BRANSCOMBE TIMELINES
The Twentieth Century
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@1900
15 January, Aston district Harold Cecil Branscombe born. Birth
registered March Q, Aston district.[1] [d.15 January 1902. Ninth child of glass
manufacturer Edward Henry & Emma (Bennett - m.1880 Aston Brook). Siblings
Maud Mary (1881 Birmingham), Elsie (1882 Birmingham), Beatrice Alice (b.1885
Aston, m.1915 Aston, Herbert Green (d.1964 Erdington), d.1972 Bangor), Margaret
Emma (1887 Birmingham), Constance Elizabeth (1889 Birmingham - 1891), Edward
Bennet (1890 Birmingham), Constance Gertrude (b.1898 Aston, remained a
spinster, d.1972 Pontllyfni), Muriel (1897), Cyril Tom (1905-1909)]
? February, Mudgee?: Emma Branscombe [b.1877], third child of
Henry "Harry" William & Susannah Burrell, marries Andrew Hartcher
[b.1871].[2]
March quarter,
March quarter, Hendon district: Winifred Branscombe's birth is
registered.[6]
[Married 1927 Willesden to Dodman]
March quarter,
March quarter, Romford district: Mary Ellen Branscombe marries
? [8] [poss widow of Charles Alexander Branscomb,
d.1899? Poss m. Marott? cf: marriage of daughter Ettie Marianne, 1911]
March quarter, Bethnal G district: Mary Ann C Branscombe
marries ? [9]
2 March: The Relief of Ladysmith. `
April, Kumasi, West Africa: Death of William Harcourt
Branscombe, of Cape Coast Castle, West Africa, born in Bristol 1873, son of
William & Emma (Bigwood - m.1860 Bristol?). Probate of his will is granted
in
1 April, Christ Church, Notting Hill: Eleanor May, daughter of
labourer William Hambridge & Emma Elizabeth (Rogers - m.1889 Notting Hill)
of 84 Southam Street, baptised. Born 20 February.[12]
June quarter, Camberwell district: Leslie Branscombe's birth
registered.[13]
[Married 1924, West Ham, to Winifred G
Sellick]
June quarter, Camberwell: Frederick Branscombe marries ? [14]
September quarter, Rochford district: Florence Maud
Branscombe's birth is registered.[15] [married 1922,
September quarter,
September quarter, St.Thomas district: Robert Douglas
Branscombe marries ? [17] [son of John, grocer of Heavitree (b.1841
Morchard Bishop, d.1888 Heavitree) & Ellen (d.1911), m. Maud Wakeham.
Children: Winifred E (1905), Douglas John (1907)]
September quarter,
September quarter,
September quarter, Richmond S district: Ada Branscombe marries
? [20] [according to Suzanne Langford letter of
23 October, Maitland, N.S.W: Doris Irene Branscomb, daughter of George
Arthur & home,
13 November: Ann Branscombe, wife of William, dies, aged 81.[21] An
extract of death certificate[22] says
she was buried on the 14th. It gives the place of death as
Mary
A. 57
Harry W. 50
Jane L. 47
Sarah 43
December quarter, Holborn district: Grace Branscombe's birth
is registered.[1]
December quarter,
December quarter, Godstone district: Clement
Cecil Sharp, formerly director of the Adelaide Conservatorium, becomes a collector of
English folk songs. According to his assistant, interviewed in The Theatre Magazine, his first
encounter was an impromptue soiree at
the house of a
A Mr. Brownscombe, carpenter, has a workshop in the
outbuildings formerly belonging to the late William Abbot, wooldealer, (d.1871)
at Bradiford, Pilton,
John Sims Reeves [b.1818], famous English tenor and teacher of
Edward George Branscombe [George Edward Salmon], dies.[28]
Harry Stanley Branscombe appointed Rector of Pulford,
Approximate year Frederick J Halsey (Grandad's brother -
"Uncle Fred") is born, fifth child of Frederick & Annie (Halsey -
m.1881 Kensington). [siblings: Beatrice
Annie (1882),
The Central Line opens, .
@1901
22 January, Osborne: Reign of Queen monarchsVictoria ends at
`No-one then alive will forget the mourning for Queen
March quarter, Kensington district: Alfred Branscombe's birth
is registered.[32]
[may have died 1901]
March quarter,
4 April: The first permanent public electric tramway in
June quarter, Kensington district: Alfred Branscombe's birth
registered.[35]
[duplication of March entry?]
June quarter, Holborn district: Arthur Claude Branscombe's
birth registered.[36]
June quarter,
William Branscombe, son of William & Emma (Bigwood -
m.1860 Bristol?) was murdered by African natives in Ashanti (Gold Coast?), in
April 1900, generating what is described as a `thick file' of correspondence,
held in the government archives in Accra. This reportedly includes a letter
from Joseph Chamberlain, asking for information. The following letter is dated
July 1901,
`Sir,
I have the honour to
forward the following report on the murder of the late Wm Branscombe, an
Engineer in the employ of the Ashanti Goldfields Co. for the information of
H.E. the Governor. In April 1900 it appears that Wm Branscombe was on his way
from (Lusomah?) to
purpose of signing some
concessions his Company were in negotiation for. He was unaware that the
hostilities had commenced and arrived at the village of (Emalim?) in (Ahafo?)
where he was well treated by the Chief called (Gimmah?). He then continued his
march to the village of (Impasafelna?), near where he was attacked by an armed
party sent out by (Elfilfa?), one of the native Committee of Kumasi, under the
command of one (Akwisi Gewoo?). 11 of his carriers were killed, but Wm
Branscombe himself managed to escape into the bush while the (Ashanti?) were
busy breaking open his boxes, where he wandered for about two days, ultimately
walking into (Emalim?), the village he had left the morning he was attacked.
Unfortunately for him, messengers from (Elfilfa?) were in the village, telling
the Chief what had happened, and ordering him to search for the whiteman and
kill him.
Chief (Gimmah?) was
disinclined to do this, but consented on threats being made that (Elfilfa?)
would (look?) him as friendly to the English and would attack him later on if
he failed to carry out his orders. Chief (Gimmah?) now gave orders that he
should be killed and (Elfilfa?) his neighbour was the principle person who
wished him to do so and it was this man who first actually attacked Wm
Branscombe. Cutting him down with a machete, he struck him five times and then
some of the crowd beat the body with sticks. (Elfilfa?) now ordered two of them
called (Amanguah?) and (Guume?) to cut off the head, which was done by them,
and the head given to (Elfilfa?).
From the evidence it
seems that Wm Branscombe was quite dead when this was done by them and so to my
regret, these men could hardly be hanged for murder, but they were sentenced to
twenty years penal servitude each, and another man called (Akwesi Mensah?) who
was present, and assisted them, to ten years penal servitude. The two Chiefs of
the village of (Emalim?) called (Gimmah?) and (Kofi Afo?) undoubtably gave the
order for, or (...?) sanctioned the death of Branscombe but were not brought to
trial as the (senior?) chief called (Gimmah?) was a very old man and died
before I could arrest him. Chief (Kofi Afo?) hung himself to avoid arrest.
(Elfilfa?) in his
defence stated that he received news that an Officer with Hausas was advancing
from the West and he sent an advance party under (..?) to attack them, and this
was done, but he had nothing to do with the murder. He (...?) he attacked the
whiteman in fair fight. Of course it is possible and very (probable?) that Wm
Branscombe may have been taken for a Haussa Officer, as we had Officers and men
in (Sufurlie?) and British (Samian?) District, to the west of
Chief (Elfifa?) has
since been deported to
Wm Branscombe was killed
by blows form a machete and was not tortured in any way. I state this clearly,
as many stories have been spread about that he was brutally tortured before
being killed, and I'm sure it will be some comfort to his relatives to hear
that it is not correct.
All Wm Branscombe's
boxes were looted, and I was able to recover only a few trifles of little or no
value which I forwarded to Wm (Champion?), the manager of the Ashanti
Goldfields.
Wm (Champion?), while at
It has been a long and
(..?) business to get to the bottom of, as everyone shielded each other. But I
can safely say that the actual murderer has paid the penalty for his crime, and
those by whose authority it was done are either dead or deported. Of course,
many other people were in the village looking on, and no doubt some of them
beat the dead body with sticks, but it was difficult to prove this, and I fancy
many were in it. The principals, however, have been taken and suffered, justice
at last being done, and I hope that H.E. the Governor will take my view of the
case, in not executing more than the actual murderer, though the others were
accessories, no doubt. I felt (..?) in all fairness that there ought to be some
difference (...?) between the actual murderer and those that mutilated the body
after death.
(Ampoful?) was hung this
morning, all troops in the garrison being present and large crowds of (
I have the honour to be,
Sir, Your Obedient Servant...'[38]
See www.anglogoldashanti.com
for a brief history of the company.
17 August, Chalvey Grove, Slough: Martha Branscombe dies, aged
84. She is the widow of William Branscombe, `Rent Collector'. Dr. J.Blackwell
certifies her death from `exhaustion, age, congestion of lungs & (croup?).
Registered 17 August,
William Branscombe,
shoemaker of Torquay (b.1796 Dawlish, m.1865, Newton Abbot district). This is
the first time William is referred to as a Rent Collector. Previously he was
described as a shoe or boot-maker, a cordwainer, or a gentleman]
September quarter, Holborn district: Frederick Dradge
Branscombe's birth registered.[40] [cf:1879 March quarter, Shoreditch district,
Frederick Drage Branscombe's birth registered - poss father? cf also:1909,
William Drego b. Holborn - sibling?]
September quarter, Aston district: Jessie Branscomb's birth
registered.[41]
[poss daughter of Harry, grand-daughter
of glass bottle-maker Samuel & Phoebe Louise -?. If so, she remained a
spinster. Poss siblings of Jessie: Samuel, George Henry (1903) & Evelyn][42]
December quarter,
December quarter,
December quarter, Whitechapel district: Richard A Branscomb's
birth registered.[45]
Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio
transmission at St.John's,
Seebohm 's study of urban poverty in
H. [Henry] Branscombe, tinsmith of listed in the N.S.W. Post Office Directory.
Arthur Branscombe's The
Cradle of Washington & the Home of the Franklins (`profusely
illustrated by the author...'), published in
Possible year Edward Branscombe first tours
The national census: Branscombe's population is 627, down from
742 in 1891 and 1017 in 1851. `... a rapid decrease, even compared with the
surrounding neighbourhood.'[49]
Census registers: John
Branscombe, 33, born St James,
Aston, Birmingham: census registers
Henry Branscomb, 19, born Birmingham, a Glass Bottle Manufacturer, Minnie
Branscomb, 19, born Birmingham, Samuel Branscomb, 1, born Birmingham.
Aston
Manor: census registers Sarah
Branscomb, 65, born
Atherington,
Ellen Brownscombe, 56, born
Sampford Peverell,
Barking,
Bermondsey,
Berrynarbor, Devon: census
registers Thomas Brownscombe, 37, born Parracombe, Devon, Farmer, Jane
Brownscombe, 31, born Combmartin, Devon, Mary Brownscombe, 13, born Combmartin,
Thomas Brownscombe, 11, born Combmartin, Farmers Son, Jane Brownscombe, 5, born
Combmartin.
Bethnal Green: census registers
Ethe Branscomb, 18, born Bethnal Green.
Bideford: census registers William
Brownscombe, 67, born Bideford, Retired Seaman,
William Brownscombe, 33, born Langtree, Devon, Mason, Lucilla
Brownscombe, 32, born Shebbear, Devon, Elizabeth Brownscombe, 24, born
Langtree, Housemaid Domestic, Edwin Brownscombe, 20, born Bideford, Joiner.
Birkenhead: census registers Maggie
Brunscombe, 41, born Denbighshire, Philip Brunscombe, 40, born Liverpool,
Printer, Florence Brunscombe, 17, born Birkenhead, Philip Brunscombe, 16, born Birkenhead, Shop
Boy Chemist, Beatrice Brunscombe, 13, born Birkenhead, Lina Brunscombe, 11,
born Birkenhead, Violet Brunscombe, 7,
born Birkenhead, Horace
Brunscombe, 5, born Birkenhead, Ruby Brunscombe, 2, born Birkenhead.
Birkenhead: census registers Mark Branscombe, 13, born in
Bristol, an errand-boy, Frederick
Branscombe, 8, born in Birkenhead, Sarah Branscombe, 7, born in Birkenhead,
George Branscombe, 5, born in Birkenhead, Susan Branscombe, 3, born in
Birkenhead, May Branscombe, 1, born in Birkenhead. [prob children of
Frederick John Pennington Branscombe. Mark b. Sept Q 1887, Bristol dist., poss
m. 1911 Birkenhead, - Porter? Frederick William b.
The census for
Birmingham: census registers Amy
Branscombe, 50, born Birmingham, Living On Own Means, Amy Branscomb, 29, born
Birmingham, James Branscomb, 29, born Aston Manor, Cycle Frame Files, Alice
Branscombe, 24, born Birmingham, Shopkeeper,
Emily Branscomb, 6, born Aston
Manor, Edwin Branscomb, 2, born Aston Manor.
Bratton
Fleming,
Brentor,
Devon: census registers John
Brunscombe, 62, born Coryton Devon, Baker & Grocer, Mary Brunscombe, 59,
born Towcester Northamptonshire, Alfred Brunscombe, 22, born Brentor, Baker
& Grocer.
Bromley, Middlesex: census
registers Alice Branscombe, 21, born Mile End,
Camberwell: census registers
Frederick Branscombe, 50, born Kingsbridge, Joiner, Florence Branscombe, 38,
born Norwich, Florence Branscombe, 36, born Bermondsey, Mantle Maker Tailor, Frederick Branscombe,
24, born Camberwell, Carpenter, Clement Branscombe, 22, born Bermondsey,
Bricklayer, Lilian Branscombe, 22, born Camberwell, Florence Branscombe, 21,
born Dulwich, Cook Domestic, Mabel Branscombe, 21, born Bermondsey, Albert
Branscombe, 10, born Walworth, London,
William Branscombe, 8, born Walworth, Frederick Branscombe, 6, born
Peckham, Leonard Branscombe, 4, born Peckham.
Chipping Sodbury: census registers Sidney Branscomb, 46, born
Rock Ferry,
Also in Chipping
Sodbury, possibly at the same address: Phoebe Branscomb, 40, born Birmingham,
Walter Branscomb, 17, born Birmingham, Glass Blower, Jessie Branscomb, 15, born
Birmingham, George Branscomb, 10, born Birmingham. [Sidney may be Sydney,
the ‘missing’ brother of Samuel
Branscomb (c1858-1896), husband of Phoebe Louise Cooper (m.1881) and father of
Walter Harold,
Clee,
Lincolnshire: census registers Harry
Brunscombe, 39, born Torquay, Mariner, Ada Brunscombe, 38, born Hull,
Yorkshire, Seamstress, Ada Brunscombe, 13, born Grimsby, Lincolnshire, Ethel Brunscombe, 10, born
Grimsby.
Clerkenwell:
census registers George
Branscombe, 46, born Chelsea, House Decorater, Edith Branscombe, 21, born
Battersea, Dora Branscombe, 19, born Bloomsbury, Herbert Branscombe, 17, born
Bloomsbury, Dresser’s Assistant, Ernest Branscombe, 12, born Battersea.
Colan,
Cornwall: census registers Edward
Brinscombe, 30, born Newton Abbott, Horseman
On Farm, Hannah Brinscombe, 30, born St Austell, Cornwall, Laura Brinscombe,
10, born St Blazey, Cornwall, Edward Brinscombe, 9, born Luxulian, Cornwall,
Albert Brinscombe, 6, born Langteglosby Forley, Cornwall, Reginald Brinscombe,
5, born Fowley, Cornwall, Hilda Brinscombe, 3m, born Colan, Dorothy Brinscombe,
2, born Newlyn East, Cornwall.
Croydon: census shows Lydia Branscombe, 19, born Croydon. [poss
Lydia Obrecht Branscombe, b. 1 May 1881 Croydon, only child of Henry
(1844-1887) & his second wife Marie (Obrecht - m.1880). Registered in the
June quarter, Croydon district.[51]
First wife
Croydon: census shows a Maria Branscombe, 54, a French
national born in
Fulham:
census registers Elizabeth
Brownscombe, 64, born Northum, Devon, George Brownscombe, 34, born Bideford,
Meat Carver, Emily Brownscombe, 33, born Torquay,
Emina Branscombe, 26, born
Bermondsey, Domestic Servant, Annie Brownscombe, 7, born Cornwall, Alice
Brownscombe, 5, born Bideford, George Brownscombe, 3, born Bideford, Edwin Brownscombe, 2, born Chelsea.
Hackney:
census registers Emily
Branscombe, 76, born Ipswich, Suffolk, Samuel Branscombe, 42, born Hackney,
Umbrella Manufacturer’s Clerk, Annie Branscombe, 39, born Clapton, Middlesex,
Lydia Branscombe, 37, born Clapton, Amy Branscombe, 23, born West Ham, Essex,
Cook Veg., Frederick Branscombe, 22, born Notting Hill, Plumber & Gasfitter.
Heavitree: census shows Ellen Branscombe, 65, born South
Wonford, a sub-postmistress, Robert Branscombe, 28, born Heavitree, a sorting
clerk and telegraphist, Jessie Branscombe, 23, born Chistowe, Devon.
High
Bickington, Devon: sensus registers John
Brownscombe, 25, born High Bickington,
Harness Maker, Florence Brownscombe, 22, born Hollacombe, Ready Made
...Trade, Charles Brownscombe, 31, born High Bickington, Farmer &
Wheelwright, Elizabeth Brownscombe, 31, born High Bickington, William
Brownscombe, 7, born High Bickington, Mary Brownscombe, 6, born High
Bickington, Charles Brownscombe, 5, born High Bickington, Harold Brownscombe,
3, born High Bickington, ... ? Brownscombe, 6 M, born High Bickington, Ann
Brownscombe, 3M, born High Bickington.
