Heydinrych Family

HEYDINRYCH
Andrew Joachim Heydinrych was born in Cape Colony, South Africa circa 1842, the son of Deik Johanes Heydinrych a transparent painter (what ever that is!). It is possible that his mother’s name was Hannah.
The colony was founded around 1652 and changed hands frequently during the 17th and 18th centuries. By the 19th century it was firmly under British control. There is a view that all Heydenrychs and those with a similar version of the name e.g. Heidenreich; Heydenrich; Heydinrych; Haidenreich ect. are descendents of Gottfried Heydereich who arrived in the Cape in 1728 from Holland and had 8 children by his second wife, Joanna Rogiers.
It is not known when Andrew (GtGF) left the Cape to come to England. Initially the earliest record found with his name on was the birth certificate of his first child Elizabeth, born on 25th October 1872 at 47 Hanover Street, Pimlico. Earlier searches of the GRO index between 1860 and 1880 for a marriage between him and Elizabeth Beater Brown had been unsuccessful. More recently however it has been identified that Elizabeth Brown was still single in 1871 and working as domestic servant for Charles Congrove of St Georges Square, St George Hanover Square an “Officer of the House of Lords”. (Not sure whether an officer is the same as a member in modern day parlance but he was a man of some substance as he maintained a large number of servants). The search for a marriage was therefore refined to look in detail for events between April 1871 and October 1872 and it would appear that they married under slightly modified names presumably because Elizabeth was 6 months pregnant at the time of marriage in July 1872. Andrew Joachim Heydinrych changed to Joachim Heydin and Elizabeth Beater Brown to Elisa Beaton Broe, Andrew still gave his profession as a Butler and Elizabeth gave her father’s name as William and his profession as a Blacksmith which is correct. Their address was given as 42 Vauxhall Bridge Road which is within walking distance of St George Hanover Square.
Elizabeth Brown (GtGM) was born in Stowford Barton, Devon, the daughter of William Brown (GtGFx2) and Susanna Masters who came from Lezant, in Cornwall. Unfortunately Susanna died at the age of 62 of a diseased heart valve, leaving the youngest daughter, Ellen to run the family home. The 1861 census indicates that William (GtGFx2) was a successful master blacksmith employing 10 men. He was born in Broadwoodwidger, Devon the son of William (GtGFx3) and Mary Ann Brown who was also a blacksmith. Mary Ann had a long life having been born around 1781 and dying at the age of 93 years old apparently of old age.
No reference found in census records for Andrew Heydinrych’s (GTGF) family until 1881 and then it is only Elizabeth Heydinrych and 4 of her children. It would appear that they were staying with her father and sister in Stowford Barton, but there is no sign of Andrew (GtGF). However the 1891 and 1901 census has the family together again living at 46 Langford Road (photo No 3 last remaining piece of Langford Road. It would appear that the family where down on their luck at this point as Langford Road was an area of extreme social deprivation, see notes from the note book of Sergeant Stroud made during the Charles Booth enquiry into the Life and Labour of the people of London) and then 73 Hazelbury Road, Fulham. Elizabeth had at least 10 children including one set of triplets which only survived for a few hours, hence the strange names.
Andrew (GtGF) died in the Fulham Infirmary on 27th April 1909. He was 68 years old and died of cancer of the pancreas, prior to his death he was working as a house painter and was living at 8 Ackmar Road Fulham.
Andrew William Heydinrych (GF) was born at 47 Hanover Street, Pimlico whilst both parents were in domestic service. Andrew Joachim (GtGF) was employed as a Butler and Elizabeth a domestic servant. Andrew (GF) married Ellen Susan Twineham on 31st July 1898. He gives his occupation as a labourer, as does his father who no longer appears to be butlering. The addresses of the bride and groom are given as 70a Broughton Road (photo No 1) and 73 Hazelbury Road (photo No 2 albeit somewhat extended) which are very close by to each other. Both house still exist today. They were married at St Matthews church Fulham which is just off the Wandsworth Bridge Road at the junction of Rosebury Road, however this is not the original church which was demolished sometime in the 1900s.
Andrew William and Ellen Susan had at least 10 children, possibly 11. William Alfred Heydinrych, their first child was born at 27 Model Dwellings, Fulham Palace Road, on 4th May1889. Five of their nine children were born at this address. William Alfred died in Fulham Hospital, age 36 on 22nd May 1935 of a cerebral tumour, he was still living at home with the rest of the family which now resided at 70 Heckfield Place. His occupation is given as a window cleaner. Alfred Stevens Heydinrych was born 18 August 1903 and died at 3 years old in the Union Infirmary Battersea of pneumonia. Albert was born 15th October 1913 but died when he was 4 years old. He had been admitted to Kensington General Hospital for a Genu Valgum operation, believed to be a procedure to correct a deformity in the legs but it appears to have gone wrong as he died of a coronary embolism on 21 September 1918. William and Ellen also lost another son in 1918. Richard Heydinrych born in 1908 died in The City of Westminster Union Hospital on 17th May 1918 from Gangrene of Lung and Cardiac Failure, For all his working life Andrew William (GF) was employed as a labourer but during the First World War he served as Private (No 24436) labourers,with the 12th Suffolk Regiment.
Ellen Susan (GM) died age 75 in 1951 of bronchopneumonia and chronic bronchitis at 23 Burnthwaite Road Fulham. Andrew lived a further 5 years (died 1956) dying in St Pauls Hospital, Holborn, age 79 of bronchopneumonia, emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Prior to his death he was living with his son Christopher who lived at 26 Burnthwaite Road. It would appear that none of the male children married.
Andrew William’s brother Christopher and his sons appear be the source of most of the male Heydinrychs born from 1909 onwards, a number of which were born and lived in Kingston.
So far only two Heydinrychs found arriving from South Africa in recent times:
• Georgine Heydinrych, born SA 1880, departed from Durban and arrived in Southampton 29th March 1937 on the Winchester Castle. Age 57.
• Wilen Heydinrych, born SA 1922, departed form Durban and arrived in Southampton 9th February 1951 on the Stirling Castle. Age 22.