Mr Henry Wellesley AsheHenry Wellesley Ashe was born in Munchins Street, Limerick City, Co Limerick, Ireland on 20 February 1871. He was the son of William Henry St George Ashe (1839-1909) and Rachel Corneille (1839-1900), both Limerick-natives who had married there in 1861. They later relocated to Birkenhead where two children were born: Edward John (b. 1863) and Sarah Jane (b. 1869). After a brief spell in Ireland where Henry was born they returned to England and settled in Liverpool. Henry first appears on the 1881 census living at 91 Flinders Street, Kirkdale, Liverpool. His father was described as a clerk. On the 1891 census Henry is absent, having already commenced a sea-going career. His family are living at 16 Looke (?) Street, Everton at this time and his father is now described as an accountant. Henry's mother passed away in 1900 and by the time of the 1901 census his widower father is living at 44 Phoeba Ann Street, Everton with his son Edward and married daughter Sarah Jane Crowther and her family. Henry is again absent. He was married in 1904 in West Derby to May Rawsthorne (b. 1881 in Clitheroe, Lancashire) and they would have three children: Henry Wellesley (b. June 13, 1905), Doris Adelaide (b. October 26, 1906), William James (b. 1910). Henry is again absent from the 1911 census but his wife and family are living at 11 Oxford Road, Aintree, Liverpool. When he signed-on to the Titanic, on 4 April 1912, he gave his age as 32, his address as 15 Wyesdale Road, Aintree, Liverpool. His last ship had been the Olympic. As a glory-hole steward he received monthly wages of £3 15s Ashe died in the sinking. His body was recovered by the Mackay-Bennett (#34) and he was buried at Fairview cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia on 8 May 1912.
Henry's widow May had been pregnant at the time of the Titanic disaster and gave birth to a daughter, Gladys May later in the year. She never remarried and died in Liverpool on July 1, 1952. His son Henry was married in 1939 to Clara Brownrigg but had no children. He later settled in Bournemouth and died there in 1993. William John Ashe was married in 1934 and had two children. What became of him is uncertain. Doris Adelaide Ashe was married in 1936 to George Barlow and they had one daughter. She died in Liverpool on May 10, 1951. Gladys May Ashe never reached her fifth birthday and died on August 7, 1917 in Liverpool. Henry Ashe is remembered on his family gravestone in Kirkdale Cemetery, Fazakerley, Liverpool:
References and Sources
Agreement and Account of Crew (PRO London, BT100/259) Credits
Philip Hind (Editor)
Gavin Bell, UK
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