Joseph Albert Bryant

[mickawinn]

The above was a pharmacist in the Bristol area on the 1901 census. By the 1911 census he was a warehouseman and he died at the end of 1911. Can anyone tell me whether there are any records for pharmacists online?

[CaroleW]

The 1911 death was aged 39 so born approx 1872.  No 1901 for a Joseph A Bryant & there are only 3 entries in that birthyear range - none of whom were a pharmacist

Can you post 1901 reference please?

[CaroleW]

Ancestry strikes again. 1901 image  says Bryant - Ancestry transcribes as Bergant

Occupation is doctors dispenser

[mickawinn]

Yes the 1901 occupation was the one I have assumed meant pharmacist.

[ciderdrinker]

Hi
Joseph Albert was born in India so he could have trained out there.

bapt Japalpur Bengal s of John Albert and Olivia Bryant born 24.11.1872 bapt 6 Dec 1872
15.2.1897 father discharged from Army and granted pension money in England of £90 pa..(John Albert born 30.7.1847)
7 Feb 1897 marriage Asylum attendent Fishponds asylum father Army Warrant Officer John Albert Bryant
1901 35 East St Bedminster Doctor's Dispenser
Nov 29 1901 son Edward George 's baptism Dispenser 35 East St
1906 same caretaker
14 April 1907 Dispenser on daughter Doreen's baptism
1911  same address printer's  warehouseman
11 Aug 1912 daughter Freda's baptism Dispenser

Ciderdrinker

[mickawinn]

I have requested the death certificate to see if that throws any light on the subject. A strange assortment of occupations for a trained pharmacist!

[Capetown]

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35 East Street, Bedminster, Bristol

There are a couple of adverts, British Newspaper’s on Line.  This one dated 12 August 1885

The Medical Attendance Assurance Association, Limited, require experienced Canvassers, Agents and Superindents for the West of England and South Wales District.

Branch Manager, C H Barrett,

Another same address etc.

London and County Fire Office require Agents.  Liberal Terms. 
Barrett, 35 East Street, Bedminster, Bristol.

[Capetown]

This is an advert dated 9 November 1887, Bristol Mercury

Bristol Provident Medical Institution

Numbers attending the dispensaries during the week:-

St Mark’s road, Easton, 40
Upper York Street, 53
Hotwells , 105
35 East Street, Bedminster, 110


29 Moreton Street, St George’s, 201

Total, 508

Number visited at home, 79

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22 November 1887

Bristol Provident Medical Institution for the Medical Treatment of the working classes for small weekly payments.

One address being 35 East Street, Bedminster.
Dispensaries open daily

[Capetown]

By Googling:

Dispensary 35 East Street, Bedminster, Bristol

There is on Google Books

The Dispensaries: Healthcare for the Poor before the Nhs

and on one page....

The attendances of patients from 1 Feb to the end of September 1883 amounted to 17,917 at the dispensaries and 2, 427 at home.

In Matthews Directory of 1900, the following dispenaries were still functioning:

129 Hotwells Road, Hotwells Barton Hill, St Phillips;
177 Cheltenham Road and
35 East Street, Bedminster
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Further on in the article it mentions in 1911 the system changed.