The Bower & Collier Family History
Research by Colin Bower
Seaborn
Family History Research Report
Seabourn(e)/Saban Family
Introduction - Bower/Collier Family Tree
When I set out to study the Bower/Collier Family Tree, my initial aim was to identify my 8 Great Grandparents (Bower) and my wife Chris’ 8 Great Grandparents (Collier).
Though I have tended to study the Family History of the 16 Great Grandparents, I have also sought to find out the additional 16 Great Great Grandparents’ family names, and any 3 x Great Grandparents along the way!
The names that I have identified to date are:
Bower/Brecht Family Tree
Great Grandparents
Bower
Jones
Hayes
Gardner
Brecht
Walland/Worland
Saunders
Seabourne(e)/Saban
2 x Great Grandparents
Pitts (Bower)
Counter (Jones)
Bradbrook (Hayes)
Tunstell/Tunstill (Gardner)
Somes/Piper (Brecht)
Hutley (Walland/Worland)
Neville (Saunders)
Holbrook (Seabourn(e)/Saban)
3 x Great Grandparents
Pinnion (Pitts)
Spence (Jones)
Mason (Hayes)
Robinson (Bradbrook)
Shocke (Brecht)
Reynolds (Walland/Worland)
Hunt (Piper)
Howard (Seabourn(e)/Saban)
4 x Great Grandparents
Bates (Pitts)
Smithers (Pinion)
March (Jones)
Venice (Robinson)
Juliane (Brecht)
Adamson (Neville)
Siggins (Walland/Worland)
5 x Great Grandparents
Cook/Cock (Jones)
Wyat (Robinson)
Jahns (Brecht)
Odell (Walland/Worland)
6 x Great Grandparents
Amears (Robinson)
7 x Great Grandparents
Amore/Mills (Robinson)
Collier/Hunt Family Tree
Great Grandparents
Collier
Gardiner
Peryer/Perrier
Smith
Hunt
Farrow/Pharoah
Marjoram
Ransome(e)
2 x Great Grandparents
Adams (Collier)
Goodchild (Gardiner)
Mitchell (Peryer/Perrier)
Nye (Smith)
Sheldrake (Hunt)
Smith (Farrow)
Rookyard (Marjoram)
Aldous or Alhous/Ollis (Ransome(e))
3 x Great Grandparents
Mason (Collier)
Ridett (Adams)
Sly (Nye)
Snelling (Peryer/Perrier)
Spall (Hunt)
Shepherd (Farrow)
Allen (Ransome(e))
More (Aldous/Aldis or Alhous/Ollis)
4 x Great Grandparents
Trigg (Peryer/Perrier)
My research has included a One-Name Study into the name Brecht, my mother’s maiden name.
Names Index
The additional surnames of Bicknell and Robson have been identified.
Seabourn(e)/Saban Family
Progress To Date
Great Great Grandparent: James Seaborn
- His Parents: John Seborn
- His Grandparents: -
Mini Family Tree (Direct Ancestors)
The family tree to date may be summarised:
Seabourn(e)/Saban Family Tree
John Seaborn b c 1800
?Married June 1824 Gt Hallingbury
?Mary Howard b c 1800
James Seabourn b c 1824 Gt Hallingbury d 6.8.1866
Married 10.10.1847
Ellen Maria Holbrook b 1831 bp 28.8.1831
Emma Mary Seabourn b 06.11.1853
Married 26.09.1876
Charles Herbert Saunders b 17.04.1844
Ellen Elizabeth Curran Saunders b 06.11.1877 d 19.3.1960
Married 25.12.1899
Arthur Brecht b 28.01.1877 d 28.12.1946
Doris Ivy Brecht b 15.03.1912
d 29.6.2003
Married 11.07.1936
Frederick Bower b 12.09.1910
d 10.9.2006
Colin Malcolm Bower b 12.01.1944
Married 15.10.1966
Christine Elizabeth Collier b 26.03.1946
Link to Family Tree
Emma Mary Seabourn(e) & Descendants
Summary of Research To Date
We have made reasonable progress with a name that has variants.
James Seaborn (e)/Seabourn(e) was born in Great Hallingbury, Essex and died young in 1866 (age 42) and his widow Ellen Maria Seabourn(e) (Formerly Holbrook) remarried a Robson. We need to trace his christening to establish the name of his mother.
