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Eliza BROWNING
of Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Alternative names
Eliza STOKES (Married)
Ancestors
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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
Generations
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Eliza BROWNING
1815 - 1886
of Tetbury, Gloucestershire
  m. Thomas STOKES (1816 - 1885)
 
Ellen Harding BROWNING
bap.1834 - ~1892
of Tetbury, Gloucestershire
 
William James STOKES
1841 - 1870
Wheelwright of Chipping Hill, Witham, Essex
  m. Elizabeth MELDRUM (1841 - 1930)
 
Elizabeth Emily STOKES
1868 - ~1921
of Shoreditch, London, Middlesex
Susan STOKES
1843 - ~1897
of Churchill, Oxfordshire
Frederick STOKES
1845 - 1917
Coachbuilder of Bledington, Gloucestershire
  m. Ann Rebecca DAY (1844 - 1912)
 
Annie Elizabeth STOKES
1871 - 1961
Hotel assistant of Merstowe Green, Evesham, Worcestershire
  m. Albert Parker EDWARDS (1876 - 1930)
 
Albert Garnet 'Bert' EDWARDS
1898 - 1950
Licensed victualler of Crabbs Cross, Worcestershire
  m. Margaret 'Peggy' TOMLINSON (1913 - 1989)
 
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Mildred Valentine EDWARDS
1900 - 1900
of Crabbs Cross, Worcestershire
Doris May 'Dolly' EDWARDS
1902 - 1974
Hotel assistant of Crabbs Cross, Worcestershire
  m. Harry Jordan PHIPPS (1899 - 1927)
 
Ralph Clifford EDWARDS
1903 - 1990
Hotelier and restauranteur of Redditch, Worcestershire
  m. Irene Mary 'Renee' ALLEN (1908 - 1979)
 
Jean Sheila EDWARDS
1933 - 2021
of Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
  m. John Orme BRETTELL (1925 - 1999)
 
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Greville Rex EDWARDS
1935 - 2012
of Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
  m. Brenda M S SMITH (1934 - 2015)
 
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John Barry Michael EDWARDS
1936 - 2000
of Stratford Upon Avon, Warwickshire
  m. Winifred Joan WALLEY (1936 - 2005)
 
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Ena Flora EDWARDS
1908 - 1983
Housewife of Redditch, Worcestershire
  m. William John 'Laddie' WEAVER (1904 - 2000)
 
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  m. Beryl Stuart FIDLER (1936 - 2007)
 
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Osmond EDWARDS
1910 - 2000
of Redditch, Worcestershire
 
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Elizabeth Mary 'Liz' EDWARDS
1945 - 2022
of Evesham, Worcestershire
 
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Frederick Thomas STOKES
1876 - 1928
Pianist of Evesham, Worcestershire
  m. Amy Annie BERRY (1875 - 1955)
 
Olive Annie STOKES
1894 - 1914
of Broadway, Worcestershire
Hilda Edith STOKES
1895 - 1935
of Broadway, Worcestershire
  m. Thomas Henry WOOD (1890 - 1962)
 
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  m. Lorna E COMPTON (~1917 - ?)
 
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Phyllis Diana WOOD
1920 - 2013
of Winchcomb R.D., Gloucestershire
  m. Kenneth P GORE (1915 - 1997)
 
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Michael K GORE
1941 - 1946
of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Arthur J GORE
1947 - 1947
of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
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  m. Malcolm A ROBERTS (1940 - 1974)
 
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Stephen Paul GORE
1956 - 2011
of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
 
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Sidney Howard WOOD
1922 - 1970
Lorry driver's mate of Winchcomb R.D., Gloucestershire
Thomas Henry WOOD
1925 - 1983
of Winchcomb R.D., Gloucestershire
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Dennis Nigel AMOS
1951 - 2011
of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
 
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Edmund Hollis WOOD
1931 - 1979
of Winchcomb R.D., Gloucestershire
 
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Dorothy Rose WOOD
1934 - 1999
of Winchcomb R.D., Gloucestershire
  m. Douglas W GREEN (1925 - 1998)
 
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Ivy May STOKES
1900 - 1959
of Evesham, Worcestershire
  m. Eddie James WOOD (1902 - 1958)
 
Margaret STOKES
1920 - ~1980
of Winchcomb R.D., Gloucestershire
  m. Hubert SMITH (~1892 - ~1974)
 
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Flt Lt Edmund 'Eddie' STOKES AFC, DFM
1922 - 1999
Flight Sergeant, Wireless Operator RAF of Cheltenham R.D., Gloucestershire
  m. Mary E F SHARLAND (1934 - ?)
 
