Searching for BRAITHWAITE'S
Part of the Jackson Family History - Latest update 8 April 2010
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I have found it very difficult to make progress with my BRAITHWAITE family, hitting a brickwall trying to find my 2 x G Grandparents. My research so far can be found by following the Braithwaite Family link in the above table.
From my Great Grandparents Robert and Harriet's wedding certificate I found Robert's father was named "Cristopher Braithwaite" (without the 'h') - his occupation was given as "Farmer". Robert is shown on various Census entries as being born in Hartwith Yorkshire - although I have been unable to find him as yet in the 1841 Census - nor can I find any official record of his birth. I have since found an entry on the 1841 Census for a Christopher Braithwaite, a shopkeeper living in Sheffield, a copy of this is shown on the Braithwaite family page, together with a copy of his death certificate. Also shown are details of another Christopher Braithwaite found in Cumberland. I cannot as yet connect these to my Great Grandfather Robert Braithwaite, and the search goes on . . .
I am steadily trawling through the 1841 Census for Yorkshire and have decided to publish all the BRAITHWAITE families I find as this might help someone else with their research. I list below my findings to date and I will add others as I find them:
| PLACE | HOUSES | NAMES | AGE & SEX | PROFESSION, TRADE, ETC | WHERE BORN | |||
| Uninhb | Inhab | M | F | In Cty | Not Cty | |||
| Gatenby | / | William Beckham | 30 | Farmer | Y | |||
| Ellen -do- | 30 | Y | ||||||
| Nathen -do- | 6mths | Y | ||||||
| James Briggs | 20 | M S | Y | |||||
| Richard Braithwaite | 15 | M S | Y | |||||
| Ann Woodward | 20 | F S | Y | |||||
| Elizabeth Peacock | 13 | F S | Y | |||||
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Area - Gatenby; Folio 4 Page 2; HO107/1248/7 |
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| PLACE | HOUSES | NAMES | AGE & SEX | PROFESSION, TRADE, ETC | WHERE BORN | |||
| Uninhb | Inhab | M | F | In Cty | Not Cty | |||
| Leckby | / | William Braithwait | 40 | Ag Lab | Y | |||
| Jane -do- | 40 | Y | ||||||
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Area - Cundall & Leckby; Folio 7 Page 7; HO107/1248/9 |
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| PLACE | HOUSES | NAMES | AGE & SEX | PROFESSION, TRADE, ETC | WHERE BORN | |||
| Uninhb | Inhab | M | F | In Cty | Not Cty | |||
| Boroughbridge | / | Christopher Braithwaite | 35 | Labourer Ag | Y | |||
| ????* -do- | 20 | Y | ||||||
| Ruth -do- | 2 | F | Y | |||||
| George -do- | 6 mo's | Y | ||||||
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Area - Borough Bridge, Aldborough district of Knaresborough; Folio 15 Page 27; HO107/1284 ED7 |
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| PLACE | HOUSES | NAMES | AGE & SEX | PROFESSION, TRADE, ETC | WHERE BORN | |||
| Uninhb | Inhab | M | F | In Cty | Not Cty | |||
| Mickley | / | John Buckle | 55 | Hawker | Y | |||
| Jane -do- | 55 | Y | ||||||
| Jane -do- | 15 | Flax Carder | Y | |||||
| Charles -do- | 15 | Flax Carder | Y | |||||
| Maria | 7 | Y | ||||||
| William Braithwaite | 4 | F S | Y | |||||
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Area - Azerley; Folio 6 Page 4&5; HO107/1285/1 ED7 |
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| PLACE | HOUSES | NAMES | AGE & SEX | PROFESSION, TRADE, ETC | WHERE BORN | |||
| Uninhb | Inhab | M | F | In Cty | Not Cty | |||
| Mickley | / | John Braithet | 45 | Ind | Y | |||
| Isabella -do- | 50 | Y | ||||||
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Area - Azerley; Folio 8 Page 7&8; HO107/1285/1 ED7 |
Interestingly, I found a "Braithwaite Hall" - no Braithwaite's there though:
| PLACE | HOUSES | NAMES | AGE & SEX | PROFESSION, TRADE, ETC | WHERE BORN | |||
| Uninhb | Inhab | M | F | In Cty | Not Cty | |||
| Braithwaite Hall | / | Jonathan Peacock | 55 | Farmer | Y | |||
| Mary -do- | 45 | Y | ||||||
| Mary -do- | 20 | Y | ||||||
| Barbra -do- | 20 | Y | ||||||
| Jane -do- | 15 | Y | ||||||
| Jonathan -do- | 15 | F S | Y | |||||
| Margaret -do- | 11 | Y | ||||||
| William -do- | 12 | Y | ||||||
| John -do- | 2mths | Y | ||||||
| Samuel Atkinson | 70 | Ind | Y | |||||
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Area - Azerley; Folio 26 Page 4&5; HO107/1285/1 ED9 |
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| PLACE | HOUSES | NAMES | AGE & SEX | PROFESSION, TRADE, ETC | WHERE BORN | |||
| Uninhb | Inhab | M | F | In Cty | Not Cty | |||
| Galphay | / | Richard Braithwate | 65 | Farmer | Y | |||
| Elizabeth -do- | 55 | Y | ||||||
| Joseph Broadwith | 3 | Y | ||||||
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Area - Azerley; Folio 28 Page 4; HO107/1285/1 ED9 |
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| PLACE | HOUSES | NAMES | AGE & SEX | PROFESSION, TRADE, ETC | WHERE BORN | |||
| Uninhb | Inhab | M | F | In Cty | Not Cty | |||
| Summerbridge | / | John Bell | 66 | Shoe M* | Y | |||
| Elizabeth -do- | 50 | Y | ||||||
| Ellen -do- | 1 | Lin Y Spinner** | Y | |||||
| Ann -do- | 13 | -do- | Y | |||||
| Rachal Braithwaite | 67 | Ind | Y | |||||
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Area - Kirby Malzeard; Folio 30 Page 30; HO107/1285/4 ED2 * Maker or Manufacturer? **Lin Y Spinner - probably Linen Spinner |
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| PLACE | HOUSES | NAMES | AGE & SEX | PROFESSION, TRADE, ETC | WHERE BORN | |||
| Uninhb | Inhab | M | F | In Cty | Not Cty | |||
| / | George Braithwaite | 50 | Grocery Draper | Y | ||||
| Ruth -do- | 30 | Y | ||||||
| Sarah -do- | 9 | Y | ||||||
| Thomas -do- | 8 | Y | ||||||
| George -do- | 5 | Y | ||||||
| John -do- | 2 | Y | ||||||
| William -do- | 2 mths | Y | ||||||
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Area - Kirby Malzeard; Folio 26 Page 2; HO107/1285/5 ED3 |
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| PLACE | HOUSES | NAMES | AGE & SEX | PROFESSION, TRADE, ETC | WHERE BORN | |||
| Uninhb | Inhab | M | F | In Cty | Not Cty | |||
| Laverton | / | George Wright | 45 | Carpenter | Y | |||
| Ellen -do- | 40 | Y | ||||||
| John -do- | 15 | Y | ||||||
| Ellen -do- | 13 | Y | ||||||
| Ann -do- | 9 | Y | ||||||
| Elizabeth -do- | 5 | Y | ||||||
| James -do- | 2 | Y | ||||||
| Ellen Braithwaite | 80 | Ag Lab | Y | |||||
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Area - Kirby Malzeard; Folio 7 Page 6; HO107/1285/6 ED10 |
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| PLACE | HOUSES | NAMES | AGE & SEX | PROFESSION, TRADE, ETC | WHERE BORN | |||
| Uninhb | Inhab | M | F | In Cty | Not Cty | |||
| Span Hill | / | Henry Braithwaite | 60 | Plasterer | Y | |||
| Ann -do- | 60 | Y | ||||||
| Thomas Ripley | 75 | Carpenter | Y | |||||
| Charles Fox | 55 | Cordwainer | N | |||||
| Jonathan Manton | 20 | -do- | N | |||||
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Area - Bilton with Harrogate; Folio 55 Page 7; HO107/1285/11 ED6 |
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| PLACE | HOUSES | NAMES | AGE & SEX | PROFESSION, TRADE, ETC | WHERE BORN | |||
| Uninhb | Inhab | M | F | In Cty | Not Cty | |||
| Brearton | / | Harriet Braithwaite | 40 | Yes | ||||
| Jane -do- | 20 | Yes | ||||||
| John -do- | 15 | Yes | ||||||
| Charles -do- | 12 | Yes | ||||||
| Peter -do- | 9 | Yes | ||||||
| Hannah -do- | 6 | Yes | ||||||
| Matthew -do- | 3 | Yes | ||||||
| Emma | 2 | Yes | ||||||
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Area - Brearton; Folio 4 Page 1; HO107/1285/12 ED15 |
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| PLACE | HOUSES | NAMES | AGE & SEX | PROFESSION, TRADE, ETC | WHERE BORN | |||
| Uninhb | Inhab | M | F | In Cty | Not Cty | |||
| Warren | / | Thomas Burton | 20 | Farmer | Yes | |||
| Elizabeth -do- | 15 | Yes | ||||||
| Hannah -do- | 15 | Yes | ||||||
| Sarah -do- | 10 | Yes | ||||||
| Elizabeth -do- | 50 | Yes | ||||||
| William Braithwaite | 20 | Ag Lab | Yes | |||||
| Christopher Duffield? (hard to read) | ? | Ag Lab | Yes | |||||
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Area - Brearton; Folio 7 Page 8; HO107/1285/12 ED15 |
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| PLACE | HOUSES | NAMES | AGE & SEX | PROFESSION, TRADE, ETC | WHERE BORN | |||
| Uninhb | Inhab | M | F | In Cty | Not Cty | |||
| Abbey Plain | / | Jane Barrit | 45 | Linen Winder | Yes | |||
| Charlotte -do- | 15 | Linen Spinner | Yes | |||||
| Mary -do- | 12 | -do- | Yes | |||||
| Eliza -do- | 6 | Yes | ||||||
| Elizabeth Braithwaite | 25 | Linen Spinner | Yes | |||||
| William -do- | 7 | Ag Lab | Yes | |||||
| John -do- | 2 | Ag Lab | Yes | |||||
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Area - Knaresborough; Folio 7 Page 8; HO107/1285/12 ED15 |
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| PLACE | HOUSES | NAMES | AGE & SEX | PROFESSION, TRADE, ETC | WHERE BORN | |||
| Uninhb | Inhab | M | F | In Cty | Not Cty | |||
| Blucher Street | / | Tho's Braithwaite | 75* | - | Y | |||
| Jon'n Wild | 50 | Hatter | Y | |||||
| Jane -do- | 45 | Y | ||||||
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Area - Knaresborough; Folio 9A Page 13; HO107/1285/13 ED2 remainder I wonder if this is Thomasin - age shown in female column could be a mistake, of course. Looking in FreeBMD, I have found a death for a Thomasin Braithwaite in March quarter of 1842 Vol 23 p203 - see a copy of this on the Braithwaite Family Page. |
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| PLACE | HOUSES | NAMES | AGE & SEX | PROFESSION, TRADE, ETC | WHERE BORN | |||
| Uninhb | Inhab | M | F | In Cty | Not Cty | |||
| Bond End | / | Wm Bradfield | 71 | Indp | Y | |||
| Hannah -do- | 71 | Hatter | Y | |||||
| Ann Braithwaite | 83 | Y | ||||||
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Area - Scriven with Tentergate (Borough of Knaresborough); Folio 11 Page 14; HO107/1285/16 ED1 |
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| PLACE | HOUSES | NAMES | AGE & SEX | PROFESSION, TRADE, ETC | WHERE BORN | |||
| Uninhb | Inhab | M | F | In Cty | Not Cty | |||
| High Bond End | / | Hannah Braithwaite | 71 | Y | ||||
| Mary -do- | 30 | Dress maker | Y | |||||
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Area - Scriven with Tentergate (Borough of Knaresborough); Folio 13 Page 18; HO107/1285/16 ED1 |
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| PLACE | HOUSES | NAMES | AGE & SEX | PROFESSION, TRADE, ETC | WHERE BORN | |||
| Uninhb | Inhab | M | F | In Cty | Not Cty | |||
| Old Mill | / | Richard Braithwaite | 20 | Card Master Linen | Y | |||
| Ann -do- | 25 | Y | ||||||
| John -do- | 2 | |||||||
| William -do- | 6 mths | |||||||
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Area - Staincross, Barnsley; Folio 36 Page ?; HO107/1325/6 ED? - will add ? later |
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| PLACE | HOUSES | NAMES | AGE & SEX | PROFESSION, TRADE, ETC | WHERE BORN | |||
| Uninhb | Inhab | M | F | In Cty | Not Cty | |||
| Sylvester Street | / | Rich Braithwaite | 30 | Quarryman | No | |||
| Mary -do- | 30 | No | ||||||
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Area - Sylvester Street, Sheffield; Folio 32 Page 20; HO107/1337/9 ED21 |
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| PLACE | HOUSES | NAMES | AGE & SEX | PROFESSION, TRADE, ETC | WHERE BORN | |||
| Uninhb | Inhab | M | F | In Cty | Not Cty | |||
| Hertford Street | / | John Braithwaite | 45 | Overlooker Flax Mill | Y | |||
| Rachel -do- | 45 | Y | ||||||
| Mary | 20 | Y | ||||||
| Thomas | 20 | Overlooker Flax Mill | Y | |||||
| William | 15 | Engineering Ap | Y | |||||
| Hodgson | 14 | Works at a Flax Mill | Y | |||||
| Christopher | 13 | do | Y | |||||
| Frederick | 9 | Y | ||||||
| John | 4 | |||||||
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Area - Hertford Street, Hunslet, Leeds; Folio 11 Page 13&14; HO107/1345/7 ED16 |
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John (age 4 above) is shown on the 1851 Census as grandson and on the 1861 is shown as nephew.
