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Trying to find Brewer

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Denise

Denise Report 7 May 2006 18:58

Hi, my name is denise, I am trying to trace my family. I am looking for any relatives of Joseph Brewer of Tong, Bradford. he was born in 1859 married to Hannah Knowles also of Bradford and also born in 1859. He was a coal miner in the 1881 census. They had 1 child at that time she was called Annie, born in 1880. They lived in Cutler Heights, Tong Bradford. In between 1881 and 1901 my great grandparents had another child, unknown, and sold up and went off to america to join in the gold rush, whilst there they had two more children, Joseph and Mary Elizabeth. There is no mention of the other children on the 1901 census return, so we presume that they died on the way or in America, my grandmother Mary always talked about this with my mother at the later a stage of her life. We had no birth certificate for my nanna because she was born in America so it is impossible for me to use. She was born in 1894. If anyone can help me I would be so grateful. If there are any Brewer / Knowles families still living in Bradford who are related to any of the above could you please contact me.