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Evelyn Violet STOKES
1907 - 1970
of Broadway, Worcestershire
  m. Sidney Walter TURNER (1907 - 1972)
 
Audrey Grace TURNER
1930 - 2014
of Evesham, Worcestershire
  m. Bernard Frederick BOWER (1926 - 1988)
 
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  m. David Paul HERITAGE (1955 - 2003)
 
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Michael A TURNER
1937 - 1940
of Evesham, Worcestershire
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Doris STOKES
1910 - 1953
of Broadway, Worcestershire
  m. Ivan Bertram Jesse MANNERS (1908 - 1953)
 
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Thomas Frederick 'Tom' STOKES
1913 - 1998
General clerk of Evesham, Worcestershire
Susan Alice STOKES
1879 - 1964
of Evesham, Worcestershire
  m. Arthur William BOX (1879 - 1918)
  m. Harry GRIMMITT (~1887 - ~1962)
 
Elsie A BOX
1900 - ~1955
of Broadway, Worcestershire
Kathleen Mabel BOX
1903 - 1984
of Winchcombe, Gloucestershire
  m. John A JOHNSON (1901 - 1971)
 
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Edith Annie BOX
1905 - 1977
of Winchcombe, Gloucestershire
  m. Arthur Gordon PAGE (1903 - 1979)
 
John E PAGE
1936 - 1942
of Evesham, Worcestershire
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  m. Brian Gordon W BENNETT (1934 - 2018)
 
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William George BOX
1907 - 1994
Roadman of Laverton, Broadway, Gloucestershire
  m. Norah May HAYWARD (1914 - 2002)
 
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Doris E BOX
1912 - ~1972
of Winchcombe, Gloucestershire
  m. Philip G STEPHENS (1889 - 1965)
 
Albert William Day STOKES
1882 - 1950
Air Raid Warden of Broadway, Worcestershire
  m. Edith PAYNE (1876 - 1923)
  m. Lily MCMANUS (1879 - ~1959)
 
Nora STOKES
1907 - ~1959
of Evesham, Worcestershire
Isabel STOKES
1910 - ~1960
of Evesham, Worcestershire
Eric STOKES
1913 - 1994
Funeral director and undertaker of Evesham, Worcestershire
Kate STOKES
1885 - 1962
Lady's help of Broadway, Worcestershire
  m. Harold REID (1878 - 1926)
  m. George Robert SPENCE (1888 - 1974)
 
John Mackay SPENCE
1918 - 2001
Commercial artist of West Ham, London, Essex
Janet D SPENCE
1923 - ~1981
of West Ham, London, Essex
Reginald Walter STOKES
1888 - 1933
Carriage painter of Broadway, Worcestershire
  m. Prudence BLACKWELL (1889 - 1929)
 
Joan Regina STOKES
1917 - ~1981
of Evesham, Worcestershire
  m. Harold Warner KADEY (1920 - 2005)
 
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Reginald STOKES
1919 - 1919
of Evesham, Worcestershire
Esmor Walter STOKES
1922 - 1992
of Evesham, Worcestershire
  m. Doreen J HOWLEY (1926 - ?)
  m. Constance E DARKE (1925 - ?)
 
Jeremy STOKES
1958 - 1994
of Evesham, Worcestershire
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Louisa STOKES
bap.1851 - ~1915
Dressmaker of Foscot, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
  m. Samuel WHITFORD (~1848 - 1926)
 
Susan WHITFORD
~1872 - ~1927
of Evesham, Worcestershire
Thomas E WHITFORD
~1875 - ~1928
of Evesham, Worcestershire
Eliza S WHITFORD
~1877 - ~1929
of Moreton In Marsh, Gloucestershire
Albert W WHITFORD
~1879 - ~1930
of Moreton In Marsh, Gloucestershire
Harriet STOKES
1851 - 1918
of Bledington, Gloucestershire
  m. Richard MATTHEWS (~1851 - ~1931)
 
Frank A MATTHEWS
1876 - ~1940
of Evesham, Worcestershire
  m. Jessie E [MATTHEWS] (1880 - ~1942)
 
