William Barry Brownson Newsam

Wiliam Barry Brownson (also k/a Barry) was the son of William and Mary Ann Newsam (née Brownson).

His father was born in Withernsea, Yorkshire, and his mother, in Leicestershire. William and Mary, both of Chamber Street, Nottingham, were married at Nottingham St Paul on 24 October 1867. According to the marriage register, William was a draper and his father, also William, a farmer, while his wife's father, John, was a woodturner.

William and Mary had three children who were all born in Nottingham: John Brownson b. August 1868 bap. St Mary 10 January 1869 res. High Street; Bell-sic [Belle] Brownson b. January 1870 bap. St Mary 28 September res. 11 Poultry; William Barry Brownson b 1876 (JFM) bap. St Luke 7 December 1890 res. Stewart Place. William's RN record gives his date of birth as 4 February 1878, although his ages on the 1881 and 1891 census give an age commensurate to his birth in 1876. Subsequent census give his age based on a birth date of 1878.

William, a draper and milliner, his wife and their two children, John and Belle (sic) together with a domestic servant, were living on the Poultry, Nottingham, in 1871. By 1881 William was working as an estate agent and living at 191 Mansfield Road, Sherwood, with his wife and their three children.

Mary Ann Newsam died in 1888 (AMJ) and was buried on 21 April. The only notice of her death was placed in the local paper by her parents, John and Ann Brownson, who lived at Brunswick Mills, Sneinton.

Her son John Brownson married Elizabeth Archer at Sneinton St Luke on 31 December 1889 and in 1891 John, a warehouseman, and Elizabeth were living at 36 Stewart Place, Nottingham, with their infant daughter, Bel (sic) and John's brother Barry, an errand boy.
Their sister Bel (sic) was a servant (mother's help) living on Nottingham Road, Edwalton, in the household of James Morris, a farmer, his wife and their young son. Bel has not yet been traced after 1891.

John, his wife and their two children, Bel and Charles Aubrey, were still living at 36 Stewart Place in 1901.

William Barry joined the Royal Navy in February 1893 and was serving in HMS Galatea in 1901 when the ship was probably alongside in Hartlepool Harbour.

Their father William was living in Hull, Yorkshire, in 1891, a lodger in the household of Thomas and Sarah Walker. Also in their home on the night of the census was the Walker's married daughter, Kate [Christiana] Copping and her daughter, Ethel May Copping (11). William married Christiana Copping in 1896 (reg. Sculcoates) and in 1901 they were living at 57 Church Street, Hull, with her daughter Ethel (Newsam-sic). William was a fancy draper/shopkeeper on his own account.

William Barry was discharged (invalid, rheumatic arthritis) from the Royal Navy on 7 March 1907 and in 1911 was working as a hotel barman and living at 124 Sneinton Dale with his married brother, John, a warehouseman (lace trade), his wife, and children Bel, a machinist (blousemaking), and Aubrey, a draughtsman (engineering).

Their father, William, was an inmate at The Charterhouse, Charterhouse Lane, Hull, in 1911. He was recorded as married and a retired draper/shopkeeper. His wife Christiana was living at 10 Clarence Avenue, Hull, with her married daughter Ethel May Westerdale and her husband, Percy, a joiner and cabinet maker. William, of The Charter House, died in 1912 and was buried at Sculcoates All Saints on 6 March 1912. Christiana died in 1916, residence Nicholson Street, Hull, and she too was buried at Sculcoates All Saints (6 December).

William's Naval record gives the address of his wife as 45 Stratford Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham, and this was given as his home address in a notice of his death in the local paper. However, no record of his marriage has yet been traced; William was recorded as unmarried on the census returns between 1891 and 1911.

His brother John, his wife and their son Charles had moved to Blackpool by 1921. John was a clothing salesman and his son an engineer draughtsman. John, now retired, and Elizabeth ('incapacitated') were still living in Blackpool when the 1939 England & Wales Register was compiled. John died in 1943. His daughter Bel died unmarried in 1956 (resident Bishopsteignton Devonshire); administration of her Will was awarded to her brother, Charles, a retired professional engineer. Charles Aubrey died in Preston in 1961.

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