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Section 26 : The great-grand-children of William of Inglesham

Chapter 26.E

The children of George Thomas BRUSH

George Thomas (1814 - 1887) was a son of Thomas Brush and Amey Golding. He married Sarah Enston on 17 July 1836 at St James's, Paddington, Middlesex. They have 9 children:

Alfred Thomas 1838 - 1872

Their first child Alfred Thomas was born on 3 March 1838 while George and Sarah are living at Fetter Lane(1)in the parish of St Andrews, Holborn. He is baptised at St Andrew's on 16 April 1838. In later censuses his birthplace will be shown as 'London City' - Fetter Lane was just inside the pre-1994 western boundary of the City.

This birth date illustrates the way in which civil registration records work. The GRO index records this birth in the London Registration district in Q2 - April, May and June - which an Ancestry search references simply as April. The GRO index records when the birth was registered not when the birth occurs, and the Ancestry index does not mean the registration was in April, it could have been in May or June. The window for registering a birth was 6 months.

At the 1841 census Alfred is living with his parents at [something] Cottages in Battersea.

At the 1851 census the family is at 10 Upper Streatham in Streatham. 13 year old Alfred is a 'Nursery Lad'. His father appears to be employed by Joseph Tritton, a banker but it sounds as if Alfred is working for a local business.

I cannot find him in the 1861 census but there is a Alfred BUSH, gardener journeyman age 23 in the household of another Gardener in Chelsea. Just a possibility.

He married Anne DUNNING, the daughter of John Dunning on 4 January 1865 at St Luke's, Norwood. The register shows his address as Lower Norwod and his occupation is a gardener.

In the 1871 census he appears to be living in Burton Agnes in Yorkshire working as an Ag Lab. From the sequence of entries it seems likley that he was working on the estate of Sir Henry Boynton of the Hall at Burton Agnes. How and why he came to have moved so far is unknown. Ann's birthplace appears to be either Hammersmith or Harmondsworth. She is shown as age 36, 2 years older than Alfred. There are Dunning families at Bridlington which is only about five miles from Burton Agnes.

There are two possibilities for Ann. There was certainly a John Dunning and wife Susanna living in Hammersmith in the late 1820s and early 1830s. They baptised at least four children as recorded in the regsters of "the Congregation of Protestant Dissenters meeting in White Horse Yard (vd George Yard) Hammermith". One of these was Ann, born 11th August 1830 and another was Hannah born 11th April 1834. Neither of these exactly match the age given in 1871. I think it was probably Hannah (understating her age slightly) who appears as a servant in the 1861 census as Anna age 16. Ann also appears as a servant in another household age 20. There are a number of other instances in this history of wives understating their age, especially when older than their husbands.

Alfred dies c.Dec 1872 in Camberwell aged about 34.

Following his death, Ann, now recorded as Anne, remarries on Christmas Day 1875 to William Alfred Judd, widower and greengrocer of St Marylebone. The register confirms John Dunning as her father. She is in the 1881 census.

George Isaac 1840 - 1917

His birthplace is given in census records as Holborn and his age at death as 77 - which gives a birth year of 1839 or 1840. There is no GRO index entry for George Brush in Holborn, though registration was not compulsory at this time - it was possible but, surprisingly, not compulsory. But there is a registration in Q4 of 1839 in the Wandsworth RD (which included Battersea) of George Isaac Brash. Battersea was where he and his parents were living at the 1841 census.

At 1851 George is living in the household of Joseph Tritton, a banker. His occupation is given as 'scholar' but his relationship to the head of the household appears to be 'Gardr Boy'. His father George Thomas and the rest of the family were living two households away as gardener for the Tritton family. Was George the younger - George Isaac - being educated with his employer's children? Or just lodging in the main house for some reason.

He married Emma SMITH on 25 October 1863 at St Mary's Lambeth, where their banns had been called. Following in his father's footsteps he is a gardener.

1911 - her birthplace given as Streatham age 72 so 1838/9

At the 1881 census George, Emma and daughters Sarah and Charlotte were living at Highgrove Lodge in Ruislip. He is a farm bailiff. Their household also includes four other servants; a laundress, a dairymaid, an undergardener and a gardeners labourer.

The new Highgrove House in 1882,
from the Eastcote Residents Association site.

This suggests that they all worked at Highgrove House and its estate. But the timing is interesting. The original Highgrove house, then owned by the Hume-Campbell family had been destroyed by fire in 1879. The new house was completed in 1881, or built during 1881 according to which source you look at. It does not seem to have been occupied at the time of the census.