Frank W MATTHEWS
1907 - ~1957
of Michigan, USA
Ruth I MATTHEWS
1908 - ~1958
of Michigan, USA
Edward M MATTHEWS
1913 - ~1963
of Michigan, USA
Albert S MATTHEWS
~1878 - ~1930
of Evesham, Worcestershire
Richard B MATTHEWS
1880 - ~1930
of Evesham, Worcestershire
Ethel M MATTHEWS
1887 - ~1948
of Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan, USA
Winifred B MATTHEWS
1889 - ~1949
of Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan, USA
Thomas R MATTHEWS
1891 - ~1950
of Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan, USA
Thomas STOKES
bap.1853 - ~1857
of Bledington, Gloucestershire
Martha STOKES
bap.1854 - ~1857
of Bledington, Gloucestershire
Emily STOKES
1855 - ~1913
of Churchill, Oxfordshire
Narrative and Notes

Eliza BROWNING was born in about 1814-16 in Tetbury. Her father, Isaac BROWNING is identified on her marriage certificate and she is also identified as the mother of Frederick STOKES on his birth certificate.

She grew up the 5th of 14 children in what would have been a extremely busy household !

Eliza married Thomas STOKES at Hempsted, Gloucestershire in 1840 and they had eight children, the first being born in Essex where Thomas was learning the trade of a wheelwright. Hempsted has a reputation amongst family historians for being a magnet for clandestine marriages, as often the bride and groom were not from Hempstead. It is also possible that the local vicar had a policy of offering "penny weddings", i.e. no fee weddings that was taken advantage of by non-residents.

A likely explanation is that Eliza had had a child out of wedlock named Ellen Harding BROWNING in 1834 several years before marrying Thomas STOKES in 1840. Ellen later emigrated to Australia. This theory is strengthened by Ellen appearing in the 1841 census (as Helen) with her grandfather Isaac and in the 1851 census as granddaughter to Mary BROWNING who I believe to be Eliza's mother.

Based on Ellen's "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 Harding BROWNING. Thomas HARDING went on to have a large family in Tetbury so he is unlikely to be the father, however his younger brother Charles bap. 1809, did not marry and died in 1839. Local burial records and parish records including paternity allegations should be checked.

In 1841 Eliza is living with her mother Mary BROWNING (nee LOCK) at the house of her uncle Thomas LOCK, a haulier, and next door to her uncle Charles LOCK, labourer.

Eliza died in Moreton in Marsh in 1886 of 'general asthenia and bronchitis' aged 72. Asthenia is an abnormal loss of weakening of the body.

Timeline
Personal Family World
Date
Age*
Event
Place
c. 1815
0
Birth 
1
Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Jul 1823
8
Death of brother George BROWNING 
Tetbury, Gloucestershire
btw 1833 and 1834
18
Birth of daughter Ellen Harding BROWNING 
Tetbury, Gloucestershire
11 Jun 1835
20
Burial of sister Mary BROWNING 
2
Tetbury, Gloucestershire
2 Sep 1840
25
Residence 
3
24 - Littleworth, Gloucester, Gloucestershire
2 Sep 1840
25
Marriage to husband Thomas STOKES 
45
Hempsted, Gloucestershire
7 Jun 1841
25
query Caution: Recorded age does not match calculated age (26).
Census 
6
The Beeches, Circencester, Gloucestershire
6 Sep 1841
26
Birth of son William James STOKES 
 

Born at 6pm

 
7
Chipping Hill, Witham, Essex
17 Jan 1842
27
Marriage of brother Charles BROWNING and Eliza COATES 
89
St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
1842
27
Death of sister Charlotte BROWNING 
Dursley R.D., Gloucestershire
btw Apr 1843 and Aug 1843
28
Birth of daughter Susan STOKES 
10
Churchill, Oxfordshire
Q2 1844
29
Death of sister Matilda BROWNING 
11
Tetbury R.D., Gloucestershire
Q4 1844
29
Marriage of sister Susan BROWNING and William BOWMAN ALS CLEAVER 
12
Tetbury, Gloucestershire
4 Dec 1845
30
Birth of son Frederick STOKES 
13
Bledington, Gloucestershire
1846
31
Residence 
14
Bledington, Gloucestershire
14 Jul 1848
33
Death of father Isaac BROWNING 
15
Tetbury, Gloucestershire
18 Aug 1848
33
Marriage of sister Louisa BROWNING and Robert CLAXTON 
16
St Mary, Marylebone, London, Middlesex, England
btw 1848 and 1849
33
Birth of daughter Louisa STOKES 
17
Foscot, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
22 Jul 1849
34
Marriage of sister Anne BROWNING and Richard Acklain HARRISON 
18
Holborn, London, Middlesex
Jan 1851
36
Birth of daughter Harriet STOKES 
19
Bledington, Gloucestershire
30 Mar 1851
36
Census 
20
Bledington, Gloucestershire
13 Mar 1852
37
Marriage of brother George BROWNING and Louisa GAINER 
2122
Tetbury, Gloucestershire
1853
38
Death of brother Charles BROWNING 
 
