COMPLETED Bram..well?..mer?

[Kiwiham]

Something very strange about names with this family. I am just looking at the 1891 census for Michael Burns and family. They have an entry for the household for a George STEAD shown as brother-in-law. He is also shown as having been born in Ireland and was 32 years old.

Also, when looking at FreeBDM, Janes name is STUART, not STEWART. Of their children I can find no trace (on FreeBDM). However census lists seven children.

[Geoff-E]

I don't worry too much about spellings -
In 1873 she was Jane STUART of Irish Street, dau of George STUART
In 1915 she was Jane BURNS dau of George STEWART (dec)

George STEWART lived at Michells Court, Irish Street from at least 1865 till 1904 (death) and his 2nd wife continued to live there until 1907.

Re Stead/Stuart - the words are certainly of similar shape.  In the days of scratchy pens by candlelight, mistranscription has to be a possibility.


Five of those seven were registered-
Q1 1875 10a 529 James Strange
Q1 1877 10b 689 George
Q3 1879 10b (5/6)35 Hugh
5 July 1880 Mary Agnes (a relation gave me that one)
Q4 1881 10b 571 Margaret
1884 Sarah
Q4 1890 10b 596 Thomas William (died 1891)

Then there was Samuel Bramwell BURNS and John Russell BRAMWELL ... making nine.

In the 1911 census, the BRAMWELL couple - who were of course not yet married - claim to have been married for 19 years, having had 15 children, 9 of whom were still living.

[SquirrelK]

That explains why I couldn't find the marriage. Looking too early

[megzie]

Hi there,
Just popping by to say hello, as it appears that you and I must be third cousins; I note that William Bramwell is your great grandfather. 
My great grandmother was his sister Jane, who left England for Australia with her husband, Joshua Pickering, along with William and his wife. 
Later they all migrated to Greymouth, as I'm sure you know.
The Pickerings in NZ were not nearly as prolific as the Bramwells, but there are still a few of their descendants around.
Meg

[sbram]

Hello, I'm interested to know more about these Bramwells that emigrated to Greymouth.  If I have understood and identified the correct generation, I think Jane and William were descendants of Elias Andrewartha through his daughter Elisabeth Sarah who married Thomas Bramwell, and I am descended from her sister Martha who married Thomas's brother Robert (my 2xg grandfather).

When did they go to Greymouth, and are there Bramwells living there now?