Completed: A norwegian seaman settled in South Shields.

[ShaunJ]

There is a death registration for Charles H Hanson aged 81 in South Shields in the quarter ended December 1942 (vol 10a page 677) - that could be him.

The reason for his line of entries being struck from the 1911 census could be that he was at sea on census night and the enumerator or one of the family had realised the error.

[Sandymc47]

Hi there

Just to let you know that my Grandma was called Hetty Routledge and was born in Middlesbrough in 1884.  I have researched the Routledges and found no other Hetty in a few hundred years.  I can only presume it was the craze in that area at that time.  If it was a Scandinavian name it was probably because of the docks.  I presume that my GGGrandad heard it around Middlesbrough at that time and decided to call his youngest daughter that name.  We have never had any Hetties before or after and I have done resarch since 2007 back until  1550. Here endeth my line lol.

regards Sandymc   

[2zpool]

Hettie could also be a nickname for Henrietta, Esther or Mehitable that evolved into a regular name similar to Nancy and Ann, Tillie and Matilda and many others.

Janis

[Jaba]

Hetty is not a scandinavian name, I dont know any i Norway with this name.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hetty is a female first name. It may refer to:

Hetty Baynes (born 1957), English actress
Hetty Burlingame Beatty (1907–1971), American sculptor, children's author, and illustrator
Hetty Cary (1836-1892), a noted beauty of the Confederacy and one of the makers of the Confederate battle flag
Hetty Green (1834-1916), American businesswoman and notorious miser
Hetty King (1883-1972), stage name of English music hall entertainer Winifred Emms

[emmadog]

Hi, you were asking why your Hans Hansen was known by the name Charles Henry. My great grandfather was also a sailor from Norway who sailed to England and married in Newcastle. He was Hans Kristian Hansen but was named on all censuses and paperwork here as Christopher Hansen. He came over here in the 1890's but don't know too much about him.

Barbara.

[Jaba]

So I understand that the change of name does not indicate that I got the wrong man. I thought so. Many of the other information fit very well with all I know from before. It was very exciting to try this way. I'm allmost there now....

[emmadog]

I agree with you that rootschat is the 'BEST'.  The chatters here are so very helpful and are a treacure chest of information.  I have learned so much about the area that I was born and even sent info to my 80 year old uncle who is also amazed at the help we have had.

[2zpool]

I have a great great aunt named Hetty only her baptised name was Bernhardina, she was Swedish.  I don't know what she was called in Sweden but my grandfather always refered to her as Aunt Hetty/Hettie.  I would have probably called her Bernie but that was her brother's nickname.

Janis

[truryn]

Henrietta was my grandma,her dad died when she was about 11. sisters Hetty (Farrer),Betty(Elizabeth Sandy)her son Les had 5 children all in oz.I have pictures of Norman with brother Bob with address 269 Taylor street.Bob was a merchant captain and lived in south Shields died late 60s early 70s