Highweek: census shows Anna Branscombe, 60, born in Highweek,
living on her own means.
Hill
Entire, Gloucestershire: census registers George Branscombe, 45, born Winchester, Living On Own Means, Marie
Branscombe, 42, born Brighton, Brian Branscombe, 13, born Bishopsteignton,
Dorothy Branscombe, 11, born Bishopsteignton.
Hornsey,
Middlesex: census registers Maria
Branscomb, 68, born Clerkenwell, Living On Own Means.
Huntshaw
Entire, Devon: census registers Mary
Brownscombe, 82, born Torrington,
Retired Farmer’s Widow, Ann Brownscombe, 74, born Week St Mary, Devon,
Farmer, Edward Brownscombe, 54, born Huntshaw, Farmer, Caroline Brownscombe,
44, born Instow, Devon, John
Brownscombe, 41, born Huntshaw, Farmer’s Son, Annie Brownscombe, 35, born
Huntshaw, Farmer’s Daughter, Elizabeth Brownscombe, 35, born Huntshaw, Farmers
Daughter, Lavinia Brownscombe, 33, born St Giles In The Wood, Devon,
Housekeeper Domestic, Charles Brownscombe, 20, born Huntshaw, Farmer’s Son, Sarah Brownscombe, 18, born
Huntshaw, Farmer’s Daughter, Samuel Brownscombe, 14, born Huntshaw, Thomas
Brownscombe, 13, born Huntshaw,
William Brownscombe, 8, born
Huntshaw, Studley Brownscombe, 7, born Huntshaw.
Ilfracombe,
Islington: census registers Mary
Branscomb, 78, born Dawlish, Living on Own Means, Mary Branscombe, 67, born
Highlabor, Essex, Living on Own Means, Edwin Branscomb, 49, born Hackney,
Plumber, Adelaid Branscomb, 40, born Dawlish, Book Keeper, Caroline Branscombe,
32, born Petersfield, Hampshire, Eleanor Branscombe, 30, born Highbury, London, Waitress, Frank Branscombe,
29, born Canada, Cab Driver, Lucy Branscomb, 29, born Hackney, Elizabeth
Branscombe, 28, born Bermondsey,
Lucy Branscomb, 9, born Hackney,
William Branscombe, 7, born Holloway,
Edwin Branscomb, 5, born St Lukes,
London, Constance Branscombe, 4, born St Pancras, London, James Branscomb, 3,
born Hackney, London, Frank Branscombe, 1, born St Pancras.
Islington: census shows William Branscombe, 36, born Dawlish,
a tram conductor, living in Islington. [poss William Beard Branscombe, b.
December Q Dawlish, son of Captain William Waymouth Branscombe, master mariner,
& Mary (Beard - m.1854), m.1891 Petersfield, Hants., d.1927 Islington district]
Islington: census shows Emily Branscombe, 35, born Clifton
Somerset, a missionary from
Kensington:
census registers Caroline
Branscombe, 54, born Carbroke,
Edward Branscombe, 50, born
Manchester, Painter, John Branscombe, 50, born St Lukes London, Railway
Checker, Ellen Branscombe, 45, born Barnch, Middlesex, Jane Branscombe, 42,
born Kensington, Helen Branscomb, 42, born Kenston, London, Frederick
Branscomb, 39, born Paddington, Paper Langer, Edward Branscombe, 26, born
Barnch, Middlesex, Painter, William Branscombe, 25, born Kensington, Pork
Butcher Assistant, Emily Branscombe, 23, born Barrow, Suffolk, Florie
Branscombe, 19, born North Kensington, Charley Branscombe, 18, born Chelsea,
Van Guard, Alfred Branscombe, 17, born North Kensington, Daisy Branscombe, 16,
born North Kensington, Joseph
Branscombe, 16, born Marylebone, Van Guard, Alice Branscomb, 16, born
Paddington, General Servant, Frederick Branscomb, 14, born Kensington, Van
Guard, Albert Branscombe, 13, born Chelsea, Edith Branscombe, 12, born
Kensington, Violet Branscombe, 10, born North Kensington, Bertie Branscombe, 9,
born North Kensington, Harry Branscombe, 8, born Chelsea, George Branscomb, 8,
born Kensington, William Branscomb, 7, born Kensington, Rose Branscombe, 5,
born North Kensington, William Branscombe, 5, born Chelsea, James Branscomb, 4M,
born Kensington, Walter Branscombe, 2, born Kensington, Alfred Branscombe, 1M,
born Kensington.
Kentisbury,
Devon: census registers Agnes
Brownscombe, 70, born Bratton Fleming, Devon, James Brownscombe, 68, born
Bratton Fleming, Farmer, Dorcas Brownscombe, 32, born Combe Martin, James
Brownscombe, 30, born Glamorganshire, Wales, Farmer, Dorcas Brownscombe, 1,
born Kentisbury.
Lambeth:
census registers Agnes
Branscombe, 54, born Brighton, John Branscombe, 52, born Carning Town, Essex,
Wholesale Stationer’s Accountant, Charles Branscombe, 48, born Plaiston Marsh,
London, Artist In Black & White, Harriet Branscombe, 46, born Walworth,
London, Richard Branscomb, 46, born Plainston, Essex, Manager Cocoa Rooms,
Eleanor Branscomb, 38, born Camberwell, Charles Branscombe, 27, born Brixton,
Wholesale Stationer’s Assistant, Ada Branscombe, 26, born Brixton, Milliner,
Alice Branscombe, 24, born Southwark, Housemaid Domestic, Frederick Branscombe,
23, born Kennington, Surrey, Clerk Cork Merchants, Henrietta Branscombe, 22,
born Kennington, Surrey, Edith
Branscombe, 20, born Kennington, Surrey, Dressmaker, Lilian Branscombe, 18,
born Kennington, Surrey, Blouse Sewing Machinist, Gilbert Branscombe, 17, born
Kennington, Surrey, Shipping Clerk, Leslie Branscomb, 11M, born Camberwell, Charles Branscombe, 9, born South
Lambeth, John Branscombe, 7, born Stockwell, Percy Branscomb, 6, born
Camberwell, Nellie Branscomb, 4, born Camberwell.
Lancaster,
Langtree,
Devon: census registers Joseph
Brownscombe, 59, born Buckland, Devonshire,
Farm Laborer Ordinary, Mary Brownscombe, 58, born Langtree, John
Brownscombe, 36, born Langtree, Farm Laborer Ordinary, Sarah Brownscombe, 21,
born Langtree, William Brownscombe, 13,
born Langtree.
Leytonstone, Essex: census registers Edwin Branscombe, 46, a
commercial clerk born in Hoxton, Sarah Branscombe, 46, born in Stepney, Arthur,
9, born in Leytonstone, Elsie, 4, born in Leytonstone. [Edwin poss baptised
9 November 1856, St. Luke's, Old Street, Finsbury, fifth child of John &
Emma (Scales - m.1840). poss m.1887 West Ham Sarah Ann - ? Poss children: Edwin Harold S (reg.1889), Arthur Edwin
& Arthur Alfred (reg.1891), Annie Emma & Rose Evelyn (reg.1892), Elsie
Lilian (reg.1898) d.1927 Rayleigh, Essex?]
Littleham (Exmouth): census shows Clement Branscombe, 51, born
Exmouth, a baker, confectioner and shopkeeper, Harriet Branscombe, 52, born in
Exmouth, Emma Branscombe, 49, born in Abbots Kerswell, a cook domestic,
Florance Branscombe, 21, born Marylebone, Mabel Branscombe, 18, born
Marylebone.
Liverpool, Toxteth Park: censusus records Ernest Branscombe, 35, born Hoxton,
London, Tabacco Manager Leaf, Christina Branscombe, 29, born Scotland, Emma
Branscombe, 5, born Liverpool.
London, St Luke: census registers
Thomas Branscombe, 31, born Hoxton, Essex, Varnish Ware House, Eliza
Branscombe, 30, born St Luke, Essex, Willie Branscombe, 7, born St Luke, Essex,
Grace Branscombe, 5M, born St Luke, Essex, Lessie Branscombe, 4, born Camberwell, Florance Branscombe, 2, born St
Luke, Essex.
Lynton,
North Devon: census registers William
Brownscombe, 35, born Bishopstow, Devonshire, Harness Maker, Rosa Brownscombe,
33, born Barnstaple, William Brownscombe, 1, born Barnstaple.
Maidstone,
Kent: census registers William
Brownscomb, 51, born Appledove, North
Devon, School Master Majistrate, Ethel Brownscomb, 25, born Liverpool,
Ella Brownscomb, 16, born Maidstone.
Newport,
Monmouthshire: census registers Mary
Branscombe, 48, born Chepston, Monmouthshire,
William Branscombe, 48, born Newport, Carter, Clara Brownscombe, 31, born
Appledore, Devon, Albert Brownscombe, 29, born Appledore, Builder, William Branscombe, 4, born Newport, Cyril
Brownscombe, 4m, born Newport, John Brownscombe, 4, born Newport, Harriet
Brownscombe, 3, born Newport.
Northam,
Northchurch, Hertford: census
registers Elizabeth Branscomb, 73, born Brasford, Wiltshire.
Old
Windsor, Berkshire: census registers Louisa
Branscombe, 47, born Datchet, Buckinghamshire, Laundress, William Branscombe,
24, born Englefield Green, Surrey, General Labourer, Frances Branscombe, 21,
born Englefield Green, Henry Branscombe, 21, born Englefield Green, General
Labourer, Edith Branscombe, 20, born Old Windsor, Louisa Branscombe, 17, born
Englefield Green, Laundress, James Branscombe, 15, born Englefield Green, Garden Boy, Frederick
Branscombe, 13, born Englefield Green, Alice Branscombe, 9, born Englefield
Green, Frederick Branscombe, 2, born Old Windsor, Henry Branscombe, 1, born Old
Windsor, Edith Branscombe, 4m, born Old Windsor. [William poss b. 3
September 1877. m.
Paddington:
census registers Thomas
Branscombe, 42, born Paddington, Bricklayer’s Labourer, Ann Branscombe, 42,
born Paddington, William Branscombe, 18, born Paddington, Rivetter’s Lad, Ada
Branscombe, 16, born Kensington, General Domestic, Arthur Branscombe, 16, born
Paddington, Van Guard, Alice Branscombe, 12, born London, George Branscombe,
10, born Paddington, Lillian Branscombe, 8, born Paddington. [prob Thomas
Fox II, born 22 September 1857, 7 Alfred Place, Paddington, fifth
child of Thomas Fox Branscombe, journeyman plasterer, & Mary (Hill - m.1855
Notting Hill). Thomas m. 1882
Kensington district, Julia (Goddard), registered as Ann J. in the 1891 census
for
Paignton, Devon: census registers
William Brinscombe, 33, born Stoke Gabriel, Devon, Horse Haulier Contractor, Selina Brinscombe,
28, born Paignton, Walter Brunscombe, 18, born Staverton, Devon, Carter, Selina
Brinscombe, 7, born Paignton, William Brinscombe, 2, born Paignton, Clara
Brinscombe, 1, born Paignton.
The census for
Pokesdown,
Hampshire: census registers Florence
Branscombe, 19, born
Prittlewell ? : census registers Emily Branscombe, 30, born Stanway, Essex, Arthur Branscombe, 28,
born Mile End, London, House Decorator, Florence Branscombe, 7m, born Southend,
Essex, John Branscombe, 2, born Southend. [poss Arthur Alfred, b. September
quarter 1872, Mile End district? m.1891 West Ham district? d.1960 Stepney? Poss
registered in the Woodford, Essex, household of his grandfather, George Bird,
in the 1881 census?]
Pulford,
Pulford, Chester: census shows Harry Branscombe, 36, born Port
of Spain, Trinidad, a clergyman of the C of E., Grace Branscombe, 31, born
Camelford, Cornwall, John Branscombe, 2, born Holy Trinity, Chester, Monica
Branscombe, 1, born Chester Cathedral precincts, Gwenyth & Winifred Branscombe,
1 month, born Pulford. [Harry Stanley, b.1864, son of John Graham
Branscombe, barrack-master, & Sarah Ann (Cother-Rider, m.1861 Torquay).
Married Grace West Pearce 1897, Camelford Cornwall]
Rotherhithe, London: census
registers Robert Branscomb, 34, born Bermondsey, London, Mechanical Enginer, Rose Branscomb, 31, born
Bermondsey, Rose Branscomb, 6, born Bermondsey, Maud Branscomb, 2, born
Bermondsey, Emily Branscomb, 6m, born Peckham. [poss Robert Alexander
Charles, born Rotherhithe March Q 1866, son of James Alexander, himself the third? child of
solicitor Walter & Jane Branscomb of 1 Wine Office Court, Fleet Street?In
the 1881 census, a Robert of the right age is registered as the son of James
and an engineer’s assistant, in Bermondsey]
Rugby:
census shows William Branscombe, 52, born Rugby, railway engine driver, Eliza
Branscombe, 55, born Opton, Staffordshire, Lily Branscombe, 19, a hatters shop
assistant, born Rugby, Maggie Branscombe, 14, born Rugby. [William Edward,
b. 21 June 1850, Queen Street, Rugby, son of William Branscomb, stone mason,
and Mary Ann (Mitchell - m.1847
St
Clement Urban,
St
Marylebone,
St Pancras, London: census registers Robert Branscombe, 68, born Torquay, Night Watchman Port,
Charlotte Branscombe, 66, born Wood Ditton, Cambridge, Esther Branscombe, 45, born
St Pancras, Green Grocer, Katherine Branscombe, 42, born Highgate, Working House Keeper, John
Branscombe, 16, born St Pancras, Railway Vanguard. [Robert John, b.
17 December 1832, Tormoham, Torquay, eighth and last child of third
great-grandparents Edward Branscombe & Ann (Starling - m. 1817, Dartmouth).
Bp.
St Woolos,
Monmouthshire: census records John Brownscombe, 53, born Appledore, Devon, Builder, A. Brownscombe,
50, born Appledore, Arthur Brownscombe, 21, born Newport, Monmouthshire,
Bricklayer, Harold Brownscombe, 17, born Newport, Carpenter, Laura Brownscombe,
15, born Newport, Clerk Telegraph.
Shoreditch,
Southwark, St. Saviour: census transcript shows an “Irarita”
Branscombe, 24, born Penge, a hospital nurse. [prob Juanita Madeline
Branscombe, bapt. 8 July 1876, St. Paul's, Upper Norwood, born 5 June. Fourth child of Henry Branscombe
&
Southwark,
St George the Martyr: census registers Harry Branscombe, 53, born Exmouth, Devon, Bricklayer, Emma Branscombe, 47, born
City Of London, Henry Branscombe, 28, born Bermondsey, Bricklayer, Olive
Branscombe, 18, born Southwark, Book Folding, Ada Branscombe, 17, born
Southwark, Book Folding, Ethel Branscombe, 16, born Dulwich, General Servant Domestic.
[This is most likely to be Harry,
born 1848 Withycombe Raleigh, son of Henry the builder of Littleham and
Stratford
Bow, St Mary,
Stratton & Bude, Cornwall: census shows Charles Branscombe,
45, born Kingston, Surry, a licenced victualler, Ada Branscombe, 31, born
Bridport, Dorset, a hotel proprietress, George Branscombe, 14, born Scotland,
and Helen Branscombe, 12, also born in Scotland. [Charles Henry Branscombe b. March Q 1858, Kingston, son of Walter James
(b.1836, m.c1855 Mary (Maria?) Burdett) cf:1881 census for Herringfleet,
Sudbury St Gregory, Suffolk: census records John Branscombe, 44, born Hackney, Middlesex,
Silk Manufacturer’s Clerk, Amy Branscombe, 37, born Bishopsgate, London, John Branscombe, 9, born Hackney, School Boy.
[poss John William, son of draper John Hinam Branscombe &
Emily (Womack Ridley - m.1855), registered Sept Q 1856 Hackney? John senior was
registered as a silk merchant with premises in Church Street, Hackney, in an
1855 directory. If so, other children
of John & Emily may include Samuel Ridley (b. ABOUT 1859), Mary Emily
(1860-1865?), Annie Gertrude (1862 Hackney),
The census for
The census for
The census for
The census for
Uxbridge: census records Georgina Brownscombe, 44, born
Shephered Brook, London, Henry
Brownscombe, 43, born Huntshaw, Torrington, Devon, Police Inspector, Annie
Brownscombe, 16, born Pimlico, London, Elementary Schoolteacher, Herbert Brownscombe,
14, born Marylebone, Lionel Brownscombe, 7, born Holloway, London.
Walthamstow, Essex: census registers Rose Branscombe, 25, born
in Barkingside, Essex. [no record of her birth]
Walton-on-the-Hill, Lancs (
West Ham: census records Rose Branscomb, 20, born Mile End,
Willesden: census shows Thomas Branscombe, 31, born Brixton, a
silver polisher, Emily Branscombe, 25, born St. Pancras, Emily Branscombe, 2,
born Camden Town and Winifred Branscombe, 1, born Kilburn. [poss Thomas Henry, poss b.1867 Lambeth district,
and poss marries 1897 Pancras?If so, he’s poss the son of Thomas Branscombe, b.
Ashton circa 1831, recorded as a general carrier's clerk lodging in the
household of coach-driver Peter Jones, in Plymouth St. Andrew. Thomas poss
m.1863 Lambeth Mary Ann Nottage? Poss other child Alice Nottage b.1872
Islington? She poss m.1893 Islington?]
Withycombe Raleigh: census shows Alice Branscombe, 27, born
Exmouth, a charwoman. [no record of
her birth so far, so perhaps Branscombe is her married name?]
The Australasian Stage
Annual notes the marriage of Lilian Branscombe on p.63.
