Clara Jane & Amelia Bouquet

Update: 28 August 2011

Thanks to the findmypast.com Census search facilities, and capacity of their server (enabling search on given names only), I was able to find sufficient entries to confirm that Clara Jane & Amelia were sisters, daughters of James John. (August 2011)


This colour = probability

Pierre / Peter BOUQUET; d. 1780
   m. Elizabeth RO(U)SSIGNOL 26 December 1757 St Matthew Bethnal Green, London
- Pierre / Peter BOUQUET b. 23 February, Chr. 11 March, 1764 Threadneedle Street French Huguenot, London
   m. Anne DEBRAY 14 September 1782 St George Hanover Square, Westminster, London (related to Jean DE BRAY)
- James John BOUQUET d. before 1851 Census
   m. Mary Jane BELL 26 April 1812 St George Hanover Square, Middlesex
   [Mary Jane BOUQUET d. 2Q 1856 (Hackney 1b/179)]
- Clara Jane BOUQUET b. c.1822/3 Stoke Newington [confirmed as daughter by 1851 Census]
   m. William Henry CORNWELL 2Q 1860 (Islington 1b/269)
- Amelia BOUQUET b. c.1824 Stoke Newington [confirmed as daughter by 1851 Census]

Clara Jane & Amelia Bouquet

1851: 21, Wellington Place, Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex [findmypast, BOUGURT: correction requested 27-08-2011]
Mary J. BOUQUET, Head (Widow) age 59 b. (1792) Stepney, Middlesex (Annuitant)
- Clara J. BOUQUET, Daughter (Unm) age 28 b. (1823) West Hackney, Middlesex (Governess)
- Amelia BOUQUET, Daughter (Unm) age 26 b. (1825) West Hackney, Middlesex (Dress Maker)
John BELE, Visitor age 10 b. (1841) Bow, Middlesex (Scholar)

1851: 22, Wellington Place, Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex
Joseph W. LEM, Head (Unm) age 62 b. (1789) Kingsland, Middlesex (Landed Proprietor)
William CORNWELL, Visitor (Mar) age 53 b. (1798) Hackney, Middlesex (Retired Cheesemonger)
Susan CORNWELL, Visitor (Mar) age 45 b. (1806) Suffolk (Blind)
- William CORNWELL, Visitor (Unm) age 27 b. (1824) Hackney, Middlesex (Warehouseman)

1855: Post Office Directory
BOUQUET Clara Jane (Miss), ladies' school, 21 Wellington place, Shacklewell

Clara Jane BOUQUET
m. William Henry CORNWELL 2Q 1860 (Islington 1b/269)

In 1861 Amelia was with her sister Ann Eliza m. BUXTON

1871: Wellington Road, St John Hackney, Hackney, London, Middlesex
Willm Hy. CORNWALL, Head age 48 b. (1823) Hackney, Middlesex (Agent)
Clara J. CORNWALL, Wife age 48 b. (1823) Hackney, Middlesex
- Wm Hy. CORNWALL, Son age 13 b. (1858) Hackney, Middlesex (Scholar)
Edwin BIRD, Visitor age 49 b. (1822) [Gt Linford], Buckinghamshire (No occupation)
Elizabeth BIRD, Visitor age 50 b. (1821) [Gt Linford], Buckinghamshire

1881: 102, Caledonian Tavern, Stoke Newington Road, Hackney London
Amelia BOUQUET, Visitor (Single) age 57 b. (1824) Stokenewington, Middlesex (Housekeeper) - with:
Caroline Jane COWLEY (or COWLES, COMLEY) Head (Widow) age 57 b. (1824) Stokenewington, Middlesex (Licensed Victualler)
Elizabeth ALLEN*, Sister (Widow) age 70 b. (1811) Stokenewington, Middlesex (Annuitant No Occupation)
Elizabeth BARLOW, Niece (Widow) age 40 b. (1841) Portsea, Hampshire (Private Income No Occupation)
Francis BARLOW, Niece (Single) age 38 b. (1843) Deptford, Kent (Private Income No Occupation)
Sabine RUSSEL, Servant (Single) age 23 b. (1858) Paris, France (Barmaid)
Ellen HAGERTY, Servant (Single) age 22 b. (1859) Baltimore MD, Ireland (General Servant)

* Possibly Elizabeth ROSS, m. George ALLEN (Master in the Royal Navy)

1891: 84, Leswin Road, Hackney, London
Amelia BOUQUET, Head (Single) age 67 b. (1824) Stoke Newington, London (Living On Own Means)
Clara Jane CORNWALL, Sister (Married) age 69 b. (1822) Stoke Newington, London
William Hy. CORNWALL, Brother In Law (Married) age 67 b. (1824) Hackney, London (Warehouseman)

Clara Jane CORNWELL d. 2Q 1897 age 76 (Hackney 1b/252)

By 1901 after Clara Jane's death husband William Henry CORNWELL moved out; Amelia remained, while her nephew, his wife, and Amelia's niece, had moved in:

1901: 84, Leswin Road, Hackney, London
Amelia BOUQUET, (Single) age 77 b. (1824) Stoke Newington, London (Domestic Housekeeper, Own account, at home)

1901: 84, Leswin Road, Hackney, London
Burton BOUQUET, Head age 47 b. London, Dalston (Clerk [BE])
Emma BOUQUET, Wife age 50 b. London, Dalston
Augusta BOUQUET (Single) age 43 b. London, Chelsea

1901: 3, Church Road, Hackney, London
Wm. A. CORNWALL, Head (Widower) age 79 b. (1822) Bonners Hall, Middlesex (No Occupation)

William Henry CORNWELL d. 2Q 1907 age 83 (Hackney 1b/316)

In the 1911 Census, 84 Leswin Road is occupied by the COLLINS family, and Amelia seems invisible, was perhaps not listed?

Amelia BOUQUET d. 2Q 1914 age 90 (Worcester 6c/131)


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