Emma Hiscox Tanner (née Camalt)

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1844

Biography

Step-daughter and co-heir of Joseph Hiscox II (q.v.); she and her husband claimed for 1/8th of the compensation for the Tryall estate in Jamaica.

Emma Hiscox Tanner and John Tanner were buried in 1844 and 1845 repectively in a grave plot owned by John Tanner of Grove Lane Camberwell. Emma Hiscox Tanner of Grove Lane Camberwell was aged 84 at her burial on 28/12/1844 and John Tanner 87 at his on 05/05/1845.

Sources

West Norwood Cemetery database, Grave 1055-118 http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/cemetery/GraveOwnersResultPage.aspx?GraveRef=1055-118 [accessed 15/03/2011]; Ancestry.com, London, England, Deaths and Burials, 1813-1980 [database online].

Further Information

Maiden Name

Camalt

Spouse

John Tanner

Relationships (2)

Emma Hiscox Tanner (née Camalt)

Step-daughter → Step-father

Joseph Hiscox II

Emma Hiscox Tanner (née Camalt)

Wife → Husband

Addresses (1)

Grove Lane, Camberwell, Surrey, London, England

Further Information

People of Interest

Ann Katherine Storer (née Hill)

1785 - 1854

Jamaican-born widow of a prominent slave-owner; resident in Britain following the death of her husband in 1818. Accused - and acquitted - of the cruel treatment of some enslaved people whom she brought to Britain with her.

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Documents of Interest

Windsor and Williamsfield Inventory of Slaves 1814 p8

Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.

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CITING THIS RECORD:
'Emma Hiscox Tanner (née Camalt)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146662425 [accessed 20th April 2024].

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