Families of the Parish of Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, England


John Coley was born about 1856 in Briery Hall, Staffordshire, England. He married Emma.

CENSUS 1901 of Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, PRO ref RG13/1411, enumerator 7, folio 87, page 14, schedule 101, on Canal Barge, age 44, captain of barge.

Emma was born about 1861 in Tipton, Staffordshire, England. She married John Coley.

CENSUS 1901 of Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, PRO ref RG13/1411, enumerator 7, folio 87, page 14, schedule 101, on Canal Barge, age 39.

They had the following children:

  F i Annie Coley was born about 1881 in Leeke, Staffordshire, England.

CENSUS 1901 of Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, PRO ref RG13/1411, enumerator 7, folio 87, page 14, schedule 101, on Canal Barge, age 19.
  F ii Hannah Coley was born about 1892 in Bermondsey, London, England.

CENSUS 1901 of Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, PRO ref RG13/1411, enumerator 7, folio 87, page 14, schedule 101, on Canal Barge, age 8.

NOTE she married George Kimberly, and her brother William married Geroge's sister Elizabeth. Information thanks to Kathleen Marriott (email Nov 2007),
  M iii John Coley was born about 1895 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.

CENSUS 1901 of Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, PRO ref RG13/1411, enumerator 7, folio 87, page 14, schedule 101, on Canal Barge, age 5.
  M iv William Coley was born about 1897 in Leighton Buzzard, Buckinghamshire, England.

CENSUS 1901 of Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, PRO ref RG13/1411, enumerator 7, folio 87, page 15, schedule 101, on Canal Barge, age 3.

NOTE I previously had the surname spelled wrongly, but thank Kathleen Marriott, William's grand-daughter, for the correction (email Nov 2007). He married Elizabeth Kimberly, and his sister Hannah married Elizabeth's borther George.
  F v Rebecca Coley was born about 1898 in Uxbridge, Middlesex, England.

CENSUS 1901 of Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, PRO ref RG13/1411, enumerator 7, folio 87, page 15, schedule 101, on Canal Barge, age 2.

Andrew Humphries was born about 1855 in , , England.

CENSUS 1901 of Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, PRO ref RG13/1411, enumerator 7, folio 87, page 15, schedule 102, on Canal Barge, age not clear, but words, probably "not known" birthplace listed as not known. Captain on barge.

He had the following children:

  M i John Humphries was born about 1868 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.

CENSUS 1901 of Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, PRO ref RG13/1411, enumerator 7, folio 87, page 15, schedule 102, on Canal Barge, age 32, working barge with his father.

Charles Neale was born about 1874 in Denton, Warwickshire, England. He married Emily.

CENSUS 1901 of Shutlanger), Northamptonshire, PRO ref RG13/1411, enumerator 8, folio 91, page 1, schedule 1, at the Railway Station(on the Stoke to Blisworth road), age 26, a railway signalman.

Emily was born about 1871 in Shutlanger, Northamptonshire, England. She married Charles Neale.

CENSUS 1901 of Shutlanger), Northamptonshire, PRO ref RG13/1411, enumerator 8, folio 91, page 1, schedule 1, at the Railway Station(on the Stoke to Blisworth road), age 29. The only people known to be born Shutlanger who could be here are Emily Abbott and Emily Agnes Robinson, but I have no idea which one it is.

They had the following children:

  M i Charles P Neale was born about 1899 in Fenny Compton, Warwickshire, England.

CENSUS 1901 of Shutlanger), Northamptonshire, PRO ref RG13/1411, enumerator 8, folio 91, page 1, schedule 1, at the Railway Station(on the Stoke to Blisworth road), age 1.
  F ii Minnie M Neale was born about Jan 1901 in Roade, Northamptonshire, England.

CENSUS 1901 of Shutlanger), Northamptonshire, PRO ref RG13/1411, enumerator 8, folio 91, page 1, schedule 1, at the Railway Station(on the Stoke to Blisworth road), age 2 months.

Reuben Edwards was born about 1862 in Loughton, Buckinghamshire, England. He married Maria Bass on 7 Jun 1897 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England.

MARRIAGE Stoke Bruerne Parish Ch. Northants Rec. Off. no. 303P/21 no.376. a labourer of Shutlanger.

CENSUS 1901 of Shutlanger), Northamptonshire, PRO ref RG13/1411, enumerator 8, folio 91, page 1, schedule 9, on Stoke Road, age 38, a cattleman on farm.

Maria Bass [Parents] was born on 1 Apr 1865 in Shutlanger, Northants, England and was christened on 4 Jun 1865 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England. She married Reuben Edwards on 7 Jun 1897 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England.

CHRISTENING Stoke Bruerne Par.Church, Northants Rec.Off.Ref.303/P13 no.1283.

CENSUS 1871 Shutlanger, Northants. Film no. 838792, page 4 no.18 Age 5.

CENSUS 1881 Shutlanger, Northants. Film no. 1341370. page 3 no.19 Age 16.

