Blanche Elizabeth Brain (1899 - 1961)

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BLANCHE ELIZABETH BRAIN (1899 -1961) daughter of WILLIAM BRAIN
and ALICE BRAIN (nee BANFIELD) Born 29th October 1899 at Near Deep Pit, Crofts End,
St. George, Bristol. Her father William a Coal Miner later an insurance salesman
had been born in the same street/ area.She married August 1st ,1925 at St Ambrose, Whitehall, Bristol
EDWIN CREESE son of ALBERT CREESE and SARAH JANE CREESE (nee HOUGHTON) of Easton, Bristol.
My grandmother's entire known ancestry to date is from the villages of Gloucestershire near Bristol. They were parents of my mother
JOAN MARGARET CREESE

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Brains Faggots

1901 Census 62 Deep Pit Road, St. George, Bristol, Gloucestershire William Brain 33 Head Coal Miner (Hewer?) .............. St George, Gloucestershire Alice Brain 32 Wife .......................................................... Kingswood, Gloucestershire Roseana Brain 13 dau ....................................................... St George, Gloucestershire Frederick Brain 9 son ........................................................ St George, Gloucestershire Ellen Brain 8 dau ................................................................. St George, Gloucestershire Florence Brain 6 dau ........................................................... St George, Gloucestershire Alice Brain 5 dau .................................................................. St George, Gloucestershire Ethel Brain 2 dau ................................................................. St George, Gloucestershire Blanche Brain 1 dau ............................................................ St George, Gloucestershire ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 2393; Folio: 100; Page: 10

Blanche was educated at Summerhill Church School, St George, Gloucestershire

1911 Census 5 Tennyson Terrace, Speedwell, St. George, Bristol William Brain Head 43 (married 24 years) Invalid (formerly insurance agent) ................. Bristol Alice Brain Wife 42 married ........................................................................................................... Bristol Roseana Brain Daughter 23 single Cardboard box maker Fry's Choc Works ................ Bristol Frederick Brain Son 19 Sterotyper Bennet Bros Printers ..................................................... Bristol Ellen Brain Daughter 18 Packer Chocolate Frys....................................................................... Bristol Florence Brain Daughter 16 dau Packer Choclate Frys ......................................................... Bristol Alice Louisa Brain Daughter 15 Card Board Box maker Frys Choc works....................... Bristol Ethel Brain Daughter 12 School.................................................................................................... Bristol Blanche Elizabeth Brain Daughter 11 School ........................................................................... Bristol Evelyn Brain Daughter 7 School ................................................................................................... Bristol Doris Brain Daughter 4 School ...................................................................................................... Bristol 9 children born alive and 9 alive at the time of the census ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Blanche's mother Alice Brain (nee Banfield)

1925 she was living at 25 Speedwell Road, St George

Blanche's father William Brain had been an Incline Rider (collier) at Deep Pit, St George. He died when Blanche was aged 18 of Miners lung disease. Blanche herself worked as a tobacco stripper at Bedminster, Bristol. She would catch the tram from near her home in Speedwell Road all the way to Bedminster every day. It was whilst working here that she lost a part of her finger in an accident when she caught her hand in the machinery. As a single woman if she went out at night she always carried a hat pin with her for protection (her B in L Mr. Collier told me) She was also a very strict disciplinarian. A friend of my mother's (Nina) remembers my mother being punished by being hit with a wooden spoon (on at least one occasion) when she was late home. I have heard several relations and family friends make very negative comments about Blanche. I have only ever heard praise for Edwin Creese my grandfather who seems to have been universally loved.

A few life events for Blanche

1903 aged about 3 birth of Blanche's sister Evelyn Brain

1905 aged abt 6 death of gt grandfather William Bateman

1908 aged about 9 birth of Blanche's sister Doris Brain

1914 death of grandmother Mary Ann Banfield (nee Bateman) born abt 1842 aged abt 72 years

1916 death of gt uncle William Samuel Bateman born abt 1854 aged abt 62 years

1918 death of grandfather Alfred Banfield

1918 death of gt uncle Albert Bateman (born 1849)

1919 death of Blanche's father William Brain aged abt 52 years

1920 Blanche's sister Alice Bailey died the year after her marriage to Arthur Bailey aged abt 24 years

1922 death of gt uncle Frederick Bateman (born 1857)

1923 death of gt uncle Eli Bateman (born 1851) aged abt 72 years

1925 Blanche marries Edwin Creese

1931 birth of Blanche's daughter Joan Creese (later Taylor)

1932 death of gt uncle George Bateman (born 1859) aged abt 73

1933 death of Blanche's sister Roseanna Cannon (nee Brain aged abt 44 years

1939 death of Blanche's sister Florence Brown (nee Brain) aged abt 44 years

1948 death of Blanche's husband Edwin Creese aged abt 52 years

1954 marriage of daughter Joan to Norman

1960 birth and death 6 months later of grandson David Norman Taylor

1961 birth of granddaughter Carol

1961 Blanche Creese dies