. Jacob Hansford 1809-1893

Cabinet maker & Upholsterer, bankrupted in 1847 but obviously bounces back again. Born Dorset, lived on the I of W by 1835- Ventnor, then Newchurch by 1841, back to Ventnor by 1845, Newchurch in 1851. By 1861 he is in Portsea, by 1870 well north in Dorking, Surrey, back to Portsea by 1881 until his death

~1809 Jacob Hansford is born Powerstock with West Milton, Dorset to Edward Hansford, joiner, & , likely, Elizabeth/Betty Denison - FS

Siblings: Sarah Hansford 1809 and a William Hansford 1811-1893, also a cabinet maker & seemingly the driving force behind Hansford Brothers, established in 1830: he died George Street, Ryde, I of W in 1893 leaving £6200, his sons also being upholsterers

1835. Jacob Hansford marries Anna Harris, Newchurch, Isle of Wight Newchurch ~5 k NW of Shanklin. Ventnor ~ 8k SSW of Shanklin

1836-1838. 2 daughters are born to Jacob & Anna : Lydia Hhansford - in Ventnor- before July 1837 when state records started & then Ruth Hansford Isle of Wight Jun 1838

1841. Anna Hansford dies Isle of Wight Jun 1841, presumably at start of April before Census Day

1841C Jacob Hansford , 32, cabinet maker, is living High Street Newchurch with 2 daughters and a female servant .

Jacob	Hansford	Male	32	1809	-
Lydia	Hansford	Female	4	1837	Hampshire, England
Ruth	Hansford	Female	3	1838	Hampshire, England
Maria	Bann	Female	23	1818	Hampshire, England

1842. Jacob Hansford, cabinet maker, widower, remarries to Ann Mitchell Isle of Wight Sep 1842. In West Cowes Independent Chapel on 11/7/1842. His father Edward Hansford, joiner: hers Joseph Mitchell, butcher . His address Ventnor: hers High Street, Cowes. Witnesses Joseph Mitchell & Stephen Knight - some of this first obtained from Hawkesworth Ancestry tree. Actual certificate from Chris Brown <chris.brown43@googlemail.com> : he contacted me June 2016, many thanks. Many of the facts on this page are due to his research . .The Independent Chapel, W Cowes is no longer there. (It would have been literally round the corner from the Mitchell's Butchers shop).

1846. Martha Hansford is born Ventnor I of W Mar 1846 to Jacob & Ann

1847. Jacob Hansford, Ventnor, I W , upholsterer, is declared bankrupt- FMP Berkshire Chronicle 14/9/1847

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1851C. Jacob Hansford is living Mill Street Newchurch [read Ventnor- see 1841C comment] , Isle of Wight with his 2nd wife, Ann, 4 of his children by Ann, and Lydia, one of his 2 children by Anna . So he has moved from High Street to Mill Street between 1847 and 1851. Mill Street changed to being called Pier Street between 1881 and 1891. High Street and Pier Street intersect at right angles close to the church, and in this census Jacob's house is in between the Parsonage and the Rose Inn.

Jacob	Hansford	Head	Married	Male	42	1809	Cabinet Maker & Upholster	Dorset, England
Ann	Hansford	Wife	Married	Female	35	1816	-	Isle of Wight, England
Lydia	Hansford	Daughter	Unmarried	Female	14	1837	-	Ventnor, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England
Stephen	Hansford	Son	-	Male	3	1848	-	Ventnor, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England
Mary Ann	Hansford	Daughter	-	Female	6	1845	-	Ventnor, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England
Martha	Hansford	Daughter	-	Female	5	1846	-	Ventnor, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England
Asaph	Hansford	Son	-	Male	0	1851	-	Ventnor, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England
Jane M	Dennis	Servant	Unmarried	Female	16	1835	-	Ryde, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England

The Rose Inn, 2016. Jacob Hansford lived next door to this in 1851C

Mill Street, Ventnor is given as one of the addresses for Hansford Bros in 1880s Ad - see further on

I think Jacob might have been bought out by his brother William, who did not consider him an asset after his bankruptcy: in the 1880s Hansford Bros. has premises in Mill Street . Jacob does not seem to flourish like William, who died a rich man . I have found the Rose Inn in the 1881C and the 1891C and there is not an upholsterers nearby. Have also looked for any Hansford in these censuses who might have been running the firm in Ventnor  and in 1881, at 22 Mill Street, George Millman, married to William's daughter Ann 1849, is a furniture salesman employing 2 people

1853. His second wife, Ann Hansford, also dies young -Isle of Wight Dec 1853

1853-1861. Jacob Hansford moves off the I of W, just across the water to Portsea.