MARRIAGE Stoke Bruerne Parish Ch. Northants Rec. Off. no. 303P/21 no.376.

CENSUS 1901 of Shutlanger), Northamptonshire, PRO ref RG13/1411, enumerator 8, folio 91, page 1, schedule 9, on Stoke Road, age 36.

They had the following children:

  M i John Thomas Edwards was christened on 4 Feb 1900 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England. was buried on 8 Feb 1900 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England.

BAPTISM Stoke Bruerne Par.Church, Northants Rec.Off.Ref.303P/19 no.472.

BURIAL Stoke Bruerne Par.Church, Northants Rec.Off.Ref.303P/12 no.1385
age 2 weeks.

BURIAL Stoke Bruerne Par.Church, Northants Rec.Off.Ref.303P/12 no.1385
age 2 weeks.
  F ii Anne Maria Edwards was born on 29 Jan 1901 in Shutlanger, Northamptonshire, England and was christened on 7 Apr 1901 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England.

BAPTISM Stoke Bruerne Par.Church, Northants Rec.Off.Ref.303P/19 no.494.

CENSUS 1901 of Shutlanger), Northamptonshire, PRO ref RG13/1411, enumerator 8, folio 91, page 1, schedule 9, on Stoke Road, age 2 months.
  F iii Louisa Edwards was born on 7 May 1904 and was christened on 26 May 1904 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England. was buried on 2 Jun 1904 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England.

BAPTISM Stoke Bruerne Par.Church, Northants Rec.Off.Ref.303P/19 no.542.

BURIAL Stoke Bruerne Parish Ch. Northants Rec.Off.Ref.303P/12 no.1433, age 24 days.

Moffat was born about 1850 in , , England. He died before 1901. Moffat married Eleanor.

KNOWN only from widow, birthdate estimated from hers.

Eleanor was born about 1852 in Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, England. She married Moffat.

CENSUS 1901 of Shutlanger, Northamptonshire, PRO ref RG13/1411, enumerator 8, folio 92, page 3, schedule 14, on Stoke Road, age 48, widowed school mistress, living with the baker Hails.


Griffiths was born about 1830 in , , England. He died before 1901. Griffiths married Maria.

KNOWN only from widow.

Maria was born about 1829 in Calow, Derbyshire, England. She married Griffiths.

CENSUS 1901 of Shutlanger, Northamptonshire, PRO ref RG13/1411, enumerator 8, folio 92, page 3, schedule 18, at Farm House, age 71 a visitor to Farmer Bull. A widow.


Leslie Henry Howells was born on 26 Jul 1925 in Cardiff, , Wales. He died on 23 Aug 1989 in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England. Leslie married Janet Mabel Jackson on 4 Oct 1947.

DETAILS from his daughter. He was in diplomatic service.

Janet Mabel Jackson [Parents] was born on 24 Nov 1925 in , , England. She died on 24 Aug 1993. Janet married Leslie Henry Howells on 4 Oct 1947.

BIRTH & Death dates from her daughter Jackie Crowther (email Nov 2002). Her husband was in diplomatic service so they lived in various countries including Ethiopia.


George Bass [Parents] was born in Shutlanger, Northamptonshire, England and was christened on 22 May 1836 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England. He died on 26 Feb 1927 and was buried in Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, England. George married Esther.

Other marriages:
, Susanna

BAPTISM Stoke Bruerne Par.Church, Northants Rec.Off.Ref.303P/13 no.564.

CENSUS 1841 Shutlanger, Northants. Film no. 438873, page 5, age 5.

CENSUS 1851 Shutlanger, Northants. Film no. 087691, page 18 no.83 Age 14, Occupation labourer.

CENSUS 1871 Shutlanger, Northants. Film no. 838792, page 3 no.12 Age 35, Occupation labourer.

CENSUS 1881 Shutlanger, Northants. Film no. 1341370. page 13 no.78 Age 45, Occupation agricultural labourer.

CENSUS 1891. Shutlanger, Northants. Fiche no. 6096298, page 6 no.45 Age 54, Occupation agricultural labourer. He was a widower. His family lived next door to Francis White where the two sisters lived, the placing of George as a brother is speculative.

CENSUS 1901 of Shutlanger, Northamptonshire, PRO ref RG13/1411, enumerator 8, folio 93, page 4, schedule 28, in Baker's Lane, age 65, coal dealer with a new wife.

DEATH from grave marker, see book no.200, aged 90 years. buried together with his daughter, the 2nd Elizabeth Jane.

Esther was born about 1836 in Yardley, Northamptonshire, England. She married George Bass.

CENSUS 1901 of Shutlanger, Northamptonshire, PRO ref RG13/1411, enumerator 8, folio 93, page 4, schedule 28, in Baker's Lane, age 64, wife of coal dealer, birthplace from here.


Harry Grisbrook Child [Parents] was born on 4 Nov 1878 in Shutlanger, Northants, England and was christened on 4 May 1879 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England. He died on 2 Jan 1921 and was buried in Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, England. Harry married Annie E.

