Biography:
Jesse Rose
1853 –1904
Jesse Rose
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Unmarked grave Jesse Rose (1853-1904)
Jesse was born in 1853 in Northchurch, the second child and oldest son of George and Sophia (née Turrey, or Terry) Rose.
His father was an agricultural labourer.
In 1861 he was living with his family at River Terrace, Northchurch. In 1871 he was employed as a messenger.
Jesse married Jane Edwards 15 January 1876 in Northchurch, by which time he was employed as a postman.
Son George was born in 1877 in Northchurch, but by 1879, the year Emily was born, the family had moved to Berkhamsted High Street.
On September 19 1879 an advertisement in several local papers appeared for the sale of “AN IMPORTANT FREEHOLD PROPERTY with a frontage of about 73 feet… in the High Street on the corner of Manor Street comprising a HOUSE (formerly two cottages), with SHOP, in the occupation of Mr Thomas Mayo, butcher, as a quarterly tenant; a COTTAGE with a small SHOP in the occupation of David Nash, a weekly tenant; and four COTTAGES adjoining, in the respective occupation of Mary Ann Hawkins, Jesse Rose, Thomas Olive and Alfred Redding, Weekly Tenants, at rents amounting in the aggregate to £56 7s per annum.” (About £55,000 pa in 2025 money). The sale was held at the King’s Arms October 1 1879. However, it appear not to have sold and was up for auction again 14 April 1880.
At least this gave the family plenty of warning, because as weekly tenants they could be evicted at one week’s notice.
The Roses moved back to the High Street, Northchurch, where Ellen was born in 1881.
That year the census shows that Jesse was still a postman and Jane was a laundress.
Louisa was born in 1883, followed by Mary Jane (1885), Jesse jnr. (1889) and Bertram (1891).
In 1891 they were living in Cross Oak Road. Jesse was employed as a gardener and Jane was still a laundress. George, aged 14, was a page boy.
Florence was born in 1895 and Ernest Harry Alfred in 1897.
By 1901 the family lived at 32, Cross Oak Road and Jesse was working as a general labourer. Jane was a laundress and Louise and Mary Jane worked with her as laundry maids. Ellen was employed at the mantle factory in Lower King’s Road.
Jesse’s change of occupation form postman to labourer may well have resulted in a reduction in the family income, or perhaps he had become unwell in some way, as in September 1904 Jesse was tried at Hemel Hempstead Petty Sessions for stealing a pair of boots on the first of the month.
Frederick Howell had been working at Dean Incent’s House on the High Street and had left his boots in the porch having changed into an old pair. When he returned, they were missing. “Acting on information received”, PC Lilley confronted Jesse as he was working on the Berkhamsted School garden. At first he denied it, then admitted giving them to his son (not named). Jesse was taken into custody and the boots retrieved. In court Jesse pleaded guilty and “expressed his sorrow”. He was sentenced to three weeks’ hard labour.
Very shortly after he was released Jesse died in October 1904 at home at 28, Shrublands Avenue, aged 51.
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Unmarked grave Jesse Rose (1853-1904)
Jesse was born in 1853 in Northchurch, the second child and oldest son of George and Sophia (née Turrey, or Terry) Rose.
His father was an agricultural labourer.
In 1861 he was living with his family at River Terrace, Northchurch. In 1871 he was employed as a messenger.
Jesse married Jane Edwards 15 January 1876 in Northchurch, by which time he was employed as a postman.
Son George was born in 1877 in Northchurch, but by 1879, the year Emily was born, the family had moved to Berkhamsted High Street.
On September 19 1879 an advertisement in several local papers appeared for the sale of “AN IMPORTANT FREEHOLD PROPERTY with a frontage of about 73 feet… in the High Street on the corner of Manor Street comprising a HOUSE (formerly two cottages), with SHOP, in the occupation of Mr Thomas Mayo, butcher, as a quarterly tenant; a COTTAGE with a small SHOP in the occupation of David Nash, a weekly tenant; and four COTTAGES adjoining, in the respective occupation of Mary Ann Hawkins, Jesse Rose, Thomas Olive and Alfred Redding, Weekly Tenants, at rents amounting in the aggregate to £56 7s per annum.” (About £55,000 pa in 2025 money). The sale was held at the King’s Arms October 1 1879. However, it appear not to have sold and was up for auction again 14 April 1880.
At least this gave the family plenty of warning, because as weekly tenants they could be evicted at one week’s notice.
The Roses moved back to the High Street, Northchurch, where Ellen was born in 1881.
That year the census shows that Jesse was still a postman and Jane was a laundress.
Louisa was born in 1883, followed by Mary Jane (1885), Jesse jnr. (1889) and Bertram (1891).
In 1891 they were living in Cross Oak Road. Jesse was employed as a gardener and Jane was still a laundress. George, aged 14, was a page boy.
Florence was born in 1895 and Ernest Harry Alfred in 1897.
By 1901 the family lived at 32, Cross Oak Road and Jesse was working as a general labourer. Jane was a laundress and Louise and Mary Jane worked with her as laundry maids. Ellen was employed at the mantle factory in Lower King’s Road.
Jesse’s change of occupation form postman to labourer may well have resulted in a reduction in the family income, or perhaps he had become unwell in some way, as in September 1904 Jesse was tried at Hemel Hempstead Petty Sessions for stealing a pair of boots on the first of the month.
Frederick Howell had been working at Dean Incent’s House on the High Street and had left his boots in the porch having changed into an old pair. When he returned, they were missing. “Acting on information received”, PC Lilley confronted Jesse as he was working on the Berkhamsted School garden. At first he denied it, then admitted giving them to his son (not named). Jesse was taken into custody and the boots retrieved. In court Jesse pleaded guilty and “expressed his sorrow”. He was sentenced to three weeks’ hard labour.
Very shortly after he was released Jesse died in October 1904 at home at 28, Shrublands Avenue, aged 51.
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