FLOWERS BREWERY

[davidsbrother]

Can anyone supply me with any information of members of the Flower Family who were owners of the "Flowers Brewery" that was located at Stratford Upon Avon, and were they related to the Flower families of Suffolk and West Ham ?
Any information of this family would be most welcome.

[jim1]

Hello Davidsbrother
More info please.
Which Century,any first names etc.
Regards Jim

[jim1]

Family papers and trust documents relating to this family are held at The Shakespeare birthplace trust Records Office in Stratford:
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archon/searches/locresult_details.asp?LR=188
Jim

[Elliebob]

Hi Davidsbrother
My grandfather worked at Flowers Brewery in Stratford before he went to Canada in the early 1900s and then again after WW1 until his death in 1926.
 
I have a photocopy of a booklet about the brewery.  If you would like to pm me with your e-mail. I will copy some of the pages to you.

Best wishes
Ellen

[jim1]

You may also be interested in this:
http://www.shakespeare.org.uk/content/view/387/387/
Jim

[davidsbrother]

The Brewery opened in 1831 as Flower and Sons at Brewery Street. Stratford Upon Avon. It was owned by Edward Fordham Flower 1805-1883. I have been told that my Grandmother Martha Ellen Flowers born 1874 at Belchamp St Paul. Essex/Suffolk was related to the Brewing Family, but I do not know the connection.

[jim1]

This is the family of Edward Fordham Flower so far:
G/parents/George Flower=Celina Greaves/Marden Hill/Herts.
Parents/Richard Flower=Elizabeth Fordham/Marden Hill/Herts/Mar.1827/Barford/War.
Siblings:
George/1787-1862/Mar.Eliza Andrews
Edward/1788
Elizabeth/1790
Martha/1790-1838/Mar.William Pickering
Mary Katherine/1792-1852
George/1795-1882
Richard/1797-1802
William/1798
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Edward & Celina had 1 child,Edgar b.1834 whose children were:
Arthur Smith Flower/1860
Rosalie M/1860
Agnes Celina/1862
Henrietta EG/1864
Oswald S/1872
Lilian Frances/1874
Spencer A/1879
Although Martha is a family name she isn't a direct relative.Do you know who her parents are?
Regards Jim

[jim1]

Ok found him
William Flowers b.1850/Clare/Suffolk
Unable to find him on previous censii or a birth!!
You may have to search the Clare PR's.If you can't get there yourself go to the Suffolk page and ask if anyone is going there who can look for you,alternatively you can email the RO and ask them as you have a specific year.In the meantime I'll look at Edward's siblings and see if I can trace from them.
Regards Jim

[Pennytw]

Hey Jim,

You've got some of the Flower family a little mixed up. Edgar did have 10 children - but not Arthur Smyth Flower. Arthur was one of WHF's and my great grandfather.

There were four sons to Edward Fordham Flower and his wife Celina Greaves:
Richard Fordham Flower (died very young)
Charles Edward Flower - married but no children
William Henry Flower - 7 children
Edgar Flower - 10 children

Also be careful, Flowers Brewery family were Flower with no "s".

Cheers

Penny