Eliza ANDERSON. Married, June 2, St Michael’s, Rev Richard BICKELL & Eliza, daughter of late John ANDERSON, esq., of Clifford's, Island of Jamaica. 7.6.1819

Mr Henry BASTABLE, merchant, son of Mr E. Bastable, of Bristol, died Dec 6, at Kingston. Obit 16.2.1822

Mr Richard BOWZER, eldest son of the late F.W. Bowzer of Bristol, died Dec. last. Obit 16.2.1822

John Stockdale BROWN esq., died Clifton, Jul 29, of Sportsman’s Hall, Trelawney, Jamaica, Obit. 2.8.1819

Charles James CLARKE, esq, of Jamaica to Jane, eldest daughter of late Thomas PIERCE, esq., married at Clifton. 1.11.1819

Elizabeth Ann CLARKE, died Jul 16 at Hotwells, in her 21st year, only dau of Josias Clarke, esq., of Jamaica. Obit 25.7.1825

John COXON, aged 18, died April 24 aboard the brig “William” (Captain WELLER), on a passage home from Jamaica which he left in good health on the 18th, son of Joseph Coxon of St James Place, Kingsdown and grandson of Captain Coxon of the “Grosvenor” East Indiaman which was wrecked some years ago off Cape of Good Hope. A young man of first rate talents and sanguine expectations, master of French, German & Spanish, just embarked in employ of Mr ANGUS, merchant of London, dutiful and affectionate child, loss will be long felt by family and friends. Obit 6.6.1825

Letitia Maria GALE. married March 18 at Tewkesbury, Alfred son of Rev Dr ESTLIN of Bristol & L.M. Gale, only dau of late James Gale, esq., senior of Saltspring, St Elizabeth, Jamaica. 21.3.1825

Elizabeth GORDON, died May 15, at Wellington Place, aged 81, Elizabeth, relict of Larchin Gordon, esq., of Jamaica. Obit 23.5.1825

William HAMMONDS, esq., died May 20, Kingston. Obit 1.8.1825

Captain HODDELL, of the ship “John” of Bristol, died Apr 12, at Montego, after a fatal accident when he was thrown out of a chaise. Obit 5.6.1820

William HOPKINS, died Mar 20, at Montego Bay, aged 29, son of Mr Ralph Hopkins of Old Market Street. Obit 14.6.1824

Mr Frederick HOWE, aged 25, died of fever on Dec 28, at Martha Brae, brother of Mr Howe of Dolphin Street. Obit 23.3.1822

Rev D.G. HAGUE & Mrs. HAGUE. died lately at Kingston after a very short missionary labour, Rev D.G. Hague eldest son of Mr Hague of Bristol and a few days afterwards, his wife, to whom he had been married only four months. (Two others from the same church, unnamed, also died at the same time, suggesting an outbreak of fever?) Obit 21.11.1825

Henry JACKSON, died lately at Jamaica of yellow fever, the 3rd son of Mr William Jackson of Upper Easton. Obit 27.3.1820

Herbert Jarrett JAMES, of Jamaica, a daughter born to “his lady”. 17.11.1823.

W. KERBY, died Sep 21, at Kingston, Jamaica. Obit. 4.12.1820

James LEMAN, esq of St Ann’s Bay, Jamaica to Charlotte, only daughter of late John SCOTT, esq, solicitor, Bath, married Walcot. 18.11.1822

Mrs LEWIS, widow of James Lewis, esq., formerly of Jamaica, died at Clifton, Dec 13. Obit 23.12.1822

John LYON. died at the residence of his brother at Kingsdown, 4th son of the late James Lyon, esq. of Jamaica, of an abscess on the lungs. Obit 3.7.1820

John MAIS, senior, esq., at his lodging, Kingsdown Parade, late of Jamaica. Obit 23.8.1819

Jane MONTAGUE,  Oct 1, at Blower Hall, parish of St James, Jamaica, wife of Edward Montague, esq., Her loss sincerely lamented by her affectionate husband and numerous circle of friends. Obit 17.1.1820

Joseph PARROTT, esq., July 29, at Cathay, at an advanced age, a native of Jamaica. Obit 2.8.1819

Elizabeth PENDRILL. married Jun 5 at Bathwick, Rev Geo. Ingram FISHER, rector of Winfrith-Newburgh, Dorset to Elizabeth 2nd dau of John Pendrill of Bath and granddaughter of late William CAMPBELL of New Milns, Jamaica. 13.6.1825

