Lewis Dransfield Brown (1861 - 1921)

Born 1861 in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Ancestors

Died 25 Jan 1921 at about age 60 in Ealing, London, England

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Biography

Lewis was born in 1861. He is the son of George Brown and Eliza Cooper. ^[1]

Baptism

Baptism of Lewis Dransfield Brown^[2]

Date: 11 Feb 1861

Place: Henley on Thames, St Mary, Oxfordshire, England

Parish: Henley on Thames

Father: George Dransfield Brown

Mother: Eliza Brown

Census Data

1861 England Census - [Bell Street], Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England^[3]

George D. Brown - 35 (1826) b. Croydon, Surrey; o. General Practitioner

Eliza Brown - 39 (1822) b. Reading, Berkshire

Helen Brown - 3 (1858) b. Henley, Oxfordshire

Edith Brown - 1 (1860) b. Henley, Oxfordshire

Lewis D. Brown - 2m (1861) b. Henley, Oxfordshire

Anne Cooper (Sister-in-law) - 27 (1833) b. Reading, Berkshire

Horace Cooper (Brother-in-law) - 21 (1840) b. Caversham, Oxfordshire; o. Med student, St. Georges Hosp., London

Alice Cooper (Sister-in-law) - 20 (1841) b. Caversham, Oxfordshire

Rose Cooper (Sister-in-law) - 18 (1843) b. Caversham, Oxfordshire

Mary Cooper (niece) - 5 (1856) b. Caversham, Oxfordshire

Jane Pouey (domestic servant: Cook) - 30

Lucy Hutton (domestic servant: Housemaid) - 19

Catherine Hurd (domestic servant: nurse) - 23

1871 England Census - Uxbridge Road, Henley Villa, Ealing, Brentford, Middlesex, England^[4]

George D. Brown - 42 (1829) b. Croydon, Surrey; o. General Practitioner/surgeon

Eliza Brown - 49 (1822) b. Reading, Berkshire

Helen Brown - 13 (1858) b. Henley, Oxfordshire

Edithe Brown - 11 (1860) b. Henley, Oxfordshire

Lewis D. Brown - 10 (1861) b. Henley, Oxfordshire

Alice Brown - 7 (1864) b. Ealing, Middlesex

Hannah Row (Governess) - 35

Elizabeth Chapple (Cook) - 22

Marth Adey (Housemaid - 21

1881 England Census - Uxbridge Road, Henley Villa, Ealing, Brentford, Middlesex, England^[5]

George D. Brown - 53 (1829) b. Croydon, Surrey; o. General Practitioner of medicine

Eliza Brown - 59 (1822) b. Reading, Berkshire; o. N R C S Eng

Helen Brown - 23 (1858) b. Henley, Oxfordshire

Edithe Brown - 21 (1860) b. Henley, Oxfordshire

Lewis D. Brown -20 (1861) b. Henley, Oxfordshire

Alice Brown - 17 (1864) b. Ealing, Middlesex

Mary Langley (widow) - 50 (1831) Domestic cook

Emily Langley (daughter) - 16 (1865) Domestic Housemaid

1891 England Census - Uxbridge Road, Henley Villa, Ealing, Brentford, Middlesex, England^[6]

Lewis D. Brown -30 (1861) b. Henley, Oxfordshire; o. General Practitioner

Eliza Brown (mother) - 69 (1822) b. Reading, Berkshire

Helen Brown (sister) - 33 (1858) b. Henley, Oxfordshire

Alice Brown (sister) - 27 (1864) b. Ealing, Middlesex

Alice Moore Tydd - 57 (1834) Boarder

Adelaide Elizabeth Clark - 35 (1856) Visitor

Mary Ann Langley (widow) - 60 (1831) o. Domestic cook

Ellen Rachel Bailey - 17 (1874) o. Housemaid

Mary Jane Bailey - 21 (1870) o. Housemaid

1901 England Census - Uxbridge Road, Ealing, Brentford, Middlesex, England^[7]

Eliza Brown - 79 (1822) b. Reading, Berkshire

Helen Brown (sister) - 43 (1858) b. Henley, Oxfordshire

Lewis D. Brown -40 (1861) b. Henley, Oxfordshire; o. General Practitioner

Alice Brown (sister) - 37 (1864) b. Ealing, Middlesex

Mary Norris - 18 (1883) Domestic Cook

Ellen Harvey - 17 (1884) Housemaid

1911 England Census - 49 Uxbridge Road, Ealing, Brentford, Middlesex, England^[8]

Lewis D. Brown -50 (1861) b. Henley, Oxfordshire; marital status: single; o. Surgeon

Helen Brown (sister) - 53 (1858) b. Henley, Oxfordshire; marital status: single

Adelaide Elizabeth Clark (boarder) - 55 (1856) b. Montreal, Canada; o. Music teacher

