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Eighth Generation
Family of Henry BRIGDEN (B11) and Maria
B13 George BRIGDEN
Born in 1851 in Cuckfield, Sussex.
Occupation: Innkeeper.
George married Phoebe (born in 1852 in Cuckfield, Sussex).
They had the following children:
Percy (1877 Cuckfield, -)
Lorna Brigden (lorna.kate@ntlworld.com) is researching this branch of the family. The family later moved from Cuckfied to Croydon
Joseph (1879 Cuckfield -)
Hilda J (1881 Cuckfield -)
George is recorded in the 1881 Census living at the Rose and Crown, London, Road, Cuckfield with his wife Phoebe, 29 and children Percy, 4, Joseph, 2, and Hilda J, 10 months with two servants and a lodger.
Family of Stephen BRIGDEN (B12) and Emma CHARLWOOD
B14 Henry BRIGDEN
Born in 1857 in Horley, Surrey. Christened on 4 July 1858 in Horley, Surrey.
Henry is recorded as residing in Horley, Surrey in 1860 and at 41 Devonshire Road, Croydon in 1881.
Henry had died by 1918, when he would have been 61.
Occupation: Farm Labourer.
On 6 March 1886 when Henry was 29, he married Lizzie Mary BRAND (D5), at the Croydon Register Office.
Lizzie Mary Brand was the daughter of James Thomas BRAND (1839-) and Susannah Margaret CURD (1840-). Lizzie was born on 17 June 1862 in Farnborough, Kent. She was christened on 31 August 1862 in Farnborough, Kent. She was residing at 42 Widmore Road, Bromley, Kent in 1881, where she was a servant, aged 18 to a Mrs. Francis Annie Pettitt; and at 7 Ivy Cottages, Whitehorse Road, Croydon in 1885.
Lizzie Mary had died by 1918, when she would have been 55.
Her Birth Certificate gives her name as Elizabeth Mary but she was known as 'Lizzie'. Her mother Susannah signed the birth certificate with a mark.
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They had the following children:
B16 Henry James (1886-1962) John (23 October 1888 Horley – 28 June 1915 France) See page "Killed in Action" B16A Stephen Frederick (4 August 1890 Horley -) Occupation: Railway Signalman Amy Beatrice (23 January 1895. Croydon - 23 December 1895 Croydon). Emma Louianna (24 December 1896 Croydon – 1908 Croydon) Lucy Ellen (23 January 1898 Croydon-) James Arthur (1 November 1898 Croydon- 1 April 1899 Croydon) Elsie Ellen (12 January 1903 Croydon-) George (15 May 1905 Croydon -) Occupation: Milkman.
Henry is recorded in the 1861 Census living at the Railway Lodge, Horley with his parents at the age of 11 months.
He is recorded in the 1881 Census living in Devonshire Road, Croydon with parents at the age of 22.
Henry like his son, worked on a Farm in South Croydon.
B15 George Thomas BRIGDEN
Born in 1861. Christened on 17 November 1861 in Horley, Surrey.
Occupation: Corn Miller.
About 1872 when George Thomas was 16, he married Elizabeth. She was born in 1831 in Crewkerne, Somerset.
They had one child:
George (1872 Penge, Surrey -) Occupation: Labourer.
George is recorded in the 1881 Census, aged 48, living at 7 Wells Terrace, Lewisham, Kent with wife Elizabeth, 50 and son George, 19.
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