Monday, October 30, 2023

BrewertoJefferson - Epps Jefferson burials at Montecello

This image was found at: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6531978/mary-eppes#view-photo=127852492

This is the location of the transcription of the: Randolph, Epps, Jefferson, Carr, Harrison family burial grounds. Her Entry is #5, in the right hand column. Maria is in plot #5

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Mary's/Maria's headstone reads:

MARIA JEFFERSON EPPES

DAUGHTER OF THOMAS JEFFERSON AND MARTHA WAYLES

BORN AUGUST 1st 1778.

INTERMARRIED WITH JOHN WAYLES EPPES OCTOBER 13 1797

DIED APRIL 17th 1804

This is on the grounds of Montecello, Virginia.


BrewertoJefferson - Brewer Jefferson - Marriage


This marriage announcement was found at Newspapers.com on 30 October 2023.

This notice reads as:

MARRIED.

BREWER-JEFFERSON -In this city. 12 inst, by the Rev. E. E. Hales, James P. Brewer and Mary E. Jefferson, both of this city.

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Sunday, October 29, 2023

BrewertoJefferson - Thomas Jefferson - DAR

Thomas Jefferson's DAR Ancestor number is: A06189

The web page address is: https://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_adb/default.cfm


Probable connections to Thomas Jefferson

DAR National #551492. Deceased Member Jane Rogers

DAR National #538085 Deceased Margaret Kennedy Johnstone

DAR National #1032705 Name Restricted

DAR National #699639 Name Restricted.

DAR National #752509 Name Restricted

DAR National #1032706 Name Restricted

DAR National #862933 Name Restricted

DAR National #240915 Name Restricted

DAR National #71451 Matilda Eppes

DAR National #750102 Name Restricted

DAR National #71450 Maria Jefferson Eppes

DAR National #985165 Name Restricted

DAR National #900826 Name Restricted

DAR National #981123 Name Restricted

DAR National #375270 Name Restricted

DAR National #85993 Name Restricted

DAR National #140970 Name Restricted

DAR National #145389 Name Restricted

DAR National #752509 Name Restricted*

DAR National #575597 Name Restricted*

DAR National #17643 Deceased Margaret Julia Eppes

DAR National #13244 Deceased Maria Jefferson Eppes Shine

DAR National #115953 Deceased Lillias Eleanor Shine Stoneman

DAR National #699640 Name Restricted*  Short form

DAR National #466841 Deceased Gloria Eppes McDavid*

DAR National #905969 Name Restricted*

DAR National #13945 Deceased Elizabeth Clelend Eppes

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Saturday, October 28, 2023

BrewertoJefferson - James Page Brewer - Boston Massachusetts 1870 City Directory

This is a snapshot of the Boston Massachusetts, City Directory, 1870. It states that:
Brewer James Page, stockbroker, 2 Traveller building, boards St. James Hotel, Image 118 of 1194.

The web page is: https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/460480607:2469?tid=193176584&pid=182512782448&hid=1037945318659

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BrewertoJefferson - 1939 England and Wales Register for Drakeford

This document was found on ancestry.com. The title is "1939 England and Wales Register for Alice M C Drakefore. Surrey> Esher Ud >Dmjl, image 20 of 35, on 7 October 2023. 

This document reads as:
E.D. [?Enumeration District?] letter code    DMJL    Borrough U.D. or R.D. Esher 

Registration District and Sub-district 30-2

[Warrior Wood] Ditto 231 (possibly the number of the dwelling or the number of families visited.) 
1 Drakeford  David A    M[ale]    19 Jan 1910    M[arried]    Steamship Comp[am]y    Auxillary FIre Service

2 Drakeford Alice M C    F[emale]    10 Oct 1911    [?]    Unpaid Domestic Duties

It is possible that at the time of publication of this census the third member was still alive.

4 Sally A. Weldon    F    22 Jan 1920 Domestic Servant

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Brewer Family - Brewer Jefferson marriage register.

This marriage record was found on 27 October 2023.This record reads as:

Date: 1887, September 12

Groom: James P. Brewer  
Bride:    Mary E. Jefferson
   
Residence of Each at time of Marriage: Boston 
   
Age of Each in years: 43
                             27    

Occupation of Each: Broker 
   
Place of Birth of Each:  Boston
                                        N[ova] Scotia  

Name of Parents: Nathaniel    Mary
                             James        Mary    

What Marriage. Whether 1st, 2d, 3d, & c.
[Groom]:2nd [marriage]    
[Bride]: 1st [marriage]

Name and Official Station of Person by Whom Married:
Edward E. Hale
                  Boston

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Brewer to Jefferson -James Page Brewer - Death Record


This is the death record for James Page Brewer. It was found 27 October 2023, at FamilySearch.org., at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DYCS-WLK?i=149&cc=1463156.
 
