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Giuseppe Cassera Moretti (1832 - 1872) was born in Vercana, Como, Lombardy, Italy in 1832. He joined his uncle, Giuseppe Cassera Moretti, who was a Jeweller in King's Lynn, in the 1850s. Although he lived with his uncle for a while, he was living in London and working for the British Postal Service in February 1856. When his uncle made his will on 22 May 1856, Guiseppe Cassera Moretti II was living at 23 Brooke Street, Holborn.
In the third quarter of 1856 he married Ann Palmer (1836 - 1863) in King's Lynn. They had four children: Louis Cassera (1857 - 1925), Florence (1859 - 1872), Julian Cassera (1860 - ?) and Giuseppe Cassera (1862 - 1863).
He travelled to Italy in 1858 as shown by his travel document.
Travel document of Giuseppe Cassera Moretti. Reproduced with
kind permission of Sara Hill.
In 1858 Giuseppe was a Jeweller and Optician in 65 High Street, King's Lynn. On the 1861 census he was a Goldsmith and lived at 64 High Street, St Margaret, King's Lynn.
Ann Moretti died on 11 November 1863 in King's Lynn, followed by her son Giuseppe on 17 November.
Giuseppe Cassera Moretti married again on 28 September 1865 to Ursula Bolton Chapman. They had three children: Giuseppe Cassera Moretti (1866 - 1944), John Chapman Moretti (1868 - 1874) and Elizabeth Ann Moretti (1870 - 1957).
Elizabeth Ann Moretti in 1891. Photograph reproduced
with kind permission of Sara Hill.
By 4 November 1864 Giuseppe Cassera Moretti was in debt. In 1865 he was still working as a Jeweller and Optician. His address was 100 High Street, King's Lynn. But four years later, on 24 May 1869, he was adjudged bankrupt.
On 3 February 1870 Moretti applied for a position as Vice Consul of Italy in King's Lynn.
Reproduced with kind permission of Sara Hill.
Enclosed was a reference by the mayor of King's Lynn, Justices of the Peace, Merchants, Revenue Officers, Ship Owners, Ship Captains and other inhabitants of King's Lynn, who certified that the appointment of a vice Consul for Italy was necessary and who testified to the fitness of Giuseppe Cassera Moretti for such appointment. He probably wasn't appointed as no record of his appointment has been found.
Reproduced with kind permission of Sara Hill.
On the 1871 census Giuseppe Cassera Moretti was a Ship Broker and lived at 20 King Street, St Margaret, King's Lynn.
He died of Phthisis on 18 January 1872 in Tower Street King's Lynn. His wife died two years later.
Giuseppe Cassera Moretti was mentioned in the following trade directories:
- Kelly Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire 1858 , p. 263 and 496, Jeweller and Optician, 65 High street, King's Lynn
- White Norfolk 1864, p. 758 and 770, Watch Maker & Jeweller, 39 High Street, King's Lynn
- Kelly Norfolk 1865, p. 293 and 561, Jeweller and Optician, 100 High street, King's Lynn
Several barometers by Giuseppe Cassera Moretti can be found online. Those dated in the second half of the nineteenth century, were probably made by the younger Moretti.
- George III Style Mahogany Barometer-Thermometer George III Style Satinwood Inlaid Mahogany Banjo Barometer Thermometer Last Half 19th Century With pewtered dials, the lower one signed J.C. Moretti/ Lynn. Restorations to pediment with replaced brass finial and restorations to inlay. Height: 38.5in (97.8cm). Lot 652 sold by Wechsler's USA in 2003.
- http://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/george-iii-style-mahogany-barometer-thermometer-g-1-c-a686b828af and http://www.icollector.com/auctionprint.aspx?as=2700
Notes:
- I am indebted to Sara Hill for Giuseppe Cassera Moretti's travel document, the photograph of Elizabeth Ann Moretti, Giuseppe Cassera Moretti's application for the position of vice Consul for Italy and the reference, for sharing the cost of Moretti's marriage and death certificates and for editing this text.
- For Moretti's family tree (Moretti Giuseppe Cassera of King's Lynn), the 1861 and 1871 census, the appointment at the British Postal Service, and his death record, see http://www.ancestry.co.uk
- For the trade directories, see http://www.noah.norfolk.gov.uk
- Information on his bankruptcy can be found in the London Gazette of 2 December 1864 http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/22917/pages/6414, 28 May 1869 http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/23501/pages/3099, 6 July 1869 http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/23514/pages/3871 and 3 August 1869 http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/23522/pages/4361
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