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My ancestor George Bracher was born in Salisbury in Aug 1794 and died in nearby Alderbury on 4th June 1871. For many years I was not able to find where he was buried but have just found a recently added record on FamilySearch that tells me he was buried in Aldbourne six days later on 10th June.

My question is - where in Aldbourne? And then, of course, why there - more than 40 miles from where he died? I am unaware of any family connection to the place.

FamilySearch indicates the burial record is in "England, Wiltshire, Church Records, 1518-1990" database, Bishop's Transcripts.

I see that there is a graveyard at St Michael’s Church of England and close by is a small graveyard from the “New Zoar Baptist Chapel” which was demolished some time after 1931 but its burial ground survives.  There was also a Primitive Methodist chapel  in West Street and a Wesleyan Methodist chapel in Lottage Road but I don’t know if either had a burial ground.

Any help or suggestions to find George's resting place would be hugely appreciated.

Thanks, and best wishes from DownUnder

Ian Bracher

Hello all,

I am looking for a birth date for a girl Lucy Jane BRACHER - parents George and Elizabeth (nee HOWES).  Lucy died aged 9 and I have her burial details that she was buried Feb 4 1837 at St Marys Sherborne. This would give a calculated birth year of 1828. Most important is the hope that a birth record will confirm her parents as George and Elizabeth.

Thanks.

Hello all,

I have some watercolour pictures painted around Nottingham by John Frederick Fryer in 1872. There is a church on the skyline of two paintings which I think may be St Mary's. Is anyone able to confirm or correct this?

And it would be great if some one familiar with Nottingham could suggest where JFF would have been when he painted them.  If it helps the 1871 census has him living at 9 Park street, occupation Lithographic artist, aged 18yrs.

Stephen Moulton was a key player in the rise of the British rubber industry during the nineteenth century. In a book about the industry published in 1958 author William Woodruff made extensive use of Moulton's business and personal records. It seems that my ancestor, George BRACHER, was closely involved with Moulton and that there is much to be learned about him in the Moulton papers.

My question is - where are they now?  Any suggestions as to how or where to find this collection would be most welcome.