Naturalization Record

[stevejgarton]

Incidentally -- I don't think it is your William in 1871 -- there was a William Henry Levett born 1860 in Sculcoates Reg District - mother's maiden name Woodhead. So a different grandson. Hence we haven't found Ann or your William in 1871.

Aha should have gone to specsavers, all these years I have been researching and I read the 1871 entry as William R when it is indeed a H doh.....ok thanks a million for pointing that out, the plot thickens.

[Pennines]

Steve -- I did read it as William H. --- but just thought it might be your William without checking it out. (And we should never assume should we!)

The 2 grandchildren present in 1871 with the Levett grandparents are not a brother and sister ---- both have different mother's maiden names. I have checked marriages -- the William H belongs to a William Levett and Emma Woodhead -- whilst the grandaughter, Phoebe is the daughter of Thomas 'Levitt' and Sarah Ann Acaster. William and Thomas must be brothers of Ann Wilson, nee Levett - later Henning.

This is a 'side' issue but does show that your William Robert wasn't there in 1871 - and at the moment heaven only knows where he and his mother were.

 

[stevejgarton]

Yes Pennines, William & Thomas are two of Anns brothers.

Have spent a couple of hours searching on every site I know without any luck at all in finding Ann & William Robert on the 1871 census. There is either a horrendous transcription error and there are plenty or they went missing somehow.

[jamcat95]

I noticed from one of the 1870 Census of a Charles Henning (there are 2 Charles Henning from Norway as Boarding House Keepers. I think it was mentioned earlier) that an Ann Graf was listed as living with them but this Charles' wife was Emma and children were Caroline and Ann. I can't help thinking that this Ann Graf might be related to Ann M Graff (Henning). Also a Charles Graff on the other Census boarding there too. This looks to be the same Charles but I don't know how.
Any thoughts?

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DHFQ-G9?i=678&cc=1438024 - Charles, Emma, Caroline, Emma and Ann Graf

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-64K3-GRT?i=190&cc=1438024 - Charles, Annie, Annie, Josephine and Charles Graff.


Ian

[jamcat95]

Found this article from 1872 in The Evening Standard, New York about Charles Henning, boarding house keeper being taken to court for assault (4th spalt halfway down "Assault and Battery):
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01lwy/


Ian

[stevejgarton]

I noticed from one of the 1870 Census of a Charles Henning (there are 2 Charles Henning from Norway as Boarding House Keepers. I think it was mentioned earlier) that an Ann Graf was listed as living with them but this Charles' wife was Emma and children were Caroline and Ann. I can't help thinking that this Ann Graf might be related to Ann M Graff (Henning). Also a Charles Graff on the other Census boarding there too. This looks to be the same Charles but I don't know how.
Any thoughts?

On the entry where Charles Graff is boarding I see a Henning C showing as female?

[jamcat95]

Yes I saw that too but I thought it could be a mistake perhaps.........?
and both Annie and Emma coming from Prussia/Germany and both children New York.

And also I took that the female Henning is your Charles.


Ian

[jamcat95]

Also, the boarding house on Carlisle Street from the 1870 Census is probably the boarding house on Greenwich Street (Carlisle Street meets Greenwich Street) as from the newspaper report.

Ian

[Jomot]

The city directories I mentioned on the earlier thread have Charles Henning bdgh (boarding house) at 9 Carlisle in 1872 and at 179 Cherry in 1876. 

The 1880 census pages are out of order - Charles, Annie & Annie are on page 12 at 179 Cherry Street, but you have to skip a few pages forward to get to page 13.  The top of that page shows Henning Joseph (forename then crossed out) daughter, aged 13.   This ties in with family living at 9 Carlisle in 1870.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBC-8RB?i=7&cc=1417683
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBC-DQ3?i=12&cc=1417683