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Hi all,

Does anyone know of any sources of info or photos of a family of grocers in the Manchester area during the mid 19th C please?

In particular there was a company called Bratt and Hobson Ltd who were wholesale grocers and grocery, cheese, ham, bacon and tea dealers.  It also seems this company was an agent for WA Gilbey Ltd wine and spirit merchants.  The Bratt and Hobson company would seem to be at least part owned by Peter Bratt of Bowden and had shops/stores at over a dozen addresses including Manchester Road, Swan Street, Broad Street, Chester Road, Oldham Street, Pinmill Brow, Regent Road, Stockport Road, Wilmslow Road, Great Ancoats Street, Market Street, Victoria Street, Stretford Road and Chapel Street.

However there is also evidence of another firm which was probably related - Bratt and Dobb who were also tea dealers and grocers at 89 Chorlton Road with a Thomas Bratt one of the partners.

It did seem that the Bratts were well-established as shopkeepers as there's further evidence of a greengrocer called William Bratt at 30 Greek Street, Amy Bratt a shopkeeper at 19 Silas Street, Albert Bratt a grocer at 88 Bolton Road, James Bratt a grocer at 74 Water Street and Daniel Bratt a shopkeeper in  Butler Street.

Can anyone shed any light on this family of traders which certainly seems to have disappeared from today's shopping streets?

Regards,

Ian

Please does anyone know where I can find pictures or information on 2 businesses which operated in the centre of Leeds in the 1860s-1880s. The first was Galli and Hawkesworth, jewellers on the corner of Briggate and Kirkgate, Leeds.  The second was Cataneo, which also operated on Briggate, Leeds?

Regards,

Ian

Hi

I'm looking for parents and siblings of James Walker born 1833 in Kingsley, Cheshire.  If someone could look him up on the 1841 census I'd be grateful.

James married Mary Wrench, born 1838-39 in Crowton, and had several children all of whom were naturally born after the 1841& 1851 censuses.

By way of reference their children were:
Ann born 1857
Henry born 4/1/1863
Elizabeth born 27/11/1864
Mary, born 15/9/1867
Eliza born 25/12/1869 died before 1871?
twins Emily and another Eliza born 31/12/1871?
Alice born 1874
John born 25/2/1874
Lucy born 15/3/1875
Richard born 5/1/1879
William born 4/5/1879
Marth born 9/1/1881

Thank you in anticipation,

Ian

Hello

I am a descendant of Martha Prickett born in 1812 in Bolton, Lancashire, England who on 9th Jan 1831 married Nathan Bratt born in 1812 in Manchester, Lancashire. She died in March 1881.

Martha and Nathan had 6 children:
- Benjamin John Bratt, born in 1832 in Salford, who married Jane born 1831 in Eccles
- Thomas Prickett Bratt, born 14 Jan 1835
- William Bratt, born in 1837
- Nathan Bratt, born 1840
- Elizabeth Bratt, born 1846 in Eccles
- my great granddad Henry Thomas Nathaniel Bratt, born 1849 in Eccles and who married Elizia or Clara Fletcher born in 1855 in West Bromwich or Rhyl.

I'm looking for any information on the Prickett family, not so much lookups (but I won't turn them away!) but specifically I'm hoping someone out there is related to Martha and has details of her parents/ancestors.

Thanks,

Ian