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Section 03
Tewkesbury roots
Chapter 03.F
Spreading out from Ripple
This text is derived from FWB(1) notes "The Brushes of Tewkesbury" beginning at "The Ninth Generation". I may be contacted concerning Brush families in the UK at brushdw@gmail.com
In section 13.E we considered Benjamin BRUSH [T114], his children and grandchildren. Although he was born in Tewkesbury the next two generations were almost all based in Ripple in Worcestershire. The third generation - Benjamin's great grandchildren - began to spread further afield.
The children of Thomas [T135] and Sarah (Smith)
Elizabeth Harriet Laura [T144]Elizabeth was baptised twice. First at Kempsey in Worcestershire on 5 February 1849 as Elizabeth Harriet and a second time at Bidford on Avon, Warwickshire on 24 June 1849 as Elizabeth Harriet Laura. Bidford is some 20 miles north-east, between Evesham and Sratford on Avon. Kempsey is 7 miles north of Ripple on the way to Worcester. At the 1851 census, age 2 she was living with her parents at Brockeridge, Twyning.
George [T145] was born in the Tewkesbury RD in 1851 and baptised at Bidford, as Frederick George on 10 October 1852. At the 1881 census, age 29, he was living with his parents at 164 Oak Road, West Bromwich, Warwickshire. His occupation given as 'Engineer'. He married in the Kings Norton RD in 1888 and died in 1902 in the Stourbridge RD. There is no record of any children.
Amelia Ann [T146] was born 1853 in the Tewkesbury RD and baptised on 3 June 1855 at Bidford.
Charles Thomas [T147] was born on 13 June 1856 at Twyning in Gloucestershire which is just across the county boundary - probably adjoining parishes. His parents had appeared in the 1851 census at Brockeridge in Twyning. He married Sarah Ann HOLDEN in 1878 in the Dudley RD. They had eight children - see below. He was a brickworks manager (source = census?) He died on 28 January 1913 in the Stourbridge RD.
Reece William [T149] was born in 1860 in Tewkesbury RD. The 1881 census shows him simply as William, age 20, an engineer. He married Mary ?? and they had five children.
Clara Alice [T150] The 1881 census shows her age as 17 and her birthplace as West Bromwich, with no occupation. She was baptised 12 July 1863 at Ripple and died 1887 in the Pontypridd RD across the border in Wales.
Agnes [T148](2) The 1881 census shows her age 14, born at Twyning with no occupation but her birth was registered in 1867 at west Bromwich RD. Died 1893 at west Bromwich.
The children of Benjamin [T137] and Eliza (Tounley)
William Harry (or Harvey?) [T150X](3) was born at Tewkesbury in 1857/8 according to the 1861 census. His birth is registered as William TOWNLEY in Q3 1857. He was baptised at Ripple on 8 November 1857 by Eliza Tounley, a servant. Whether Benjamin was the father is unknown. There is a marriage of William Harvey Townley to Emily Jane Hancox on 23 June 1879 at Wolverhampton, Staffordshire with his father named as Benjamin Townley. At the 1881 census William, a shoemaker, wife Emma and daughter Bertha are living at Bishopsgate St 6 Back 83, Birmingham. At Aston in 1891 census with a second wife? There is a death of a William H Townley in Birmingam RD in Q3 1928.
Elizabeth Ann [T151] was baptised on 19 June 1859 at Ripple. She had one child.
James [T152] was baptised on 15 December 1861 at Ripple and buried there on 14 September 1862.
Eliza [T153] baptised 12 February 1865 at Ripple. Married Henry Thomas BIRT 2 march 1886 at Ripple.
Bertha [T154] baptised 24 November 1867 at Ripple. At some time Bertha lived at 72 Church Street in Tewkesbury. Norah Day(4) says number 71 and suggests it may have been the house bequeated by Philip Brush senior to his son in 1669. Hmm ..... She died in 1957 at Holm Hospital at Tewkesbury and was buried at Ripple on 8 July.
