Witness Mary BANK c1830 & BROACHERs (Severnside) 1851 CENSUS (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Monday, May 07, 2012, 22:23 (4578 days ago) @ m p griffiths

Thanks, there was me thinking I was all at sea on this...

in the HIGHLY unlikely event you hadn't noticed, your above mentioned Witness Mary BANK at the 1830 Hillman/Boucher Marriage may be linked to the mother (maiden name BANKS) of aforementioned William Henry Broacher b1851 ??.

ps as a child I LOVED the B&W series "Tales of the Riverbank", beautifully voiced by Bristol's own Johnny Morris of course. Since then I've always loved messing about on the water despite sadly having no family links in this respect.
It all makes sense now..

pps sorry, back to reality. I've been reading this surname as Broach-er, as in "broach" the subject. After just looking on LDS I realise it's also perhaps if not probably pronounced "Brooker", not a spelling variation I'd been trying earlier !. Thankfully I can confirm on rechecking I cannot find any likely Baptism/Birth abt 1836 for William James Brooker or even Broocker on FreeBMD or GlosBMD, although this is a far more common name of course. There are a few Brookers on LDS in the Staverton/Cirencester area abt 1830 but not ours it seems, certainly no birth/baptism records. Again thank heaven for the local FHS records;

From my Glos FHS 1851 Census I can fill a tiny gap in MPG's post:

The BROACHER Households listed in this Severnside area in 1851 are:

1963 1851 CENSUS HO107/1963 FF.0179 - 0189 ED.3 FRAMPTON

Piece: 1963 Folio: 0186 Schedule: 044

Address: Fretherne

BROCHER John HD M 26 Waterman GLS Saul (c1825)
BROCHER Charlotte WI M 26 Domestick Duties GLS Morton Valence (c1825)
BROCHER Selina DA - 3 Scholar GLS Fretherne (c1848)
BROCHER Henry SO - 3M - GLS Fretherne (c1850)

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1963 1851 CENSUS HO107/1963 FF.0179 - 0189 ED.3 FRAMPTON

Piece: 1963 Folio: 0187 Schedule: 046

Address: Fretherne

BROCHER Mary HD W 62 Domestick Duties GLS Saul (c1789)
BROCHER Emos NP - 7 Scholar GLS Fretherne (c1844)
(NP = Nephew)

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1963 1851 CENSUS HO107/1963 FF.0134 - 0151 ED.1 FRAMPTON

Piece: 1963 Folio: 0148 Schedule: 113

Address: Framilode

BROCHER Henry HD M 41 Grocer GLS Frampton (c1810)
BROCHER Mary WI M 46 - GLS Saul (c1805)
BROCHER Thomas SO - 5 Scholar GLS Saul (c1846)
MAIL Adeliza SD U 22 - GLS Saul (c1829)
MAIL Harriett SD U 20 Grocer GLS Saul (c1831)
(SD = Stepdaughter)

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