8 Feb 1853
38
Baptism of son Thomas STOKES 
23
Bledington, Gloucestershire
15 Mar 1854
39
Baptism of daughter Martha STOKES 
24
Bledington, Gloucestershire
26 Mar 1854
39
Marriage of sister Hesther BROWNING and Charles Hudson SEALY 
25
St Matthew, Bethnal Green, , London, England
1855
40
Birth of daughter Emily STOKES 
Churchill, Oxfordshire
16 Sep 1857
42
Death of brother Issac BROWNING 
2627
Tetbury, Gloucestershire
bef 1861
46
Death of son Thomas STOKES 
 
bef 1861
46
Death of daughter Martha STOKES 
 
7 Apr 1861
46
Census 
28
Vine Street, Evesham, Worcestershire
Q4 1867
52
Marriage of son William James STOKES and Elizabeth MELDRUM 
29
Shoreditch, London, Middlesex
6 Feb 1870
55
Death of mother Mary LOCK 
30
Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Q3 1870
55
Death of brother George BROWNING 
31
 
30 Jul 1870
55
Marriage of son Frederick STOKES and Ann Rebecca DAY 
32
All Saints, Worcester, Worcestershire
6 Dec 1870
55
Death of son William James STOKES 
33
Lunatic Asylum, Friern Barnet, London, Middlesex, England
2 Apr 1871
55
query Caution: Recorded age does not match calculated age (56).
Census 
34
Merstow Green, Evesham, Worcestershire
Q4 1873
58
Death of sister Louisa BROWNING 
35
Prancras R.D., London, Middlesex
Q2 1879
64
Death of sister Susan BROWNING 
36
Tetbury R.D., Gloucestershire
3 Apr 1881
66
Census 
37
89 High Street, Evesham, Worcestershire, England
17 Apr 1885
70
Death of husband Thomas STOKES 
38
Broadway, Worcestershire
3 Oct 1886
72
query Caution: Recorded age does not match calculated age (71).
Death 
39
Moreton In Marsh, Gloucestershire
Q2 1893
78
Death of sister Hesther BROWNING 
40
Hackney R.D., London, Middlesex
19 Feb 1917
102
Death of son Frederick STOKES 
41
The Cricketer's Arms, Beoley Road, Redditch, Worcestershire, England
1918
103
Death of daughter Harriet STOKES 
 
Documented age, Calculated age, Estimated age
Citations
1 - UK 1881 Census - 3rd April 1881
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Thomas STOKES Head M Male 64 Bycester, Oxford, England Wheelwright

Eliza STOKES Wife M Female 66 Tetbury, Gloucester, England

Frederick TOMS Lodger U Male 21 Evesham, Worcester, England Wheelwright

John HOLLOWAY Lodger U Male 21 Old Hill, Stafford, England Police Constable

2 - St Mary, Tetbury Parish Records
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BURIALS in the Parish of Tetbury in the County of Gloucester in the Year 1835

Mary Browning - Tetbury - June 11 1835 - 9 Years

3 - Stokes - Browning 1840

1840 Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of Hempsted in the County of Gloucester

No: 78

When married - 2nd September 1840

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

Thomas Stokes - Full age - Bachelor - Carpenter - 24 Littleworth - Thomas Stokes - Stone mason

Eliza Browning - Full age - Spinster - - 24 Littleworth - Isaac Browning - Stone mason

Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church after Banns by me Fredk Renold, Curate of St Mary the Crypt Gloucester, offg minr

This marriage was solemnized between us: Thomas Stokes, Eliza her X mark Browning in the Presence of us, Thomas his X mark Ford, Priscilla Ketless[?]

