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Dr Geoffrey Mann |
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5 George BROWN c1791->1851 |
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m Sarah DOUGLAS c1815 |
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George Brown was born about 1791 at White Waltham or Waltham St Lawrence both near Maidenhead, but he lived most of his life in North Town, a hamlet one mile north of Maidenhead. He was a labourer or ‘garden labourer’. He married Sarah DOUGLAS around 1815 and they had eight children, three of whom died young. George died in 1858 and Sarah died a year later |
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Age* DATE GB SD |
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c1791 c1815 24 21 4Feb1816 25 22 c1819 28 25 21Apr1821 30 27 12Dec1824 33 30 1Oct1826 35 32 7Sep1828 37 34 29Apr1832 41 38 22Sep1833 42 39 29Jan1838 47 44 6Jun1841 50 47 30Mar1851 60 57 ? Mar1858 67 64 ? Mar1859 65 |
George born at “Waltham”
(from 1851 census) married Sarah DOUGLAS
(parish not known) son Andrew Douglas C at
Cookham dau Elizabeth born dau Mary born dau Mary and dau Sarah C
at Cookham; George & Sarah living at North Town, Maidenhead son William C at Cookham son George C at Cookham;
buried 27Sep1829 dau Harriet C at
Cookham; buried 9Sep1832 son Thomas C at Cookham dau Eliza born at North
Town, Maidenhead living in parish of
Cookham with nd three children living near Maidenhead
with Sarah and youngest dau Eliza; George was a garden labourer George died Sarah died |
*ages calculated from ages in 1851 census
b=born m=married d=died
C=Christened B=Buried
According to the 1851 census, George BROWN was born 1791 at Waltham BRK. However there are two Walthams in Berkshire, White Waltham and Waltham St Lawrence, both a few miles south of Maidenhead.
No suitable George Brown baptism was found at Waltham St Lawrence, but at White Waltham there were two BROWN families who baptised a George around this time:
m
9Jan1775 Robt BROWN of Upton & Eliz HESTER otp by banns
C
27Sep1786 George s Robt & Eliz BROWN
children
baptised by these parents were Robert, Sarah, John, Thos, Elizabeth, Edward,
Robert, George, Eliz, Harriet
Robert
then married Olave BIRD and baptised Sarah, Eliz, Hannah, Robert
m
20Sep1782 Thos BROWN & Ann BROWN by licence
C
11Sep1796 George s Thomas (deceased) & Anne BROWN
children
baptised by these parents were: James, Hannah, Thomas, Eleanor, Anne, George
Neither of these George BROWNs were married or buried at White Waltham and neither has been identified in the 1841 or 1851 census, so cannot be eliminated on these grounds. The naming patterns do not help particularly, though George-5 baptised a Thomas but not a Robert, so the second marriage might be preferred. Both baptisms are 5 years away from expected, but this is quite possible. The Cookham register however, shows a George BROWN baptised in the expected year 1791, one of three illegitimate children of Elizabeth BROWN:
C
24Jul1791 George base born s of Elizabeth BROWN
C
27Mar1796 Melisent base born d of Elizabeth BROWN; B 17Jul1797
C 17Oct1802 William Hawthorn base born s Elizabeth BROWN
followed by :
m
23Jan1803 Richard HAWTHORN & Elizabeth BROWN by banns
Richard HAWTHORN and his first wife, also Elizabeth, baptised children from 1783 to 1799 followed by the burial of the first Elizabeth HAWTHORN in 1801
It is not possible at present to decide between these three possibilities. The index of overseer’s papers for Maidenhead Union (includes Bray Cookham and Waltham St Lawrence) did not contain any relevant references.
From the b certificate of Eliza, George BROWN married Sarah DOUGLAS. From the 1851 census, Sarah was born c1794 in Bray so the expected marriage date is 1815, a year before the birth of Andrew. The m is not in the IGI or in the Berkshire marriage index.
