Person:Catherine Weatherhead (1)

Catherine Bayley Weatherhead was born on 3rd November 1806 and baptised later that month in the parish of St Lawrence in Kent, daughter of John and Ann Weatherhead. Catherine later gave her place of birth as the town of Ramsgate, which was in the parish of St Lawrence at the time.

On 30th March 1830, aged 23, Catherine married Charles Henry Hollinsworth, who worked as a lighterman. They married at Holy Trinity Church in Newington, Surrey, in the southern suburbs of London. They went on to have five children together between 1833 and 1843, and moved around several times in the area around London. The 1841 census finds them living at 81½ Drury Lane in Westminster. The family was sometimes in financial difficulty; two of their children's baptisms give the family's abode as the workhouse.

The 1851 census finds Catherine working as a general servant in Southwark. She described herself as a widow, although Charles's death was not registered until a couple of months after the census.

On 11th August 1852, Catherine married again. Her second husband was John Vincent Cassanet, and they married at St Mary's Church in Newington. They were only married for just over a year before Catherine died, aged 47. She was buried on 12th December 1853 in Lambeth. John survived her by about 29 years.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 St Lawrence, Kent, England. Parish Registers (Dean and Chapeter of Canterbury / findmypast.co.uk).

   Register of St Laurence in Thanet / 1806
   Wetherhead / Catharine Bayley / Daughter of John & Ann / Born November 3 / Christened November 30

2. ↑ England. 1841 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 740; Book 8; Folio 44; Page 5, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: 81½ Drury Lane, St Martin in the Fields, Westminster, Middlesex
   Charles Hollingsworth, male, 30 [1806-11]
   Catherine Hollingsworth, female, 30 [1806-11]
   Charles Hollingsworth, male, 7 [1833/4]
   Harriet Hollingsworth, female, 5 [1835/6]
   Thomas Hollingsowrth, male, 3 [1837/8]
   Ann Hollingsworth, female, 1 [1839/40]

3. ↑ England. 1851 Census Returns for England and Wales. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 1558; Folio 147; Page 4, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: 16 & 17 Bridge Street, Southwark (St Saviour), Surrey
   Adam Smith, head, married, male, 31 [1819/20], Importer of Silk Plush, b. Deptford, Kent
   Mary Ann Smith, wife, married, female, 25 [1825/6], b. Whitechapel, Middlesex
   Alexander E. Smith, son, male, 2 [1848/9], b. Southwark, Surrey
   Ellen Jane Smith, daughter, female, 1 [1849/50], b. Southwark, Surrey
   Catherine Hollinsworth, servant, widow, female, 43 [1807/8], General Serv[ant], b. Ramsgate, Kent
   Mary Ann Miller, servant, unmarried, female, 16 [1834/5], General Serv[ant], b. Cricksey, Essex
   George Dawkins, servant, unmarried, male, 16 [1834/5], Errand Boy, b. Southwark, Surrey

4.   Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Catherine CASSANET, December Quarter 1853, Lambeth Registration District, Volume 1d, page 230, aged 49 [1803/4]

5. ↑ Burials register, in Lambeth, Surrey, England. Parish Registers of St John the Evangelist, Waterloo (London Metropolitan Archives).

   BURIALS in the Parish of St John Waterloo in the County of Surrey in the Year 1853
   No	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   2129	Catherine Cassanet	Frances Street	Dec[embe]r 12	49 [1803/4]	A.W. Snape