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THE HUDSONS

  notes by P John Partington


OUR EARLY HUDSON ANCESTORS

‘Hudson’ is a relatively common English surname, based on the Old English personal name ‘Hudd’.  As a result many contemporary Hudsons are not related to each other, and there is almost no geographical preponderance of the name.
Our own branch of the Hudson family is first found in Hertfordshire at the start of the nineteenth century, where John Hudson, a glazier, married Ann (surname unknown) and had at least two children baptized in Ware – John in 1815, and George James in 1817.

 
THE CHILDREN OF JOHN  (bef. 1799 - aft. 1815)

John’s first child, another John, was baptized at St Mary’s, Ware, on New Year’s Day 1815.  Nothing further is yet known of him.

John’s second child, George James, was born on 24 January 1817 and baptized at St Mary’s, Ware  on 25 May.  He moved to London and married Mary Dorothy Mumbray;  the couple seem to have had at least thirteen children – Rosina born in 1837/8, Julia in 1839/40, George in 1840/1, Charles William in 1841, Albert Henry (known by his second name) and James Edward in 1842, Eliza in 1844/5, Jane in 1845, Charles in 1847/8, Edwin in 1848/9, Emma Ann in 1850/1, William Alfred in 1853 and Alice Georgina in 1858 (details below).  In 1841 the family were living in Ann’s Place, Shoreditch.  At the time of Henry’s birth in 1842 George & family were living at 9 Red Lion Street, Kingsland Road;  George was a ‘brass turner’.  In 1851 they were in Union Street;  George was a “journeyman machinist”.  Ten years later he was recorded as a “lock maker”.  Mary died in 1878, in Hackney, aged fifty-nine.  Nothing further is yet known of George.

 

THE CHILDREN OF GEORGE JAMES  (1817 - aft. 1860)

George James’ first child, Rosina, was born in Middlesex in 1837/8.  In 1841 she was with her family in Ann’s Place, Shoreditch, and ten years later in Union Street, a ‘scholar’.  Ten years later she was a witness at her brother Henry’s wedding.  Nothing further is yet known of her.

George James’ second child, Julia, was born in Middlesex in 1839/40;  and his third, George, in Shoreditch, Middlesex, in 1840/1.  In 1841 & 1851 they were with their family in Shoreditch, in Ann’s Place and Union Street.

George James’ fourth child, Charles William, was born in Shoreditch in 1841, dying that same year.

George James’ fifth child, Albert Henry (known as ‘Henry’), was born at 9 Red Lion Street, Kingsland Road in Shoreditch on 5 December 1842.  (He was apparently a twin, because James Edward’s birth was also registered in the fourth quarter of 1842.)   On 6 October 1861 Henry married Elizabeth Flight, still in Shoreditch;  at the time they were living in Leonard Street, at numbers ten and sixteen respectively.  The couple seem to have had at least eight children – Albert Henry born in 1862, Elizabeth in 1864/5, Alice in 1865/6, Matilda in 1867/8, Walter Edward in 1869/70, James Arthur in 1872, Charles Simon in 1874 and Florence Julia in 1881 (details below).  In 1871 & 1881 the family were living at 25 Upper John Street in Hoxton:  Charles was working as a brass-finisher.  He died, it seems, in 1886.

George James’ seventh child, Eliza, was born in Shoreditch in 1844/5;  in 1851 she was with her family in Union Street.

George James’ eighth child, Jane, was born in 1845, and his ninth, Charles, in 1847/8, both in Shoreditch.  Nothing further is yet known of them.

George James’ tenth child, Edwin, was born in 1848/9, and his eleventh, Emma Ann, in 1850/1, both in Shoreditch.  In 1851 they were with their family in Union Street.

George James’ twelfth child, William Alfred, was born in 1853 and his thirteenth, Alice Georgina, in 1858, both in Shoreditch.  Alice died in 1861.

 

THE CHILDREN OF ALBERT HENRY  (1842 - 86)

Albert Henry’s first child, another Albert Henry (known by his second name), was born in Shoreditch in 1862.  In 1871 & 1881 he was living with his family at 25 Upper John Street, Hoxton;  in the latter year working as a plumber.

Albert Henry’s second child, Elizabeth, was born in Shoreditch in 1864/5.  In 1871 & 1881 she was living with her family at 25 Upper John Street, Hoxton, in the latter year working as a machinist.

