Elisabeth USSHER

Eliza Ussher from Camphire House, Waterford County, Ireland, a descendant of the prominent Irish Ussher family who in earlier times held the office of Lord Mayor of Dublin. ¹¹⁶

Baron von Cloudt Moritz was a Brigade Major in the King's German Legion and fought in the Battle of Waterloo under the Duke of Wellington.

Full name: Moritz Friedrich Wilhelm Ferdinand Cornelius

Mauritz Wilhelm Ferdinand Cornelius von Pelden named Cloudt, born on June 21, 1786, was directed to study as his father was. He sent him to Moers to the secondary school. But there the secondary school, normally filled with famous and learned, was totally disorganized, because of the French occupation. Three professor's chairs were left open, and Mauritz could not continue at university as would have been the case earlier. Therefore the father would have had to send him to a different school. On the one hand, this was doubtful because of the management of French schools. On the other hand, the father could not afford the costs to support the son abroad. He requested the King of Prussia to give him a spot in the Military School. The King reject this offhandedly, because no one was allowed in who had not gone to Cadet House [school] before. The father then petitioned the King to take his son into the Cadet House. This, too, the King rejected, with the postscript that he could do no more than offer Mauritz an officer's status, Freikorporal, with a regiment of the father's choice. For the father, this unfavorable reply was unexpected. Jost Friedrich had waited on the King during his stay at Wesel in 1799 or 1800, had presented his son, perhaps then at the age of twelve, to him, was treated extremely graciously by the King, spoke lengthily with the King about the conditions of the province, and was invited to the royal table daily during the King's presence. Had he orally asked the King then, he would certainly have reached his goal. However, at that time, Jost Friedrich wanted not to request any favor from the King and hoped the French occopation of the country could not be of a much longer duration. Jost Friedrich, affected by the refusal, made no further propositions. He found the opportunity to place his son in the Hannovarian service and brought him to Hameln in January 1803, where he was admitted to the 7th Infantry Regiment as a Cadet. His father stayed with him in Hameln for three weeks where he was wined and dined by all of the high and low officers, and had pleasurable days there. His son received lodging, food and breeding from Captain von Brandis and was taken into the house as a child. He found a loyal mentor in the respectable Lieutenant, now Lt. Col., Dammers. That same year, he was already nominated to be an officer and was waiting for his commission from London when the French occupied the Hannovarian Provinces; the army broke up, and the troops went their own way on July 13, 1803. Now there was nothing left for him to do but be the standard bearer, beginning in early February 1806, for the 2nd Dragoon Regiment of the English-German Legion which embarked for England at Bremerlehe. At first the regiment stayed here; then they were sent to Ireland, and, from there, they were shipped to Portugal and Spain with Wellington's army. In the last years he was a brigade major and was in various battles, among others near Vitoria. In the Battle of Waterloo he was wounded in the left shoulder. After the peace and the English-German Legion was transferred to Hannover, he retained half of his English pay and a squadron of the Second Dragoons, once second Leib-Kurassier Regiment which is presently in East Fresia and assigned to this province. This was such a sore point with the father, that now he found cause to be thankful to providence that his wish to enlist his son in Prussian services was not fulfilled. He became firmly convinced that Good Providence guides the fate of men and it would be much worse for the short sighted mortals, rather than useful, if they received their every wish. ¹¹⁶ ²¹¹ ²¹⁵ ²¹⁶ ²¹⁷

5336. Elisabeth USSHER ¹¹⁶ (Arthur², Unknown¹) was born on 12 Jul 1791 in Ireland.^{¹¹⁶ ²¹⁸}

Elisabeth married Baron Von Pelden G. Moritz Friederich Wilhelm Cornelius CLOUDT,¹¹⁶ son of Von Pelden G. Jost Friedrich Reinhard CLOUDT Chamberlain and Von Brackel Zu Josephine Caroline Bernhardine Freiin [Freiherrin] BREIDTMAR, on 16 Apr 1811 in Lismore, Waterford, Ireland.¹¹⁶ Moritz was born on 21 Jun 1786 in Lauersforth, Kingdom Prussia.^¹¹⁶

Marriage Notes: Mauritz married Elisa Usher in Ireland in 1810 (sic).* This family supposedly came from England. It has, however, been settled in Ireland a very long time and is very wealthy. This family practiced the protestant faith. The name Usher in England means a person who stands at the court's door or guides someone to his seat, and I presume that there was an official position as such, and that the family was so named. Even today at large cermonies in England, e.g. the crowning of a King, the office of usher is to be found. Likewise in Germany, there are many families called Marshal, Truchses and Schenk. They have taken their names from hereditary positions and officers of the court. They are all different and not related and display totally different family crests. The office of an usher also appears in Germany. The died out family of my great-great-grandmother, Anna von Haes, possessed the hereditary office of usher at the Archbishopric of Cologne.

From this marriage there are five sons and two daughters living now in 1826. Two sons died young.</blockquote> ¹¹⁶

Noted events in his life were:

• He was Lutheran. ¹¹⁶

(Duplicate Line. See Person 4527, Baron Von Pelden G. Moritz Friederich Wilhelm Cornelius CLOUDT)

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