Flora Jessie HARTSHORNE b. 4 Jul 1878 2 Montgomery Street, Bedminster, Bristol d. 15 Aug 1932 Bristol, Gloucestershire

1878 - 1932 (54 years)

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Name	Flora Jessie HARTSHORNE
	Known as "Jessie".
Birth	4 Jul 1878	2 Montgomery Street, Bedminster, Bristol [1]
		Montgomery Street, Bedminster Number 2 is closest to the camera.
Gender	Female
Census	3 Apr 1881	48 St. Luke's Road, Bedminster [2]
		1881: St. Luke's Road, Bristol
		48 St Luke's Road, Bedminster Number 48 is the right-most house which is part of the grocery store.
Education	Abt 1890	Counterslip Baptist Church, Bristol
	Attended Sunday School with her sister, according to Barbara GADD.
Census	5 Apr 1891	48 St. Luke's Road, Bedminster [3]
		1891: 48 St, Luke's Road, Bedminster
Census	31 Mar 1901	48 St. Luke's Road, Bedminster [4]
	Dressmaker
	According to Barbara Gadd, Jessie worked for the drapery firm of Messrs Cordeux & Sons at Regent Street & Saville Place in Clifton, and walked to work from Bedminster.
		1901: St. Luke's Road, Bedminster
Occupation	1903	39 Oxford Street, Bedminster
	Costumier
Event	20 Dec 1905	Old King Street Baptist Church, Bristol
	Signed a resolution as a member of the Church.
Event	May 1908	Old King Street Baptist Church, Bristol
	Probably attended the Chapel during the annual meetings of the Bristol Auxiliary of the Baptist Missionary Societies. The published History of the Chapel celebrates the attendance of Mr. Herbert THOMAS of India, "an old member of our church". Jessie was probably unaware that Herbert THOMAS was her mother's 1st cousin.
		History of Old King Street Baptist Church, pt.2
Residence	1914-1921	13 Hartington Park, Redland Green, Bristol
		13 Hartington Park, Bristol BS6
Death	15 Aug 1932	Bristol, Gloucestershire
	Cause: Intestinal cancer
Burial	18 Aug 1932	Canford Cemetery, Bristol
Notes	Sang a little as a contralto, and played violin. Learnt to play violin as a girl, and brought two decrepit violins when she married. Supposedly bore resemblance to her mother, Alice.
Person ID	I9	Gadd
Last Modified	27 Sep 2024

Father	Reverend Frederick HEMUS (aka HARTSHORNE), b. 1827, Northfield, Worcestershire d. 16 Oct 1903, Bristol, Gloucestershire (Age 76 years)
Mother	Alice Hannah HARTSHORNE, b. 18 May 1850, High Street, Broseley, Shropshire d. Q2 1900, Bristol, Gloucestershire (Age 49 years)
Marriage	Not married, as Frederick remained married to Phoebe.
Photos		Jessie (seated) and Eva (standing) HARTSHORNE
Family ID	F34	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family George Francis GADD, b. 21 Apr 1878, 47 Thrissell St., St. Philip's, Bristol d. 10 Apr 1965, Homeopathic Hospital, Bristol (Age 86 years)

Marriage 15 Sep 1903 Old King Street Baptist Church, Bristol

The ceremony was performed by James Moffat LOGAN, who had left Old King Street in January 1903 to take up an appointment in Accrington. It may be that the LOGANs were family friends - indeed, when Mrs LOGAN was a widow she would join the GADDs in their premises overlooking Park Street on the occasion of Royal visits to Bristol.

GADD-HARTSHORNE marriage certificate

Event Abt 16 Sep 1905 - 30 Sep 1905

The couple spent the first week of their honeymoon in Weston-super-Mare (accompanied by the bride's father), then spent a week in Guernsey. [Source: Barbara GADD]

Children

+	1. Muriel Jessie GADD, b. 11 Jun 1907, Holmeleigh, Halsbury Road, Bristol d. 10 May 1979 (Age 71 years)
	2. Ronald Sydney GADD, b. 1 Jun 1910, 15 West Shrubbery, Bristol, Gloucestershire d. 21 Sep 1910, 15 West Shrubbery, Bristol, Gloucestershire (Age 0 years)
+	3. Kenneth George Francis GADD, b. 24 Sep 1911, 15 West Shrubbery, Bristol, Gloucestershire d. 17 Nov 1972, Porthleven, Cornwall (Age 61 years)
	4. Barbara Joy GADD, b. 23 Jan 1914, 13 Hartington Park, Redland Green, Bristol d. 07 Dec 2007 (Age 93 years)