Tuesdays Tip - Baptisms at Grandfather's Church

Then, as now, families like to have a relative baptise the latest additions to the family. When it is grandfather performing the baptism then the family travels to grandfather's parish. I've recently transcribed some baptisms held at St Martin Outwich in the City of London and found these nice examples of a family having grandfather baptise the latest additions.

1. 19 Sep 1832, Beaumont Ellis s. of Beaumont Atkinson, gentleman, and Elizabeth (Ellis), South Grove, Hampstead, b. 15 July; by J. J. Ellis, M.A., Rector
2. 02 Aug 1835, Georgina Elizabeth, d. of George Stevenson Ellis, gentleman, and Barbara Frances (Simpson), South Sea House, b. 21 July; by J. J. Ellis, M.A., Rector
3. 23 May 1837, John Joseph Ellis, s. of Beaumont Atkinson, gentleman, and Elizabeth (Ellis), South Grove, Hampstead, b. 20 April; by J. J. Ellis, M.A., Rector
4. 23 May 1837, Catharine Frances, d. of George Stevenson Ellis, gentleman, and Barbara Frances (Simpson), South Sea House, b. 21 April; by J. J. Ellis, M.A., Rector
5. 20 Dec 1840, George Simpson, s. of George Stevenson Ellis, gentleman, and Barbara Frances (Simpson), South Sea House, b. 16 Sep; by J. J. Ellis, M.A., Rector
6. 11 Jul 1842, Henrietta Jane, d. of George Stevenson Ellis, gentleman, and Barbara Frances (Simpson), South Sea House, b. 6 June; by J. J. Ellis, M.A., Rector
7. 08 Jan 1844, Barbara Frances, d. of George Stevenson Ellis, gentleman, and Barbara Frances (Simpson), 20 Dartmouth Terrace, Blackheath, b. 19 Nov 1843; by J. J. Ellis, M.A., Rector
8. 08 Dec 1845, Helen Blanche, d. of George Stevenson Ellis, gentleman, and Barbara Frances (Simpson), 20 Dartmouth Terrace, Blackheath, b. 29 Oct; by J. J. Ellis, M.A., Rector 

Here is  The Rev John Joseph Ellis, M.A. record in the CCEd, the Clergy of the Church of England database. His son, George Stevenson Ellis, lived nearby at South Sea House but moved out to Blackheath and still returned to have his father perform the baptisms. His daughter Elizabeth (Ellis) Atkinson, lived in Hampstead and came into the city for her father to perform the baptisms.

Knowing the occupation of relatives can make all the difference in finding baptisms which don't appear in the home parish.

Black Sheep Sunday - Henry Tissott (Tissett) 1832 Pleading for Clemency (Part 1)

Following my previous post on  Henry Tissott 1832 Letter from Gaol Henry's father Joseph Tissott petitioned the court for clemency because he was only 13.

HO17/99 Petitions for Clemency

Petition SQ10

The humble petition of Joseph Tissot

Sheweth

That your Lordships humble Petitioner is the Father of Henry Tissott an unfortunate youth thirteen years of age now under Sentence of Death recorded in Stafford Gaol for aiding and assisting Elizabeth Banks seventeen years of age in Stealing and disposing of a cow, belonging to Henry Crutchley of Wolverhampton in the County of Stafford.

Your Lordships humble Petitioner prayeth of your great goodness you will consider the feelings of a parent having but this Son and a daughter many miles from him left out of Seven children my said Son Henry Tissott has always been brought up with me under my own care untill Childlike he was enticed to leave me prior to the said Robbery.

Your Lordship’s Humble Petitioner therefore humbly prayeth that you may consider the prisoner’s tender years, and that this is the first and only charge ever brought against him, and that you of your great compassion will ameliorate the anguish of an afflicted parent Sixty one years of age over an unfortunate child

and be pleased to be as lenient with the prisoner as his case will admit and your Lordship’s humble Petitioner will as in duty bound ever pray

Joseph Tissott – his mark

Tuesday Tip - Non-traditional Baptisms

It's easy to forget that not everyone was baptised as a child or was baptised in their home parish. Hear are some examples I found while transcribing the baptismal registers of St Martin Outwich in the City of London.

