The specific request:
Can someone please look at these sources and tell me the occupation of William BROWN (I’m hoping for Plumber)? And is there anything to link him to the William Brown born 1824 Bugbrooke, Northamptonshire, who is also a plumber who married Hannah Blackall and was living around Middlesex after 1850?
9 Jan 1831 Chipping Barnet chr Ruth Jane Brown, daughter of William and Sarah Brown
5 Aug 1832 Chipping Barnet chr Harriet Brown, daughter of William and Sarah Brown
1841 Census William Brown b 1788-1792 Hertfordshire, residence Barnet Common in Chipping Barnet
1851 Census William Brown b 1788 Burnett, Hertfordshire, residing on Claremont Row, in Islington
And, IFF the above William Brown is a plumber… (for bonus points!)
Is there a marriage source for that William Brown and wife Sarah?
Is there a christening source possibly from 1824 to 1832 for that man William Brown, a plumber, having a son William Brown?
The detailed background… (skip this if it’s not helpful)
An 1850 Chelsea district marriage registration has William Brown and Hannah Blackall. He is William Brown born 1824 Bugbrooke, Northampton. His occupation in the 1850 marriage and in censuses after is Plumber. I have no sources for him before the 1850 marriage.
Some helpful RootsChat people (in the Northampton forum) saw the marriage image and identified the groom’s father as William Brown, a plumber. I have found no such person in Northampton in 1841 or 1851 Censuses.
After looking at the indexes of more than 700 images of the 1851 Censuses for men named William Brown born before 1805 (my guess only), I’ve found only ONE that has occupation Plumber. And he has ties to Middlesex. But I can’t see the image to figure out if there is more information there that might prove/disprove my theory they are father & son. (If he’s not the father I’m looking for, then I’ll need to look at more images).
1851 Census in Islington, Middlesex, residence on Claremont Row, William Brown born 1788 Burnett, Hertfordshire, occupation Plumber and Painter, with wife Mary born 1795 London.
I’m thinking birthplace Burnett, Hertfordshire, is actually Barnet which shows up as both Hertfordshire and Middlesex.
I think it’s the same man in that 1851 Census as in this 1841 Census…
1841 Census in with residence Barnet Common in Chipping Barnet, Hertfordshire, as William Brown born 1788-1792 Hertfordshire, with wife Sarah born 1787-1791 Hertfordshire, with children Lucey Brown and Harriot Brown. [I can’t see images, so I’m inferring the relationships given their names and ages]
I could not find any other sources for the daughter Lucy Brown b 1830.
I did find the 5 Aug 1832 christening of Harriet Brown as in 1841 Census, and no other sources for her.
Also, another daughter chr 9 Jan 1831 (born 1828 per Censuses) Ruth Jane Brown, with parents William and Sarah Brown in Chipping Barnet, Hertfordshire. Ruth Jane Brown was in an institution in 1841 and married James Catchpole in 1850 in Friern Barnet. Her husband was a (house) painter, and in 1861, “P Glazier & P” which I think is Painter Glazier and Plumber. I think the plumbing was a trade learned from his father-in-law William Brown who was a plumber.
But if he is a plumber, i still need to tie him to the William Brown. plumber, who married Hannah Blackall and had father with same name and occupation.
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Thank you!