John Boyce, Parish Clerk

4 - UK General Registry Office Marriage Certificate
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1840 Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of Hempsted in the County of Gloucester

No: 78

When married - 2nd September 1840

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

Thomas Stokes - Full age - Bachelor - Carpenter - 24 Littleworth - Thomas Stokes - Stone mason

Eliza Browning - Full age - Spinster - - 24 Littleworth - Isaac Browning - Stone mason

Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church after Banns by me Fredk Renold, Curate of St Mary the Crypt Gloucester, offg minr

This marriage was solemnized between us: Thomas Stokes, Eliza her X mark Browning in the Presence of us, Thomas his X mark Ford, Priscilla Ketless[?]

John Boyce, Parish Clerk

5 - Hempstead Parish Records
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1840 Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the parish of Hempsted in the County of Gloucester

No

When Married

Name and Surname

Age

Condition

Rank or Profession

Residence at the Time of Marriage

Father's Name and Surname

Rank or Profession of Father

78

2nd September 1840

Thomas Stokes

Eliza Browning

Full age

Full age

Bachelor

Spinster

Carpenter

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24 Littleworth

24 Littleworth

Thomas Stokes

Isaac Browning

Stone mason

Stone mason

Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns by me Fredk Arnold Curate of Sr Mary de Crypt Gloucester off'g Min

This Marriage was solemnized between us {

Thomas Stoke

Eliza her X mark Browning

in the Presence of us, {

Thomas his X mark Ford

Priscilla Kethro

John Boyce Parish Clerk

6 - 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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Thomas Lock - 40 - Hallier - Y

Ann Lock - 35 - - Y

Thomas Lock - 15 - - Y

Harriet Lock - 9 - - Y

John Lock - 2 - - Y

N.K. Lock - 3 weeks - - Y

Robert Long - 20 - - Y

William Barnet - 15 - - Y

Eliza Stokes - 25 - - Y

Elizabeth Westmucket - 80 - - Y

Mary Browning - 50 - - Y

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next door

Charles Lock - 45 - Lab - Y

Matilda Lock - 45 - - Y

Ann Lock - 10 - - Y

Jane Lock - 7 - - Y

7 - England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index 1837-1915
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8 - Email from Angela Cross

I am descended from Charles Browning born 1819. His parents I believe were Isaac and Mary. He was christened in 1823 - think it must have been a job lot with his sister Ann. The older Anne presumably died young.

My Charles married Eliza Coates in Bristol in 1842. They had 5 children including my greatgrandmother Rosa, born 1848. In the 1851 census she is living with her uncle

John in Tetbury. Her father died in 1853 and her mother remarried.

Mary Lock's last son Isaac was born in 1833 and died in 1857. Mary lived on until 1870 outliving most of her children.

Rosa married William Henry Rees and a number of their descendants moved up to Lancashire where I was born.

Best wishes, Angela Cross

9 - FamilySearch International Genealogical Index

Reprinted by permission. Copyright © 1999-2002 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc

Author: LDS. Publishing Info: © IGI This information has been reproduced with permission of LDS

First name(s) Charles

Last name Browning

Sex Male

Marital status Single

Marriage year 1842

Marriage date 17 Jan 1842

Place Bristol, St Mary Redcliffe

Town Bristol

County Gloucestershire

Spouse's first name(s) Eliza

Spouse's last name Coates

Spouse's sex Female

Spouse marital status Single

Father's last name Browning

Father's first name(s) Isaac

Spouse's father's first name(s) Thomas

Spouse's father's last name Coates

Country England

Archive Bristol Archives

Archive reference Marriages, 1839-1842 (P/St MR/R/3/10)

Record set Gloucestershire, Bristol Marriage Index

Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records

Subcategory Parish Marriages

Collections from England, Great Britain

10 - UK 1851 Census - 30th March 1851
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Thomas Stokes - Head - Mar - 34 - Journeyman carpenter - Oxfordshire Bicester

Eliza Stokes - Wife - Mar - 36 - - Gloucestershire Tetbury

William Stokes - Son - - 9 - - Essex Witham

Susan Stokes - Daur - - 7 - - Oxfordshire Churchill

Frederick Stokes - Son - - 5 - - Gloucestershire Bledington

Louisa Stokes - Daur - - 2 - - Oxfordshire Foxcote

Hariet Stokes - Daur - - 2m - - Gloucestershire Bledington

Joseph Davis - Lodger - Widr - 68 - Jman shoemaker - Oxfordshire Ascott

11 - England & Wales, Death Registration Index 1837-2007 and United Kingdom Deaths 2007-2017

