Friday 30 June 2017

John Nicolls Vlieland

John Nicholls
Last name Vlieland
Gender Male
Birth year
Birth place
Baptism year 1826
Baptism date 15 Jan 1826
Place Southwold
County Suffolk
Country England
Father's first name(s) John
Father's last name Vlieland
Mother's first name(s) Mary
Mother's last name
Record set England Births & Baptisms 1538-1975
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Births & baptisms
Collections from England, Great Britain

Wednesday 28 June 2017

Eleanor Hill

Eleanor Hill 
Name: Eleanor Hill
Gender: Female
Christening Date: 01 Jul 1812
Christening Place: Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
Birth Date: 30 Jun 1812
Father's Name: Mark Hill
Mother's Name: Sarah Tower



wedding of Mark and Sarah Tower her parents





Eleanor Hill and John Vlieland the banns forbidden has a wife living at Southwold .
Name: John Vlieland
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Age:
Spouse's Name: Eleanor Hill
Spouse's Birth Date:
Spouse's Birthplace:
Spouse's Age:
Event Date: 22 Dec 1833
Event Place: Yarmouth, Norfolk, England


We think John Vlieland is still married to Mary Grimmer at that time..



Another John Vlieland is married in 1838 to Jane Martin .


This Jane remarries as John dies .

But in the census of 1841 we find John Vlieland mariner 45 years old  living with his sisters 

Tuesday 27 June 2017

George Brown

Name George Brown Birth28 Dec 1758, Glasgow, Lanarks
Death13 Apr 1829
General1st s. Merchant of London. Of Russell Square, London.
FatherJohn Brown (-ca1799)
MotherJean Mayne (->1799)
Spouses

Birth 6 May 1766, Scotland
Death8 Feb 1854, 7 Gloucester Place, Paddington, London
General1st dau.
Father Henry Balfour (1724-1787)
Mother Jean Elliott (1737-1815)
Marriage19 Jan 1786, South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [27, 1899 edn, Trotter article, p. 2054], [33, John Brown’s family’s page]
ChildrenJohn (1787-1787)
Henry Balfour (1787-1787)
Jean (1788-1872)
Margaret Ogilvie (1790-1879)
Helen Graham (1792-1851)
George (1793-1794)
Louisa (1796-ca1894)
John (1798-)
William (1800-1887)
George (1802-1876)
Henry (1804-1875)
Mary Frances (1806-1849)
Amelia (1807-1853)
Frances Eliza (1808-1810)
Charlotte (1810-1810)
Robert James (1811-1839)
Notes for George Brown
In addition to their 16 live children, there were four stillborn children:
Girl 16 May 1795,
Girl 26 Jun 1799,
Boy 21 Jul 1803,
Boy 23 Sep 1812.

In the Old Parochial Register for Glasgow, Lanarks for his birth, the entry is:

“John Brown Mercht & Jean Mayne a Son Geo: born 28th Dec:Witt: (?) Thos Reid and John Graham Merchants.”
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In 1815 there is evidence he was already in business with the Trotters:

Record Summary
Scope and content: [W1818 L15].
Lucena v Trotter. Bill only.
Plaintiffs: Mary Ann Lucena and others.
Defendants: John Trotter, Coutts Trotter and George Brown.
Original Bill Hilary 1815.
JFP
Covering dates 1818
Availability Open Document, Open Description, Normal Closure before FOI Act: 30 years
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
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FindMyPast shows a burial that might, or might not, be him:

First name(s): George
Last name BROWN
Date of burial: 10 July 1829
Place of burial St Giles, Cripplegate
Age at death: 68
Approximate year of birth: 1761
Address at death: Moor Lane
Record source City of London Burials
Data provider: John Hanson and Monnica Stevens

Neither the date nor the place look right, though. (Who would be called George Brown!)
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Arms Generally notes for George Brown
Arms: Azure, a chevron chequy argent and sable between three fleurs-de-lis of the second.
Crests: A lion rampant gules, holding in his dexter fore-paw a fleur-de-lis argent.
Motto: Over the crest: Fortitudine et fidelitate.
Will notes for George Brown
Hiw will is dated 14th Nov 1828 with a codicil of 15th Nov 1828 and was proved on 27th April 1829.

He left his estate equally between all his children with a substantial jointure for his wife Margaret.

