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Groom's Name: John Brearley
Groom's Birth Date: 1858
Groom's Birthplace: England
Groom's Age: 28
Bride's Name: Sarah J. Watson
Bride's Birth Date: 1864
Bride's Birthplace: Ireland
Bride's Age: 22
Marriage Date: 02 Nov 1886
Marriage Place: Chicopee, Hampden Co, Massachusetts
Groom's Father's Name: Thomas
Groom's Mother's Name: Martha
Bride's Father's Name: Arthur
Bride's Mother's Name: Mary J.
Groom's Race:
Groom's Marital Status:
Groom's Previous Wife's Name:
Bride's Race:
Bride's Marital Status:
Bride's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M00885-5
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
Source Film Number: 2027069
Reference Number: Item 4 p32 rn4623
Collection: Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910

Have found this deat for Ralph - Note Mother maiden name is Watson.Any clue?

Name: Ralph Alarie Brearley
Birth Date: 11 Mar 1895
Death Date: 12 May 1969
Death County: Itasca
Mother's Maiden Name: Watson
State File Number: 011834
Certificate Number: 011834
Certificate Year: 1969
Record Number: 1741423

Also this one from 1900, Again the one Lynne found.

Name: Sarah J Brearly
[Sarah J Bredrhy]
Home in 1900: Chicopee Ward 2, Hampden, Massachusetts
Age: 35
Birth Date: Aug 1864
Birthplace: Ireland
Race: White
Gender: Female
Immigration Year: 1881
Relationship to Head of House: Wife
Father's Birthplace: Ireland
Mother's Birthplace: Ireland
Mother: number of living children: 5
Mother: How many children: 5
Spouse's name: John
Marriage Year: 1886
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 14
Occupation: View on Image
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
John Brearly 41
Sarah J Brearly 35
Ruth E E Brearly 12
Harris J Brearly 10
Ethel M Brearly 8
Ralph A Brearly 5
Sybil Brearly 3

It states that they both emigrated in 1881,But that they didn't marry untill 1886, So maybe did not travel over together.

Is it possible that 'your' John had a son John and thats who married Sarah in 1886?

Pat

This US Census from 1920 (That Lynne found before). On it Sarah states that she was born in Ireland.

It sates that they both emigrated in 1881 and they were natrualised in 1896.

Name: John Brearley
[John Breasley]
[John Brearly]
Home in 1920: Springfield Ward 4, Hampden, Massachusetts
Age: 61
Estimated birth year: abt 1859
Birthplace: England
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
[Head]
Spouse's name: Sarah J Brearley
Father's Birth Place: England
Mother's Birth Place: England
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Sex: Male
Home owned: Own
Year of Immigration: 1881
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
John Brearley 61
Sarah J Brearley 54
Philis M Brearley 10
Natalie Walker 8



Pat

Hi Margaret,
Sorry I hadn't seen your reply untill now.
You said that you believe John was born c1825 and Sarah 1866, What reationship are they to each other? I assumed husband/wife but thats a 41 year age gap - Not unheard of I know (I have it in mytree) but unusual.
Do you have year of birth for her children? Where did you access their names? and do you know where they wereborn?
Pat

Thanks Gypsy

I will take a closer look at Lynne's reply but I am not hopeful, unless these records shed light on his family. My John would have been born about 1825 so not the right generation. From marriage certificate for John's son it doesn't give much information

As I previously said either back to the drawing board or forget any thoughts of tracing them

Grateful thanks for your help

Margaret

Margaret,
Are you saying that you don't think the people in the 1910 and 1920 that Lynne has found are not 'yours'?
I think you should take another look at them, There are far too many coincidences to dissmiss in my opinion.

Pat

Hi Lynne From Up North !!

The reason I think this isn't my family is because i believe John was born in Ireland about 1825, John Breasley was the father of my gggrandfather Thomas Albert Breasley from Drumcondra Dublin. There doesn't appear to be Parish Records for this area of Dublin.