First name(s) Matilda

Last name Browning

Gender Female

Birth day -

Birth month -

Birth year -

Age -

Death quarter 2

Death year 1844

District Tetbury

County Gloucestershire

Volume 11

Page 344

Country England

Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007

Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records

Subcategory Civil Deaths & Burials

Collections from Great Britain, England

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

First name(s) Susanna

Last name Browning

Marriage quarter 4

Marriage year 1844

Registration month -

MarriageFinderâ„¢ Susanna Browning married one of these people John Horton, Henry Plaster, William Cleaver, George Sutton

District Tetbury

District number -

County Gloucestershire

Country England

Volume 11

Volume as transcribed 11

Page number 631

Record set England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005

Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records

Subcategory Civil Marriage & Divorce

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13 - UK General Registry Office Birth Certificate
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Registration District Stow on the Wold

1846 BIRTH in the Sub-District of Burton on the Water in the Counties of Gloucester and Worcester

No - When and where born - Name, if any - Sex - Name and surname of father - Name, surname and maiden surname of mother - Occupation of father - Signature, description and residence of informant - When registered

237 - Fourth of December 1845 at Bledington - Frederick - Boy - Thomas Stokes - Eliza Stokes formerly Browning - Stone Mason - The mark of Eliza Stokes the Mother Bledington - Fourteenth January 1846

14 - Frederick Stokes 1845

Registration District Stow on the Wold

1846 BIRTH in the Sub-District of Burton on the Water in the Counties of Gloucester and Worcester

No - When and where born - Name, if any - Sex - Name and surname of father - Name, surname and maiden surname of mother - Occupation of father - Signature, description and residence of informant - When registered

237 - Fourth of December 1845 at Bledington - Frederick - Boy - Thomas Stokes - Eliza Stokes formerly Browning - Stone Mason - The mark of Eliza Stokes the Mother Bledington - Fourteenth January 1846

15 - UK General Registry Office Death Certificate
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Superintendent Registrar's District Tetbury Union

Registrar's District Tetbury

1848 DEATHS in the District of Tetbury in the Counties of Gloucester & Wilts

No.

428

When Died.

Fourteenth of July 1848 at Tetbury

Name and Surname.

Isaac Browning

Sex.

Male

Age.

62 years

Rank or Profession.

Mason

Signature, Description and Residence of Informant

X The mark of Jane Buckingham

present at the death

Tetbury

When Registered

Sixteenth of July 1848

Signature of Registrar

John B Williams

Registrar

16 - St Marylebone, London, Parish Records
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17 - UK 1851 Census - 30th March 1851
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Thomas Stokes - Head - Mar - 34 - Journeyman carpenter - Oxfordshire Bicester

Eliza Stokes - Wife - Mar - 36 - - Gloucestershire Tetbury

William Stokes - Son - - 9 - - Essex Witham

Susan Stokes - Daur - - 7 - - Oxfordshire Churchill

Frederick Stokes - Son - - 5 - - Gloucestershire Bledington

Louisa Stokes - Daur - - 2 - - Oxfordshire Foxcote

Hariet Stokes - Daur - - 2m - - Gloucestershire Bledington

Joseph Davis - Lodger - Widr - 68 - Jman shoemaker - Oxfordshire Ascott

18 - Holborn, St Andrew, Parish Records
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19 - UK 1851 Census - 30th March 1851
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Thomas Stokes - Head - Mar - 34 - Journeyman carpenter - Oxfordshire Bicester

Eliza Stokes - Wife - Mar - 36 - - Gloucestershire Tetbury

William Stokes - Son - - 9 - - Essex Witham

Susan Stokes - Daur - - 7 - - Oxfordshire Churchill

Frederick Stokes - Son - - 5 - - Gloucestershire Bledington

Louisa Stokes - Daur - - 2 - - Oxfordshire Foxcote

Hariet Stokes - Daur - - 2m - - Gloucestershire Bledington

Joseph Davis - Lodger - Widr - 68 - Jman shoemaker - Oxfordshire Ascott

20 - UK 1851 Census - 30th March 1851
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Thomas Stokes - Head - Mar - 34 - Journeyman carpenter - Oxfordshire Bicester