Birth, Marriage & Death Certificates Held - See Appendices below
- Births: 3
- Marriages: 3
- Deaths: 3
Census Records Obtained - see Appendices below
- 1841 - John & Mary Saban
- John & Sarah Seaban (Saban)
- 1851 - John & Sarah Saban & family
- John & Lois Saban & family
- James & Ellen Saban & family
- 1861 - James & Ellen Seabourne & family
- 1871 - Ellen Seabourn Widow & family
- Ellen A Seaborn & mary A Seaborn, Servants
- 1881 Ellen Robson (formerly Holbrook late Seabourn(e)) & family
- James & Elizabeth Seabourn & family
- George & Mary (Seabourn) Smith & family
- 1891 Ellen Maria Robson, Widow & family
James William Seabourne & family
William & Mary Seabourne & family
Thos Arthur Seabourn & family
- 1901 George & Mary (Seabourn) Smith & family
- Benjamin & Mary Ann (formerly Seabourn) Amos & family
Thomas & Emily Seaborne & family
Elizabeth Seabourn, Widow
Herbert Seaborne
Other Research Undertaken
- IGI - Sheets held for London and Essex
- Parish Records - Lt & Gt Hallingbury - see Appendices below
- Wills
- Businesses - Coal (James Seabourn), Beer Houses (James William & Thomas Seabourn)
- Correspondence
- Visits - Gt Hallingbury Church
- Photographs
- Misc Info/Documents
Progress 2004/6
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Progress 2007
My great grandfather James Seabourn died in 1866. I was able to obtain the marriage certificate for the second marriage of Ellen Maria Seabourn (formerly Holbrook) to John George Robson in 1872.
My cousin traced the Seabourn (1851 & 1861)and Holbrook (1841-1861)families in some of the censuses and obtained the death certificates of Ellen Maria Holbrook's parents. This gives us a much clearer picture of the two families including the birth place of James Seabourne - Gt Hallingbury.
Progress 2008
The Sabans
This family name has a number of variants and my cousin found one entry in the 1851 Census for Saban!
This spelling of the family name appears to have been used in the Great Hallingbury area where my Great Great Grandfather James Seabourn was born in 1824/5 (per 1851 Census).
During a vist to Hertfordshire, we made a visit to Great Hallingbury near Bishops Stortford and took photo's of the church:
The Church of St Giles, Great Hallingbury
The Smiths
In the early 1980s, my mother & her sister Aunt Ellen Brecht told me that my Grandma Ellen (Saunders) Brecht had worked in the greenhouses of George Smith (husband of Aunt Polly).
A descendant of George Smith advised me that Aunt Polly was Mary (Seabourn) Smith, the sister of my Great Grandmother Emma Mary (Seabourn) Saunders
I searched the 1881 Census and found George & Mary (Seabourn) Smith living at the same address as her brother James Seabourn.
In all I added entries from the 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881 and 1901 Censuses.
Progress 2009
I added entries from the 1911 Census.
Progress 2010
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Progress 2011
A correspondent contacted me regarding the Saban/Seabourn Family. James William Seabourn was her Great Great Grandfather. James' sister Emma Maria Seabourn was my Great Grandmother and James& Emma had a brother William Seabourn who was Great Grandfather of another correspondent!
Progress 2012
Seabourne/Holbrook/Robson Family
A distant relative sent me a charming photo of Ruth Elizabeth (Robson) Wright born 1873 - parents George and Ellen Maria (born Holbrook late Seabourne) Robson.She is holding my correspondent's grandmother:
Progress 2013-22
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Progress 2023
After lying dormant for many years, I did some more research and added some more Census entries and also some Parish Records for the first time.