@1902
30 March, Birkenhead: Frederick Alphonso Branscomb, formerly a
printer's manager, dies, aged 81, at The Home, Parkfield Avenue. He died of old
age. His son P. Branscomb, of
14 May: Elizabeth Hunt dies. Baptised 1827
31 May: The Boer War ends, with the Peace Treaty
of Vereeniging. (since 1899) The Boers accept British sovereignty in return for
aid to restock arms.[63]
June quarter, Rochford district Arthur George Branscombe's
birth registered.[1]
[married 1924 Rochford to Doris Godbold]
June quarter,
June quarter,
June quarter,
June: possible time of Edward [& Mary] Branscombe's first
tour of
9 August: Coronation of Edward VII, postponed from 26 June,
due to the King's appendicitis operation.[70]
September quarter, St.Olave district (Southwark): Nellie
Branscombe's birth registered.[71] [married 1919 Lambeth to Stockwell]
12 September,
December quarter, Camberwell district: Alice Kathleen
Branscombe's birth registered.[73] [married 1926 Camberwell to Smith]
December quarter, Holborn district: Amy Annie Branscombe's
birth registered.[74] [died 1902. cf:1903, Amy Mary A b. Holborn -
sister?]
Will of Sarah (Yardley), wife of Edward Branscomb, glass
manufacturer of
H. [Henry] Branscombe, tinsmith of Mudgee, listed in the N.S.W. Post Office Directory. The Hall's Post Office Directory of the same
year lists him as a plumber.
Gena Branscombe [b.Picton,
Will of John William Branscombe of
Aston district: Harold Cecil Branscombe's death is registered
(aged 2).[77] [registered
as Branscomb, March Q 1900]
The peak year of the horse population in
Sidney Branscomb is
the licencee of the New Inn,
@1903
20 January,
My dear Sister Emmy:
Your welcome letter of
17 inst. is at hand and I will endeavor to answer to the best of knowledge; but
that is poor indeed as to the geneology of the Branscombe family. As I am (in my own estimation) the most
important one of the name will say I was born in
My father was born in
That is as far as my
knowledge of the name goes and some of that is only tradition handed down from
sire to son. Of course I could go on and
tell someting of my father's family and their names and ages, but should leave
that to my sisters and brothers and leave you supply more recent data.
this leaves al well to
date. Give my love at all inquiring
friends and relations and especially to lerla.
Your loving, Ben
March quarter, Southwark district: Henry Victor Branscombe's
birth registered.[80]
March quarter, Aston district: George Henry Branscomb's birth
registered.[81]
[poss son of Harry, grandson of glass
bottle-maker Samuel & Phoebe Louise -?. Poss siblings of George: Samuel,
Jessie (1901) & Evelyn][82]
1 May: Ellen Branscombe, spinster, dies. Buried in Highgate
cemetery, grave #20218. [b.1837
Kingsbridge, second child of John & Anne (Graham - m.1833). Siblings: John
Graham (1834), Charlotte Mortimer (1841), Henry (1844)][83]
5 May,
June quarter,
June quarter,
September quarter, Wandsworth district: Frederick T
Branscombe's birth registered.[87]
September quarter,
September quarter,
September quarter,
December quarter, Holborn district: Amy Mary A Branscombe's
birth registered.[91] [married 1931 West Ham to George F Groom.
cf:1902, Amy Annie b. Holborn - sister?]
December quarter, Thingoe district: Vera Emily Branscombe's
birth registered.[92]
17 December, Kittyhawk: The Wright brothers achieve the first recorded
powered flight, of 59 seconds.
H. [Henry] Branscombe, tinsmith of Mudgee, listed in the N.S.W. Post Office Directory.
Edward Branscombe & his wife
Mary ("Marie" Hooton), pay their second visit to
According to his obituary in the Natal Mercury [
`A major boost to ballad popularity came with the arrival of
the gramophone at the beginning of the 1900s when many famous singers of the
day, such as Caruso, Melba, Chaliapin and Patti quickly overcame their early
reluctance to commit their voices to the strange new medium. Just beginning his
career then was Peter Dawson who made a successful test recording in 1904 and
then began to record regularly ... eventually selling fourteen million discs
before he retired in 1956. An almost exact contemporary of his in England was
Norman Allin, whose deep bass voice provided him with an operatic career
spanning forty years...'[95]
Black wax cylinder recordings are produced. [cf:1896,1905]
Charles Booth publishes Life
and Labour of The People of the Land. In it, he describes
@1904
March quarter, St.Olave district: Frederick John Branscomb's
birth registered.[97] [d.1927 Lewisham, the result of a motorbike
accident, leaving a widow,
8 May, St.Michael & All Angels, Kensington: Grandfather Edward George
Branscombe (29), a bachelor painter of
30 Rackham Street, Kensington, son of painter Edward John, marries grandmother
Edith Nunan (24), of the same address, a
widow, daughter of cabman William Weston. Witnesses are John David Dear &
Frances Dear.[98]
June quarter,
September quarter, Rochford district: Ada Olive Branscombe's
birth registered.[100] [d.1921 Billericay]
22 September: 's tram system opens.
December quarter, Croydon district: Harry Branscombe marries ?
[101]
December quarter, Fulham district; Robert Branscombe marries ?
[102]
December quarter, West Ham district: Rose Lilian Branscomb
marries ? [103]
[b.1881 Mile End? Cf: 1881 census for
Mile End and 1901 census for West Ham]
December quarter, Kensington district: Ellen Edith 's birth registered.[104] [Dad's sister "Nell", married 1921
to Reuben J Lee. First child of Edward George & Edith Weston (Nunan -
married 8 May this year)]
December quarter, Marylebone district: Alice Branscombe's
birth registered.[105]
December quarter, Camberwell district: Alice Ada Branscombe's
birth registered.[106] [d.1905 June Q, Camberwell]
December quarter, Kensington district: Charles Henry
Branscombe's birth registered.[107] [married 1932 Kensington to Catherine M
Bagnall. Poss only child b.1934 Morpeth?]
December quarter, Rochford district: Olive Maud Branscombe's
birth registered.[108]
H.[Henry] Branscombe, tinsmith of Mudgee, listed in the N.S.W. Post Office Directory.
Probable year [or 1903?] of Edward Branscombe's (first?) tour
of
@1905
March quarter, Brentford district: Kathleen Enid Branscombe
marries ? [110]
March quarter, Pontypridd district: Dorothy Branscombe's birth
registered.[111]
March quarter,
March quarter, St.Olave district: Florence Edith Branscomb's
birth registered.[113]
March quarter, Aston district: Rose Alicia Branscomb's birth
registered.[114]
[poss daughter of Walter & (?)
Pearce, grand-daughter of Samuel & Phoebe? Poss siblings of Rose: Maude,
Sidney Wilfred (1921)][115]
March quarter,
March quarter,
5 March, Aston district: Cyril Tom Branscomb born. Birth
registered June Q, Aston district.[118] [Tenth and last child of Edward Henry &
Emma (Bennett - m.1880 Aston Brook). Siblings: Maud Mary (1881
20 March, New Unitarian Church, 461 Pitt Street, Sydney: John
Crews Northsworthy Branscombe, seaman of HMS Mildura, aged 35, born Plymouth,
son of pawnbroker John Oliver Branscombe and Sarah (Northsworthy), marries Amy
Powell, machinist of Surrey Hills, born West Maitland, daughter of farmer Henry
Powell and Marie (Kerr). Solemnized by JHL Zillmann. Witnesses: Rene Zillmann
& Joice Greig.[119] [b.1870
11 May,
June quarter, Camberwell district: Alice Ada Branscombe's
death registered. She was aged 0.[122] [b.1904 Dec Q, Camberwell]
June quarter, St.Thomas district: Elizabeth Branscombe's death
registered. Aged 70.[123] [there are several
September quarter,
September quarter, St.Thomas district: Winifred E Branscombe's
birth registered.[125] [Winifred Ellen, first child of Robert
Douglas Branscombe & Maud (Wakeham - m.1900). Sibling: John Douglas (1907)]
September quarter,
December quarter, Bromley district: Harry Nelson Branscombe's birth
registered.[127]
5 December: Prime Minister A.J. Balfour resigns. Replaced by
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman.
Harry Stanley Branscombe appointed Vicar of St.Mary Magdalene,
Manningham, Bradford.[128] [Harry Stanley, son of John & Ann
(Graham) of Highbury. Married Grace West Pearce, 1897 Camelford. Children: John
Stanley Graham (1898
A memorial to George is erected on Allen Island, Canada.[129]
The shipsLoch Vennachar
is lost, with all hands, off
George [A?] Branscombe, bricklayer of
William Branscombe, Jacob A. Kear and William Hartcher have
opened a coach-building business, in Mudgee [cf:Emma Branscombe marries Andrew
Hartcher, 1900]. Henry Branscombe is still listed as a tinsmith.[131] [This William Branscombe is almost certainly
William Robert, born 1875, son of Henry "Harry" William &
Susannah Burrell][132]
Edward Branscombe and the Westminster Glee Singers pay a
second visit to
Henry Branscombe, grandson of Arthur Branscombe of
Disc recordings start to replace cylinders. [cf:1896,1903]
Ernest Branscombe, 169 Kingsley Road, Liverpool South, manager
of Noakes, Carden & Co., tobacco brokers.
[poss bp.1865 Finsbury, eighth and last
child of John & Emma (Scales - m.1840 Shoreditch)? Married Christina Mary ?
(d.1928 at this address, when Ernest is described as a commercial traveller)]
Horatio A Branscombe,
[poss Horatio Arthur, b. about 1857 in
Chelsea, third child of house decorator/oil & colorman Frederick George
Branscombe & Elizabeth (? - m.1850 St.George Hanover Square district).
cf:1861 census for 2 Cadogan Terrace, Chelsea. Siblings: Elizabeth (b. about
1851
Philip Branscombe,
[poss Philip Arthur b.1885 Birkenhead,
m.1914
Philip Branscombe,
Mrs. Annie Branscombe,
[poss d.1921 Birkenhead, aged 70?]
@1906
March quarter, Kensington district: Charles E Branscombe
marries ? [137]
[b.1884
March quarter, Uxbridge district: Richard Branscombe marries ?
[138]
June quarter, Rochford district: Alfred Cecil Branscombe's
birth registered.[139]
June quarter,
June quarter,
June quarter, Hendon district: Alice Branscomb marries ? [142] [poss b.1877 Bermondsey, daughter of
bricklayer Harry Branscomb of Withycombe Raleigh & Emma ?]
26 July: Evelyn "Eva" M., daughter of Francis
"Frank" Maidment, is born, probably in
September quarter, Holborn district: Ethel Branscombe's birth
registered.[143]
[prob d.1907 June Q, Kensington district]
September quarter, Aston district: Eveline Louise Branscomb's
birth registered.[144]
December quarter, Kensington district: Percy Albert Branscombe's birth
registered.[145]
[dad's older brother]
December quarter,
December quarter, Kensington district: William James
Branscombe's birth registered.[147] [poss d. this quarter, Paddington district?]
December quarter,
December quarter, Paddington district: Lily Branscombe's death
registered. She was aged 11.[149] [poss Lilian Mary, reg. 1895 June Q,
Kensington district, twin sister of Rose Lily (m.1915 Kensington?)?]
December quarter, Paddington district: William Branscombe's
death registered. He was aged 0.[150] [poss William James, b. this quarter,
Kensington?]
16 December, Maitland, N.S.W: Allyn Branscomb, son of George
Arthur [bricklayer of
The N.S.W. Post Office
Directory lists the coach-building business of Branscombe, Kear &
Hartcher, and of Henry Branscombe, tinsmith, in Mudgee. [cf: 1905]
`Ragtime music reached
Houses on the east side of
The
The tram disaster. Four people
are killed when a number 11 tram runs, out of control, down swindonVictoria
Hill, and overturns.
@1907
March quarter, St.Olave district: Florence E H Branscombe's
birth registered.[152]
March quarter, Camberwell district: Marjorie Agnes
Branscombe's birth registered.[153]
March quarter, St.Olave district: Sidney William Branscomb's
birth registered.[154]
March quarter, West Ham district: Herbert Arthur Branscombe
marries ? [155]
[b.1884 St.Giles?]
March quarter, Uxbridge district: Thomas F Branscombe's death
registered. He was aged 84.[156] [Thomas Fox I, b.1823 Exeter, fourth child of
Edward & Ann (Starling - m.1817
4 May: The metric system is brought into
June quarter, Kensington district: Ethel Branscombe's death
registered. She was aged 0.[157] [prob b.1906 Sept Q, Holborn]
September quarter, St.Thomas district: Douglas John
Branscombe's birth registered.[158] [Douglas John Branscombe, second child of
Robert Douglas Branscombe & Maud (Wakeham - m.1900). Sibling: Winifred E (1903). cf:1937]
September quarter,
September quarter, Kensington district: Daisy Louise
Branscombe marries Tom G. McGowan.[160] [b.1885 Kensington, daughter of
great-grandparents Edward John & Ellen (
December quarter,
December quarter,
December quarter, Kensington district: Rose Emma Branscombe's
birth registered.[163]
December quarter, Romford district: Edwin John Branscombe's
death registered. He was 37 years old.[164] [poss b.1872 June Q, Shoreditch? Poss m.1891
Islington?]
December quarter, Pancras district: Esther Caroline
Branscombe's death registered. She was 52 years old.[165] [no record of birth, so perhaps a Branscombe
by marriage?]
December quarter,
December quarter, Kensington district: Thomas Branscombe's
death registered. He was 62 years old.[167] [poss bp.1845, 2 March, St.Luke's, Old
Street, Finsbury: Thomas, first child of John & Emma (Scales - m.1840)
5 December, Primitive Methodist Hebbron Memorial Chapel,
Hexham: Elizabeth Branscombe, spinster aged 19, of St.Wilfrids Cottage,
Eastgate, Hexham, daughter of Charles Branscombe, coachman, marries Ridley
Dickinson Forster, a bachelor butcher aged 26, of 7 St.Wilfrid's Road, Hexham,
son of stone quarryman Ridley Dickinson Forster (deceased). Witnesses: John
Forster & Maud Branscombe. Registered in December quarter, Hexham district.[168] [cf:1908 poss marriage of (sister?) Maud?]
The N.S.W. Post Office
Directory lists the coach-building business of Branscombe, Kear &
Hartcher, and of Henry Branscombe, tinsmith, in Mudgee, and lists George
Branscomb, bricklayer of West Maitland. [cf: 1906]
Both this directory and also the rival Sands' list a John (Jonathan?) Branscombe at
Gena Branscombe [cf:1902] teaches piano at
@1908
23 January, Wellington, New Zealand: Edward Branscombe presents
Leo, Jan & Mischel Cherniavski in a series of concert recitals at His
Majesty’s Theatre, assisted by Madame Marie Hooton, contralto, and Mr Percival
Driver, baritone.
March quarter, Holborn district: Edwin Branscombe's birth
registered.[170]
[prob d. same Q]
March quarter, Holborn district: Edwin Branscombe's death
registered. He was aged 0.[171] [b. same Q]
March quarter,
March quarter, Paddington district: Arthur George Branscombe
marries ? [173]
[Arthur b.1884 Kensington? m. Louisa
O'Connor (d.1913) at St.Mary Magdalene]
March quarter, Islington district: Mary Branscombe's death registered.
She was 86 years old.[174]
March quarter,
14 May: The Central London Railway (the original `tuppenny tube') is extended from Shepherd's
Bush to
Olympic games held at
June quarter, Kensington district: William H Branscombe's
birth registered.[176]
June quarter, Aston district: Elsie Maud Branscomb's birth
registered.[177]
13 August,
September quarter,
September quarter, Hexham district: Maud Branscombe marries ? [181] [cf:1907 (sister?)
September quarter, Paddington District: William Thomas
Branscombe marries Hermiona Annie L. Pile.[182] [William Thomas Fox Branscombe (b. Kensington
1882), first child of Thomas Fox Branscombe II & Ann(e) Julia (Goddard -
m.1882 Kensington). Children: Alfred W W (1911), Ivy E L (1913), Henry Stephen
(1915),
December quarter, Rochford district: Winifred Grace
Branscombe's birth registered.[183]
Rotherhithe road tunnel; opened.
`A survey in Westminster comparing the flow of vehicles in
1903 and 1908 at selected points, revealed that the number of private horse
carriages and cabs going by had fallen from 43,790 to 29,967, while the flow of
private motor cars had risen from 1,064 to 6,961 and of motor taxis had risen
from zero to 19,718.'[184]
John Branscombe [cf:1907] living at
The N.S.W. Post Office
Directory lists the coach-building business of Branscombe, Kear &
Hartcher, and of Henry Branscombe, tinsmith, in Mudgee, and lists George
Branscomb, bricklayer of West Maitland. [cf: 1907] It also lists a Charles
Branscombe, at
Edward Branscombe and the Scarlet Troubadours, the forerunner
of his later "Dandy" troupes, arrive in
@1909
3 January, Aston district: Cyril Tom Branscomb dies, aged 3.
Death registered March Q, Aston district.[187] [b.1905. Buried in the grave of Edward
Branscombe & Sarah (Yardley - m.1854
March quarter, Islington district: Annie E H Branscombe's
birth registered.[188] [d. June Q, Wallington]
March quarter, Paddington district: Edith Florence
Branscombe's birth registered.[189]
5 May (Camberwell?): Charles William Branscombe joins the 21st
Battalion, Company of London. In his Attestation[190]
he is given the number #1042. He states he was born in Stockwell,
age 17
years 6 months
height 5 feet 9
and a half inches
chest 33 and a
half inches
range of expansion 2 and a half inches
vision normal
physical development good
He is declared fit for service on 7 May.
In his statement of service, he is given the number #994. It
says he was granted leave in 1911 and purchased his discahrge at 27
He gives his next of kin as Charles Branscombe, father, 8
Cornfield Grove, Balham.
