Charles Ginn son of Joe in my post of 17th March 2013 was a Maltmaker. Brewing was a major trade in Hertford.
In 1818 he married Hannah Smart (I have not investigated
Hannah's family). Originally they lived
in the Back Street (now Railway
Street) area, together with Butchery Green (much
the same thing - where Hertford Bus Station is now).
By 1827 they had moved to Chequers Yard, where they stayed. Chequers Yard was behind the old
"Chequers" Pub; behind the current Post Office and "Talbot
Arms". It was a small, run down
square of cottages illustrated in various Hertford books - see "The Book
of Hertford”.
I know relatively little about Charles. He got himself into some minor trouble in 1825
(Quarter Sessions: HRO) which culminated in him spending a month in the
Bridewell and being bound over to keep the Peace for two years.
Chequers Yard was not a healthy place, being known for
disease and epidemics. Charles died
there in 1835; he was 38 or so.
Hannah remarried a John
Barnes (a publican in Railway
Street) in 1845. He died, and in 1855 she remarried
a Joseph Meek (a Hawker) - they were in Back Street in the 1861 Census. She died in 1869,
aged approximately 70.
Charles and Hannah had nine children:
Susan ? - There is an outside chance that Charles & Hannah had a
daughter called Susan born in 1819 or so.
Susan Ginn from Hertford (claiming dad Charles) married William Newman in Lambeth in
1851. My feeling is that this is the
illegitimate Susan born to Charles Ginn’s sister Elizabeth in 1819 who was
never traced, but I cannot be entirely certain
John - see later post
Hannah - Married George Mardell in 1847. before she married she had two illegitimate children: George and Georgiana both of whom died in infancy. The name of course suggests they were likely George's
Charles - see later
Thomas - Fascinating
story here – a genealogical mind-bender.
A
labourer, Tom married Rebecca Klusman who, like Thomas, was living in a pub
in Railway Street in 1851. Rebecca was born in Clifton, Beds, but
mentions Brunswick in Germany at one point, this being where her father
Frederick (a Publican) was born in 1786. Frederick was almost certainly in the
Brunswick Regiment/Kings German Legion who served with the British Army during the Napoleonic Wars and I suspect him very
likely to have been at Waterloo. Descendants should consider this probability.
The
couple originally moved to St Pauls Walden in Herts (where the Klusman family
had moved) having a dtr Rebecca at Pauls Walden in 1860. The daughter likely died
but I am investigating. Rebecca snr died in Hertford in 1881 aged 60, but
there were differing reports on her age. .
It
was originally thought that Thomas Ginn died in 1886 (the parish register does not
survive) but this is clearly wrong. Research continues as
in 1891, a Thomas Gin [sic} is lodging in Deptford claiming to be married
and born Hertford. It can only be this fellow
NB.
There is a mystery here. The 1881 census identifies a son, William Ginn,
born Fulham in circa 1870. My belief is that this is likely a William
Klusman, born Fulham at this time who is son of William Klusman born Clifton/Hertford
in 1845. The William Klusman born in 1845 is considered to almost
certainly be Rebecca’s illegitimate child, born William Simpson Klusman in Clifton (registered
1844). The "Simpson" probably identifies the father. In
short, the William “Ginn” is actually William Klusman, Rebecca’s grandson
Sarah - married Thomas Smart at Luton in 1847 and Geo Berry at Hertford in 1854
Elizabeth - underage (15) when she married Joseph Mansfield in 1850
Joseph - untraced
James and Benjamin - died in infancy
