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General => The Common Room => Topic started by: Leah-WW on Friday 31 August 12 20:34 BST (UK)
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My great-great-grandfather's will came in the post today from the courts service, and in it there is mention of his war medals and army commission/discharge being given to his grandson, Reginald Albert Brimicombe.
I'd like to see if those items are still in the family anywhere, but my family didn't even know they were connected to a family of Brimicombes, let alone have any contact with them, so I'm trying to trace Reginald and his descendents forwards, rather than backwards. I realise that this will take me into the territory of living people, eventually, and I would like to state now that I don't expect anyone to break any forum rules in that regard. What I am interested in is some help with finding Reginald, because I can't find anything of him at all after his birth!
Here is the information I have:
William Albert BRIMICOMBE (1887-1915) mar. Ellen May BARTHORPE (1886-1969) 1911 at Gainsborough, Lincs.
Had issue: 1) Reginald Albert BRIMICOMBE (registered as Albert Reginald BRIMICOMBE) b. Jul/Aug/Sep 1913
And that is as far as I can get ???
William Albert had a younger sister, who married twice. If I can't get anywhere with tracing Reg, I wonder if it would be worth tracing her descendants to see if they know anything about William Albert's family that hasn't been passed down through my family.
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Hi Leah,
I think this is your man:
Marriages Mar qtr. 1942
BRIMMICOMBE, Albert R., Clark, Newcastle T., 10b/183
CLARK, Sarah, Brimmicombe, Newcastle T., 10b/183
Deaths Jun qtr. 1955
BRIMICOMBE, Sarah, 42, Scunthorpe, 3b/339
National Probate Calendar (1955)
BRIMICOMBE Sarah of 28 Bruce-road Lincoln (wife of Albert Reginald Brimicombe) died 17 May 1955 at The Memorial Hospital Scunthorpe Lincolnshire Administration Lincoln 29 July to the said Albert Reginald Brimicombe school teacher. Effects 290 15s. 4d.
I can't see a death for Albert Reginald. It is possible (though unlikely) that he could still be alive at the age of 99, so we have to be careful.
Details of potential daughter - I'll send by PM.
Alexander
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Since you now have an address for Reginald, it would be a good idea to search for him in electoral registers to see how long he lived there for. The electoral registers can be accessed at the Lincolnshire Archives, and are organized by address rather than name. Seeing as your profile says you are in Lincoln, that seems quite convenient? ;)
I think it would also be worth searching for a will of Reginald's mother, Ellen. There is a good chance she left one since she outlived her husband by over 50 years. It may give more information about Reginald's whereabouts by 1969, and might mention his and his sister's child(ren), which could be very helpful in your search.
Alexander
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Hi Alexander, and thanks so much for your time and help, including the PM. I'm very conveniently situated for going to the Lincoln Archives, so will be able to do as you suggest & take a look at the electoral registers (which will be a new experience as I've never used that source before). I find it so odd that I could have been living within a few short miles of a relative all my life and know nothing about their existence even, until now! :)
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Dear Leah
Mr Brimicombe was one of my teachers at school. I have very clear memories of him even after all these years. I left school in 1970, he was still alive then.
I am a senior lecturer in a UK university, about the same age as when he was last my teacher. I never did get to thank him for his contribution to my education, partly because I was too young and stupid to have recognised it then.
Regards
Barry Turner
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Phone books for 28 Bruce Road Lincoln show A.R. Brimicombe up to 1970. After that it lists another Brimicombe (different initials) from 1971 to 1980, then yet another Brimicombe also in 1980.
Not sure if it's OK to mention potentially living people even by their initials - so I wont, Leah I will pm you with the initials.
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Dear Leah
Mr Brimicombe was one of my teachers at school. I have very clear memories of him even after all these years. I left school in 1970, he was still alive then.
I am a senior lecturer in a UK university, about the same age as when he was last my teacher. I never did get to thank him for his contribution to my education, partly because I was too young and stupid to have recognised it then.
Regards
Barry Turner
Hello, Barry and welcome to Rootschat!
If you post twice more - perhaps just acknowledging this post a couple of times, then you will be able to send a Personal Message to Leah by clicking just underneath her name on the green icon in a circle.
Then she will be able to advise if your Mr Brimicombe is the man she's looking for and maybe you can acknowledge his contribution to you to any of the family she tracks down!
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That's fascinating, thank-you for sharing :) The power of the Internet! Which school did Reginald teach you at, if you don't mind my asking?
Dear Leah
Mr Brimicombe was one of my teachers at school. I have very clear memories of him even after all these years. I left school in 1970, he was still alive then.
I am a senior lecturer in a UK university, about the same age as when he was last my teacher. I never did get to thank him for his contribution to my education, partly because I was too young and stupid to have recognised it then.
Regards
Barry Turner
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Thank-you for the extra info Jool, and for the PM :)
Phone books for 28 Bruce Road Lincoln show A.R. Brimicombe up to 1970. After that it lists another Brimicombe (different initials) from 1971 to 1980, then yet another Brimicombe also in 1980.
Not sure if it's OK to mention potentially living people even by their initials - so I wont, Leah I will pm you with the initials.
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I have just been alerted to your message by my daughter who found it accidentally while googling the spelling of my maiden name, Brimicombe.
Albert Reginald Brimicombe was my father. He died in 1991. I was brought up at 28 Bruce Road Lincoln but left in 1971 to go to university in Newcastle, where I still live. Dad came up to live in Newcastle too in the 1980s.
So we are distant relatives, which is rather exciting. I don't know about medals, though I do have an old trunk with family memorabilia in it which Dad gave to me when he moved up here.
I have joined this forum in order to communicate with you but don't know any more about it and whether there is a way of communicating privately.
I would also very much like to thank his former pupil who left such a kind message. Dad taught at Rosemary 's Secondary Modern and sadly not all of his pupils were as polite as the person who wrote in to this forum.
Hoping to hear from you.
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Sue, once you have made 3 forum posts you will be able to use the private messaging system -- so just answer here another twice
Leah who started this thread will get a notification that mnore replies have been added so may well get in touch with you
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Hello Sue. So lovely to hear from you. Thankfully I elected to receive email updates when I posted this thread, some time ago, so returned from my lunch break to find an email notifying me of your message :) I don't believe that as a new member you can send/receive private messages (until reaching a certain number of posts), but perhaps in that case you would like to email me. My address is leah dot kw at ntlworld dot com (usual formatting removed to try to avoid spam). I'd very much like to hear from you - we are certainly related, which as you say, is very exciting - I haven't yet made contact with any relations from my Brimicombe heritage, but have found our relative in common (Capt William H Brimicombe) very interesting for years. I have some photographs of, and documents relating to him which you might like to see.
Best wishes,
Leah.
I have just been alerted to your message by my daughter who found it accidentally while googling the spelling of my maiden name, Brimicombe.
Albert Reginald Brimicombe was my father. He died in 1991. I was brought up at 28 Bruce Road Lincoln but left in 1971 to go to university in Newcastle, where I still live. Dad came up to live in Newcastle too in the 1980s.
So we are distant relatives, which is rather exciting. I don't know about medals, though I do have an old trunk with family memorabilia in it which Dad gave to me when he moved up here.
I have joined this forum in order to communicate with you but don't know any more about it and whether there is a way of communicating privately.
I would also very much like to thank his former pupil who left such a kind message. Dad taught at Rosemary 's Secondary Modern and sadly not all of his pupils were as polite as the person who wrote in to this forum.
Hoping to hear from you.