• 10 May 1772 Jane Hermitage, a black girl, aged abt 14 years
• 14 Oct 1792 John Dilston, five years of age, s. of Richd and Deliana Powle
• 21 May 1799 John Love, a black adult 23 years old, servt to G. Booth Barrett Esq.
• 30 Nov 1800 Flora Jones, a native of the East Indies, about 18 years of age, living with John Jones Esq., of the Bengal Warehouse E[ast] I[ndia] House
• 22 Jan 1817 Henry Gompertz, an adult, a solicitor, Crown Ct., Threadneedle Street

St Martin Outwich 

Black Sheep Sunday - Henry Tissott (Tissett) 1832 in Stafford Gaol

My Great Grandfather Henry Tissott stole a cow when he was 13, was sentenced to death then had his sentence commuted to transportation for life (see my note below - got to make sure of the facts). Here is a letter he wrote his father from Stafford Gaol.

Letter from Henry Tissett in Stafford Gaol 1832

 

January 8^th Stafford Gaol 1832

Dear Farther

I now set down to writ a few lines hoping to find you in good health as it leaves me at the present considering my unfortunate situation.  Dear father Elizabeth Banks enticed me away from home and thold me that she had a cow at Wolverhampton and she told me she wanted me to take it to Birmingham market for she wanted me to cell it as I did not know beter but it was herowne and wen we had sold it she said she wold by me some sows but wen she had sold it she began to quarrel with me wen i was in bed and said to me how come you to steal the cow and I said to her you told me it was yours and I told the man at the house as she sent me from it and then the man of the house got up and went for the constable and had us both put into custordy and she told me if I  would tell the magaistrate as she had nothing to do with it and clear her she would go home to my father’s house and wen he was a sleep she wold kill him and bring me all is money to the prison. Dear father I hope you pleas either cord hav send to me on Thursday next and pleas to bring me a little bacon chees and buter and a little coffee and sugar and about 3 shillings in money as you may see me on Thursday or in Thursday or satarday. So no more at presant from your unfortunate son

H Tissart

I used the services of Pastfinders to get these records from the National Archives at Kew.

Sorting Saturday - Ignored Clues on scanned Birth Certificates

This is a follow-up to my previous post Sorting Saturday - BDM Certificates from Various Heaps .The BDM's I had to take to Kinko's, AKA Fed-Ex Office, are from Western Australia and just won't fit on my Canon CanoScan N1220U. When I first started in genealogy I didn't realise exactly how much there was on these certificates.

These West Australian Birth Certificates (from 1898-1906) have:

1. Number in Register
2. Child: When and where Born
3. Child: Name and whether present at registration or not
4. Sex
5. Father: Name and Surname, Rank or Profession, Age, and Birth-place
6. Father: When and Where married, Previous Issue living and deceased
7. Mother: Name and Maiden Surname, Age, and Birth-place
8. Informant: Signature, Description, and Residence of Informant
9. Witness: Name of Accoucheur, Nurse by whom certified, and Names of Occupiers or other Witnesses
10. Registrar: When registered and where
11. Registrar: Signature of District Registrar
12. Name, if added after the Regisration of Birth.
13. Certification that this is a true copy of the register kept in Western Australia

I had previously entered the obvious items into my Family Tree Maker files and now, after verifying I hadn't made an error, I took a look at the Informant And Witness columns.

The informant for my Uncle Harold in 1898 was his father (nothing new there). But his father Harry was listed as an occupier of the house where Harold was born. i.e. he was born at home. This also held true for my Aunt Evelyn's birth in 1901 and my Aunt Ida's birth in 1904.

I found I hadn't missed very much the first time around.

The indices (or indexes) for Births, Deaths and Marriages in the state of Western Australia can be found at WA Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

Surname Saturday - Brothers

For this Surname Saturday post I'm going to my Mother's family, the Brothers. According to my cousin we are only "grace-and-favour Brothers" because, as you will see, Great Grandmother Elizabeth declined to name the father(s) of any of her children.

1. Rosemary Tissott (1940 - )

2. Eric Henry Lindsay TISSOTT (1911-2006), son of Harry TISSOTT and Mary LINDSAY was born on 08 Oct 1911 in Boulder, Western Australia and passed away on 13 Jun 2006 in Hornsby, New South Wales. Dad married Eileen Mary Brothers on 06 Mar 1937 in Narrogin, Western Australia.
3. Eileen Mary BROTHERS (1908-1994) was born on 11 Nov 1908 in Dagenham, Essex, England and passed away on 24 Aug 1994 in Gordon, New South Wales. In 1911 her family emigrated to Victoria, Australia where they encountered severe drought conditions forcing them to walk away from their farm and move to Narrogin, Western Australia.
Eileen Mary BROTHERS and Eric Henry Lindsay TISSOTT had the following children:
1. i. Rosemary TISSOTT
ii. Female Tissott (living)
iii. Male Tissott (living)


6. Walter Albert BROTHERS (1876-1964), was born on 19 Jan 1876 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England to Elizabeth Brothers. He married Sarah REEDER on 03 Nov 1900 in Great Ellingham, Norfolk, England (at the Primitive Methodist Chapel.) and died on 18 Jul 1964 in Narrogin, Western Australia, Australia. Walter was a Teamster, teaching the handling of large teams of horses at an Agricultural College in Western Australia.
7. Sarah REEDER (1874-1951) was born on 10 Mar 1874 in Great Ellingham, Norfolk, England. She died on 05 Jan 1951 in Narrogin, Western Australia, Australia.
Sarah REEDER and Walter Albert BROTHERS had the following children:
i.    Ronald Brothers was born on 15 Nov 1901 in Bow, Middlesex, England (72 Malmesbury Road). He married Lynetta Dorothea Clark on 16 Mar 1927 in Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia and died on 23 Jan 1932 in Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia in a railway accident leaving a young widow and a 3-month old baby.
3.    ii. Eileen Mary BROTHERS (1908-1994) was born on 11 Nov 1908 in Chadwell Heath, Essex, England. She died on 24 Aug 1994 in Gordon, New South Wales, Australia. She married Eric Henry Lindsay TISSOTT on 06 Mar 1937 in Narrogin, Western Australia, Australia.


13.    Elizabeth BROTHERS (1842-), daughter of Matthew BROTHERS and Elizabeth BEECROFT was born on 27 Jan 1842 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England. Elizabeth had at least 4 children whose parentage is unknown. Her last known location was in Attleborough at the time of Walter's birth in 1876. Walter recalled that he was raised by his aunts. Her 4 children are:
i. Betsy Brothers (1867-1874), born and died in Attleborough, Norfolk.
ii. William Brothers (1870-1870), born and died in Norwich, Norfolk.

iii. Minnie Brothers (1872-1874), born in Norwich, Norfolk and died in Norfolk.
6. iv. Walter Albert Brothers (1876-1964), born in Attleborough, Norfolk. He married Sarah Reeder (1874-1951) in Great Ellingham, Norfolk and died in Narrogin, Western Australia in 1964.


26.    Matthew BROTHERS (1814-1878), son of Matthew BROTHERS and Sarah BAILEY was born before 20 Mar 1814 in Attleborough, Norfolk and died before 05 Feb 1878 in Attleborough, Norfolk. He married Elizabeth BEECROFT on 28 Sep 1837 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England (St Mary). His was a plumber, glazier, and painter living on White Horse Street in Attleborough.
27.    Elizabeth BEECROFT (1814-1866), daughter of John BEECROFT and Mary DICKERSON was born before 19 Feb 1814 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England. She died before 26 Aug 1866 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England.
Elizabeth BEECROFT and Matthew BROTHERS had the following children:
i.    Mary Ann Brothers was born before 27 Nov 1837 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England.
ii.    Maria Brothers was born on 06 Mar 1839 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England. She married Robert Halls on 17 Nov 1860 in Attleborough, Norfolk and after his death in 1884 married William Saunders in Mar 1885 in Great Ellingham, Norfolk.
iii.    Matthew Brothers was born on 27 Oct 1840 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England. Like his sister Elizabeth he disappeared between 1871 and 1881.
13.    iv. Elizabeth BROTHERS was born on 27 Jan 1842 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England. She never married.
v.    Sarah Brothers was born before 30 Sep 1843 in Wayland, Norfolk, England. She died before 30 Jun 1844 in Wayland, Norfolk, England.
vi.    Sarah Brothers was born before 30 Sep 1845 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England.
vii.    Phoebe Brothers was born in 1848 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England. She died before 30 Jun 1894 in London, Middlesex, England. She married Edward Leech on 18 Feb 1872 in Islington, London, England.
viii.    Fanny Amelia Brothers was born on 16 Jan 1852 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England. She died before 31 Dec 1897 in Pancras, Middlesex, London. She married George Joseph Aloysius McGhee in Dec 1874 in London, Middlesex, England.
ix.    Louisa Brothers was born in 1854 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England. She married Joseph May on 11 Jun 1882 in Tower Hamlets, Middlesex, England.


