Update: 15 May 2012
Researching Edward Robinson BOUQUET, I found these records of an older Edward living in the area concerned by court cases in which the family of Edward Robinson Bouquet was involved. Edward Robinson's father, as well as Edward BOUQUET snr., and many other members of that family, were Clerks in the Bank of England; Edward snr's brother Philip was also a bank clerk. Another researcher, HughG, enabled me to make the link from this Edward - to his father James John; and has also generously shared details of Edward & Caroline Jane's family (August 2011).
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- 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; b. 1790
- [Mary Jane BOUQUET d. 2Q 1856 (Hackney 1b/179)]
- - Edward BOUQUET b. 1825 Stoke Newington, Hackney, Chr. 18 September
- - (James) Philip BOUQUET b. c.1829 Stoke Newington, Hackney, (Chr. 13 May?*)
- m. Mary Jane BELL 26 April 1812 St George Hanover Square, Middlesex; b. 1790
- m. Anne DEBRAY 14 September 1782 St George Hanover Square, Westminster, London (related to Jean DE BRAY)
- Pierre / Peter BOUQUET; d. 1780
* From HughG, Ancestry register index: "James BOUQUET"; also Docklands Ancestors find "James".
The father's name is given simply as "John" - it seems probable that in writing the entry the child's given name was omitted and the father's two given names divided between father and son.
Edward Bouquet
Edward BOUQUET, and perhaps other members of his family, seem to be amongst the illegible entries for 1841.
Edward BOUQUET
m. Julia Adelaide FREEMAN 15 February 1850 Christ Church, Hoxton, London
(FreeBMD: Edward, St. Leonard district; Julia, Shoreditch district; both 2/302)
1851: 11, Bartholomew Place, Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex
Edward BOUQUET, Head age 27 b. (1824) N K (Clerk, Bank)
Adeliad BOUQUET, Wife age 18 b. (1833) Islington, Middlesex
Sarah DISON [DIXON?], Aunt (Unmarried) age 67 b. (1784) N K ("House Servant" - crossed out)
Ellen DONAVON, Servant age 12 b. (1839) Cork, Ireland (House Servant)
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There is an entry for a Sarah DIXON, St Mary Newington, in 1861, but no way of checking it's the same Sarah:
1861: 5, Sims Cottages, John st., Portland ___, St Mary Newington, Lambeth, London, Surrey
Sarah DIXON, Head (Widow) age 76 b. (1785) Norwich, Norfolk (Laundress)
James ROSEWARN, Boarder (Married) age 21 b. (1840)) Plymouth, Devon (Painter
William ROSEWARN, Boarder (Married) age 18 b. (1843) Plymouth, Devon (Shoemaker)
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In 1852 Edward fell ill, and serious problems arose in his marriage resulting in separation and divorce, as confirmed by brother Philip's testimony.
1861: 31, Wellington Road, St Johns Hackney, London, Middlesex
Edward BOUQUET, Head, married, b. c.1826 Shacklewell, Middlesex (Clerk In Bank England)
Phillip BOUQUET, Brother, married, b. c.1829 London (Clerk In London West Bank)
Eleanor BOUQUET, Wife, married, b. c.1831 Essex
Mary KING, Visitor, unmarried, b. c.1842 Essex (Dressmaker)
Harriet CLARK, Servant, unmarried, b. c.1844 London
1861: 4, Providence Street, St Luke, London, Middlesex
Adelaide BONQUET, Head (Married) age 29 b. (1832) Abington, Berkshire (Laundress)
Morning Post [& London Daily News] Monday 10 November 1862
COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE
Nov. 8
(Before the Judge Ordinary)
BOUQUET v. BOUQUET
Dr. SPINKS appeared for the petitioner, Mr. Edward BOUQUET, a clerk in the Bank of England, who sought a dissolution of his marriage on account of his wife's adultery. The respondent did not appear.
The marriage took place at Hoxton, on the 15th of February, 1850, and the parties resided for a couple of years at various places in the northern suburbs of London. There were no children. Evidence was given to show that the petitioner had treated his wife with great kindness; but that her conduct had soon become very bad. She was in the habit of going out at night and returning home drunk. In 1852 her husband had a serious illness, during which she neglected him so much that a separation, by consent, ensued in the September of 1852. The petitioner, whose income was 120l. a year, made her an allowance of 12s. a week, but she gradually fell into a dissolute mode of life. His brother-in-law, a warehouseman named CORNWALL, had since remonstrated with her on her behaviour, and told her that she might if she liked be again a respectable member of society. She replied that it could not be helped, for she had become an abandoned woman. She also said that while she had the allowance from her husband she was receiving 2l. a week from another man, who was then in America, and that she had had a child by him. Mr. Philip BOUQUET, also a banker's clerk, stated that in July, 1853, he had twice met a gentleman coming downstairs when he had gone to pay her the allowance. Witness having taxed her with adultery, she said she was her own mistress, and that her conduct was nothing to him. Witness refused to give her any more money until he had communicated with his brother; and she made no application for the continuance of her allowance. Evidence was also given to show that she was now a common prostitute.
The court made a decree nisi.
From the divorce papers, Edward BOUQUET lived:
February 1850 to September 1852:
- South Street, New North Road, Islington; Beauvoir Crescent, West Hackney; No. 11 Bartholemew Place, Downham Road; all Middlesex
February 1862
- No. 8 Thistle Grove Lane, West Brompton, Middlesex
1862: Divorce Court File J-77/4/B128
Appellant: Edward BOUQUET
Respondent: Julia Adelaide BOUQUET
Type: Husband's petition (transcript)
Edward's second wife was Caroline Jane BICHARD, b. 6 December 1833 Quebec, Canada (my thanks to BOUQUET descendant JudithE for Caroline's full name and dob.)
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From an Ancestry Board posting:
"Elizabeth Robert and Jean (John) Martel BICHARD (mariner, d. before 21 January 1854) married Quebec, Canada:
- Elizabeth BICHARD b. 18 June 1831 Quebec
- Caroline BICHARD b. 6 December 1833 Quebec
+ son Horatio (Oratien) BICHARD [dob., where?] (became mariner)
1854: Mrs Elizabeth BICHARD, widow lvg. 5 Charing Cross, St. Helier, Jersey
c.1860: shopkeeper, lvg. with Caroline (daughter Elizabeth had married a mariner, Horatio was at sea)"
http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.bichard/2/mb.ashx
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Did Edward & Caroline actually marry? If so, where? Was Edward entitled to remarry in church? He seems very shy about declaring given names: in 1871 he was "Earnest" - and in 1881 the other members of the family were identified only by their initials.
Edward Albert John BOUQUET b. 13 February 1864 Hackney; Chr. 26 June 1864 St Philip, Dalston
1871: Graham Road, St John Hackney, London, Middlesex
Earnest BOUQUET, Head age 46 b. (1825) West Hackney, Middlesex (Clerk in Bank of England)
Caroline J. BOUQUET, Wife age 33 (1838) America [United States]
- Edward A. J. BOUQUET, Son age 7 (1864) Hackney, Middlesex
Jane BETTS, Servant age 17 (1854) Bermondsey, Surrey (General Servant)
Horace Eugene Ernest BOUQUET b. 22 August 1865 (Hackney dist.), Chr. 5 June 1867 St Philip, Dalston; d. age 64 mths (5 yrs 4 mths), bu. Abney Park Cemetery 24 December 1870 (Section 047162, Plot B05)
