School teacher
Born: 24 February 1837, Manchester, Lancashire, England
Died: February 1911, Upton Upon Severn, Worcestershire, England
Father: Charles Nicholas Weiss, 1789-1845
Mother: Benigna Catharina von Holst, c1801-1845
Spouse: Jane Taylor (1839-1902)
Married 4th Quarter 1867, in Upton Upon Severn, Worcestershire, England.
Biographical information
Egmont Weiss was born in Manchester, the fifth child of Charles and Benigna Weiss. His father joined the British Army in 1839 and was sent to India, but Egmont didn't follow with his mother and some of his siblings until after the 1841 English Census. By July 1842 he was in what is now Yemen (then part of India), where his father was stationed, and was baptised there, at the Anglican church in Aden.
Egmont was eight years old when both his parents died in Bombay, and was apparently sent to a British military school somewhere in India when he was orphaned. Egmont's brother Frederick's own notes reveal that they lived in Kotree, Sindh with one of their sisters (Adelaide or Caroline) when Egmont was about 13 or 14. The Bombay Gazette of 13 March 1851 records Egmont receiving the "Newnham Benefaction" Silver Medal for good conduct the Boys School of the Bombay Education Society, Byculla, so he had apparently moved to Bombay by then.
Born: 24 February 1837, Manchester, Lancashire, England
Died: February 1911, Upton Upon Severn, Worcestershire, England
Father: Charles Nicholas Weiss, 1789-1845
Mother: Benigna Catharina von Holst, c1801-1845
Spouse: Jane Taylor (1839-1902)
Married 4th Quarter 1867, in Upton Upon Severn, Worcestershire, England.
Biographical information
Egmont Weiss was born in Manchester, the fifth child of Charles and Benigna Weiss. His father joined the British Army in 1839 and was sent to India, but Egmont didn't follow with his mother and some of his siblings until after the 1841 English Census. By July 1842 he was in what is now Yemen (then part of India), where his father was stationed, and was baptised there, at the Anglican church in Aden.
Egmont was eight years old when both his parents died in Bombay, and was apparently sent to a British military school somewhere in India when he was orphaned. Egmont's brother Frederick's own notes reveal that they lived in Kotree, Sindh with one of their sisters (Adelaide or Caroline) when Egmont was about 13 or 14. The Bombay Gazette of 13 March 1851 records Egmont receiving the "Newnham Benefaction" Silver Medal for good conduct the Boys School of the Bombay Education Society, Byculla, so he had apparently moved to Bombay by then.
At some stage he returned to England, and trained as a teacher at Highbury Church of England Metropolitan Training School, in Islington, London. This was a residential school which apparently offered one or two years of teacher training. In 1856, when he was 19, Egmont received a Third Class certificate of teaching as a First Year Student. I don't know if he continued on to a second year of study, or whether he found a placement at a school. Egmont was issued a British passport in November 1858, but it is not known whether he actually travelled abroad using it. By 1861, as shown in the English Census, he was working as an assistant school master at the Bristol Road School in Birmingham, Warwickshire.
The Cheltenham Looker-On (27 June, 1863) recorded Egmont's departure from where he had been staying at 16 Rotunda Terrace, Cheltenham, the home of his uncle, Gustavus von Holst, to London. The reasons for him being in either specific location are unknown.
Egmont Weiss married Jane Taylor in the district of Upton Upon Severn, Worcestershire in the latter part of 1867. Jane was local to the area, and they spent quite a bit of their married life in Worcestershire. I have not found any evidence of them having children, though a relation believes there was a daughter who died sometime after 1929. It's quite likely that Egmont started working in the area before he married Jane, and by 1871 they were living in North Cottage, Bank St, Great Malvern, where he ran a small private school. According to county directories, they were in Bank St, Great Malvern until at least 1873.
In 1879 Kelly's Post Office Directory (Yorkshire, North and East Ridings) records the Weiss's living in Tunstall, Yorkshire, with Egmont the schoolmaster of a small parochial school for boys and girls, which was supported by subscription and government grants. They seemed to move around a bit for a time, because by the 1881 English Census they were in the small town of Roughton, Norfolk, where Egmont was the master of Roughton Free School, and Jane was listed as the schoolmistress. By 1883, Egmont was the schoolmaster of the school in neighbouring Alborough, Norfolk. Why did they move around so much over those years?
Egmont Weiss married Jane Taylor in the district of Upton Upon Severn, Worcestershire in the latter part of 1867. Jane was local to the area, and they spent quite a bit of their married life in Worcestershire. I have not found any evidence of them having children, though a relation believes there was a daughter who died sometime after 1929. It's quite likely that Egmont started working in the area before he married Jane, and by 1871 they were living in North Cottage, Bank St, Great Malvern, where he ran a small private school. According to county directories, they were in Bank St, Great Malvern until at least 1873.
In 1879 Kelly's Post Office Directory (Yorkshire, North and East Ridings) records the Weiss's living in Tunstall, Yorkshire, with Egmont the schoolmaster of a small parochial school for boys and girls, which was supported by subscription and government grants. They seemed to move around a bit for a time, because by the 1881 English Census they were in the small town of Roughton, Norfolk, where Egmont was the master of Roughton Free School, and Jane was listed as the schoolmistress. By 1883, Egmont was the schoolmaster of the school in neighbouring Alborough, Norfolk. Why did they move around so much over those years?
In 1884 and 1885, Weiss was recorded as having made donations/subscribed to the annual reports of the British and Foreign Bible Society, recorded under the title of esquire - no doubt just a polite title rather than suggesting he was part of the landed gentry.
By 1888 the Weiss's had returned to Worcestershire, living in Tivoli Place, Newtown, according to the Worcestershire Electoral Registers. Egmont appears to have once again run a school in their home, plus Jane's elderly mother (also named Jane) and her youngest brother Alfred, a bricklayer's labourer, lived with them for at least a decade. Interestingly, in the 1901 English Census, Egmont's occupation was listed as a brewer's clerk, so he had clearly given up teaching by this stage, but not work itself.
Egmont was widowed by the death of Jane in 1902, and he himself died towards the end of February 1911, and was buried, aged 73, at Malvern Link on 27 February 1911, his address noted as Quest Hills.
By 1888 the Weiss's had returned to Worcestershire, living in Tivoli Place, Newtown, according to the Worcestershire Electoral Registers. Egmont appears to have once again run a school in their home, plus Jane's elderly mother (also named Jane) and her youngest brother Alfred, a bricklayer's labourer, lived with them for at least a decade. Interestingly, in the 1901 English Census, Egmont's occupation was listed as a brewer's clerk, so he had clearly given up teaching by this stage, but not work itself.
Egmont was widowed by the death of Jane in 1902, and he himself died towards the end of February 1911, and was buried, aged 73, at Malvern Link on 27 February 1911, his address noted as Quest Hills.
