Charles HEMUS

1807 - 1886  (79 years)

• Name	Charles HEMUS
  Birth	1807	Bartley Green, Northfield, Worcs.
  Christening	11 Oct 1807	St. Laurence, Northfield, Worcestershire   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	05 Oct 1827	Bartley Green, Northfield, Worcs.   [1]
  	Shoemaker
  Occupation	28 Mar 1830	Bartley Green, Northfield, Worcs.   [1]
  	Shoemaker
  Event	24 Oct 1838	Court Leet of the Manor of Northfield, Worcestershire
  	Appointed as Headborough of the Manor. [not certain that this is the same individual, but cannot trace any other Charles HEMUS in the parish at that time]
  		Appointment of Charles HEMUS as Headborough of the Manor of Northfield, 1838. Also we present, nominate and appoint Joseph NEWELL and Charles HEMUS to be Headboroughs of the Parish of Northfield for the year ensuing, and until they should be legally discharged, and the same Joseph NEWELL and Charles HEMUS came into Court and were so sworn accordingly. headborough \head"bor*ough\ (?), headborrow \head"bor*row\ ] n. 1. the chief of a frankpledge, tithing, or decennary, consisting of ten families; -- called also borsholder, boroughhead, boroughholder, and sometimes tithingman. see borsholder. [eng.] 2. (modern law) a petty constable. [eng.]
  Census	1841	Bartley Green, Northfield, Worcs.
  	Shoe Maker
  	Age: 30
  		1841: Bartley Green, Northfield
  Residence	25 Apr 1846	Bartley Green, Northfield, Worcs.
  	Abode given as the informant on the death of his father, Joseph HEMUS.
  Census	1861	Bartley Green, Northfield, Worcs.
  	Cordwainer
  	Age: 53
  		1861: Bartley Green, Northfield
  Census	1871	Bartley Green, Northfield, Worcs.
  	Bootmaker
  	Age: 63
  		1871: Bartley Green, Northfield
  Occupation	3 Sep 1877
  	Boot Maker
  Census	1881	Bartley Green, Northfield, Worcs.
  	Shoe Maker
  	Age: 73
  		1881: Moor Street, Bartley Green, Northfield
  Probate	No Will or Grant of Administration indexed at the Principal Registry of the Family Division.
  Death	22 Nov 1886	Moor Street, Lapal, Halesowen, Worcs.
  	Age: 79
  	Cause: Senile decay
  	Informant: Hannah HEMUS of Moor Street, Northfield, widow of the deceased, present at the death.
  Burial	27 Nov 1886	St. Laurence, Northfield, Worcestershire   [1]
  	Age: 80
  	Register notes former abode as Moor Street.
  Notes	Charles was perhaps the Harmonium player who accompanied the choir at the Broseley Old Baptist Church in January 1875 (see notes for Frederick HEMUS)
  Person ID	I2137	Gadd
  Last Modified	24 Sep 2009

  
  

  Father	Joseph HEMUS,   c. 02 Oct 1774, St. Laurence, Northfield, Worcestershire d. 16 Apr 1846, Bartley Green, Northfield, Worcs. (Age ~ 71 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth LEA,   c. 30 Aug 1780, Halesowen, Worcestershire d. Mar 1864 (Age ~ 83 years)
  Marriage	07 Jan 1800	St. Laurence, Northfield, Worcestershire   [2]
  	Both of this parish. Banns published 8, 15 & 22 Dec 1799. [1]
  Family ID	F714	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ellen / Eleanor ROSE,   c. 17 Jan 1808, St. Laurence, Northfield, Worcestershire d. 30 Dec 1864, 9 Shakespeare Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire (Age ~ 56 years)
  Marriage	16 Apr 1827	St. Philip's, Birmingham   [3]
  Children	+ 1. Reverend Frederick HEMUS (aka HARTSHORNE),   b. 1827, Northfield, Worcestershire d. 16 Oct 1903, Bristol, Gloucestershire (Age 76 years)   2. Joseph HEMUS,   c. 28 Mar 1830, St. Laurence, Northfield, Worcestershire
  Family ID	F6097	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Apr 2007

  
  

  Family 2	Hannah WARD,   b. 1850
  Marriage	3 Sep 1877	King's Norton Parish Church, Worcs.
  	Charles a.67, widower, Boot Maker, father Joseph Hemus, Boot Maker Hannah a.30, spinster, father Solomon Ward, Nail Maker Charles signed, Hannah made her mark [X] Witnessed by Richard & Caroline Fletcher Their true ages were 70 (very nearly) and 27 - they seemed anxious to downplay the age difference!
  		Marriage Certificate, Charles HEMUS & Hannah WARD, 3rd September 1877
  Notes	Although Charles's first wife had remarried bigamously in 1833, she had died long before this marriage.
  Family ID	F6104	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Apr 2007

  
  

• Documents

  Charles HEMUS, Death Certificate Death Certificate of Charles HEMUS, Shoe Maker of Moor Street, Northfield

  
  

• Sources

  [S429] Parish Register. [S423] PRs St. Laurence, Northfield. Joseph HEAMOS / Elizabeth LEA [S424] PRs St. Philip's, Birmingham. Charles HAYMAS / Eleanor ROSE