Hello all, My gt gt grandfather, Thomas Brain (b 1844) married his first wife, Helen Smith in Kensington, Middx, in 1867. Helen died at 14 Goodhind Street, Clifton, in April 1869, and Thomas married my gt gt grandmother, Ellen Boulter, on Jully 22 1869. As he married so soon after Helen's death, I wondered if she may have died in childbirth (cause of death: acute encephalitis and fever) and if so, did he marry Ellen to raise the child? We have no record of any children from this marriage living in the 1871 census. Thomas and Ellen's first born was named Helena Alice Maud, (in honour of Helen?) but she was born and died in 1870. If anyone has access to baptism records, were any children baptised to Thomas and Helen between 1867-1869? Many thanks, Lindsey
You probably already know but Familysearch Record Search has several christenings for children of Thomas & Ellen BRAIN from about 1871 onwards but nothing for a Thomas & Helen. There is registration on FreeBMD of a William James W BRAIN being born in 1868 and dying in the same quarter as Helen in 1869 who might be worth following up. The 3 forenames names does fit with your family! Best wishes Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lindsey Guest" <[email protected]> To: "Bristol Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 2:26 PM Subject: [B&D] Thomas Brain and Helen Smith offspring? > > Hello all, > > My gt gt grandfather, Thomas Brain (b 1844) married his first wife, Helen > Smith in Kensington, Middx, in 1867. > Helen > died at 14 Goodhind Street, Clifton, in April 1869, and Thomas married > my gt gt grandmother, Ellen Boulter, on Jully 22 1869. > > As he > married so soon after Helen's death, I wondered if she may have died in > childbirth (cause of death: acute encephalitis and fever) and if so, > did he marry Ellen to raise the child? We have no record of any > children from this marriage living in the 1871 census. Thomas and > Ellen's first born was named Helena Alice Maud, (in honour of Helen?) > but she was born and died in 1870. > > If anyone has access to baptism records, were any children baptised to > Thomas and Helen between 1867-1869? > > Many thanks, > Lindsey > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >