Family History

Bower/Brecht Family Tree

Bower Family

• Marriage of Christopher Bower's daughter Elizabeth
• Birth certificate of their son George Christopher Bower (1841/2)or
• Elizabeth Bower (b 1843/4) or Louise (b 1856/7)
• Birth certificate of George Bower's son William Bower (23/10/1867)
• What became of William's siblings particularly Charles Bower in 1901

Jones Family

• Where David Jones was a school master
• John Jones' birth in Yorkshire
• Death of Elizabeth (Counter) Jones (1847/1851)
• Whether James Hicks of Thomas Goodman was Martha's Uncle (1861 Census)
• Birth certificate of Martha Hannah Jones (c1845 Whitechapel)
• Birth (born c 1861/2) of daughter Alice (Bower) Marriage and Death of Alice (Blake)
• Birth of son Frederick Hennenn (1880/1)
• Birth of Henry Hennenn (1886/7)
• Possible second marriage for Frederick Hennenn (1889+)

Hayes Family

• Where Thomas Hayes fits into information provided by another descendant
• Birth certificates of Charlotte Hayes' siblings, particularly:
  • Thomas b 1873/4
• Whether Charlotte Hayes was a brushmaker (per marriage certificate)
• What happened to her sister Mary & brother Thomas
• Marriage of John Reuben Hayes

Gardner Family

• Marriage & death certificates of Edward Gardner (born c 1808/9)
• Maiden names of his first wife (Martha) and his second wife (Hannah)
• Birth certificate of his daughter Charlotte Gardner (c1843/4)or
• Birth of Eliza 1851/2 or Henry 1855/6

Brecht Family

Confirmation of the birth and baptism of Heinrich/Henry Brecht.

• Whether Harriet Piper was the mother of Henry's children after Henry's first wife Mary Somes died in 1819.

For further details see Brecht One-Name Study:

Brecht One Name Study

Walland Family

For the moment, I am content with research by another descendant (back to Thomas Whirland buried in Meldreth, Cambridgeshire in 1714).

Some time it would be good to update the Family Tree provided by a correspondent, using the 1881, 1891 and 1901 Censuses.

Saunders Family

• Whether the family came over from Ireland as suggested
• Why Ellen Saunders was christened Curran and then was known as Creah (or Crae) Curran i.e. family connections
• Birth details of Henry Saunders (c1810 in Cheltenham)
• Where Charles Herbert Saunders was in 1871 (in Navy?)
• For which railway company Charles Herbert Saunders worked
• What happened to Charles' brother Francis

Seaborn(e)/Seabourn(e) Family

• Birth details of John Seabourn (c1800)
• Which was the family church
• Whether John Seabourn was the John Saban/Seban who married Mary Howard in Great Hallingbury in June 1824
• Birth details of James Seabourn (c1824/5 Gt Hallingbury)
• Whether any connection to John & Sarah Saban & family in 1841 & 1851 Censuses
• John & Mary Saban in 1851 Census
• Which family lived at 12 Three Colt Street, Limehouse in 1861:
  Catherine Seabourn b 1824/5
  Emma Jane Seabourn b 1839/40
  Edward Seabourn b 1846/1847
  Joseph Seabourn b 1854/1855
  
• 1901 Census entries for James & Charles Seabourn

Collier Family Tree

Collier/Hunt Family

• Confirmation of the name of Charles (Silk Weaver) Collier's parents
• Maiden name of Charles' second wife Maria

Gardiner Family

• Entries in 1841, 1851& 1871 Censuses
• Details of other children, e.g. George Gardiner b 1844/5 Bethnal Green and Caroline Gardiner b 1851/2

Peryer/Perrier Family

• Confirmation that James Peryer married Sarah Snelling (1782 Abinger)
• Confirmation that Henry Peryer married Sarah Mitchell (1828 Leatherhead) - difficult to read town in 1851 Census

Smith Family

• Elisha Smith (35) in 1841 Census
• Who the following were:
  • John and Mary Smith, witnesses at Martha Smith's wedding
  • William John and Esther Smith buried at St Peter & St Paul's, West Clandon
  • Elisha Smith and Mary (Hersey) Smith
  • Fanny Smith who married Thomas Etherington
  • Sarah Smith, widow living with the Etheringtons in 1881
  • Jane (Smith) Burckot c 1848
• Martha Smith's birth certificate 1848/1851

Hunt Family

• Birth details of:
  • John Hunt
  • Barbara Spall (John's wife)
  • Elizabeth Sheldrake (William's wife)
  • William Hunt (William & Elizabeth's son)

Farrow Family

• For the moment, I am content with research by another descendant (back to Thomas Pharoah b c 1740)

Marjoram Family

• Birth details of John Marjoram
• Details of marriage to Mary Rookyard
• Jeremiah Marjoram in 1861 & 1881 Censuses
• Whether there is a link to the Marjorams in Dennington

Ransom(e) Family

• Who John Ransome was, e.g. cousin (witness at wedding of Thomas Ransome & Elizabeth Allen)
• Maiden name of George Ransome's second wife

Colin Bower
31 May 2012

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