Albert Henry’s third child, Alice, was born in Shoreditch in 1865/6;  his fourth, Matilda, was born there in 1867/8;  his fifth, Walter Edward, in 1869/70;  and his sixth, James Arthur (known by his second name) in 1872.  In 1881 they were living at 25 Upper John Street, Hoxton, all ‘scholars’.

Albert Henry’s seventh child, Charles Simon, was born on 19 December 1874, at 25 Upper John Street, Hoxton Old Town, Shoreditch;  in 1881 he was still there with his family – a ‘scholar’.  He married young, but his wife soon died, and on 1 August 1897, still in Shoreditch, he married Ada Elizabeth Negus, with whom he had eleven children:  Ada Elizabeth, born in 1898, Charles James in 1900, Richard Henry in 1902, Albert William in 1904, Frederick Charles in 1907, Henry in 1908, Elsie M in 1910, Rosa L in 1911, Ethel F in 1913 and Lilian & Joseph in 1916 (details below).  In 1901 Charles and his young family were in Hackney;  Charles was working as a painter.  In 1911 & 1921 the family were living at 46 St John’s Road, Hoxton;  Charles was working as a house-painter and then plumber.  Four years later, at Richard’s wedding, he was recorded as a “builder decorator”.  In 1939 Ada was living, widowed, at 160 Pitfield Street in Hackney.

Albert Henry’s eighth child, Florence Julia (known by her second name), was born in 1881.  That year she was with the family at 25 Upper John Street, Hoxton.


THE CHILDREN OF CHARLES SIMON  (c. 1874 - aft. 1924)

Charles Simon’s first child, Ada Elizabeth, was born in Islington in 1898.  In 1911 she was living with her parents at 46 St John’s Road, Hoxton.

Charles Simon’s second child, Charles James, was born in Shoreditch in 1900.  In 1911 & 1921 he was living with his parents at 46 St John’s Road, Hoxton – in the latter year recorded as a “plumber’s mate, out of work”.

Charles Simon’s third child, Richard Henry (‘Dick’), was born in 1902.  In 1911 & 1921 he was living with his family at 46 St John’s Road, Hoxton – in the latter year working as a newsagent.  He married Rose Mary Skeats on Boxing Day 1925 at Christ Church, West Green in Middlesex.  At the time both he and Rose were recorded as living at 39 Harringay Road in West Green;  Richard was working as a “motor driver”.  The couple had four children – Richard Albert Charles born in 1926, Stanley George in 1929, Jean Rosemary in 1934 and Frank J in 1938.  In 1939 Dick, Rose & Frank were at 67 Nicholas Street, Hoxton, with Dick still working as a “newspaper van driver”;  Rose’s mother was with them.

Charles Simon’s fourth child, Albert William, was born in Hackney in 1904.  In 1911 & 1921 he was living with his parents at 46 St John’s Road, Hoxton – in the latter year working as a newsvendor on commission.

Charles William’s fifth child, Frederick Charles, was born in 1907, and died two years later.

Charles Simon’s sixth child, Henry, was born in Hackney in 1908.  In 1911 & 1921 he was living with his parents at 46 St John’s Road, Hoxton.

Charles Simon’s seventh child, Elsie M, was born in Shoreditch on 22 July 1910.  In 1911 & 1921 she was living with her parents at 46 St John’s Road, Hoxton.  In 1934 she married Horace George Elks, and five years later was living with her mother at 160 Pitfield Street in Hackney, working as a cardboard box maker.

Charles Simon’s eighth child, Rosa L, was born in 1911;  in 1921 she was living with her parents at 46 St John’s Road, Hoxton.

Charles Simon’s ninth child, Ethel F, was born on 31 July 1913.  In 1921 she was living with her parents at 46 St John’s Road, Hoxton.  In 1939 she was living with her mother at 160 Pitfield Street in Hackney, working as an “underwear machinist”.  The following year she married Benjamin J Windsor.

Charles Simon’s tenth & eleventh children, Lillian M & Joseph G, were born on 6 February 1916.  In 1921 they were living with their parents at 46 St John’s Road, Hoxton;  and in 1939 Joseph was living with his mother at 160 Pitfield Street in Hackney, working as an electricity meter tester.



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