Henry BRAIN or Henry HERBERT (General)

by Jean Herbert , Leeds Yorkshire, Monday, January 21, 2008, 09:59 (6154 days ago)

Amelia Brain born abt 1835 had a son Henry born abt 1853, aproximately five years prior to her marriage to Dennis Herbert. The couple married in 1858. On the 1861 and 1871 census for East Dean, Henry is shown under the name of Herbert, together with other children of the marriage.
Having managed to trace the rest of the family on later census, I could not trace Henry under the name of Herbert. Not at first having realised the significance of his date of birth and date of his mother's marriage, which has now been pointed out to me by a kindly fellow researcher, it suddenly dawned on me that perhaps he was a Brain and not a Herbert.
I cannot find a record of baptism for Henry under Herbert or Brain but my fellow researcher found a record of birth of a Henry Brain in 1853 but no mothers name.
A marriage for a Henry Brain to a Susan Waite in Dec 1875 - vol 6a page 512 Westbury was found.
One of Henry Herbert/Brain's brothers Albert Herbert married an Emily Waite in 1880 in Batley Yorkshire. Could this be a relation to Susan Waite?
On 1881 census Henry Brain and Susan were lodging in the household of Charles Waite and family - relationship shown as nephew. I have found many intermarriages between the Waite and Brain family in previous records but I am not at all certain that I am on the correct track.
Can anyone make any sense of this puzzle? Regards Jean Herbert