Family History, Hossent Chart 0402 Henry James Hossent and Charlotte Cornish

1861 Morwoodside, March, Cambridgeshire HOSSANT 1871 Norwoodside, March, Cambridgeshire 1881 Not found 1891 8 Mount Street, Darlington, Yorkshire as HOSSENT 1901 8 Mount Street, Darlington, Yorkshire as HOSSENT 1911 95 Park Place, Darlington, Yorkshire as HOSSENT 1920 Henry and Charlotte arrived in Canada on 18th June 1920. These are written on separate sheet and at Annie Hilda was with them I have found but could be more of the family. 1920 Have now found a UK Outward Passenger List for Empress of France, she sailed from Liverpool on 2nd June 1920 for Quebec, Canada. On board was H J HOSSENT, Aged 65 C HOSSENT, aged 61 A H HOSSENT aged 27 and C E HOSSENT aged 24. Information for Henry HOSENT on findagrave Web Site. Before coming to Canada Henry was a stationary engineer at Pease's woollen mill in Darlington, England. Henry had an additional responsibility of waking the workers on the day shift on his way home from night shift. He would knock on their doors with his cane as he passed by. He would do this without dismounting from his bicycle, a responsibility that gave him an extra penny per week. Henry had a penny farthing bicycle (the kind with the big front wheel and small rear wheel). When he worked day shift his daughter Lottie would leave early from school to deliver his lunch since he could not leave the boilers unattended. Lottie had also recalled that the horse carriages would muffle the sounds of the horses hooves on the cobblestones by placing sacks over them as they passed by a home where there were those that were very ill. Charlotte and Henry Hossent had seven children and moved from Darlington, England to Alberta in 1912. Six of their children survived infancy and the four girls in the family moved to Canada along wiht their parents. Charlotte and Henry with daughters May, Hilda and Charlotte (Lottie) followed their elder daughter Mahalah to Canada who had arrived in about 1911 and had married Leonard Newsom in Strathmore Alberta, in January 1912. The Hossent family travelled to Red Deer and lived for two years returning to England with Hilda and Lottie in 1914 at the beginning of WWI. They may have returned to assist their son William who was a young widower with one son. May had met Robert MacDonald and was married in Red Deer in July 1914 and moved to Toronto where she lived with Robert for the remainder of her life. Lottie and Hilda met two young Canadian soldiers, Hubert Nicholls and James Woods while living in Darlington and eventually about 1920 the Hossent family again without the sons William and Joseph, returned to Stavely, Alberta with Mahalah and her family. eventualy settling in Calgary, Alberta. Henry eventually procured work again in Calgary. Though he was illiterate and without papers for a stationary engineer, Henry was hired by an old friend from England. The friend apparently knew him to he be good at his work. Henry, at one point worked for P. Burns in who was a early business men and rancher in the Calgary area. Henry and Charlotte lived in the Bridgeland district of Calgary. Henry worked in the railway and together they tended a large garden and cared for their grandchildren over the years. Henry and Charlotte celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 1928. 1891 8 Mount Street, Darlington, Yorkshire as HOSSENT 1901 8 Mount Street, Darlington, Yorkshire as HOSSENT 1911 95 Park Place, Darlington, Yorkshire as HOSSENT. On the 1911 census Charlotte is shown as having 7 children, 6 surviving and 1 has died 1920 Henry and Charlotte arrived in Canada on 18th June 1920. These are written on separate sheet and at Annie Hilda was with them I have found but could be more of the family. 