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Independent Islands => Isle of Man => Topic started by: chattygirl on Friday 17 September 10 14:23 BST (UK)
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Have been doing some IOM research and found my great great grandfather Caesar BREW burial place in Onchan with Rebecca his wife. Keen to establish other family links.
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presume you have tried http://brew.clients.ch/BrewONS.htm and also http://www.isle-of-man.com/cgi-bin/interests/genealogy/bulletin/index.pl?noframes; where Sue is active in Brew name.
There is an interesting query - the marriage Lezaye 18761230 is to a Rebecca Cubbon - however the rebecca in the 1881 census (w/o rly worker Caesar) would appear to match rebecca cowley - I can't find any rebecca cubbon in 1861 census - did you resolve this - if she was a cowley then I probably have more - Caesar also appears to be something of a mystery - s/o Wm + Mary Cowley - Mary had an illeg ch margt by a wm brew then appears as mary brew in 1851 as married but no husb present as a labourer aged 32 at Rhenny moar Jurby (d/o Hugh Cowley + cath lawson) all ch indicated as illeg in regs - in 1861 aged 42 at Guilcagh in Andreas with 49 year old Wm + 8 yr old Caesar (bur age 45 Onchan 18980325) + several other child
did you resolve this or have I merely confused 2 mary 'brew's
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Hi-thanks for the information. I'm just back from the IOM with loads of paper work to go through. We visited Cesar and Rebeccas grave in Onchan. Ceasar met with an unfortunate accident whilst working on the electric railway in Douglas in 1898. Rebecca was said to have been left with 6 children. Her faimily home we believe to have been the Cubbon family at the Shipyard gate house in Ramsey.
Thanks for the links.
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My family is also descended from Caesar Brew, via William Edward. Would like any info you have. I have his father as William born 1812 but am not sure his father was james married to Margaret. Did you take a photo of the grave as I would love a copy. Any other photos of Caesar or family would be great.
Cheers
Kaye
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Caesars eldest son William Edward married Eva May Goldsmith. is this your tree?
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Yes that them, son was Sidney Goldsmith Brew born 1905, my husband Simons grandfather. I have been busy writing a book but now will focus on this tree more.
Thanks
Kaye
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Hi Kaye.
My name is Helen and Sylvia is my first cousin and of course Simons mother. Uncle Sid and my Dad ,William Douglas (Doug) were brothers. I started the family research about 2004 and been a bit patchy as was working at the time but taken early retirement so a little more time to look at it all. Tony and I went to the IOM and found out quite a bit about Uncle Sids and my Dads grandfather Caesar Brew who we found out was killed on the Manx railway 1898. His eldest child William Edward was the father to Sid and my Dad. I know that Simon was chatting with his Mum over Christmas about family information as Ive just been speaking with Sylvia. We had lost touch but met up at a cousins funeral two years ago and have kept in touch since. I have some paper reports of the accident and happy to send you both a copy if you are happy to pass on your address.
I'm in touch with Sylvia, Peter (Dorothy (Auntie Dolly) Brews . Robert Brew (Uncle Regs son) and his family.
Im building the tree on Ancestry for the Brews and the Goldsmiths. I have some photos of Christian Goldsmith (mine and Sylvias great grandmother) Can I help with passing over what I have? Im also in touch with another cousin in the IOM who is on the Goldsmith side.
Good to chat with you. Hope you and Simon are well.
Helen
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Hi Helen
Great to make contact I know Simon misses seeing his mums extended family. I have not been doing the tree too long so would welcome help. I have been writting a book so have not done much this last year but was hoping to get back to doing it. email address removed by moderator ?If you message me I can send my address. I am on ancestry as well.
Thanks for info. Would love to see and pictures.
Kaye
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hello my name is
Ian G brew
I think I'm here for a slightly different resign then other but if you cold help me out that be grate.
what was the early religion or the Brew family and dues any body have any insight to its practice? or books on the mater out side of just the family?
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when you say early - how early - the Island claims to be Christian by the 6th Century (ie well before England).
By 1600 the Island was nominally Protestant (ie Anglican or these days Church of England (CofE)) prior to 1540s it would have been Catholic - traces of Catholic practice lingered well past 1600.
As the Island started to become a centre for smuggling into the countries surrounding the Irish sea there was a small influx of Irish sometimes Catholic but usually strong Protestant, a few Jews could be found among the merchants as could also be a few Dutch and other European nationals (eg French) - post 1765 and the removal of much of the smuggling the Island started to embrace Methodism originally a group still within the CofE but increasingly with separatist tendencies - the Manx were especially attracted by its use of Local preachers which allowed them to show their independence of England - this remained the case until post WW1 with the Island split 50/50 between CofE + Methodists - however the relationship was seldom hostile many chapel goers used the CofE parish church + the CofE goers would happily go to hear a good preacher.
The only foreign intervention occurred in the late 1830's when the early Mormons had a mission to the Island and gained quite a few converts many of whom emigrated to the USA but this cult was a spent force by the 1880s.
A fair amount of this history is on my website www.manxnotebook.com