Johanna Brassel

Johanna Brassel

Johanna Brassel Rushton Hayes, 1842-1919

• Johanna Brassel was born on 23 August 1842 in England possibly Norfolk.
• Her name was recorded as Hannah Joanna, and Ann in various records.
• She married Francis Rushton, son of George Rushton and Ann Farnsworth, on 25 December 1862 in Bromley St. Leonard Parish, London, Middlesex, England, at Parish Church.
• Johanna Brassel became a widow at the 3 March 1868 death of her husband Francis Rushton.
• She, accompanied by Mary Ann Rushton, Jane Rushton and George Rushton, emigrated circa 12 May 1869 from the Port of Liverpool traveling in steerage, departed Liverpool aboard the Allan Line steamship Prussian (2,794 tons, carrying 1,110 passengers, master Joseph E. Dutton).
• She arrived in Canada at the Port of Quebec on 13 June 1869, accompanied by Mary Ann Rushton, Jane Rushton and George Rushton.
• She has not been found in the 1871 Ontario census, probably because she was in domestic service and overlooked in the household where she was employed; her three children are enumerated as inmates in a "Girls Home" in Toronto.
• She married Henry Hayes, son of Henry Hayes and Catherine (?), on 6 May 1874 in Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada, at the Cathedral Church of St. James.
• Johanna Brassel and Henry Hayes appeared in the 4 April 1881 census of Canada in Niagara Falls, formerly Clifton, Welland County, Ontario, Canada. Other members of the household included Mary Ann Rushton, Jane Rushton, George Rushton, Henry Hayes, Hannah Hayes and Louise Hayes.
• Johanna Brassel and Henry Hayes appeared in the 6 April 1891 census of Canada in Niagara Falls, Welland County, Norfolk, Canada. Other members of the household included Henry Hayes, Hannah Hayes and Louise Hayes.
• Johanna Brassel and Henry Hayes appeared in the 31 March 1901 census of Canada in Niagara Falls, Welland County, Ontario, Canada, at McGrail. Other members of the household included Henry Hayes and Louise Hayes.
• Johanna Brassel and Henry Hayes appeared in the 1 June 1911 census of Canada in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, at 79 McGrail Avenue. Other members of the household included Henry Hayes.
• Johanna Brassel became a widow at the 10 December 1916 death of her husband Henry Hayes.
• She made a will on 7 March 1919 in which Jane Rushton, Henry Hayes, Hannah Hayes and Louise Hayes were listed as heirs. The will was probated in the Surrogate Court of Welland County, Ontario.
• Johanna Brassel died on 14 March 1919 at age 76 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, at 461 5th Street at the home of her daughter Louise Hayes Wilson..

• Last Edited: 19 Jun 2010