Hi Corinne
Maria Husk died in 1849, buried 14th Aug at Wivenhoe.
Sarah Bridges from the 1841 census could be Caroline & Maria's mother. A second marriage to John Bridges c1831/2. No burial for William snr at Wivenhoe maybe he died at sea. Noticed there was also a James Husk, blacksmith living at Wivenhoe.
Moggie
Hi Moggie
Thank you so much for those details! Now I'm excited! This is the closest I've got to pinning down the certain origin of old William after nearly 30 years hunting! I'm off to do some searching.
Thanks again.... I love this site, you are all so helpful :-)
Corinne
Hi Corinne
I think it would be worthwhile paying out to view the Wivenhoe registers on SEAX.
http://seax.essexcc.gov.uk/EssexAnce...elChurch=12783
I did notice that the digitised marriages only go up to 1837 but you might be lucky & find a marriage of Sarah to John Bridges & if you are even luckier you might find her marriage to William Hursk. She was born in Wivenhoe so it would have been the obvious place for the marriages to have taken place.
Moggie
Corinne
To the best of my knowledge Sarah Husk the mother of William died in 1821 at Boxted. Her son [illegitimate I believe] then reappears in the Dover area. He was my great great grandfather. I believe there may be a connection between the Husk family at Wivenhoe and the one at Dover but I do not know what it is. It was only in recent years that I learned of the Wivenhoe Husks.
I have information about those in Dover but I have not done the original research
Peter
Hi Peter, thanks for that, I didn't know about the Dover Husks! Tell me more... Did William grow up using the name Husk when he was baptised Hursk? Thanks to the good folks here on FTF and a private member on Ancestry, I have found the proof that William Hursk 1818-1890 did indeed come from Wivenhoe and he was the oldest child of William Hursk/Husk 1787-1830 and Sarah Day. When Sarah was widowed, she married widower John Bridges and had 3 more children. I paid to view Wivenhoe parish registers on ECC Seax and found a lot of entries to confirm our William and his family. (Thanks Moggie - see above - good advice). I got really excited after such a long search for proof. Hope it doesn't take me another 30 years to get back past William senior, I'll be about 90! (21+30 does make 90 doesn't it!!)...
It seems the Wivenhoe Husks kept the spelling of Husk but they are Hursk depending which documents you look at. Have you got any connection with the Hursk/t families in Wickhambrook, Suffolk? We found a lot there in 19th century but haven't yet established a link.
Thanks again everyone
Corinne
Corinne
I believe that two families are being confused although I would not be surprised if a connection exists but I think that would be in the 18th century. To the best of my knowledge "my" Sarah never married. Her son William seems to be the creator of the Dover Husks. I have never found the name Hursk mentioned with regard to "my" family but I am aware that the spelling exists.
I have some details that I can send you but am having trouble sorting out how to remove the information from a .pdf file. Will try again over the weekend
Peter
Corinne
This is the info that I promised earlier. I would certainly appreciate learning how the two families intertwine. Hope your researches bear fruit. Please ignore the superscript numbers, they refer to sources
Peter
Descendants of Sarah HUSK
The following is the information I have gathered from various sources but as I have not done the specific research I cannot confirm the details. They do however fit with what I have found from family sources
First Generation
1. Sarah HUSK,’ believed daughter of Thomas HUSK ( - ) and Margaret born on 7 November 1795 in Tilbrook Cambs. She died on 28 July 1821 in Boxted Suffolk.
Sarah HUSK had one child WILLIAM, (1820-1906) I have not traced the father
Second Generation
2. William HUSK,2 son of Sarah HUSK, was born on 20 November 1820. He married Susannah FAGG on 16 December 1842 in Ewell.5 He died on 22 February 1906 in Primrose Road (Buckland?).’ He was buried in Buckland.’
She and William HUSK had 12 children: my ancestor was
George HUSK (185l-1932) married Clara ATKINS on 10 March 1873 in Dover. He died on 10 March 1932. He was buried in 1932 in Buckland.’ Among their children was
Jesse Charles HUSK. born on 29 October 1877 in Buckland in Dover. He married Nora Elizabeth LATTER on 25 December 1905. He died 1936
They had three children, my mother was one of them
Hi Corinne
Did you look for a baptism for William Husk/Hursk born c 1787 at Wivenhoe? Neither the NBI or FMP show the burial of William (1787) in 1830 at Wivenhoe. The nearest I could find was a William Ham in 1830. Was it a mistranscription?
Moggie
I think it must be a mistranscription Moggie, as I found the burial of William Husk 17 Aug 1830 age 43 buried at St Mary's in Wivenhoe. I did look for a baptism but couldn't find one - I got a birth year from his age at burial.
Corinne
Hi Peter
Thanks for the info and I will look into any connections now I have your details. I'll let you know if I find any.
I re-checked my notes as you said Sarah and William were named HUSK. The records I found on Ancestry http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin...irth&h=4691828 were definitely HURSK and on Family Search too, there were three records all the same but with varying ref numbers. https://familysearch.org/search/reco...ar%3A1820-1820
I haven't looked at the original documents, only the transcriptions on the two sites but I think I'll try and give the originals a look and see if it is a mistranscription.
Corinne
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