The Hassal line
My Great Great Great Great Great Grandfather - Thomas Hassal of Nantwich (died late C18th)
Thomas Hassal of Nantwich married Susanna Maberly. They had two children. The elder son was Thomas Hassal who died in 1829 aged 82. The younger son was William Hassal, my great great great great Grandfather.
My Great Great Great Great Grandfather - Rev William Hassal (1751-1829)
Rev William Hassal, born 7 January 1751, married Elizabeth Satterfield of Wirkworth, Derbyshire, on 21 July 1788 (witnesses Joseph Satterfield and John Leech). Elizabeth died in 1818; and William died on 6 February 1829 at 15 Dickinson Street, his daughter’s home). He is buried at Blackwater Street Unitarian Chapel, Rochdale.
William was a student at Warrington College of Dissenters (Warrington Academy) under Drs Aiken (the Rev John Aiken) and Priestly (Joseph Priestly, the natural philosopher and theologian) and a friend of Letitia Barbauld (nee Aiken), the poetess. In 1773 he was appointed Minister of Blackwater Street Unitarian Chapel in Rochdale in the graveyard of which he, his wife and 2 or 3 children are buried. The family of his maternal aunt had re-built Balderstone Hall and it was given to him in 1790. He used it as a boys' boarding school for the sons of the gentry. He lost his money in the Manchester and Rochdale canal. He had mortgaged Balderstone Hall and it was sold in 1827. He then lived with his daughters Elizabeth and Susannah in Manchester. Balderstone Hall was demolished in 1967.
He had 3 sons and 3 daughters:
1. William Maberly Hassal – my great great great Grandfather – who became a Liverpool merchant.
2. John Satterfield Hassal, unmarried, who died in New York in ca 1860.
3. James Hassal
4. Elizabeth Hassal, unmarried, who died at Waterloo in (1837?).
5. Susannah Hassal, unmarried, who died at Waterloo in (1840?).
6. Mary Hassal, who married a Mr Stevenson and emigrated to Melbourne, Australia. They had 2 sons and 1 daughter, John, William and Mary. Mary married a Mr Balmain and they had a daughter, also named Mary.
My Great Great Great Grandfather - William Mabberley Hassal (1789-1834)
William Mabberley Hassal was christened on 24 July 1789 in Blackwater Street Presbyterian, Rochdale). He married Ellen Bland (born about 1795 in England) on 23 March 1820 in Christ Church, Hunter Street, Liverpool and they had 5 children:1. Alfred John Hassal, born 18 August 1823. He married Bessie West in New York. They had 2 sons and 2 daughters: John Alfred Benjamin Hassal, Albert
Edward Hassal, Ellen Hassal and Mary Hassal.
2. William James Hassal, born 18 February 1825 in Liverpool, Lancashire. He died in (1877?) in Christchurch, New Zealand.
3. Georgiana Smith Hassal, born 22 October 1827 in Liverpool, Lancashire. She married Charles Cox at Sefton. They had 3 daughters: Catherine Ellen Cox, Georgina Amy Cox (married Rev John Murray at Buxton) and Fanny Hassal Cox (married Edward Warry). Georgina died on 4 May 1907 at Oxton.
4. John Satterfield Hassal - my great great Grandfather.
5. Thomas Mabberly Hassal, born 14 October 1834 (presumably after his father had died) in Everton, Lancashire. He married Emma Cooper at Melbourne and died at Christchurch, New Zealand. He was a partner in the firm Miles Hassal and Co.
William died in 1834, Ellen in 1849.
My Great Great Grandfather - John Satterfield Hassal (1833-1913)
Biographical notes taken from "Liverpool and Birkenhead in the Twentieth Century: Contemporary Biographies", edited by W T Pike and published in 1911. The entry is in the section headed "Nobility, Gentry and Commerce".
"John Satterfield Hassal was Manager of the Bank of Liverpool, Victoria Street, Liverpool. He lived at "Balderstone", Lorne Road, Oxton, Cheshire. He was the third son of William Mabberley Hassal, Merchant of Liverpool, who died in 1834. John was born at Upper Islington, Liverpool, on 25 March 1833. He was educated at Crosby, Waterloo and Bootle. On leaving school he entered the office of the Official Assignee of Liverpool. On 1 January 1854, aged 20, he joined the Bank of Liverpool under Mr Laughton. He then became Assistant Manager of the Bank’s Head Office in Water Street. When the branch office opened in Victoria Street opened in 1881 John, aged 48, was appointed Manager of it. He was a Referee of the Clerks’ Association, Liverpool. He was also interested in Church and Sunday School work. For 20 years he was Deacon and Treasurer at Great George Street Chapel, during the ministry of the Rev Samuel Pearson MA, Mottall. For many years he was also Superintendent of Waterloo Square, Birkenhead Sunday Schools. His recreations were cycling and shooting. In 1857, aged 24, he married Elizabeth Stewart Thomson, daughter of Alexander Thomson of Hamilton Square, Birkenhead."