The film number at FamilySearach.org is 004224889, Image 150 of 673. This document reads as:

James P Brewer
Sex Male    
Condition: Married    
Age 53   
Cause of Death: Pneumonia 
Length of illness: 8 days   
Residence and Place of Death and Burial (if elsewhere). 63 Beacon St    
Occupation: Broker    
Place of Birth: Boston   
Names and birthplace of parents: 
Father's Name: Nathaniel 
Father's Sex: Male
Father's Birthplace: BOSTON, MA
Mother's Name: Mary H. L.
Mother's Sex: Female
Mother's Birthplace: BOSTON, MA
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 16 April 1888
Event Place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Source Details: v 393 p 138

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This short obituary was found in the Boston Globe, Boston Massachusetts, Wednesday April 18, 1888. It was found on 28 October 2023.


This obituary reads as -
"BREWER.- In This city April 16, James P. Brewer. 53 yrs."

This was found at:
https://www.newspapers.com/image/431124085/?terms=%22James%20Brewer%22%20Obituary%20April%2018%201888&match=1

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Brewer to Jefferson -James Page Brewer - Probate Records

This document was found 27 October 2023, on FamilySearch.org at: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/193176584/person/182512782966/hints?usePUBJs=true.

This document reads as:

James Page Brewer
Will
Proved May 7, 1888

Be it remembered that I, James Page Brewer of  Boston in the County of Suffolk do make my last will thus:-
1. I give and bequeath to my wife Mary Elizabeth Brewer all my furniture, linen, plate, silver, china, glass, books, prints pictures, fuel, consumable provisions and other house hold affects clothing and jewelry and I declare that the provisions herein made for my said wife shall be in lieu of all claims including dower which she could have upon my estate. II. I give to my said wife the sum of ten thousand dollars. III. I appoint my nephews Frank B. Bemis and Harry H. Bemis and the survivor the executors and trustees under this will and exempt each of them from giving any surety or sureties on his official bond either as executor or trustee hereunder. In case of the death, resignation or inability to act of any trustees acting under any clause of this will or new trustee shall be nominated by the surviving or remaining trustee in writing to be appointed by the Judge of Probate for the time being having jurisdiction of this will in the place of the trustee or trustees dying, resigning or removing as aforesaid and the new trustee or trustee so appointed shall have all the powers herein given to the trustees herein appointed and be exempt from giving any surety or sureties on his official bond as such, but I declare that during any vacancy in the number of the trustees the surviving or remaining trustee shall have all theh powers herein given to the two trustees. I appoint the said Frank B. Bemis Guardian of my minor children to continue during the minority of each of the wards and I exempt him from giving any surety or sureties on his official bond as such Guardian. IV. I give to the trustees herein named and to the survivor his heirs and assigns the sum                                    Image 13 of 299

of fifteen thousand dollars in trust nevertheless to pay the net income thereof semi annually or at such other times as to them shall seem best to my daughter Mary Bemis Brewer during her life or in their discretion the trustees may expend the same for her maintenance, education and support, and at her decease, to pay over, transfer and convey the principal of said funds to such person or persons as she shall appoint be will and in default of such will or so  far as the same shall fail to operate to those persons who are at that time her heirs by blood. V. I give to my Book-Keeper William E. Fitzgerald of said Boston if he shall be in my employ at the time of my decease, the sum of three hundred dollars. VI. All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate real, personal and mixed of which I shall die seized and possessed or to which I shall be in any way entitled at the time of my decease or over which I now or may then have any power of appointment, I give, devise and bequeath to the trustees herein- before named and to the survivor, his heirs and assigns in trust never the less to pay the net income there of quarter yearly to my said wife during her life, provided however, that when my sons James Brewer and Philip Jefferson Brewer shall respectively attain the age of thirty years the trustees shall pay over, transfer and convey to each of them from the principal of said fund the sum of ten thousand dollars and upon the decease of my said wife to divide, pay over, transfer and convey the principal of the said trust property as it shall then exist in equal shares to and among my said three children, provided, however, that the share of my said daughter shall be paid over to the trustees and held in trust for her benefit under the fourth clause of this will and if my said sons or either of them shall not at at hat time have attained the age of thirty years their or his share shall be held in trust by the trustees under this will and the income thereof paid to them or him quarter yearly until they shall respectively attain the said age of thirty years and when and as each shall respectively attain said age to pay over, transfer and convey to him his share of the principal of said fund, but if either shall die previous to attaining said age, to pay over, transfer, and convey his share of said fund to such person or

