Families of Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire,England


Pierce Howrigan-254 was born in <1830> in <Oxford, Oxon, England>. He was married about 1855.

NOTE: Known only through marriage of daughter, he was a dyer.

He had the following children:

  F i Elizabeth Howrigan-28

John Burrows-4505 was born about 1829 in Quinton, Northamptonshire, England. He married Jane Turton-4918 after 1840 in Kislingbury, Northamptonshire, England.

DATA from Robert Jones (email Oct 2001).

Jane Turton-4918 [Parents] was born in 1827 in Northchurch, Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire, England. She married John Burrows-4505 after 1840 in Kislingbury, Northamptonshire, England.

DATA from Robert Jones (email Oct 2001).


Henry Crofts-257 [Parents] was born on 11 Jun 1843 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England. He was christened on 6 Aug 1843 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England. He married Esther Tew-118 on 24 Oct 1866 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England.

CHRISTENING Stoke Bruerne Par.Church, Northants Rec.Off.Ref.303/P13 no.735.

CENSUS 1851 Shutlanger, Northants. Film no. 087691, page 20 no.92 Age 7.

CENSUS 1861 Shutlanger, Northants. Film no. 542722, page 7 no.38 Age 17, Occupation agricultural labourer.

MARRIAGE Stoke Bruerne Parish Ch. Northants Rec. Off. no. 303P/21 no.193. PRO ref. (thanks to Alan Coles) 3b/53, Towcester,4th qu. 1866.

CENSUS 1871 Shutlanger, Northants. Film no. 838792, page 2 no.7 Age 28, Occupation agricultural labourer.

CENSUS 1881 Stoke Bruerne, Northants. Film no. 1341370. page 17 no.81 Age 37, Occupation farm labourer.

CENSUS 1891. Stoke Bruerne, Northants. Film no. 6096298, page 7 #42. Age 45, Occupation agricultural labourer, Born Stoke Bruerne.

CENSUS 1901 of Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, PRO ref RG13/1411, enumerator 7, folio 83, page 6, schedule 46, Brickyard Road, age 56, a stock man on farm.

CENSUS 1911 of Stoke Bruerne, Ref. RG14/8342, schedule 38. Age 66, a widower and cowman of farm. He had 10 children of whom opnly 7 are still alive.

Esther Tew-118 [Parents] was born on 10 Mar 1846 in Roade, Northants, England. She was christened on 5 Nov 1848 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England. She was buried on 13 Sep 1899 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England. She married Henry Crofts-257 on 24 Oct 1866 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England.

BIRTH PRO ref. (thanks to Alan Coles) XV.281, Hardingstone, qu. 1846. Alan gives a middle name of Ann.

CHRISTENING Stoke Bruerne Par.Church, Northants Rec.Off.Ref.303/P13 no.875.

CENSUS 1851 Stoke Bruerne, Northants. Film no. 087691, page 13 no.58 Age 5, Occupation lace maker. List as born Roade.

CENSUS 1861 Stoke Bruerne, Northants. Film no. 542722. page 9 no 50. Age 15, Occupation net maker.

MARRIAGE Stoke Bruerne Parish Ch. Northants Rec. Off. no. 303P/21 no.193, recorded as Hester, but signature is Esther. (St Catherine's index 4th qu. 1866 3b 51)

CENSUS 1871 Shutlanger, Northants. Film no. 838792, page 2 no.7 Age 25, Occupation lace maker.

CENSUS 1881 Stoke Bruerne, Northants. Film no. 1341370. page 17 no.81 Age 35.

CENSUS 1891. Stoke Bruerne, Northants. Film no. 6096298, page 7 no.42. Age 45, Born Stoke Bruerne.

BURIAL Stoke Bruerne Par.Church, Northants Rec.Off.Ref.303P/12 no.1377 age 53, recorded as Hester.

They had the following children:

  M i George Henry Crofts-240
  F ii Mary Ann Crofts-1524 was born on 12 Dec 1868 in Shutlanger, Northants, England. She was christened on 28 Mar 1869 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England.

CHRISTENING Stoke Bruerne Par.Church, Northants Rec.Off.Ref.303/P13 no.1370.

CENSUS 1871 Shutlanger, Northants. Film no. 838792, page 2 no.7
Age 2.

CENSUS 1881 Stoke Bruerne, Northants. Film no. 1341370. page 17 no.81
Age 12.
  F iii Esther Elizabeth Crofts-1876 was born about Mar 1871 in Shutlanger, Northants, England. She died about May 1871.

CENSUS 1871 Shutlanger, Northants. Film no. 838792, page 2 no.7 Age 1 mo.

DEATH based on registration record for 2nd qu. 1871 for the Towcester district. Age at death 0 years. Ref 3b13. Middle name Elizabeth.
  M iv William Crofts-236 was born on 18 Jun 1872 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England. He was christened on 6 Oct 1872 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England.

CHRISTENING Stoke Bruerne Par.Church, Northants Rec.Off.Ref.303/P13 no.1474.

CENSUS 1881 Stoke Bruerne, Northants. Film no. 1341370. page 17 no.81 Age 8.

