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Ellen Harding BROWNING
of Tetbury, Gloucestershire
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Ellen Harding BROWNING
bap.1834 - ~1892
of Tetbury, Gloucestershire
 
Thomas BROWNING
~1653 - ~1728
of Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Thomas BROWNING
bap.1690 - 1723
of Tetbury, Gloucestershire
 
Ann PARKER
~1653 - 1692
of Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Samuel BROWNING
bap.1720 - bur.1757
of Tetbury, Gloucestershire
 
John PRICE
~1650 - ~1735
of Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Elizabeth PRICE
bap.1691 - 1723
of Tetbury, Gloucestershire
 
Mrs John [PRICE]
~1650 - ~1700
Thomas BROWNING
bap.1754 - ~1817
of Tetbury, Gloucestershire
 
John ENGLISH
1692 - ~1751
of Westport St Mary, Malmesbury, Wiltshire
Elizabeth ENGLISH
bap.1715 - 1786
of Westport St Mary, Malmesbury, Wiltshire
 
Jeremiah BARTHOLOMEW ALIAS SMITH
~1637 - ~1703
of Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Jeremiah BARTHOLOMEW ALIAS SMITH
bap.1658 - bur.1695
of Tetbury, Gloucestershire
 
Unknown [BARTHOLOMEW ALIAS SMITH]
~1608 - ~1658
Hester BARTHOLOMEW ALIAS SMITH
bap.1676 - ~1726
of Tetbury, Gloucestershire
 
Elizabeth [BARTHOLOMEW ALIAS SMITH]
~1652 - ~1718
Isaac BROWNING
bap.1784 - 1848
Stonemason of Tetbury, Gloucestershire
 
Richard MANN
1684 - bur.1772
of Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Thomas MANN
bap.1718 - bur.1790
of Tetbury, Gloucestershire
 
Sarah BAYLY
1685 - bur.1743
of Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Mary MANN
bap.1759 - ~1819
of Tetbury, Gloucestershire
 
John COX Snr
~1662 - bur.1712
of Tetbury, Gloucestershire
John COX Jnr
bap.1682 - bur.1737
of Tetbury, Gloucestershire
 
Mrs Mary [COX] Snr
~1665 - bur.1715
of Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Mary COX
bap.1721 - bur.1789
of Tetbury, Gloucestershire
 
Mrs Mary [COX] Jnr
1689 - bur.1763
of Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Eliza BROWNING
1815 - 1886
of Tetbury, Gloucestershire
 
Thomas LOCK
~1685 - ~1770
of Ashton Keynes, Swindon, Wiltshire
William LOCK
bap.1726 - ~1793
of Doughton, Tetbury, Gloucestershire
 
Phillis [LOCK]
~1685 - ~1735
George LOCK
1757 - ~1821
of Doughton, Tetbury, Gloucestershire
 
Margarett ROBERTS
~1724 - ~1794
of Preston, Circencester, Gloucestershire
Mary LOCK
1787 - 1870
of Tetbury, Gloucestershire
 
Elizabeth 'Betty' WEBB
1761 - 1844
of Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire
Spouses and Descendants
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Ellen Harding BROWNING
bap.1834 - ~1892
of Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Narrative and Notes

Ellen Harding BROWNING was the illegitimate daughter of Eliza BROWNING. Her chirstening record gives the mother as Eliza BROWNING, but no father is recorded.

Ellen appeared in the 1841 census (as Helen) with her grandfather Isaac BROWNING and in the 1851 census as granddaughter to Mary BROWNING.

Based on the Harding forename (which is not a BROWNING family name) it might be speculated that one of the two HARDING brothers - Thomas and Charles - was the father of Ellen. Thomas HARDING went on to have a large family in Tetbury so he is unlikely to be the father, however his younger brother Charles c.1809 either moved away or died young. Local burial records and parish records including paternity allegations should be checked.

Ellen later emigrated to Australia.

Timeline
Personal Family World
Date
Age*
Event
Place
btw 1833 and 1834
0
Birth 
Tetbury, Gloucestershire
9 Feb 1834
1
Baptism 
1
Tetbury, Gloucestershire
7 Jun 1841
7
query Caution: Recorded age does not match calculated age (8).
Census 
2
Oak Hill, Tetbury, Gloucestershire
30 Mar 1851
17
query Caution: Recorded age does not match calculated age (18).
Census 
3
Oak Hill, Tetbury, Gloucestershire
bef 1861
28
Death of half brother Thomas STOKES 
 
