thomas and James first met the Butler girls; or perhaps the connection is through Mary's and Jane's younger brother, William, who may have attended St. Edmund's at the same time as some of Thomas's brothers.

Thomas died of sarcoma of the spine and post-operative shock at the National Hospital, Queen's Square, Holborn, London. His home address at the time was 110 Baron's Court Road, West Kensington (where his son Laurence was living in 1915).

Thomas married Mary Theresa BUTLER, daughter of George Patrick BUTLER and Jane LYNCH, in 1886 in Kensington, London. Mary was born 1865 in Richmond, Surrey. She died after 1917.

At the time of the 1891 census, Mary and her husband, Thomas, were living at Albert Hall Mansions in Kensington which had been built by Thomas's father's company. They were still at Albert Hall Mansions at the time of the 1901 census (the surname appears as "Husey" on the 1901 return). By the time of the 1911 census Mary appears to have been living at the home of her father at 59 Rowan Road, Hammersmith with her six surviving children while her husband, Thomas, is listed alone at 150 Blyth Road, West Kensington. At the time of the death of their son Ted in 1917, by which time Thomas had died, Mary appears to have been living at 57 Gunterstone Road, West Kensington, London.

They had the following children:

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Mary (Mamie) HUSSEY was born about 1888 in Westminster, London. She died date unknown.

Mamie lived in Wimbledon in London. She was a civil servant in the Department of Social Welfare. Her occupation in the 1911 census is given as 'Health Visitor'.

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Thomas (Tom) Leonard HUSSEY was born 1890 in Westminster, London. He died 23 Mar 1909 in 59 Rowan Road, Hammersmith, London.

There's an entry for a Thomas L. Hussey, aged 11, born in Westminster, London, in the 1901 census return for the household of Tom's uncle, James Hussey, in Hammersmith.

Thomas died at the age of 19 of "Heart Disease, Aortic Regurgitation [leaking of aortic valve], Anasarca [accumulation of fluid beneath skin]".

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Kathleen (Kate) HUSSEY was born 1891 in Westminster, London. She died date unknown.

According to the 1911 census Kate, who was living with her mother and siblings in Hammersmith, was a saleswoman. She later lived in Wimbledon and in Barnes in London.

+ 22 M iv Robert (Bob) Edward HUSSEY was born 3 Jan 1892 and died 8 Oct 1947.
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Edward (Ted) Wilfred HUSSEY was born 1895 in Westminster, London. He died 16 Aug 1917 in Ypres, Belgium and was buried in Tyne Cot Cemetery, Passchendaele, Belgium.

At the time of the 1911 census Ted was a 'boy clerk' in the Civil Service. Six years later, as a Lance Corporal in the Queens Westminsters Regiment, he was killed at Ypres in Belgium. He is buried in Tyne Cot Cemetery, Passchendaele, Belgium (Plot XLVI, Row H, Grave 1). The cemetery, the largest Commonwealth war cemetery in the world in terms of burials, is situated 9km north east of Ieper (Ypres).

Ted's name is listed on a World War I memorial plaque on a wall of Brook Green Church in Hammersmith where he had been an alter-server.

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Laurence (Laurie) Joseph HUSSEY was born 1896 in Westminster, London. He died 1966.

World War I military records (attestation, discharge and pension papers) were located for Laurie, who lived at 110 Baron's Court West in Kensington at the time of his enlistment in January 1915. The records tell us that Laurie was a fitter by trade and was 5 feet 11 inches tall with grey eyes and black hair. He was sent to France with the Royal Engineers regiment in April 1917. However only two days after his arrival he "fainted on parade following heavy march with full pack up hills" near Rouen and it was discovered he had "advanced valvular disease of the heart". He returned to England for treatment but was deemed unable to return to military service and he was given a discharge from the army in March 1918.

Laurie, who never married, lived in Putney in London.

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Eileen HUSSEY was born 1903 in Hammersmith, London. She died 1960.

Eileen became a teacher and lived in Wimbledon in London.