CENSUS 1891. Stoke Bruerne, Northants. Film no. 6096298, page 7 #42. Age 18, Occupation agricultural labourer, Born Stoke Bruerne.

NOTE he is probably the William Croft 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).
  F v Kate Elizabeth Crofts-231
  F vi Esther Amelia Crofts-2817 was born about Jun 1876 in <Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England>. She was buried on 9 Sep 1876 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England.

BURIAL Stoke Bruerne Par.Church, Northants Rec.Off.Ref.303P/12 no.1082 aged 11 weeks according to the record. The record has been changed both as to name and age. This matches with the Towecester district record for the third quarter 1876, age 0, ref 3B 11.
  F vii Bertha Crofts-4191 was born on 31 Oct 1878. She was christened on 24 Dec 1878 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England. She was buried on 16 Feb 1879 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England.

BAPTISM Stoke Bruerne Par.Church, Northants Rec.Off.Ref.303P/19 no.28.

BURIAL Stoke Bruerne Par.Church, Northants Rec.Off.Ref.303P/12 no.1122
age 15 weeks
  F viii Minnie May Crofts-228
  M ix Frederick Charles Crofts-221 was born on 12 Aug 1881 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England. He was christened on 25 Dec 1881 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England.

BAPTISM Stoke Bruerne Par.Church, Northants Rec.Off.Ref.303P/19 no.113.

CENSUS 1891. Stoke Bruerne, Northants. Film no. 6096298, page 7 #42.
Age 9, Born Stoke Bruerne.
  F x Eva Rose Crofts-215

William Crofts-256 was born about 1812 in Daventry, Northants, England. He was buried on 27 May 1881 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England. He married Catherine Denny-2279 about 1840.

MARRIAGE Stoke Bruerne Parish Ch. Northants Rec. Off. no. 303P/21 no.12.

CENSUS 1851 Shutlanger, Northants. Film no. 087691, page 20 no.92 Age 37, Occupation brick maker.

CENSUS 1861 Shutlanger, Northants. Film no. 542722, page 7 no.38 Age 46, Occupation agricultural labourer.

CENSUS 1871 Shutlanger, Northants. Film no. 838792, page 8 no.47 Age 58, Occupation Iron stone labourer, living alone, but shown as married - his wife must have been visiting somewhere.

CENSUS 1881 on CD, at Northampton & Towcester Rd, Blisworth, Northampton, England. Source:FHL Film 1341370 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 1535 Folio 63 Page 9. Age 68, a farm labourer.

BURIAL Stoke Bruerne Par.Church, Northants Rec.Off.Ref.303P/12 no.1150 age 69. Listed here as a resident of Blisworth.

Catherine Denny-2279 [Parents] was born about 1818 in Shutlanger, Northants, England. She married William Crofts-256 about 1840.

MARRIAGE Stoke Bruerne Parish Ch. Northants Rec. Off. no. 303P/21 no.12.

CENSUS 1851 Shutlanger, Northants. Film no. 087691, page 20 no.92 Age 32, Occupation lace maker.

CENSUS 1861 Shutlanger, Northants. Film no. 542722, page 7 no.38 Age 42, Occupation lace maker.

CENSUS 1881 on CD, at Northampton & Towcester Rd, Blisworth, Northampton, England. Source:FHL Film 1341370 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 1535 Folio 63 Page 9. Age 63.

CENSUS 1901 of Shutlanger, Northamptonshire, PRO ref RG13/1411, enumerator 8, folio 93, page 5, schedule 32, in Bakers lane, age 83, a widow, the aunt of Jospeh Goodridge, with whom she was staying.

They had the following children:

  M i Will Croft-2755 was born on 10 Aug 1840 in Shutlanger, Northants, England. He was christened on 16 Sep 1840 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England.

CHRISTENING Stoke Bruerne Par.Church, Northants Rec.Off.Ref.303/P13 no.674.

CENSUS 1851 Shutlanger, Northants. Film no. 087691, page 20 no.92
Age 12, Occupation brick maker.
  M ii Henry Crofts-257
  M iii George Crofts-2280 was born about 1847 in Shutlanger, Northants, England. He was christened on 4 Jun 1848 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England.

CHRISTENING Stoke Bruerne Par.Church, Northants Rec.Off.Ref.303/P13 no.860.

CENSUS 1851 Shutlanger, Northants. Film no. 087691, page 20 no.92
Age 3.

CENSUS 1861 Shutlanger, Northants. Film no. 542722, page 7 no.38
Age 13, Occupation agricultural labourer.

Clayton-203 was born in <1849> in <Wootton, Northants, England>. He died before 1930. He married Elizabeth Wooding-224 after 1890.

NOTE: Known only through name of wife (personal remembrance of his wife's
great-grandson as a small boy).

Elizabeth Wooding-224 was born on 15 Sep 1853 in Wootton, Northants, England. She married Clayton-203 after 1890.

Other marriages:
Tew, Frederick

BIRTH legal certificate shows mother but no father. place of birth was the Union Workhouse at Wootton.

