I have a 3rd great grandfather in London. He married my great grandmother Elizabeth Durran at Bethnal Green, London in 1857.
He was an illiterate Swiss lace (narrow) weaver, and his (anglicised) surname was at times recorded as HENRY SHAWERS SOHURES and SAYERS.
He would have been born in Switzerland about 1827.
He may have been the passenger of The Lord Warden that disembarked from Boulogne to Folkestone in 1852, recorded as Monsieur Shawers "French".
He recorded at his marriage that his father was called John Shawers (anglicised), and that his father's occupation was copper smith.
Henry and Elizabeth Shawers had three sons, that I believe all died young. Their only surviving child being my 2nd great grandmother Elizabeth Rosina Shawers. I believe that the forename Rosina was popular in parts of Switzerland during the 19th Century? It could have been passed from her father's side.
Henry and Elizabeth moved around various addresses in London, both sides of the river, before they went on a trip to the South Coast - stayed in a lodging house in Brighton - before returning to North London. They were poor, and Henry twice ended up gaoled - once for begging and vagrancy, and once for being drunk in the highway - his last record .
His last record was the imprisonment in Wandsworth Prison in 1873. I have nothing on him after that. However, in the 1881 census - his wife and daughter now have the surname Hayes possibly suggesting that Henry Shawers was no more.
The only record of religion suggests that he was happy to use Anglican churches. I do not know what his native language was - German, French, Italian or Romansh? I do not know what Canton that he was from, or associated with.
I have made an online Timeline of his Life on record here: http://paulbrooker.posthaven.com/hen...of-an-ancestor
I would really appreciate any help with learning more about Henry Shawers. Anything that could help identify his language, Canton of origin, his surname (and forename) before being anglicised. Where he may have disappeared - really, any clues or information not on that linked timeline.
Perhaps someone with experience in Swiss genealogy?
Thank you for reading this request.
He was an illiterate Swiss lace (narrow) weaver, and his (anglicised) surname was at times recorded as HENRY SHAWERS SOHURES and SAYERS.
He would have been born in Switzerland about 1827.
He may have been the passenger of The Lord Warden that disembarked from Boulogne to Folkestone in 1852, recorded as Monsieur Shawers "French".
He recorded at his marriage that his father was called John Shawers (anglicised), and that his father's occupation was copper smith.
Henry and Elizabeth Shawers had three sons, that I believe all died young. Their only surviving child being my 2nd great grandmother Elizabeth Rosina Shawers. I believe that the forename Rosina was popular in parts of Switzerland during the 19th Century? It could have been passed from her father's side.
Henry and Elizabeth moved around various addresses in London, both sides of the river, before they went on a trip to the South Coast - stayed in a lodging house in Brighton - before returning to North London. They were poor, and Henry twice ended up gaoled - once for begging and vagrancy, and once for being drunk in the highway - his last record .
His last record was the imprisonment in Wandsworth Prison in 1873. I have nothing on him after that. However, in the 1881 census - his wife and daughter now have the surname Hayes possibly suggesting that Henry Shawers was no more.
The only record of religion suggests that he was happy to use Anglican churches. I do not know what his native language was - German, French, Italian or Romansh? I do not know what Canton that he was from, or associated with.
I have made an online Timeline of his Life on record here: http://paulbrooker.posthaven.com/hen...of-an-ancestor
I would really appreciate any help with learning more about Henry Shawers. Anything that could help identify his language, Canton of origin, his surname (and forename) before being anglicised. Where he may have disappeared - really, any clues or information not on that linked timeline.
Perhaps someone with experience in Swiss genealogy?
Thank you for reading this request.
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