persons as he shall appoint by will and in default of such will or so far as the same shall fail to operate, to pay over, transfer and convey the same to those persons who at the time of his decease are his heirs by blood. VII. I direct that the income herein bequeathed shall not be alienable by any of the beneficiaries herein named either by assignment or by any other method and the same shall not be subject to be taken by their creditors by any legal process whatever. VIII. I authorize and empower the executors or executor under this will to sell at public or private sale any part of all of my estate real or personal, and to execute and deliver proper and sufficient deeds to convey and transfer the same. IX, I authorize and empower the trustees or trustee for the time being under this will to sell at public or private sale any portion or the whole of the estate, real or personal which they and he may hold under any of the trusts here by created and to execute and deliver good and sufficient deeds and other instruments to convey and transfer the same. And when ever it shall become necessary to make the final distribution of any property held in trust under this will the trustees or trustee for the time being shall have like authority for the purposes of such distribution to sell and convert into money the whole or any portion of such whether real or personal. In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal this twelfth day of April A.D. eighteen hundred and eighty eight.
    J. P. Brewer (Seal) Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above - named James Page Brewer as and for his last will in our presence, who at his request, in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereto subscribed out names as witnesses. The words "either of the" "herein named" "either" stricken out in the fifteenth line of the first page and the words "any" "acting" "any" interlined before execution so that the said line now reads, "any trustee acting under any clause of this" and the last line on the third page stricken out before execution. Francis C. Welch -
Sabin P. Sanger -         Ellen Stone-
A true record, Attest"        [Elijah] George            register

page 14 of 299

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Thursday, October 26, 2023

Brewer to Jefferson - Alice Mary Clara Brewer


These documents was found on 25 October 2023, on Ancestry.com

This record shows the birth record of Alice Mary Clara Brewer at Ancestry.com. The record group is: England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837- 1915. This is image 104 of 151.

Alice is listed in the right hand column under the surname Brewer:

This record reads as: 
131    Alice M.C.    
Wakefield [mother's maiden name]   
Hampstead [District]   
1a[volume number]    
1007 [page]

I have not seen the actual page noting her birth at this time. I need to learn more about English registers.

The webpage for the above page:
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/33803673:8912?tid=193176584&pid=182512528182&hid=1037945308443

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This is a copy of England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916 to 2005. 
This is image 102 of 143.

The webpage is: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/193176584/person/182512528182/hints?usePUBJs=true

This reads as follows:
Names of persons Married:
Brewer Alice M.C. Drakeford
District: Kensington
Vol: 1a
Page:261
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This is a snapshot of the London, England, Electoral Registers, [from] 1832-1965 at Westminster, City of Westminster, Abbey, 1939. Image 97 of 408, page 12. 

This document represents the City of Westminster, PALL MALL WARD. (D) reads as:

[1711-from previous page]  
  
Drakeford, Alice Mary Clara     60 (abode, Warriors Wood, Cobham, Surrey)

Drakeford, David Alan    60 (abode, Warriors Wood, Cobham, Surrey)

Drakeford, David Harold    60 (abode, leigh Cottage, Clare Hill, Esher, Surrey)

Drakeford, Ethel Florence    60 (abode, Leigh Cottage, Clare Hill, Esher, Surrey)

The webpage is: 
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/193176584/person/182512528182/hints?usePUBJs=true
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England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administration. Image 267 of 270.

https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/21254191:1904?tid=193176584&pid=182512528182&hid=1037945308444

DRAKEFORD, Alice Mary Clara of P O Box1 Thyolo on Malawi died 18 April 1984 Probate London 26 September [pound symbol]59275 8451114811T.

There are several other Drakefords on this list including:

Cyril
John Albert Charles
Lea Bridget
Nellie Iris
Rosalie

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Saturday, October 7, 2023

BrewertoJefferson - Alice Mary Clara Brewer - London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1923

This birth record was found on 7 October 2023, on Ancestry.com.
It documents the birth of Alice Mary Clara Brewer. 
This is a partial page of:
BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of St. Mary's Stanford [Pound?] in the County of London in the Year One thousand nine hundred and Twelve:



When Baptized: 1912 March 27th No. 243

Child's Christian Name.: Alice Mary Clara
Parent's Names.
Christian: Philip Jefferson
                Alice Maude
Surname. Brewer
Abode.: 28 Hartswood Road
Quality, Trade, or Profession.: Engineer
By whom the ceremony was performed.: Charles Neil

https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/193176584/person/182512528182/hints?usePUBJs=true

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The following document was found on Ancestry.com, 7 October 2023. The File name was "England & Wales, National Probate calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858 to 1995. Davidson to Draper. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/21254191:1904?tid=193176584&pid=182512528182&hid=1037945308444

This document reads as: 
DRAKEFORD,  Alice Mary Clara of P O Box 1 Thyolo in Malawi died 18 April 1984 Probate London 26 September [English pound]

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BrewertoJefferson - New York Arrival

This is the NY family's arrival documentation dated 8 March 1922. At this period in time they arrived through Ellis Island, as Castle Ga...