Charles Henry HART [1808-1867]

Submitted by oliverhart on Thu, 10/25/2018 - 20:59
Names
Given
Charles Henry
Family
Hart
Sex
Male
Status
Deceased
Born
Date
Birthplace (town, state)
Woodbridge, Suffolk
Birthplace (country)
England
Died
Date
Cause of death
Unknown
My great great grandfather, Charles Henry Hart, was one of the original successful bidders for marine lots during the first auction of Hong Kong land in 1841. He was based in Macau for many years and ran a trade between Macau, Hong Kong, (probably also Canton) Calcutta and Mauritius. I have come across an interesting reference to the Black Swan, a trading schooner owned by him, which was instrumental in rescuing the shipwrecked crew of the Nerbudda off the coast of Formosa in 1841.

Charles Henry married Areina Maria Pereira in Macau in 1839, but I have been unable to discover any information about her or her family.  Any help in researching Macau records would be much appreciated.

I am interested in any references to Charles Henry, or to his son Alexander Hart, born in Macau in 1850, who was a Commander with the Irrawaddy Flotilla before moving with his family to Paulo Bukom, Singapore in 1883 shortly before his death.

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Hong Kong Land Auction 1841

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Baptised 4 December 1808 St. Mary's Woodbridge Suffolk son of George Hart brewer and Catherine. Note in baptism record late Crackenthorpe (his mother's maiden name)

Siblings of Charles Henry Hart and baptised St. Mary's Woodbridge

George Crackenthorpe Hart baptised 26 April 1807

Catherine Mary Hart baptised 8 April 1810

George Hart married Catherine Crackenethorpe 12 March 1806 St Stephen's Norwich Norfolk

Thanks for this information about Charles Henry Hart's baptism. Can you tell me where you found the record?

I have the Crackenthorpes, but it looks like the "member trees" have the wrong father! It looks like George was born 1785, but I can't find any record on Ancestry.

Do you have any leads on Macau records?

Thanks for your help.

Oliver

India Marriages, 1792-1948

Name: Alexander Hart
Spouse's Name: Emma Mary Ann Gardiner
Event Date: 23 Oct 1879
Event Place: Rangoon, Burma, Bengal, India
Father's Name: Charles Henry Hart
Spouse's Father's Name: John Gardiner
Marital Status: Single
Spouse's Marital Status: Single

India Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947

Alexander John Campbell Hart born 24 February 1880 baptised 6 April 1880 Bengal India

Arthur Alfred Hart born 29 March 1881 baptised 2 May 1881 Bengal India

Thanks for that. I've tried macanesefamilies.com but can't get beyond the registration process.

I'll try macstudies.net