Issue 11 November 2009
Nineteenth Century Newspapers
I was fortunate to be able to access the British Library database of nineteenth British Newspapers and have over the past year transcribed a number of the images featuring Haggers. So far, I have completed about 440 transcriptions. There are many births, deaths and marriages and a lot give other interesting information. I have compiled the following snippets and would be delighted to hear from you if you think any of the people mentioned are in your family tree. I can then provide you with more information and you may be able to tell me where the person fits into great big Hagger jigsaw.
Susan Hagger (age 24) who in 1858 successfully sued for breach of promise regarding marriage, her father (age 58) was a publican at Thorley in Essex. Her mother was Anne and Susan had eight siblings, including William an artificial flower maker.
John Hagger a cattle dealer of Sturdy (may be Sturry) Road, Canterbury who was fined at the Guildhall, London in 1890 for selling diseased meat.
Joseph Hagger who died in 1859 at Liverpool, age 73 and was described as being the master of the Bath Union Workhouse for many years.
Thomas O Hagger who in 1862 was appointed by the Army as a principal purveyor.
Frederick Hagger, a sailor and William Hagger, a labourer who in 1839 were charged with a murderous assault on two police constables at Walthamstow petty sessions.
A W Hagger the landlord of the Green Man Tavern in Princes Street, Blackfrairs Road.
Joseph Hagger a greengrocer in Croydon in 1867.
Lydia Elizabeth Hagger who died in 1836 and lived at 21 Warren Street, Fitzroy Square in the County of Middlesex.
John Hagger, of 38 Stoke Newington Road, a under warehouseman at Messers Spotiswoode's, the Queen's printers, who in 1874 was charged and convicted of stealing Bibles and prayer books from his employer. He was sentenced to one month’s hard labour.
The Ipswich Journal has many reports of Haggers from Ipswich and the surrounding area, so if you have ancestors from that area I would be delighted to hear from you.
The interior of St Mary’s Church, Therfield.
Many of our Hagger ancestors came from Therfield and each year we try to meet in
the local pub -