Alice [T155] baptised 11 June 1871 at Ripple. She married George SPENCER in 1904 in the Upton-on-Severn RD.
Children of John Brush[T139]
With his second wife, Annie (Baggett):
James [T156X](4) Baptised at Twyning on 21 March 1880. With the family at Twyning in 1891. James Brush of Gloucestershire and of the right age (19), a farm labourer, travels in 1899 to Brisbane, Australia in 1899 on the Duke of Portland under the assited passage scheme. Australian records show the actual arrival place to be Townsville in Queensland. Almost all the passangers listed were farm labourers (male) or domestic servants (female). Further study - married in 1895 and lived in Queensland until 1970 death at Townsville -cjhildren (trees in ancestry)?
Emily [T156] born 1883 Abergavenny RD died 1883 Abergavenny RD.
John [T157] born 1883 Abergavenny RD. Married Nellie WINTERS on 28 January 1911 at Ripple. They had 6 children. He was a postman. Died 17 June 1958 Rugby RD.
Thomas Henry [T158] born 1883 Abergavenny RD. Married Fanny Maria Winters 18 December 1909 at Ripple. Died 1944 Rugby RD.
Flora [T159] born 1888 Upton on Severn RD died 1911 Upton on Severn RD
Frederick William [T160] born 3 December 1889 Tewkesbury RD. Married Margaret BALDWIN 1915 Upton on Severn RD. They hd children. Died 1972 Malvern RD.
Edward Walter [T161] born 1891 Tewkesbury RD after the census date. Married Florence M GREEN 1915 Farnham RD. They had children. Died 1959 Aylesbury RD.
Benjamin [T162] born 1893 Tewkesbury RD. Died 1893 Upton on Severn.
With Margaret Elizabeth Mary COLEMAN (before their marriage):
Mary Elizabeth (or Lizzie) [T163] born 29th December 1895 (from a note in the baptism register) and baptised at Twyning on 1 January 1899, with brother Ernest. John is identified as her father. Married Charles Carrington on 6 September 1922 at Ripple.
Ernest Harold [T164] born 23 February 1898 from a note in the baptism register) and baptised at Twyning on 1 January 1899, with sister Mary. John is identified as his father. Married Dorothy Elizabeth LOACH 1926 in Cannock RD. They had children. Died 1956 Birmingham RD.
Mabel Muriel (Or Maud) COLEMAN [T165] born December {31st?} 1899 according to the baptism register, the birth was registered in Q1 1900 in Tewkesbury as Mabel Muriel. She was baptised at Twyning on 27 May 1900 as Mabel Maud and John BRUSH is recorded as her father. FWB notes say Married in or to BEVERIDGE but there are several Mabel Coelman marriages that fit the likely dates
Timothy Henry James [T166] born 28 December 1901 but baptised only on 4 March 1914 at Ripple. Married Marguerite RICHARDSON in 1924 in Tonbridge RD. They had children. Died 1954 Tonbridge RD.
Benjamin John [T167] born 16 December 1903 and baptised 4 March 1914 Ripple. Married first to Frances Emma Osborne in 1926 in Tewkesbury RD and secondly to Violet Lillian White in 1935 in Upton on Severn RD. He had children. Died 1970 Malvern RD.
Albert Rowland [T168] born 25 April 1906 and baptised 4 March 1914 at Ripple. Died 4 May 1931 at Beckford, Worcestershire. The Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic of Saturday 9 May 1931 has a photograph captioned "Mr Albert Brush of Chacely, near Tewkesbury, who was killed in a collision with a lorry at Beckford on Monday while riding a cycle"
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(1) back to text FWB was my father Fred Wallis Brush who carried out an extensive one name study of the Brush family in the British Isles - in the hard days before internet research. These pages are not a direct transcript of his typewritten notes but do seek to include all his information and comments.
(2) back to text in FWB's notes Agnes is given ref T150a, and nobody has T148.
(3) back to text in FWB's notes William is given ref T150b. T150X is my desigation.
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