So I have to search other areas but feel I am looking for a needle in a haystack, bearing in mind that Census records were destroyed for the period I would need to look. WIth Breasley being a rare name in Dublin you would imagine it would show up somewhere.

There are hundreds of Breasleys in Australia but I have been able to locate any immigration records for the mid 1800's or convict records to link my family to anyone in Australia.

Any ideas where else I look or should I accept that I will never find a link

Grateful thanks for your time

Regards

Margaret

Hi Margaret,

Why do you think that this may not be the family that you are looking for? Was John Breasley born in Oldham? If so, then I think this could be the correct family. Have just come across a Passport application for Ethel M Brearley (as shown on Ancestry) in 1924, she too was intending to travel to the British Isles and France for travel!

I don't think this is my family.

Oh dear back to the drawing board!!!!!

Thanks again Lynne From Up North !!

Margaret

Harris Johnson Brearley - as shown on ancestry, applied for a Passport in 1920, as he was intending to travel to France and Italy to Study Language

Thanks Lynne From Up North !!

Many thanks for this information, it is John Breasley I would like to find out more about, but I always come up against misspellings.

I will keep trying. With an unusual surname you would think it would be easy!!!

Very grateful for all your help

Margaret

1910 US Census, note spelling of surname:-

Name: Sarah J Brearley
Age in 1910: 44
Estimated birth year: abt 1866
Birthplace: Ireland
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Father's Birth Place: England
Mother's Birth Place: Ireland
Spouse's name: John
Home in 1910: Springfield Ward 5, Hampden, Massachusetts
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Female
Year of Immigration: 1881
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
John Brearley 50
Sarah J Brearley 44
Ruth E Brearley 22
Harris J Brearley 20
Ethel M Brearley 18
Ralph A Brearley 15
Sybil I Brearley 12
Phyllis M Brearley 3/12

1900 US Census, note spelling of surname:-

Name: Sarah J Brearly
[Sarah J Bredrhy]
Home in 1900: Chicopee Ward 2, Hampden, Massachusetts
Age: 35
Birth Date: Aug 1864
Birthplace: Ireland
Race: White
Gender: Female
Immigration Year: 1881
Relationship to Head of House: Wife
Father's Birthplace: Ireland
Mother's Birthplace: Ireland
Mother: number of living children: 5
Mother: How many children: 5
Spouse's name: John
Marriage Year: 1886
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 14
Occupation: View on Image
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
John Brearly 41 born England, occupation Clerk
Sarah J Brearly 35
Ruth E E Brearly 12 born New York
Harris J Brearly 10 born New York
Ethel M Brearly 8 born Massachusetts
Ralph A Brearly 5 born Massachusetts
Sybil Brearly 3 born Massachusetts

The 1920 census shows that Phyllis was born in Massuchusetts.

Found one US Census for a Sarah J Breasley, this may be the person you are looking for:-

1920 US Census
Name: Sarah J Brearley
[Sarah J Breasley]
[Sarah J Brearly]
Home in 1920: Springfield Ward 4, Hampden, Massachusetts
Age: 54
Estimated birth year: abt 1866
Birthplace: England
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Spouse's name: John
Father's Birth Place: England
Mother's Birth Place: Ireland
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Sex: Female
Year of Immigration: 1881
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
John Brearley 61
Sarah J Brearley 54
Philis M Brearley 10
Natalie Walker 8

Hello, she was born in Ireland in 1866 and was travelling with John Breasley and children Ruth, Harris, Ethel, Ralph Sybil and Phyllis

Thanks

Margaret

hi
try here

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Do you have any more info i.e. who did she travel with and when was she born, or how old was Sarah when she emmigrated?

Lynne

Does anyone have access to the records and could look up Sarah J Breasley and family from Ireland

Could they supply some more details about their origins

Regards

Margaret