MARRIAGE (details from certificate) in Northampton registry office. occupation lace maker, father's details left blank. witnesses William G. Tew and Sarah Tew. PRO ref. (thanks to Alan Coles) 3b/157, Northampton, 1st qu. 1873

CENSUS 1881 Rushden, Northants. Film no. 1341377. page 16. Age 27, Born Yardley Hastings.

CENSUS 1891. Rushden, Northants. Film no. 6096321, page 37-128. Age 38, Occupation laundress, Born Yardley Hastings, now a widow.

MARRIAGE from personal memory, in the early 1930s she was Great-grandma Clayton, living in Harborough Road, Rushden. When she re-married is not known yet.


John Godfrey-200 was born in <1810> in , , England. He died about May 1910 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. He was married about 1835.

NOTE: Known only through marriage of son Frederick. Alan Cole says he was a bricklayer (email Sep 2007).

DEATH PRO ref. Birmingham, 6d/178, 2nd qu 1910 from Alan Cole (email Sep 2007).

He had the following children:

  M i Frederick Godfrey-90

James Smith Coles-104 was born about 1860 in , , England. He married Elizabeth Ann Godfrey-208 on 6 Jun 1881 in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England.

NOTE middle name from Alan Cole (email Sep 2007).

CENSUS 1881 Roade, Northants. no. 114. Age 19, Occupation Railway labourer, Born Rugby. was a lodger in the home of Frederick Cole, whose daughter he married.

MARRIAGE in the resigter office in the parish of St Sepulchre from Alan Cole (email Sep 2007).

Elizabeth Ann Godfrey-208 [Parents] was born on 11 Jun 1862 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England. She was christened on 5 Oct 1862 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England. She married James Smith Coles-104 on 6 Jun 1881 in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England.

CHRISTENING Stoke Bruerne Par.Church, Northants Rec.Off.Ref.303/P13 no.1210.

CENSUS 1881 Roade, Northants. no. 114. Age 18, Occupation cook, Born Stoke Bruerne.

MARRIAGE in the register office of the parish of St Sepulchre, from Alan Cole (email Sep 2007).

They had the following children:

  M i George Frederick Coles-8636 was born about Feb 1885 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.

BIRTH PRO ref. Birmingham, 6d/165 , 1st qu 1885, from Alan Cole (email Sep 2007).
  M ii James Henry Coles-146 was born on 5 Feb 1892 in Cowbridge, South Glamorgan, Wales.

NOTE: Known only through information given by his son A Cole.
  F iii Elizabeth Kate Coles-8637 was born about May 1897 in Christow, Devon, England.

BIRTH PRO ref. Christow, 5b/33 , 2nd qu 1897, from Alan Cole (email Sep 2007). In the parish of St Thomas.
  M iv George Coles-8639 was born about 1900 in Cardiff, , Wales.

BIRTH from Alan Coles (email Sep 2007). He found a registration in 1901 so I presume the birth date should be 1900, though he gave 1890.
  M v John Henry Coles-8638 was born about Apr 1901 in Christow, Devon, England.

BIRTH PRO ref. Northampton, 3b/61 , 1st qu 1901 from Alan Cole (email Sep 2007), though he was registered in Northampton he was born in Devon..

Walter William Taylor-79 [Parents] was born on 18 Oct 1871 in Calverton, England. He died on 14 Feb 1937 in Birmingham, England. He was buried on 18 Feb 1937 in Knowle, England. He married Georgina Busby-197 on 23 Jun 1892 in West bromwich.

NOTE: Known only through information from Jack Taylor, his grandson. A
gardener 1893-1937.

Georgina Busby-197 was born on 12 Sep 1867 in Solihull. She died on 25 Jan 1932 in Rising Lane, Lapworth. She was buried on 30 Jan 1932 in Knowle. She married Walter William Taylor-79 on 23 Jun 1892 in West bromwich.

NOTE: Known only through information from Jack Taylor.


Francis Dunkley Taylor-261 [Parents] was born on 7 Sep 1874 in Somersham, Hunts, England. He married Martha Whittaker-262 on 20 Dec 1899 in Solihull.

NOTE: Known only through information from Jack Taylor. He was a coachman in
1899.

Martha Whittaker-262 was born in <1878> in <Solihull>. She married Francis Dunkley Taylor-261 on 20 Dec 1899 in Solihull.

NOTE: Known only through information supplied by Jack Taylor.


Henry Austin (Harry) Taylor-246 [Parents] was born on 16 Sep 1880 in The Austin Lodge, Hansworth, Birmingham. He died on 28 Dec 1961. He married Ada Moseley Griffin-263 on 15 Oct 1923 in Olton.

NOTE: Known only through information from Jack Taylor. He was listed as a
joiner at marriage and a carptenter at death.

Ada Moseley Griffin-263 was born on 3 Nov 1877 in Birmingham, England. She died on 22 Mar 1970 in Overstrand, Norfolk, England. She was buried on 26 Mar 1970. She married Henry Austin (Harry) Taylor-246 on 15 Oct 1923 in Olton.

NOTE: Known only through information from Jack Taylor.

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