James Wilmot Bussey and Ellen Jane Munday

Saint Mary's Church, Alverstoke
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James Wilmot Bussey (bap. 24 Mar 1824), son of Benjamin Bussey and Elizabeth Bowen, married Ellen Jane Munday, (bap. 7 Dec 1824 in Bishop's Waltham), daughter of Jane Munday on 27 Jul 1845 in Alverstoke. 

James and Jane Bussey had 12 children:

1. Sarah Ann Munday b. 2 Apr 1845 (1845 J Quarter in DROXFORD UNION Volume 07 Page 64), bap. 31 Jul 1853 at St Mary's Church, Portsea as Sarah Ann Bussey Munday. However, listing only her mother's name, Ellen Jane Munday, despite her mother having married, strongly suggests that James Wilmot Bussey was her not biological father.
2. Hannah Jane Bussey b. 1847 M Quarter in PORTSEA ISLAND UNION Volume 07 Page 131, bap. 31 Jul 1853 at St Mary's Church, Portsea
3. Caroline Bussey b. 1849 J Quarter in PORTSEA ISLAND UNION Volume 07 Page 137, bap. 27 Nov 1853 at St Mary's Church, Portsea
4. James Bussey b. 1851 J Quarter in PORTSEA ISLAND Vol 07 Pg 143
5. Ellen Bussey b. 1853 S Quarter in PORTSEA ISLAND Vol 02B Pg 310
6. Benjamin Bussey b. 27 Feb 1855 J Quarter in PORTSEA ISLAND Volume 02B Page 328, bap. 7 Oct 1855 at St Mary's Church, Portsea
7. Susan Rhoda Bussey b. 1857 M Quarter in PORTSEA Vol 02B Pg 371
8. Francis Henry Bussey b. 1859 J Quarter in PORTSEA Vol 02B  Pge352
9. Alice Bussey b. 1861 J Quarter in PORTSEA ISLAND Vol 02B Page 360. Died 1861 S Quarter in PORTSEA ISLAND Volume 02B Page 229
10. Elizabeth Bussey b. 1862 S Qtr in PORTSEA ISLAND Vol 02B 324
11. Richard Bussey b. 1864 S Quarter in PORTSEA ISLAND Vol 02B 370
12. Mary Agnes Bussey b. 1867 S Quarter in PORTSEA Vol 02B Pg 387

The mother's maiden name on the civil registrations include: Munday, Monday, Mundy and even Munslay [iv]. Such variations are nothing unusual.

In 1851, James Bussey (26) Butcher, in Landport View, with Jane Bussey (25), Sarah Bussey (6) and Caroline Bussey (2). Hannah Jane Bussey (4) was staying with Thomas Churcher (52) a Sawyer from Titchfield, Hampshire, and his wife Ursula (53), in Church Lane, Botley, Hampshire, described as their niece. One surmises that these are relatives of Jane Munday's.

In 1861, at 213-215 Commercial Road, were James Bussey (36) Pork Butcher, Ellen Jane (35), James W (10), Benjamin (6) and Francis (2), but none of the girls. [Portsmouth Local History, Butchers, Meat Dealers (PDF)]

James Wilmot Bussey, butcher of Arundel Street, Landport, died, aged 47, on 10 Jun 1870 (1870 J Quarter in PORTSEA ISLAND Volume 02B Page 318) and was buried, on 12 Jun 1870 at Mile End Cemetery, Portsea, Hampshire (possibly later reburied in Kingston cemetery, although there's at least an equal chance that he was just concreted and Tarmaced over when the city council converted the cemetery into a car park for the ferry port).

In 1871, at 81, Arundel Street, Portsea, Jane Bussey (46) Widow, is listed as a Pork Butcher, with son James (19) Assistant, Ellen (17), Benjamin (15), Susan (13), Frank (11), Elizabeth (9) and Minnie (4).

In 1881, Ellen J Bussey (55) widow, Formerly butcher's wife from Bishop's Waltham, was again at 81, Arundel Street, Portsea with her son Benjamin Bussey (26) Pork butcher employing 1 man and his wife Emily J (21).

Ellen Jane Bussey died, at 72, in 1897 J Qtr in PORTSEA Vol 02B Page 305.