William Henry BROACHER b1851 Frampton On Severn (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Monday, May 07, 2012, 20:31 (4578 days ago) @ m p griffiths

Hi Sonia,
not that this amateur can add much to the above great afternoon's work, however here's my ha'pennyworth.

I'm sure MPG & Slowhands will have searched the GlosBMD site for William James' Baptism and of course it's not there. Welldone for the local FHS having it !. The only Broacher etc entry I can find is this, surely a relation ?:

Birth Details

Child Surname Child Forename Father Surname Mother Surname Mother's Former Name Year District Office Register Entry
BROACHER William Henry BROACHER BROACHER BANKS 1851 Gloucester Gloucester, Frampton 5 105

Re "where's Fretherne", a website always worth checking when you discover a "new" place or Parish is Genuki. http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/GLS/Fretherne/index.html

It always gives useful local info of a historical nature, occasionally it gives bonuses such as Census Transcriptions (altho sadly not in this case), plus importantly it lists the adjacent places & Parishes to help set the scene. From this we see one of Fretherne's nearest is Frampton On Severn, just 2 miles away, as per the above Birth.

Frampton Parish is included within FoD site's PRs, giving:

Record_ID: 400735
Entry_Number:
Year: 1809
Month: Oct
Day: 9
Parents_Surname: BROACHER
Child_Forenames: Henry
Fathers_Forenames: William
Mothers_Forenames: Mary
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Frampton on Severn
Occupation:
Officiating_Minister:
Event: Baptism
Memoranda: mother is dau of Richard & Sarah Hear
Notes:
Register_Reference: 14913
Page_Number:
Parish_Chapel: Frampton on Severn
Soundex: B626

Record_ID: 400799
Entry_Number:
Year: 1812
Month: Feb
Day: 16
Parents_Surname: BROACHER
Child_Forenames: Celia
Fathers_Forenames: William
Mothers_Forenames: Mary
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Frampton on Severn
Occupation:
Officiating_Minister:
Event: Baptism
Memoranda: mother is dau of Richard & Sarah Hear
Notes:
Register_Reference: 14913
Page_Number:
Parish_Chapel: Frampton on Severn
Soundex: B626

Which are no doubt related to William Henry and probably William James. I cannot see any other Broachers etc in the FoD site PRs.

More info about Fretherne can be obtained here, it's certainly a very attractive Church.
http://www.junctionheritage.org.uk/page_id__301_path__0p2p25p.aspx

This site quotes "Fretherne Church is known as Gloucestershire's Mini Cathedral. It is a tiny church of great beauty, with a depth of history researched and documented. It was restored in Victorian times and is of interest to the Bristol Victorian Society."
http://www.achurchnearyou.com/fretherne/

I realise you've all searched for William James' Birth on the FreeBMD site (via Ancestry if not directly). However for completeness I've repeated and can only find the following register entries for all the UK which perhaps are of interest: http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

Surname First name(s) Age District Vol Page

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Deaths Dec 1850 (>99%)
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BROACHER William Wheatenhurst 11 377

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Births Mar 1851 (>99%)
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Broacher William Henry Wheatenhurst 11 527

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Deaths Jun 1918 (>99%)
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Broacher William H 67 Gloucester 6a 334

Like Fretherne, Wheatenhurst is a new name to me, it's the old name for the Frampton & Saul district south of Gloucester.
http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/districts/wheatenhurst.html

Searching ALL of FreeBMD gives several more Broachers, mostly within the above Wheatenhurst district. However there are a few elsewhere, namely:

a couple in St Pancras = West London - possibly watermen on the Regents Canal ?
one in Portsea Island = Portsmouth waterfront - a sailor perhaps ?
one in Axbridge = Burnham/Weston Super Mare = Severn estuary/ "Bristol" coast - a sailor ?

And the only one North of Glos;

Surname Given Name Age District Volume Page Transcribers
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Deaths Mar 1886
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BROACHER Walter. 2 Salford 8d 126 Phil-B

Salford = same locality & timeframe to William James' loss on the Mersey.

I hope this is of interest.