Johnson / Bryans Families

Tracing the ancestry of Pamela Murdoch Bryans and Maurice Alan Johnson

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Herbert William Bryans

Male 1856 - 1925  (69 years)

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  • Name Herbert William Bryans 
    Relationshipwith Marion Murdoch Johnson
    Gender Male 
    Birth 14 Jan 1856  Tarvin, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Christening 22 Feb 1856  Tarvin, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Education Bef 1874  Haileybury College, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Education 20 Apr 1874  Pembroke College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Education 1875  Pembroke College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 30 Apr 1925  [1] 
    Siblings 5 brothers and 6 sisters 
    Last Modified 7 Oct 2021 

    Father Rev. William Bryans
              b. 8 Oct 1821, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 18 Jul 1889, Eltham, Greenwich, London, County of London, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Mother Sophia Anna Lonsdale
              b. 10 Jan 1825, Westminster, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 8 May 1907 (Age 82 years) 
    Marriage 29 Apr 1848  Holy Trinity, Marylebone, Westminster, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 

    Wife Louisa Richardson
              b. Between 1836 and 1874  
              d. Between 5 Oct 1896 and 1984 (Age ~ 60 years) 
    Marriage 1890  Chester, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Age at Marriage Herbert was ~ 33 years old - Louisa was ~ 54 years old. 
    Children 
     1. James Lonsdale Bryans
              b. 10 May 1893  
              d. May 1981, Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
     2. Katherine Sophia Bryans
              b. 17 Jan 1895, Harrow, London, County of London, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1973, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
     3. George Herbert Bryans
              b. 5 Oct 1896  
              d. Bef 2006 (Age < 109 years)
    Last Modified 21 Feb 2020 

  • Notes 
    • The following extract from his curious epitaph at St John's Church, Charlton, gives his career: 'I was educated at Haileybury and at Pembroke College, Cambridge.
      For ten years I made tea in India, for two years I made wine in France, for thirty, stained glass windows in England and bad puns all the time.
      I asked my wife to put up this stone and my beloved children to keep it tidy...

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 14 Jan 1856 - Tarvin, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristening - 22 Feb 1856 - Tarvin, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEducation - Bef 1874 - Haileybury College, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEducation - 20 Apr 1874 - Pembroke College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEducation - Matriculation - 1875 - Pembroke College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1890 - Chester, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Bryans/Burn-Murdoch wedding    		Bryans/Burn-Murdoch wedding
    Crib sheet showing who's who

  • Sources 
    1. [S0095] Ancestry, Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900, (ancestry.co.uk), http://venn.lib.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search-2017c.pl?sur=bryans&suro=w&fir=william&firo=c&cit=&cito=c&c=all&z=all&tex=&sye=&eye=&col=all&maxcount=50.

    2. [S0256] Unknown / Family Archive, Bryans Pedigree, (P_Unknown_Bryans_Pedigree_1), Page 1.

    3. [S0035] familysearch, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F36W-PS4.

    4. [S0191] Ancestry, London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932, (ancestry.co.uk), 29 Apr 1848, Bryans / Lonsdale;London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: p89/tri/049.

    5. [S0309] FamilySearch, England Marriages, 1538–1973, (familysearch.org), 28 Apr 1848, Bryans / Lonsdale; (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NJWL-K8H : 10 February 2018), William Bryans and Sophia Anna Lonsdale, 28 Apr 1848; citing Trinity Marylebone, Middlesex, England, reference , index based upon data collected by the Geneal.

    6. [S0126] Ancestry, England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915, (ancestry.co.uk), 1890, HW Bryans / Louisa Richardson;Chester, Cheshire, Vol 8a, Page 613.