C 4Feb1816 Andrew
Ingles s George & Sarah BROWN Maidenhead lab [Ingles
must be an error for Douglas]
C 12Dec1824 Sarah d George & Sarah BROWN N.Town lab
C 12Dec1824 Mary d George & Sarah BROWN N.Town lab b 21Apr1821
C 1Oct1826 William s George & Sarah BROWN N.Town lab
C 7Sep1828 George s George & Sarah BROWN N.Town lab
C 29Apr1832 Harriet d George & Sarah BROWN N.Town lab
C 22Sep1833 Thomas s George & Sarah BROWN N.Town lab
B 27Sep1829 George BROWN N.Town 13m
B 4Sep1825 James
BROWN N.Town 12 [b1813]
B 4May1831 Sarah BROWN N.Town 9m
B 9sep1832 Harriet BROWN N.Town 5m
b c1838 Eliza d George & Sarah BROWN
b 29Jan1838
------ BROWN female at North Town [no name given]
f: George
BROWN labourer; m: Sarah BROWN formerly DUGLAS
r 3Feb1838 at Cookham by Mary-x BROWN present
at birth, of North Town
from 1851
census, this girl was subsequently named Eliza; she married Frederick PUSEY in
late 1853 aged just under 16, and remarried James Humphreys in C only 15
C 18Mar1807 George s George & Sarah BROWN at Reading St Giles BRK
C 11Apr1819 Elizabeth d George & Sarah BROWN at Reading St Mary BRK
George b1807 cannot belong to the Cookham family and as Reading is 12 miles from Maidenhead, it is not certain that Elizabeth belongs either.
d 15Jul1861 George BROWN 72 [b1789] agricultural labourer at Turrels Buildings Maidenhead, of Old Age & Retention
r 21Jul1861 at Cookham BRK by Sarah Duckett of Turrels Buildings Maidenhead, pad
d 3Jan1859 Sarah BROWN female 68 [b1791] wife of George BROWN ag lab at Turrels Buildings, Maidenhead of Old Age
r 8Jan1859 at Cookham BRK by Elizabeth x White of Turrels Buildings Maidenhead, pad
George
BROWN 50 1791
ag lab y
Sarah BROWN 46 1795 y
Sarah BROWN 15 1826 y
Thomas BROWN 7 1834 y
Eliza BROWN 3 1838
George
BROWN he mar 60 1791
garden labourer Waltham,
Berks
Sarah BROWN wi mar 57 1794 Bray, Berks
Eliza BROWN da 13 1838 at home Cookham, Berks
James HUMPHREYS he mar 28 1833 ag lab Maidenhead Berks
Eliza HUMPHREYS wi mar 23 1838 laundress Maidenhead Berks
Emma HUMPHREYS da 1 1860 Maidenhead Berks
George HUMPHREYS fl wdr 72 1789 ag lab Maidenhead Berks [fl=father-in-law]
It would be an unusual coincidence for a father-in-law to have the same surname as his son-in-law and it seems this should be George BROWN; he is at the same address as in 1851 and of the right age. (The enumerator entered the surnames of Eliza. Emma, and George as “ditto” to the head of the family). George had a daughter Eliza bc1838, so if she married James Humphries, then George would be James’ father-in-law as stated in the census. However a search of the marriage indexes shows only a marriage of James HUMPHRIES to Eliza PUSEY, registered at Cookham in 4Q1859. The probable explanation is that Eliza Brown married Pusey before she married Humphreys, and there is a suitable marriage and death in the index:
m 4Q1853 Eliza BROWN & Frederick PUSEY; Cookham
d 4Q1858 Frederick William PUSEY; Witney
m 4Q1859 Eliza PUSEY & James HUMPHREYS; Cookham
1851 Maidenhead, 29 Barracks, parish of Cookham HO107/1694 f368
William BROWN he mar 23 1828 shoemaker Cookham
Eliza BROWN wi mar 26 1825 Eton{?} Chinner
William BROWN so 1 1850 at home Cookham
William BROWN co 14 1837 apprentice Beaconsfield, Bucks
William is probably the son of George and Sarah