1920 Have now found a UK Outward Passenger List for Empress of France, she sailed from Liverpool on 2nd June 1920 for Quebec, Canada. On board was H J HOSSENT, Aged 65 C HOSSENT, aged 61 A H HOSSENT aged 27 and C E HOSSENT aged 24. Information for Charlotte HOSSENT on findagrave Web Site Charlotte and Henry Hossent had seven children and moved from Darlington, England to Alberta in 1912. Six of their children survived infancy and the four girls in the family moved to Canada along with their parents. Charlotte and Henry with daughters May, Hilda and Charlotte (Lottie) following their elder daughter Mahalah to Canada. Mahalah had arrived in about 1911 and had married Leonard Newsom in Strathmore Alberta. in January 1912. Sons William and Joseph remained in England. Charlotte and Henry also had one other daughter, Margarent Ellen, who was born in 1883 she died in 1886. The Hossent family travelled to Red Deer and lived for two years returning to England with Hilda and Lottie in 1914 at the beginning of WWI. They may have returned to assist their son William who was a young widower with one son. May had met Robert MacDonald and was married in Red Deer in July 1914 and moved to Toronto where she lived with Robert for the remainder of her life. Lottie and Hilda met two young Canadian soldiers, Hubert Nicholls and James Woods while living in Darlington and eventually the Hossent famiy again without the sons William and Joseph, returned to Canada about 1920 settling in Calgary, Alberta. Henry and Charlotte lived out their lives in the Bridgeland district of Calgary. Henry worked in the railway and together they tended a large garden and cared for their grandchildren over the years. Henry and Charlotte celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 1928. 1891 8 Mount Street, Darlington, Yorkshire as HOSSENT 1901 14 Front Street, Darlington, Yorkshire as HOSSENT. Boarding with Elizabeth DAVIES? (46) married (no husband present) Caretaker of Board School born Embleton, Yorkshire and her children Jnoses? (21) Farm Labourer, Fred (13) (Hip disease) and James (9) all born Chilton, Yorkshire. Another Boarder was Walter JOHNSON (19) Engine Stoker born Darlington, Yorkshire 1911 27 Grey Terrace, Ferryhill, Durham 1891 8 Mount Street, Darlington, Yorkshire as HOSSENT 1901 8 Mount Street, Darlington, Yorkshire as HOSSENT 1911 95 Park Place, Darlington, Yorkshire as HOSSENT 1891 8 Mount Street, Darlington, Yorkshire as HOSSENT 1901 8 Mount Street, Darlington, Yorkshire as HOSSENT 1911 95 Park Place, Darlington, Yorkshire as HOSSENT 1921 Canadian Census - Not found at preent Information for Mahal NEWSOM née HOSSENT from findagrave Web Site Mahalah (Hossent) Newsom was born in Sunderland, England about 1886 and died in Calgary, Alberta in March 1927 leaving four young children and a husband. Mahalah was the oldest daughter of Henry and Charlotte Hossent and she grew up in the Darlington, Durham region of England. Mahalah came to Canada as a young woman in about 1910 and lived for a short time in Toronto where she was a housemaid eventually moving to Alberta . Mahalah soon met and married Leonard Newsom with the Strathmore Standard newspaper reporting that; “They were married on Wednesday, January 17, 1912 at 7:30 pm in the St. Michael's Church in Strathmore, Alberta. The minister presiding was the Reverend J.G. Hathaway. The Bride was attired in a white embroidered robe and a black picture hat and was attended by her bridesmaid Miss Ransford, Mr. Marsden attended Mr. Newsom as best man. There were many friends of both parties at the church. A reception was held at their rooms later in the evening and dancing kept up until a late hour." The couple moved to various locations in Alberta with Leonard working in the weekly newspaper business. In 1912 her parents and three sisters arrived in Canada and they lived in Red Deer for a time where the couples first son was born. Leonard and Mahalah lived in Bowden, Didsbury, Claresholm, Stavely and Banff having three sons and one daughter. Her oldest son Roland said of his mother that: “My mother, Mahalah, known as Mamie, was a large woman with dark features and she saw all of us as her family and was a superb cook and housekeeper and every week served hot buns with cocoa during the fall and winter evenings.” It was in Banff in March 1927 that Mahalah became ill with appendicitis and was taken by train to Calgary where complications from the appendicitis and the anaesthesia claimed her life. She was buried in the Burnsland cemetery in Calgary, Alberta. 