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4 Arabella DACKOMBE 1803-1832

 


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m Christopher BROOKBANKS 1821

 

 

 

 

Arabella was born in 1803, and baptised at St Mary Newington in Surrey, the eldest daughter of Daniel Dackombe, a printer and freeman of the City of London. 

 

She married Christopher Brookbanks, a baker, when she was 19 and the following year, Christopher also became a freeman of the City as a member of the Bakers Company.

 

For a while they lived at a baker’s shop in Seven Dials, owned by Christopher’s father.  Their first three children were baptized at nearby St Giles in the Fields but then they moved to Cannon St in the City.  Matilda was born there but died when only a few hours old.  Christopher was still a baker, but probably not at his father's shop, although this remained in business until at least 1848.

 

Christopher and Arabella next moved to Hampton St near the Elephant & Castle in Camberwell, not far from Arabella’s father and Christopher continued as a baker.  A son James was born, but Arabella died when he was only six months old.  She was only 28 and thus missed out on the fortune which her father inherited and bequeathed to his other children in 1843 ten years later

 

No record of the death of Christopher has yet been found, but his son aged 13 was with Arabella’s father in 1841, and it seems likely that Christopher also died young perhaps in 1836 or 1837

 

 

C=Christened

 

           age

     DATE AD CB

 

                       EVENT

22May1803  ...

.8Nov1821 19 21

 7Oct1822 20 22

.4Mar1823 20 22

30Mar1823 20 22

.8Mar1825 22 24

.3Apr1825 22 24

.3Jul1827 24 26

.8Sep1829 26 28

11Sep1829 26 28

27Sep1831 28 30

14Jun1832 28 30

25Jun1837 36..

....?1837 36..

Arabella baptised at Newington St Mary, dau of Daniel and Ann

m Christopher BROOKBANKS at Christchurch Blackfriars Rd

Christopher admitted freeman of City in the Bakers Company

dau Arabella Ann born

dau Arabella C at St Giles in the Fields; Christopher was a baker at 38 Gt St Andrew St

dau Elizabeth Susanna born

dau Elizabeth C at St Giles; Christopher was a baker at 38 King St Seven Dials

son Christopher Richard born; C at St Giles 29Jul; Christopher a baker at same address

dau Matilda born and C at St Swithin; Christopher was a baker at Cannon St

dau Matilda buried at St Swithin

son James born in Camberwell

Arabella of Hampton St buried at St Mary Newington

James baptized at St Peter Walworth

Christopher died?

 

 

PRINCIPAL RECORDS

b=born  m=married  d=died

C=Christened        B=Buried

BIRTH

 

From her age at burial, Arabella was born about 1804.  She was married at Christchurch, Blackfriars Rd, and there is a suitable baptism at nearby Newington St Mary:

 

C 22May1803 Arabella d Daniel & Ann DACKOMBE; b22Apr1803

 

the unusual Christian and surname identifies this baptism with confidence

 

MARRIAGE

 

Arabella DACKOMBE married Christopher BROOKBANKS at Christchurch Blackfriars Rd:

 

m 28Nov1821 Christopher BROOKBANKS bch otp & Arabella DACKOMBE spr otp by banns; witness: Charles CHANNON Lewis TROUGHTON

 

DESCENDANTS

 

unusual name combination of Christopher and Arabella and consistency of occupation identify the following baptisms:

from original register of St Giles in the Fields, London:

 

C 30Mar1823 b  4Mar1823 Arabella Ann        d Christopher & Arabella BROOKBANKS 38 Gt St Andrews St, baker; (m10Oct1849 John WEST)

C  3Apr1825 b  8Mar1825 Elizabeth Susanna   d Christopher & Arabella BROOKBANKS 38 King St, Seven Dials, baker

C 29Jul1827 b  3Jul1827 Christopher Richard s Christopher & Arabella BROOKBANKS 38 King St, Seven Dials, baker; (m22Jul1850 Sarah CLARKE)

 

[Christopher’s father owned a baker’s shop at 38 King St as shown by his will]

from register of St Swithin, London Stone:

 

C  8Sep1829 b 8Sep1829 Matilda d Christopher & Arabella BROOKBANKS baker, 12 Cannon St

B 11Sep1829 Matilda BROOKBANKS 12 Cannon St age 12hours

from register (BT) of Walworth St Peter SRY:

 

C 25Jun1837 b27Nov1831 James s Christopher & Arabella BROOKBANKS; baker Hampton St

 

marriage certificates

m 10Oct1849 at parish church of St Luke, Chelsea after banns

John WEST full bch servant, Radnor St & Arabilla BROOKBANKS full spr, Radnor St

f: Thomas WEST victualler, Christopher BROOKBANKS baker; wit: Richard BROOKBANKS, R BROOKBANKS

 

m 22Jul1850 at the Parish Church, Chelmsford after banns

Christopher Richard BROOKBANKS bch full plumber & painter Romford & Sarah CLARKE spr full Chelmsford

fathers: Christopher BROOKBANKS baker; Francis CLARKE brazier; witnesses: Mary Ann CLARKE; Francis CLARKE; Cha EDWARDS; Sarah CLARKE

 

m 2Dec1855 at St George in the East after banns

James BROOKBANKS bch full omnibus guard 4 Church Rd, & Elizabeth Mary Ann BRAY spr full 4 Church Rd

fathers: Christopher BROOKBANKS baker; Thomas Bray dairyman; witnesses: J VIRRAL; Mary BRAY

 

DEATH

from register of Newington St Mary SRY

 

B 14Jun1832 Arabella BROOKBANKS  age 28, Hampton St

 

no record has yet been found of the death or burial of Christopher BROOKBANKS; not found in the GRO death index 1837-1900.  His father’s will (see Richard BROOKBANKS-5) made in 1842 does not mention Christopher.  There were no BROOKBANKs in Hampton St in the 1841 census, but Christopher’s 13 year old son, Christopher Richard, was then living with his mother’s DACKOMBE family.  All this strongly suggests that Christopher died before 1841 and probably before Sep 1837 when registration started.  It may be significant that his son James was not baptised until Jun1837 when he was 5 years old.  Was this because Christopher was seriously ill or was he baptised by relations because Christopher was already dead?

 

The absence of mention in his father’s will of course may merely indicate a rift in the family; it is interesting that the baker’s shop at King St was still owned by Christopher’s father in 1842 but leased to someone else; why did Christopher leave his father’s shop and set up on his own in Cannon St in 1829?  His brother William emigrated to USA by 1842; it is not inconceivable that Christopher did the same leaving his family behind.  It must be noted that Christopher was not noted as deceased at the marriages of three of his children in 1849, 1850 and 1855, but was not a witness at any of them

 

OTHER

Apprenticeship and freedom records at Guildhall RO CF1/1487

 

1May1815 This Indenture witnesseth that Christopher BROOKBANKS the son of Richard BROOKBANKS of King St, Seven Dials in the County of Middlesex, Baker doth put himself apprentice to Thomas OSBORN of Snow Hill in the City of London, Baker

 

7Oct1822 Christopher BROOKBANKS was this day admitted to his Freedom in the Worshipful Company of Bakers by Servitude

 

census:  1841 Grosvenor St, Camberwell HO107/1064/3 dist5

 

Daniel      DACKOMBE           63  1777    clark                         n

Ann M       DACKOMBE           19  1821                                  y

Matilda     DACKOMBE           15  1825                                  y

Christopher BROOKBANKS         13  1827    ind                           n

 

 

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