I also wrote up this Big One! Report
Things we wish we knew
- Birth details of John Seabourn (c1800)
- Whether James'father, John Seabourn is the John Saban/Seban who married Mary Howard at Great Hallingbury in June 1824
- Which was the family church
- Birth details of James Seaborn(e) (c 1824)
- John & Mary Seabourn in 1851 Census
- Whether any connection to John & Sarah Saban & Family in 1841 and 1851 Censuses
- 1901 Census entries for James & Charles Seabourn
Colin Bower
12 October 2023
Appendices
Parish Records
St Mary the Virgin, Little Hallingbury, Essex
Thomas Saban bp 13.1.1799
Henry Saban bp 17.5.1801
(Parents James & Mary Saban)
James Saban
married 9.12.1802
Mary Cook
Joseph Saban
married 15.12.1832
Ann King
Joseph Saban
married 13.4.1805
Anne Rumbal
John Saban
married 1.1.1815
Sarah Tubbs
William Saban bp 29.10.1815
Louisa Saban bp 1.2.1818
Jane Saban bp 16.4.1820
John Saban bp 16.6.1822
Daniel Saban bp 17.10.1824
(Parents John& Sarah Saban)
Eleanor Saban bp 24.11.1822
George Saban bp 6.11.1825
Joseph Saban bp 11.1.1829
Isaac Saban bp 24.6.1832
(Parents David & Mary Saban)
Emma Saban bp 2.2.1834
(Parents Joseph & Ann Saban)
John Saban buried 19.9.1844(age 50) born c 1793/4
St Giles, Great Hallingbury
Lucy Seban bp 10.4.1774
John Seban bp 25.2.1776
Thomas Sabin bp 14.9.1777
Susanna Saban bp 19.12.1779
Joseph Saban bp 22.7.1791
(Parents James & Ann Saban/Seban/Sabin)
Daniel Seban bp 28.8.1814
(Parents Joseph & Caroline Seban)
Mary Saban bp 26.12.1824
(Parents Joseph & Katherine Saban)
Ann Seban bp 17.5.1835
William Seban bp 25.2.1838
(Parents Joseph & Ann Seban)
John Seban (father John Seban)
married 8.2.1845Lois Jordan
Daniel Seban b 6.9.1829 bp 24.2.1839 (age 9)
(Parents John& Sarah Saban)
Certificates Held
Notes:
1. The asterisk * denotes one of our direct ancestors
2. The symbol # denotes unrelated certificate, it appears!
Full name: James Seaborn* (usually spelt Seabourn)(of: Jerusalem Square)
Occupation: Labourer (Age: Full)
Father: John Seaborn*, Labourer
Married at: Parish Church, Hackney (Date: 10/10/1847)
Spouse: Ellen Maria Holbrook* (of: Jerusalem Sqaure)
Occupation: (Age: Full )
Father: William Holbrook*, Labourer
Relevant Witnesses:
Full name: Emma Mary Seabourn*
Born at: 1 Langthorne Street, West Ham (Date: 6/11/1853)
Father: James Seabourn* (Occupation: Coal Heaver)
Mother: Ellen Maria Seabourn* (Maiden Name: Holbrook)
Full name: James William Seabourne
Born at: 7 Green Gate Street, Plaistow (Date: 23/6/1857)
Father: James Seabourne* (Occupation: Coal Porter)
Mother: Ellen Maria Seabourne* (Maiden Name: Holbrook)
Full name: William Seabourn
Born at: Alley, Plaistow (Date: 16/3/1861)
Father: James Seabourn* (Occupation: Coal Dealer)
Mother: Ellen Seabourn* (Maiden Name: Holbrook)
Full Name: James Seabourn* of: Greengate Street, Plaistow (Age: 42)
Occupation: Coal Dealer
Died at: Greengate Street, Plaistow (Date: 6/8/1866)
Cause: Cholera Fever 6 days
Informant: E Seabourn (of: 334 High Street, Poplar)
Full name: John George Robson (of: Plaistow)
Occupation: Butcher (Age: Full)
Father: George Robson, Butcher
Married at: St Mary's Church, Plaistow (Date: 16/6/1872)
Spouse: Ellen Maria Seabourn*, Widow (of: Plaistow )
Occupation: (Age: Full)
Father: William Holbrook*, Shoemaker
Relevant Witnesses: William Holbrook, Hannah Holbrook
Full name: Charles Herbert Saunders*(of: Plaistow )
Occupation: Mariner (Age: Full)
Father: Henry Saunders*, Lieutenant in Coast Guard Service
Married at: St Marys Church, Plaistow (Date: 26/9/1876 )
Spouse: Emma Mary Seabourn* (of: Plaistow )
Occupation: (Age: Full)
Father: James Seabourn*, Market Gardener
Relevant Witnesses: James Seabourn
Census Entries
Summary (Direct Ancestors are highlighted)
1841 Census
John & Mary Saban
John & Sarah Seaban (Saban)
1851 Census
