See also

Family of Cornelius Brown and Harriett Isabella Ablitt

Husband: Cornelius Brown

  • Name:

  • Cornelius Brown1

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • carpenter and a bank caretaker2 3 4 5 6

  • Birth:

  • 1851 (app)

  • Creeting St. Mary, Suffolk, England2 3 4 5 6

  •  

  • 1921 census says born in Creeting All Saints

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 29)

  • Barking Road, Needham Market, Suffolk, England2

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a carpenter and living with his wife Isabella, (step-?)daughter Ellen, daughters Alice and Catherine, and sons Walter and William. Born in Creeting Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 40)

  • Hawks Mill Street, Needham Market, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • married head of the household working as carpenter and living with his wife Isabella, sons Walter, William and George, and daughter Cate. Born in Creeting Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 56)

  • Westborne Terrace, Creeting St. Mary, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a carpenter and living with his wife Isabella, and son Albert. Born in Creeting Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 60)

  • High Street, Needham Market, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a carpenter and a bank caretaker living in four rooms with his wife Harriett, son Albert, and a boarder. Born in Creeting St. Mary Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 71 yrs 1 mn)

  • Lloyds Bank, Coddenham Road, Needham Market, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • married head of the household and a retired carpenter living in four rooms with his wife Harriet, son Albert and daughter-in-law Kathleen. Born in Creeting All Saints Suffolk

Wife: Harriett Isabella Ablitt

  • Name:

  • Harriett Isabella Ablitt7

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • William Ablitt (1824-1879)

  • Mother:

  • Eliza Howlett (1825?-1912)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • dressmaker8

  • Birth:

  • Q3 1851

  • Needham Market, Suffolk, England7 9 8 2 3 4 5 6

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 9)

  • High Street, Needham Market, Suffolk, England9

  •  

  • daughter as Isabella aged 10, living with parents and four siblings. Born in Needham Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 19)

  • High Street, Needham Market, Suffolk, England8

  •  

  • unmarried daughter as Isabella working as a dressmaker and living with her parents William and Eliza, sisters Rosa, Agness (sic) and Jane, brothers William and Charles, and niece Ellen. Born in Needham Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 29)

  • Barking Road, Needham Market, Suffolk, England2

  •  

  • married wife as Isabella living with her husband Cornelius, daughters Ellen, Alice and Catherine, and sons Walter and William. Born in Needham Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 40)

  • Hawks Mill Street, Needham Market, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • married wife as Isabella living with her husband Cornelius, sons Walter, William and George, and daughter Cate. Born in Needham Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 56)

  • Westborne Terrace, Creeting St. Mary, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • married wife living with her husband Cornelius, and son Albert. Born in Needham Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 60)

  • High Street, Needham Market, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • married wife living in four rooms with her husband Cornelius, son Albert, and a boarder. Born in Needham Market Suffolk and married for forty years with eight children, six of whom are still living

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 69 yrs 8 mns)

  • Lloyds Bank, Coddenham Road, Needham Market, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • married wife doing home duties and living in four rooms with her husband Cornelius, son Albert and daughter-in-law Kathleen. Born in Needham Market Suffolk

Child 1: Alice Brown

  • Name:

  • Alice Brown2

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • general servant10

  • Birth:

  • 1872 (app)

  • Needham Market, Suffolk, England2 10

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 9)

  • Barking Road, Needham Market, Suffolk, England2

  •  

  • daughter attending school and living with her parents Cornelius and Isabella, (half-?)sister Ellen, sister Catherine, and brothers Walter and William. Born in Needham Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 19)

  • 9 Adelphi Place, Ipswich, Suffolk, England10

  •  

  • a unmarried general servant living with Ada Woolnough, five boarders, and another servant. Born in Needham Suffolk

Child 2: Walter Charles Brown

  • Name:

  • Walter Charles Brown11 12

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Florence Louise Bartlett (1873-1969)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • carpenter, soldier, domestic servant thern doing general hotel work3 13 14 15

  • Birth:

  • 20 Apr 1876

  • Needham Market, Suffolk, England11 2 3 14 15

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 5)