June quarter, Holborn district: Felix Richard Branscombe's
birth registered.[191] [d. this same quarter]
June quarter, Holborn district: Felix Richard Branscombe's
death registered. He was aged 0.[192] [b. this same quarter]
June quarter,
June quarter, Kensington district: Harriet Branscombe marries
? [194] [b.1874
June quarter, Wallington district: Annie E H Branscombe's
death registered. She is aged 0.[195] [b. March Q, Islington]
June quarter, West Ham district: Emily Branscomb's death
registered. She is aged 59.[196]
September quarter, Kensington district: Norah Louise
Branscombe's birth registered.[197] [d.1910 June Q, Kensington]
September quarter, Holborn district: William Drego
Branscombe's birth registered.[198]
September quarter, Paddington district: Albert Edward
Branscombe marries ? [199] [age 21, poss b.1881
September quarter, Kensington district: Violet May Branscombe
marries ? [200]
[b.1890 Kensington? Daughter of Edward
& Ellen? Marries Reg Emberton, although a descendent says the marriage was
in 1910. She also says Violet was living in Wheatstone Road at the time, and
was still living there in 1968, when she moved to Haverhill, Suffolk][201]
September quarter, Southend district; Alice Branscombe marries
? [202]
September quarter,
29 October, St. Kilda, Melbourne: Edward Branscombe’s Scarlet
Jesters open at the
‘"The Belvedere", a striking Spanish Mission style block of
flats, stands at number 22, Upper Esplanade on the northeast corner of Robe
Street. It was built in 1929 and beside it, further along Upper Esplanade, are
blocks of flats built at about the same period. The Belvedere occupies the
former site of Mooney’s Royal Hotel. The land adjoining the Royal Hotel was
used mainly for live shows, but for short periods films were shown there. In
1913, St. Kilda By The Sea wrote that prior to 1909 the site was "Then
used as an open-air picture show", 51 and the Sands & McDougall Directory of 1909
describes it as "
9 November, St.Kilda: Edward Branscombe and the Scarlet
Troubadours begin open-air costume comedy work that was to become the
stock-in-trade of Edward Branscombe's
Dandies.[205]
December quarter,
December quarter, St.Olave district: Winifred Ethel
Branscombe's birth registered.[207]
December quarter, Houghton (
December quarter,
George Beavis [b.1819], brother of William Branscombe,
tinsmith of Mudgee, dies aged 88.[211]
J.E.M. Branscombe, sculptor, of The Studios, 151
The geophysicist Andrija defines the boundary between
the Earth's crust and mantle-the `Moho'.
J Charles Cox comments that "there are still considerable
remains" of "the romantically situated house" [Edge Barton].[213]
The N.S.W. Post Office
Directory lists the coach-building business of Branscombe, Kear &
Hartcher, and of Henry Branscombe, tinsmith, in Mudgee, and lists George
Branscomb, bricklayer of West Maitland. [cf: 1908] It shows Charles Branscombe,
still at
John Branscombe [cf:1908] still living at
@1910
March quarter, Kensington district: Albert E Branscombe's
birth registered.[215] [poss d.1911 June Q, Kensington - Albert K?]
March quarter,
March quarter, Lewisham district: Frederick Neal Branscombe's
birth registered.[217]
March quarter, Camberwell district: Ethel Annie Branscombe
marries ? [218]
[b.1885 Camberwell?]
March quarter,
4 May: Rose J Starling, daughter or ward of Arthur ?,
7 May,
June quarter,
June quarter,
June quarter, Wayland (
June quarter, Islington district: John William Branscombe
marries ? [228]
September quarter,
October: Gena Branscombe, pianist & composer [b.
December quarter, Holborn district: Sylvia N Branscombe's
birth registered.[231]
December quarter,
December quarter,
December quarter, Devonport district: William H F Branscombe
marries ? [234]
[William Henry Frederick, b.1887 Stoke
Damerel, only child of sailor William (1859-90) &
Reign of King Edward VII ends (since 1901). George V succeeds (to 1936).
Wormwood Scrubs is used for the flying
attempts of Claude Grahame- and others.
The GWR works in
The N.S.W. Post Office
Directory lists the coach-building business of Branscombe, Kear &
Hartcher, and of Henry Branscombe, tinsmith, in Mudgee, and lists George
Branscomb, bricklayer of West Maitland. [cf: 1909] Charles Branscombe has left
at
John Branscombe [cf:1909] still living at
Maud Branscombe,
actress, flourished 1875-1910.
@1911
March quarter, Kensington district Alfred W.W. Branscombe's
birth registered.[1]
[Alfred William Walter, first child of
William Thomas Fox Branscombe (b.1882 Kensington District) & Hermiona Annie
Louise (Pile - m.1908). Siblings Ivy E L (1913), Henry Stephen (1915),
March quarter, Fulham district: Ruby Branscombe's birth
registered.[237]
June quarter, Rochford district: Eleanor E Branscombe's birth
registered.[238]
June quarter, Lewisham district: Herbert W Branscombe's birth
registered.[239]
June quarter, Kensington district: Albert K Branscombe's death
registered. He was aged 1.[240] [poss b.1910 March Q, Kensington - Albert E?]
June quarter, Kensington district: Nora L Branscombe's death
registered. She was aged 1.[241] [Nora Louise, b.1909 Sept Q, Kensington]
June quarter, Pancras district: Robert Branscombe's death
registered. He was aged 78.[242] [poss Robert John, b. 17 December 1832
Torquay, eighth and last child of third great-grandparents Edward & Ann
(Starling - m.1817 Dartmouth)?. poss m. 1853 Exeter, Charlotte Cave, then as a
widower m. 1873 Paddington, Charlotte Smith? Cf: 1901 census for St Pancras]
27 June: Description of Alfred Branscombe (b.1881 Egham), in
his Royal Navy record of service. [cf:
height 5 feet 4 inches
hair l brown
eyes brown
complexion fresh
two
forefingers on the right hand deformed
14 August,
September quarter,
8 November, Barking parish church,
22 November (
9 December, St James’ Theatre, Piccadilly: Miss Lydia
Branscombe appears in a production of Bella
Donna by James Bernard Fagan, along with Mrs Patrick Campbell. [251]
26 December: William Henry Branscombe marries Evelyn Annie
Mugford. [William Henry only child of
William Branscombe, sailor (b.1859
Arthur A.H. Branscombe is living at
According to the N.S.W.
Post Office Directory, George Branscomb is still a bricklayer in Maitland,
while Branscombe and Hartcher, in Mudgee, seem to have split from their partner
Jacob A. Kear, in the coachbuilding business, although Jacob is still listed as
a resident. John Branscombe
[cf:1910] still living at
July,
Lily Rodman, a New Zealand-born actress enjoyed a brief career
as a silent movie actress in
@1912
March quarter, Holborn district: Albert C.D. Branscombe's
birth registered. Mother's maiden name Platt.[254] [only child]
March quarter,
March quarter, Aston district: Amy Branscombe's death
registered. She was aged 70.[256] [cf:
Amy Branscombe, aged 50, registered in
24 April, 27
27 April, "
June quarter, Kensington district: Catherine Branscombe
marries ? Thomas. [260]
[b.1886
June quarter, Kensington district: Kathleen M Branscombe's
birth registered. Mother's maiden name Weston.[1]
June quarter,
June quarter, Kensington district: Phoebe T. Branscombe's
birth registered. Mother's maiden name Finch.[263] [daughter of Albert Edward Branscombe &
Mary Agnes (Finch - m.1909 Paddington). Albert, poss b.1881 Chelsea, is the son
of Charles Edward, decorator, & Jane (Brain - m.1882). Siblings: Kathleen
(1914-1917), Albert (1915), Walter (1919-1922?), Annie (1921)]
September quarter, Southwark district: Walter J A Branscomb
marries Florence Whitehead.[264] [Walter James A(lexander?), b.1888
Camberwell?]
September quarter, Aston district: Elsie Branscomb marries ?
Davidson.[265]
[b.1883 Aston?]
December quarter,
December quarter, Holborn district: Dorothy M Branscombe's
birth registered. Mother's maiden name Newman.[267]
December quarter, Ch. Stretton district: Elsie L Branscombe's
birth registered. Mother's maiden name Branscombe.[268]
December quarter,
December quarter, Woolwich district: Florence Branscombe
marries ? Johnson.[270]
27 December: Arthur [Richard] Branscombe born.[271]
[cf:1921] He is the second child of Arthur George Branscombe and Alice Louisa
(O'Connor - m.1908). Registered March quarter 1913, Paddington district. At
this time the family lived at
William Harper 148
Barlby Road
Thomas Walter Harper 6 Bramley Mews
Frederick William Branscombe 9 Bosworth Road
[at 61 Acklam Road in 1891. b.1861
Paddington, son of Edward & Mary Ann (Chenneour), d.1927]
William Branscombe 3 Bevington Road
Henry William Rogers
20 Bevington Road
[at this address in 1891]
Thomas Hambridge 3 Queen Anne's Terrace
Henry Hambridge 111
Southam Street
William Hambridge
18 Southam Street
[gas-stoker, son of gas-stoker Thomas Hambridge, married Emma
Elizabeth Rogers, 1889. d.1915]
Charles Branscombe
98 Southam Street
[poss Charles Edward, decorator, m.1882
Jane Brain]
Frederick John Dallamore
29 Wheatstone Road
[Alfred John Branscombe, b.1883, son of
Edward & Ellen (Bartlett - m.1873 Kensington), m. widow Margaret Dallamore]
Edward Branscombe
20 Wheatstone Road
[Grandparents Edward George & Edith
(Nunan-Weston - m.1904. Edward is a house painter]
Edward John Branscombe
26 Wheatstone Road
[Great-grandparents Edward & Ellen (
Albert Arthur Edward O'Connor 153
Wornington Road
Mrs.Emma Rogers
George Harper
17 South Row.[274]
Approximate year of birth of Marion Branscombe alias Williams, who is baptised in
Ashford,
The Piltdown Man hoax. (exposed, 1950)
Edward Branscombe's Dandies
touring in
Arthur A.H. Branscombe is still living at 120 Grafton Street,
Woollahra, while Charles Henry Branscombe is still at 8 Brown Street,
Camperdown [cf:1911].[276] George
Branscomb is still a bricklayer in
Maitland, Branscombe & Hartcher are listed again as coachbuilders in
Mudgee, where Henry Branscombe, tinsmith is still working. However, John
Branscombe is no longer at
`By 1912 there was a railway network of 23,000 miles. It was a
dense system, but unevenly distributed. Lines were congregated around the West
Riding towns and the coalfields of Nottinghamshire & West Derbyshire, for
example, while many parts of rural Northumberland, Lincolnshire & Dorset
were some distance from a railway station. Despite this, there was scarcely
anywhere in the country where the influence of the railway was not felt.'[277]
@1913
March quarter, Paddington district: Ivy E.L. Branscombe's
birth registered. Mother's maiden name Pile.[278] [second child of William Thomas Fox
Branscombe & Hermiona Annie Louise (Pile - m.1908):Ivy E.L.;. d. BEFORE 1993. Siblings: Alfred W.W.
(1911), Henry Stephen (1915),
March quarter,
March quarter, Islington district: Lucy E Branscombe marries
Harold G Pavey.[280] [b.1892 St.Saviour (Southwark)?]
17 March, "Highfield", Highweek, Newton Abbot: Anna Branscombe,
spinster, dies. Executor is Martin James Greener, solicitor. Will proved in
June district,
25 August: Alice Louisa (O'Connor - m.1908), wife of Arthur
George Branscombe and mother of Arthur Richard (b.1912,
September quarter,
September quarter, Brentford district: Eleanor Branscombe
marries Frank Bartholomew.[287]
23 September, Frank Branscombe born, son of ?? and ?? (Porter
- m?). Registered December quarter,
December quarter,
December quarter,
December quarter,
December quarter, West Ham district: Rose E Branscom marries
Percy Valentine.[292] [Rose Evelyn Branscombe b.1892 West Ham?]
December quarter, Paddington district: George A[lbert]
Branscombe marries Alice M[ary] Steer.[293] [b.1889 Paddington? cf:1914, daughter Lily
born - 1918, son George Walter born]
20 December: Beattie (Willis) born.
Arthur A.H. Branscombe is still living at 120 Grafton Street,
Woollahra, while Charles Henry Branscombe is still at 8 Brown Street,
Camperdown [cf:1912]. George Branscomb is still a bricklayer in Maitland,
Branscombe & Hartcher are listed as coachbuilders in Mudgee, where Henry
Branscombe, tinsmith is still working.[294]
Houses at the
Mrs. Alice Rogers is at
Thomas Fox Branscombe II, [b.1857
@1914
11 February,
March quarter,
March quarter,
March quarter, St.Olave district: Hilda I. Branscomb's birth
registered. Mother's maiden name Pepper.[300]
March quarter,
21 March, Appledore: Elizabeth Brownscombe aged 94 dies.[302] [cf:1867 - James Brownscombe dies Appledore,
aged 45. Also cf:1893, George Herbert Branscombe of Appledore]
26 March: Vera Grace Hambridge [great-aunt Vera] born,
probably
June quarter,
June quarter,
5 June,
20 July,
August: The `Great Game' begins.
September quarter, Kensington district: Kathleen Branscombe's
birth registered. Mother's maiden name Finch.[311] [daughter of Albert Edward Branscombe & Mary
Agnes (Finch - m.1909 Paddington). Albert, poss b.1881 Chelsea, is the son of
Charles Edward, decorator, & Jane (Brain - m.1882). Siblings: Phoebe
(1912), Albert (1915), Walter (1919-1922?), Annie (1921)]
September quarter, Southwark district: Winifred M Branscombe
marries ? Wainwright.[312] [Winifred Maud Branscombe, b.1892 Camberwell?]
September quarter, Hackney district: Emily J Branscombe's
death registered. She was aged 89.[313]
September quarter,
20 September, Brixton: Gwendoline
Irene, first child of William Henry Branscombe (b.1887 Devonport) & Evelyn
(Mugford - m.1911), born. Registered Lambeth district, December quarter.[315] [Siblings: Kenneth (1917), John (1920). Lived
at Branscombe][316]
21 September: Annie Harper, daughter of William, a soldier of
16 September: Lily Ethel, daughter of car man George
Branscombe of
Charles H[enry?] Branscombe living at
William Hambridge is living at at
Albert Branscombe is at
Charles Branscombe is living at 35
Charles Richard Branscombe is at
In
William Edward Henry Branscombe is renting two rooms, unfurnished, on the top
floor of
In
Millions of Britons live below the britainpoverty line.
@1915
7 January,
Edward Branscombe Pty. Ltd.
registered as entertainers at The Esplanade, East Manly, Sydney. The January 1st edition of The Theatre Magazine contains an article
and critique of the performance, at Manly, of Edward Branscombe's Pink Dandies, a music-hall type entertainment
troupe, specialising in costume musical comedy, with a change of programme
mid-week, twenty-four different shows a year. According to an advertisement in
the magazine, there are six teams of "Dandies" managed by Edward
Branscombe, touring Australia & New Zealand. In fact, at the time of the
article there is a second troupe, Edward
Branscombe's Scarlet Dandies, performing at the Coronation Theatre, Bondi
Junction. Each troupe has its own manager. The Pink Dandies are managed by
Frank Peachey, originally a solicitor in
BRANSCOMBE'S DANDIES.
Appearing Nightly.
Pink Co. ............ Manly
Scarlet Co. Bondi Junction
Red Co. .......... Brisbane
Green Co. ....... St. Kilda
Orange Co. .......... Perth
Violet Co. .......
The February edition of The
Theatre Magazine mentions that the Pink Dandies had left Manly in
mid-January for a tour of
The March edition mentions the Red Dandies are playing in an
outdoor theatre in
`A Dandy is asked what
he is crying for. "This morning", he wails, "I saw a car run
over a monkey-nut, and kill two kernels!"'[324]
March quarter, Fulham district: Henry Stephen Branscombe's
birth registered. Mother's maiden name Pile.[325] [d. before 1993. Third child of William
Thomas Fox Branscombe & Hermiona Annie Louise (Pile - m.1908). Siblings: Alfred W W (1911), Ivy E L (1913),
4 April:
`Until May 1915 all German raids were by aeroplanes nicknamed Gothas, and took place in daylight.
There were no casualties. But the Germans, fed with stories that the
psychological effect of bombing would give them a quick victory, contributed to
a National Zeppelin Fund, and Count Ferdinand Zeppelin sent one of
June quarter, Kensington district: Lydia O Branscombe marries
John Gay Wilkinson.[328] [Lydia Obrecht Branscombe, b.1881 Croydon,
only child of Henry Branscombe (1844-1887) & his second wife Marie Obrecht.
John is a solicitor who is executor of Charlotte Mortimer Branscombe's will, in
1923]
June quarter,
June quarter, Kensington district: Rose L Branscombe marries
Nelson L Garton.[330] [Rose Lily Branscombe, b.1895 Kensington?]
June quarter, Islington district: William H Branscombe marries
? Stepp.[331]
[William Herbert Branscombe, b.1893
Islington, son of William Beard Branscombe & Caroline (Summers - m.1891
Petersfield, Hants.)? Marries Margaret Stepp]
June quarter, Aston district: Beatrice A Branscomb marries ?
Green.[332]
[Beatrice Alice Branscomb, b.1885 Aston,
daughter of glass maker Edward Henry Branscomb & Emma (Bennett - m.1880
Aston Brook), marries Herbert Green. cf:1934 will of Emma]
18 June, Kensington: Newspaper obituary for P, 13th. Kensington Battalion,
the
August,
`During the month, Mr. Branscombe shifted his headquarters
from Melbourne [
September quarter, Willesden district: Albert A Branscombe
marries Lucy Johnstone.[335]
2 October, Darlinghurst: At a cost of £15,000, Edward Branscombe's
open-air Garden Theatre opens, with a new show by his Scarlet Dandies. However,
as the weather remains cold, attendances are down for the first few weeks.[336]
December quarter, Holborn district: Constance E Branscombe
marries ? Tiley.[337] [Constance Edith Branscombe, b.1897 Pancras?]
December quarter, St.Albans district: Eunice M Branscombe
marries ? Welch.[338]
December quarter,
Harry Stanley Branscombe appointed to the
Privates George Branscombe of the R.F. (Royal Fusiliers?)
