Individual Details
James Joseph HUSSEY
(23 Feb 1829 - 22 Jan 1896)
James's baptismal sponsors were Garrett Lynch and [what looks like] Mary Costelly.
James attended St. Edmund's Roman Catholic College near Ware in Hertfordshire where he studied for the priesthood. His obituary from the "The Edmundian" (the publication of the Edmundian Association of St. Edmund's College) mentions the "musical powers" he displayed while at the school.
James was ordained on 31 July 1862 and, perhaps after a spell elsewhere, was appointed to the parish of Moorfields in London where he spent seven years as a curate, six of which were spent at the Church of the Holy Family at Saffron Hill (at the time of the 1871 census he was at Saffron Hill). While at Moorfields James ministered at Newgate prison, and accompanied several condemned men on their walk to the gallows, including the 'Flowery Land' mutineers (executed in 1864) and the Fenian Michael Barrett (executed in 1868), convicted for his part in the Clerkenwell bombing and the last person publicly hanged in England.
After Moorfields James served in the parish of Kingsland, also in London, where he spent more than 17 years until ill health forced him into semi-retirement. He was in Kingsland at the time of the 1891 census but was working in Herfordshire by 1895, presumably engaged in lighter duties than previously. He died at the home of his brother Thomas in 1896, the cause of death being "disease of the heart" and "albuminuria", albuminuria being a urinary condition.
James attended St. Edmund's Roman Catholic College near Ware in Hertfordshire where he studied for the priesthood. His obituary from the "The Edmundian" (the publication of the Edmundian Association of St. Edmund's College) mentions the "musical powers" he displayed while at the school.
James was ordained on 31 July 1862 and, perhaps after a spell elsewhere, was appointed to the parish of Moorfields in London where he spent seven years as a curate, six of which were spent at the Church of the Holy Family at Saffron Hill (at the time of the 1871 census he was at Saffron Hill). While at Moorfields James ministered at Newgate prison, and accompanied several condemned men on their walk to the gallows, including the 'Flowery Land' mutineers (executed in 1864) and the Fenian Michael Barrett (executed in 1868), convicted for his part in the Clerkenwell bombing and the last person publicly hanged in England.
After Moorfields James served in the parish of Kingsland, also in London, where he spent more than 17 years until ill health forced him into semi-retirement. He was in Kingsland at the time of the 1891 census but was working in Herfordshire by 1895, presumably engaged in lighter duties than previously. He died at the home of his brother Thomas in 1896, the cause of death being "disease of the heart" and "albuminuria", albuminuria being a urinary condition.
Events
| Birth | 23 Feb 1829 | Westminster, London | |||
| Christen | Mar 1829 | St. Mary's Church, Kensington and Chelsea, Westminster, London | |||
| Death | 22 Jan 1896 | 23 St. Mary Abbots Terrace, Kensington, London | |||
| Burial | 27 Jan 1896 | St. Mary's Cemetery, Kensal Green, London (grave no. 3282) |
Families
| Father | William HUSSEY (1797 - 1870) |
| Mother | Ellen FOLEY (1797 - 1867) |
| Sibling | Mary HUSSEY (1831 - 1871) |
| Sibling | Thomas HUSSEY (1834 - 1919) |
| Sibling | Ellen HUSSEY (1838 - 1855) |