At 1891 they are at Eastcote Road in Ruislip, apparently by its junction with Fore Lane. I believe this is the same location they were at in 1881, simpy described differently. Fore Lane was earlier known as Frog Lane. His occupation is given as Steward. The word 'man' [for manual?] written next to this looks to have been added at a subsquent review of the data. The successors to the four servants shown as part of the same household in 1881 are now listed as a separate household. Though maybe in the same building? Sons Sidney and David George appear to have returned home, but Sarah has left.

At 1901 census he is shown as a retired gardener and bailiff. Daughter Charlotte, unmarried, is still living with George & Emma. Although 26 no occupation is given. The address is 1 Wellington Villas, Roxborough Road, Harrow on the Hill.

At 1911 census they are living at 58 Wellington Road Hounslow, Middlesex. He is a pensioner age 71, so born 1839/40. Daughter Charlotte Emily Jacques, married, is living with them. Her occupation is described as 'mother's help'. All four of their children are shown as still living.

He died on 27/2/1917 when his address remained as 58 Wellington Road. As shown in his probate record recording an estate valued at £1,022. The death is recorded in the Brentford RD giving his age as 77.

The Bank of England inflation calculator says that the 2020 value of £1,022 in 1917 is £72,505. Though this figure needs to be taken with a pinch of salt. It feels rather low. There are plenty of estates on the same page with much smaller values. I put my 1979 house price into the same calculator and got a number about 20% of what I expected.

Fanny (Frances)

Born on 22 November 1841 Wandsworth and christened (as Fanny) 10/12/1843 St Mary Battersea. The birth date comes from the baptism record. At 1861 14 year old ( inconsisent age with baptism)Fanny is living at Bloomfield, Central Hill in Lambeth as a nurse in the household of Joseph Tritton. Their address is given simply as Bloomfield - which would appear to be Bloomfield Hall. Joseph was a partner in the Quaker banking firm of Barclays, Tritton and Bevan. Eventually the bank would simply be called Barclays. His son Charles Ernest Tritton would later become an MP and then a baronet.

A rather dismal view of Bloomfield Hall from forty years later before it was demolished to make way for a housing estate.

She married William FIELD on 27/10/1865 at St Lukes Norwood, son of John FIELD also a gardner. He is shown as a gardener. The marriage register shows him simply as William but he may have had a seond name - Francis{RE} Farmer{FWB}. Per RE, William was born c 1833 in Hornsey Middx and died before 1901. One of the witnesses was Eliza Enston - presumably an aunt, sister of her mother.

They had nine children. Details in RE 'Descendants of Thomas Brush' document,.

William Henry 1843 Wandsworth

born April 6th and christened 10/12/1843 St Mary Battersea at the same time as Fanny. At the 1871 census was living at Woodside terrace in Norwood with brother Daniel - both greengrocers. In the same house but as a different household was sister Emma and her husband Edward PERRY. Married Emma Jane WILLIAMS 27/9/1874 Penge. RE has the certificate which shows his address as Penge and his occupation as greengrocer. Per RE Emma was the daughter of James Williams ( the other witness was S A Williams)and was born c 1851 in Penge and died Jun 1897 in Lambeth age about 46.

At 1881 they were at 23 Thornton Street in Lambeth. There is no mention of any children. He was a Gardiner. At 1891 hey were at 73 Shakespear rod Lambeth, still a gardiner.

Emma's death is registered, age 47, in Q4 1897. I have not found him in the 1901 census.

On 25 February 1902 he was admitted to Lambeth Princes Road workhouse. On the 27th February he was admitted to the infirmary there. Brother Daniel, a fishmonger near the Kent Public House, Kent House, Penge, is identified as his relative. William's previous address is given as 35 Regent Row, Herne Hill.

Emma Golding{RE; emma/etheel baptism} Goulding{FWB}

baptised 20/10/1844 St Mary Battersea

Emma marries Edward PERRY, a gardener, on 17 June 1869 at St Clemards [sic clements?] Streatham Wandsworth RD?. They have five children,
Ethel baptised at Christ Church Norwood Surrey on 29 May 1870 Address George Street, father a gardener. At the 1871 census they are living at 10 Woodside Terrace in Norwood. Emma's age is given as 11 months which puts her birth as April 1870. At the same address but listed as a separate household are William and Daniel age 29 and 25. Ancestry indexes them as BENSH but it seems likely they are Emma's brothers. Alfred Edward Perry baptised at Christ Church Norwood Surrey on 24 September 1871. Address Woodside Terrace, father a gardener. At 1881 is with his grandparents. At 1881 possibly? at Hackney as a boarder. No trae at 1891. Maybe died 1899 Woolwich RD?
Ellen and Emma baptised at Christ Church Norwood Surrey on 25 October 1874. the last of which was Charlotte born in 1876 at . Sometime between 1876 and 1881 Edward dies - probably in Bromley RD in Q4 1878.