| PLACE | HOUSES | NAMES | AGE & SEX | PROFESSION, TRADE, ETC | WHERE BORN | |||
| Uninhb | Inhab | M | F | In Cty | Not Cty | |||
| Mulberry Place | / | John Braithwaite | 25 | Mst Coppersmith | Y | |||
| Elizabeth -do- | 30 | Y | ||||||
| John | 5 | Y | ||||||
| Thomas | 3 | Y | ||||||
| Sarah | 1 | Y | ||||||
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Area - Mulberry Place, Hunslet, Leeds; Folio 17 Page 26; HO107/1345/9 ED20 |
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| PLACE | HOUSES | NAMES | AGE & SEX | PROFESSION, TRADE, ETC | WHERE BORN | |||
| Uninhb | Inhab | M | F | In Cty | Not Cty | |||
| Near Chapel Street | / | Christopher Braithwait | 55 | Labourer | Y | |||
| Mary Braithwait | 55 | N | ||||||
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Area - Near Chapel Street, Hunslet, Leeds; Folio 23 Page 2; HO107/1345/2 ED4 |
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| PLACE | HOUSES | NAMES | AGE & SEX | PROFESSION, TRADE, ETC | WHERE BORN | |||
| Uninhb | Inhab | M | F | In Cty | Not Cty | |||
| Spofforth | / | Charles Wood | 15 | A S | Y | |||
| Rob Braithwaite | 15 | A S | Y | |||||
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Area - Spofforth; Folio 11 Page 14; HO107/1289/7 ED7 |
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Thanks to Linda Harvey who supplies Census strays to the Yorkshire Rootsweb list:
1851 Census H107 1480 page 22
12 Deans Yard Terrace, St Peters Westminster, London
Catherine BRAITHWAITE, Servant, unmarried, age 34, Cook, born Yorkshire
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Searching for Christopher Braithwaite, I found the following hand written records amongst my papers -
Marriage: 11 Jun 1804 St
Mary the Virgin, Blackburn, Lancashire, England
Christopher Brathwaite - (X), bachelor of the parish of Blackburn
Agnes Craven - (X), spinster of the same parish
Register: Marriages 1801 - 1809, Page 243, Entry 964
Source: Film 1278807
Burial:
1 Sep 1909 St Oswald, Warton Nr Lancaster, Lancashire, England
Agnes Braithwaite -
Age: 73
Abode: Carnforth
Buried by: E. W. A. OGILVY
Register: Burials 1895 - 1920, Page 100, Entry 793
Source: Film 1849663
Nothing conclusive, just other records to bear in mind. I can't remember where I found this information, whether someone sent it to me or what? . . .
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Genuki has some transcriptions of parish records for Egglescliffe and one of the marriage entries was:
17 June 1806 Christopher Braithwaite = Mary Cooke
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I found a record of a marriage of a Christopher Braithwaite registered at Ecclesfield in September 1838 - thinking that this might provide me with some information, I sent for the certificate:
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CERTIFIED COPY of an ENTRY of MARRIAGE Given at the GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE |
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| 1838, Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of Silkstone in the County of York | ||||||||
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No |
When married |
Name and Surname |
Age |
Condition |
Rank or Profession |
Residence at the time of marriage |
Father's name and surname |
Rank or profesion of father |
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81 |
20 August 1838 |
Christopher Briathwait*
Ann Kilner |
full age
full age |
Bachelor
Spinster |
Woolsorter
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Darlington in the County of Durham
Cumberworth |
John Braithwaite
Thomas Kilner |
Woolsorter
Carpenter |
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Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after banns; by me H Watkins, Vicar Christopher Braithwaite & Ann Kilner signed their names as did the Witnesses. Jonathan Buitcliffe & Jos Asquith |
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* the letters 'ai' appeared transposed here.
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I have been corresponding with another "Braithwaite" researcher who lives in New Zealand, Kym McNaughton. Kym is also searching for a Christopher Braithwaite -
Christopher's son John was born about 1837 and John later emigrated to New Zealand probably travelling on the "Mermaid" arriving at Auckland on 19th October 1859.
