Cornelius -> Enos Brain ? (General)

by jimashton , Wednesday, April 04, 2007, 05:32 (6445 days ago) @ Janeeaster

Hi Jane & Slowhands

Slowhands right again – would you expect otherwise.
John Brain baptised 6.6.1824 Is related (3rd cousin) to Enos Brain born 8.11.1821 baptised 13.2.1822 son of James Brain & Sarah Drew who married Mary in 1846, but NOT related to Enos Brain baptised 30.9.1838 son of James Brain & Mary Herbert who married Emma Fields this Enos is the one who was murdered in America and whose murderer got away with it.

John Brain baptised 6.6.1824 had a brother Cornelius baptised 30.10.1830 who married Anne Tommey Brain born 20.12.1835 baptised 1.1.1936 daughter of Thomas Brain & Mary Ann Bennett. Cornelius 1830 & Anne Tommey Brain were the parents of Francis William Thomas Brain born 28.10.1855 Hope Mansell, who became a Mining Engineer and was Knighted. He was involved with Thomas Bennett Brain owner of Trafalgar Mine (and the person who had Euroclydon built with a tower so he could see his mine). It was Francis William Thomas Brain who had been associated with the use of electric floodlights on the Severn Bridge in 1879 where they had been used to enable construction work to continue at night to make the best use of the tides. After use on the bridge, the apparatus, consisting of a couple of powerful lamps supplied by a Gramme machine, was re-erected at Trafalgar on the surface to light the colliery yard, and a football match was even played at night! Francis William Thomas Brain was also connected with the Electric Blasting Apparatus Company who made fuses for simultaneous shot firing underground, and had buildings close to Trafalgar Colliery.

In answer to Jane’s question regarding the connection between John Brain baptised 6.6.1824 and her ancestor Emma Griffiths 1855 nee Brain, they were 3rd cousins once removed. My computer works this out not me !! A web far too tangled to unravel here, so I will communicate with Jane separately by email.

Finally, Slowhands has shown the 1846 registration details for John Brain & Sarah Bennett, I can add that this marriage took place at Flaxley 6.7.1846.

Jim Ashton