ACREFIELD Owners and Occupiers (continued):

c.1852-1873
Friedrich Ludwig Leopold Hausburg (c.1815-1886) a widowed jeweller/goldsmith, who retired in 1860,was here from c.1852 and we see from the 1861 census that he was living with his two unmarried daughters Catherine Mossop and Emilie Mossop Hausburg, aged 21 and 18, both born in Liverpool, and their companion Ann Norton, age 39, born in London. They had a Welsh housemaid and a cook aged 23 born in M.W. Hausburg had been the proprietor of Woolfield's Bazaar at the corner of Post Office Place, Church St. which opened in 1828 - an emporium for the sale of "articles of taste and vertu" - and in 1840 taken over by his uncle Mr W.B. Promoli of Paris who in a few years transferred the business to Hausburg. F..L. Hausburg, who was born in Berlin, by 1871 had remarried, Isabella was 25 years his junior and they were still living here, with 3 servants including a 17 year old footman. They were still in residence in 1873 but then left to live in the south of England and he died in Cannes on 9 January 1886 leaving effects of £180,574.

The 1867 Rates book shows Hausburg as the owner occupier of the house and garden, R.V. £146 & extent of over half an acre.

1874-75
The house was empty for about 18 months.

1875-1889
Emily Jones (1805-1887) widow of the Rev. Noah Jones (1801-1861) late minister of Gateacre Unitarian Chapel, whose home The Nook in Halewood Road had just been demolished with the coming of the railway, became the occupier, the house being now owned by Miss Janet Rodick (1833-1904), a daughter of Thomas Rodick (1789-1855) and born at Kendal Cottage, 4 Gateacre Brow. From the 1881 census we see that Mrs. Jones was living with 2 unmarried daughters, Louisa age 43 and Frances 41 both born in Derby, and 3 servants including a 14 year old temporary help - for the spring cleaning?
Mrs. Jones died 13 January 1887 leaving personal estate of £3,294 and her daughter Louisa continued as occupier to 1889.

1889-1895
Herbert K. Bibby (c.1837-1927) from 1 Woolton Mount, but 1895 by this time described in the Liverpool Directories as a Shipowner, became occupier in 1889 and remained here till 1895; but the house remained in the ownership of Miss Rodick. Herbert Bibby died in London 15 Nov. 1927 leaving £182,346.

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