Eldest (surviving?) son William was among the executors.
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Armorial Blazon notes for George Brown
Azure, a chevron chequy argent and sable between three fleurs-de-lis of the second.
Blazon source notes for George Brown
Matriculation for all his sons at Lyon Court on 8th January 1869.
Notes for George & Margaret (Family)
Their marriage, from FamilySearch (found in Jan 2012 by TFPL):

groom's name: George Broun
bride's name: Margaret Balfour
marriage date: 19 Jul 1786
marriage place: South Leith,Midlothian,Scotland
bride's father's name: Henry Balfour
indexing project (batch) number: M19504-2
system origin: Scotland-ODM
source film number: 1067773
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Monday 26 June 2017

Saturday 24 June 2017

Frank Millen

Name Frank Millen
Gender Male
Christening Date 18 Jul 1869
Christening Date (Original) 18 Jul 1869
Christening Place Stalisfield, Kent, England
Father's Name William Millen
mother's Name Phoebe Millen
Lilley, Ethel Mary (b. 01 JAN 1880, d. 1939)

Note: Name: MILLEN, Ethel M
Registration district: [?] Canterbury
County: Kent
Year of registration: 1939
Quarter of registration: Apr-May-Jun
Age at death:59
Volume no: 2A
Page no: 1338

Note: Parents were Frederick A Lilley and Annette M

Christened - 29 Feb 1880 - St John the Baptist Margate Kent

Source - Kent Archives - Parish Records - St John in Thanet (Margate), St John the Baptist Kent U3/140/1/9

Census: Date: 1911
Place: London Road Faversham Kent
Note: Ethel and Sydney had a servant Edith Smith(1891)

Frank MillenHeadM47Kent, England
Alice MillenWifeF37Marden, Kent, England
Lillian M MillenDaughterF10Kent, England
Bertha E MillenDaughterF8Kent, England
Augusta J MillenDaughterF7Kent, England
Victor H MillenSonM5Kent, England
Raymond W MillenSonM4Kent, England
Basil W MillenSonM3Kent, England
Hilda C MillenDaughterF1Kent, England
Maud MillsServantF19Sussex, England









london gazette

Friday 23 June 2017

Dr Daniel Carr

 Daniel C Carr had a school in Fakenham.
In which Jerome Vlieland was an assistant teacher at the age of 15 .
1841 census. Fakenham, Norwich Road, Norfolk. In the Parish of Fakenham Lancaster, Jerome Vlieland aged 15 years. 
School masters assistant with 23 pupils aged between 11 and 14 years with 5 servants. 
Daniel Carr wrote a book about Linnaeus and became a doctor or maybe just said he was a doctor.
He then started writing medical books




Thursday 22 June 2017

Frederick Balfour Brown

FREDERICK BALFOUR BROWN birth10 April 1856 baptism 13 May1856 Woolwich St Mary Magdalene Father's Name: Henry Brown


Birth: 10 Apr 1856  Woolwich, Kent, England

BROWN, FREDERICK BALFOUR, Mother's Maiden Surname: BLOMFIELD, GRO Reference: 1856 J Quarter in GREENWICH Volume 01D Page 612 

Baptism:  13 May 1856  Woolwich, London, England

father clerk Rector of Woolwich

Death: 5 Mar 1857  Woolwich St Mary Magdalene Rectory, England

On the 5th inst., at Woolwich Rectory, Frederick Balfour, youngest child of the Rev. Henry Brown. - London Standard 09 Mar 1857




Mother's Name: Maria Brown née Blomfield
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace census 1871
Henry Brown Head M 66 St Georges Bloomsburn, Middlesex
Maria Brown Wife F 57 Bunton, Buckinghamshire
Alice M Brown Daughter F 26 Finsbury, Middlesex
Constance J Brown Daughter F 23 Boreham, Essex
Helen M Brown Daughter F 21 Boreham, Essex
Ada Dor T Brown Daughter F 18 Woolwich, Kent
Ethel Louisa Brown Daughter F 16 Woolwich, Kent
Charles J Brown Son M 12 Woolwich, Kent
Henry B Brown Son M 20 Boreham, Essex
Jane Lomas Servant F 25 Stone, Staffordshire
Elizabeth Jenkyns Servant F 30 Llanville, Brecknockshire
Eliza Lloyd Servant F 23 Princefield, Berkshire
Mary Ann Alwin Servant F 17 Rugby, Warwickshire

More information : The Browns

More information : The Browns

Wednesday 21 June 2017

Henry Blomfield Brown in the papers

yesterday before Mr T. D. S. fleron, P.M.,
to consider the application of Henry Blom
field Brown for a lease of the Elsie gold
mining claim, situated at Steiglitz, No
objections were submitted, and the necesa
sary evidence having been taken, the oonrt
was adjourned pending the decision of the
Minister of Mines on the application.
May 29 1888






The County Court was opened to-day,
before Deputy Judge Johnston, but settle-
ments were effected in all tine cases listed,
except that in .which Henry Blomfield
Brown, auctioneer and estate agent,
claimed £22/10/ from Koderick Al 'Innes,
commission on the sale of a property. The
actual transaction was .ompleted by
another agent, but lüs Honour held that
plaintiff had brought about the sale, and
gave a judgment for the full amount, withcosts.



