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Tracing the ancestry of Pamela Murdoch Bryans and Maurice Alan Johnson

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William Buchanan Bryans

Tea merchant
Male 1893 - 1977  (84 years)

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  • Name William Buchanan Bryans 
    Relationshipwith Marion Murdoch Johnson
    Gender Male 
    Birth 11 Aug 1893  Foots Cray, Kent, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Census 1901  Woollett Hall, North Cray, Kent, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Military Service 1917 
    Census 1939  1 Landsdowne Road, Holland Park, Kensington & Chelsea, London, County of London, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Occupation Tea merchant  [4] 
    Death 4 Nov 1977  Lymington, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Siblings 1 brother and 4 sisters 
    Last Modified 10 Jun 2019 

    Father Arthur Bryans
              b. 14 Mar 1852, Harley Street, Marylebone, Westminster, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1 Mar 1944, Holmwood Cottage, Holmwood, Surrey, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years) 
    Mother Annie Jessie Burn-Murdoch
              b. 12 Apr 1856, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 14 Dec 1929, 4 Dorset Square, Marylebone, Westminster, County of London, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Marriage 15 Sep 1875  Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • Wedding was officiated by William Bryans (father of the groom).

    Wife 1 Mildred Isobel Eleanor Ramsbotham
              b. 17 Jun 1894  
              d. 13 Apr 1989, Islington, London Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years) 
    Marriage 20 Jan 1917  [7] 
    Age at Marriage William was 23 years old - Mildred was 22 years old. 
    Divorce Between 1931 and 1938 
    • I don't have the date of the divorce but she was still going by the Bryans surname in 1931 (London Electoral Registers); William remarried in 1938.
    Children 
     1. Felicity Agnes Bryans
              b. 7 Oct 1918  
              d. 8 Mar 2013, Brookesfield, Mount Park Avenue, Harrow, London Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years)
     2. Stephen Arthur Bryans
              b. 9 Sep 1928  
              d. 4 Dec 2014 (Age 86 years)
     3.
    Last Modified 23 Jun 2020 

    Wife 2 Constance Holt 
    Marriage Oct 1938  [8] 
    Age at Marriage William was 45 years old - Constance was ?? old. 
    Last Modified 10 Jun 2019 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 11 Aug 1893 - Foots Cray, Kent, England, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1901 - Woollett Hall, North Cray, Kent, England, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1939 - 1 Landsdowne Road, Holland Park, Kensington & Chelsea, London, County of London, England, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 4 Nov 1977 - Lymington, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S0128] Ancestry, England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915, (ancestry.co.uk), 1977, William Buchanan Bryans; Hampshire; Vol 20; PAge 0269.

    2. [S0035] familysearch, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2FMY-W5M.

    3. [S0303] FamilySearch, England and Wales Census, 1901, (familysearch.org), 1901, Hal Bryans; (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9FM-QDX : 20 May 2019), Arthur Bryans, North Cray, Kent, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.

    4. [S0076] Ancestry, 1939 Register, (ancestry.co.uk), 1939, William Buchanan Bryans; The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1939 Register; Reference: RG 101/330H.

    5. [S0119] Ancestry, England & Wales, National Probate Calendar, 1858-1966, 1973-1995, (ancestry.com), 6 Mar 1978, William Buchanan Bryans.

    6. [S0267] FamilySearch, Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910, (familysearch.org), 15 Sep 1875, Bryans / Burn-Murdoch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XY99-R32 : 10 February 2018), Arthur Bryans and Annie J. Burn-Murdoch, 15 Sep 1875; citing Edinburgh Parish,Edinburgh,Midlothian,Scotland, index based upon data collected by the Genealo.

    7. [S0035] familysearch, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:26ND-X43.

    8. [S0126] Ancestry, England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915, (ancestry.co.uk), Oct 1938, William B Bryans / Constance Holt; Volume 1a; Page 465.