10. James HUSSEY (Agnes DEVINE , Catherine ) was born 27 Sep 1865 in 9 Mayfield Place, Kensington, London. He died 3 Apr 1936 in London and was buried in probably St. Mary's Cemetery, Kensal Green, London.

James went to school at St. Edmund's College near Ware in Hertfordshire. He went on to become a solicitor. At the time of the 1901 census, he and his wife, Jane, were living at 38 Westcroft Square in Hammersmith, and at the time of the 1911 census and the time of James's mother's death in 1913 they were at Olympia Mansions in Hammersmith. They later moved to 35 Dewhurst Road, Brook Green, Hammersmith where they lived for many years.

James seems to have retired from legal practice by 1919 because the marriage certificate of his son Michael from that year gives James's occupation as 'Clerk, Board of Trade'. James died in the West London Hospital in 1936 of a malignant prostate, the same disease that caused the death of his father. On his death certificate, James's occupation is given as church organist.

There follows a poem written about James, written many years after his death, by his granddaughter Maureen Gordon (née Hussey):

ODYSSEY

Grandfather,
Looking backwards through the years,
I see you sitting on my childhood bed -
Wizard of wonder,
Ancient innocence -
Weaving me webs of magic and myth.
Heroes and gods,
Enchanters, unicorns
Peopled the lucid air
Through which we voyaged
On translucent seas
To coral islands - Cathay - Camelot.

Later, on tired old legs,
You trudged the streets,
Trading your meagre pence on market stalls
For unconsidered treasure,
Argosies
Of well-thumbed books
Whose illustrations burned
Scarlet and gold through tissue coverings
Thin as the mists of time.

You were not reckoned a successful man,
Small value put on you or on your wares;
Though I recall you aureoled with love,
Your photos show you threadbare,
Down-at-heel.
You left no legacy the world calls wealth,
Only to me
The little golden key
To jewelled caverns,
Labrynthine ways
Into infinities of cosmic space.

You were my Homer and my Gutenberg.

Once you saw Venice,
And the spell it cast over your life
Suffused my youth with light.
When your great-grandson,
Your true avatar,
Caught in the same enchantment,
Took me there and I first recognised
The beauty floating on the mirroring water
That proved the truth of your mythologies,
You smiled at me again out of his eyes.

________________

from The Tug of the Undertow © 1995, Maureen Gordon

James married Jane Frances BUTLER, daughter of George Patrick BUTLER and Jane LYNCH, in 1891 in Kensington, London. Jane was born 1868 in 18 Edwards Square, Kensington, London. She died 9 Mar 1946 in 35 Dewhurst Road, Hammersmith, London and was buried in probably St. Mary's Cemetery, Kensal Green, London.

Jane and her sister Mary married two brothers. Jane married James Hussey and Mary married his brother Thomas.

Jane's granddaughter Sheila Hussey remembers that she and her sisters used to refer to Jane as 'Granny Miaow' because she usually had a cat perched on her knee.

According to her death certificate, Jane died from (1a) cerebral haemorrhage, (1b) acute toxaemia, (1c) quincy [severe tonsilitis] and (2) chronic valvular disease of the heart. The informant was her son Martin.

They had the following children:

+ 26 M i Michael Robert HUSSEY was born 6 Jan 1892 and died 7 Mar 1980.
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Philip James HUSSEY was born 1894 in Hammersmith, London. He died 15 Sep 1916 in Rouen, France and was buried in St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen.

Philip worked for The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR) prior to enlisting for service in World War I. He was sent to France as a rifleman with the Queen's Westminster regiment and died from wounds sustained in the Battle of the Somme. His injuries had not been life-threatening, but conditions were such that he developed gangrene and died in a British army hospital in Rouen. He is buried in St. Sever Cemetery (not the adjoining St. Sever extension), Le Grand Quevilly, Rouen (Plot B, Row 19, Grave 3).

Philip's name appears on a World War I memorial plaque on a wall of Brook Green Church in Hammersmith where he had been an alter-server. His name is also included on a bronze panel at Victoria Station in London commemorating members of LB&SCR staff who were killed in the war.

Philip's mother, Jane, always carried with her the official letters regarding her son's death and was distraught when her handbag, containing the letters, was stolen. The thief must have realised their importance because some days later the letters were delivered back to Jane through her letterbox.