bef 1861
28
Death of half sister Martha STOKES 
 
Q4 1867
34
Marriage of half brother William James STOKES and Elizabeth MELDRUM 
4
Shoreditch, London, Middlesex
30 Jul 1870
37
Marriage of half brother Frederick STOKES and Ann Rebecca DAY 
5
All Saints, Worcester, Worcestershire
6 Dec 1870
37
Death of half brother William James STOKES 
6
Lunatic Asylum, Friern Barnet, London, Middlesex, England
3 Oct 1886
53
Death of mother Eliza BROWNING 
7
Moreton In Marsh, Gloucestershire
19 Feb 1917
84
Death of half brother Frederick STOKES 
8
The Cricketer's Arms, Beoley Road, Redditch, Worcestershire, England
1918
85
Death of half sister Harriet STOKES 
 
Documented age, Calculated age, Estimated age
Citations
1 - St Mary, Tetbury Parish Records
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1834

Feby 9th - Ellen Harding - Eliza - Browning - Tetbury - Spinster - Jacob Hood Curate

2 - UK 1841 Census - 7th June 1841

Note: Ages of adults were often rounded down to nearest 5 years. For example, a recorded age of 25 implies an age of between 25 and 29.

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Isaac Browning - 50 - Mason - Y

George Browning - 13 - - Y

Charlotte Browning - 11 - - Y

Isaac Browning - 9 - - Y

Helen Browning - 7 - - Y

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2 houses

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James Barrett - 70 - Ag lab - Y

7 other inhabitants

Matilda Browning - 15 - - Y

3 - UK 1851 Census - 30th March 1851
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Mary Browning - Head - W - 64 - Lab - Gloster Tetbury

Isaac Browning - Son - Un - 18 - Mason - Gloster Tetbury

George Bowman - Grand Son - - 7 - - Gloster Tetbury

Ellen Browning - Grand Daur - - 17 - - Gloster Tetbury

4 - England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005

First name(s) William James

Last name Stokes

Marriage quarter 4

Marriage year 1867

Registration month -

MarriageFinderâ„¢ William James Stokes married one of these peopleElizabeth Emma Hayson, Elizabeth Emma Haysom, Elizabeth Meldrum

District Shoreditch

District number -

County London

Country England

Volume 1C

Volume as transcribed 1C

Page number 385

Record set England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005

Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records

Subcategory Civil Marriage & Divorce

Collections from Great Britain, England

5 - UK General Registry Office Marriage Certificate
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1870 Sept Vol 6c page 380

1870 Marriage solemnized at the Church in the Parish of All Saints in the City of Worcester

No: 301

When married - July 30

Name and Surname - Age - Condition - Rank or Profession - Residence at the time of marriage - Father's name and surname - Rank or Profession of father

Frederick Stokes - Full - Bachelor - Wheelwright - Blackfriars - Thomas Stokes - Wheelwright

Ann Rebecca Day - Full - Spinster - - Doldy - Thomas Day - Millwright

Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church by ___ or after banns by me B A.... Rector

This marriage was solemnized between us: Frederick Stokes, Ann Rebecca Day in the Presence of us, Thomas Day, Louisa Stokes

6 - England & Wales, Death Registration Index 1837-2007 and United Kingdom Deaths 2007-2017
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Superintendent Registrar's District Barnet

Registrar's District Finchley

1870 DEATHS in the District of Finchley in the County of Middlesex

No.

434

When Died.

Tenth December 1870

Lunatic Asylum

Friern Barnet

Name and Surname.

Will James Stokes

Sex.

Male

Age.

29 years

Rank or Profession.

Wheelwright

Signature, Description and Residence of Informant

Edgar Sheppard MD

In Attendance

Lunatic Asylum

Friern Barnet

When Registered

Fifteenth December 1870

Signature of Registrar

James Legg

Registrar

7 - UK General Registry Office Death Certificate
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8 - UK General Registry Office Death Certificate
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No. 345

When and Where Died Nineteenth February 1917 Cricketers Arms Beoley Road Redditch UD

Name and Surname Frederick Stokes

Sex Male

Age 72 years

Rank or Profession Coach builder Master

Cause of Death (1) Hemiplegia 1 1/2 months

(2) Exhaustion

Certified by J Stevenson MB

Signature,Description and Residence of Informant

Albert Parker Edwards

Son in law

Present at death

Cricketers Arms, Beoley Road, Redditch

When registered Twentieth February 1917

Registrar Frank Jeffrey

Side note For no 345 Col 4 for "72 years" read "71 years" corrected on the [1er] March 1917 by me Frank Jeffrey Registrar on production of a statutory declaration made by Albert Parker Edwards and Annie Elizabeth Edwards