Captain Edward POWELL, died April 8, at Kingston, of the ship “Union” of this port. Obit 5.6.1820

William PRICHARD,  in his 22nd year, 2nd son of Mr Henry Prichard of Queens Parade, died at Spanish Town, Dec 17. Obit 16.2.1822

Abraham ROOM of Bedminster, died Mar 26 at New Peru, St Thomas in the East, Jamaica, three weeks after his return to the island, regretted by all. Obit 11.7.1825

Mr John Morgan THOMAS. died lately, in a passage from Jamaica, aboard the “Ann” (Captain VIBERT) aged 31, eldest son of Mr John Thomas, iron merchant of this City. Obit 7.2.1820

William Couch TUNNICLIFFE. died lately, within six days sail of Jamaica, on the outward voyage, in the 30th year of his age, Second mate aboard the “Ann” (Captain GARDEN). Obit 18.2.1820

Captain WATERS, of ship “Charlotte” of Bristol, died Sep 4 at Port Antonia, Jamaica. Obit 14.11.1825,

Mr Joseph WINE, at Trelawney, Jamaica, aged 39, Mr Joseph Wine, son of Mrs Sarah Wine and brother of Mr John Wine, chemist & druggist, Temple Street. Obit 9.8.1819. (Baptised Temple 1.8.1779,  son of John & Sarah)

And one who didn’t:

Dorothy THORP. On March 15 at Batchelor’s Hall Estate, Hanover, the PROPERTY (my italics) of Philip John MILES, esq., Dorothy Thorp, a black woman, at the advanced age of 103 years. Her children and grandchildren amount to 25 in number, one of whom, a Quadroon, is married to a  respectable tradesman in Scotland. She retained her faculties and her teeth entire to the last and attended to her goods and went to market within a few days of her death. Obit. 3.7.1820

All the above entries are taken from the Bristol Mercury.

Some Bristol & District people who were baptised, married or buried elsewhere:

Twerton

William Dickenson of Bristol, gent & Dorcas Sperrin mar Twerton, by lic, 15.4.1725

Mr (no first name ) Freke & Fanny Langton, mar at Newton Chaple (sic) Twerton 15.6.1727

Francis White of Temple, Bristol & Jane Ruddock, mar Twerton, 29.5.1731

Robert Struddock of Temple, Bristol, & Sarah Pride, of Twerton mar 15.8.1732, Twerton

William Bullock, of Bristol, waterman & Sarah Balls of St Peter/Paul, Bath, mar 4.3.1739, Twerton

Thomas Collins of Bedminster & Susannah Lane of St Nicholas, Bristol, mar Twerton 2.10.1739

Sydenham Teast (wrongly transcribed "Teart") of Bedminster, shipbuilder & Mrs Mary Holt of St Thos, Bristol, mar Twerton, 17.1.1754.

Thomas Feare of Bristol & Ann Purrier (?) of otp, lic mar 21.7.1761, Twerton.

Abraham Barnes of Bitton & Jane Woodington otp , mar Twerton lic 5.5.1780

Joseph Heath of Bristol & Sarah Powell , mar Twerton 5.12.1797

Alice Spencer from Bristol bur Twerton 26.5.1760

Susanna d.o. James Barry of St Stephen’s, Bristol & Sarah his wife bp Twerton, 7.7.1745

Daniel s.o. Daniel & Elizabeth Ford of Bristol, bp Twerton 21.8.1774

Compton Dando

Francis Greene of Buselton (Brislington) & Jane Ball otp, mar Compton Dando 15.12.1692

Thomas Moor & Ann Waterman both of Brislington, mar Compton Dando 12.4.1696

Grace Britton of City of Bristol, bur Compton Dando 24.5.1708

Edward Emett of St Stephen’s, Bristol & Jane Gossett otp mar Compton Dando ? June 1654

Edward Wade of Brislington & Deanes Woodward, mar Compton Dando 20.10.1654

Matthew Wallman of City of Bristol, residing in Christmas Street & Rachel White of St James, mar Compton Dando 25.3.1687

William Pow of Bristol & Ann Palmer otp, mar Compton Dando, …? 1754

William Thompson of Bitton & Mary Maynard spinster, mar Compton Dando, by lic 27.6.1743

Henry Francis of Bristol & Betty Palmer, otp, mar Compton Dando, 21.5.1749, lic

Charlotte d.o. Henry Francis of Bristol & Elizabeth his wife bp Compton Dando 28.2.1762

William Chaplin of Bitton & Jane Long mar Compton Dando 13.4.1755

Joseph Britton of Bitton & Mary Lyons, sp, mar Compton Dando 5.4.1756

Josiah Smith of St Mary Redcliffe & Rebecca Smith of St Thomas, Pensford, mar 2.10.1740, Compton Dando

Kelston

Mr Wm Waldron of Trowbridge & Mrs Sarah Hall of Bristol mar Kelston 7 Jun 1744

Mr Hart of Bristol bur 9 Apr 1752 Kelston

Mrs Dianess Gibbes of Bristol bur Kelston 11 Aug 1750

Mrs Isabelle Harrington of Bristol, bur Kelston 5 Jul 1754

Amy Brewer died at Bristol Infirmary bur Kelston 11 Aug 1791

Martha Edington of Bristol, 67, bur Kelston 12 Feb 1809

Mary Snooke of Bristol, 61, bur Kelston 3 Mar 1810

Seend

John Pountney of City of Bristol, bach & Ann Usher of Seend, mar Seend, Wilts by lic 3.7.1779 (presumably of the famous Pountney family of potters?)

Ann wife of Mr John Pountney of Bristol , bur 14.2.1787 at Seend.

John Fryer s.o. John Usher, gent, of Bristol, bur Seend, 27 Jun 1787

Rodney Stoke

John Fry of Bedminster & Hanna Taylor of Wedmore mar Rodney Stoke, 11.7.1715

I have to say I had never heard of Messrs John Hare & Co of Temple Gate until I saw a news item in the Bristol Evening Post of 30 August which refers to a Penny Black stamp on an envelope addressed to the Bristol firm of linoleum and floor cloth makers. The envelope was posted in Sherborne. Dorset on June 11, 1841 and 170 years later was due to go under the hammer at the Spink Stamps and Postal History sale in London on September 9.

Prior to the reform  of the postal service letters had to be paid for by the recipient and were left at poste restantes awaiting collection and payment. The Penny Black, Britain’s 1st adhesive postage stamp was introduced on May 6 1840. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_Black

The firm seems to have been an early fan of the new country wide system for on June 15, 1844 when the Bristol Mercury published a subscription list under the heading “Penny Postage – National Testament to Sir Rowland Hill”, the second name in the list of subscribers, after the Dean of Bristol is John Hare & Co. Like the Dean, the firm contributed 2 guineas to the fund.

John Hare & Co had been in the news before on October 30, 1841 when they were publicly thanked by Mr Jasper Westcott, a brass founder,  for the speedy deployment of their engine when fire broke out at his premises in Redcliffe Street. Like the Penny Post, the Fire Service was a Victorian invention http://www.fireservice.co.uk/history/ and along with Hare & Co’s contraption, fire engines were sent out by various insurance companies and the police. Thanks to their combined efforts the fire at Mr Westcott’s was contained and his stock and patterns were undamaged so that he was able to continue work with little interruption.

At the time of the letter John Hare and his brother Sholto Vere Hare along with other members of the Hare family were running the company which had been started by their grandfather, John Hare. The younger John Hare became Mayor of Bristol in 1861 and was in the van at the mourning procession which took place following the death of the Prince Consort that year. His brother Sholto followed him as Mayor in 1862. Sholto took a great interest in the church of St Mary Redcliffe and endowed a stained glass window as well as erecting at his own expense, the statue of the boy poet Chatterton in the churchyard.

A full administrative history of the company together with genealogical and family information 1799-1994 may be found at Bristol Record Office under reference 40785.

In November 1842 at the British Embassy in Naples, John Hare married Jane, the daughter of the late Edward Strachey, esquire, of the Bengal Civil Service. Jane was the niece of Sir Henry Strachey, baronet, of Sutton Court in Somerset. In 1841, Sir Henry lived in London at a rather grand address, St George, Hanover Square. Sadly, John and Jane’s first child, a daughter, was stillborn in October 1843, but by the time of the 1851 census the couple were living at “Rosemont” in Clifton Park with two more children, sons John and Charles aged five and one. There were four servants, a nurse, a cook, a housemaid, and a seventeen year old “page”. John Strachey, aged 27, of the East India Company’s Civil Service was a visitor. Perhaps he was a brother or cousin of Mrs Hare.  Another son, Sholto, named after his uncle, was born in 1852.