+ 28 M iii Stephen HUSSEY was born 25 Jul 1895 and died 7 Sep 1978.
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Anne (Nan, Annie) Mary HUSSEY was born Jul 1899 in Hammersmith, London. She died 1990 in Hammersmith, London.

Nan trained as a teacher but worked as a civil servant in the Department of Housing. She lived with her sister, Winnie, in the family home at 35 Dewhurst Road, Brook Green, Hammersmith, London. Towards the end of their lives she and Winnie moved to Nazareth House nursing home in Hammersmith.

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Martin J. HUSSEY was born 1901 in Hammersmith, London. He died 1969.

We are not entirely sure that the photo shown, from a family collection, is that of Martin. It was taken in 1917 in Kensington, and on the back appears to be written "Gunner M.E. Hussey" followed by "Siege Battery H.A.C." (H.A.C. being the acronym for the Honorary Artillery Company). However Martin would only have been 16 or 17 years of age in 1917, too young to have been accepted into the army (although it's possible he could have lied about his age). Furthermore we had believed that Martin's middle initial was J (from his marriage record on the FreeBMD website) rather than E. On balance, however, we believe that this photo is that of our Martin, but any assistance in positively identifying the young man pictured would be most welcome.

After the war Martin worked with his brothers Stephen and Austin in the family building business, Hussey Bros. (Builders) Ltd., based in Queensway, Bayswater, London.

At the time of the death of his mother (1946), Martin and his wife, Marie, were living at 15 Ayr Court, Monks Drive, Ealing, London. By 1962 they had moved to 30 Rowan Road, Brook Green, Hammersmith, London. They had no children.

Note: Martin's grandfather George Butler had lived at 23 Rowan Road and died at 59 Rowan Road.

Martin married Marie HURST in 1942 in Hammersmith, London. Marie was born about 1910. She died date unknown.

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Winifred (Winnie) HUSSEY was born 23 Nov 1902 in Hammersmith, London. She died 12 Mar 1993 in Hammersmith, London and was buried in St. Mary's Cemetery, Harrow Road, London.

Winnie was a teacher, retiring from St Mary's School, Kensal in London in 1964. She lived with her sister, Nan, in the family home at 35 Dewhurst Road, Brook Green, Hammersmith, London.

+ 32 M vii Augustine (Austin) HUSSEY was born 24 Apr 1907 and died Nov 1992.

11. William (Will) HUSSEY (Agnes DEVINE , Catherine ) was born 1867 in 9 Mayfield Place, Kensington, London. He died 27 Feb 1939 in Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire.

Will attended St. Edmund's school for Roman Catholic boys outside Ware in Hertfordshire. He enjoyed cricket, and for many years after leaving school was an annual visitor to St. Edmund's as a member of the Zouave Cricket Club which was recruited largely from Old Edmundians.

Will became a builder, like his father. There's a nice story, with a link to Will's business, that people might find interesting:
For many years there was a manhole cover with Will's name on it at the front of Brook Green Catholic Church, the local parish church for generations of Husseys. Many, many years after Will had died, his grandniece, Sheila Hussey (1927-2003), who lived in Ireland but who had long had her eye on the manhole cover, asked the Westminster Diocese if she could have it. They said 'yes' (also saying that it was the strangest request they had ever received!) and shortly thereafter it was transported to Dublin and installed in Sheila's driveway on Cedarmount Road in Mount Merrion. It reads:

                           William Hussey
                                 Builder
                   Albert Hall Mansions SW

Albert Hall Mansions had been built by Will's father's building company and it appears that William lived there as London telephone directories from 1914 and 1922 list his address as 32 Albert Hall Mansions (and give an office number too at Albert Hall Mansions).

According to his obituary in 'The Edmundian' (the magazine published by his old school, St. Edmund's), Will lived in the village of Tilehurst in Berkshire for the last 20 years of his life. However correspondence between him and a family member in 1937 gives his address as 18a Marloes Road, Kensington (his father owned property on Marloes Road). When Will died (in Tilehurst) in 1939, The obituary also tells us that Will was survived by his wife and son, one brother [which would have been Edmund] and two sisters [probably Elizabeth and Kate].

