John Hagger & Family
It was not John Hagger who really interested me when I first came across this family. At the time I was extracting Hagger data from the Times Newspaper database and discovered a number of Hagger outfitters around London and I was quite fascinated by these and wondered if they were related. I was also intrigued by the wording of some of the adverts, like the following which appeared in The Times on 8th March 1860 and on a number of other occasions:
“No. 66 Edgware Road, W – Marriage orders and India outfits – Mrs Hagger, manufacturing outfitter for ladies and children. Ladies will find every article necessary for themselves and families by applying at the above address. A choice assortment of baby linen always ready for immediate use. N.B. Printed lists forwarded on application.”
I then heard from David Hughes, who was researching the family of his mother Pamela Joan Hagger, that his Gt Gt Grandfather Frederick had been in the outfitting business around London. Well that sent me looking in the census records. I discovered that Frederick’s brother – Alfred - born about 1822 in Blackfrairs and his wife Caroline were trading at 66 Edgware Road in London at the time of the 1851 and 61 censuses. Later in 1871 they were trading at 162 Edgware Road and then in the 1881 census Alfred was shown as a wine agent. At the time of his son Herbert’s wedding in 1879 he was a Licensed Victualler,
Frederick himself was also born at Blackfrairs and was in the outfitting business with his wife Mary Ann. They had premises at 164 Sloane Street in London. There were quite a few references to this business in The Times Database.
Frederick and Ann had a son, Frederick, born in 1845 in Chelsea. He followed his father and uncle in the outfitting business and had premises in Brighton at the time of the 1871 census.
John was the father of both Alfred and Frederick and they had another brother Henry. John was born about 1784 in Ipswich and married Catherine - he was a shoe manufacturer. The third son Henry was born about 1816 in Bethnal Green and he kept a coffee house in Whitcomb Street, London and there is one reference to this business in The Times in 1859.
From the brief information David originally provided me with I have, from the One Name Study Database, built a family tree of nearly 60 members. I have found it quite interesting finding all these traders as normally one finds lots of Agricultural Labourers when researching Hagger’s. Apart from those mentioned above, I also found a Stockbrokers Clerk and a Dealer in Books & Curios.
Peter Hagger
It was not John Hagger who really interested me when I first came across this family. At the time I was extracting Hagger data from the Times Newspaper database and discovered a number of Hagger outfitters around London and I was quite fascinated by these and wondered if they were related. I was also intrigued by the wording of some of the adverts, like the following which appeared in The Times on 8th March 1860 and on a number of other occasions:
“No. 66 Edgware Road, W – Marriage orders and India outfits – Mrs Hagger, manufacturing outfitter for ladies and children. Ladies will find every article necessary for themselves and families by applying at the above address. A choice assortment of baby linen always ready for immediate use. N.B. Printed lists forwarded on application.”
I then heard from David Hughes, who was researching the family of his mother Pamela Joan Hagger, that his Gt Gt Grandfather Frederick had been in the outfitting business around London. Well that sent me looking in the census records. I discovered that Frederick’s brother – Alfred -
Frederick himself was also born at Blackfrairs and was in the outfitting business with his wife Mary Ann. They had premises at 164 Sloane Street in London. There were quite a few references to this business in The Times Database.
Frederick and Ann had a son, Frederick, born in 1845 in Chelsea. He followed his father and uncle in the outfitting business and had premises in Brighton at the time of the 1871 census.
John was the father of both Alfred and Frederick and they had another brother Henry. John was born about 1784 in Ipswich and married Catherine -
From the brief information David originally provided me with I have, from the One Name Study Database, built a family tree of nearly 60 members. I have found it quite interesting finding all these traders as normally one finds lots of Agricultural Labourers when researching Hagger’s. Apart from those mentioned above, I also found a Stockbrokers Clerk and a Dealer in Books & Curios.
Peter Hagger