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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => London and Middlesex => Topic started by: joysmith7mr on Monday 01 April 13 20:43 BST (UK)
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Hi there
I'm researching the Brandon family from Manchester and the trail has let me to London.
I have a Samuel Cornish Brandon baptised in St Luke Old Street on 24 June 1759, parents William and Ann. I have also found a number of brothers and sisters of Samuel Cornish Brandon and a couple of them also bear the christian name' Cornish', so that got me looking for a William Brandon possibly marrying a Ann Cornish.
I found William Brandon (recorded as Brandom) married Ann Cornish 18 Aug 1747, which ties in with the birth of the first child, Abigail Short Brandon in 1748. This was a Fleet marriage and no parents are listed.
Trying to get further back, I have a William Brandon baptised on 2 Oct 1720 in St Giles Cripplegate, parents were John and Grace. However, what puts me off this one a little is that John and Grace have another William Brandon b in 1731, suggesting that the one born in 1720 died. If this 1731 William Brandon was the one I was looking for, he would only have been 17 when his first child was born in 1748. I don't know if this is likely or not.
However I have found a death of a William Brandon (child) with burial on 1 Oct 1831 - whch I suppose could be the Willaim born in 1720 (or the one born in 1731!).
Other family trees which I have seen online get as far as William Brandon marrying Ann Cornish, but no details apart from that, with varying years of birth.
The only other William Brandon I can find born in London at around the right time is William Brandon christened on 10 Sep 1727 in St Martin in the Fields, Westminster, parents Henry and Anne. St Giles Cripplegate seems more likely given that future generations of William and Anne's family were christened at St Luke's Old Street, to which many St Giles families moved once it was built.
I have found an Ann Cornish baptised in St Leonard Shoreditch on 31 Dec 1727, parents Robert and Abigail. This would tie in with the first child of William and Ann being named Abigail but that's all I have to go on.
I haven't found William's death - there are three possibilities but I can't tell which is more likely - St Andrew Holborn 27 Mar 1791, St George Southwark 14 Apr 1804 and St Anne Soho 22 Apr 1805 (from the workhouse).
Same problem with Anne's death - most likely is Feb 1786 at St John Horselydown, Southwark - but why the two burials wouldn't be connected to St Luke Old Street, I'm not sure.
I'd live to hear from anyone with any thoughts or ideas about this. I don't live in England, so my research is all being done online for the moment.
Kind regards, Joy