  • Barking Road, Needham Market, Suffolk, England2

  •  

  • son attending school and living with his parents Cornelius and Isabella, (half-?)sister Ellen, sisters Alice and Catherine, and brother William. Born in Needham Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 16)

  • Hawks Mill Street, Needham Market, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • unmarried son working as a carpenter and living with his parents Cornelius and Isabella, brothers William and George, and sister Cate. Born in Needham Suffolk

  • Military Service:

  • frm 27 Feb 1901 to 26 Feb 1913 (age 24-36)

  • British Army Royal Ordnance Corps as no:455713

  •  

  • being 5' 7" tall, weighed 138 lbs, with a chest of 34", expansion 36", medium complexion, grey eyes, dark brown hair and a scar on his forehead. he served in South Africa from 16th November 1901 to 27th August 1904 and was transferred to the Army Reserve on 26th February 1909

  • Census absence:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 24)

  •  

  •  

  • on Army service

  • Medals:

  • 1903 (app)13

  •  

  •  

  • Queens medal with clasps for Cape Colony, South Africa 1901 and 1902 and State of Transvaal

  • Census absence:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 34)

  •  

  • Military Service:

  • frm 23 Oct 1914 to 17 Jun 1919 (age 38-43)

  • British Army 109th Company Royal Ordnance Corps as no:231016

  •  

  • being 5' 6½" tall, weighing 123 lbs, with a chest of 34½" and expansion of 2½". He served in France from 1915 and became a Corporal and Lance Corporal but reverted to a private on 23rd November 1918

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 45 yrs 2 mns)

  • Redcliff Lodge, Marine Drive, Paignton, Devon, England14

  •  

  • a married domestic servant living in twelve rooms with Dr. William and Mabel Smith, three visitors, and his wife Florence. Born in Needham Market Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 63)

  • Sunny Court, Station Hill, Brixham, Devon, England15

  •  

  • married doing hotel general work and living with his wife Florence. Born on 20th April 1876

  • Death:

  • Q4 1953 (age 77)

  • Devon " Central Registration District", Devon, England12

Child 3: William Ernest Brown

  • Name:

  • William Ernest Brown17

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Harriet Amy Cakebread (1880-1924)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • ironmongers assistant and porter18 19

  • Birth:

  • Q3 1878

  • Needham Market, Suffolk, England17 2 3 18 19

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 2)

  • Barking Road, Needham Market, Suffolk, England2

  •  

  • son living with his parents Cornelius and Isabella, (half-?)sister Ellen, sisters Alice and Catherine, and brother Walter. Born in Needham Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 13)

  • Hawks Mill Street, Needham Market, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • son attending school and living with his parents Cornelius and Isabella, brothers Walter and George, and sister Cate. Born in Needham Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 22)

  • 23 Newbury Road, Bromley, Kent, England18

  •  

  • an unmarried boarder working as an ironmongers assistant and living with James and Elizabeth Vyse? and family, and his brother George. Born in Needham Market Suffolk

  • Witness:

  • 13 Jan 1902 (age 23)

  • William Ernest Brown witnessed the marriage of Henry Sidney Richards and Catherine Isabella Brown on Monday on 13 January 1902 in Christ Church, Trafalgar Road, Greenwich, London, England

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 32)

  • 44 Simpsons Road, Bromley, Kent, England19

  •  

  • married head of the household working as an ironmongers porter and living in four rooms with his wife Harriet, and nephew William Cakebread. Born in Needham Market Suffolk

  • Death:

  • 14 May 1915 (age 37)

  • India20

  • War Memorial:

  •  

  • Jhansi Cantonment Cemetery, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India20

  •  

  • private:1138 serving with the 5th Battalion Queens Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), died 14th May 1915 aged 37

Child 4: Catherine Isabella Brown

  • Name:

  • Catherine Isabella Brown21

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Nickname:

  • Cate

  • Spouse:

  • Henry Sidney Richards (1877?-1935)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • domestic servant22

  • Birth:

  • 14 Sep 1880

  • Needham Market, Suffolk, England21 2 3 22 23 24 25

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 5 mns)

