Henry Fawcett

[lucygrasshopper]

My many times Great Grandfather was Aaron Fawcett.
He was born in Berkshire and christened 25 April 1791 Saint Mary Reading, Berkshire.

Aaron married Charlotte Durbridge on 2.9.1813

They had three sons:

William -  b. 22.9.1816 - who married Jane Smedley and went to New Zealand

Samuel - born in 1818 the same year his father died and was still alive on the 1881 Census

Then there was Henry... Henry was born in 1814.  I have found information by hunting all over the place which indicated that Henry was born and died in 1814 - on 25 Sept.

The more I thought about it, the more I figured Henry's purported death date was probably his christening date and someone got it wrong.

I am in trouble if this Henry was not the one that married Harriet Eddicett on 26 September 1839

Best I can make out is the Registration No. 579 or it could be 179. Parish Church???  of the Established Church of ???City of London

The Certificate is almost illegible.

Can someone confirm My Henry?

Thank you
Lucy

[colinsorigins]

Hi Lucy,

Here's an interesting one I found in the IGI.

Henry Fassett was baptized 25 Sep 1814 St. Mary Reading.   His parents were Allen Fassett and Charlotte.

William and Samuel are also there but father is amended to Aaron Fassett.

These seem to be yours, but when did the spelling change from Fassett to Fawcett?

The London certificate seems bogus.   It seems very unlikely that if Henry died he would have been buried anywhere other than St. Mary.   Therefore if you can confirm that he is not buried there, I think you will have proved he did not die early.

Hope this helps you to progress

Best wishes

Colin

[colinsorigins]

Hi Lucy,

Just one more piece of information you might find of interest, Henry Fawcett age 66 and born in Reading was living at the house described below.   He was the head and only inhabitant.   He was a widower and occupation was given as attendant. {found in 1881 census published by LDS}

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[lucygrasshopper]

Thank you Colin

I will now cross reference this with what I have.

The age seems right. 

Lucy

[Valda]

1851 census HO107 1530 folio 120
8 Labour in Vain? Court St Mary Mountshaw  City of London 
Henry Fawcett 36  Reading, Berkshire,  Head Married Baker
Hariet Fawcett 38  Tiverton, Devon, Wife  Married
Henry Fawcett 10  London, Son 
Emma Lava (as in abbreviated Lavinia) Fawcett 8  London, Daughter  At home Blind
Eliza Fawcett 4  London,  Daughter 

Anglican churches in Reading besides St. Mary's in 1816 were St Giles and St Laurence. There is no IGI coverage of St Laurence and for St. Giles it stops in 1812. The National Burial index has coverage of St. Mary's Reading only up to 1812.
 
1861 census RG9 224 folio 55
6 Labour in Vain St Mary Mounthaw  Middlesex   
Henry Fawcett 46 Reading, Berkshire,  Head  Married Clerk and undertaker
Harriett Fawcett 49  Tiverton, Devon,  Wife  Married Seamstress
Emma Lavinia Fawcett 19 , London, Daughter  Blind
Eliza Fawcett 15  London City Daughter Seamstress
Harriet Fawcett 7 London City Daughter 
Emily Elizabeth Fawcett 4  London City Daughter 

1871 census RG10 1402 folio 32
11 St Peters Street Burnham  Buckinghamshire   
Henry Fawcett 48  Reading, Berkshire, Head  Married Coal merchant
Harriet Fawcett 50 Tiverton, Devon, Wife  Married
Harriet Fawcett 19  London, Middlesex,  Daughter 
Emily E Fawcett 14  London, Middlesex, Daughter 

Regards

Valda

[lucygrasshopper]

Thank you Valda and Colin too

This has referenced beautifully and has confirmed My Henry is the one I have.  I am so pleased.  I thought, for a dreadful moment, that I had to start all over.

Will get back to you if I need further help.

Lucy

[Valda]

As I emphasised there were other Reading churches in which a Henry Fawcett could have been baptised in, who later gave his birthplace in general terms as Reading, and that I was unable to check the St. Mary Reading burial register in 1814 for the possibility of a burial of a Henry Fawcett since I only have access to the national burial index and not the registers themselves. The IGI indicates there were other Fawcett families in Reading in the St. Mary registers.
Does Henry's marriage in 1839 clearly indicate his father was Aaron Fawcett?

Regards

Valda

[lucygrasshopper]

Hi Valda

Yes - it is a poor copy of the wedding certificate, but Aaron was this Henry's father.
As it often happens, there can be one name that leads one to success - Aaron was never repeated in our family, but there were a lot of Aaron's in other Sources...My Aaron may have had siblings - there is an amazing number of Aaron's in the USA too.

Even under a 10x loupe, to magnify, it can't be any other name.

I get your point too - I have been sussing out this family for a long time now - I move to other parts of the tree to give it a rest, and each time I came back to Fawcett, Henry got in the way.

I now have Henry 1, 2 and 3 - in succession, and they match up with what you have given me.

Would you believe I have this line from about 1650 through to 2006.  I think I can now really do something with it.

Again
Thank you
Lucy

[lucygrasshopper]

Hi Colin - re your reply on Henry found in the IGI

I found a fellow in America who got the Arron right but changed the Fawcett to Fasset.  He did his entire research using this Fassett name but I twigged to this.

Arron Fawcett married Charlotte Durbridge 2.9.1813

They had three sons, William, Henry and Samuel.
When My Henry married, his father's name was given as Aaron Fawcett.

This fellow changed and persisted with the Fassett and put it on everything he researched.

His own name is Fawcett and his first known Ancetsor was James Fawcett.

His material messed me up for a time.

It wasn't a case of changing Fassett to Fawcett, but the otherway around.

I know Old English writing, even in Census papers, is often hard to read, but this one knocked my research silly - right down to Henry being Dead.

This fellow did a bit of creative genealogy!

With everything, there is good and bad.  I learnt not to take too much for gospel until I could cross reference it,
hence my enquiry.

You and Valda have both verified My Henry.

A little later, I have another question, once I get it sorted.

Thanks for your help. 

Lucy