William married Catherine (Kitty) ROONEY, daughter of Robert Alexander ROONEY and Frances (Fanny) RATHBONE, in 1902. Catherine was born 1878 in Clapham, London. She died 1963 in Berkshire.

Kitty's paternal grandfather was born in Ireland. At the time of the death of her son, Val, in 1943, Kitty was living at Mill Cottage, Calcot in Berkshire.

They had the following children:

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Valentine (Val) William HUSSEY was born 1909 in South Kensington, London. He died 14 Jul 1943 in Sicily and was buried in Syracuse War Cemetery, Sicily.

Val, an only child, was named after his mother's twin sister who died in 1906 aged only 28. He was educated at Stonyhurst, a Jesuit-run boarding school in Lancashire. As a young man he was a member of the Royal Artillery unit of the Territorial Army and went on to serve as a captain in the Royal Artillery in World War II. Sadly, in July 1943, Val died of wounds received during the Allied Invasion of Sicily. He was 33 years old. His grave number in Syracuse War Cemetery in Sicily is VII. C. 11.

16. Edmund HUSSEY (Agnes DEVINE , Catherine ) was born 6 Jul 1874 in Kensington, London. He died 6 Nov 1955 in Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire.

Edmund attended St. Edmund's Roman Catholic College (near Ware in Hertfordshire) from 1888 until 1890. He went on to become a publican, later an undertaker and later still an estate agent. The 1901 census sees him running The Cambridge public house at 54 Cambridge Road in Hammersmith while the 1911 census tells us he is an undertaker, living at 3 Holland Place Chambers in Kensington. As an undertaker he ran Hussey Bros. Funeral Directors with his brother Jack.

Edmund saw service in World War I, returning home suffering from shell shock which necessitated a lengthy stay in hospital.

Note: On the 1901 census return for Edmund's household, the name 'Hussey' is incorrectly indexed on www.Ancestry.co.uk as 'Hassey'.

Edmund married Catherine Florence HUGHES in 1900 in Paddington, London. Catherine was born about 1875 in Notting Hill, London.

They had the following children:

+ 34 M i Edmund Peter HUSSEY was born 18 Mar 1901 and died 22 May 1984.

17. Catherine (Kate) HUSSEY (Agnes DEVINE , Catherine ) was born 1875 in Kensington, London. She died probably after 27 Feb 1939.

Kate is listed in the 1901 and 1911 census returns for her parents' household, suggesting she probably have moved back in with them after the death of her husband. The 1911 census tells us she was working as a builder's clerk, indicating that she worked for her father.

Catherine married Henry (Harold) Charles KENT, son of William Charles Mark (Charles) KENT and Anne YOUNG, on 15 Jan 1896 in Our Lady of Victories Church, High St., Kensington. Henry was born 1864 in Kensington, London. He died 1898 in 20 Cromwell Grove, Hammersmith.

Harold, a journalist, was born into a literary family. His father, Charles, was an editor (his appointments included editorship of the Sun newspaper from 1845 to 1870) as well as a journalist and poet. Charles was also a good friend of Charles Dickens and a lock of Dickens's hair was passed down to Harold; it is still in the possession of the family. And Harold's mother, Ann, who was a daughter of Sun proprietor Murdo Young, was an author.

Henry is listed, aged 17, in the 1881 census. Census details for the household are:

Address: 1 Campden Grove, Kensington
Charles Kent, head, aged 57, barrister not in practice, born London [his obituary in the Times, however, gives Paramatta, NSW as his place of birth]
Ann, wife, 56? authoress, born London
Henry, son, 17, journalist, born Kensington
Edward, son, 13, scholar, born Kensington
Amelia, 12, scholar, born Kensington

According to his death certificate, Harold died of "tuberculosis of lungs 1 year and 3 months. Heart failure". He was only 34 years of age.

They had the following children:

+ 35 F i Marjorie Mary C. KENT was born 2 Nov 1896 and died May 1990.

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