  • Barking Road, Needham Market, Suffolk, England2

  •  

  • daughter living with her parents Cornelius and Isabella, (half-?)sister Ellen, sister Alice, and brothers Walter and William. Born in Needham Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 10)

  • Hawks Mill Street, Needham Market, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • daughter as Cate attending school and living with her parents Cornelius and Isabella, and brothers Walter, William and George. Born in Needham Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 20)

  • 48 Romola Road, Tulse Hill, London, England22

  •  

  • an unmarried general domestic servant living with Thomas and Elizabeth Cowbrick and their daughter Dorothy. Born in Needham Market Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 30)

  • 169 Felixstowe Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England23

  •  

  • married wife living in five rooms with her husband Henry, and son William. Born in Needham Market Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 40 yrs 9 mns)

  • 169 Felixstowe Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England24

  •  

  • married wife doing home duties and living in five rooms with her husband Henry, son William, and daughter Alice. Born in Needham Market Suffolk

  • Witness:

  • 1 Sep 1934 (age 53)

  • Catherine Isabella Brown witnessed the marriage of William Henry Richards and Jessie Lilian Griffiths on Saturday on 1 September 1934 in Holy Trinity Church, Station Road, Lamorbey, Sidcup, Kent, England

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 59)

  • 57 Norfolk Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England25

  •  

  • a widow doing unpaid domestic duties and living alone. Born on 14th September 1880

  • Death:

  • Q3 1956 (age 75)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England26

Child 5: George Brown

  • Name:

  • George Brown27 28

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Bertha Bossom (1882-1914)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • ironmongers assistant then a whitesmith and a fitter18 29 30

  • Birth:

  • Q1 1883

  • Needham Market, Suffolk, England27 3 18 29 30

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 8)

  • Hawks Mill Street, Needham Market, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • son attending school and living with his parents Cornelius and Isabella, brothers Walter and William, and sister Cate. Born in Needham Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 18)

  • 23 Newbury Road, Bromley, Kent, England18

  •  

  • an unmarried boarder working as an ironmongers assistant and living with James and Elizabeth Vyse? and family, and his brother William. Born in Needham Market Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 28)

  • 50 Lansdowne Road, Bromley, Kent, England29

  •  

  • married son-in-law working as a whitesmith and living in eight rooms with his in-laws William and Esther Bossom, brother-in-law William, and his wife Bertha. Born in Needham Market Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 38 yrs 4 mns)

  • 50 Lansdowne Road, Bromley, Kent, England30

  •  

  • a widowed boarder working as a fitter for J Morton Crouch ironmongers and hot water fitters of 25 Widmore Road Bromley Kent living in four rooms with his in-laws William and Esther Bossom, a visitor and two other boarders. Born in Needham Market Suffolk

  • Death:

  • Q1 1959 (age 76)

  • Bromley "Registration District", Kent, England28

Child 6: Albert Victor Brown

  • Name:

  • Albert Victor Brown31 32

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Kathleen May Chapman (1895-1980)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • bricklayer then a carpenter and joiner5 6 33

  • Birth:

  • 8 Nov 1892

  • Creeting St. Mary, Suffolk, England31 4 5 6 33 32

  •  

  • 1921 census says born in Needham Market Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 8)

  • Westborne Terrace, Creeting St. Mary, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • son living with his parents Cornelius and Isabella. Born in Creeting Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 18)

  • High Street, Needham Market, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • unmarried son working as a bricklayer and living in four rooms with his parents Cornelius and Harriett, and a boarder. Born in Creeting St. Mary Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 28 yrs 8 mns)

  • Lloyds Bank, Coddenham Road, Needham Market, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • married son working as a carpenter and joiner for Mr. A Folkaid a builder of Needham Market and living in four rooms with his parents Cornelius and Harriet, and his wife Kathleen. Born in Needham Market Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 46)

  • Highleigh, Stowmarket Road, Needham Market, Suffolk, England33

  •  

  • a married builders carpenter living with his wife Kathleen, his widowed mother-in-law Louisa M Chapman, two others, and two closed records. Born on 8th November 1892

  • Death:

  • 27 Apr 1971 (age 78)

  • Gipping "Registration District", Suffolk, England34 32

  • Probate:

  • 19 Nov 1976

  • Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England34

  •  

  • of 94 Stowmarket Road Needham Market Suffolk died 27th April 1971, probate of £8,050 (~£55,000 in 2017)

Note on Wife: Harriett Isabella Ablitt

The 1911 census suggests that Harriett had one further child

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Bosmere 1871 quarter:2 volume:4a page:845. Cit. Date: 11 October 2023.