Eliza Stokes - Wife - Mar - 36 - - Gloucestershire Tetbury

William Stokes - Son - - 9 - - Essex Witham

Susan Stokes - Daur - - 7 - - Oxfordshire Churchill

Frederick Stokes - Son - - 5 - - Gloucestershire Bledington

Louisa Stokes - Daur - - 2 - - Oxfordshire Foxcote

Hariet Stokes - Daur - - 2m - - Gloucestershire Bledington

Joseph Davis - Lodger - Widr - 68 - Jman shoemaker - Oxfordshire Ascott

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

First name(s) George

Last name Browning

Marriage quarter 1

Marriage year 1852

Registration month -

MarriageFinderâ„¢ George Browning married one of these people Mary Combton, Louisa Gainer, Elizabeth Beckett

District Tetbury

District number -

County Gloucestershire

Country England

Volume 6A

Volume as transcribed 6A

Page number 438

Record set England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005

Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records

Subcategory Civil Marriage & Divorce

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22 - St Mary, Tetbury Parish Records
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23 - FamilySearch International Genealogical Index

Reprinted by permission. Copyright © 1999-2002 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc

Author: LDS. Publishing Info: © IGI This information has been reproduced with permission of LDS

THOMAS STOKES

Male

--------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------

Event(s):

Christening: 08 FEB 1853 Bledington, Gloucester, England

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Parents:

Father: THOMAS STOKES

Mother: ELIZA

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Source Information:

Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type:

C035322 1813 - 1877 0856928 Film 6911844 Film

Sheet: 00

24 - FamilySearch International Genealogical Index

Reprinted by permission. Copyright © 1999-2002 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc

Author: LDS. Publishing Info: © IGI This information has been reproduced with permission of LDS

MARTHA STOKES

Female

--------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------

Event(s):

Christening: 15 MAR 1854 Bledington, Gloucester, England

--------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------

Parents:

Father: THOS STOKES

Mother: ELIZA

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Source Information:

Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type:

C035322 1813 - 1877 0856928 Film 6911844 Film

Sheet: 00

25 - Bethnal Green, St Matthew, Parish Records
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26 - Email from Angela Cross

I am descended from Charles Browning born 1819. His parents I believe were Isaac and Mary. He was christened in 1823 - think it must have been a job lot with his sister Ann. The older Anne presumably died young.

My Charles married Eliza Coates in Bristol in 1842. They had 5 children including my greatgrandmother Rosa, born 1848. In the 1851 census she is living with her uncle

John in Tetbury. Her father died in 1853 and her mother remarried.

Mary Lock's last son Isaac was born in 1833 and died in 1857. Mary lived on until 1870 outliving most of her children.

Rosa married William Henry Rees and a number of their descendants moved up to Lancashire where I was born.

Best wishes, Angela Cross

27 - England & Wales, Death Registration Index 1837-2007 and United Kingdom Deaths 2007-2017
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1857 DEATH in the Sub-District of Tetbury in the Counties of Gloucester & Worcester

No.

194

When and where died

Sixteenth September 1857

Tetbury

Name and surname

Isaac Browning

Sex

Male

Occupation

Mason - Journeyman

Cause of death

Phthisis - certified

Signature, description and residence of informant

Mary Lock

present at the death

Tetbury

When registered

Seventeenth September 1857

28 - UK 1861 Census - 7th April 1861
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Thomas Stokes - Head - Mar - 44 - Wheelwright - Oxfordshire, Bycester

Eliza Stokes - Wife - Mar - 46 - Wife - Gloucestershire, Tetbury

William Stokes - Son - Unmar - 19 - Wheelwright - Essex, Chippinghill

Frederick Stokes - Son - Unmar - 15 - Wheelwright - Gloucestershire Bledington

Louisa Stokes - Daur - - 12 - Scholar - Oxfordshire, Foscott

Harriet Stokes - Daur - - 10 - Scholar - Gloucestershire, Bledington

Emily Stokes - Daur - - 5 - Scholar - Oxfordshire, Churchill

29 - 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

30 - UK General Registry Office Death Certificate
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1870 DEATHS in the District of Tetbury in the Counties of Gloucester and Wilts

306 - Sixth February 1870 Tetbury - Mary Browning - female - 83 years - Widow of Isaac Browning, a Mason - Old age, certified - X The mark of Mary Ann Mills present at death Tetbury - Eleventh February 1870 - Registrar

