The
Brown & Kirby
Family of
Essex, London's East End & Sydney
modified 1 Dec 2009
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The Brown family story start with the christening of Matthew Hill
Brown
in the church of St Mary the Virgin on Dover Kent in 1819. The parents
were Matthew and Amelia. Matthew Hill Brown married a Rebecca
Tottman
in 1840. The children were , Henry, Alice, John and Charles Alfred,
William
and Matthew were christened in Colchester, Essex in the following
years.
There may have been others.
An old Colchester trade directories show the following. 1855 Matt
Brown
Cabinet Maker, 1863 Matthew Brown & Son North Street Organ Builder.
See this link
Looking at Charles Alfred’s birth certificate shows Matthew Hill
Brown’s
occupation as a Cabinet maker (journeyman) and the address was North
Street,
St Peters, Colchester. Charles Alfred Brown was born 6
August1857.
His occupation was recorded as a cabinet maker and later as a tally
clerk
(wharf). In about 1885 he married Emily Kirby. He died in 1941
aged
83 years in Devizes, Wiltshire Emily (Kirby) Brown died in 1935. Her
death
certificate gives an address of 21 Chalk Road in, I believe, Plaistow,
West Ham. It names as informant A.E. Greenshields, daughter.
Frank and John Henry "Harry" Brown perished in World War 1
Florence (Auntie Florie), and brothers Fred and Horace
emigrated to Australia. It is said "If ever there was a black sheep of
the family it was Fred but a great guy…they tell stories lovingly"
The Brown family about 1905...
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Back row: Florie, Charlie, George, Fred, Bill, Frank
2nd Row : Alice, Charles Alfred Brown, Emily (Kirby)
Brown , Annie
Bottom Row: Horace, Emily, Harry |
The Kirby Family
Emily Kirby, was born in Blaston, Leicestershire to Joseph
Kirby
and Susanna Neale. We believe Emily had a sister, Annie and a
brother
George. There many have been others. George Kirby may have been a
church
warden at Blaston. Annie Kirby married a Robert Goldspink. Robert
operated
a small fishing fleet in Lowestoft, Suffock . Their daughter , Doris,
married
a John Clark and had a son, Jack. Doris divorced and married a Len
Tubby
who was later killed in an air-raid in WW2. Doris died an old lady.
Hi guys.
I saw your entry on the web which mentioned that Emily Kirby married
Robert Goldspink.
I am Robert Goldspink, I was born in Lowestoft Suffolk, and most of my
forebears were fishermen in Lowestoft. My grandfather owned a small
fleet there. My uncle has a Goldspink family history which takes us back to
the 15th century.
Just thought you would be interested!
I am now a lawyer in London.
All the best
Robert Goldspink
Hi hope you all well. I came across
this baptism record the other day for the Stockwell Church in
Colchester.It shows your GGrandfather and mine and also Emily Elizabeth
who i didn't know about. She was born and died between the 1861 &
1871 census's so was not recorded.
Malcolm
in Colchester England.