Additional information
John Satterfield Hassal was born on 25 March 1833 in St Peter, Liverpool, Lancashire and died aged 79 on 26 February 1913 in Balderstone Hall, Oxton, Birkenhead. He married Elizabeth Stewart Thompson (who was born in 1834 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) on 8 January 1857 at St Mary's, Birkenhead. Elizabeth died on 13 March 1910, aged 76, in Balderstone Hall, Oxton, Birkenhead.
The couple had 9 children in the space of 14 years, seven of whom survived to adulthood:
1. Elizabeth Ellen Hassal, my great Grandmother
2. Mary Stuart Hassal, born 11 August 1859 in Tranmere Park, Wirral, Cheshire. Never married. Died 3 September 1939.
3. John Charles Satterfield Hassal, born 2 December 1860 in Wirral, Cheshire
died in early childhood ca 1866 in West Derby)
4. Georgina Smith Hassal, born 25 December 1862 in Tranmere Park, Birkenhead, Cheshire. She married (in West Derby, Liverpool?) James Daniel McCrossan on 25 February 1891. The couple had two children. James died in October 1906. Georgina died on 16 November 1926 in Birkenhead Cheshire.
5. Gertrude Maberly Hassal, born 8 October 1864 in Brighton Road, Waterloo, Great Crosby, Lancs. She married Harry Ben Williams on 19 September 1886. The couple had 3 children. Gertrude died on 2 June 1919.
6. Kathleen Satterfield Hassal, born 8 September 1866 in Oxford Road, Waterloo, Great Crosby, Lancs. She married George Frederick Dean (on 1 September 1904?) in Birkenhead, Cheshire. They had a daughter, Helen. Kathleen died on 26 July 1937. George re-married before he too died on 3 March 1953.
7. John Alfred Satterfield Hassal, born 24 April 1868 in Oxford Road, Waterloo, Great Crosby, Lancs. He married Martha Helen Cook on 26 September 1895 in the Congregational Church, Balls Road, Liverpool. The couple had three children.
8. Rosina Hassal, born 2 November 1870 in Oxford Road, Waterloo, Great Crosby, Lancs. Never married. Died 24 January 1949.
9. Alice Milford Hassal, born 19 April 1872 in Oxford Road, Waterloo, Great Crosby, Lancs (died ca September 1872 in Liverpool).
My Great Grandmother - Elizabeth Ellen Hassal (1858-1929)
Elizabeth was born on 11 January 1858 in Tranmere Park, Wirral, Cheshire. Her parents were John Satterfield Hassal (born 25 March 1833; died 26 February 1913) and Elizabeth Stewart Thomson (born 22 November 1833; died 13 March 1910) who married on 8 January 1857. Elizabeth was the oldest of 7 children. She married my great Grandfather Thomas Ainley Hanmer on 13 December 1881 at Great George Street Independent Chapel. She died on 15 June 1929.Census data for the Hassals
1841 - South Road, Sephton, Great Crosby.
Ellen Hassal, aged 45, Haberdasher.
Alfred Hassal, aged 15.
Willam Hassal, aged 15.
Georgiana Hassal, aged 13.
John Hassal, aged 7.
Thomas Hassal, aged 6.
Harriet Warren, aged 25, Independent means.
Harriet Tanner, aged 15, Independent means.
Ann Higgins, aged 25, Female servant (born in Ireland)
1851 - 68 Bath Street, Great Crosby.
Willam (James?) Hassall, Head of Household, unmarried, aged 26, Clerk to General Broker.
Georgiana Smith Hassall, Sister, aged 23, Postmistress and Stationer.
John Satterfield Hassall, Brother, aged 18, Clerk to Official Assignee.
Thomas Mabberly Hassall, Brother, aged 16, Drapers Apprentice.
Frederick Newcombe, (Shopman?), aged 19, Drapers Assistant.
