Person:Marie Bouhaye (1)

Marie Thérèse Bouhaye said that she was born around 1826 at Seraing in the province of Liège, then in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, and that her father was a mechanic called Lambert Bouhaye. She appears to have been known by her middle name - the 'Marie' is absent from her marriage certificate and most of the censuses. When Thérèse was still a small girl the Belgian Revolution led to the province of Liège and several others breaking away from the Netherlands to become the newly-formed country of Belgium. Records from both Belgium and The Netherlands show that there were a few people born around the 1820s who claimed to be the children of a Lambert Bouhaye and Marie Hélène Deprez of Seraing, who were presumably Thérèse's siblings.

Thérèse's first confirmed sighting however is not in Belgium, but in England. On 23rd May 1854 she married a butler named John Hammond at Felpham in Sussex.

In about 1854, Thérèse had a son named John Lambert Hammond, who was born in Belgium. Whether John was born, then they moved to England and she married, or whether she married, returned to Belgium, had the baby and then returned to England is unclear. John was followed in 1856 by a son named George, born at Felpham.

The 1861 census finds Thérèse working as a lady's maid at the household of a clergyman named George Luxford, presumably attending to his wife Ann. George Luxford had presided at Thérèse and John's marriage. John was the butler for the Luxfords. Thérèse and John's two sons were not living with them at the Luxford's house. They were being looked after in the village by a couple called William and Ann Prior.

Some time between 1861 and 1864 the Luxfords left Felpham and moved to Salehurst, sixty miles away at the other end of Sussex. Thérèse and John went with them. In 1864 they had a daughter named Thérèse Hubertine Hammond, born at Salehurst. The 1871 census finds Thérèse and John and their daughter living at Higham House in Salehurst, the home of the Luxfords. By this time, Thérèse was working as the housekeeper.

Between 1871 and 1881, Thérèse and John left the Luxford's service and moved to Hove on the Sussex coast, where they set up a lodging house at 53 Brunswick Road. They now took on their own domestic servant, Elizabeth (Bessie) Kitchenham, who would stay with the family for many years. The 1881 and 1891 censuses both find Thérèse and John, their daughter and their servant Bessie living at 53 Brunswick Road.

John died later in 1891, aged 67. Thérèse and her daughter continued to live at 53 Brunswick Road. The 1901 census finds Thérèse and her daughter and their servant Bessie living there, along with Thérèse's eldest son John, who was working as a commercial clerk.

Thérèse died on 13th December 1909, aged 82.

1. ↑ England. 1861 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 RG9; Piece 619; Folio 60; Page 19, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Felpham, Sussex
   George C. Luxford, head, married, male, 50 [1810/11], Rector of Middleton, b. Kent
   A.M.P. Luxford, wife, married, female, 40 [1820/1], b. Marylebone, London
   Catherine P. Luxford, daughter, unmarried, female, 20 [1840/1], b. Bersted, Sussex
   Elizabeth M. Luxford, daughter, unmarried, female, 17 [1843/4], b. Bersted, Sussex
   John C. Luxford, son, male, 14 [1846/7], b. Felpham, Sussex
   John Hammond, servant, married, male, 36 [1824/5], Butler, b. Pagham, Sussex
   Threse Hammond, servant, married, female, 34 [1826/7], Lady's Maid, b. Lisle [sic], France
   Mary A. Northeast, servant, unmarried, female, 24 [1836/7], Cook, b. Walberton, Sussex
   Rhoda Farrow, servant, unmarried, female, 19 [1841/2], House Maid, b. Selsey, Sussex
   John Cobby, servant, male, 15 [1845/6], Servant, b. Middleton, Sussex

