The Haggers

The Haggers

Nellie Esther Hagger was born in December 1890, the daughter of Henry James Hagger and Annie Louisa Winter. The wedding certificate for Henry and Louisa shows they were married in 1886 in London and at the time Henry gave his occupation as Tobacconist and Insurance Agent. Annie was the daughter of Charles Winter and so far I've not been able to trace him at all, alhough he is given as deceased on her marriage cert and I've found an Annie Winter living in London on the 1871 census with her mother and siblings, mother Mary is given as widow so that would fit. Also a very poor family, Mary had 6 children including Annie and was working at that time as a Shoe-Binder and living in 1 room of a building in Cock Yard, Westminster.

Henry James' father is given as Henry Hagger, Bricklayer and I'm also having trouble tracing them but I've found a Hagger One Name Study and am hoping someone can help me get further back. Stop Press: Peter Hagger of the OneName Hagger website/study has come up trumps. I think he's found Henry James Hagger's birth cert and the 1871 census shows them under Haggar – its the same family I'd been looking at in the 1881 census correctly now as Hagger which has a Henry as the head and a Clara (witness on Henry James' marriage cert ) who is Henry James' older sister. When the birth cert for Henry James comes I should hopefully be able to track Henry and Mary Ann's marriage and go further back.

In the 1891 census, Henry J and Louisa were living in West Conduit Street in the Clerkenwell area of London with Nellie, aged 4 months and Henry C Hagger aged 3. Henry J gives his occupation again as insurance agent and on Nellie's birth certificate it is Prudential agent. Somehow over the years he lost his job because on Nellie and Leonard's wedding certificate (Eastbourne 1915) he was a labourer (deceased). He died in 1899, I'm just waiting for his death cert but I think this is right because at that census Annie is the head of the household living with Nellie, Henry C and Arthur J aged 8. I believe Arthur died in the first world war, I haven't found out yet what happened to Henry C.