John's wedding announcement in the paper in NZ stated that he was the only son of the late C Braithwaite of Huddersfield. John's wife Isabella Dillon arrived in NZ abt 1861, departing from Liverpool on the vessel 'Blue Jacket'. Kym thinks they'd already met in England.
A possibility for John's father is a Christopher Braithwaite who died 1856 in Huddersfield . . .
Further information has been obtained from John Braithwaite's death certificate:
John died on 14 October 1881 in Mount Albert, Auckland, NZ, age 44 years; Occupation, Gardener; Place of birth: Kendal
John's parents were named - Mother: Mary Braithwaite formerly Baille; Father: Christopher Braithwaite
Spouse: Isabella Dillon - the certificate also states "Isabella McQuillan".
In an email dated April 2010, Kym wrote: "Just to let you know I have found two more children of John and his second wife, Isabella McQuillan. They are Albert John born 1878 died 1957 and Frederick Christopher born 1880 died 1929. His death certificate said 6 children 3 of each - still looking for the other 2."
A 1841 Census entry which matches Kym's information is the following family:
| PLACE | HOUSES | NAMES | AGE & SEX | PROFESSION, TRADE, ETC | WHERE BORN | |||
| Uninhb | Inhab | M | F | In Cty | Not Cty | |||
| Castle St. | / | Chris'r Braithwaite | 45 | Weaver | Y | |||
| Mary -do- | 45 | Y | ||||||
| Jane -do- | 14 | Y | ||||||
| Sarah -do- | 11 | Y | ||||||
| Mary -do- | 9 | Y | ||||||
| Alice -do- | 7 | Y | ||||||
| John -do- | 4 | Y | ||||||
| Isabella -do- | 1 | Y | ||||||
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Area - Kendal; Nethergraveship; Folio 6 Page 8; HO107/1160/4 |
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In 1851 this family were living in Almondbury, in the West Riding of Yorkshire - near to Huddersfield! at 1261 Long Lane, Taylor Hill:
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Christopher Braithwaite, Head, age 58, Hand Loom Weaver, born Westmoreland, Kendall |
Mary Braithwaite, Wife, age 54, born Westmoreland, Windermere |
Sarah Braithwaite, daur, age 21, Hand Loom Weaver, born Westmoreland, Kendall |
Mary A. Braithwaite, daur, age 19, Power? Loom Weaver, (birthplace not given) | Alice Braithwaite, daur, age 16, Cotton Twist Winder, born Westmoreland, Kendall | John Braithwaite, son, age 14, Pattern designer, born Westmoreland, Kendall | Isabella Braithwaite, daur, age 11, Scholar, born Yorkshire, Almondbury |
Kym sent for a Certified copy of a birth certificate of a John Braithwaite, registered in Kendal who she thought might be her John Braithwaite, this arrived but the father was a "Benjamin Braithwaite". I repeat the information from this certificate just in case it helps someone else:
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CERTIFIED COPY OF AN ENTRY OF BIRTH GIVEN AT THE GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE |
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Registration District of Kendal 1837 BIRTH in the Sub-District of Ambleside in the County of Westmorland |
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| Columns | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
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No |
When and where born |
Name (if any) |
Sex |
Name and Surname of Father |
Name and Maiden Surname of Mother |
Rank or Profession of Father |
Signature, Description and Residence of Informant |
When Registered |
Signature of Registrar |
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11 |
6th September 3'o clock afternoon Troutbeck |
John |
Male |
Benjamin Braithwaite |
Jane Braithwaite formerly Birkett formerly Chorlton |
Bobbin Turner |
The X mark of Jane Birkett Mother of the Child Township of Troutbeck |
October 1st, 1839 |
Wiliiam Mounsey Registrar |
If you'd like this certificate - please contact me.
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One very sad entry I found whilst surfing the net:
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Able Seaman Robert R. Braithwaite, b. unknown, d. Mar 19 1916 |
Commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial in London. Robert's death is also mentioned on "The Canadian Great War Project" where it states that he was in the Canadian Merchant Navy, serving on the S.S. "Port Dalhousie - this site does not give Robert's middle initial but does state that he was born in British West Indies, his ethnic origin was "Caucasian" and that 'Cause of Death' states "Died in War, unknown case'. This information probably rules out Robert being 'our' Robert Reynard Braithwaite as both the possible Robert Reynard Braithwaite's were born in Stocksbridge and Workington, respectively.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GScid=&GRid=15222209& has a picture of this memorial and I found that there were five men with the surname Braithwaite commemorated on this memorial.
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Dated 8 April 2010 (more to add)