2.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1863 folio:82 page:16 schedule:271. Cit. Date: 12 October 2023.

3.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1463 folio:131 page:6 schedule:43. Cit. Date: 12 October 2023.

4.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1770 folio:25 page:21 schedule:159. Cit. Date: 12 October 2023.

5.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10776 class:RG78 piece:582 registration district:211 sub-district:2 enumeration district:10 schedule:84. Cit. Date: 12 October 2023.

6.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9375 registration district:211 sub-district:1 enumeration district:10 schedule:138. Cit. Date: 12 October 2023.

7.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bosmere 1851 quarter:3 volume:12 page:341. Cit. Date: 11 October 2023.

8.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG10 piece:1745 folio:71 page:7 schedule:37. Cit. Date: 11 October 2023.

9.

England and Wales Census 1861, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG09 piece:1158 folio:71 page:9.

10.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1470 folio:25 page:3 schedule:12. Cit. Date: 18 October 2023.

11.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bosmere 1876 quarter:2 volume:4a page:651. Cit. Date: 11 October 2023.

12.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Devon Central 1953 quarter:4 volume:7a page:310. Cit. Date: 18 October 2023.

13.

FindMyPast British Army Service Records, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive ref:WO 97 box:4436 record:80. Cit. Date: 17 October 2023.

14.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:10490 registration district:273 sub-district:1 enumeration district:1 schedule:226. Cit. Date: 18 October 2023.

15.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6813F page:14 line:42 letter code:WFEH. Cit. Date: 18 October 2023.

16.

FindMyPast British Army Service Records, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive ref:WO 363. Cit. Date: 17 October 2023.

17.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bosmere 1878 quarter:3 volume:4a page:650. Cit. Date: 11 October 2023.

18.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:683 folio:42 page:25 schedule:192. Cit. Date: 12 October 2023.

19.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:3643 class:RG78 piece:137 registration district:42 sub-district:1 enumeration district:14 schedule:81. Cit. Date: 16 October 2023.

20.

Commonwealth War Grave Commission, (on-line at www.cwgc.org). Jhansi Cantonment Cemetery plot:H grave:101. Cit. Date: 16 October 2023.

21.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bosmere 1880 quarter:4 volume:4a page:647. Cit. Date: 11 October 2023.

22.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:435 folio:45 page:28 schedule:187. Cit. Date: 13 October 2023.

23.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10830 class:RG78 piece:585 registration district:213 sub-district:2 enumeration district:5 schedule:76. Cit. Date: 14 October 2023.

24.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9428 registration district:213 sub-district:2 enumeration district:5 schedule:87. Cit. Date: 14 October 2023.

25.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6598J page:2 line:5 letter code:TVAM. Cit. Date: 16 October 2023.

26.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1956 quarter:3 volume:4b page:636. Cit. Date: 16 October 2023.

27.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bosmere 1883 quarter:1 volume:4a page:740. Cit. Date: 11 October 2023.

28.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bromley 1959 quarter:1 volume:5b page:188. Cit. Date: 13 October 2023.

29.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:3634 class:RG78 piece:137 registration district:42 sub-district:1 enumeration district:5 schedule:177. Cit. Date: 12 October 2023.

30.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:3783 registration district:42 sub-district:1 enumeration district:8 schedule:273. Cit. Date: 12 October 2023.

31.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bosmere 1892 quarter:4 volume:4a page:762. Cit. Date: 11 October 2023.

32.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Gipping 1971 quarter:2 volume:4b page:2171. Cit. Date: 12 October 2023.

33.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6641H page:2 line:20 letter code:TXFW. Cit. Date: 12 October 2023.

34.

UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Ipswich 1971 page:1072 no:761010742H. Cit. Date: 12 October 2023.