Tuesday 20 June 2017

Thomas Wolseley Haig





Name: Thomas Wolseley Haig
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1881
Event Place: Sandhurst, Berkshire, England
Registration District: Easthampstead
Gender: Male
Age: 15
Marital Status (Original): Single
Occupation: Scholar
Relationship to Head of Household:
Birth Year (Estimated): 1866
Birthplace: Woolwich, Kent, Englan
Page Number: 4
Household ID:
Line Number: 167
Registration Number: RG11
Piece/Folio: 1320/69
Affiliate Record Type: Household
GS Film Number: 101774572
Digital Folder Number: 101774572
Image Number: 00852

son of Robert Wolseley Haig and  Maria Georgina Brown  Parish Record of Marriage for Robert Wolseley Haig and Maria Georgina Brown on October 6, 1864.

Monday 19 June 2017

Mary Grimmer

John Nicolls Vlieland born 18 Jan 1826 drowns in 1840 son of John Vlieland and Mary Grimmer 
John Vlieland marriage Eleanor Hill 22 Dec. 1833 is married to Mary Grimmer


In 1842 Mary Vlieland widow marries Robert Denny .
She was a servant .

And when you find information on a Grimmer family in Yarmouth you read it and think maybe there is a clue in it. So here is what we found 

On the 1911 census John McDonnell’s grandmother, sixteen-year-old Louisa Grimmer, is living in Stanley Road, Great Yarmouth, with her parents Albert and Louisa and working as an errand girl in an oil-clothing factory. Her father is a general labourer in the fishing industry. The 1911 census included new questions on fertility and mortality, asking, for each married woman, how long her present marriage had lasted, how many children had been born, how many were still alive and how many had died. The entry for Louisa Grimmer makes sad reading: she had been married for 16 years and had had six children of whom only one, Louisa, was still alive. Albert and Louisa had married in Great Yarmouth in March 1895. Albert was nineteen and a coal hawker; Louisa Hunt was eighteen and heavily pregnant. Daughter Louisa was born a few days later.


The Grimmer’s marriage certificate gives Albert’s address as Row 28. The Rows were a feature of town layout unique to Great Yarmouth: narrow alleyways running parallel to each other from east to west. Originally built in medieval times, they once contained houses for both rich and poor but by Albert’s time had become a working class area. At the beginning of the nineteenth century the names of the Rows, such as Kittywitches, were replaced by numbers. There were 145 Rows in all, described by Charles Dickens in these words:


“A Row is a long, narrow lane or alley quite straight, or as nearly as maybe, with houses on each side, both of which you can sometimes touch at once with the finger tips of each hand, by stretching out your arms to their full extent.”


The Rows were badly damaged by bombing in World War II and after the war the remainder were destroyed to make way for new development, leaving just one or two houses to be preserved by English Heritage.


Albert had grown up in the Rows. The 1881 census finds him in Row 60 with parents Benjamin, a coal heaver, and Amelia, and eight brothers and sisters. In 1891 Albert has left the Rows and we find him aged 16 an inmate in Buxton Reformatory, near Aylsham. In 1905 Albert (5ft 5in, brown eyes and black hair) enlisted in the Army Reserve and was mobilized in August 1914 and posted to France. He was discharged from the Army in 1916.


Albert’s father Benjamin had also grown up in the Rows. On the 1851 census he is living in Row 91 with widowed mother Jane, a charwoman, and six brothers and sisters. Six years earlier tragedy had struck the family, when Benjamin’s older brother William, aged eight, had been one of the victims of the Great Yarmouth suspension bridge disaster.


In the spring of 1845 William Cooke’s circus had come to Great Yarmouth and, on May 2nd, staged a publicity stunt on the River Bure. Crowds, some of them local and some having come by train, gathered on the banks of the river to watch Nelson the Clown towed upriver in a bathtub pulled by four geese. As they approached the suspension bridge at North Quay, hundreds of spectators, including children, crowded onto one side of the bridge to watch them. One of the suspension rods snapped under the weight, the chains gave way, and the spectators were tipped into the river. Some managed to reach the banks, some were rescued by boats, but 79 people died. The victims included 59 children, one of them William Grimmer.