London Unit & William Branscombe of the Berkshire Unit, die in service.[341][William’s two brothers, also of the
Geo. Branscombe, jeweller 85
Margueretta
Wm. H. Branscombe, waiter
George Branscomb is still a bricklayer in Maitland, Branscombe
& Hartcher are listed as coachbuilders in Mudgee, where Henry Branscombe,
tinsmith is still working, William Branscombe continues to have a separate
listing as a coachbuilder, also. Arthur A.H. Branscombe is still living at
Pte. Joseph H Bransombe, #L 10958 Middlesex, dies in army
service. [343]
[poss Joseph Henry Branscombe, b.1885
Marylebone - son of decorator Charles Edward and Jane (Brain - m.1882)]
Lieutenant J.R. Branscombe record of service 1915-23.[344]
@1916
March quarter, Islington district: Frank W Branscombe's death
registered. He was aged 45.[345] [so far, the only possible candidate is
Frederick William, son of Edward & Mary Ann (Chenneour), listed as `Frank
W' in the 1871 census, but b.1861 Paddington, so 10 years too old. In any case,
a Frederick William of the right age dies in 1927]
March quarter,
March quarter,
March quarter, Fulham district: William L Branscombe's death
registered. He was aged 74.[348] [poss William Linnards, b.1841, Dec Q,
Torquay, prob son of Robert Bowden Branscombe & Mary (Linnards - m.1841).
Siblings: Mary (1843), Eleanor (1845), John (1849). cf:William Branscombe, who
is registered in the 1871 census at
8 June: Dorothy Davies is born. From 1925-1930 Dorothy attends
September quarter, Lambeth district: Annie E Branscombe's
death registered. She was aged 26.[350] [poss Annie Emma, twin of Rose Evelyn, b.1892
West Ham? Daughters of Edwin & Sarah Anne (? - m.1887 West Ham?). Poss
siblings: Edwin Harold S (1889), Arthur
Edwin & Arthur Alfred (1891), Elsie Lilian (1898). Their father, Edwin,
d.1927 Rayleigh, Essex. Their mother Sarah Ann d.1936 in
September quarter,
September quarter,
3 November, Registar General's Office, Chancery Square,
Sydney: Edward George Branscombe, theatrical manager of the Garden Theatre,
Darlington, divorced, born London, aged 52, son of Henry Firman Salmon
(deceased, of independent means), marries Eleanor Margaret Clarke, trained
nurse of 129 Mackay Street, Potts Point, aged 44, born in Monaghan, Ireland,
daughter of Robert Clarke (deceased, of independent means) and Margaret
Nesbitt. Witnesses: Marcella R Clarke & T W (Salway/Salmon?).[353] [Edward's first marriage to Mary Hooton, 1892
in
December quarter,
According to the N.S.W.
Post Office Directory, George Branscomb is still a bricklayer in Maitland,
while Branscombe and Hartcher, coachbuilders of Mudgee, seem to be missing,
although A. Hartcher, coachbuilder, is listed separately, as is William
Branscombe, coachbuilder. There is a new listing for Edward Branscombe
Pty.Ltd., at the Garden Theatre,
Evelyn Branscombe Petter publishes two books: Miss Velantys Disclosure,[356] and Scope,[357] a
novel. [she publishes another, in 1917]
Privates Henry Branscombe of the Berkshire Unit & Horace
Branscombe of the Cheshire Unit, die in service.[358] [poss Horace (Rupert?), b.1895
L/Cpl Lionel Brownscombe, #390541, 2679
Aston district: George Herbert Branscomb marries Gertrude
Grice. They have 2 children, both born in Aston district, Sydney Eric (1917)
& Molly Delia. George Herbert is the son of Samuel, glass bottle-maker of
Aston, b.
Camberwell: William Henry Branscombe marries Louisa Jane
Charlotte Griswood.[361][William b.1895 Camberwell, d.1941 Dartford]
@1917
March quarter, Kensington district: Caroline Branscombe's
death registered. She was aged 69.[363] [prob Caroline (Newson - b.Norfolk - m.1873
Paddington), wife of plasterer William Henry Branscombe. Poss children: Harriet
(1874
March quarter,
4 April, Town Hall, Wellington, N.Z.: Grand Vaudeville
performance by H M S "Philomel", assisted by New Zealand's leading
artists & The English Pierrots. "Kia Ora Katoa". Wednesday and
Thursday, April 4th and 5th, 1917. Edward Branscombe Ltd.
15 April, Paddington Infirmary,
1 May:
June quarter, Kensington district: Kathleen Branscombe's death
registered. She was aged 2.[366] [b.1914, daughter of Albert Edward Branscombe
& Mary Agnes (Finch - m.1909 Paddington). Albert, poss b.1881 Chelsea, is
the son of Charles Edward, decorator, & Jane (Brain - m.1882). Siblings:
Phoebe (1912), Albert (1915), Walter (1919-1922?), Annie (1921)]
June quarter, Hammersmith district: Florence L. Branscombe's
birth registered. Mother's maiden name Pile.[367] [d. bef 1993. Fourth child of William Thomas
Fox Branscombe
& Hermiona Annie Louise (Pile - m.1908). Siblings: Alfred W W (1911), Ivy E
L (1913), Henry Stephen (1915), Albert George (1918), Ernest W (1921), Leslie A
(1926)]
1 August: Kenneth George Bruce, second child of William Henry
Branscombe (b.1887 Devonport) & Evelyn Annie (Mugford - m.1911), born. [Registered Lambeth district. Siblings:
Gwendoline (1914), John (1920). This family lived in Branscombe from 1923-1932][368]
25 August, Theatre Royal, Hobart: First appearance of Edward
Branscombe’s Scarlet Troubadours.
12 September: John Stanley Graham Branscombe (b.1898
October: Bolshevik revolution,
7 November: Volume 153 of Punch contains a review of a
novel, Souls in the Making, by Evelyn Branscombe Petter. [publishers
Chapman & Hall]
December quarter,
B.H. Branscomb takes at First in Theology at
Evelyn Branscombe Petter publishes Souls in the Making.[371] [she published two other books in 1916]
Private James Branscombe of the
Berkshire Unit dies in service.[372][James’ 2 brothers, also of the Berkshire
Unit, died as well: William (1915) Henry (1916)]
L/Sgt George Brownscombe, #60398 RF London, dies in army
service. [373]
Camberwell: John W Branscombe marries ? Thomas.[374] [cf:1916
John W Branscombe dies,
@1918
7 March, Warrington Crescent, West London: a single 660 lb. bomb
is dropped from a German plane, destroying four houses and breaking the glass
in almost a thousand in the surrounding area, which extends into the eastern
end of Amberley Road.
`Zeppelins, sliding silently through the night over a
virtually defenceless city, left an unforgettable impression on those who saw
them. Until May 1915 all German raids were by aeroplanes nicknamed Gothas, and took place in daylight.
There were no casualties. But the Germans, fed with stories that the
psychological effect of bombing would give them a quick victory, contributed to
a National Zeppelin Fund, and Count Ferdinand Zeppelin sent one of
6 April,
June quarter, Camberwell: Edith Branscomb's death is
registered. She was aged 0.[378]
(9/12?) July: Caroline Hambridge is born, daughter of William
Frederick. She attended St.Andrew's School, (
September quarter, St.Olave district: Winifred M Branscomb's
death is registered. She was aged 78.[380]
September quarter, Kensington district: Charles R Branscombe's
death is registered. He was aged 62.[381] [Charles Richard, b.1856 Kensington. Son of
painter & glazier Edward & Mary Ann (Chenneour - m.1847)]
September quarter, St.Thomas district: Harriet Branscombe's
death registered. She was aged 78.[382]
September quarter, Hammersmith district: Albert George
Branscombe's birth registered. Mother's maiden name Pile.[383] [fifth child of William Thomas Fox Branscombe & Hermiona Annie
Louise (Pile - m.1908), born this year. d. bef 1993. Siblings: Alfred W W
(1911), Ivy E L (1913), Henry Stephen (1915),
27 September: George Walter, son of George Albert
Branscombe & Alice Mary (Steer), is born. He later attends
11 November,
The promises free education for
all to the age of 18, and compulsory schooling to the age of 15. But the Act is
not implemented, and is widely disregarded.
The Representation of the People Act extended the householder
franchise of 1884 which, though hailed at the time as democratic, gave the vote
to only three out of every five adult males, and no women. A simple six month
residency qualification was introduced for men, and votes were given to women
over thirty on the old occupancy basis. This Act added more voters to the
register than all its predecessors put together. There were now 13 million men
and 8.5 million women eligible to vote. A redistribution of seats aimed at
creating uniform constituencies, each of about 70,000 voters and each returning
one M.P.. A common franchise was established for both parliamentary and local
elctions. The number of Devon M.P.s was maintained; the Ashburton Division was
abolished, and the three
No private homes were built, between 1915 and 1918, leading to
a shortfall of 600,000. This was also due
to rising population, a fall in the age of consent to marriage, and the
migration of people from the country to the city.
Worldwide (to 1919).
A Branscombe, no christian name noted, is living at
Aston district: Edward Bennet Branscomb (b.1890 Aston), is
married.[388]
[m. Ruby Eales][389]
Gena Branscombe publishes Every
Town is your Home Town, arranged by Tom Clark.[390] [see 1946 & 1948 for other publications]
The silent drama film The
Foundations of Freedom, written and directed by Arthur Branscombe, is
released in the
Private James T Branscombe of the M.G.C. Unit & Rfn.
Samuel A Branscombe of the K.R.R.C. & L.R. Unit, die in service.[392] [poss James Thomas, b.1898 Shoreditch? &
Samuel Arthur, b.1899 Aston?]
Southwark district: Leonard Branscombe m. Hannah E Driscoll.[393]
@1919
March quarter,
June quarter, Kensington district: Walter Branscombe's birth
registered. Mother's maiden name Finch.[395] [poss d.1922 Fulham? son of Albert Edward
Branscombe & Mary Agnes (Finch - m.1909 Paddington). Albert, poss b.1881
Chelsea, is the son of Charles Edward, decorator, & Jane (Brain - m.1882).
Siblings: Phoebe (1912), Kathleen (1914-1917), Albert (1915), Annie (1921)]
25 August, "Kondrovo", The Grove, Coulsdon,
September quarter, Croydon district: Marie Branscombe's death
registered. She was aged 75.[397]
29 September: Robert Douglas Branscombe [d.c.1953], of 27 Cross Park
Terrace, Heavitree, telegraphist, son of John & Ellen, buys a house called The Ryalls, East Wonford Hill, Heavitree.
The house was for many years in the occupation of the Rev. T.W. Chignell. It
then passed to Alfred Leonard Noake, and is currently occupied by Mrs. Jeans.
The vendor is John Charles Lamacraft, a retired licenced victualler of Pleuna, Pinhoe, who sells The Ryalls to Robert for £320. The house
is noted as being adjacent to The Knoll,
Heavitree.[398]
30 September: Robert Branscombe mortgages The Ryalls for £200 to the Rev. T. Webster & another, at 5% per
annum. [cf:1937]
December quarter,
Henry Branscombe, tinsmith of Mudgee, is still listed in the N.S.W. Post Office Directory, as is
George Branscomb of West Maitland, although his entry is no longer accompanied
by the description "bricklayer". Jonathan (John) Branscombe is still
in
Harry Stanley Branscombe appointed (Dio.Rep?), Rothwell,
The Canadian Patriotic Fund 1914-1919
Saskatchewan Branch Secretaries
Shellbrook G.R. Branscombe
Wynard B.D. Branscombe
Lambeth: Nellie Branscombe marries ? Stockwell.[403] [poss b.1902 St.Olave's, Southwark?]
After 1919, the Liberal Party that had ruled
After 1919, poverty in was partly conquered.
In 1919, ruled a vast empire,
including
T.F. Halsey M.P., Chairman of
Hertfordshire Quarter Sessions & of
The first successful non-stop transatlantic flight lifts off
from St.John's,
@1920
9 January, Brixton: John Francis, third and last child of
William Henry Branscombe (b.1887 Devonport) & Evelyn Annie (Mugford -
m.1911), born. [Siblings: Gwendoline
(1914), Kenneth (1917). This family lived in Branscombe 1923-32][404]
31 January, Paddington Register Office: George Jesse Halsey,
aged 20, a bachelor plumber’s mate of 64 Amberley Road, son of Albert Halsey
(deceased), house painter, marries Eleanor May Hambridge, aged 19, the spinster
daughter of labourer Willaim Hambridge (deceased), also of 64 Amberley Road.
Both signed the register. Witnesses A. Halsey and E. Clark.[405]
March quarter,
March quarter,
March quarter,
13 April: Harry, son of Ernest Buckle of
June quarter, Hammersmith district: Jane Branscombe-Wood's
death is registered. She was aged 73.[410] [poss Jane Elizabeth, b.1847 Newport, Mon.,
daughter of haulier Henry of
17 July, Paddington: Vera Margaret Halsey is born,
28 July: The Central Line is extended from
September quarter,
30 September: Alfred Branscombe invalided out of the Royal
Navy. He has served since 1897. Born Egham,
16 October: Upper Castle Street, Liverpool. Rachael Theodora Viner
Branscombe born, second child of Philip Arthur Branscombe and Clara Edith. [sibling: John
Viner Branscombe, 1924-1943.[413]
Rachael is admitted, on 30 August
1927, to Longmoor Lane Infants School, Aintree,
December quarter, Lambeth district: Agnes Branscombe's death
registered. She was aged 73.[415] [poss Agnes P. ?, b. about 1847 Brighton,
wife of John Branscombe, general merchant (d.1925
Henry Branscombe, tinsmith of Mudgee, is still listed in the N.S.W. Post Office Directory, as is
George Branscomb of West Maitland, although his entry is no longer accompanied
by the description "bricklayer". Jonathan (John) Branscombe is still
in
Bradbury House,
Grandfather George Jesse Halsey marries grandmother Eleanor
May Hambridge in Paddington. [Register
Office?] Mum says grand-dad worked for most of his life for Revel-Terry,
the court dressmaker in the
Southwark: Edith E. Branscombe marries ?
@1921
March quarter,
5 April: Arthur Richard Branscombe, son of Arthur George of
57a
June quarter, Kensington district: Ethel Branscombe's death
registered. She was aged 19.[422]
June quarter,
June quarter,
September quarter, Billericay district: Ada O Branscombe's
death registered. She was aged 17.[425] [prob Ada Olive, b.1904 Rochford]
September quarter, Aston district: Sidney Wilfred Branscomb
born, third child (?) of Walter & (?) Pearce. [siblings: Rose & Maude][426]
September quarter,
9 November,
December quarter, Romford district: Marianna Branscomb's death
registered. She was aged 80.[429] [Marianna Ursula, b.1839 St.Brides, fourth
child of solicitor Walter & Jane (Cowling? - m.1832?). Siblings: Sarah
Marianna (1833), Walter James (1836), James Alexander (1837), Samuel? (1838?),
Alexander Charles (1847)]
December quarter,
December quarter, Kensington District: Annie Branscombe's
birth registered.[431]
Mother's maiden name Finch. [fifth and
last child of Albert Edward Branscombe & Mary Agnes (Finch - m.1909
Paddington). Albert, poss b.1881 Chelsea, is the son of Charles Edward,
decorator, & Jane (Brain - m.1882). Siblings: Phoebe (1912), Kathleen
(1914-1917), Albert (1915), Walter (1919-1922?)]
16 December, Chest Infirmary, 28 Marloes Road, South
Kensington: Grandfather Edward George
Branscombe of 20 Wornington Road, dies aged 47, of lobar pneumonia, certified
by Dr. R. Hobbs, the same doctor who attends the death of Great-grandfather
Edward John Branscombe in the same chest infirmary, in 1931. E. Branscombe,
widow of
Hammersmith District Ernest W Branscombe, sixth child of
William Thomas Fox Branscombe & Hermiona Annie Louise (Pile - m.1908), born
this year. [Siblings: Alfred W W (1911),
Ivy E L (1913), Henry Stephen (1915),
Leonard Richard Branscombe born.
Richard Leonard Branscombe born. [d.1923 Kensington]
Primula Street, Hammersmith, named by London
County Council.
Arthur Branscombe produces the last of his stage musicals, Society Unlimited, at the Scala Theatre,
London. It was not a great success. Among the songs that featured in the show
was The Dover Patrol, sung by Haydn
Coffin. and Arthur returned to America to produce a film for the Sulgrave
Institution in New York. It was called, The
Cradle of the Washingtons, the title of the book he had published there in
1901. This film was shown in the Exchange Cinema, Northampton, before HRH the
Duke of York.[434]
The poll register for this year shows, at 26 Wheatstone Road,
Alfred John, Edward John & Ellen Branscombe. [great-grandparents Edward & Ellen (Bartlett), & their son
Alfred John (b.1883)?]
Henry Branscombe, tinsmith of Mudgee, is still listed in the N.S.W. Post Office Directory, as is
George Branscomb of West Maitland, although his entry is no longer accompanied
by the description "bricklayer". Jonathan (John) Branscombe is still
in Cumberland Road, Auburn. Mrs. Ellen Branscombe, having missed a mention in
the 1920 edition, has set up new premises as a masseuse at 44 Collins Street,
Annandale.[435]
Branscomb, California: Founder Benjamin T. Branscomb dies,
aged 89. Benjamin T. Branscomb had moved to Jackson Valley, Mendocino County,
in 1880. In 1857, he'd joined an ox-team wagon train that was headed for
California. He was born in Jackson, Ohio, in 1832, the son of Joseph Edmond
Branscomb. The family soon moved to De Kalb County, Missouri, where Joseph
became Sheriff. He was shot and killed 3 days before President Lincoln was
assassinated. Benjamin settled in Sonoma County and farmed there for about
twenty years. He married one of the daughters of the captain of the wagon
train, Mary Jane Taylor, and they had 10 children, 6 boys and 4 girls. At
Jackson Valley he homesteaded 160 acres of land and 40 acres more under the
Timber Act. He was instrumental in starting the first school in that area. He built
a large home which, after his family had grown up, he turned into a hotel. A
small grocery store, meat market and livery stable were added later. After more
people came into the area, he was even able to establish a post office. This
was named after him. After his death, one of his sons, John, inherited the
property and ran it until 1959, when he sold it to the Harewood family, who
built the timber mill in Branscomb.[436]
@1922
March quarter, Kensington district: Annie Branscombe's death registered.