Towards the end of their civic year in October 1862, John and Jane Hare attended the wedding of Jane’s niece Miss Olivia Strachey at Clifton Parish Church. Olivia was the daughter of the late Richard Strachey of Ashwick Grove, Shepton Mallet, cousin of Sir Edward Strachey, baronet. The groom, Captain George Law of the Madras service, arrived in the full dress uniform of his regiment. The bride wore a white moiré antique dress, carried orange blossom, clematis and white roses and from her “elegant coiffeur” fell a lace train. The bridesmaids were her four sisters, the Misses Minnie, Charlotte, Kate and Isabel Strachey, friends Miss Kate Doveton, Miss Symonds, Miss Williams, and Misses Charlotte, Ada and Sydney Law, relatives of the groom. All wore dresses of white tarlatan with sashes of scarlet silk, and on their heads wreaths of mountain ash berries and leaves. The outfit of Jane Hare, the Mayoress, was also described:  a gown of moiré antique silk in a shade of lavender with black lace flounces, a white muslin shawl edged with black and the piece de resistance, a bonnet of Terry Velvet trimmed with pink roses. (a little OTT perhaps?)  No fewer than 14 carriages, including the Mayor’s state coach carried the assorted guests to the reception at the residence of the bride in the Mall, Clifton.

The following month Mrs Hare attended the wedding of George Strachey to Miss Kate Doveton, both of whom had attended the previous nuptials, Kate as a bridesmaid. George was a secretary of Her Majesty’s legation at The Hague. “Light tripped the party, gay as gay could be” warbled Bristol Mercury’s scribe, despite the intense November cold. In December 1862, Mr & Mrs Hare were guests when Miss Kate Strachey married Lieut J.F.M Winterscale of the 3rd Battalion Prince of Wales’ Own Rifle Brigade. He and his best man, Willoughby Wallace of the 60th Rifles came in full regalia as did a host of other military gents. The Hares also went to the wedding in August 1863 of Miss Mary Strachey to Charles Elton. And in January 1864, at Farleigh Hungerford, they attended the wedding of Miss Annie Stancomb, daughter of the Lord of the Manor of Trowbridge to Mr George Lawrence Keir, an officer in the Indian Army. Although all these  fashionable events are described in lavish terms which equal the first, Mrs Hare’s ensemble, regrettably, is not.

Strangely enough, when John and Jane’s eldest son John married Annie Bell Ford, the second daughter of H.B. Ford, I could only find a simple announcement. (on August 21, 1869.)

In February 1874, a Mr & Mrs John Hare attended the wedding of Miss Catherine Dorinda Ludlow and Mr Francis Rhode Carbonell of Usk, but it is not clear whether this is the senior or junior couple of this name. In a turn which would put the wind up most people, a long list of the wedding presents given is printed with the names of their donors. Aspiring TV producers of Victorian plays could do worse than consult Bristol Mercury of 14.2.1874 and then furnish their set. It is like stepping into “Cranford”.  Mr & Mrs John Hare, somewhat dull,  gave a drawing room clock. 

Jane Hare died aged 72 in 1886 and John aged 84 in 1897. An obituary of Sholto Vere Hare appeared in Bristol Mercury on 24.3.1900.

When conducting this experiment to see how far a little information on an envelope would take me, I came across the names of the following long serving employees of the company whose obituaries appeared on the dates mentioned. 

Charles Cook, 55, Feb. 1, at East Redcliff Crescent, upwards of 40 years in the employ of John Hare & Co (4.2.1860)

Daniel Thatcher, 67, Apr. 19, at his son’s house, White Hart in Lower Maudlin Street, nearly 40 years in the employ of J.H & Co as engineer (14.4.1860)

Charles Colville Watkins, 71st year, Mar. 1, at Langton Street, for 57 years the confidential servant of J.H & Co of Temple Gate. (4.3.1865)

James Franklin, Dec. 4, at Frogmore Street, after a long illness, upwards of 50 years in the employ of J.H & Co. (9.12.1865)

Joseph Richards, 84th year, Nov. 29 at Hebron Terrace, Bedminster, formerly Bath Parade, upwards of 60 years in the employ of J.H. & Co. (6.12.1873)

John Prowse, 74, Jan. 21, at 5 Guinea Street, 54 years in the employ of J.H. & Co. (23.1.1875)