(The same Plot as the family vault, but not the same section)
Bruce Charles BOUQUET b. 27 May 1872 (Hackney dist.), Chr. 17 September 1876 St Philip, Dalston
Post Office Directory of Middlesex, 1874
BOUQUET, Edward, 54 Graham road, Dalston
1881: 54, Graham Road, Hackney, Middlesex
Edward BOUQUET, Head age 54 b. (1827) Hackney, Middlesex (Bank Clerk)
C. J. BOUQUET, Wife age 40 b. (1841) United States
- E. A. J. BOUQUET, Son age 17 b. (1864) Hackney, Middlesex (Scholar)
- B. C. BOUQUET, Son age 8 b. (1873) Hackney, Middlesex (Scholar)
C. HARRIS, Servant age 18 b. (1863) Sheerness, Kent
Bruce Charles BOUQUET, Accountant
m. Frances Elizabeth GURNEY 7 April 1900 (Reg. Office, Barrow F. 8e/1657), Lancashire
The Gurney Family Tree including Bruce Charles Bouquet
1901: Ferndale, Epping New Road, Buckhurst Hill, Essex
Edward BOUQUET, Head age 75 b. (1826) Stoke Newington, London (Bank Of England Clerk, Retired)
Caroline Jane BOUQUET, Wife age 53 b. (1848) St Helens, Jersey
- Edwd. Albert John BOUQUET, Son (Single) age 37 b. (1864) Hackney, London (Bank Of England Clerk)
1901: Dempton House, Ealing Road, Wembley, Middlesex
Bruce C. BOUQUET, Head age 28 b. (1873) Hackney, London (Electrical Engineer)
Francis E. BOUQUET, Wife age 37 b. (1864) Drimpton, Yorkshire
- Linda BOUQUET, Daughter age 2 mths b. (1901) Wembley, Middlesex
Henry A. HEALE, Boarder age 16 b. (1885) Holborn, London (Coach Builder, Apprentice)
William ABRAHAM, Boarder (Widower) age 41 b. (1860) Siblehedingham, Essex (Confectioner)
Elizabeth L. ALLEN, Boarder (Single) age 32 b. (1869) Chester (Living On Own Means)
Mary S. ALLEN, Boarder (Single) age 30 b. (1871) Ireland Newmarket (Living On Own Means)
Edward Albert J. BOUQUET
m. Mabel Annie F. BURWASH 3Q 1904 (Hackney 1b/1013)
Caroline Jane BOUQUET d. 1Q 1905 age 71 (Epping 4a/243)
Abney Park Cemetery:
Caroline Jane BOUQUET bu. 3 April 1905 (71 yrs.) Section 109152, Plot B05
Frances Elizabeth [GURNEY] BOUQUET d. 2Q 1910 age 45 (Hendon 3a/132)
Edward BOUQUET d. 1Q 1911 age 86 (Hendon 3a/173) - burial not yet found
1911: Ferndale, Epping New Road, Buckhurst Hill, Essex (8 rooms)
Edward Albert John BOUQUET, Head age 47 b. (1864) London, Hackney (Bank Clerk)
Mabel Annie Flora BOUQUET, Wife (Married 6 yrs., 1 child b. alive, lvg.) age 30 b. (1881) London, S Hornsey
- Crawford Edward BOUQUET, Son age 4 b. (1907) Essex, Buckhurst Hill
Annie Harriette BURWASH, Mother In Law (Widow) [also 1 child b. alive, lvg?] age 52 b. (1859) London, Southwark (Private Means)
Daisy SMITH, Servant age 19 b. (1892) Kent (General Servant Domestic)
Drimpton House, Ealing Road, Wembley, Middlesex (9 rooms)
Bruce Charles BOUQUET, Head (Widower) age 38 b. (1873) Middlesex, Hackney (Engineer Electrical, General Post Office, Worker)
- Linda Gertrude BOUQUET, Daughter age 10 b. (1901) Middlesex, Wembley (School)
- Bruce Edward BOUQUET, Son age 8 b. (1903) Middlesex, Wembley (School)
- Horace Robert BOUQUET, Son age 7 b. (1904) Middlesex, Wembley (School)
- Jessie Kathleen BOUQUET, Daughter age 6 b. (1905) Middlesex, Wembley (School)
Florence Mary HOUSE, Housekeeper (Single) age 26 b. (1885) Yorkshire, Driffield (Housekeeper to Head of Family)
Alice Mary HOUSE, Visitor (Single) age 24 b. (1887) Yorkshire, Driffield (Nurse Domestic)
Bertha BEAKET, Servant (Single) age 23 b. (1888) Buckinghamshire, Steeple Claydon (General Servant Domestic)
Bruce C. BOUQUET
m. Florence M. HOUSE 1Q 1923 (Romford 4a/729)
Jessie K. BOUQUET
m. Leonard W. QUICK 3Q 1929 (Hendon 3a/1247)
- Issue
Bruce E. G. BOUQUET
m. Constance M. QUICK 3Q 1935 (Willesden 3a/1120)
