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Can anyone please give me some tips on tracing family members with the surname Brown! I am totally lost and really want to do this section of my tree and cant fathom how to determine the right people I find!

I am up to William Brown, born c1872 in Thirkleby, Yorks. He married rose Mary Beecroft, born c1872 Easingwold, on the 25/11/1899 in Easingwold, Yorks. Her father was not named on the cert but her sister Ada Beecroft was a witness. Rose's mother is called Sarah. Williams father was also called William and he was a farm labourer. I know that Rose and her husband William both died in Middlesbrough in 1934 and 1953 respectively.

Any help to moved forward would be appreciated.Thank you.
Marie

Name: William Brown
Year of Registration: 1872
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Thirsk
County: Yorkshire - North Riding, North Yorkshire
Volume: 9d
Page: 391 (click to see others on page)

Name: William Brown
Year of Registration: 1870
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: Thirsk
County: Yorkshire - North Riding, North Yorkshire
Volume: 9d
Page: 389 (click to see others on page)

Thirkleby comes under Thirsk district -
would think these two are your most likely suspects

Christine

The church was All saints at Great Thirkleby.Unfortunately the IGI coverage stops before he was baptised.
The records are held at the North Yorkshire records office in Northallerton. They should be able to find his baptism, but that will only give you his fathers name which you already know


You would be better to order the first birth certificate quoted above, using the fathers name as a checking point

In 1871 there is only one family called Brown living in Thirkleby

Thomas a widower, farm lab b c 1815 in Thirkleby with two sons Frederick 11 and Thomas 8, there is an Emma Brown 12, living with another family in the village as a servant.

I wonder if this Thomas may be the father of your older William.

Many thanks for all your help. I have been to Northallerton but not looking for this branch so will go back. Thank you for the births, its a start!

Thanks again, Marie.

That is very promising! Thanks Linda. i feel like Im hitting a brick wall on my searching so this is great!

Thank you

Ancestry have the parish records for Easingwold 1813 to 1837.

Unfortunately I can't see anything for Thirkleby.

Dianne xx

This could be the baptism for the older William, which would tie in with that census



WILLIAM BROWN Pedigree
Male

Event(s):
Birth:
Christening:
16 NOV 1845 Thirkleby By Thirsk, Yorkshire, England
Death:
Burial:

Parents:
Father: THOMAS BROWN Family
Mother: DIANA

This is the death of Diana

Name: Diana Brown
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1819
Year of Registration: 1866
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
Age at Death: 47
District: Thirsk
County: Yorkshire - North Riding, North Yorkshire
Volume: 9d
Page: 267

of course they are still not tied in with your William

On the other hand, there is also this chap in Thirkleby in 1881

Name: William Brown
Age: 60
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1821
Relation: Head
Gender: Male
Where born: Thirkleby, Yorkshire, England

Civil Parish: Thirkleby in Thirsk
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England

Street address: Cottage
Condition as to marriage: Widow
Education:

Employment status:

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Occupation: General Labourer

Registration district: Thirsk
Sub registration district: Sutton
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
William Brown 60

Thank you for all this help.
I would think that Rose and William Brown were still in Easingwold in 1901. Their son Harry was born there in 1892. They all went to Middlesbrough though at some point as that is were Harry married and his parents both died. Rose's mother Sarah was born c1855. I assume she was married before as she is down as Beecroft Smith on 1881 with her husband Richard and their child Emily. It shows Rose and brother and sister, John born c1878 and Ada born c1879.
I seem to be having difficulty finding them all on anything else!

1901
Name: Rose M Brown
Age: 28
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1873
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: Willie
Gender: Female
Where born: Helperby, Yorkshire, England

Civil Parish: Brafferton
Ecclesiastical parish: Brafferton
Town: Brafferton
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

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Registration district: Easingwold
Sub registration district: Easingwold
ED, institution, or vessel: 13
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 51
Household Members:
Name Age
Harry Brown 8 b Easingwold
Rose M Brown 28
Willie Brown 29 b Helperby
Sarah J Pearson 48 aunt b Easingwold

Pilmoor Hall cottages
Willie is an ordinary ag lab

Sarah J Pearson is a widow, she is a sick nurse.

Helperby is a few miles NNW of Easingwold. It is in the parish of Brafferton.
Both Rose and Willie clearly have Helperby written on the image as their place of birth