I think Jacob might have been bought out by his brother William, who did not consider him an asset after his bankruptcy: in the 1880s Hansford Bros. has premises in Mill Street . Jacob does not seem to flourish like William, who died a rich man . I have found the Rose Inn in the 1881C and the 1891C and there is not an upholsterers nearby. No Hansfords living in Ventnor in 1891C. But, in 1881C,

at 22 Mill Street, Ventnor, 6 doors away from the Rose Inn, 2 of William's daughters are living: could his son in law, George Millman, be in charge of the shop

George	Millman	Head	Married	Male	23	1858	Furniture Salesman Employs 1 Man & 1 Boy	Islington, Middlesex, England
Mary	Millman	Wife	Married	Female	32	1849	Salesmans Wife	Ryde, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England
Mary H	Millman	Daughter	Single	Female	1	1880	Infant	Hackney, Middlesex, England
Kathrine E	Millman	Daughter	Single	Female	0	1881	Infant	Hackney, Middlesex, England
Hephzebah	Hansford	Sister In Law	Single	Female	40	1841	Annuitant	Ryde, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England

 

1861C. Cannot find on FMP. But on Ancestry, Jacob Hansford, cabinet maker, is living Little Southxxxx, 6 Clarke Place, Portsea. For Fyelia read Lydia! Have searched on name combinations with no surname

Jacob Hansford	52
Fyelia Hansford	24
Martha Hansford	15
Esther Hansford	3

Who is Esther aged 3?? Think she must be Esther Elizabeth Hansford born 31/3/1852, Ventnor, before his wife died! 3 could be 8?

1870. His daughter, Mary Ann Hansford, married Amos Bowyer Earwicker on 10/1/1870 in Southsea. He, Jacob Hansford, Dorking, late of Ventnor, I.W. -FMP. Dorking, Surrey, is a long way north of Portsea!

1871C. Cannot find on FMP, nor in Ancestry, looking anywhere in England. Maybe he is in the Channel Islands, where his brother started Hansfords Upholsterers in 1830- very young, only ~ 19/20. . There is a William Hansford, 60, upholsterer, in Ryde, also born West Milton, so likely a brother: he dies 1893, leaving £6200

1881C. Jacob Handford- mistranscribed - is living 15 Landport Street, Portsea. And his widowed daughter, Martha Cassell and her children are living at the same number, just over the page in the census! !

Jacob

Handford

Father Head

Widower

Male

72

1809

Cabinet Maker & Upholsterer

W. Milton Dorset,

1891C. Jacob Hansford, 82, still making cabinets, is living Grosvenor Street , Portsea with his widowed daughter, Mary Ann . She had married Amos Bowyer Earwicker Portsea Mar 1870 - he the son of John Earwicker and Charlotte Mathews, sister of Jane Mathews/Cassell, mother-in-law of Martha Hansford : small world!!

Mary A	Earwicker	Head	Widow	Female	47	1844	Dress Maker	Newburn, Hampshire, England
Frederick G	Earwicker	Son	-	Male	15	1876	Garden Boy	Southsea, Hampshire, England
Edwin W	Earwicker	Son	-	Male	13	1878	Errand Boy	Southsea, Hampshire, England
Alfred S	Earwicker	Son	-	Male	11	1880	-	Southsea, Hampshire, England
George H	Earwicker	Son	-	Male	6	1885	-	Southsea, Hampshire, England
Jacob	Hansford	Father	Widower	Male	82	1809	Cabinet Maker	Dorset, England
Jamima	Middleton	Lodger	Widow	Female	65	1826	Needle Woman	Southsea, Hampshire, England
Marrianne	?	Lodger	Widow	Female	64	1827	Living On Own Means	Isle of Wight, England
George	Ray	Lodger	-	Male	14	1877	Garden Boy	Scotland

 

1893. Jacob Hansford, 83, dies Portsea Mar 1893. His death notice is in the Portsmouth Evening News on 25/3/1893: Jacob Hansford, passed away 19/3/1893 , aged 83, at Grosvenor Street, Southsea [ thus still living with his daughter]-FMP. No probate

His brother, William, died the same year in Ryde , 13/5/1893

The above article must date from 1887-1900

 

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