Genealogy Chat

Rowena

There are about 10 images on Ancestry and they are not in very good condition but it does give his date of marriage and the DOBs of the two children:
Marriage - Tadcaster, 17/9/1910
Florence M - 12/03/1913 - Thomas 21/6/1915.

Quite a lot of men who had been in the war never talked about it and the children would have been very young when he was discharged in 1919.

How have you got this information? I am interested and thanks for the info

Have you got him on any census as I can't find him but have found what looks like the family I found in 1891 now in 1901 still no Thomas.
Germaine
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William E Brewerton
Age: 10
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1891
Relation: Son
Mother's Name: Lydia
Gender: Male
Where born: Bradford, Yorkshire, England

Civil Parish: North Bierley
Ecclesiastical parish: Oakenshaw and Woodland St Andrew
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England

Street address:

Registration district: North Bierley
Sub-registration district: North Bierley
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 146
Household Members: Name Age
William E Brewerton 10
Blanch Hesling 13
Esthel Hesling 34
Hannah Hesling 45
Joseph Hesling 49
Lydia Hesling 70

I like how Ancestry had his height hummmm. But I am taken that the date his enlisted is actually true!

MMN - Brewerton was (and still is) a very rare name and as Thomas named Henry as his father on his marriage certificate we ordered Henry's marriage certificate and we also contacted onther Brewerton who seemed to confirm this.

It actually says born in 1886

Served in France
Got the British War Medal & Victory Medal

5 foot 2 3/4 with 36" chest

He was a brewer's labourer

MMN=Mother's maiden name

He signed up 5/4/1917 age 31 years & 7 months

Where did you get his DOB we got his date of birth from his daughter. Sorry for my lack of knowledge what is MMN?

This is going to get confusing. He may have been.

My boyfriend grandfather was called Thomas and his great grandfather was called Thomas and his great grandfather died in 1939. So he must have been. Right, up until now my boyfriend never said that his great grandfather was in WW1. His grandfather was in Burma in WW2.

Thanks for that. Does Ancestry say anything else?

Rowena

I cannot find the one in WW1 record on any census.

do you have him on any of the census?

Where did you get his DOB from and how do you know his MMN if you don't have the cert?

I found the same one as Potty, address was Golden Lion Yard, Nr Bridge St Tadcaster

Are these his parents in 1891 only Thomas isn't there. Could he perhaps lied about his age at sometime or even forgot it.
Germaine
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Emma Brewerton
Age: 29
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1862
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: Henry
Gender: Female
Where born: North Bierley, Yorkshire, England

Civil Parish: North Bierley
Ecclesiastical parish: St Andrew
Town: Low Moor
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England

:Registration district: Bradford
Sub-registration district: North Bierley
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Blanche Brewerton 4
Emma Brewerton 29
Henry Brewerton 29
William E Brewerton 1

Are you sure he wasn't in the army in WW1? There is record for a Thomas Brewerton on Ancestry - married Annie Lazenby; children Florence Mary and Thomas.

He was not in the army. His son and my boyfriend was in the army but he was not! Thanks for though

Have you found his army records?