John & Sarah Saban & Family
John & Lois Saban & family
James & Ellen Saban & family (should have been Seabourn)
1861 Census
John & Lois Saban & Family
James & Ellen Seaborne & family
1871 Census
Ellen Seabourn Widow & Family
Ellen A Seaborn & Mary A Seaborn, Servants
1881 Census
Ellen Robson (formerly Holbrook late Seabourne) & family
James & Elizabeth Seabourn & family
George & Mary (Seabourn) Smith & family
1891 Census
Ellen Robson (formerly Holbrook late Seabourne)Widow & family
James William & Elizabeth Seabourn & family
William & Mary Seabourne & family
Thos. Arthur & Sarah Seabourn & family
1901 Census
George & Mary Ann (Seabourn)Smith & family
Benjamin & Mary Ann (formerly Seabourne) Amos & family
Thomas & Emily Seaborne & family
1911 Census
Thomas & Emily Seabourn & family
Elizabeth Seabourn, Widow
Herbert Seabourn (age18)
Details
1841 Census
Chapple Street, Stratford
Spellbrook, Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire
John Saban (45)
Mary Saban (40)
Hallingbury Street, Great Hallingbury
John Seaban (Saban) 67
Sarah Seaban 59
Jane Seaban 21
John Seaban 19
Daniel Seaban 11
1851 Census
John Saban(29) Head Labourer born Little Hallingbury
Lois Saban (25) Wife born Gt Hallingbury
John Saban (5) Son born Gt Hallingbury
George Saban (4) Son born Gt Hallingbury
Emily Saban (1/2?) Daughter born Gt Hallingbury
John Saban (Father) (77) Agricultural Pauper born Gt Hallingbury
Sarah Saban (Mother) (67) Agricultural Pauper born Stanstead
Daniel Saban (21) Brother Labourer born Little Hallingbury
Langthorn Street, West Ham (next door to the Holbrooks)
James Saban 26 Coal Porter born Hollingbury, Essex (should be Seabourn & Great Hallingbury)
Ellen Saban 20 born Straford, Essex
Emily Saban 3 born Stratford, Essex
Ellen Saban 1 born Startford, Essex
1861 Census
Cottage, Bartlow, Cambs
John Saban(39) Groom born Little Hallingbury
Lois Saban (37) Wife born Gt Hallingbury
John Saban (15) Son born Gt Hallingbury
George Saban (14) Son born Gt Hallingbury
Emily Saban (11) Daughter born Thoydon, Garnon, Essex
Walter Saban (4) born Heydon, Garnon, Essex
Arthur Saban (1) born Bartlow, Essex
7 Armfield Cottages, Plaistow
James Seaborne 36 Head Coal Dealer born Gt Hallingbury
Ellen Seaborne 30 born Stratford, Essex
Ellen A Seaborne 11 Scholar born Sratford, Essex
Sarah Seaborne 9 Scholar born Sratford, Essex
Emma Seaborne 7 Scholar born Stratford, Essex
Mary A Seaborne 5 Scholar born Stratford, Essex
James Seaborne 4 Scholar born Stratford, Essex
John Seaborne 2 Scholar born Stratford, Essex
Wm Seaborne 1m born Plaistow, Essex
1871 Census
10 Stanley Street, Plaistow
Ellen Seaborn 39 Head Widow Laundress born Stratford, Essex
Esther Seabourn 17 Laundress to mother born Stratford
James Seabourn 13 born Plaistow, Essex
William Seabourn 10 born Plaistow, Essex
Thomas Seabourn 7 born Plaistow, Essex
Charles Seabourn 4 born Plaistow, Essex
The Three Pigeons P.H., 12 Statford Green, Stratford Green (near Martha Seaborn 40 Widow at 9 Stratford Green)
Ellen A Seaborn 21 Servant Cook born West Ham, Essex
Mary A Seaborn 15 Servant Nurse-maid born West Ham, Essex
1881 Census
35 Anne Street, West Ham
Ellen M Robson (formerly Holbrook late Seabourn) Head 49 born Stratford, Essex
William Seabourne Son 20 Bricklayers Labourer Unemployed born Plaistow, Essex
Thomas A Seabourne Son 18 Bricklayers labourer Unemployed born Plaistow, Essex
Charles F J Seabourne Son 14 Bottle Labourer Cellarman born Plaistow, Essex
Ruth Robson Daughter 8 Scholar Canning Town, Essex
18 Kent Street, West Ham, Essex
James Seabourn Head General Labourer 23 born Plaistow, Essex
Elizabeth Seabourn Wife 23 born Bloomsbury, Middlesex
James Seabourn Son 11 months born Plaistow, Essex
18 Kent Street, West Ham, Essex
George Smith Head 25 Ag Lab born Plaistow, Essex
Mary A (Seabourn) Smith Wife 25 born Plaistow, Essex
