John Brinklow

John was the son of George and Harriet Elizabeth Brinklow (née Bodsworth). Both parents were born in Bow Brickhill, Buckinghamshire, George in about 1862 and Harriet Elizabeth (known as Elizabeth) on 27 October 1866. They were married in 1882 (O/N/D Newport Pagnall Bucks) and had at least ten children of whom nine survived infancy: Louie b. Bow Brickhill 1883 (A/M/J Newport Pagnall Bucks), Leah b. Bow Brickhill 1884 (A/M/J) d. 1884 (O/N/D), John b. Bow Brickhill 1885 (A/M/J), Lewis (or Louis) b. Bow Brickhill 1891 (A/M/J), Milly b. Fenny Stratford Bucks birth registered 1889 (J/F/M Newport Pagnell), Lizzie b. Fenny Stratford birth registered 1893 (J/F/M), Percy b. Fenny Stratford birth registered 1894 (J/F/M), Jane (also Doris Jane) b. Carlton 1 March 1898 (A/M/J Basford) and Annie b. Carlton birth registered 1900 (J/F/M). In 1891 George and Harriet and their five children, including John (5), were living in Fenny Stratford, but by 1901 had moved to 19 Freeman's Terrace, Carlton. George (38) was a railway plate layer. Their nine surviving children were all living at home: Louie (18) and John (16) who were both 'doublers' at a cotton mill, Louis (13) who also worked at the cotton mill, Milly (11), Lawrence (10), Lizzie (8), Percy (7), Jane (3) and Annie (1). In 1911 the family was living at 44 Station Road, Carlton, but George and Elizabeth had moved to 45 Dunstan Street, Netherfield, by the time their fourth son, Percy, was taken prisoner of war either in late 1914 or early 1915. John married Ada Shelton (b. Carlton 5 March 1887) at St. Paul Carlton in the Willows on 18 August 1907 (J/A/S Basford). He and Ada had six children: Doris May b. 2 March 1908, Lucy Minnie b. 1909 (O/N/D Basford) d. 1910 (J/F/M Basford) aged 3 months, Florence Margaret b. 18 March 1911, George Robert William b. 23 March 1913, John b. 19 July 1914 and Ada Lizzie b. 18 August 1916. In 1911 John (25), a wood sawyer in the furnishing trade, and Ada (22) were living at 8 Freeman's Terrace, Carlton, Nottingham, with their daughter Doris (3). Their second child, Lucy, had died the previous year, at a few months old. They had four more children the youngest of whom, Ada, was born in August 1916, three months before her father went to France. John attested in December 1915 giving his address as 4 Manvers Street, Netherfield, Nottingham. However, at the time of his death in 1917 his family was living at 16 Manvers Street. The Pension Ledger record gives Ada's address as 2 Southcliffe Road, Carlton, but formerly of 9 Manvers Street, Netherfield. Ada completed a form for the army in June 1919 listing her husband's surviving blood relatives: Widow: Ada Brinklow, 2 Southcliffe Road, Carlton Children: Doris (10), Florence (8), George (6), John (5) and Ada (3) of the same address. Parents: George and Elizabeth Brinklow, 45 Dunstan Street, Netherfield. Brothers: George (32), Lewis (30), Lawrence (28) and Percy (24), 45 Dunstan Street. Sisters: Milly Watson (27), 14 Cross Street, Netherfield, and Lizzie (26), Doris [Jane] (21) and Annie (19) all of 45 Dunstan Street. Ada Brinklow married John Steele in 1921 (J/F/M Basford). In 1939 when the England & Wales Register was compiled they were living at 190 Carlton Hill, Carlton; John (b. 14 November 1881) was a builders' labourer. Also in the household was Ada's son George, a labourer at a steel works (m. Julia Miller 1940), and their daughter Gladys Steele (b. 30 October 1919, O/N/D Basford, m. George Lungley 1941). The record of another occupant remains closed. Ada Steele died in 1960 (J/A/S Basford). John's father, George, died in 1919 (O/N/D Basford). In 1939 his mother Elizabeth was still living at 45 Dunstan Street. Also in the household was her daughter Jane, who had married Frank Hughes (b. 11 June 1899), a locomotive fitter, in 1923 (J/A/S Basford), together with their son Clive (b. 28 January 1928). Elizabeth died in 1940 (J/A/S Nottingham).

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