Mary Hanlon, (Shopwoman?), aged 25, House Servant.
1861 - Rose Villa, Bebington, Tranmere.
John S Hassal, Head, aged 28, Cashier, Bank of Liverpool.
Elizabeth S Hassal, wife, aged 27, born Canada.
Elizabeth E Hassal, daughter, aged 3, born Tranmere, Cheshire.
Mary S Hassal, daughter, aged 1, born Tranmere, Cheshire.
John C S Hassal, son, aged 4 months, born Tranmere, Cheshire.
Ellen Lay, servant, aged 20, unmarried, House Servant, born Bebington, Cheshire.
1871 - 4 Oxford Road, Great Crosby, Waterloo.
John S Hassal, Head, aged 38, Bank Cashier.
Elizabeth S Hassal, wife, aged 37, born Montreal, Canada.
Elizabeth E Hassal, daughter, aged 13, Scholar, born Tranmere, Cheshire.
Mary S Hassal, daughter, aged 11, Scholar, born Tranmere, Cheshire.
Georgina S Hassal, daughter, aged 8, Scholar, born Tranmere, Cheshire.
Gertrude M Hassal, daughter, aged 6, Scholar, born Waterloo, Lancashire.
Kathleen S Hassal, daughter, aged 4, Scholar, born Waterloo, Lancashire.
John A S Hassal, son, aged 2, born Waterloo, Lancashire.
Rosina Hassal, daughter, aged 5 months, born Waterloo, Lancashire.
Margaret Walsh, servant, unmarried, aged 24, Domestic Servant, born Ireland.
Emma Carter, servant, unmarried, aged 21, Domestic Servant/Nurse, born Bootle, Lancashire.
1881 - 2 Lower Castle Street, Liverpool.
John S Hassal, Head, aged 48, Bank Manager.
Elizabeth S Hassal, wife, aged 47, born Canada.
Elizabeth E Hassal, daughter, aged 23, born Tranmere, Cheshire.
Mary S Hassal, daughter, aged 21, Scholar, born Tranmere, Cheshire.
Georgina S Hassal, daughter, aged 18, Scholar, born Tranmere, Cheshire.
Gertrude M Hassal, daughter, aged 16, Scholar, born Great Crosby, Lancashire.
Kathleen S Hassal, daughter, aged 14, Scholar, born Great Crosby, Lancashire.
John A S Hassal, son, aged 12, Scholar, born Great Crosby, Lancashire.
Rosina Hassal, daughter, aged 10, Scholar, born Great Crosby, Lancashire.
Elizabeth Darling Finlayson, niece, aged 15, Scholar, born Calcutta, India.
Elizabeth Housby, servant, aged 36, widowed, Cook/Domestic Servant, born Bromborough, Cheshire.
1891 - 11 2 Water Street, Liverpool.
John S Hassal, Head, aged 58. Bank Manager.
Elizabeth Hassal, wife, aged 57.
Kathleen Hassal, daughter, aged 24.
John A Hassal, son, aged 22, Chartered Accountant.
Rosina Hassal, daughter, aged 20.
Elizabeth D Finlayson, niece, aged 25, living on own means. Born in Calcutta.
Two domestic servants: Louisa McMillan, aged 29; and Mary Thomas, aged 17.
1901 - 13 Lorne Road, Birkenhead.
John S Hassal, Head, aged 68. Bank Manager.
Elizabeth S Hassal, wife, aged 67.
Three unmarried daughters, no occupation: Mary S, aged 41; Kathleen S, aged 34; and Rosina, aged 30.
Elizabeth D Finlayson, niece, aged 35, single, no occupation. Born in India.
Three servants: Annie C Evans, Cook/Domestic, aged 23, born in ; Alice A Rogers, Waitress/Domestic, aged 21, born in ; and Elspie Richards, Housemaid/Domestic, aged 20, born in Rockferry, Cheshire.
1911 - 13 Lorne Road, Birkenhead, Cheshire.
John S Hassal, Head, widower, aged 69. Manager, Bank of Liverpool, Victoria Street Branch.
Mary Stuart Hassal, daughter, single, aged 57.
Rosina Hassal, daughter, single, aged 40.
Elizabeth Darling Finlayson, "Never by Marriage", aged 45.
May Edwards, servant, aged 45 (Cook).
Alice Wynne, servant, aged 24 (Waitress).
Emily Read, servant, aged 17 (Housemaid).