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Europe / Re: Poland 1840's
« on: Wednesday 27 January 16 14:57 GMT (UK)  »
Mary Ann Westcott was my g. g. grandmother by her first marriage (to William Cheese), so I have no direct link to Thaddeus, but I have some info on Mary.
She was born in Chagford, Devon, (31 March 1809), married to William Cheese (29 Mar 1829) and gave him five children. In the 1841 census she had put my g. grandfather (Richard Henry Cheese) into the Hackney Infant Orphan Asylum, but kept the others at home! She is described as 'Mangler' in that census and is a widow. I can't find much about the death of her first husband, William, apart from being in 1839, and she is living on Jane Street, a few doors away from Thaddeus. She is a widow again in the 1851 census, after the death of Thaddeus, and her son Richard Henry is living at home again and described as 'Biscuit Baker'. In 1861 he is a baker, and by 1881 a Master Baker. Were these skills he was given in the orphanage?
Mary is described as 'Monthly Nurse' in1861. She seems to use either of her married surnames.
Charles Krempoweicki was a witness on the marriage certificate of my g.grandparents, Richard Henry Cheese and Isabella Laing (21 July 1861) in Bermondsey, London.
I hope this helps a bit.

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Europe / Re: Poland 1840's
« on: Wednesday 20 January 16 19:53 GMT (UK)  »
Hi, this might help!
My great great grandmother, Mary Ann Cheese (nee Westcott) married Thaddeus after the death of her first husband. They were living in Jane Street, London in 1841, as can be seen in that year's census. I have copies of their marriage certificate, his death certificate and the death certificate of Mary Ann Krempowiecka, wife of Charles Stanislas Krempowiecki (interpreter).
There is much about the November Uprising in Poland on the web, but it seems Thaddeus was prominent in the fighting, being wounded in the defence of Warsaw. Thousands were killed on both sides, but Warsaw was lost to the Russian dominance. He, along with many others, was exiled to Prussia, but trouble was still brewing, and the Prussians ordered them back to Poland, or to be put on a ship (the battleship  'Marianne') bound for America. 212 soldiers decided America was preferable to probable death back in Poland, but bad weather forced them into Portsmouth harbour, where many eventually settled.
The marriage of Thaddeus and my g.g.grandmother (17 March 1842), the birth of their son Alfred Thaddeus (11 Sept 1842) and his death in 1847 put them in Jane Street, Saint George in the East, Middlesex. Mary lived on until 1867.

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