1891 8 Mount Street, Darlington, Yorkshire as HOSSENT 1901 8 Mount Street, Darlington, Yorkshire as HOSSENT 1911 95 Park Place, Darlington, Yorkshire as HOSSENT Information for May HOSSENT from findagrave Web Site May Hossent was born in Darlington, England in 1889 to Charlotte and Henry Hossent of Darlington, England. May was the third daughter in a family of seven children. She had one sister who died before she was born. May lived her early years with her parents and brothers and sisters in Darlington, England. She was a soft spoken woman of small stature and a keen sense of humour. May and her sisters Annie (Hilda), Lottie and her parents Charlotte and Henry travelled to Alberta, Canada in August 1912. They arrived in Calgary where they were met by May's older sister Mahalha Newsom who had arrived in Canada in 1911 and was married in 1912. After travelling to Bowden and later moving to Red Deer the Hossents settled into life in Red Deer for several years. May had soon procured a millinery position in Olds and later moved to Red Deer with her family. It is believed that the Hossents ran a boarding house in Red Deer as Henry worked on the railway. May was involved in the St. Luke's Anglican Church where she sang in the choir and sang duets with friends at local concerts. May met her future husband Robert MacDonald when she and her sisters Lottie and Hilda sang in the St. Luke's Church Choir. The Red Deer paper reproted: "Miss May Hossent was married to Robert MacDonald on July 30, 1914. Both were active and efficient members of St. Luke's Choir and the groom was prominent in the Sons of England. To live in Toronto." May and Bob left the same day for Didsbury where they spent several days with her sister Mahalah and Leonard Newsom prior to their leaving for Toronto where they lived for their married life. Robert and May did return to visit with the Alberta Hossent families in later years. Bob and May raised five children in Toronto. Muriel born in 1916, Allan in 1917, Edna in 1921, Vivian in 1924 and Brian Macdonald in 1929. During the years in Toronto the MacDonald family lived at 218 Rosemount Avenue, Toronto and the later years the family lived at 9 Bessborough Drive. The Macdonald family had been very receptive in receiving many of the western Hossent cousins over the years. During the War years Leonard, Harry and Ronnie Newsom all made visits to their homes. Kennie Woods also attended university and was a visitor during those years. Les and Gerald Nicholls were also visitors at the Macdonalds home. Don Newsom was also befriended by the family in the late 1960‘s while attending Ryerson Institute. During the later years of their lives May and Bob, both with snow white hair, demonstrated a devotion and love for each other and maintained their sense of humour. After sixty years of marriage May died on September 7, 1974 at the age of 84. Bob died at the age of 87 on February 23, 1977. They are buried together in the Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto. There appears to have been several children, most, on a Family Tree on Ancestry, but there is a Brian McDONALD down as being born 23rd June 1929 Toronto, Ontario, Canada, died 10th June 1986 Information for Robert (Bob) MacDonald from findagrave Webisite Robert MacDonald was born in Worthington, England in 1889. During his early years Bob worked as a carpenter for a firm in England called "Boggs". In Canada Bob worked on many projects as a general foreman and the firm he was employed with often worked on Church construction. Bob had been employed in the construction of the Edmonton High Level bridge in 1913 prior to coming to Red Deer where he met his wife May Hossent. Robert and may were united in marriage at the St. Luke's Anglican Church on July 30, 1914. The entry from the Red Deer Advocate stated that "Miss May Hossent married to Robert MacDonald on July 30, 1914. Both were active and efficient members of St. Luke's Choir and the groom was prominent in the Sons of England. To live in Toronto." Bob and May raised five children in Toronto. Muriel born in 1916, Allan in 1917, Edna in 1921, Vivian in 1924 and Brian Macdonald in 1929. Bob worked until the age of 75. At the age of 45 he had gone to Western Technical High School and took Architectural Drafting at night school. Excellent at his trade he won a second prize in design. Bob maintained his keen sense of humour and an interest in gardening over the years. After sixty years of marriage May died on September 7, 1974 at the age of 84. Bob died at the age of 87 on February 23, 1977. They are buried together in the Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto. 1901 8 Mount Street, Darlington, Yorkshire as HOSSENT 1911 95 Park Place, Darlington, Yorkshire as HOSSENT 1920 Annie Hilda HOSSENT traveled to Canada on Empress of France and arrived pm 18th June 1920 the intention of travel was to be married and her fiancé James WOOD of 213 15th Avenue W. Calgary, USA paid for her passage. Her nearest relative is given as Mr F HOSSENT of Oakind?, Tower Road, Darlington. Her occupation was a Teacher but intended occupation is given as Housewife. She had been to Canada before and had arrived in Quebec in July 1914 and in July 1919. She had $50 of money in her possession. 