She was aged 84.[437]
May: George William Frederick Halsey [mum's brother] born at
16 Appleford Road, North Kensington, second child of grandparents George Jesse
& Eleanor May (Hambridge - m.1920 Kensington). [siblings: Vera Margaret (1920), Ronald Edgar (1923), Lilian
June quarter, Paddington district: Arthur R Branscombe's death
registered. He was aged 37.[438] [no record of birth, circa 1885. Nearest is
Arthur George, b.1884 Kensington]
June quarter, Stratton district: Helen M K Branscombe's death
registered. She was aged 33.[439] [cf:
1901 census for Stratton & Bude, Cornwall. Helen registered as aged 12]
June quarter, Fulham district: Walter Branscombe's death
registered. He was aged 3.[440] [no record of birth circa 1919]
June quarter, Windsor district: Louisa Branscombe marries
Charles B. Plumridge.[441]
11 June, Paddington Infirmary, Harrow Road: Arthur Richard
Branscombe, father of Edith Margaret (b.1910) & Arthur Richard (b.1912),
dies. His wife, Alice Louisa (O'Connor - m.1908) had died in 1913. The two
children had been living with their paternal grandmother, Anne Julia (Goddard -
m.1882 Kensington) at 57a Alfred Place. After some eight months, they were
taken into care. [cf:1923][442]
14 November: British Broadcasting Company sends out its first
broadcast from Marconi House, in the Strand.
Henry Branscombe, tinsmith of Mudgee, is still listed in the N.S.W. Post Office Directory, as is
George Branscomb of West Maitland, although his entry is no longer accompanied
by the description "bricklayer". Jonathan (John) Branscombe is still
in Cumberland Road, Auburn. Mrs. Ellen Branscombe, masseuse, is at 44 Collins
Street, Annandale.[443]
Birkenhead: George, second child of Frederick W Branscombe
& May (Ellis - m.1919 Birkenhead), born. [siblings: Frederick W (1920), Noel (1926), Olive (1928), Eric (1932),
Cyril (1935), all b. Birkenhead][444]
Birkenhead: Ruby M Branscombe marries ? Lewis.[445] [poss Ruby Mostyn b.1899 Birkenhead?]
@1923
Late Spring: Arthur Branscombe, playwright and film director,
returns to America from Brington, Northamptonshire, to put the finishing
touches to his latest book on George Washington's ancestral associations with
Northamptonshire.[446]
June quarter, Kensington district: Richard L Branscombe's
death registered. He was aged 2.[447] [dad's brother. b.1921, twin of Leonard
Richard]
July: Ronald Edgar Halsey [mum's brother] born at 16 Appleford
Road, North Kensington, third child of grandparents George Jesse & Eleanor
May (Hambridge - m.1920 Kensington). [siblings:
Vera Margaret (1920), George William Frederick (1922), Lilian
George Branscomb of West Maitland still makes a mention in the
N.S.W. Post Office Directory, but has
been joined there by a Harold L. Branscomb, of Paterson Road. Jonathan
Branscombe is still resident in Auburn.
Arthur Richard Branscombe, son of Arthur George [deceased],
& Alice Louisa (O'Connor - m.1908) [deceased], leaves Amberley Road Junior
Mixed School, aged 11.[448] [cf:1921] He goes into `care of
guardians'. He and his sister Edith are taken away from their maternal
grandmother, under protest, and put into Marylebone Workhouse. They are then
moved to Trenmar Gardens Home.[449]
`... social workers recognize that Southam Street, with its
140 nine-roomed houses in which 2500 people were living in 1923, an average of
two persons to every room in the street, and the equally crowded roads in the immediate
viscinity, for bad housing accommodation surpass even the Special Area of
Notting Dale. It is the basements which are so appalling, those `slum basements
where rheumatism and consumption and drink scribble their names on the dirty
wallpaper.''[450]
September quarter, St.Thomas district: Alice M M Branscombe's
death is registered. She was aged 53.[451]
September quarter, Birkenhead district: Lilian Branscombe's
birth registered. Mother's maiden name Herdman.[452] [Siblings: George (1912), Arthur (1914), Albert
(1917), Elsie (1921), Doris (1925), William (1928)]
30 October, 166 Highbury New Park, Highbury: Charlotte
Mortimer Branscombe, spinster, dies. Registered December quarter, Islington
district. She was 82 years old.[453]
Executors are Juanita Madeline Branscombe, spinster, and John Gay Wilkinson,
solicitor. The will is proved in London. Buried Abney Park cemetery, Stoke
Newington, 2 November, section G04, 139956. [454]
[b.1841 Bristol, daughter of John &
Anne (Graham, b. Gibraltar - m.1833 St. Teath, Cornwall) of Kingsbridge.
Charlotte bp.1841 Bristol. named after John's mother, Charlotte Mortimer, who
married William Branscombe at Newton Abbot in 1789. A good example of a maiden
name surviving for a hundred and fifty years independently of the male line. Charlotte
probably lived for more than sixty years in "Kingsbridge House", 166
Highbury New Park, the house her father is said to have built on his return
from China, sometime before 1861. He died in 1874]
17 November, Kensington Register Office: William Branscombe,
bachelor general labourer aged 29, of 15 Hazlewood Crescent, W.10, marries
Florence Gertrude Shirley, spinster aged 23, of 25 Hazlewood Crescent, daughter
of Walter Shirley, general labourer. William was born 5 January 1894, the son
of paper-hanger Frederick William Branscombe & Ellen (Green - m.1889).
Witnesses were Harriett & J W Shirley.[455] [children: Florence E (1923), Evelyn H E
(1925-26), Ernest G (1928), Dorothy J (1929-31), Alfred E (1932), Raymond
(1934), Alan E (1938)]
December quarter, Kensington district: John Branscombe's death
is registered. He was aged 72.[456] [poss b.1851 son of wood turner John
Branscombe & Emma (Scales - m.1840)? If so, was registered in the 18181
census for Hackney as an unmarried carrier’s clerk, aged 29]
December quarter, Lambeth district: Richard Branscombe's death
is registered. He was aged 69.[457] [no trace of birth, circa 1854. Poss french
polisher, born Plaistow, registered with his family in the 1881 census for
Southwark?]
December quarter, Windsor district: Violet M. Branscombe's
death is registered. She was aged 20.[458] [b.1903 Windsor district]
December quarter, Paddington district: Florence E.
Branscombe's birth registered. Mother's maiden name Shirley.[459] [first
child of William Branscombe & Florence G. (Shirley - m.1923 Kensington).[460] Siblings: Evelyn H E (1925-26), Ernest G
(1928), Dorothy J (1929-31), Alfred E (1932), Raymond (1934), Alan E (1938)]
5 December: Vera Hambridge (9), ward of plumber Henry Ferrer
& Rose (Hambridge) of 16 Appleford Road, North Kensington, transfers from
Holy Trinity School, Paddington, where she achieved Standard 1, to Middle Row.
She is not exempted from religious instruction.[461]
[cf:1928]
William Henry Frederick Branscombe (b.1887 Devonport) &
Evelyn Annie (Mugford - m.1910 Devonport), their three children, Gwendoline
Irene (b.1914 Brixton), Kenneth George Bruce (b.1917), & John Francis
(b.1920 Brixton), and William's widowed mother, Georgina Mary (Dixon - m.1886
Plymouth, William Branscombe), all commence living at Hooknell, a cottage in Branscombe purchased by William. Later, when
this house burned down, they moved to a cottage called Bauld Ash. All three (?) children were christened at St.
Winifred's, in 1924. The family moved back to London in 1932, except for
"Granny Branscombe", who moved to Colyton in 1936.
Birkenhead: Susan A Branscombe marries ? Finlay.[462] [poss Susan Annie b.1897 Birkenhead?]
@1924
Arthur Branscombe, author [b. Marylebone
1862?], dies. Wrote The Cradle of
Washington & the Home of the Franklins (`profusely illustrated by the
author...'), London & New York, the Anglo-Saxon Exchange, 1901. There is an
obituary in The Times of London, on
21 February:
DEATH OF MR. BRANSCOMBE
AUTHOR OF "MOROCCO BOUND"
News of the sudden death in New York of Mr. Arthur Branscombe, the English
dramatist and author, has been telegraphed by Mr. John A. Stewart, chairman of
the Sulgrave Institution in America, for which organization Mr. Branscombe had
been recently working as lecturer, writer and film-producer. He had just
completed a life of George Washington, concerning whom he had found fresh data
in American archives.
Mr. Branscombe was 62, and was formerly an officer in the Royal Navy. In an
engagement with a slave ship off the African coast he was severely wounded in
the leg and crippled for life. While he and the other wounded were being
attended to in a native village, they were attacked by another tribe, and
Branscombe, despite his shattered leg, sat up and used his revolver in
repelling the raiders. Finding, during his convalescence, that he had some gift
for writing, he went on a tour round the world to gather local colour for plays
and articles. While in Morocco, he was arrested for invading the Holy Places
and trying to draw sketches, and was brought before the then Sultan. His
knowledge of Arabic enabled him to conduct his own defence and that of his
companions, with the result that they were discharged, and the Sultan
eventually entertained them at his palace. These experiences he turned to
account in his musical comedy Morocco
Bound, which proved a success. He wrote several other musical comedies,
more or less successful, but his last one, Society
Limited, produced at the Scala, three years ago, involved him in a heavy
loss. He then turned his attention to producing the film Cradle of the Washingtons, dealing with the English ancestral homes
and history of the founders of the American Republic. He also wrote several
songs, including one for Empire Day. During his travels, Branscombe spent many
months in the South Sea Islands, learning the language and studying the habits
of the natives. On some of the remote islands in the Pacific he extricated
himself from escapades by conjuring tricks, by his skill as a musician, and
especially by giving shocks with his electric battery.
We are asked to state that Mr. Branscombe's American friends desire to
correspond with his relatives and solicitors, and that communications for that
purpose should be addressed to Mr. W.H. Holloway, editor of the Northampton Independent.
March quarter, Liverpool district: Eliza R Branscombe's death
registered. She was 81 years old.[463]
June quarter, Stratton district (Cornwall?): Charles H
Branscombe's death registered. He was aged 67.[464] [poss Charles Henry, a painter, b.1858
Kingston District? Poss related to sailor George Herbert, b.1854, son of Walter
James (b.1836, m.c1855 Mary (Maria?) Burdett)? cf:1881 census for Herringfleet,
Suffolk & 1901 census for Stratton & Bude, Cornwall]
June quarter, Southwark district: Harry Branscombe's death
registered. He was aged 76.[465] [poss b.1848 St. Thomas district, son of
Henry, builder of Withycombe Raleigh, & Mary Ann (Horn - m.1836). Cf:1851
census for Withycombe]
16 August, St. Winifred's, Branscombe: Baptisms of Kenneth
George Bruce (b.1917), & John Francis (b.1920 Brixton), children of William
Henry Frederick Branscombe (b.1887 Devonport), "factory man" &
Evelyn Annie (Mugford - m.1910 Devonport) "of London". The family have
been living at Hooknell, and then Bauld Ash, Branscombe, since 1923, with
William's widowed mother, Georgina Mary (Dixon - m.1886 Plymouth, William
Branscombe).[466]
December quarter, Plymouth district: Frederick Branscombe's
death registered. He was aged 59.[467] [poss Frederick b.1865 Plymouth district,
first child (?) of John Branscombe of Calstock, Cornwall, bargeman, and Sarah
(Northsworthy - m.1856 East Stonehouse) of Kingsbridge. Siblings: John Crews
Northsworthy (1870 Plymouth), Mary Louisa (1878 Plymouth). cf:1881 census.
Frederick married ?, 1893 Plymouth? Poss children: Olive Sarah J (1894
Plymouth), Frederick John H (1895 Plymouth), William Richard (1896 Plymouth),
Alice May (1898 Plymouth), Ivy Lilian (1902 Plymouth)?]
George Branscomb of West Maitland still makes a mention in the
N.S.W. Post Office Directory, as does
newcomer Harold L. Branscombe. There is also a new entry this year for Wilfred
H Branscombe, of Cowper Street, West Maitland or Wallsend. Jonathan is still
living in Auburn.
William Robert Branscombe, coach-builder of Mudgee and son of
Henry "Harry" William & Susannah Burrell, dies at 7 Pacific
Street, Manly.[468]
Birkenhead: Horatio A Branscombe marries Ellen M Judge.[469] [poss Horatio Arthur, b. about 1857 in
Chelsea, third child of house decorator/oil & colorman Frederick George
Branscombe & Elizabeth (? - m.1850 St.George Hanover Square district).
cf:1861 census for 2 Cadogan Terrace, Chelsea. Siblings: Elizabeth (b. about
1851 Chelsea), George William (b.about 1855 Chelsea). Horatio went up to New
College, Oxford, in 1875, aged 18.[470] He married for the first time in Holborn in
1878. In 1905 he is probably working as a Professor of Music at 40 Canning
Street, Liverpool. He d.1941 in north Wales. Ellen (Mary/May?) survived him -
see will]
@1925
17 May, St.Mary's Hospital, Paddington: Lilian
June quarter, Birkenhead district: Doris Branscombe's birth
registered. Mother's maiden name Herdman.[472] [Siblings: George (1912), Arthur (1914),
Albert (1917), Elsie (1921), Lilian (1923), William (1928)]
7 August: A letter to The
Times from I. Branscombe of Wayside Cottage, St.Michaels, Tenterden, Kent,
about barking dogs destroying the tranquillity of the village, is published in The Times.[473] [poss Isabel E Branscombe, d.1950, Bridge,
Kent, aged 84?]
December quarter, Newton Abbot district: Kathleen W.
Branscombe's birth is registered. Mother's maiden name Hobson.[474] [siblings: Valerie (1927), Charles (1928),
George (1930)]
December quarter, Kensington district: Evelyn H.E.
Branscombe's birth registered.[475]
Mother's maiden name Shirley. [Died 1926.
Second child of William Branscombe & Florence G (Shirley - m.1923
Kensington).[476] Siblings: Florence E (1923), Ernest G
(1928), Dorothy J (1929-31), Alfred E (1932), Raymond (1934), Alan E (1938)]
7 December, 34 Hainthorpe Road, West Norwood, Surrey: John
Branscombe dies. Executors are Charles Ernest Branscombe, commercial traveller
and Frederick John Branscombe, company managing director. The will is proved in
London. [general merchant John Branscombe
b. about 1849 Canning Town. Married Agnes P. ? Children include: Charles Ernest
(1873), Ada Agnes (1875-1955), Frederick John (1878), Henrietta Kate (1879),
Edith Maud (1880). cf:1881 census Newington. Agnes P. poss d.1920 Lambeth?]
19 December, Market St., Mudgee: Susannah Branscombe (née Burrell), wife of Henry
"Harry" [d.1928] dies, aged 75.[477]
Birkenhead: Lily Branscombe marries ? Hankin.[478] [poss b.1906 Birkenhead?]
According to the N.S.W.
Post Office Directory, George Branscomb of West Maitland is still in the
land of the living, as is Harold L. Branscomb, also in West Maitland. Wilfred H. Branscombe is mentioned
again [cf:1924], as is Jonathan
Branscombe of Auburn. There is a new entry at 7 Pacific Parade, Manly, home of
William R. Branscombe. [d.1924]
@1926
March quarter, Maidstone district: Stanley A.C. Branscombe's
birth is registered. Mother's maiden name Hickmott.[479] [siblings: Edie (1928), Roy (1932), Diane
(1934), Ivy (1937), Edwin (1943)]
13 April: George [Walter] Branscombe, son of George [Albert
& Alice (Steer)] of 39a Harrow Road, is admitted to Amberley Road School,
aged 7. he has transferred from Amberley Road infants.[480] [descended from Robert & Ann via Thomas
Fox Branscombe. cf:1932]
9 June: Eliza Branscombe, aged 55 buried, Abney Park cemetery,
Stoke Newington. Section O06 144587. [481] [born
c.1871/2?]
June quarter, Edmonton district: Eileen L. Branscombe's birth
registered. Mother's maiden name Isaacs.[482] [sibling: Edwin (1931)]
19 July, Abney Park cemetery, Stoke Newington. Samuel Ridley
Branscombe buried, aged 67. [483]
[b. March quarter 1859, Hackney district, second child of draper John Hinam
Branscombe & Emily (Womack Ridley - m.1855). John Hinam Branscombe b.1823 Oakford nr Bampton, d. 1896 Chingford,
Essex. Emily b. 1824 Ipswich - d. 1914 Clapton. Other children: John William
(1856), Mary Emily (1860-1865?), Annie Gertrude (1862 Hackney), Lydia Grace
(1864 Hackney). The 1881 census for Hackney also lists a Lucy Chare (1848
Calcot, Somerset) as a daughter, so Emily may have been married before. cf:1861
census Hackney. Samuel is an executor of John's will, 1895]
July: John Joseph Halsey [mum's brother] born at Bevington
Road, North Kensington, fifth and last child of grandparents George Jesse &
Eleanor May (Hambridge - m.1920 Kensington). [siblings: Vera Margaret (1920), George William Frederick (1922), Ronald
Edgar (1923), Lilian
Approximate year when Dad, aged about 12, leaves the Boys'
Home, where he has been for about five years and rejoins his mother, his
sisters, Kit aged about 14, Doll aged
about 9, and his brother Len, aged about 5, when they move from North
Kensington to 28 Wulfstan Street, Old Oak Estate. he is about 12, and has been
in care since he was about 7. Mum's family didn't move to East Acton until
1928.
