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Roderick HUGONIN

Male Bef 1826 - 1898  (~ 71 years)


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  • Name Roderick HUGONIN  [1, 2, 3] 
    Born Bef 9 June 1826  Alton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Christened 9 Jun 1826  Alton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1841  Hampshire County, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    15 years, living with parents James and Catherine, and 11 household servants at Nursted House.  
    Military 1843  [5] 
    Transcribed from London Gazette: 38th Foot, Roderick Hugonin, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Browne, appointed to the 25th Foot. Dated 21st July 1843.  
    Military 1846  [6] 
    Transcribed from London Gazette: 38th Foot. Ensign Roderick Hugonin to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Prichard, who retires. Dated 26th June 1846.  
    Residence 17 May 1865  McNabs Island, Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8] 
    Several newspapers advertising sale of McNabs furniture or lease of Hugonin's home for 2 years as Mr. Hugonin leaving for England.  
    Census 1871  Vevay Villa, St Mary Church, Newton Abbot, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    44 years, Retired from Army, born Alton, Hampshire, living with wife and 6 children, five domestic staff.  
    Residence 1873  McNabs Island, Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Sale of the Hugonin Farm advertised 22 August 1873 in the Acadian Recorder.  
    Census 1881  Kimnylies, Inverness, Invernessshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    54 years of age, Landed Proprieter,living with wife and six children, and 4 household staff.  
    Census 1891  Inverness, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Roderick, 64 years and Harriet, 62 years living on private means, with daughter Joan and son Etienne,  
    Died 1898  Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Buried Tomnahurich Cemetery, Inverness, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Person ID I236  McNab/Kuhn
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2021 

    Father James John HUGONIN,   b. Abt 1786, Nursted, Petersfield, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Q1 1854, Petersfield, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 68 years) 
    Mother Catherine COGGAN,   b. Abt 1796 
    Married 1818  St. George, Hanover Square, Westminster, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    Family ID F105  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Harriet MCNAB,   b. Bef 22 Feb 1829, Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Mar 1911, Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 82 years) 
    Married 25 Jan 1851  Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 15, 16] 
    Children 
     1. James John HUGONIN,   b. 1851, McNabs Island, Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Feb 1852, McNabs Island, Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
     2. Joan Lyttleton HUGONIN,   b. Q2 1873, Newton Abbott, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Catherine Anne HUGONIN,   b. Abt 1861, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Helen Sophia HUGONIN,   b. Abt 1867, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Robert Sinclair HUGONIN,   b. Abt 1869, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Harriet King HUGONIN,   b. Abt 1870, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Etienne HUGONIN,   b. Abt 1872, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Louisa HUGONIN,   b. Abt 1854, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Mary C. HUGONIN,   b. Abt 1857, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 17 Mar 2021 
    Family ID F84  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Bef 9 June 1826 - Alton, Hampshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristened - 9 Jun 1826 - Alton, Hampshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 15 years, living with parents James and Catherine, and 11 household servants at Nursted House. - 1841 - Hampshire County, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 25 Jan 1851 - Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Several newspapers advertising sale of McNabs furniture or lease of Hugonin's home for 2 years as Mr. Hugonin leaving for England. - 17 May 1865 - McNabs Island, Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Sale of the Hugonin Farm advertised 22 August 1873 in the Acadian Recorder. - 1873 - McNabs Island, Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 1898 - Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Tomnahurich Cemetery, Inverness, Scotland Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Photos
    Nursted House, Alton, Hampshire, England     		Nursted House, Alton, Hampshire, England
    Home of Roderick Hugonin family

    Documents
    Transcription of Barry Conrad papers regarding both Hugonin and Perrin. Transcription by Cassandra Curtis.     		Transcription of Barry Conrad papers regarding both Hugonin and Perrin. Transcription by Cassandra Curtis.

  • Sources 
    1. [S116] Morning Chronicle (Halifax) (Reliability: 2), 7 Feb 1851.
      At Halifax, on the 25th ultimo, by the Revd. W. Bullock, Roderick Hugonin, Esq., son of James John Hugonibn, Esq., of Nursted, Hampshire, to Harriet, youngest daughter of the Hon. James McNab Receiver General of Nova Scotia.

