History of the Atlantic Cable & Submarine Telegraphy

	History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications from the first submarine cable of 1850 to the worldwide fiber optic network
Henry M. Ash and CS Faraday (1) 1879-1900

Henry Morris Ash was born in Camden Town, London, on December 10th, 1850, the seventh of eight children of Sargeant Ash, a dentist, and Mary Ann Ash. Details of Henry's family are shown here for the benefit of future researchers.
Name	Birth Date (and Death Date if known)	Birthplace	Relationship
Sargeant Ash	17 Sep 1812	St James, Middlesex	Head
Mary Ann Ash	c. 1812	Anns, Middlesex	Wife
Mary Ann Jane Ash	baptized 18 Dec 1836	Marylebone, Middlesex	Daughter
Edward Sarjeant Ash	20 Apr 1838 - 23 May 1899	Marylebone, Middlesex	Son
Lydia Sarah Ash	2 Feb 1840	St Pancras, Middlesex	Daughter
Frederick Claudius Ash	9 Sep 1842 - 17 Apr 1920	St Pancras, Middlesex	Son
Alfred William Ash	14 Nov 1844	St Pancras, Middlesex	Son
Martha Matilda Ash	25 Aug 1847	St Pancras, Middlesex	Daughter
Henry Morris Ash born at 70 Harmood St, Camden, London NW1, married Mary Ann Aust in 1877, moved to 53 Willes Rd., NW5 by 1881.	10 Dec 1850, death recorded in Brighton, first quarter of 1945 at age 94	St Pancras, Middlesex	Son
George Samuel Ash	4 Jan 1859	St Pancras, Middlesex	Son
References: Birth Index: District: Pancras (1837-1901), County: London, Middlesex, first quarter 1851, volume 1, page 345. Census of England and Wales, 1851 - 1901. England & Wales, Death Index: 1837-1983, first quarter 1945, volume 2 b, page 439. Russell Ash supplied many of the birth and death dates, and Doug Ash narrowed down the date of Henry's death. David Ash has an extensive genealogy of the Ash family on his site, Ash of Cannock.

Last revised: 9 July, 2006