1920 Have now found a UK Outward Passenger List for Empress of France, she sailed from Liverpool on 2nd June 1920 for Quebec, Canada. On board was H J HOSSENT, Aged 65 C HOSSENT, aged 61 A H HOSSENT aged 27 and C E HOSSENT aged 24. 1901 8 Mount Street, Darlington, Yorkshire as HOSSENT 1911 95 Park Place, Darlington, Yorkshire as HOSSENT 1920 Have now found a UK Outward Passenger List for Empress of France, she sailed from Liverpool on 2nd June 1920 for Quebec, Canada. On board was H J HOSSENT, Aged 65 C HOSSENT, aged 61 A H HOSSENT aged 27 and C E HOSSENT aged 24. Details of this family was sent to me on 10th November 2015 from a Carol Nicholls a grandaughter of Charlotte Details of Charlotte Elizabeth from findagrave Web Site Lottie Hossent was born on November 12, 1895 in Darlington England, the youngest child of Henry and Charlotte Hossent. Lottie grew up in Darlington where she attended school. Lottie enjoyed playing with dolls and having plays and pantomimes as a young child. Lottie’s fondest memories of her days in Darlington include going to the theatre with her father. She was closest to her sister Annie (Hilda) having shared their experience of travelling to Canada in 1912 with their parents and sister May. Lottie returned to England in about 1914 with her parents and sister Hilda. While in England, during the First World War Lottie worked in a munitions plant in Darlington. It was while she was in England that she met her future husband Hubert Nicholls, who was serving in the Canadian army. Lottie and Bert met in Darlington, England and courted during the war. Lottie fondly remembered her courting days with Bert. Bert returned to Canada and wrote often to Lottie who remained in England. The Hossents, Henry, Charlotte, Hilda and Lottie, returned to Canada in about 1920. Hilda and Charlotte where both considering marriage to Canadian soldiers at the time. It is understood that Henry and Charlotte did not want to have all their daughters in Canada while they remained in England. Meanwhile their two sons, Joe and Will, remained in England. Shortly after their arrival from England, Bert and Lottie were married in Calgary on June 15, 1920 in the Church of the Redeemer. Bert and Lottie lived in Calgary the remainder of their lives and enjoyed gardening and raising their two boys Les and Gerry born in 1922 and 1930. Calgary did not escape the great depression of the 1930’s, a time of little money. Son, Les recalled much of the transactions were done by bartering and he remembered an incident where the family traded a sack of cabbage for a sack of coal. Bert and Lottie were a loving couple and were interested in gardening and raising their family. Living close by in the Bridgeland area Lottie also assisted her aging parents. In 1970, Lottie and Bert celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in their home at in SW Calgary. Many neighbours, including several from the old neighbourhood of Bridgeland attended to wish them happiness. Bert died in August 1971 and Lottie lived until the age of 94 and died in Calgary on November 30, 1989. Bert and Lottie are buried beside each other in the Queensland Cemetery in Calgary. On Arrivals in Canada I have found it appears to suggest that they were going to Red Deer, Alberta Canada. I thought I might find the "NEWSOM" family there on the 1916 Census, but I have not, there appears to be a Marjet NEWSOME who I thought might be Mahala but although born in England her birth date is given as 1871 and her husbands name does not look like Leonard. There are 4,278 people on the 1916 Census born in England and living in Red Deer, Alberta. I tried Strathmore, Alberta, which is where Mahala is down as being married but nothing comes up for a town of that name.

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