As we travel over cyberspace and dusty library shelves we pick up all sorts
of 
references to Brinsmeads. Sometimes these references fit into the bigger
picture. At other times, like the blue sky bits of a puzzle, they sit on the sidelines
waiting for their place to be found.
We have wondered where John Brinsmead (born 1814) was when the 1891 census
was taken. We recently found the answer. He was on his holidays, at the beach in
Hastings with his son Thomas James and Thomas' family. We doubt the venerable 76
year old was renting a deck chair under the sun with knots tied in the corner of
his hankie. He is indexed as John Brinsonead (a new one for the collection!). He
is staying in a rooming house run by Henry and Georgina Smith at 61 Warrior
Square. Another guest was Gustav Libottons, listed as a Professor of Music.
Thomas James' family is also there, including his wife Elizabeth, age 44, son
Herbert, age 19, an apprentice to piano manufacturer, son Reginald, age 15, a
student, daughter Elsie, age 13, Winnifred, age 11, a scholar, and nephew Walter
B. Billinghurst, age 14, a scholar.
The new National Burial Index CD listed only two Brinsmeads (largely
because Devon is not included in the project). They are:
- 10th October 1874 - Hugh Henry Brinsmead Age 3 Yorks WR, Doncaster, Hyde
Park Cemetery.
- 18th September 1877 Hugh Brinsmeade (?) Age 45 Yorks WR, Doncaster, Hyde
Park Cemetery.
A family history page for the Scadding family http://www.scadding.demon.co.uk/EVERY001.HTM
includes the following
reference. If he worked at the firm in 1861 he would have been with the firm
when it still had a relatively small staff.
George Robert Scadding (John, Robert Scadden,
John, JohnScadding,
Moses, Mark, Aaron,
Mark, John) was born
on 13 Mar 1838 at Westminster, Middx. He married Elizabeth Green
on 21 Jan 1866 at St. James's Church, Bermondsey, Surrey
He married Mary Norris, daughter of John Norris,
on 2 Jun 1872 at Saint Olave, Southwark. He died on 17 Sep 1917 at London at
age 79.
He was Pianoforte Maker (1861) Insurance Agent (1905). He Worked in Camden
Town at Brinsmead's piano manufactury. He and Elizabeth Green
According to Jessima Alice Scadding, George Robert tore the references to his
second family out of the family Bible. He would not let anyone see the family
notes until the relevant sheets had been removed. George Robert had a drink
problem, but ended life a strict tea-totaller. George Robert lived in Allcroft
Road, then moved to Burghley Road t be near John William's family in
Evangelist Road, in about 1911. There he had a small flat with his carpenter's
bench set up.
BRINSMEAD Lt. Col. H. (M.C., O.B.E.)
A
pilot in WW1 , he became the first Controller of Civil Aviation after the war.
He fiercely defended Government policy of not allowing Airways to compete with
the Railways, thus frustrating the hopes of QANTAS at the time. He had a
difficult task controlling not only development of aviation ,but also the
daredevil flyers of the era. They were a wild ,unruly lot.
('Flying Matilda',Norman Ellison)
Information from: http://www.tne.net.au/wil/avhisaa.html
Tombstone Ck 3: (Flat) in Northam Cemetry reads:
Here
Lie The Remains Of Elizth The Wife Of
Robert Day Who Departed This Life The
10 Day Of May 1803 Aged 22 Years
Also Here Rests The Remains Of Mary
H. Brinsmead Of This Parish Who Died
The 15th July 1837 Aged 22 Months
Reader Prepare To Meet Thy God.
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