Northampton Billing Road Cemetery, lookup please

[Alex436]

I'm looking for a burial record for William BROWN, who died in the period 1847-1852.  If anyone can look for him in the Billing Road cemetery records, I'll be most grateful.
(William Brown was three times mayor of Northampton in the 1812-1815 period).

Regards,

Alex

[seahall]

Hi Alex

Welcome to Rootschat 

There does not seem to be a likely candidate in the time span you give.

Certainly no burial in Billing Road Cemetery for him.

Do you have information that can help us further.

Sandy

[Alex436]

Many thanks for your quick reply, Sandy.

I have already checked the available records for the old parish churchyards in Northampton.
I think I will need to look further afield as William Brown's sons moved away from Northampton when they were young men and he may well have been living with them when he died.

Thanks again for your help.

Best Regards,

Alex

[seahall]

Hi Again Alex

You are most welcome.

I have an index of Freeman of the Borough from 1865 and 1902
(which includes Women names).

It states persons
Surname/Forname, Age in 1865, Trade or Quality, Address and Hse. No.,
Date of Admission of Freedom, How obtained.

Example:

Billingham Thomas, 64, Shoemaker, 41, Bull Lane, 21st Sept 1827, Marriage.

So if you find any other connections this way it maybe of use. 

Sandy

[Alex436]

Thanks again Sandy - I'll bear this in mind.

Best Regards,

Alex

[JAHL]

Could you contact me please in connection with William Brown (Mayor & Alderman of Northampton). I am researching a house history and the son/brother of William Brown used to live in the house.  His family holds the key to my research.

Jacqui

[Alex436]

Hello Jacqui,
Nice to hear from you. My interest in the Brown family comes from  some long standing research into the staff of the railway travelling post office (TPO) during the 19th century. I don't have any Brown ancestors myself.
Sidney Maberly Brown (1817-1898) was one of the longest serving travelling clerks of the TPO, with over 40 years of service.
He was one of at least four children of William Brown (c1776-1850) of Gold St, Northampton and his wife Frances.
William was a Tanner by trade, presumably a successful one, as he was an Alderman and three times Mayor of Northampton (1813-1815).
William's other children that I know about were:
Peach Brown (1802-1851) rose to be a Lt Col in The Indian Army.
Spencer Brown (1815-1901) was a Civil Servant in the War Office.
Catherine, married William Fowler of St Neots in 1831 (referred to as younger daughter of William Brown, but I do not have any info on her sisters).
William Brown was very active in politics in the Radical/Liberal cause. His son Sidney's middle name -  Maberly -  was in honour of William Leader Maberly, army officer and MP for Northampton,  later Secretary of the General Post Office. William was involved in some electoral shenanigans in the 1830s which led to the temporary removal of his Aldermanic priveleges. I now know that he was buried not in Northants but at St Giles Camberwell, Surrey on 4th June 1850.
If you have any info of background interest to the early life of Sidney M Brown in Northampton, I would be interested to hear about this.
Kind Regards,

Alex

[JAHL]

Thank-you for the information - this has confused me now! In the newspaper when Catherine married William Fowler in Tansor on 21/9/1831, Catherine is described as the 2nd daughter of Alderman Brown and ........... of Thomas Brown Esq, of Tansor Lodge. (I have read this online from the Stamford Mercury but the essential word I need is unreadable on the scanned copy) I need to know what the "........" is for the relationship to Thomas Brown, Esq of Tansor Lodge. Thomas's full name was Thomas Peach Brown but he did not die until 1860 and was born in Oundle in 1790, he was well off and owned land freehold & tithe free, his father was a John Brown.

Jacqui
 

[Alex436]

Hi Jacqui,
The only reference I saw to Catherine was in the NORTHAMPTON Mercury, Sat 24 Sept 1831:
" On Wednesday last, at Tansor, by the Rev Chas Abthorpe Wheelwright, Wm Fowler Esq, Priory, St Neots, to Catherine, youngest daughter of Mr Alderman Brown, of this town".
I assumed that this was Alderman William Brown, but perhaps by 1831 there was another Northampton Alderman called Brown.
Checking Familysearch, only Peach, Spencer and Sidney show up as children of William and Frances Brown baptised in Northampton 1795 - 1820.  So perhaps there were no daughters and Catherine is the daughter of another Brown.
Regards,

Alex