Daisy Elizabeth Butler (servant) - 15 (1897) b. Woking, Surrey

Burial

Burial of Lewis Dransfield Brown^[9]

Hanwell Cemetery, London, England

Death Date 1921

Burial date: Friday 28 Jan 1921, 3:30

Birth date 1861, aged 60

Address: 49 Uxbridge Rd., Ealing

Location: Brown 2165, plot B (same as father's plot)

Coffin size: 6'4"x2'3"; depth 10 feet

Notes

Graduated Med school in 1885

Royal Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons, Edinburgh, and Faculty or Physicians and Subgboxs, Glasgow.—The following gentlemen passed their final examination for the triple qualification in Medicine and Surgery at the sittings held on 27th January 1885, and were admitted L.R.C.P. and S. Ed., and L.F.P. and S. Glasg.:—Peter Lynch, Edinburgh; James Tracy Simpson, Edinburgh; Stanley John Wallace Hayman, Southsea; Henry Clinton Davies, Athenry, Co. Galway; J. H. Douglas Redding, London; William Hall, London ; Samuel E. Falconer, Edinburgh; Lewis Dransfield Brown, Ealing; William Norrie Robertson, Edinburgh; Thomas Arthur Leishman, Edinburgh; James Charles Clark, Glasgow; Herbert Molesworth Sweetnam, Dublin^[10]

Reference to a Lewis Dransfield Brown among a long list of other doctors under the headline "Finance" dated April 30, 1921, page 107, in a supplement of the British Medical Journal.

From a 21 October, 1895 testimony in a court case: (The surname given is "Brough" which was likely wrongly transcribed but a match to the address he gives to Lewis Dransfield Brown)^[11]

LEWIS DRANSFIELD BROUGH . I am a medical practitioner, at 49, Uxbridge Road. Ealing—on the evening of September 28th I was called to 7, Hope Road, and between the bed and mattrees I found the dead body of a child, stretched out, with one arm by its side, the feather bed over it, and on the bed was a bolster, with another child asleep on it—an apron was tied round the mouth and nose of the deceased child, tied with a single hitch at the back of the head, fairly tight—there was a slight bruise over the abdomen, the pressure of the bed clothes would account for that—there were no marks of where the thing was tied—I locked the door, took the key, and gave information to a constable—I subsequently made a post-mortem examination—I found the left hand clenched; the internal organs were healthy, there was no disease anywhere—in my opinion death was due to suffocation; either the bed clothes or the apron would account for it, but whether before or alter death I could not say—I have known the prisoner slightly, I attended his father a good many years, also his wife—the father suffered from diabetes for six or seven years—I don't think I can say he was insane—I think that a child of diabetes parents would be more likely to be insane than the child of healthy parents; it would be more prone to have its mind affected—the father, to my knowledge, had diabetes eight or nine years, and it was hereditary in the family.

Cross-examined. It may exist for years before it is discovered unless it is properly looked for—I knew directly I saw him what he was suffering from—I think he died about three years ago—during the last few months of his life he was excited—he would sit by the fire and take no notice of anybody, being perfectly blind; he was not insane; I think he was depressed, but not insane—children of parents suffering from diabetes are not frequently of weak intellect; sometimes they are more prone than healthy children—the prisoner's father was a boot-maker, and also a postman for some years.

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Graeme MacKay, Sunday, December 8, 2013.
2. ↑ Oxfordshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915; Oxfordshire Family History Society; Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; Anglican Parish Registers; Reference Number: BOD128_b_7
3. ↑ 1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census; Parish/Town: HENLEY ON THAMES; Folio: 28; Page 5; Piece# 881; FindMyPast.com
4. ↑ 1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census; Ealing; Middlesex; Folio 105; Page 18; Piece# 1317; FindMyPast.com
5. ↑ 1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census; Ealing; Middlesex; Folio 62; Page 21; Piece# 1344; FindMyPast.com
6. ↑ 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census; TWYFORD ABBEY EALING; Middlesex; Folio 103; Page 6; Piece# 1029; FindMyPast.com
7. ↑ 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census; Christ Church/Ealing; Middlesex; Folio 12; Page 15; Piece# 1192; FindMyPast.com
8. ↑ 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census; Christ Church/Ealing; Middlesex; Folio 12; Page 15; Piece# 1192; FindMyPast.com
9. ↑ City of Westminster Archives Centre; London, England; Westminster Cemetery Registers; Reference: CR/1/1/12
10. ↑ Edinburgh Medical-Journal-Volume-30/289659/371
11. ↑ Proceedings from the old Bailey, Henry Dracott Jackson, killing, 21 October, 1895 http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?div=t18951021-831

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Graeme MacKay for creating Brown-24339 on 8 Dec 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Graeme and others.