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Grace (Brock) Brent (bef. 1842 - 1934)

Grace Brent formerly Brock
Born before in Poughill, Cornwall, Englandmap
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Wife of — married 7 Aug 1867 in Poughill, Cornwall, Englandmap
Died after age 91 in Morwenstow, Cornwall, Englandmap
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Biography

Grace was born in 1842 in Poughill, Cornwall, England. She was the daughter of William Brock and Margaret Teag.[1][2]

Baptism

Day Month 28-Aug
Year 1842
Parish Poughill
Forename Grace
Surname BROCK
Father Forename William
Mother Forename Margaret
Residence Bush, Poughill
Occupation Labourer

Marriage

Day Month 07-Aug
Year 1867
Parish Circuit Or Chapel Poughill [3]
Groom William BRENT, full age, bachelor, labourer
Groom Residence Launcells
Groom Father Name William
Groom Father Rank Profession labourer
Bride Grace BROCK, full age, spinster, servant
Bride Residence Poughill
Bride Father Name William
Bride Father Rank Profession labourer
Witness 1 William BROCK
Witness 2 Ann BROCK

William and Grace had 2 children:

  1. Eliza Ann Brent born 1868 in Launcells, Cornwall / married John Rogers in 1891 in Poughill, Cornwall
  2. Lucy Margaret Brent born 1869 in Launcells, Cornwall / married Lewis Vodden in 1890 in Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales

William left in 1869 from Cornwall for Ontario, Canada and by 1871 was in Dunwich, Elgin county. He had sent money twice for Grace and their daughters to join him, but for some reason she never did.

1871 CENSUS - Poughill, Cornwall, England [4]

William Brock Head 54 Poughill, Cornwall Widowed Labourer
Grace Brint Dau 28 Poughill, Cornwall Married Labourer's Wife
Ann Brint Grndau 3 Launcells, Cornwall
Lucy Brint Grndau 1 Launcells, Cornwall

1881 CENSUS - Poughill, Cornwall, England [5]

William Brock Head 63 Stratton, Cornwall Widower Ag. Labourer
Grace Brent Dau 36 Poughill, Cornwall, England
Ann Brent Grndau 13 Launcells, Cornwall, England
Lucy Brent Grndau 11 Launcells, Cornwall, England

In the 1891 Census, she was listed as married, age 49 and housekeeper in her father's home in Poughill, Cornwall.[6]

In the 1901 Census, she was listed as widowed, age 59 and her occupation as attend on father in her father William Brock's home in the village in the parish of Poughill.[7]

In the 1911 Census, she was listed as widowed, age 69, living on own means in the parish of Poughill, Cornwall.[8]

Grace died at the age of 91 in 1934 at her residence Gooseham in the parish of Morwenstow but was buried in Poughill.[9]

Burial

Day Month 18-Jan
Year 1934
Parish Circuit Or Chapel Poughill
Name Grace BRENT
Age 91
Residence Gooseham, Morwenstow

Sources

  1. "England, Cornwall Parish Registers, 1538-2010," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGLK-NYCZ : 9 March 2021), Grace Brock, 28 Aug 1842; citing Baptism, Poughill, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Cornwall Records Office, Truro.
  2. "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2NQZ-XVM : 1 October 2014), Grace Brock, 1842; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Stratton, Cornwall, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
  3. https://www.cornwall-opc-database.org/search-database/marriages/
  4. "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFJ7-QZF : 27 June 2022), Grace Brint in entry for William Brock, 1871.
  5. "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27H-8TDV : 11 December 2017), Grace Brent in household of William Brock, Poughill, Cornwall, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 4, Piece/Folio 2270/5, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,190.
  6. "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W6JD-N6Z : 22 February 2021), Grace Brent in household of William Brock, Poughill, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Cornwall county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
  7. "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSH7-JM2 : 21 May 2019), Grace Brent in household of William Brock, Poughill, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Stratton subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
  8. "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7LK-2BB : 18 July 2019), Grace Brent, Poughill, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
  9. https://www.cornwall-opc-database.org/search-database/burials/
  • "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGKJ-38X : 9 November 2019), Grace Brock in household of Margret Brock, Poughill, Cornwall, England; citing Poughill, Cornwall, England, p. 5, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
  • "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M746-Y2W : 3 March 2021), Grace Brock in household of William Bridgman, Poughill, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.




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