Individual Details
Stephen Joseph HUSSEY
(25 Jul 1895 - 7 Sep 1978)
Stephen grew up in Hammersmith, Kensington and Chelsea. Money was short, and he had to leave school at the age of 11 or 12 to help financially in the upbringing of his younger brothers and sisters. He is listed, aged 15, in the 1911 census as a builder's clerk.
In 1914, at the beginning of World War I, Stephen joined the Royal Engineers Regiment of the British Army - the 'sappers', as they were known - and was sent to France. Sappers endured the most atrocious conditions and were always the last to leave an area when a retreat was taking place, blowing up roads and bridges behind them so as to slow up pursuit by enemy forces. During one such British evacuation, Stephen carried a wounded man to safety on his back, under gunfire, and was awarded the Military Medal.
After the war, Stephen was trained as a builder by his grandfather, Thomas Hussey, and his uncle, Will Hussey. Stephen later formed a partnership with a Mr. Worman (Worman and Hussey), eventually setting up his own building company, Hussey Bros. (Builders) Ltd., on Queensway, Bayswater, London, with his brothers, Martin and Austin. The company was mostly involved in the building of churches, schools and convents, and for many years, Hussey Bros. had a maintenance contract with Westminster Cathedral. During World War II, once the German air assault on London started, the brothers worked mostly under official government contract on emergency repair and safety building work. After the war, the company built several modern churches.
In 1947, Stephen and his wife, Mary, decided that their daughters would be better off living in Ireland, and so the girls moved to Dublin, the plan being that Stephen and Mary would initially remain in London and eventually retire to Dublin. Stephen and Mary sold their home in Barnes, moved into a flat over the premises of Hussey Bros. in Bayswater, and purchased a house on Roebuck Road in Clonskeagh for their daughters. However, on an extended visit to the girls in Dublin in 1950 Mary became ill and died without ever returning to London.
After Mary's death, Stephen visited Dublin more and more frequently. In 1957, with Maureen married, and Una and Brigie engaged to be married, he decided to sell the house on Roebuck Road, and a smaller house, at 14 Cedarmount Road in Mount Merrion, was purchased. In the 1960s Stephen retired to Dublin, and for the remainder of his life he lived with his daughter Sheila on Cedarmount Road.
Stephen died aged 83 of myocardial ischaemia with atherosclerosis, along with carcinoma of the stomach, at St. Michael's Hospital, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.
In 1914, at the beginning of World War I, Stephen joined the Royal Engineers Regiment of the British Army - the 'sappers', as they were known - and was sent to France. Sappers endured the most atrocious conditions and were always the last to leave an area when a retreat was taking place, blowing up roads and bridges behind them so as to slow up pursuit by enemy forces. During one such British evacuation, Stephen carried a wounded man to safety on his back, under gunfire, and was awarded the Military Medal.
After the war, Stephen was trained as a builder by his grandfather, Thomas Hussey, and his uncle, Will Hussey. Stephen later formed a partnership with a Mr. Worman (Worman and Hussey), eventually setting up his own building company, Hussey Bros. (Builders) Ltd., on Queensway, Bayswater, London, with his brothers, Martin and Austin. The company was mostly involved in the building of churches, schools and convents, and for many years, Hussey Bros. had a maintenance contract with Westminster Cathedral. During World War II, once the German air assault on London started, the brothers worked mostly under official government contract on emergency repair and safety building work. After the war, the company built several modern churches.
In 1947, Stephen and his wife, Mary, decided that their daughters would be better off living in Ireland, and so the girls moved to Dublin, the plan being that Stephen and Mary would initially remain in London and eventually retire to Dublin. Stephen and Mary sold their home in Barnes, moved into a flat over the premises of Hussey Bros. in Bayswater, and purchased a house on Roebuck Road in Clonskeagh for their daughters. However, on an extended visit to the girls in Dublin in 1950 Mary became ill and died without ever returning to London.
After Mary's death, Stephen visited Dublin more and more frequently. In 1957, with Maureen married, and Una and Brigie engaged to be married, he decided to sell the house on Roebuck Road, and a smaller house, at 14 Cedarmount Road in Mount Merrion, was purchased. In the 1960s Stephen retired to Dublin, and for the remainder of his life he lived with his daughter Sheila on Cedarmount Road.
Stephen died aged 83 of myocardial ischaemia with atherosclerosis, along with carcinoma of the stomach, at St. Michael's Hospital, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.
Events
| Birth | 25 Jul 1895 | Hammersmith, London | |||
| Marriage | 28 Aug 1922 | Bagenalstown, Co. Carlow - Mary Brigid RYAN | |||
| Death | 7 Sep 1978 | Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin | |||
| Burial | Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Brigid RYAN (1898 - 1950) |
| Child | Maureen Brigid HUSSEY (1924 - 1995) |
| Child | Sheila HUSSEY (1927 - 2003) |
| Child | Una HUSSEY (1928 - 1995) |
| Child | Brigid (Brigie) HUSSEY (1931 - 2021) |
| Father | James HUSSEY (1865 - 1936) |
| Mother | Jane Frances BUTLER (1867 - 1946) |
| Sibling | Michael Robert HUSSEY (1892 - 1980) |
| Sibling | Philip James HUSSEY (1894 - 1916) |
| Sibling | Anne (Nan, Annie) Mary HUSSEY (1899 - 1990) |
| Sibling | Martin James HUSSEY (1901 - 1971) |
| Sibling | Winifred (Winnie) M. HUSSEY (1902 - 1993) |
| Sibling | Augustine (Austin) Thomas HUSSEY (1907 - 1992) |