Wow! what a find. I'd call that 'winning a watch' as we say! :-) Fionnghal > From: Chris Townsend <[email protected]> > Hello Mary, > > In family history research, a question worth asking > yourself is "Has it been > done before?"  To this end, I find there's a recent > book "Brettles of Belper".  See > > http://www.belpernews.co.uk/news/local/book_to_tell_story_of_historic_brettles_1_3390120 > > "Set over more than 200 pages, 'Brettles of Belper' will > cover the history > of the hosiery manufacturer from its > very beginning to the present day" etc............

Hi Fionnghal and all, A friend of mine has this book and it does not help ... it states his origins are unknown and deals mainly with the industry and his business life. A 2nd book has jut been launched (in Belper on Friday last, 2 days after I had visited there) and I don't yet know if it will throw any more light on the parentage of George (my friend is going to buy a copy of the book). George really is a bit of an enigma. If I could find his parents perhaps I could work backwards from there to see how he fits in the big ONS picture. ... and thanks heaps for all of those newspaper/journal entries - George's first child, Mary, who married Rev Charles Jollands, was christened at Arnold, Nottingham in 1813 and now I know what happened to his daughter Emma who was indeed christened 1815 at St Mary's Lambeth. ... and son George Henry was indeed christened at St Mary Lambeth 1819 Ann. He had another two sons, Edward (who according to the 1861 census was 2 years older than George Henry) and Albert (who in 1851 was 3 years younger than George Henry). They are mentioned in George snr's will but I have not been able to find their birth records. If George was from the 'moneyed' side of the family they were always literate and spelled their name BRETTELL and so I just can't imagine George BRETTLE having his name mis-spelt in his business dealings if he was from that side of the family. Brettle is the 'Black Country' pronunciation of the surname. George Brettell married a Mary and the most likely marriage I have found was between George BRITTLE & Mary HORTON at Birmingham in 1809. George Brettell was certainly 'worth' a lot of money when he died - I have a copy of his will and he was talking of amounts in tens of thousands going here and there - but I'd like to know whether he was well off before getting into the business or if he made his fortune solely through the business. I know he went into the business when it was not doing so well with Mr Ward as sole owner. Cheers MaryB Brisbane, Aus On 15/06/2011 9:56 PM, Fionnghal wrote: > Wow! what a find. I'd call that 'winning a watch' as we say! > > :-) > > Fionnghal > >> From: Chris Townsend<[email protected]> >> Hello Mary, >> >> In family history research, a question worth asking >> yourself is "Has it been >> done before?" To this end, I find there's a recent >> book "Brettles of Belper". See >> >> http://www.belpernews.co.uk/news/local/book_to_tell_story_of_historic_brettles_1_3390120 >> >> "Set over more than 200 pages, 'Brettles of Belper' will >> cover the history> of the hosiery manufacturer from its >> very beginning to the present day" etc............ > *************************************** > Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** superfluous old messages in replies. > > List Admin can be contacted at: [email protected] > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >