Portobello Barracks 1845

[ShaunJ]

Ernest was in Fulford, York circa 1842 per this 1843 directory entry:

[heywood]

Baptism Parish Church, Leeds
Born 1st March 1840, baptised 3rd April 1840
Alice Catherine of Ernest (Music Master in 8th Hussars) and Georgiana Klussman

Alice was buried 1843, St Giles in the Field

[heywood]

The possible brother, Henry that I mentioned in reply #4 had a child, Henry,  baptised at the Cathedral,Manchester in 1846.
Henry snr is a Band Master, 76th Regiment at Salford Barracks.
There are newspaper snippets re recitals by H Klussman.

[ShaunJ]

Another baptism: Henry Ernest Klussman, baptised 8 January 1837, son of Ernest (a band master) and Mary.

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/86423:62467

What's going on ? Is "Georgina" the same person as "Mary Ann"? 

[heywood]

I think she must be.
I can’t see a Georgina in Scotlands People but there is a Mary Ann McLaren baptised 1805 in Edinburgh.
1861 shows her born Edinburgh but abt 1812.

[ShaunJ]

It seems likely that Ernst/Ernest Klussman was employed by the officers of 8th Hussars as a civilian band master, hence the absence of any military records for him. 

[heywood]

Thanks, Shaun.
I was going to ask why he is Professor of Music sometimes and Band Master at others.

[heywood]

I have just been skimming through an article ‘Foreign Army Bandmasters : Theur Rise andFall’ https://www.jstor.org/
“ just eight years before the Crimean War, civilians and foreigners held the majority of the positions as bandmaster in the British Army.”
The only reference to Klussman that I can see is 9th Lancers.

[maddys52]

A couple of related threads here:
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=554402
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=787424