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 England. England and Wales. 1871 Census Schedules. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG10; Piece 1047; Folio 41; Page 2, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Higham House, Higham, Salehurst, Sussex
   George C. Luxford, head, married, male, 69 [1802/3], P "With cure of Souls", b. Horsmonden, Kent
   Ann M.P. Luxford, wife, married, female, 52 [1818/9], b. Marlebone [sic], Middlesex
   John Hammond, servant, married, male, 47 [1823/4], Butler, b. Pagham, Sussex
   Maria T. Hammond, servant, married, female, 44 [1826/7], Housekeeper, b. Belgium
   Mary A. Baker, servant, unmarried, female, 29 [1841/2], Cook, b. Alfriston, Sussex
   Sarah H. Wordgate, servant, unmarried, female, 19 [1851/2], Kitchen Maid, b. Salehurst, Sussex
   John Cobby, servant, unmarried, male, 25 [1845/6], Footman, b. Middleton, Sussex
   Thirise H. Hammond, daughter of housekeeper, female, 8 [1862/3], b. Salehurst, Sussex

3. ↑ England. 1881 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 RG11; Piece 1095; Folio 47; Page 30, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: 53 Brunswick Road, Hove, Sussex
   John Hammond, head, married, male, 58 [1822/3], Lodging House Keeper, b. Pagham, Sussex
   Theresa Hammond, wife, married, female, 54 [1826/7], b. Belgium
   Theresa H. Hammond, daughter, unmarried, female, 16 [1864/5], b. Salehurst, Sussex
   Elizabeth Kitchenham, servant, unmarried, female, 21 [1859/60], General S[ervan]t Domestic, b. Etchingham, Sussex

4. ↑ England. 1891 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 RG12; Piece 816; Folio 23; Page 40, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: 53 Brunswick Road, Hove, Sussex
   John Hammond, head, married, male, 67 [1823/4], Lodging House Keeper, b. Paugham [sic], Sussex
   Therese Hammond, wife, married, female, 63 [1827/8], b. Serning [sic], Belgium
   Therese Hubertine Hammond, daughter, single, female, 26 [1864/5], b. Salehurst, Sussex
   Bessie Kitchingham, servant, single, female, 30 [1860/1], General Domestic Servant, b. Etchingham, Sussex

5. ↑ England. England. 1901 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 RG13; Piece 935; Folio 77; Page 20, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: 53 Brunswick Road, Hove, Sussex
   Five or more rooms occupied
   Marie Therese Hammond, widow, female, 74 [1826/7], b. Belgium (Naturalized Brit Subj)
   John Lambert Hammond, son, married, male, 46 [1854/5], Commercial clerk, b. Belgium Brit Subj
   Therese Hubertine Hammond, daughter, single, female, 36 [1864/5], b. Salehurst, Sussex
   Bessie Kitchenham, servant, single, female, 41 [1859/60], Dom, b. Etchingham, Sussex

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

   d. Marie Thérèse HAMMOND, December Quarter 1909, Steyning Registration District, Volume 2b, page 187, aged 82 [1826/7]

7. ↑ England. National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1858 onwards. (Ancestry.com).

   1910
   HAMMOND Marie Thèrése of 53 Brunswick-road Hove widow died 13 December 1909 Probate Lewes 18 February to John Lambert Hammond lodging-house keeper. Effects £520 10s.

8. ↑ Potential siblings:
   
   Belgium, Liège, Civil Registration, 1621-1914 has:
   Marie Hubertine Bouhaye of Liège died in Brussels on 12th November 1883 aged 51 [1831/2], whose death certificate gives her birth place as Seraing and whose parents' names were given as Lambert Bouhaye and Marie Hélène Deprez.
   
   Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Vital Record, 1600-2000 has:
   Honorine Bouhaye, died 31 Mar 1888, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland, born Seraing België, aged 44 [1843/4], daughter of Lambert Bouhaye and Hélène Deprez
   
   Marie Hentriette Bouhaije, died 4 Aug 1928, Eijsden, Limburg, Nederland, born Serain België, aged 81 [1846/7], daughter of Lambert Bouhaije and Maria Helene Deprez
   
   Virginie Marie Josephe Bouhaye, died 18 Jun 1909, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland, born Seraing, aged 83 [1825/6], daughter of Lambert Bouhaye and Marie Hélène Deprez