Thomas Brownson
born 7 June 1817,
married  
Elizabeth Wensley, born 17 Jan 1822, in Ashton-under-Lyne,
 on 31 May 1838

Thomas & Elizabeth married on 31 May 1838, Elizabeth still a minor, and their son Edwin was born on 30 November the same year.    Elizabeth was born in Blackburn, the daughter of Roger Wensley, a brushmaker.  Thomas is noted as a tailor on Edwin's Birth Certificate and their address Enville Street, Ashton-under-Lyne..     The 1851 census lists their address as 136 Stamford Street, Ashton-under-Lyne with children, Edwin, George, Ellen, Mary and brother-in-law Roger Wensley.  Eventually they lived in 168 Ambermarle Street, Ashton by which time Thomas's business was thriving employing 24 men, 2 boys, 21 women and 1 girl.  They also had a domestic servant so had become a very prosperous family with eleven children.

Thomas died suddenly in 1877 at the age of 60
and Elizabeth is noted on the 1881 census as a widow at their home in Ambermarle Street.
 She died the same year.

Edwin Brownson was born  30 Nov 1838          

Polly Branhall Brownson - unmarried, died in 1940

Ellen Brownson - born 1844 - married Albert Lindley an architect and had two children

George Brownson - born 1848 - married Catherine ......... Isle of Man

Mary Brownson - born 1850

Elizabeth Brownson - born 1852 -married John Hannah

Jane Hannah Brownson - born 1853 - married John Greaves

Sarah Ann Brownson - born 1858- married Herbert Greaves

James Hague Brownson - born 1860 - married Alice Lily Osborn

Thomas Brownson - born 1862 - unmarried

 Ruth Brownson born 1867 - married Alfred Wood, a Boer War veteran & had one daughter -  - the photographs from India are from an album which                  belonged to Ruth Brownson dated 1895

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