Looks like the famous builder of Clifton Suspension Bridge, Temple Meads Station in Bristol, etc. Edna - Ottawa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Hardy" <LindaAnnHardy@bigpond.com> To: <ENG-HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 8:38 AM Subject: [ENG-HANTS] BRUNEL stray 1851 Census 1851 Census H107 1480 page 297 and 298 17 and 18 Duke Street, St Margaret Westminster, London Isambard BRUNEL, age 44, Civil Engineer, born Portsmouth, Hampshire Mary Elizabeth BRUNEL, wife, age 37, born Kennington, Surrey Lady Sophia BRUNEL, Mother, widow, age 76, Lady, born Westminster Isambard BRUNEL, son, age 13, scholar at home, born Westminster Henry Mark BRUNEL, son, age 8, scholar at home, born Westminster Florence Mary BRUNEL, dau, age 3, scholar at home, born Westminster Linda Tasmania, Australia ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx

For a picture of his memorial in Porstmouth and a bit about him see http://www.memorials.inportsmouth.co.uk/dockyard/brunel.htm Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edna & Ken" <ekbrit@rogers.com> To: <ENG-HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 2:34 PM Subject: [ENG-HANTS] BRUNEL stray 1851 Census > Looks like the famous builder of Clifton Suspension Bridge, Temple Meads > Station in Bristol, etc. > > Edna - Ottawa > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Linda Hardy" <LindaAnnHardy@bigpond.com> > To: <ENG-HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 8:38 AM > Subject: [ENG-HANTS] BRUNEL stray 1851 Census > > > 1851 Census H107 1480 page 297 and 298 > 17 and 18 Duke Street, St Margaret Westminster, London > Isambard BRUNEL, age 44, Civil Engineer, born Portsmouth, Hampshire > Mary Elizabeth BRUNEL, wife, age 37, born Kennington, Surrey > Lady Sophia BRUNEL, Mother, widow, age 76, Lady, born Westminster > Isambard BRUNEL, son, age 13, scholar at home, born Westminster > Henry Mark BRUNEL, son, age 8, scholar at home, born Westminster > Florence Mary BRUNEL, dau, age 3, scholar at home, born Westminster > > > Linda > Tasmania, Australia > > > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > >

Hi Chris, Thanks for the memorial. I didn't know that the famous BRUNEL was Portsmouth born, until today. Edna - Ottawa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris and Caroline" <chris@chayles.freeserve.co.uk> To: <ENG-HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 10:20 AM Subject: Re: [ENG-HANTS] BRUNEL stray 1851 Census For a picture of his memorial in Porstmouth and a bit about him see http://www.memorials.inportsmouth.co.uk/dockyard/brunel.htm Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edna & Ken" <ekbrit@rogers.com> To: <ENG-HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 2:34 PM Subject: [ENG-HANTS] BRUNEL stray 1851 Census > Looks like the famous builder of Clifton Suspension Bridge, Temple Meads > Station in Bristol, etc. > > Edna - Ottawa > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Linda Hardy" <LindaAnnHardy@bigpond.com> > To: <ENG-HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 8:38 AM > Subject: [ENG-HANTS] BRUNEL stray 1851 Census > > > 1851 Census H107 1480 page 297 and 298 > 17 and 18 Duke Street, St Margaret Westminster, London > Isambard BRUNEL, age 44, Civil Engineer, born Portsmouth, Hampshire > Mary Elizabeth BRUNEL, wife, age 37, born Kennington, Surrey > Lady Sophia BRUNEL, Mother, widow, age 76, Lady, born Westminster > Isambard BRUNEL, son, age 13, scholar at home, born Westminster > Henry Mark BRUNEL, son, age 8, scholar at home, born Westminster > Florence Mary BRUNEL, dau, age 3, scholar at home, born Westminster > > > Linda > Tasmania, Australia > > > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx

Hi List This reminds me of the time I was looking up a baptism for an antipodean correspondent, and found her ancestor's entry on the same page as that of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, son of Mark Brunel (who built the world's first powered production line in Portsmouth Dockyard, for making pulley blocks). When I proudly reported this to my correspondent, I got the bemused reply 'Who's Isambard Kngdom Brunel?' Cheers, Dave Jacobs ================ At 15:47 23/08/2005, you wrote: >Hi Chris, Thanks for the memorial. I didn't know that the famous BRUNEL >was Portsmouth born, until today. > >Edna - Ottawa > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Chris and Caroline" <chris@chayles.freeserve.co.uk> >To: <ENG-HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 10:20 AM >Subject: Re: [ENG-HANTS] BRUNEL stray 1851 Census > > >For a picture of his memorial in Porstmouth and a bit about him see >http://www.memorials.inportsmouth.co.uk/dockyard/brunel.htm >Chris > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Edna & Ken" <ekbrit@rogers.com> >To: <ENG-HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 2:34 PM >Subject: [ENG-HANTS] BRUNEL stray 1851 Census > > > > Looks like the famous builder of Clifton Suspension Bridge, Temple Meads > > Station in Bristol, etc. > > > > Edna - Ottawa > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Linda Hardy" <LindaAnnHardy@bigpond.com> > > To: <ENG-HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 8:38 AM > > Subject: [ENG-HANTS] BRUNEL stray 1851 Census > > > > > > 1851 Census H107 1480 page 297 and 298 > > 17 and 18 Duke Street, St Margaret Westminster, London > > Isambard BRUNEL, age 44, Civil Engineer, born Portsmouth, Hampshire > > Mary Elizabeth BRUNEL, wife, age 37, born Kennington, Surrey > > Lady Sophia BRUNEL, Mother, widow, age 76, Lady, born Westminster > > Isambard BRUNEL, son, age 13, scholar at home, born Westminster > > Henry Mark BRUNEL, son, age 8, scholar at home, born Westminster > > Florence Mary BRUNEL, dau, age 3, scholar at home, born Westminster > > > > > > Linda > > Tasmania, Australia > > > > > > > > ============================== > > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > > > > > >============================== >Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > > >============================== >Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx " Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it. -Mark Twain, author and humorist (1835-1910) Fashion is something barbarous, for it produces innovation without reason and imitation without benefit. -George Santayana, philosopher (1863-1952)

Hi List, Wasn't the father involved in building the London Victorian sewers at this time? Or have I remembered the wrong person? I remember seeing a very interesting TV program on the subject some time ago, but a senior moment has deprived me of the name:-) Sandra Edna & Ken wrote: >Looks like the famous builder of Clifton Suspension Bridge, Temple Meads >Station in Bristol, etc. > >Edna - Ottawa > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Linda Hardy" <LindaAnnHardy@bigpond.com> >To: <ENG-HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 8:38 AM >Subject: [ENG-HANTS] BRUNEL stray 1851 Census > > >1851 Census H107 1480 page 297 and 298 >17 and 18 Duke Street, St Margaret Westminster, London >Isambard BRUNEL, age 44, Civil Engineer, born Portsmouth, Hampshire >Mary Elizabeth BRUNEL, wife, age 37, born Kennington, Surrey >Lady Sophia BRUNEL, Mother, widow, age 76, Lady, born Westminster >Isambard BRUNEL, son, age 13, scholar at home, born Westminster >Henry Mark BRUNEL, son, age 8, scholar at home, born Westminster >Florence Mary BRUNEL, dau, age 3, scholar at home, born Westminster > > >Linda >Tasmania, Australia > > > >============================== >Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > > >============================== >Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > > >

Marc Isambard Brunel built the Thames Tunnel between Rotherhithe and Wapping: I think that was featured in a TV programme - I seem to remember a banquet being held in it! He also developed mechanical ships blocks (pulleys), which he installed in Portsmouth Dockyard (was that what he was doing in Portsmouth when Isambard Kingdom was born?). Info here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/brunel_marc.shtml Karen On 23/08/05, Sandra J Smith <sandra.s@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > Hi List, > Wasn't the father involved in building the London Victorian sewers at > this time? Or have I remembered the wrong person? I remember seeing a > very interesting TV program on the subject some time ago, but a senior > moment has deprived me of the name:-) > Sandra > >

Hi Edna, Yes I recognised the name when I saw it, I had no idea where he was from even though I had heard of him so was quite surprised to discover this Hampshire stray. Linda Tasmania, Australia > Looks like the famous builder of Clifton Suspension Bridge, Temple Meads > Station in Bristol, etc. > > Edna - Ottawa > > 1851 Census H107 1480 page 297 and 298 > 17 and 18 Duke Street, St Margaret Westminster, London > Isambard BRUNEL, age 44, Civil Engineer, born Portsmouth, Hampshire > Mary Elizabeth BRUNEL, wife, age 37, born Kennington, Surrey > Lady Sophia BRUNEL, Mother, widow, age 76, Lady, born Westminster > Isambard BRUNEL, son, age 13, scholar at home, born Westminster > Henry Mark BRUNEL, son, age 8, scholar at home, born Westminster > Florence Mary BRUNEL, dau, age 3, scholar at home, born Westminster