Frederick Haggitt

1819 - 1867  (48 years)

• Name	Frederick Haggitt  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	13 Aug 1819	Bury St Edmunds   [1, 2, 4]
  Baptism	14 Aug 1819	Bury St Edmunds   [4]
  	parents George John & Harriot Porteus Haggitt
  Education	1838 - 1842	Peterhouse College, Cambridge   [5]
  Degree/Qualif.	1842	Cambridge University ; BA  [5]
  Ordination	1844	Lincoln ; Priest, Church of England  [5]
  Degree/Qualif.	1845	Cambridge University ; MA  [5]
  Marriage	10 Sep 1846	Fornham St Martin
  	Merielina Sophia Cocksedge,   b. 05 Aug 1824, Bury St Edmunds ,   d. 22 Feb 1906, 71 Holland Rd, Kensington
  Occupation	1847 - 1850	Welwyn ; Curate  [5]
  Occupation	1850 - 1867	Wallasey ; Rector  [5]
  Occupation	Mar 1851	Rector of Wallasey  [2]
  Residence	Mar 1851	Rectory, Wallasey   [2]
  Occupation	Apr 1861	Rector of Wallasey, Cheshire  [1]
  Residence	Apr 1861	24 St James Square, Bath   [1]
  	lodging house
  Death	19 Aug 1867	Station Hotel, Inverness ; Cause: Suicide  [5, 6, 7]
  Burial	24 Aug 1867	Wallasey Churchyard   [7]
  Notes	In 1857 Wallasey Church was destroyed by fire, which burned through the tower floors and the bell frame, and the bells crashed to the ground. The churchwardens accounts and the parish registers were saved from the fire by the Reverend Frederick Haggit at the risk of his life. [The Ringing World, issue 3997 p1055 4 Dec 1987] Adm. pens. at Peterhouse, Jan. 13, 1838. S. [and h.] of the Rev. George John (1807), of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. [School, Bury.] Matric. Michs. 1838; B.A. 1842; M.A. 1845. Adm. ad eundem at Oxford, 1856. Ord. deacon (Lincoln) 1843; priest, 1844; C. of Welwyn, Herts., 1847-50. R. of Wallasey, Cheshire, 1850-67. Married, Sept. 10, 1846, Merielina Sophia, dau. of [Lieut.-Col.] Martin Thomas Cocksedge, of Bury St Edmunds. "He distinguished himself by his presence of mind and courage which resulted in the saving of the parochial registers on the occasion of a fire at his rectory." Died s.p.m. Aug. 19, 1867, aged 48, (T. A. Walker, 460; Bury Gr. Sch. Reg.; Al. Oxon.; The Patrician, II. 190; G. Mag., 1867, II. 540; Crockford; Ormerod, Cheshire, II.) [Cambridge University Alumni]
  Person ID	I2302	Tatham | Bloxham branch | Parent of spouse
  Last Modified	05 Aug 2010

  
  

  Family	Merielina Sophia Cocksedge,   b. 05 Aug 1824, Bury St Edmunds ,   d. 22 Feb 1906, 71 Holland Rd, Kensington  (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	10 Sep 1846	Fornham St Martin   [3, 5, 8]
  Notes	also dau Louisa P Haggitt, b Welwyn abt 1848 [1851 & 1861 census]
  Children	1. Edith Merielina Haggitt,   b. abt Sep 1849, Welwyn ,   d. 13 Apr 1928, 71 Holland Rd, Kensington  (Age ~ 78 years)
  Last Modified	05 Aug 2010
  Family ID	F0160	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S01] Census, UK, 1861. age 48[sic] b Bury St E [S01] Census, UK, 1851. age 31 b Bury St E [S02] BMD Index, marriage reg Thingoe, 3Q1846. [S06] Parish Registers, baptisms, archdeaconry of Sudbury, bishop's transcripts (IGI), 14 Aug 1819. b 13 Aug 1819 [S15] Cambridge University Alumni. [S11] Newspaper, Morning Post, 24 Aug 1867. death notice, age 48 [S11] Newspaper, Liverpool Mercury, 26 Aug 1867. Funeral report [S08] Family Trees & Websites, Linley & Jim Hooper's family history pages. website accessed 10 Feb 2009