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Robert Hart - Posted 29/10/06
I am looking for information relating to my family, who lived in Lenton in the 1800’s until at least, as far as I can tell 1901,

From the 1841 Census Joseph Hart (Who I believe to be my Great Great Great Great Grandfather) and Susannah Hart (unknown maiden name) are living in Rancliffe Street (no number given), at the time Joseph is 60 and Susannah is 58. The writing is difficult to read but Josephs occupation looks like ‘barber’ but could be ‘pauper’.

Other household members are>
John Hart age 34, occupation Butcher
Edwin Hart (Who I believe to be my Great Great Great Grandfather) age 25, occupation Butcher
Louise Hart, age 15, occupation dressmakers apprentice
Sarah Hart, age 11

The butcher theme crops up again and again in the subsequent census records with Edwin recorded as a butcher throughout the records, in the 1851 Census Edwin, now 35 has moved to Willoughby Street, again no number is given. By this time Edwin has married Hannah (maiden name unknown) who is 30 and from Saxondale.

In the 1861 Census Edwin, now 45 is still a butcher and still married to Hannah who is 40, amongst their children is Sarah A Hart age 16 whose occupation is listed as ‘Pupil teacher National School’ and William Hart age 3 (Who I believe to be my Great Great Grandfather). The address is Willoughby Street but again no number is given.

In the 1871 Census things get a little confused as Hannah now 50 is listed as being married to a ‘Delwin Hart’ but I am sure that this is wrongly transcribed and should be Edwin Hart because in the 1881 census she is back married to Edwin Hart. Again Edwins (Delwin) occupation is described as butcher and the address again Willoughby Street, Their son John age 18 and has his occupation described as ‘Artist’, is it possible some of his work survives today?

The 1881 census sees Edwin now 65 still plying his trade as a butcher along with his son William (my Great Great Grandfather?) and still married to Hannah but this time the family have moved to 45 Woodboro Rd (This is very difficult to read).  There seems to be a family move away from butchery at this time as now three family members are pursuing artistic careers, John Hart age 28 and Robert Hart age 20 are both listed as ‘lithographic artists’ while Albert Edwin Hart is listed as a Lithographic apprentice. There is something of a mystery in the 1881 census records here as I believe that William has a son Leonard whom I believe to be my great grandfather and a wife Ellen neither of whom are living at Woodboro Rd, but instead can be found lodging with a James Daykin and his wife Hannah at 7 Brittania Square Lenton.

Edwin Hart dies in 1882 aged 67, so in the 1891 Hannah is 59 and widowed, which sees William Hart, age 33 as Head of the Family and continuing the family tradition of butchery along with Albert Edwin Hart who seems to have reverted from Lithography to butchery. Williams’s son Leonard, age 13 is now back with the family but there is no record of Ellen at the 45 Woodboro Rd address and Williams marital status is described as ‘Married’.

Things get a little hazy from here in as I lose track of William, does he move away? Re-marry? What becomes of the butchery trade, what happens to Ellen?

Leonard moves away to Kimberley where he works as a Brewers labourer, I assume at Hardy Hansons where he lives at either First-row or Hirst row (difficult to read) where he marries Annie Carlin (Now the Carlins are whole other story).

Living family members have verbal information suggesting that the family ran its butchers business from the shambles in Nottingham

If anyone has any answers to the many questions raised here or information or history relating to any of the individuals, businesses, places or events I would be grateful.

Regards,
Robert Hart

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