Horace F. BOUQUET
m. Kathleen ALLEN 3Q 1938 (Hendon 3a/2202)
Philip Bouquet
1841: Bedford House, Brixton Causeway, St Mary Lambeth, Brixton, Lambeth, Surrey
Philip BOUQUET [Ancestry BOAGUET] b. c.1827 (in Cty) [in school]
with other children + William THEODRICK (Schoolmaster), wife Sarah, Assistant and Servants
London Standard Saturday 5 October 1844
The Late Mysterious Occurrence on the River Lea
Yesterday morning the inquest on the body of Miss Ann SAYERS was resumed and concluded by Mr. W. BAKER, jun., the Deputy Coroner for the eastern division of Middlesex, at the Jolly Anglers, Lea Bridge.
The Coroner asked if the police had succeeded in tracing out the three young men who were supposed to have been the authors of the accident, by running down the boat in which were Mr. NEWMAN and the deceased lady?
Inspector COOPER, of the N division, replied in the affirmative, and produced the eldest of the lads.
The mother of the lad here stepped forward and said, that having read a report of the inquest in the Times, she fully intended to have brought her son before the Coroner, but in the interim Inspector COOPER had been to the Post Office and had given him notice to attend.
The other two young men were also brought before the Coroner by the police.
Matthew John TRACY, of Barrett's-row, Stoke Newington, was then examined, and said he was a clerk in the General Post Office. On the Thursday night in question he was in a boat with Philip BOUQUET and Richard BOULTON. He passed a boat, in which were a lady and gentleman, above the point where the occurrence took place. His boat did not come in collision with the other boat, nor did he hear of the accident until he returned, when he saw two boats, from which two men were dragging for the deceased. His companions became alarmed, and would not continue in the boat, but went ashore. Witness put his companions ashore, and afterwards rowed his boat to Mrs. RADLEY's. The gentleman in the boat did not speak to witness or his companions. He (witness) was positive that he did not hear any call for assistance, neither did he perceive any one fall into the water. They were all out for the space of two hours, but they only paid 1s. for the boat, in consequence of having been detained by the persons dragging. Witness would swear that he never heard the word "starboard" during that evening.
Philip BOUQUET and Richard BOULTON, two youths of 14, living with their parents, confirmed the above.
Serjeant HAWKES, N6, said that Mr. NEWMAN told him that another boat had struck his just above the first rowlock. Witness observed that a boat coming in the opposite direction could not do any harm, and could only push his boat a little on one side. NEWMAN said that it gave the boat such a lurch that it threw the deceased overboard.
At this stage of the proceedings, the Coroner remarked that he was of opinion sufficient testimony had been given to arrive at the truth, and to remove the suspicious circumstances which arose on the first examination, and the jury would probably arrive at the conclusiąon that it was the manner alone of Mr. NEWMAN which gave rise to the serious suspicitions against him, and which had been cleared up by Mr. RICKARDS. They had no distict evidence that any accident had taken place, except the evidence of Mr. NEWMAN himself, which had not been corroborated. It would be a question for the jury to determine, whether the young lads now present caused the lamentable occurrence of which they denied all knowledge.
The room was then cleared of strangers, and after a very short consultation the jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death.
