Main Index

The surname Brecht, my mother's maiden name, is rare in England

As part of a One-Name Study, I have conducted extensive research, which is summarised in the following:

Introduction

Bower/Collier Family Tree including the Brechts

Family Tree Names Index

Heinrich/Henry and Mary (Somes) & Harriet (Piper) Brecht, Foundation of the Family in England

• Heinrich k/a Henry Brecht and His Descendants

• Search for Heinrich/Henry Brecht

• Search for Mary Somes

• Search for Harriet Piper

• Harriet's Timeline

Official Records

• Entries in Birth, Marriage and Death Registers

• Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates Held

• Census Records Held including 1939 Register

• Parish Records

• Additional Parish Records

• Probate Entries

• London Electoral Roll 1832-1965

Own Main Records

• Brecht Births, Marriages and Deaths

• First Names of Brecht Spouses

• Family Tree Names Index

• Where they were and what they did- chronological sequence of events in life of Heinrich/Henry Brecht and his son George Frederick Brecht

George Henry Brecht& Lucy Ann Cornwell

• A Certain Notoriety

• Attempted Murder by George Brett 1926

• Murder of George Brett 1951

• Lucy Ann Cornwell (wife of George Brett)

• Nellie Brett (second wife of George Brett)

Other Articles

• Hard Times

• Search for John Christopher Brecht & Susannah Pardom

• The Barnett-Brechts

• Our German Roots

• Indication of Population Distribution

• Pastor Ernst Brecht - Ancestors and Descendants in Germany and USA

• Roots of Brechts & Brights in the USA

• Article in Cockney Ancestor

• Visit to Spitalfields 2009

• Major Discovery 2011

• Photo Album

  Progress Report

  Colin Bower
  22 August 2021

  Links to:
  Family History Index

  The Big One! - Piper Family