Hammersmith District: Leslie A. Branscombe, seventh and last
child of William Thomas Fox Branscombe & Hermiona Annie Louise (Pile -
m.1908), born this year. [Siblings:
Alfred W W (1911), Ivy E L (1913), Henry Stephen (1915), Florence L (1917),
Albert George (1918), Ernest W (1921)]
Douglas John Branscombe enters Exeter University to study for
a BSc. Graduated 1932.[484]
Birkenhead: Noel, third child of Frederick W Branscombe &
May (Ellis - m.1919 Birkenhead), born. [siblings:
Frederick W (1920), George (1922), Olive (1928), Eric (1932), Cyril (1935), all
b. Birkenhead][485]
Henry Branscombe, tinsmith of Mudgee makes a comeback to this
year's N.S.W. Post Office Directory.
If he's the same Henry that came as a child immigrant with his father William
and mother Anne, in 1854, he would be 76 years old. [He may be that Henry's own
son Henry] George & Harold of West Maitland are listed also, as is Jonathan
of Auburn. If George is the same George Arthur, bricklayer, who lived in Glebe
in 1882, he must be in his early sixties. 7 Pacific Parade Manly is now owned
by Mrs. C. Branscombe, so William R. may have died. The house is called
"Kurramboola".
Mudgee: Mary Ann Pauling-Roberts, née Beavis [Branscombe], b. Jersey 1843, dies. First child of
William (Beavis) Branscombe, tinsmith [d.1895] & Ann Davey.[486]
Birkenhead: Stella Branscombe marries ? Jones.[487] [b.1902 Birkenhead?]
Camberwell: Alice K Branscombe marries ? Smith.[488] [poss Alice Kathleen, b.1902 Camberwell?]
@1927
February: Henry Branscombe publishes an article, Chinese
Decorative Designs in Woodwork, in the magazine International Studio.
[489]
[cf: September 1927 – another article on oriental design]
March quarter, Newton Abbot district: Valerie M. Branscombe's
birth is registered. Mother's maiden name Hobson.[490] [siblings: Kathleen (1925), Charles (1928),
George (1930)]
26 April: Vera Margaret Halsey (6), daughter of painter George
Halsey of 16 Appleford Road, transfers from Middle Row Infants' School to
Middle Row Junior Mixed. [cf:1928] Ivy Ferrer [b.3 Sept. 1916], daughter of
plumber Henry of 16 Appleford Road, North Kensington, is also admitted to
Middle Row School. She had previously attended St.Andrew's, but had left due to
her parents' wish.[491] [between this date and September 1928, when
mum's family moves to East Acton, they move twice: once to Bevington Road and
again to Swinbrook Road]
17 May, "Hill Top Cottage", Herne Bay, Kent: Emma
Branscombe, widow, dies. Executor is Mary Elizabeth Branscombe, spinster. Will
proved in London. [Emma (Bigwood),
married William Branscombe, poss 1860 in Bristol? They had three sons and a
daughter. Henry James was born in 1862 in St.Kilda, Melbourne, Australia. Mary
Elizabeth was born the following year in Richmond, Victoria. William Harcourt
was born in Bristol in 1873. He went to Cambridge and rowed for his college.
Working as a mining engineer, he was visiting what is now Ghana when he was
attacked by natives and killed, in 1901. John Ernest Mackay was born in Barton
district in 1879. He was a sculptor with studios in London. He died in
Maidstone in 1956. Emma's husband died in Eastbourne in 1912. So far, we don't
know where William senior was born]
June quarter, Kensington district: Leslie Branscombe's birth
is registered. Mother's maiden name Barker.[492] [sibling: Joyce (1933)]
13 June: Lydia Obrecht Wilkinson dies. Born 1881 the only
child of Henry Branscombe (1844-1887) & his second wife, Marie Obrecht.
Lydia married solicitor John Gay Wilkinson. He remarries, Amy Sophia -?, and
dies in 1944.[493]
30 August, Longmoor Lane Infants School, Aintree, Liverpool:
Rachael V Branscombe admitted. Entry #6492. Date of birth, 16 October 1920.
Fathers name - Philip A., a bank clerk. Address - The Cottage, Moor Park.
Previous school - Private. [494][cf:1914 West Derby district, Philip A
Branscombe marries Hannah Connor. Philip Arthur, b.1885 Birkenhead, son of
Philip Branscomb (b.1860 West Derby district), son of Frederick Alphonso,
printer of Liverpool & Harriet (Hitchcock - m.1839 Oxford)? cf:1905 Liverpool
directory - Philip is a greengrocer a few doors away from his father's printery
in Borough Road. There is a picture of the school at
<http://freespace.virgin.net/dave.wood2/scouse.htm>] [495]
September: Henry Branscombe publishes an article, The Age
of Lacquer Furniture, in the magazine International Studio. [496]
[cf: February 1927 – another article on oriental design]
14 September, "Woodstock", Queen's Park, Seaford,
Sussex: Marie Branscombe dies. Her executor is Brian Walter Branscombe, farmer.
The will is proved in London.[497] [Widow of George Herbert, who died 1914 at
the same address. George may have been bp.1855 Winchester, son of George &
Mary? Poss m.1886 Richmond, Surrey, district? Brian was b.1888 Newton Abbot
district]
24 September, Prospect House, Rayleigh, Essex: Edwin
Branscombe dies. Executor/benefactor is his widow, Sarah Ann. [poss bp.1856 Finsbury, son of John &
Emma (Scales - m.1840)? Married Sarah Ann ? 1887 West Ham. Poss children: Edwin
Harold S (reg.1889), Arthur Edwin & Arthur Alfred (reg.1891), Annie Emma
& Rose Evelyn (reg.1892), Elsie Lilian (reg.1898). Sarah Ann d.1936
Westcliffe-on-Sea, Essex. Arthur Edwin Branscombe, police officer, was the
executor]
December quarter, Windsor district: Miriam Elizabeth
Branscombe marries Reginald J. Hampstead.[498]
[b.1909 Windsor district]
18 December,
20 December: A fatal accident involving Frederick J. Branscombe is reported in The Times:[500]
Frederick John Branscombe, aged 22,
of Raymouth-road, Rotherhithe, died in
John Joseph Halsey (Mum's brother) is born.
Frederick William Branscombe, b.1861 Paddington, son of Edward
& Mary Ann (Chenneour), dies aged 66?
Islington district: William Beard Branscombe dies.[502] [aged c.63, b.1864 Dawlish, son of Captain William
Waymouth Branscombe, master mariner, & Mary (Beard - m.1854). m.1891
Petersfield, Hants.]
Edward Branscombe and the Westminster Glee Singers appear in a
film made in the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process, directed by Widgey
R. Newman. [503]
@1928
March quarter, Kensington district: Ernest G. Branscombe's
birth registered. Mother's maiden name Shirley.[505] [third child of William Branscombe &
Florence G. (Shirley - m.1923 Kensington). Siblings:
4 April: Great-aunt Vera Grace Hambridge (14) leaves
June quarter,
June quarter,
June quarter,
June quarter,
14 September: Mum leaves
10 November, Budgee Budgee, Mudgee: Henry "Harry"
Branscombe dies, aged 78.[510]
17 November, 169 Kingsley Road, Liverpool: Christina Mary
Branscombe dies, wife of Ernest William Branscombe, commercial traveller, who
is executor. The will is proved in Liverpool.[511] [so far, the only candidate for Ernest is
bp.1865 Finsbury, son of John & Emma (Scales). There is no sign of his marriage to Christina. A 1905 directory for
Liverpool lists Ernest at this address, as manager of Noakes, Cardne & Co.,
tobacco brokers]
December quarter, Kensington District: Evelyn "Eva"
M. Maidment [b.26 July 1906], daughter of Francis "Frank" Maidment of
Swinbrook Road, North Kensington, marries dad's brother, Percy Albert
Branscombe.
December quarter, Newton Abbot district: Charles J.S.
Branscombe's birth is registered. Mother's maiden name Hobson.[512] [siblings: Kathleen (1925),Valerie (1927),
George (1930)]
December quarter, Birkenhead: Olive Branscombe's birth is
registered. Mother's maiden name Ellis.[513] [fourth child of Frederick W. Branscombe
& May (Ellis - m.1919 Birkenhead). siblings: Frederick W. (1920), George
(1922), Noel (1926), Eric (1932), Cyril (1935), all b. Birkenhead][514]
Birkenhead: Edith Branscombe marries ? Waterhouse.[515] [poss b.1910 Birkenhead?]
The process of democracy in Britain was completed with the
Representation of the People Act of this year, which lowered the voting age of
women to 21 [from 30], with the same six month residency qualification as for
men. This added about five million voters to the register.'[516]
@1929
22 November, 60 St.Andrew's Road, Exmouth: Clement [Courtney]
Branscombe dies, aged 79. [b.1850
Withycombe Raleigh, son of builder Henry & Mary Ann (Horn - m.1836
Exeter?). Daughter Florence Isabel Courtney Branscombe b.1879 Marylebone,
daughter Mabel Beatrice Courtney Branscombe b.1882 Marylebone. Clement is a
baker in Exmouth, in 1893. His executors/benefactors are Florence & Mabel,
spinsters of London].[517]
December quarter, Paddington district: Dorothy J. Branscombe's
birth registered. Mother's maiden name Shirley.[518] [Died 1931. Fourth child of William Branscombe
& Florence G (Shirley - m.1923 Kensington). Siblings: Florence E (1923), Evelyn H E (1925-26), Ernest G (1928),
Alfred E (1932), Raymond (1934), Alan E (1938)]
From 1929-1931, there are several reviews in The Gramophone of recordings by a male vocal
quartette called the Westminster Singers.
They tended toward the more popular song repertoire, including humourous songs.[519]
@1930
September quarter, Newton Abbot district: George B.
Branscombe's birth is registered. Mother's maiden name Hobson.[520] [siblings: Kathleen (1925), Valerie (1927),
Charles (1928)]
30 October, Birmingham, Alabama: Lewis Capers Branscomb dies,
Methodist clergyman b.1865 Union Springs, Alabama.[521] [cf:1905, Methodist bishop John W Branscomb
born, Union Springs]
3 November: A copy of dad's birth certificate is issued, for
the purposes of unemployment insurance. [in
Commander Walter Raleigh
buys back his ancestral home, Compton Castle, and begins restoration.
I Lived in a Slum by
Mrs. Cecil ,[522]
describes conditions in North Kensington in the 1930's.
BESLEYS EXETER DIRECTORY 1930
R.D. Branscombe, The Ryalls, East Wonford
[is listed at this address from 1930-1940]
Birkenhead: George Branscombe marries Mary E Jones.[523] [poss George Arthur, b.1900 Birkenhead?
Children: Margaret (1931), George (1933), Elizabeth (1935-37), Edith (1938-38),
Ronald (1941), Eric (1945), James (1946)]
@1931
18 January, Chest Infirmary, 28 Marloes Road, Kensington: Great-grandfather Edward
John, house painter of 26
Wheatstone Road, dies aged 80, of
chronic bronchitis, as certified by Dr. R. Hobbs, the same doctor who certified
the death of grandfather Edward George Branscombe in the same infirmary, ten
years before. The informant is T.G. McGowan, son-in-law, who was also in
attendance at the death.[524] [Tom McGowan married Edward & Ellen's
daughter Daisy 1907.[525]
March quarter, Edmonton district: Edwin W. Branscombe's birth
registered. Mother's maiden name Isaacs.[526] [sibling: Eileen (1926)]
March quarter, Windsor district: James A.J. Branscombe marries
Hilda Walker.[527]
[James Alfred John, b.1910 3 May, d.1983
15 February. Children: Maureen B. (1931-1938), Brenda P.R. (1934), Daphne A.
(1937), Carol A.V. (1940), Michael J. (1947), Irene F. (1955)]
Census: The population of is 538.
June quarter, Windsor district: Maureen B. Branscombe’s birth
is registered. Mother’s maiden name Hilda Walker.[528]
[James A.J. Branscombe m. Hilda Walker,
Windsor district, March quarter this year. Maureen d. June Q 1938. Siblings: Brenda P.R. (1934), Daphne A. (1937), Carol
A.V. (1940), Michael J. (1947), Irene F. (1955)]
Possibly this year (or 1930?) when Wilfred Thomas joins Edward
Branscombe in Sydney.
`... the Westminster Glee
Singers were losing their baritone. He had fallen in love with a hula girl in
Honolulu and wanted to go back. The company had reached Sydney in the course of
a concert tour of the world. There were ten men, all supposedly English
cathedral soloists, half a dozen boy sopranos and two or three wives. Thirty
years before, when Westminster Abbey was closed for the Coronation
preparations, one of the tenors in the choir had arranged a tour of Canada for
his unemployed colleagues. His name was Edward Branscombe. Since those days he
had run costume comedy companies and taught singing, but whenever funds got low
and he was seized once more by wanderlust, he organised another company of male
singers and took to the road. The picture of Westminster Abbey on the programmes
and the inclusion of choir boys in mortar-boards and Eton suits, sold the
company to English expatriates in outposts of the Empire. The yellow eyes of
the white bwanas clouded with self pity as one of the trebles fluted a song of
innocence like "Cherry Ripe" or "Hear My Prayer", and when
the full chorus turned on "John Peel" or "Widdecombe Fair",
sahibs glowed with a clubby solidarity beyond the ken of the natives who hemmed
them in. Mr.Branscombe was convinced that he should be knighted for promoting
this emotion, so he always wore a bowler hat, stiff collar and cuffs, black
coat and striped pants, regardless of local fashions. In fact, he seldom
removed his bowler, and I never saw him without his little ginger wig, which he
kept fast with strips of plastacine. He was an adventurer, a man of courage,
but there was nothing flamboyant about the old gentleman. He was petite, neat
and decorous. He was never rattled by a crisis. In the Java sea, when the waves
were too rough for him to board our ship in mid-channel from a sampan by
climbing a rope ladder, he clambered into a cargo sling which was lowered over
the water, and sat calm and upright, and when spilled out on deck like a sack
of flour he lost no dignity. Whenever the profits were swallowed up by fares
and hotel costs, he graciously gave opportunities for acquaintances to
contribute finance to our mission. When good times came again, he honourably
repaid all creditors. In the Palace Theatre, Sydney, at the request of Roland
Foster [singing teacher], Mr.Branscombe granted me an audition. Politely, he
heard me sing, then he said, in a voice as precise and clipped as his
brown-and-white moustache, "Thomas, would you care for a dish of tea and a
stick of nicotine?" and we ambled into a cafe. There he satisfied himself
that I would be unlikely to behave discreditably, and invited me to join his
company for the rest of the Australian tour, with Asia and Africa to follow,
probable termination two years hence in London. Then I learned two things:
first, that celebrities are not always well paid, and second, that I was not
musical after all, for he handed me a hundred and fifty part-songs to memorise.
I could not even sight-read with confidence, but I was a fully fledged pro now
- out on my own. I bought a pitch-pipe, and on hotel beds all over Australia I
learned the repertoire of madrigals, folk songs, sea shanties, comic quartettes
and anthems, besides my own solos. The pitch-pipe was an indispensible piece of
equipment. Before we walked on to the stage for a concerted number, we huddled
round Mr.Branscombe, who blew the keynote from which each of us pitched the
note on which he would be starting. Then we took up our positions,
Mr.Branscombe counted us in with a whisper, and to the astonishment of the audience,
who expected piano accompaniment and a conductor to give the down-beat, we
started to sing in harmony as though under telepathic control ... So we kissed
the girls goodbye and sailed for Singapore ... Mr.Branscombe had stocked up
with fresh boy sopranos in Australia, and sent home to England those whose
voices were cracking. Parent after parent he persuaded to part with a hooting
hopeful. He paid the children pocket money, but induced them to save and kindly
acted as their banker. There were crises when their funds paid our fares. he
encouraged one of the male altos to marry a school mistress in Tasmania, thus
demonstrating that altos are basically baritones, and at the same time
satisfying the authorities who were concerned about the boys' education.'[529]
`When I heard Lee White
sing Hong Kong with its inspired opening lines,
"There are many
Oriental places
Down in China-town",
I did not expect that I
should ever see Hong Kong; but that was out next port of call on the Glee
Singers' tour ... Mr.Branscombe consulted the box office and was disappointed
at the reservations for our concerts, so he instructed our boy sopranos to put
on their Eton suits and mortar-boards and led us on a conducted tour. The
unusual sight, he hoped, would stimulate interest in our concerts. He sat in
the first rickshaw, spectacles on nose and guide-book in hand, the rest of us
followed in a long procession ... now and then Mr.Branscombe ... turned and
waved his guide-book to indicate a "Sight"' [530]
`The Westminster Glee
Singers must have been the last British concert company to tour the Asian
cities commercially. We were in on the end of an era of history, and our
programmes, too, belonged to the past.'[531]
`Our failure to arrange a
season in Japan had upset a poor Mr.Branscombe's calculations, and to fill in
time he booked us into Bangkok. He was warned that there were only four hundred
potential customers there, but he had never been to Bangkok before. As our
train approached the Thailand border from petal-carpeted Penang, Mr.Branscombe
summoned us into his compartment. When we were all seated, he said,
"Gentlemen, you may smoke. I have some surprising news for you." He
fitted a cigarette into his holder as he scanned us with his candid blue eyes.
"Gentlemen, we are travelling on this train without tickets. I am, as the
vulgar saying goes, flat, motherless broke. I should be obliged if you would
take up a collection so we may pay our fares in an honourable British fashion."
Alas, we could only say that we were all broke, too. Nervously, we sat watching
the countryside go by. The fat farms, the kite-flying children, the graceful
girls naked to the waist. Presently the inspector appeared, flanked by two
Thais with drawn swords. We referred him to Mr.Branscombe, who with exemplary
calmness, appeared to be surprised that the fares had not been paid by his
agent in Bangkok. The inspector accepted his i.o.u.'[532]
15 August, Durban: The Westminster
Glee Singers open their first, week-long season at the Theatre Royal, part
of a three-and-a-half year tour under `veteran' entrepreneur Edward Branscombe.