1851: Queens Barracks, Ipswich, Suffolk (parish of St Matthew)
Philip BOUQUET, Single, b. c.1829 Newington, Middlesex (Soldier, Private, 11th Hussars)
Unfortunately his military record is not at present evident online (January 2011)
FreeBMD lists a marriage for Philip BOUQUET 3Q 1857, with two possible spouses, one of whom was Eleanor CURTEIS (Islington 1b/378).
1861: 31, Wellington Road, St Johns Hackney, London, Middlesex
Edward BOUQUET, Head, married, b. (1826) Shacklewell, Middlesex (Clerk In Bank England)
Phillip BOUQUET, Brother, married, b. (1829) London (Clerk In London West Bank)
Eleanor BOUQUET, Wife, married, b. (1831) Essex
Mary KING, Visitor, unmarried, b. (1842) Essex (Dressmaker)
Harriet CLARK, Servant, unmarried, b. (1844) London
This Philip seems to be he of the following procedure for bankruptcy:
The London Gazette, 21 July 1865
Philip BOUQUET, formerly of No. 31, Wellington-road, Stoke Newington, Clerk in the Commercial Bank of London, then of No. 16, Victoria-road, Pimlico, then of No. 19, Cambridge-terrace, Hyde Park, Clerk in the London and Westminster Bank and Lodging-house Keeper, then and now of No. 11, Saint Ann's-terrace, Harlesden, all in the county of Middlesex, out of employment, having been adjudged bankrupt under a Petition for adjudication of Bankruptcy, filed in Her Majesty's Court of Bankruptcy, in London, on the 17th day of July, 1865, is hereby required to surrender himself to Henry Philip ROCHE, Esq., a Registrar of the said Court, at the first meeting of creditors to be held before the said Registrar, on the 2nd day of August next, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon precisely, at the said Court. Mr. Mansfield PARKYNS, of No. 36, Basinghall-street, London, is the Official Assignee, and Mr. G. T. STEADMAN, of No. 62, Coleman-street, Bank, is the Solicitor acting in the bankruptcy.
The London Gazette, 4 August 1865
Philip BOUQUET, formerly of No. 31, Wellington-road, Stoke Newington, Clerk in the Commercial Bank of London, then of No. 16, Victoria-road, Pimlico, then of No. 19, Cambridge-terrace, Hyde-park, Clerk in the London and Westminster Bank and Lodging-house Keeper, then and now of No. 11, Saint Ann's-terrace, Harlesden, all in the county of Middlesex, out of employment, having been adjudged bankrupt under a Petition for adjudication of Bankruptcy, filed in Her Majesty's Court of Bankruptcy, in London, on the 17th of July, 1865, a public sitting, for the said bankrupt to pass his Last Examination, and make application for his Discharge, will be held before Thomas Ewing WINSLOW, Esq., Acting Commissioner of the said Court, on the 20th of October next, at the said Court, at Basinghall-street, in the city of London, at eleven in the forenoon precisely, the day last aforesaid being the day limited for the said bankrupt to surrender. Mr. Mansfield PARKYNS, of No. 36, Basinghall-street, London, is the Official Assignee, and Mr. W. W. ALDRIDGE, of No. 46, Moorgate-street, is the Solicitor acting in the bankruptcy.
1871: Market Place, Wokingham, Berkshire [next: "The Wheatsheaf" inn]
Philip BOUQUET, Head age 42 b. Stoke Newington, Middlesex (Tobacconist)
Eleanor BOUQUET, Wife age 40 b. Rettendon Rectory, Essex (Tobacconist's Wife)
London Standard Monday 1 January 1877
Deaths
BOUQUET - Dec. 11 [1876], at Montreal, Canada, Philip BOUQUET, aged 47, youngest son of the late James John BOUQUET, Bank of England, deeply regretted.
I have found no further information as to why or when Philip went to Canada; nor anything later than 1871 relating to his wife Eleanor (December 2011).
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