William Brown 1882-1950s

Miner, born to a miner near Bedlington and lived in the same area all his life

 

1882. William Brown, born 22/11/1882, Red Row/Barrington . Both these ~ 1-2 k N/NE of Bedlington .Parents George Brown & Jane Coxon

1891C. William Brown, 8, is living Telephone Row, Bedlington

George Brown Head Married Male 34 1857 Coal Miner Horton, Northumberland, England  
Jane Brown Wife Married Female 38 1853 - East Sleekburn, Northumberland, England  
Wm Brown Son - Male 8 1883 Scholar Barrington, Northumberland, England  
Fred Brown Son - Male 7 1884 Scholar Barrington, Northumberland, England  
Emily Brown Daughter - Female 5 1886 - Barrington, Northumberland, England  
Tom D Brown Son - Male 1 1890 - Bedlington, Northumberland, England

East Sleekburn 4 k NE of Bedlington

1901C.William Brown, 18, coal putter,, is living Telephone Row, Bedlington

George Brown Head Married Male 44 1857 Coal Hewer Hartley, Northumberland, England  
Jane Brown Wife Married Female 48 1853 - East Sleekburn, Northumberland, England  
Janet Brown Daughter Single Female 20 1881 Dressmaker East Sleekburn Northumberland, England  
William Brown Son Single Male 18 1883 Coal Putter Red Row, Northumberland, England  
Fred Brown Son Single Male 17 1884 Woodman Red Row, Northumberland, England  
Emily Brown Daughter Single Female 15 1886 - Red Row, Northumberland, England  
Thomas Brown Son Single Male 11 1890 - Bedlington, Northumberland, England  
Mary Brown Daughter Single Female 7 1894 - Bedlington, Northumberland, England

1905 . William Brown, 22, coal miner, married Margaret Jane Gair , 21, no profession given, on 9/9/1905 in Morpeth Register Office. Her father, John Gair, was a colliery overman. His father, George Brown, was a coal miner. The witnesses were Emily Brown and George Brown, likely his sister & father.- info. from Anne. Morpeth Sep 1905

1908 . May Brown was born 12/11/1908 to parents William & Margaret .

Other children were: Ada Brown 1906,{ has d -in-law Doris Younger] Mona Brown 1918 , Gladys Brown 1922 [ has nephew Derek, 'niece' Anne] & George Brown 1924,

Anne Harding is the wife of Derek Harding, the adopted son of Mona Harding (nee Brown) who is the sister of  May Brown,
Aunt Gladys is Mona and Mays sister

1911C.William Brown , 29, coal miner hewer, is living in 3 rooms at 61 1/2 Victoria Crescent, Bedlington. Married 5 years, 2 children, both still alive

William Brown Head Married Male Coal Miner Hewer 29 1882 Red Row Bedlington St Northumberland  
Margaret Jane Brown Wife Married Female Domestic Household Duties 26 1885 Cambois Northumberland  
Ada Brown Daughter - Female - 6 1905 Cambois Northumberland  
May Brown Daughter - Female - 3 1908 Bedlington Northumberland

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William Brown and Margaret Jane Gair, with Mona (left), Gladys and baby George. 1924

Children of William Brown & Margaret Gair

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The 5 Brown siblings -May, Ada, George, Gladys, Mona; this photo taken 1970s?

1914-1918. Did he serve in WW1? Likely not as mining was a reserved occupation. Yet a 10 year gap between his children: 1906, 1908, 1918, 1922 & 1924

1926. Against his wishes, his 17 year old daughter, May, married Edwin Critchlow and was ever after banned from his home

May & Edwin had met at the fairground where he was working. May's parents warned her to stop seeing him or being banned from their house. And, once married, May never entered her parents' house again. Thier daughter, Audrey, the only one of May's children who passed the 11+, was welcomed in her Brown grandparents' home

1939.William Brown, born 22/11/1882, is living 3 Park Road, Morpeth

Margaret J Brown 09 Nov 1884 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 7 2
William Brown 22 Nov 1882 Male Underground Storeman Coal Mine (Heavy Work Married

1949. Margaret Jane Brown, 64, died Northumberland C Jun 1949 , 1b 272. "Audrey Critchlow, married Jun 1949, had white lilies in her wedding bouquet because her grandmother had just died"- Anne .

William Brown then went to live with his eldest daughter, Aunty Ada , and by all accounts was a difficult man, a strict disciplinarian. I believe he died in the 1950s.  Aunty Ada's daughter-in-law, Doris Younger, might remember when as she had a hand in looking after him at one time.-Anne

1953. From the Cresswell tree- done for Linda Critchlow, daughter of Edwin Critchlow 1907 & May Brown 1908- William S Brown died Northumberland S Mar 1953, aged 71 . Are they certain- why an S in his name???

 

 

I've not bought any certificates (other than the one I bought for Audrey) but I was given a collection of them by Judith West, Aunty Gladys' daughter. The family already knew that they were descended from Drydon Brown because he was on the marriage certificate of William Brown and Mary Jemson which had been handed down in the family. So you see that part of the tree has not been supposition. I handed all the certificates back to them but I have information from the certificate for William and Mary:
Earsdon Parish Church 26 Aug 1855
By Banns. This marriage solemnised between us William Brown, Mary her x mark Jemson in the presence of William Blackett, Robert Blackburn by me Henry Warkman, minister of Earsdon, incumbant curate.  His father was Drydon Brown and her father, George Jemson, both agricultural labourers.  At this point William was also doing this kind of work.  

As for Barbara Embleton, you can find a transcribed marriage index for Earsdon 1813-37 freely available on the GENUKI website. If you haven't come across GENUKI Google will find the page for you, just type Genuki  Earsdon. Familysearch.org also freely searches both Cambois and Earsdon records.
6 April 1834 Earsdon Parish Church:
Both 'of this parish', in church by banns. Both signed by a mark. In the presence of John Embleton and Clement Kell (sic) by me Henry Workman Mag (sic) of Earsdon.
I believe her GRO Death reference is Dec 1874 Gleghorn Barbara 64 Tynemouth 10B 184.

I really hope all this will be useful to you and thanks for letting me see your work in progress.  I'd be grateful for any new information you find - the certificates sound very exciting -  and will pass on anything I find or hear in the meantime.

I know that one of Aunty Gladys' granddaughters, Katherine Malloy, has done work on the family tree but I don't know what information she has. All this from Anne

 

 

 

 

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