The troupe of six men and six boys is said to have a repertoire of five hundred
songs.[533]
28 August, Maitland, NSW: George Arthur Branscomb, bricklayer,
(b.1852 Little Bolton, Lancs) dies.[534] [first
wife Kezia Ann (Howe - m.1879 Surrey Hills, NSW) d.1887. Second wife Maria
Agnes (Howe - sister of Kezia, m.1888 Lochinvar, NSW)]
September quarter, Birkenhead district: Margaret Branscombe's
birth registered. Mother's maiden name Jones.[535] [siblings: George (1933), Elizabeth
(1935-37), Edith (1938-38), Ronald (1941), Eric (1945), James (1946)]
September quarter, Windsor district: Frederick A. Branscombe
marries Ellen Huse.[536]
17 September, 27a Roscoe Street, Golden Lane, Finsbury: Thomas
William Branscombe dies, aged 61. Executors/beneficiaries are William Thomas
Branscombe, assistant manager, and Edward Branscombe, varnish maker. The estate
is proved in London.[537] [b.1870 Shoreditch, m.1893 Finsbury. William
b.1894 Holborn district. Thomas William buried Abney Park cemetery, Stoke
Newington, 23 September] [538]
September: The Glee Singers are appearing at the Opera House
in Cape Town.
7 September, Toronto, Canada: John H. Branscombe,
great-grandson of Arthur Branscombe of Grand Lake, New Brunswick [d.1825],
certifies a history of the family published by Dr. E. Stone Wiggins, in 1876.
John's signature is witnessed by Margaret Branscombe.[539]
5 November: A letter to The
Times from the Reverend Henry Stanley Branscombe [b.Trinidad] of Rothwell vicarage, Leeds, about class conflict and
the need for the Labour Party to join with all other parties to create `...
peace at home as well as abroad.' [540] [Harry Stanley, son of John & Ann
(Graham) of Highbury. Married Grace West Pearce, 1897 Camelford. Children: John
Stanley Graham (1898 Chester), Monica (1899), Gwyneth Mary & Winifred
Violet (1901), Edward (1909]
Saturday 21 November, Durban:
`The 1,100th concert of the tour was given at Durban. The house was full, the audience was enthusiastic, and Mr.Branscombe gave a happy curtain speech. Next morning he decided to breakfast in bed. He said he felt unwell, and his wife spent twenty minutes telephoning doctors, but it was a Sunday, and none was available. Within the half hour, the stout old warrior's heart gave up the struggle. His body was put into a laundry basket and taken out of the hotel in the goods lift, so as not to disturb the other guests. At the cremation, the parson informed us that the old man would be spending eternity singing "Holy, Holy, Holy". A bustling newspaper man tried to organise us into rendering a few selections from our sacred repertoire. Although we were obviously too choked up to sing, he felt cheated when we declined and stamped off indignantly.'[541]
THE NATAL MERCURY
Monday, November 23, 1931[542]
DEATH OF FAMOUS GLEE SINGER
______
TRAGIC END TO TOUR AT DURBAN
______
FATAL HEART ATTACK IN HOTEL
______
MR. E. BRANSCOMBE'S WORLD TRAVELS
Within a few hours of completion of the South African tour, Mr. Edward
Branscombe, of the Westminster Glee Singers, died in his hotel in Durban
yesterday morning.
The last performance was at the Theatre Royal on Saturday night, and Mr.
Branscombe was then in perfect health. When he wakened yesterday morning he was
not well. He did not go down to breakfast, and when at 10.30 Mrs. Branscombe
went back to the room he complained that he was ill. He died from a heart
attack before a doctor could be summoned.
The Glee Singers have given more than 200 performances in South Africa on this
tour, and leave shortly for Egypt. Mr. C. Dearden, Mr. Branscombe's manager,
will take charge of the party. Mr. Branscombe was one of the best known
impresarios in England, and his death will be a loss to British music, as he
had throughout his lengthy career always stood for the best type of English
music, especially the old folk song melodies on which many of the national airs
have been based. He was for ten years tenor soloist at Westminster Abbey, and
it was his ardent enthusiasm for the traditional music, of which cathedral
music is representative, which led him to form the original Westminster Glee
Party with which he toured several countries, including South Africa, about 27
years ago. Subsequently he introduced, under his management, several of the
best platform singers of that day to South Africa, including such artists as
Lloyd Chandos and Perceval Allen.
Mr. Branscombe spent the last years of his career in Australia. At one time, he
had six parties of singers running at once. He arrived in South Africa with the
present party in July last, and made a double circuit of the Union. He
introduced two Durban singers into the party quite recently. They are Cyril
Evans, son of the well known conductor and singer and young Stanley McCullough,
who has already fulfilled Mr. Branscombe's expectations by becoming a soloist
in the party.
The body will be cremated today after a strictly private service.
THE NATAL MERCURY
Monday, November 23, 1931[543]
FUNERAL NOTICES
_____
The FUNERAL of the late EDWARD BRANSCOMBE
(Musical Director, Westminster Glee Singers) will leave our Funeral Chapel, 589
West Street, THIS (MONDAY) AFTERNOON at 2.30 o'clock, proceeding to the
Crematorium, Stellawood Cemetery.
By request no flowers
Umbilo tram leaves P.O. at 2.19 o'clock.
Friends are invited kindly to attend.
ADLAM, REID & CO.
(Late Thos. Drew & Son),
Undertakers & Embalmers.
556 West Street.
November 23, 1931.
THE NATAL MERCURY
Tuesday, November 24, 1931[544]
IMPRESSIVE CREMATION CEREMONY
______
TRIBUTE TO MR. EDWARD BRANSCOMBE
With fitting solemnity, the remains of Edward Branscombe, musical director of
the Westminster Glee Singers, who died suddenly in Durban on Sunday, were
cremated at Stellawood yesterday. Beneath a dull, threatening sky
and to the accompaniment of the rustling of leaves, the simple ceremony was
carried out. Three red roses on the coffin were the only flowers. Silently age
and youth stood by bareheaded. Then, in the middle of the burial service the
purple velvet curtains of the Crematorium parted slowly, and inch by inch the
coffin moved into the blackness beyond. Then the curtains closed again slowly,
and the service ended. The ashes are to be "scattered to the
four winds of heaven." The service was conducted by the Rev. H.B.
Fairbourn, of St. John's Church. At the conclusion Mr. Fairburn [sic] spoke of the great loss to the
musical world by the death of Mr. Branscombe. They had experienced a unique
pleasure in hearing him and many of them would probably never have the
opportunity of enjoying such a musical treat again in this world. In the words
of the national poet he was so fond of quoting: "There's a great soul
gone." Among those present at the cremation were: Mr. Karl
Gundelfinger, Mr. Harry Evans, Mrs. A. de Graaf, Madame T.E. Edwards, Mrs. M.
Walker, Mr. Dan Godfrey, Mrs. J.I. Havik, Mrs. Llewelyn, Miss A. Scheffer, Mrs.
O.F. Evans, Mr. E. Anderson, Mr. Franklin, Mrs. Wilson and Mr. & Mrs.
Curnow.
High Commissioner for the United Kingdom in Durban at the time
is Sir Herbert Stanley.
The Foreign Office Index of general consular correspondence
lists letter(s) concerning the employment of minors abroad by W.E.(sic) Branscombe, without the necessary
licence being issued for them, and concerning financial standing in connexion
with the Westminster Glee Singers.[545] [this
could result from consular enquiries in Durban at the time of Edward's death,
or from an incident earlier in the tour, when he was lectured about financial
provisions by a worried consular
official in Bangkok.[546]]
December quarter, Windsor district: Dorothy E.M. Branscombe
marries Joseph Cleary.[547]
Austin Tappan Wright dies.
Wiley Post and Harold Gatty complete their round-the-world
flight.[548]
Portsmouth: Gordon Branscombe, son of Henry Valentine
Branscombe & May (Willoughby - m.1927), born.[549] [m.1961
- cf:1929,1939]
The poll register for this year shows Florence Annie &
Harry Branscombe living at 38 Wheatstone Road.
Albert Edward Branscombe & Mary Agnes (Finch) are at 157
Southam Street. [Albert, poss b.1881
Chelsea, is the son of Charles Edward, decorator, & Jane (Brain - m.1882).
Albert & Agnes married in Paddington, in 1909. Children: Phoebe (1912),
Kathleen (1914-1917), Albert (1915), Walter (1919-1922?), Annie (1921)]
Birkenhead: Leslie A. Branscombe marries Lilian M. Smith. [550] [poss
Leslie Arthur, b.1905 Birkenhead? No children]
@1932
18 January, Kensington district: Alfred Edward Branscombe's
birth registered, fifth child of William & Florence G (Shirley - m.1923
Kensington).[551]
After serving in the British Army, he emigrates to Canada in 1960. [siblings: Florence E (1923), Evelyn H E
(1925-26), Ernest G (1928), Dorothy J (1929-31), Raymond (1934), Alan E (1938)][552]
23 March: George Branscombe aged 14, son of George, transfers from
Amberley Road School to Senior Street Senior Boys'.[553]
[cf:1926]
March quarter, Edmonton district: Roy Branscombe's birth is
registered. Mother's maiden name Hickmott.[554] [siblings: Stanley (1926), Edie (1928), Diane
(1934), Ivy (1937), Edwin (1943)]
The German-made Blatternerphone,
the first tape-recorder suitable for broadcasting, installed by , in London. It used steel
tape running at 60 inches per second. Editing involved cutting and welding.
The Foreign Office Index to general correspondence lists
letter(s) concerning the remittence of moneys for E. Branscombe from Chile.[555]
Paddington: Great-grandfather Frederick Halsey dies (b.1858
Kensington, m.1881 Annie Clark, Kensington). [children: Beatrice Annie (1882), Florence Elizabeth Rose (1884), Albert
J (1892?), George Jesse (1899?), Frederick J (1901?), Margaret Millicent (1904)]
William Henry Frederick Branscombe (b.1887 Devonport) &
Evelyn Annie (Mugford - m.1910 Devonport), and their three children, Gwendoline
Irene (b.1914 Brixton), Kenneth George Bruce (b.1917 Lambeth district), &
John Francis (b.1920 Brixton), move from Bauld
Ash, Branscombe village, where they have been living since 1923, back to
London. They leave behind William's widowed mother, "Granny
Branscombe", Georgina Mary (Dixon - m.1886 Plymouth to sailor William
(John?) Branscombe). She moves to Colyton in 1936, where she dies, in 1951,
aged 91.[556]
Douglas John Branscombe graduates from Exeter University with
a BSc.Spec. (Chemistry) II. He entered as an undergraduate in 1926. He returns
in 1937 to sit for a Teacher's Certificate.[557]
Birkenhead: Eric, fifth child of Frederick W Branscombe &
May (Ellis - m.1919 Birkenhead), born. [siblings:
Frederick W (1920), George (1922), Noel (1926), Olive (1928), Cyril (1935), all
b. Birkenhead][558]
Birkenhead: Norman H Branscombe marries Nora Blewitt. [Norman Herbert b.1901 Birkenhead. Son Harold
E b.1933][559]
Kensington district: Charles Henry Branscombe marries
Catherine M. Bagnall. [Charles b.1904
Kensington. Poss only child b.1934 Morpeth?]
@1933
28 February, 28 Rowhill Mansions, Clapton, Hackney: Annie
Gertrude Branscombe dies, a spinster aged 70. Executor is Lydia Grace
Branscombe. The will is proved in London. [Annie
b.1862 Hackney, sister of Lydia, b.1864 d.1957, Hackney]
April: after seventy years of chaos, the houses in Dawlish are
all officially re-numbered, for the first time.[560]
24 May: Jean Halsey, aged 3, dies when she falls from the
balcony of 64 Amberley Road, Paddington, while waving at the Empire Day parade.
June quarter, Kensington district: Joyce S. Branscombe's birth
is registered. Mother's maiden name Barker.[561] [sibling: Leslie (1927)]
June quarter, Birkenhead district: Harold E. Branscombe's birth
is registered. Mother's maiden name Blewitt.[562] [son of Norman H. Branscombe & Nora
(Blewitt - m.1932 Birkenhead)].[563]
September quarter, Islington district: Jean Branscombe's birth
registered. Mother's maiden name Bailey.[564]
September quarter, Birkenhead district: George A. Branscombe's
birth registered. Mother's maiden name Jones.[565] [siblings: Margaret (1931), Elizabeth
(1935-37), Edith (1938-38), Ronald (1941), Eric (1945), James (1946)]
Hammersmith District: Alfred William Walter, born in Paddington
District 1911, first child of William Thomas Fox Branscombe & Hermiona
Annie Louise (Pile - m.1908), marries Hilda L. Reading. [child: Malcolm (1939), Hammersmith]
Douglas John Branscombe publishes a dissertation in German on
dyes.[566]
[b.1907 Heavitree, second child of Robert
Douglas Branscombe & Maud (Wakeham - m. ABOUT 1903)]
The Depression.
J.B. motors around England. He is
unimpressed with 's Regent Street:
`...cheap shops and sixpenny bazaars.'
Captain Frank Masters, an architect, buys Edge Barton. It was
still being used as a farmhouse [since 1618?]. `He carried out many
alterations, including the addition of the rather incongruous loggia on the
south side, but sold the house before the war, to a man who died before he
could take possession.'[567]
London Transport created.
Gena Branscombe, musician & composer, forms the Branscombe
Chorale in the U.S.A..[568] [b.Ontario,
1881]
Prof E.W. Tristram paints the effigy of Walter Branscombe,
from his tomb in Exeter Cathedral, as a record of his restoration of the
colours on the figure.
@1934
March quarter, Morpeth district: Selina M. Branscombe's birth
is registered. Mother's maiden name Bagnall.[569]
September quarter, Windsor district: Brenda P.R. Branscombe’s
birth registered. Mother’s maiden name Hilda Walker.[570]
[second child of James Alfred John
Branscombe & Hilda Walker (m.1931 Windsor district). Siblings: Maureen B.
(1931-1938), Daphne A. (1937), Carol A.V. (1940), Michael J. (1947), Irene F.
(1955)]
20 September, 48 Gravelly Hill, Erdington, Birmingham: Emma
Branscomb, widow aged 74, dies. Executors/beneficiaries are Beatrice Alice Green,
wife of Herbert Green, and Constance Gertrude Branscomb, spinster. The will is
proved in Birmingham. [Emma (Bennett)
m.1880 glass maker Edward Henry Branscomb. Children: Maud Mary (1881), Beatrice
Alice (b.1885 Aston, m.1915 Aston, Herbert Green), Constance Gertrude (b.1898
Aston, spinster), Edward Bennet (1890)]
December quarter, Edmonton district: Diane L. Branscombe's
birth is registered. Mother's maiden name Hickmott.[571] [siblings: Stanley (1926), Edie (1928), Roy
(1932), Ivy (1937), Edwin (1943)]
December quarter, Brentford district: Male birth registered,
sixth child of William Branscombe & Florence G (Shirley - m.1923
Kensington).[572]
Later named Raymond.[573] [siblings: Florence E (1923), Evelyn H E
(1925-26), Ernest G (1928), Dorothy J (1929-31), Alfred E (1932), Alan E (1938)]
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Marriage in Exeter of Winifred Ellen Branscombe, daughter of
Robert Douglas Branscombe & Maud (Wakeham - m.ABOUT 1903) to Edwin A.
Lawrance.[574]
@1935
September quarter, Birkenhead district: Elizabeth Branscombe's
birth registered. Mother's maiden name Jones.[575] [d.1937. Siblings: Margaret (1931), George
(1933), Edith (1938-38), Ronald (1941), Eric (1945), James (1946)]
Birkenhead: Cyril, sixth and last child of Frederick W
Branscombe & May (Ellis - m.1919 Birkenhead), born. [siblings: Frederick W (1920), George (1922), Noel (1926), Olive (1928),
Eric (1932), all b.
@1936
March quarter, Wirral district: Frank Branscombe marries
Louisa Griffiths. [children: Alan (1936),
Olwen (1937), Paul (1957)]
20 April, St.James' Infirmary, Balham: Charles Branscombe
dies, aged 83. His last address was 8 Cornfield Grove, Balham.
Executor/beneficiary is Charles William Branscombe, secretary to company
director. The will is proved in London. [b.1853
West Ham, probably m.1890 Lambeth. Charles William is almost certainly his son,
b.1891 Lambeth. Charles William joined the 21st London Battalion on 5 May 1909,
and purchased his discharge on 24 April 1912. He described himself as an
apprentice (draughtsman?) in the employ of his father, Charles Branscombe, of 8
Cornfield Grove, Balham]
June quarter, Edmonton: Adelaide Mary Branscombe, daughter of
Captain William Waymouth, dies a spinster, aged 78. [577]
June quarter, Birkenhead: Harold Branscombe dies, aged 72. b.
1863 December Q, West Derby district [Liverpool] [cf: 1864 - poss m.1898 West Derby district? Registered in Birkenhead in
1901 census]
26 June, Wallasey: Alan Branscombe, musician, born, first
child of Frank and Louisa (Griffiths - m.1936 Wirral). Birth registered June
quarter, Wallasey district. Died 1986 Fulham. [siblings: Olwen (1937), Paul (1957)]
25 October, Kenwood Nursing Home, Westcliffe-on-Sea,
Colyton: Widow Georgina Mary Branscombe (Dixon - m.1886
Plymouth), "Granny Branscombe", moves from Grape Vine Cottage, Branscombe to be housekeeper for an old
bachelor friend, Colin West, in East Street, Colyton, where she dies in 1951,
aged 91. She was born in Montreal, Canada.[578]
Birkenhead: Arthur Branscombe marries Dorothy M Hughes. [poss b.1914 Birkenhead, mother's maiden name
Herdman? Only child Kenneth P. b.1939][579]
Jennie Augusta Brownscombe, American artist, dies. [b.1850]
Reign of King George V ends (since 1910). Edward
VIII succeeds, but abdicates
before the year is out. George VI takes over (to 1952).
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