HIRST, Joseph (Grimwade p.318, 343, 348)
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2012 5:41 am
He was born in Borough, Southwark, Surrey around 1808.
He married Jane Lee at St Mark, Kennington in 1831; both were from that parish.
The christening of their son Joseph George recorded in 1832 at St Leonard, Shoreditch shows their address as Nicholas Street where Joseph senior was a watch case maker. Similarly in the record of their second son Henry’s christening in 1834 at St John Hoxton.
He entered a mark at Goldsmiths Hall in 1835 in partnership with Samuel Saltmarsh as watch case makers from 28 Coppice Row, Clerkenwell.
Joseph's daughter Jane was christened at St George the Martyr, Southwark in 1836 and shows their address as Coppice Row.
Marks were entered as a sole trader in 1836-40 from 153 St John’s Road whereas the christening record for their son Joseph at St George in 1837 refers to St John’s Street.
The family were at 12 Skinner Street, Clerkenwell in 1841 and 1851 and at Arthur Villas, Lansdowne Road. Hackney in 1861.
Further maker’s marks had been registered in 1840, 1846 and 1854.
His wife Jane’s death was registered in Hackney in 1867.
He married Eliza Ann King in Newington in 1868. She was born in the City of London around 1836.
They had started a new family by 1871 when they were listed at King Edward Road, South Hackney. Joseph senior is shown for the first time as a retired watch case maker.
They had moved to 9 Munster Terrace, St Leonard-on-Sea by 1881.
Records show that Joseph senior had 14 children between 1832 and 1881.
His death in 1886 was registered in Hastings.
His Will was proved at the Principal Registry in 1886. His last address was 63 Bohemia Road, St Leonard-on Sea. The value of his estate was £208.
Further history of the continuing watch case manufacture by Hirst Brothers and reference to the original business being a partnership at 12 Skinner Street between James Thickbroom and James Hirst can be found in Volume I, p.233 of The Directory of Gold & Silversmiths Jewellers & Allied Traders 1838-1914 by John Culme.
He married Jane Lee at St Mark, Kennington in 1831; both were from that parish.
The christening of their son Joseph George recorded in 1832 at St Leonard, Shoreditch shows their address as Nicholas Street where Joseph senior was a watch case maker. Similarly in the record of their second son Henry’s christening in 1834 at St John Hoxton.
He entered a mark at Goldsmiths Hall in 1835 in partnership with Samuel Saltmarsh as watch case makers from 28 Coppice Row, Clerkenwell.
Joseph's daughter Jane was christened at St George the Martyr, Southwark in 1836 and shows their address as Coppice Row.
Marks were entered as a sole trader in 1836-40 from 153 St John’s Road whereas the christening record for their son Joseph at St George in 1837 refers to St John’s Street.
The family were at 12 Skinner Street, Clerkenwell in 1841 and 1851 and at Arthur Villas, Lansdowne Road. Hackney in 1861.
Further maker’s marks had been registered in 1840, 1846 and 1854.
His wife Jane’s death was registered in Hackney in 1867.
He married Eliza Ann King in Newington in 1868. She was born in the City of London around 1836.
They had started a new family by 1871 when they were listed at King Edward Road, South Hackney. Joseph senior is shown for the first time as a retired watch case maker.
They had moved to 9 Munster Terrace, St Leonard-on-Sea by 1881.
Records show that Joseph senior had 14 children between 1832 and 1881.
His death in 1886 was registered in Hastings.
His Will was proved at the Principal Registry in 1886. His last address was 63 Bohemia Road, St Leonard-on Sea. The value of his estate was £208.
Further history of the continuing watch case manufacture by Hirst Brothers and reference to the original business being a partnership at 12 Skinner Street between James Thickbroom and James Hirst can be found in Volume I, p.233 of The Directory of Gold & Silversmiths Jewellers & Allied Traders 1838-1914 by John Culme.