At the 1881 a widowed Emma age 36, and youngest daughter Charlotte E, is a boarder in the household of sister Ellen and her hausband Edward NOTTLE at 7 St Johns Villa, Woodland Road, Norwood.  Her son Alfred E. Perry is at Clifford Terrace in Penge with his grandparents. Daughter Ethel (born 1871) is boarding with the WALSTER family at 1 Oak Terrace, Greenwich, Kent. Daughters Ellen and Emma (born 1875) are with her father's brother Robert in Hammersmith..

At the 1891 census Emma is listed at 71 Howson Road, Lewisham as widowed and as a (?Toy?)shopkeeper. Three dauhters are living with her - Ethel, Emma and Charlotte.   Following her father's death in 1887, her widowed mother Sarah is also living with her. She dies there later that year on 23 October, age 78. {RE}. Also in the census entry are her niece Ellen age 3 and nephew George age 9 months. Daughter Emma is a domestic servant in the Mackenzie household in Streatham.

At the 1901 census Emma and all four daughter are still at 71 Howson road which is idenitfied as a shop.  Ethel is shown as a tobaconist 'on own account'. Emma nd the other three are all shown as Confectioner Bakers 'on own account'. Emma, Emma and Charlotte are still there as confectioners in 1911. Emma's son, Alfred Edward is ahown as having died.

At the 1911 census daughter Ellen is living in the FIELD household in Hampshire - she is shown as a cousin, Fanny BRUSH had married William Field

Daniel 1848-

born Q3 1847 Wandsworth RD, 1848 Battersea At 1871 he, a greengrocer, is at 10 Woodside Terrace with his brother sister and brother in law married Louisa BRIDGES 8/12/1872 All Saints Upper Norwood

Loisa d of Thomas Bridges , Gardener. Daniel a Greencgrocer of Gipsy Hill. From 1872 he apppears in the electoral register. In 1872 (with brother William) at 10 Woodside terrace, In 1873-5, aain with William at 10 Gipsy Hill, Upper Norwood - nature of qualification "occupation of tenement" (good street view picture). In 1876-7, alone, at Balham New Road. Not in 1878. In 1879-80 at 10 Martindale Road, Streatham. In Q2 1875 a Daniel Brush is born in Wandsworth RD. At 1881 census Daniel, Louisa, Daniel age 6 and Louisa age 1 are at 21 Cranfield Grove, Norwood - one of three households. He is a Gardiner

At the 1891 census the four are at 5 Thessiger Road, Beckenham. Daniel senior is a fishmonger, junior a carpenter. Daniel senior is again listed there inthe 1899 Kelly's Directory

On 8 Sept 1895 son Daniel age 20 marries Alice Katherine GEORGE at St martin Ruislip. His address is given as 70 Parish Lane, Penge. He and his father are both Greengrocers. She is 22, a husemad the daughter of John William GEORGE a police constable. deceased.

At 1901 Daniel, still a fishmonger and shopkeeper 'on own account'Louisa and daughter Louisa at 5 Thesiger Road. Son Daniel, a carpenter, wife Alice and three children are at are at 8 Birckbeck Road, Beckenham. Thy have five lodgers and one visitor, one of whom is William GEORGE age 24 - a brother maybe of Alice. The census entry seems to show their name as BURCH. They are still there, recorded now as BRUSH in 1911. But no lodgers now. He is a carpenter(joiner) engaged as worker in house building. He made a complete mess of filling out the form! The eldest son George is a builders clerk. At 1911 Daniel senior is a widower living at Beddington with Henry and Louisa Hicks - daughter and son in law? He is 'on own account' a general stores - running a general store? Henry Hicks is a greengrocer. The 1908-10 electoral registers for Croydon show a Daniel BRUSH and William BRUSH as jointly having a house at 6 Ford Terrace , Beddington Lane, Croydon. The 1911 register shows Daniel there alone.

Ellen 1849

Jun1849 Wandsworth At 1871 census is living with her parents at Penge.  M married Edward NOTTLE 2/1/1872 Penge

Sidney Samuel 1851 - 1928

Sidney Samuel is born a month after the 1851 census, on 30 April 1851 - their address {per RE} is "near the Avenue, Streatham"

1881 living with parents ät Penge Married Mary Elizabeth KAUCHER 24/7/1881 St Mary Magdalene Bermondsey Married Maude Elizabeth MINTER b.12/12/1854 d 1/3/1933 on 7/5/1885 St Olave or Camberwell reg ofifce???

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The children of ?? are in chapter 26.E

(n) back to text    RE notes say at 76 Fetter Lane but this does not seem to appear in the baptism register.