Catherine Brown(e)

Catherine Eliza Brown(e) 

Born: 8 February 1854, Southwell 

Baptised: 3 March 1854, Southwell

Father: William Abrahams Browne (b. 1820)

Mother: Jane Browne (b. 1819)

Brothers: William R Browne (b. 1852), Samuel F Brown (b. 1856), Charlie Brown (b. 1859)

Sisters: Mary F Browne (b. 1850)

Marriage:        30 January 1883, Southwell

Husband:         Harry Speechly 

                        b. 23 January 1859 

                        Solicitors Clerk 

Issue – 

#1 Grace Mary Speechly (b. 1884) (d. 1884)

#2 Henry Howard Speechly (b. 1885)

#3 Katherine Elizabeth Speechly (b. 10 May 1887)

In 1861 – 

She is at Hearty Good Fellow, Church Street. Her father is listed as ‘Publican’. Catherine, her mother and siblings (Mary, William, Samuel and Charles) are unlisted. There is a servant, Isabella Denman (b. 1846). 

In 1871 – 

She is at Kirklington Road, Southwell. Her father is listed as ‘Joiner’. Her brother, William, is listed as ‘Railway Clerk’. Catherine is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’. Her mother and brother, Charlie, are unlisted.

In 1881 –

She is at High Street, Epworth, Thorne as a boarder. Urry Capes (b. 1819) is listed as ‘Master Miller and Grocer’. His wife, Harriet Capes (b. 1829), and daughter, Martha Capes (b. 1863), are unlisted. His son, Robert Capes (b. 1865), is listed as ‘Solicitors General Clerk’. Catherine is listed as a boarder and ‘Certificated School Mistress’.  

In 1891 – 

She is at Crown Street, Newark upon Trent. Her husband is listed as ‘Solicitors Clerk’. Catherine and her children (Henry and Katherine) are unlisted.

In 04/98 – 

Address is 16 Castle Gate, Newark. 

In 1901 – 

She is at 1 Brunswick Street, Stretford. Her brother-in-law, William Robinson (b. 1853), is listed as ‘Sorting Clerk Post Office’. Her sister, now Mary Robinson, and her niece, Marion Robinson and her aunt, Maria Merryweather (b. 1822), are unlisted. Her nephew, John Cokayne (b. 1874), is listed as ‘Railway Clerk’. Her niece, Agnes Robinson (b. 1883), is listed as ‘Draper’s Assistant’. Her niece, Edith Robinson (b. 1886), is listed as ‘Female Learner Post Office’. Her husband is listed as ‘Solicitor’s Clerk’. Her son, Henry, is listed as ‘Architect’s Apprentice’. Catherine and her daughter, Katherine, are unlisted. 

In 1911 – 

She is at 7 Arthur Street, Waverley Street, Nottingham. Her husband is listed as ‘Conveyancing Clerk’. Catherine is unlisted. Her son, Henry, is listed as ‘Commercial Traveller Sanitary Appliances’. Her daughter, Katherine, is listed as ‘Typist’. 

In 1921 – 

She is at 645 Didsbury Road, Cheshire. The head of the household, Charles John Gilbert Tustin (b. 1875), is listed as ‘Cashier Home Trade’. His wife, Edith Tustin (b. 1885), and son, Charles John William Tustin (b. 1918), are unlisted. Marion Robinson (b. 1889) is listed as visitor and ‘Telephonist’. Catherine’s husband is listed as ‘Saw Clerk’. Catherine is unlisted. 

In 1939 – 

She is at 24 Austen Avenue, Nottingham. Her husband is listed as ‘Legal Assistant to Clerk of Peace Nottinghamshire – Retired’. Catherine is unlisted. Her daughter, Katherine, is listed as ‘Secretary to Limited Company’. 

d.         1 January 1945, Nottingham 

SPEECHLY, Catherine Eliza of 24 Austen Avenue, Forest Fields, Nottingham, widow died 1 January 1945. Probate Nottingham 19 February to Katherine Elizabeth Speechly, spinster. Effects £586, 14s, 7d.