Beatrice Smith Daughter 2 born Plaistow, Essex
George Smith Son 1 born Plaistow, Essex
1891 Census
42 Trinity Street, Canning Town (also see son Thomas below)
Ellen Maria (Born Holbrook formerly Seabourn) Robson, Widow Head 59 born Stratford
Charles Frederick Robson (formerly Seabourn) Son 25 born Stratford
James Porter Visitor 45 Yorkshire
42 Trinity St, West Ham (also see mother Ellen above)
Thos Arthur Seabourn Head age 27 Stevedore Docks born Plaistow
Sarah Lucy Seabourn Wife age 29 born Lambeth
Arthur George Seabourn Son age 5 born Canning Town
Edith Emily Victoria Seabourn Daughter age 3 born Canning Town
Fredk William Seabourn Son age 1 born Canning Town
Thomas Herbert Seabourn Son age 2 months born Canning Town
Prince Arthur, 33 Woodstock Street
James William Seabourn Head 33 Beer House Keeper born Plaistow, Essex
Elizabeth Maria Seabourn Wife 33 born Bloomsbury, Middx
James Alfred Seabourn Son 10 born Plaistow, Essex
Thomas Arthur Seabourn Son 8 born Plaistow, Essex
Florence Marion Seabourn Daughter 4 born Plaistow, Essex
Alice Rhoda Seabourn Daughter 6 mos born Plaistow, Essex
Amy Annie Johnson Domestic Servant 23 born Limehouse, Middx
Annie Corbett Domestic Servant 18 born Stepney, Middx
11 Seaton Street, Canning Town (William's sister Emma was living at no 20)
William Seabourne Head 30 Stevedore, Labourer Essex, Plaistow
Mary A Seabourne Wife 29 London, Poplar
William Seabourne Son 7 Essex, Plaistow
Mary A Seabourne Daughter 5 Essex, Plaistow
Margaret Sullivan, Widow Mother 60 London, Mile End
42 Trinity St, West Ham (also see mother Ellen above)
1901 Census
28 Denmark Street, West Ham
George Smith 45 Agricultual Labourer born Plaistow, Essex
Mary Ann (Seabourn) Smith Wife 45 born West Ham, Essex
George Wm Smith Son 21 Costermonger born Plaistow, Essex
Charles A Smith Son 17 Costermonger born Plaistow, Essex
Alice Elizabeth Smith Daughter 14 born Plaistow, Essex
Louis J Holbrook Boarder 60 Bricklayer's Labourer born West Ham, Essex
26 Kelland Road, West Ham
Benjamin Amos Head age 32 General Labourer born Derbyshire, Ilkeston
Mary Ann Amos (formerly Seabourne - see 1891 above) Wife age 39 born London, Poplar
William J Seabourn Son age 17 General Labourer born Essex, West Ham
Mary Ann Seabourn daughter age 14 born Essex, West Ham
Margaret Sullivan Grandmother Widow age 84 born Ireland
129 Green St, Bethnal Green
Thomas A Seaborne Head age 37 Beerhouse Keeper born Essex, Plaistow
Emily L Seaborne Wife age 39 born Essex, Canning Town
Arthur G Seaborne Son 15 born Essex, Canning Town
Edith Seaborne Daughter age 13 born Essex, Canning Town
Frederick Seaborne Son age 11 born Essex, Canning Town
Herbert Seaborne Son age 10 born Essex, Canning Town
Miriam Seaborne Daughter age 8 born Essex, Canning Town
Ernest Seaborne Son age 7 born London, Bethnal Green
James Seaborne Son age 5 born London, Bethnal Green
Gertrude Seaborne Daughter age 2 born London, Bethnal Green
George Seaborne Son age 1 born London, Bethnal Green
1911 Census
5 Upland Road, Plaistow
Thomas Seabourn Head age 47 Potman Licensed Victualler born Essex, Plaistow
Emily Seabourn Wife age 49 born Surrey, Lambeth
Arthur G Seaborne Son 15 born Essex, Canning Town
Thomas Seabourn Son age 20 Boiler & steam pipe coverer born Essex, Canning Town
Ernest Seaborne Son age 17 Labourer Gun manufacture born Essex, Canning Town
James Seaborne Son age 15 Messenger Fur Manufacturer born Middlesex, Bethnal Green
Gertrude Seaborne Daughter age 12 School born Middlesex, Bethnal Green
Ivy Seaborne Daughter age 5 School born Essex, Plaistow
120 Pelly Road, Plaistow
Charles James Motton Single age 59 Carpenter born Shoesmith, Kent
Elizabeth Marion Seabourn Widow age 54 Housekeeper born London
Herbert Seaborne Single age 18 Labourer born Canning Town, Essex