In 2013 a memorial to the victims was unveiled near the site of the disaster. Local residents raised £5000 for a black granite slab listing the names of victims.


https://pottoingaround.wordpress.com/2017/04/29/the-grimmers-of-great-yarmouth/

Sunday 18 June 2017

Andrew Arthur Derung Baird



He is the son of Lieutenant -Colonel Andrew Bird and Florence Anna Gill

Missing in War.jpg wordt weergegeven


ANDREW ARTHUR DERING BAIRD
WORCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT
Died on 8 July 1915 age 19


Ethel Mary Lilley

Millen, Sydney William

b. 1876 Stalisfield Kent England
d. 1926 Faversham Kent

Parents:
Father: Millen, William
Mother: Coulson, Phoebe

\Marriage: 1905 Thanet Kent
Spouse: Lilley, Ethel Mary
b. 01 JAN 1880 Margate Thanet Kent England
d. 1939 Canterbury Kent

Lilley, Ethel Mary (b. 01 JAN 1880, d. 1939)
Note: Name: MILLEN, Ethel M

Registration district:Canterbury
County: Kent
Year of registration: 1939
Quarter of registration: Apr-May-Jun
Age at death:59
Volume no: 2A
Page no: 1338Note: Parents were Frederick A Lilley and Annette M
Christened - 29 Feb 1880 - St John the Baptist Margate Kent
Source - Kent Archives - Parish Records - St John in Thanet (Margate), St John the Baptist Kent U3/140/1/9

Census: Date: 1911
Place: London Road Faversham Kent
Note: Ethel and Sydney had a servant Edith Smith(1891)


child


Surname  Given Name  Mother  District  Volume  Page  Transcriber  

Births Dec 1911

MillenLillie P.LilleyFaversham2a1776greenjade

Sydney William Millen

Millen, Sydney William

b. 1876 Stalisfield Kent England

d. 1926 Faversham Kent

Parents:

Father: Millen, William

Mother: Coulson, Phoebe

Family:

Marriage: 1905 Thanet Kent
Spouse: Lilley, Ethel Mary

b. 01 JAN 1880 Margate Thanet Kent England

d. 1939 Canterbury Kent

Note: Name: MILLEN, Sydney William

Registration district: Faversham

County: Kent

Year of registration: 1876

Quarter of registration: Apr-May-Jun

Mother's maiden name: Not available before 1911 Q3

Volume no:2A

Page no:[804

Note: Name: MILLEN, Sydney William

Registration district:  Faversham

County: Kent

Year of registration: 1926

Quarter of registration: Apr-May-Jun

Age at death:50

Volume no: 2A

Page no: 1134

Occupation: Farmer/Manager of farm/Partner in Auctioner's Building

Census: Date: 1891

Place: Willgate Green Throwley Faversham Kent

Census: Date: 1901

Place: Syndale Farm Ospringe Faversham Kent

Note: Sydney was living with his father and stepmother

Census: Date: 1911

Place: London Road Faversham Kent

Births Dec 1911 Millen  Lillie P.

mothers name Lilley

event place Faversham

volume 2a page 1776

more info

Saturday 17 June 2017

Harold Blomfield Brown (1885 - 1964)

Harold Blomfield-Brown born 22 April 1885 in Geelong Victoria Australia  and died in the age of 78 years in 1964.

He was born as son of Henry Blomfield Brown and Minna Spencer Wills.
He owned an ananasplantation in Honolulu.

He married Bertha Emresa DICKEY

From this plantation we found 

A Pacific Industry: The History of Pineapple Canning in HawaiiDoor Richard A. Hawkins







J 'xs. Blomfield Brown, Carmel, Mathoura
Fix this textroad, Toorak (Melbourne), Is expecting her
son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Blomfield Brown, with their daugh
ter, Bertha, on a visit from their home in
Honolulu. They are arriving by the
Mariposa on November 9, and will stay
at the Oriental Hotel, Collins street.


Percy Graham Hill

Percy Graham Hill was born on 31 January 1848.
He married, firstly, Margaret Anne Hamilton Stewart, daughter of Lieutenant Charles Stewart, on 18 April 1872.
He married, secondly, Alice Margaret Brown, daughter of Rev. Canon Henry Brown, on 21 June 1892.
 He married, thirdly, Elizabeth Ann Raworth, daughter of George Raworth, in 1899.
 He died on 8 May 1923 at age 75.
He gained the rank of Captain in the Rifle Brigade.