    2. [S147] England - Parish Births & Baptisms, (Find My Past), https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=R_931860739 (Reliability: 2).
      Must be logged into Find My Past to view from URL.

    3. [S40] Nova Scotia Vital Statistics from Newspapers, 1848 - 1851, Punch, Terrence M., (Genealogical Association of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS. 1987), p. 133. #2349 (Reliability: 2).
      Transcription from Acadian Recorder on 1 February 1851. By Rev. Mr. Bullock, Roderick s/o James John Hugonin, Nursted, Hampshire, /Harriet youngest d/o Hon.James McNab

    4. [S148] 1841 Census of England Wales and Scotland , (Find My Past), https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBC%2F1841%2F0396%2F0339&parenti (Reliability: 2).
      Digital copy viewed at Find My Past (must be logged in)

    5. [S226] London Gazette, (Find My Past), https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBOR%2FLONDON-GAZETTE%2F1843%2F07-21_20244_0003&parentid=GBOR%2FLONDON-GAZ%2F%2F01922060 (Reliability: 3).
      Note: Find My Past is a fee-based subscription service.

    6. [S226] London Gazette, (Find My Past), https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBOR%2FLONDON-GAZETTE%2F1846%2F06-26_20617_0005&parentid=GBOR%2FLONDON-GAZ%2F%2F18435986 (Reliability: 3).
      Note: Find My Past is a fee-based subscription service.

    7. [S116] Morning Chronicle (Halifax) (Reliability: 2), 3 Apr 1865.
      To LET-The delightful residence of R.Hugonin, Esq. at Mcnab's Iland, consisting of an elegant furnished Dwelling House, Out Buildings, Gardens, and Grounds will be let for a term of two years the 1st of May next, at a moderate rent to a good tenant. for further particulars, apply on the premises to W.M.GRAY, House and Estate Agency, 139 Hollis St., Halifax.

    8. [S211] Morning Chronicle (Québec) (Reliability: 2), 24 May 1865.
      On Friday, 26th inst at 11 o'clock: A great variety of Household Furniture belonging to R. Hugonin, Esq.consisting of Drawing Room, Dining Room, Bed Room and Kitchen Furniture of all kinds, which will be removed from McNab's Island and be on inspection the day previous to the sale. Catalogues are preparing and the whole will be sold without reserve. as Mr. Hugonin leaves in the following steamer for England.

    9. [S232] 1871 Census of England, Scotland and Wales, (Find My Past), https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBC%2F1871%2F2089%2F0094&parentid=GBC%2F1871%2F0004685189 (Reliability: 2).

    10. [S48] Haulin" in the family net: Vol.IV, Gray-Leblanc, Linda, (Author: Halifax, NS. 1999), 36 (Reliability: 3).

    11. [S231] 1881 Census of England, Wales and Scotland , (Find My Past), https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBC/1881/0026892623 (Reliability: 2).

    12. [S227] 1891 Census of Scotland , (Ancestry.com ), https://www.ancestry.ca/discoveryui-content/view/1151847:1108 (Reliability: 2).

    13. [S35] Find A Grave, (Find A Grave) (Reliability: 2).
      Roderick Hugonin
      BIRTH 1826
      DEATH 1898 (aged 71–72)
      BURIAL Tomnahurich Cemetery
      Inverness, Highland, Scotland
      MEMORIAL ID 182531340

    14. [S187] Westminister Marriages, London, England, (Find My Past), https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FM%2F492228140%2F1 (Reliability: 2).
      Note: This record link is to a paid subscription site.

    15. [S98] Nova Scotia Vital Statistics from Newspapers 1835-1839, 133 (Reliability: 2).
      Transcription from Acadian Recorder, Saturday, 1 February, 1851
      Officiant: Rev. Mr. Bullock

    16. [S72] The family of Cassels, Cassels, Robert, (Edinburgh: author ), p.129 (Reliability: 2).


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