Beata and Margaret Brain (General)

by jimashton , Wednesday, February 17, 2010, 17:06 (5468 days ago) @ Roughyedbach

Hi Angie

Margaret Brain nee Murrell died Lynville House Heolygeifr Pencoed Glam. but was buried 18 Aug 1912 at Cinderford.

She was still in the Forest of Dean in 1901 :

1901 Census East Dean
Margaret Brain Head Widow 51 Newent
Fred 23 CM Cinderford
James 15 Lab Cinderford
Jesse 13 Cinderford
Ivy 11 Cinderford

I am sure you are aware that Margaret Brain nee Murrell's husband Jessie 1849 is the son of William Brain 1807 and his second wife Susannah Hayward nee Harris 1822. Interestingly, Susannah Hayward and her first husband James Harris had a daughter Mary Ann Harris 1841 who married William Brain 1838.

Beata Brain 1834 died 1894 Westbury Union Workhouse, she was there in 1891 :

1891 Census Westbury Union Workhouse
RG12 piece 2007 folio 123 page 2
Beta Brain age 59 Female Pauper. Born abt 1832 Littledean

Burial details for Beta Brain
Record_id 5647 Entry Number 249
Date 31 Jan 1894
Name - Beta BRAIN
Place of Residence Westbury Union Workhouse
Age at death 62
Officiating Minister J. H. N. Barton Curate
Register Reference P85/1 IN 1/14 Page No 32
Parish/Chapel Cinderford St Johns

The Workhouse is something the thought of which in modern times carries a stigma, but remember that without the Social Security we have today, some had no option.

Jim Ashton