BAPTISM Stoke Bruerne Par.Church, Northants Rec.Off.Ref.303P/19 no.44.

CENSUS 1881 Shutlanger, Northants. Film no. 1341370. page 13 no.80 Age 2.

CENSUS 1891. Shutlanger, Northants. Fiche no. 6096298, page 5 no.33 Age 12.

CENSUS 1901 of Shutlanger, Northamptonshire, PRO ref RG13/1411, enumerator 8, folio 93, page 4, schedule 30, in Baker's Lane, age 22, married, living with mother.

NOTE he was one from Shutlanger who finished the first War as a private and was listed at a Peace Celebration dinner given by Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs H A Vernon at Stoke Park on 18 Jul 1919 for the combatants of Stoke Bruerne and Shutlanger. (source Peter J Hawkins who quotes the August issue of Practivcal Family History pg 47).

DEATH from grave marker (no.168 in book). Age given as 42.

Annie E was born about 1879 in Shutlanger, Northamptonshire, England. She married Harry Grisbrook Child.

CENSUS 1901 of Shutlanger, Northamptonshire, PRO ref RG13/1411, enumerator 8, folio 93, page 4, schedule 30, in Baker's Lane, age 24, a laundress.

NOTE though she is listed as bring born at Shutlanger in the 1901 census, there is no record of the marriage in the parish church.


John Chamberlain [Parents] was born about 1854 in Gayton, Northamptonshire, England. He died before 1916. John married Harriott Linnell on 5 May 1874 in Gayton, Nothamptonshire, England.

CENSUS 1871 at 3 Haynes Yard, Gayton, PRO ref RG10/1472, page 6, schedule 31, age 16, unmarried, a labourer.

KNOWN first from marriage of his daughter and one of his sons. A labourer. The 1881 census entry fits with outher known facts, as his wife was living as a housekeeper.

MARRIAGE from John Lockely (email Apr 2006).

CENSUS 1881 from www.familysearch,org. At Gayton, Northampton, England. LDS FHL film no. 1341370, PRO Ref. RG11-1535 folio 48 Page 9. Age 26, an iron miner, listed as married but at home with family.

CENSUS 1891 at Gayton, PRO ref RG12/1188, folio 43, page 13, schedule 91, age 36, an iron miner.

DEATH date from marriage of his son, when he was listed as a platelayer (if the same John) in 1916. Later moved to 1909 as Minnie Mallard Chamberlain who also listed him as her father stated he was deceased at her marriage. Minnie was actually the daughter of his wife and presumably Jabez Mallard.

Harriott Linnell [Parents] was born on 28 Jun 1854 in Shutlanger, Northants, England and was christened on 27 Aug 1854 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England. She died about Nov 1893 in Towcester, Nothamptonshire, England. Harriott married John Chamberlain on 5 May 1874 in Gayton, Nothamptonshire, England.

Other marriages:
,
Mallard, Jabez

CHRISTENING Stoke Bruerne Par.Church, Northants Rec.Off.Ref.303/P13 no.1018.

CENSUS 1861 Shutlanger, Northants. Film no. 542722, page 3 no.31 age 6 staying with her aunt Ann Smith (though census lists her as the aunt).

CENSUS 1871 Shutlanger, Northants. Film no. 838792, page 13 no.77 Age 16, Occupation lace maker. With her widowed mother.

MARRIAGE from John Lockely (email Apr 2006).

WORKHOUSE record, Towcester 1878. Shge was here with her child. John Chamberlain was asked for support and said he would support the child but not his wife "in her idleness". Information from John Lu=ockley (email May 2006).

CENSUS 1881 from familysearch.org. At the home of Jabez Mallard on the Northampton & Towcester Road in Blisworth. LDS FHL film number 1341370, PRO RG11/1535 folio 63, page 10. As Housekeeper (Jabez was a widower with three children under 10). Aged 27. Listed as Married so she must have been separated from her husband.

WORKHOUSE, Towcester 1883, steps were taken to affiliate 2 illigitimate childed upon Jabez Mallard of Blisworth.

WORKHOUSE, Towcester 1884. She was there from this point for 10 years. In 1894 there is a note that she needed to be removed from her "old associates" after committing acts of indecerncy in the House. (from John Lockley - email May 2006).

WORKHOUSE, Towcester, August 1886. She was apprehended for desertion of her children and sentenced to 2 months hard labour in prison.

DEATH from John Lockely (email Apr 2006), Dec qtr 1893 in Towcester aged 40..

They had the following children:

  F i Annie Rebecca Chamberlain was born on 18 May 1874 in Gayton, Northamptonshire, England.

BIRTH date and middle name from John Lockley, (email Jul 2005).

CENSUS 1881 from www.familysearch,org. At Gayton, Northampton, England. LDS FHL film no. 1341370, PRO Ref. RG11-1535 folio 48 Page 9. Age 6, a scholar. Living with her father in her grandparents house.
  M ii William George Chamberlain was born about 1875 and died on 21 Feb 1953.

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