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Joseph BRICKLAND

1812 – 1881 · Northampton, Northamptonshire
Partner: Emma ROBERTS
Father: John BRICKLAND · Mother: Jane FERGUSON
👶Birth
1812
🏛️ Regency period
Northampton, Northamptonshire 📍 Baptism Records
Baptism
02/02/1812
St Peter's Church, Marefair, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1SR 📍 Baptism Records 📎 Baptism

1812. Feb: 2. Joseph, son of John & Jane Brickland

💒Marriage (21)
01/09/1833
🏛️ Slavery abolished throughout British Empire
Emma ROBERTS
St John the Baptist, Chester, Cheshire 📍 Marriage Certificate 📎 Marriage Cert

The witnesses were Thomas and Sarah Brickland

💼Occupation (21)
1833
Shoemaker Marriage Certificate
🏠Lived (22)
1834
🏛️ Tolpuddle Martyrs transported
Castle Street, Chester, Cheshire 📍 Baptism Records
🏠Lived (24)
1836
Crane Street, Chester, Cheshire 📍
with Emma ROBERTS Baptism Records

Baptism record of son Charles shows them living in Crane Street and Joseph working as a Cordwainer

🏠Lived (29)
1841
15 Henry's Buildings, Chester, Cheshire 📍
with Emma ROBERTS 1841 Census 📎 Census
💼Occupation (29)
1841
Shoemaker 1841 Census
💼Occupation (30)
1842
🏛️ Mines Act
Cordwainer Death Certificate
🏠Lived (39)
1851
🏛️ Irish Potato Famine
Edward's Buildings, 448 Crane Street, Chester, Cheshire 📍
with Emma ROBERTS 1851 Census
St John Ward 49/2
📎 Census
💼Occupation (39)
1851
🏛️ Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace
Bootmaker 1851 Census
🏠Lived (42)
1854
🏛️ Crimean War
Crane Street, Chester, Cheshire 📍
with Emma ROBERTS Overleigh Cemetery Records, Chester
For son Thomas
💼Occupation (45)
1857
Fishmonger
Brickland's Fish Shop, 11 Northgate Street, Chester, Cheshire 📍 Street Index 📎 Document
🏠Lived (47)
1859
🏛️ Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species
Crane Street, Chester, Cheshire 📍
with Emma ROBERTS Electoral Roll 📎 Image
💼Occupation (47)
1859
Shoemaker Margaret Hayes
Daughter Rebecca first marriage
🏠Lived (49)
1861
🏛️ Death of Prince Albert
32 Princess Street, Chester, Cheshire 📍
with Emma ROBERTS 1861 Census 📎 Census
💼Occupation (49)
1861
Fishmonger 1861 Census
💼Occupation (52)
1864
Fishmonger Margaret Hayes
Daughter Rebecca second marriage
🏠Lived (59)
1871
🏛️ Bank Holidays introduced
32 Princess Street, Chester, Cheshire 📍
with Emma ROBERTS 1871 Census 📎 Census
💼Occupation (59)
1871
Fishmonger 1871 Census
🏠Lived (69)
03/04/1881
14 Hamilton Place, Chester, Cheshire 📍 1881 Census 📎 Census
💼Occupation (69)
03/04/1881
Fishmonger 1881 Census 📎 Image 📎 Image 📎 Image 📎 Image
✝️Death (69)
23/06/1881
30 Princess Street, Chester, Cheshire 📍
Aged 67
Malignant Disease of the Pharynx Death Certificate 📎 Death

Aged 67. Informant: Ann Wainwright Daughter 14 Hamilton Street, Chester

🪦Burial
27/06/1881
Overleigh Old Cemetery, Chester, Cheshire 📍
Grave 896 Overleigh Cemetery Records, Chester 📎 Photo 📎 Grave 📎 Grave 📎 Grave 📎 Grave

The grave was purchased by Joseph Brickland, fishmonger, Crane Street Chester for the first interment on the 29th December 1854. The grave was fully paid for by 1858 and reads:

IN MEMORY OF
THOMAS
SON OF JOSEPH AND EMMA BRICKLAND
WHO DIED DECEMBER 26TH 1854
AGED 3 WEEKS

ALSO OF
JOHN WAINWRIGHT
SON-IN-LAW OF THE ABOVE WHO DIED
JUNE 19TH 1870, AGED 33 YEARS
THE MEMORY OF THE JUST IS BLESSED

ALSO OF
CHARLES SON OF THE ABOVE,
WHO DIED SEPTEMBER 8TH 1876,
AGED 42 YEARS
INTERRED IN

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⚖️Probate
05/08/1881
Chester, Cheshire 📍 Probate Index 📎 Probate 📎 Probate

BRICKLAND Joseph. Personal Estate £400 18s. 6d. Resworn October 1881 £900 18s. 6d.
5 August. Administration of the Personal Estate of Joseph Brickland late of 30 Princess-street in the City of Chester Fishmonger a Widower who died 23 June 1881 at 30 Princess-street was granted at Chester to Joseph Brickland of 1 Duke-street Chester Fishmonger the Son and one of the Next of Kin.

Children with Emma ROBERTS
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b. 1834, Castle Street, Chester, Cheshire
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b. 1836, Chester, Cheshire · d. 1876, Talbot Hotel, Great Charlotte Street, Liverpool, Merseyside · m. 1865 Alice MCLANY
F
b. 1838, Chester, Cheshire · m. 1859 John HIGNETT · m. 1864 Robert CHARRLEY
M
b. 1840, Chester, Cheshire · d. 1842, Oswalds Parish, Chester, Cheshire
F
b. 1841, Chester, Cheshire · d. 1913, 36 Princess Street, Chester, Cheshire · m. 1865 John WAINWRIGHT
F
b. 1844, Chester, Cheshire · m. 1863 John GRESHAM
F
b. 1846, Chester, Cheshire · d. 1900, 11 Cunnod Road, Liverpool, Merseyside · m. 1870 Adam Bell CARRUTHERS
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b. 1849, Crane Street, Chester, Cheshire · d. 1849, Crane Street, Chester, Cheshire
F
b. 1850, Chester, Cheshire · d. 1925 · m. 1870 Henry WILBRAHAM
Joseph BRICKLAND
b. 1852, Edward's Buildings, 448 Crane Street, Chester, Cheshire · d. 1927, 4 Brook Lane, Chester, Cheshire · m. 1875 Sarah SUDDONES
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b. 1854, Chester, Cheshire · d. 1854, Crane Street, Chester, Cheshire
F
b. 1856, Chester, Cheshire · d. 1918, 18 Dee Lane, Chester, Cheshire · m. 1881 John WIGGINS
Notes

Possibility that he had a first wife - Sarah and a son together - Joseph baptised 5 Feb 1830 Holy Trinity, Chester. This needs to be confirmed. Info from IGI.

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Documents
Person Facts
Description: Struggled, lived frugally to set up shop. Became a fishmonger (Notes from Paul BRICKLAND)
Associations
Witness of his Death: Ann BRICKLAND
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