Individual Details
John (Jack) Thomas HUSSEY
(21 Dec 1867 - 15 Sep 1922)
Jack's baptismal sponsors were John Barry and Gertrude Roper.
After leaving school at St. Edmund's Roman Catholic College near Ware in Hertfordshire, Jack became an undertaker and eventually set up his own business, Hussey Bros. Funeral Directors, probably with his brother Edmund.
The 1901 census has details of a Kensington-born embalmer named John Hussey who was 32 years old, single, and living at 258 Fulham Road in Kensington. This is definitely our Jack because it is known that our Jack's father, Thomas (1834-1919), purchased nos. 258 and 260 Fulham Road in 1876. The electoral registers of 1905 and 1906 tell us that Jack was living at 10 Prince of Teck Buildings. His father had built the Prince of Teck pub so perhaps there were accommodation units attached to the pub. By 1910 Jack was living at 8 Draycott Mews in Kensington while carrying on his business at 14 Church St., Kensington (this from legal papers). By 1914 his business seems to have become John Hussey Ltd., Funeral Furnishers, located at 33 Phillimore Mews in Kensington (this from London telephone directories from 1914 and 1922). Note: I have read that it was common at that time for families involved in the building business to run undertaking companies as well so it is not unusual then that Jack went into the undertaking business.
Jack was declared bankrupt around 1910 (and discharged from bankruptcy in 1913). This probably explains why he appears to have returned to live with his parents (at 23 St. Mary Abbotts Terrace, Kensington) by the time of the 1911 census. On the death record of his father, who died in June 1919, the address of Jack, who was the informant, was given as 23 St. Mary Abbotts Terrace. However, Jack's death record tells us that at the time of his death in September 1922 his address was 25 St. Mary Abbotts Terrace. Was this an error or was he living next door to the old family home? Jack died of tuberculosis at the age of 54. His sister Kate, whose address is given on the death record as 25 St. Mary Abbotts Terrace, was present at his death at the Consumption Hospital in Kensington. He is buried with his parents, Hussey grandparents and other Hussey relatives in St. Mary's Cemetery, Kensal Green.
Interestingly, Jack's funeral business continued for another 50 years after his death as it remained listed in the telephone directory until 1973. It appears that Archibald Fritz Klapproth, who had worked for Jack since at least 1914, and Mr. Klapproth's son took over the business after Jack's death, keeping the old name. Jack's sister Elizabeth, however, is listed as managing director of the company in the 1939 Register. The address of the company by the 1940s was 2 Berkely Gardens, Kensington Church St.
After leaving school at St. Edmund's Roman Catholic College near Ware in Hertfordshire, Jack became an undertaker and eventually set up his own business, Hussey Bros. Funeral Directors, probably with his brother Edmund.
The 1901 census has details of a Kensington-born embalmer named John Hussey who was 32 years old, single, and living at 258 Fulham Road in Kensington. This is definitely our Jack because it is known that our Jack's father, Thomas (1834-1919), purchased nos. 258 and 260 Fulham Road in 1876. The electoral registers of 1905 and 1906 tell us that Jack was living at 10 Prince of Teck Buildings. His father had built the Prince of Teck pub so perhaps there were accommodation units attached to the pub. By 1910 Jack was living at 8 Draycott Mews in Kensington while carrying on his business at 14 Church St., Kensington (this from legal papers). By 1914 his business seems to have become John Hussey Ltd., Funeral Furnishers, located at 33 Phillimore Mews in Kensington (this from London telephone directories from 1914 and 1922). Note: I have read that it was common at that time for families involved in the building business to run undertaking companies as well so it is not unusual then that Jack went into the undertaking business.
Jack was declared bankrupt around 1910 (and discharged from bankruptcy in 1913). This probably explains why he appears to have returned to live with his parents (at 23 St. Mary Abbotts Terrace, Kensington) by the time of the 1911 census. On the death record of his father, who died in June 1919, the address of Jack, who was the informant, was given as 23 St. Mary Abbotts Terrace. However, Jack's death record tells us that at the time of his death in September 1922 his address was 25 St. Mary Abbotts Terrace. Was this an error or was he living next door to the old family home? Jack died of tuberculosis at the age of 54. His sister Kate, whose address is given on the death record as 25 St. Mary Abbotts Terrace, was present at his death at the Consumption Hospital in Kensington. He is buried with his parents, Hussey grandparents and other Hussey relatives in St. Mary's Cemetery, Kensal Green.
Interestingly, Jack's funeral business continued for another 50 years after his death as it remained listed in the telephone directory until 1973. It appears that Archibald Fritz Klapproth, who had worked for Jack since at least 1914, and Mr. Klapproth's son took over the business after Jack's death, keeping the old name. Jack's sister Elizabeth, however, is listed as managing director of the company in the 1939 Register. The address of the company by the 1940s was 2 Berkely Gardens, Kensington Church St.
Events
| Birth | 21 Dec 1867 | 9 Mayfield Place, Kensington, London | |||
| Christen | 12 Jan 1868 | Our Lady of Victories, High St., Kensington | |||
| Death | 15 Sep 1922 | Consumption Hospital, Kensington, London | |||
| Burial | St. Mary's Cemetery, Kensal Green, London (grave no. 3282) |
Families
| Father | Thomas HUSSEY (1834 - 1919) |
| Mother | Agnes DEVINE (1834 - 1913) |
| Sibling | Agnes Ellen HUSSEY (1858 - 1860) |
| Sibling | William HUSSEY (1860 - 1866) |
| Sibling | Agnes HUSSEY (1861 - 1935) |
| Sibling | James/Thomas Joseph HUSSEY (1863 - 1863) |
| Sibling | Thomas Aloysius HUSSEY (1864 - 1916) |
| Sibling | James HUSSEY (1865 - 1936) |
| Sibling | William (Will) HUSSEY (1866 - 1939) |
| Sibling | Alfred HUSSEY (1869 - 1899) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Josephine Mary HUSSEY (1871 - 1941) |
| Sibling | Henry (Harry) Aloysius HUSSEY (1872 - 1916) |
| Sibling | Edmund HUSSEY (1874 - 1955) |
| Sibling | Catherine (Kate) HUSSEY (1875 - 1944) |