Families of the Parish of Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, England


Andrew Manning Wickes [Parents] was born about 1881 in . He married Lilly Sarrington on 19 Jun 1905 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England.

MARRIAGE Stoke Bruerne Parish Ch. Northants Rec.Off.no. 303P/21 no.417.

NOTE: additional details provided by Michael Austin a descendant of the family. He was the nephew of Franlyn descendant of the President of USA.

Lilly Sarrington [Parents] was born on 5 Nov 1881 in Wellingborough, Northamtonshire, England and was christened on 9 May 1886 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England. She died about 1963 in Wellingborough, Northamtonshire, England. Lilly married Andrew Manning Wickes on 19 Jun 1905 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England.

BAPTISM Stoke Bruerne Par.Church, Northants Rec.Off.Ref.303P/19 no.220. It states here that the birth date was Feb.1982.

CENSUS 1891. Stoke Bruerne, Northants. Fiche no. 6096298, page 2 no.10 Age 9, Born Wellingborough.

MARRIAGE Stoke Bruerne Parish Ch. Northants Rec.Off.no. 303P/21 no.417.

NOTE: additional details provided by Michael Austin a descendant of the family. He gives the birth date I have used, though it disagrees with the note in the Baptismal record it is more logical in view of the birth date of the next child. He husband was nephew of Franklyn descendant of the President of USA. She had one son who pre-deceased her.


Thomas Wickes was born before 1860. He died before 1905.

KNOWN from wedding of his son. A shoe manufacturer, already dead.

He had the following children:

  M i Andrew Manning Wickes was born about 1881.

Harry Edward Valentine [Parents] was born on 1 Apr 1876 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England and was christened on 22 Jan 1877 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England. He married Louisa Elizabeth Atkins on 10 Oct 1905 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England.

CHRISTENING Stoke Bruerne Par.Church, Northants Rec.Off.Ref.303/P13 no.1579.

CENSUS 1881 Stoke Bruerne, Northants. Film no. 1341370. page 16 no.76 Age 4.

CENSUS 1891. Stoke Bruerne, Northants. Fiche no. 6096298, page 8 no. 47 Age 14, Occupation house boy.

CENSUS 1901 of Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, PRO ref RG13/1411, enumerator 7, folio 85, page 10, schedule 78, in The Lane, age 24, an unmarried gardener, still living with his parents.

MARRIAGE Stoke Bruerne Parish Ch. Northants Rec.Off.no. 303P/21 no.418.

NOTE he is probably the Harold who finished the first War as a private with the Military Medal 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).

Louisa Elizabeth Atkins [Parents] was born about 1884 in . She married Harry Edward Valentine on 10 Oct 1905 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England.

MARRIAGE Stoke Bruerne Parish Ch. Northants Rec.Off.no. 303P/21 no.418.


Robert Atkins was born before 1865.

KNOWN from marriage of his daughter. A labourer.

He had the following children:

  F i Louisa Elizabeth Atkins was born about 1884.

Frank Young [Parents] was born about 1877 in , , England. He married Isabella Caroline Louise Wrighton on 18 Oct 1905 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England.

MARRIAGE Stoke Bruerne Parish Ch. Northants Rec.Off.no. 303P/21 no.419. a farmer from Stuckbury (rest of name unreadable).

Isabella Caroline Louise Wrighton [Parents] was born about 1875 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England. She married Frank Young on 18 Oct 1905 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England.

CENSUS 1881 Stoke Bruerne, Northants. Film no. 1341370. page 4 no.18 Age 5.

CENSUS 1891. Stoke Bruerne, Northants. Fiche no. 6096298, page 5 no.29 Age 15.

CENSUS 1901 of Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, PRO ref RG13/1411, enumerator 7, folio 82, page 5, schedule 30, in Chapel Lane, age 25. Household dutires at home.

MARRIAGE Stoke Bruerne Parish Ch. Northants Rec.Off.no. 303P/21 no.419.


Thomas Young was born before 1860.

KNOWN from marriage of his son. A farmer, maybe the same person as the Thomas Young who was farming at Stoke Gap in 1891.

He had the following children:

  M i Frank Young was born about 1877.

Herbert Valentine [Parents] was born on 29 Aug 1884 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England and was christened on 2 Nov 1884 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England. He married Mildred Cross on 26 Dec 1905 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England.

BAPTISM Stoke Bruerne Par.Church, Northants Rec.Off.Ref.303P/19 no.186.

CENSUS 1891. Stoke Bruerne, Northants. Fiche no. 6096298, page 8 no. 50 Age 7.

CENSUS 1901 of Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, PRO ref RG13/1411, enumerator 7, folio 85, page 10, schedule 74, in The Lane, age 16. A labourer.

MARRIAGE Stoke Bruerne Parish Ch. Northants Rec.Off.no. 303P/21 no.420.

NOTE he is probably the Herbert 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).

Mildred Cross [Parents] was born about 1870 in , , England. She married Herbert Valentine on 26 Dec 1905 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England.

MARRIAGE Stoke Bruerne Parish Ch. Northants Rec.Off.no. 303P/21 no.420.


Samuel Cross was born about 1850.

KNOWN from marriage of his daugther. A labourer.

He had the following children:

  F i Mildred Cross was born about 1870.

William Eyer [Parents] was born about 1884 in , , England. He married Florence Woodward on 21 May 1906 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England.

MARRIAGE Stoke Bruerne Parish Ch. Northants Rec.Off.no. 303P/21 no.422. a labourer of Stoke Bruerne. Spelling of surname from record and signature, but maybe a new spelling of Ayers?? (however see note on father and son from a Steve Eyres - living 2004).

NOTE at baptism of son in 1906 he is listed as a labourer of Blisworth.

Florence Woodward [Parents] was born on 6 Apr 1884 in Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, England and was christened on 24 May 1885 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England. She married William Eyer on 21 May 1906 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England.

BAPTISM Stoke Bruerne Par.Church, Northants Rec.Off.Ref.303P/19 no.200.

CENSUS 1901 from Peter Hawkins (letter May 2003) general domestic servant in Northampton.

NOTE: I have a listing of her descendants from Margaret Jenkins, sent by Peter Hawkins.

They had the following children:

  M i Thomas William Eyer was born on 13 Oct 1906 and was christened on 18 Nov 1906 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England.

BAPTISM Stoke Bruerne Par.Church, Northants Rec.Off.Ref.303P/19 no.588.

NOTE Steve Eyres says he worked at Wolverton Railway works from 1924 for 46 years (email Apr 2004).

John Thomas Eyer was born in 1851 in Weldon, Northamptonshire, England. He died in Jan 1936 and was buried in Greens Norton, Northamptonshire, England.

NOTE known first from marriage of his son. A labourer.

BIRTH & DEATH/BURIAL data from Steve Eyres (email Apr 2004).

He had the following children:

  M i William Eyer was born about 1884.

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