52.    Matthew BROTHERS (1789-1862), son of Matthew BROTHERS and Catharine ETTRIDGE was born before 22 Feb 1789 in Attleborough, Norfolk. He died on 09 Sep 1862 in Attleborough, Norfolk and married Sarah BAILEY on 20 Jan 1813 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England. Matthew was a carpenter according to the 1841, 51, and 61 census.
53.    Sarah BAILEY, daughter of James BAILEY and Sarah BAXTER was born on 02 May 1793 in Banham, Norfolk, England. She died before 13 Sep 1871 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England.
Sarah BAILEY and Matthew BROTHERS had the following children:
26.    i. Matthew BROTHERS was born before 20 Mar 1814 in Attleborough, Norfolk and died before 05 Feb 1878 in Attleborough, Norfolk. He married Elizabeth BEECROFT on 28 Sep 1837 in Attleborough, Norfolk (St Mary).
ii.    Maria Brothers was born before 03 Nov 1816 in Attleborough, Norfolk. She died on 11 Jun 1844 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England and married Alexander Beha on 27 Dec 1841 in Norwich, Norfolk (St John de Sepulchre).
iii.    Charles Brothers was born before 04 Aug 1828 in Attleborough, Norfolk. He died on 30 Aug 1898 in Matlock, Norfolk and married Ann Eliza Rogers on 05 Nov 1850 in Westminster, Middlesex, England. England.
iv.    Ezekiel George Brothers was born before 17 Feb 1832 in Attleborough, Norfolk. He died in 1910 in Southwark, Surrey and married Eliza Townley Pace in Dec 1908 in Southwark, Surrey.


104.    Matthew BROTHERS (~1759-1820) was born about 1759 in Attleborough, Norfolk. He died before 03 Dec 1820 in Attleborough, Norfolk and married Catharine ETTRIDGE on 11 Dec 1783 in Attleborough, Norfolk.
105.    Catharine ETTRIDGE, daughter of William ETTRIDGE and Mary COCKLE was born before 11 Nov 1755 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England. She died before 12 Oct 1832 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England.
Catharine ETTRIDGE and Matthew BROTHERS had the following children:
i.    William Brothers was born about 1785 in Norfolk, England. He died before 09 Apr 1847 in Attleborough, Norfolk and married Mary Warren on 26 Oct 1813 in Attleborough, Norfolk.
52.    ii. Matthew BROTHERS was born before 22 Feb 1789 in Attleborough, Norfolk and died on 09 Sep 1862 in Attleborough, Norfolk. He married Sarah BAILEY on 20 Jan 1813 in Attleborough, Norfolk, England, daughter of James BAILEY and Sarah BAXTER.

Sentimental Sunday - An Autograph from my Uncle Ron (1901-1932)

Autograph to his sister Eileen Mary Brothers, 07 Jan 1925

I never knew my Uncle Ron, he died 8 years before I was born in a train accident in the Shunting Yards at Bunbury, West Australia. This is an entry in my mother's autograph book and is the only item we have of his that was personalised. None of us have a photo of him.

Tombstone Tuesday - Ronald Brothers