Children of Percy Graham Hill and Elizabeth Ann Raworth
Percy Hill2 b. 10 Jul 1900
Florence Cecilia Hill+2 b. 2 Mar 1906
Lt.-Col. Rowland Graham Hill2 b. 18 Feb 1912, d. 2 Oct 1978

Friday 16 June 2017

Alice Margaret Brown

ALICE MARGARET BROWN birth: c1845 (Reg Q1 1845 London v 2 p160) baptism 12 Jan 1845 Shoreditch St James father: clerk incumbent of this church 6 West street Finsbury Park
Father's Name: Henry Brown
Mother's Name: Maria Brown née Blomfield
marriage Capt Percy Hill, Rifle brigade
Alice Margaret Brown was the daughter of Rev. Canon Henry Brown.1 She married Percy Graham Hill, son of Lt.-Gen. Percy Hill and Harriet Cecilia Steuart, on 21 June 1892.1 She died on 20 December 1897, without issue.1
From 21 June 1892, her married name became Hill.


Household Role Sex Age Birthplace census 1871
Henry Brown Head M 66 St Georges Bloomsburn, Middlesex
Maria Brown Wife F 57 Bunton, Buckinghamshire
Alice M Brown Daughter F 26 Finsbury, Middlesex
Constance J Brown Daughter F 23 Boreham, Essex
Helen M Brown Daughter F 21 Boreham, Essex
Ada Dor T Brown Daughter F 18 Woolwich, Kent
Ethel Louisa Brown Daughter F 16 Woolwich, Kent
Charles J Brown Son M 12 Woolwich, Kent
Henry B Brown Son M 20 Boreham, Essex
Jane Lomas Servant F 25 Stone, Staffordshire
Elizabeth Jenkyns Servant F 30 Llanville, Brecknockshire
Eliza Lloyd Servant F 23 Princefield, Berkshire
Mary Ann Alwin Servant F 17 Rugby, Warwickshire
More information : The Browns
on different sites different information about name Alice Maria Brown and Alice Margaret Brown

Thursday 15 June 2017

Florence Anna Gill

Birth 18 Jan 1862 • Devonport, Stoke Damerel, Devon, England
GILL, FLORENCE ANNA, Mother's Maiden Surname: CORNISH, GRO Reference: 1862 M Quarter in STOKE DAMEREL Volume 05B Page 323 - date in baptism record
Baptism 13 Mar 1862 • Stoke Damerel, Devon, England
Father: Thomas Husband, Solicitor, Mother: Elizabeth (nee Cornish)
Residence 1871 • Stoke Damerel, Devon, England, Relationship: Daughter
Residence 1881 • Stoke Damerel, Devon, England, Relationship to Head: Daughter
Marriage 3 Feb 1885 • Stoke Damerel, Devon, England



Charles James  Brown 26: Clerk in insurance Office of St Thomas, Brentwood, Florence Anna 22: of 7 Tamar Terrace, Fathers: Thomas Husband Gill, Solicitor & Henry Brown, Clergyman
Death of spouse 9 Dec 1890 "widest sympathy for his wife and 2 young children” 16 December 1890 - Essex Herald”- Constance May Cornish Brown reg: q4 1885, Charles Francis Balfour Brown, reg q2 1889




Residence 1891 • Stoke Damerel, Devon, England, Relation to Head of House: Visitor with her two children
Marriage 23 Mar 1892 • Stoke Damerel, Devon, England, Andrew Baird, Surgeon Captain AMS, = Florence Anna Brown, Widow, Fathers: Thomas H Gill & Andrew Baird (spouse: Andrew Baird - 1858–1932)
Residence 1901 • Devonport, Devon, England, Relation to Head of House: Wife (husband not present) with daughter Constance from first marriage and two children from second
Residence 02 Apr 1911 • Worcester, Worcestershire, England, Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
Probate of spouse 21 Dec 1932 Provision for a missing son is made in the will of Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Baird, R.A.M.C., of Rockingham Road, Worcester, who left £5944 gross, with net £5019. (son Worcester Reg .. missing ..since Jul 8, 1915) - Lieutenant-Colonel Baird stated: "If son, Lieutenant Andrew Arthur Dering Baird, Worcester Regiment, who has been missing ..since Jul 8, 1915 ...be found to be alive ... after my wife's death direct my trustees to hold the capital and income of the trust fund equally for him and my said daughter absolutely - 30 December 1932 - Edinburgh Evening News
Death 18 Oct 1938 • Worcester, Worcestershire, England, widow of 35 Battenhall Road, died at South Bank Nursing Home
Probate 25 May 1939, Registry: London, England