31 - England & Wales, Death Registration Index 1837-2007 and United Kingdom Deaths 2007-2017

First name(s) George

Last name Browning

Gender Male

Birth day -

Birth month -

Birth year 1828

Age 42

Death quarter 3

Death year 1870

District Tetbury

County Gloucestershire

Volume 6A

Page 275

Country England

Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007

Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records

Subcategory Civil Deaths & Burials

Collections from Great Britain, England

32 - 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

33 - 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

34 - UK 1871 Census - 2nd April 1871
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Thomas Stokes - Head - Married - 54 - Wheelwright employing 2 Men and 3 apprentices - Bicester, Oxon

Eliza Stokes - Wife - Married - 55 - - Tetbury, Gloucestershire

Frederick Stokes - Son - Married - 25 - Wheelwright - Bledington

Rebecca Ann Day - Son's Wife - Married - 27 - Evesham, Worcestershire

Annie Elizth Stokes - Daur of F.S. [Frederick Stokes] - - 3 mths - - Evesham, Worcestershire

Louisa Stokes - Daur of T.S. [Thomas Stokes] - Unm - 20 - Dressmaker - Churchill, Oxon

Emily Stokes - Daur - Unm - 15 - Dressmaker - Churchill, Oxon

Fredk Jarrett - Apprentice - Unm - 19 - Wheelwright Appce - Hampton Worcestershire

William Smith - Apprentice - Unm - 17 - Wheelwright Appce - Evesham Worcestershire

Arthur Mann - Apprentice - Unm - 12 - Wheelwright Appce - Whellow, Shropshire [should be Welland, Worcestershire]

Thomas Herritage - Lodger - Widower - 57 - Shoemaker - Evesham Worcestershire

George Grover - Grandson - Unm - 14 - Labourer - Evesham Worcestershire

35 - England & Wales, Death Registration Index 1837-2007 and United Kingdom Deaths 2007-2017

Name:

Louisa Claxton

Age:

54

Estimated Birth Year:

abt 1819

Registration Quarter:

Oct-Nov-Dec

Death Registration Place:

Pancras, London, United Kingdom

Death Date:

Dec 1873

Inferred Death Place:

London, United Kingdom

Volume:

1b

Page:

54

36 - England & Wales, Death Registration Index 1837-2007 and United Kingdom Deaths 2007-2017

First name(s) Susan

Last name Bowman

Gender Female

Birth day -

Birth month -

Birth year 1823

Age 56

Death quarter 2

Death year 1879

District Tetbury

County Gloucestershire

Volume 6A

Page 247

Country England

Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007

Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records

Subcategory Civil Deaths & Burials

Collections from Great Britain, England

37 - UK 1881 Census - 3rd April 1881
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89, High Street, Evesham All Saints, Evesham, Worcestershire, England

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Sex

Age

Birth year

Occupation

Birth place

Thomas

Stokes

Head

Married

Male

64

1817

Wheelwright

Oxfordshire, England

Eliza

Stokes

Wife

Married

Female

66

1815

-

Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England

Frederick

Toms

Lodger

Single

Male

21

1860

Wheelwright

Evesham, Worcestershire, England

John

Holloway

Lodger

Single

Male

21

1860

Police constable

Old Hill, Staffordshire, England

38 - UK General Registry Office Death Certificate
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Certified Copy of an Entry of Death

REGISTRATION DISTRICT Evesham

1885 Death in the Sub-District of Broadway in the Counties of Worcester & Gloucester

No - When and where died - Sex - Age - Occupation - Cause of death - Signature, description and residence of informant - When registered - Signature of registrar

37 - Seventeenth April 1885, Broadway Wor'shire RSD - Thomas Stokes - Male - 68 years - Wheelwright - Paralysis Bronchitis Debility Ceritifed by F Beadles MRCS - Frederick Stokes, son present at the death Broadway - Twenty first April 1885 - Robert Smith Registrar

39 - UK General Registry Office Death Certificate
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40 - England & Wales, Death Registration Index 1837-2007 and United Kingdom Deaths 2007-2017

First name(s) Hester

Last name Sealy

Gender Female

Birth day -

Birth month -

Birth year 1826

Age 67

Death quarter 2

Death year 1893

District Hackney

County London

Volume 1B

Page 308

Country England

Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007

Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records

Subcategory Civil Deaths & Burials

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41 - 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