Isaac Briggs (1852 - 1906)

Born 1852 in England

Husband of Frances Ann (Dubberley) Briggs — married Jan 1881 in Salford, Lancashire, England

Descendants

Died 1906 in England

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Biography

Birth

Birth Registers for Isaac Briggs reveal two potential candidates in the period 1852 to 1855:

• Briggs Isaac Ulverston 8e 573
• Briggs Isaac Bury 8c 418

Baptisms

18 Jul 1852. St Mary, Prestwich, Lancashire, England "England, Manchester, Parish Registers, 1603-1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMR8-GQV : 10 December 2017), Isaac Briggs, 18 Jul 1852, Christening; citing St Mary, Prestwich, Lancashire, England, Manchester Central Library, England; FHL microfilm 2,356,183.

1871 Lived in Prestwich.18 year old Isaac Briggs is a bricklayer - parents Isaac and Elizabeth

1911 Census he gives Prestwich as his place of residence.

Isaac Briggs was born in Pilkington, Lancashire, England in 1855.^[1]

He married Francis Annie Dubberley in 1881. ^[2]

In 1881 the couple lived at 249 Chatham Street, Salford.^[3]

By 1891 the family had four daughters Mabel A.; Ethel , Eunice, and Maud, and one son, Reginald. They lived at 34 Grosvenor Street. All the children had been born in Salford.^[1]

Isaac and Annie baptized four of their children on the same day, 12 May 1900, at St. Alban, Cheetwood.

Sydney (born 29 April 1900)

Annie Barton (26 January 1895)

Reginald (28 August 1890)

Maud (born 19 Sept 1888)

The family was living at 120 Pemberton street and Isaac was a bricklayer. ^[4][5]

In 1901 the family was still at Pemberton Street. Mabel is not on the record at the address. Seventeen year old Ethel was working as a Restaurant Waitress and Eunice as a cap presser. Other children present are Maud, Reginald, Annie, Eleanor C. and Sydney.^[6]

Annie passed away before the 1911 Census.^[7] Reginald, Eunice, Annie and Sydney. Eleanore is most likely "Nellie" age 13. 6 roomed house.^[8]

Death record - may be him: https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FreeBMDDeath&h=4075776&indiv=try&o_cvc=Image:OtherRecord

Research Notes

Isaac Briggs was the father of Ethel (Briggs) Kershaw. Following her records let to finding Isaac and Annie in the 1891 and 1899 census returns, and hence the marriage between Isaac and Francis Annie Dubberley. All of the census returns for Isaac Briggs lead to a birthdate of 1855.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} 1891 England Census. Class: RG12; Piece: 3214; Folio: 47; Page: 6; GSU roll: 6098324
2. ↑ Free BMD. Salford, March quarter 1881. Volume 8d. Page 5.
3. ↑ 1881 England Census. Class: RG11; Piece: 3956; Folio: 31; Page: 12; GSU roll: 1341945
4. ↑ St. Albans, Cheetwood. Manchester, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915, L79/1/1/2. Item Number 5. Archive Roll 989.
5. ↑ It is curious that Eleanor C, included in the 1901 Census and placed between Annie and Sydney in age, was not baptized.
6. ↑ 1901 England Census. Class: RG13; Piece: 3767; Folio: 52; Page: 18.
7. ↑ Isaac is shown as a widower
8. ↑ 1911 England Census: Class: RG14; Piece: 24184

1891 England Census

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