- BROAD, Clarissa, died age 2 - Sandbach - Cheshire East - 1879-SA/22/89

- Lived for a time at No.16 Hazelwood Road .Walthamstow

- NOTES: On Clarice Broad.

She was the youngest of the five girls. She was not exactly pretty, but very good looking and attractive, with smokey dark curly hair. She was bubbly, vivacious, a bit of a devil, and we were brought up on tales of Aunt Clarice's wild doings.

She worked as a waitress in the restaurant at Crewe Railway station - a terrible place in those days, where the rats jumped out from under the chairs whan patrons sat down to eat. There were tales told of her and the other girls picking up fellows, going off to Blackpool and not getting back home till the early hours of the morning.

From Crewe she moved to Preston railway station, then on to Euston station in London - another terrible place. It was there that she met Uncle Alex (John Alexander Nicholls), who was the cashier in the restaurant carriage on the London to Glasgow Express (The Flying Scotsman).

We children used to stand at the end of Eva Street (Elworth. Sandbach.) to wave at him when the express was going by and he used to wave back at us. Clarice died in her thirties. When she was so ill and obviously dying, she used to say "There's nothing to worry about. I'm going to live forever. Alex won't let me die. But of course that wasn't the case.

Clarice Broad was buried in Sandbach Church Cemetery in the family grave along with her Father Ralph Broad and brother Arthur.

- BROAD, Edith. - Born: Sandbach, Cheshire East. - 1870-SA/24/36

- NOTES: On Aunt Edith Broad.

Edith was the eldest of the five girls. She went into service when she was 13 and when I (Edna Lysett) knew her she had married Uncle Will, who was eight years younger than her. He was a stonemason working in the slate quarries on Honister Pass in Borrowdale, Cumbria. The quarries are like huge caverns with steep sides and the men work on shelves on the cliff wall.

The family lived in a tiny cottage (which is still there 1999) in Stonethwaite, Borrowdale, with no running water, no drains, no heat or light except from a paraffin stove. She was an exceptionally kind-hearted person. One winter she brought a neighbours 14 year old daughter to Blackpool to have a holiday in my mothers (Lena Broad) boarding house. (Kent Street, Blackpool) The girl had consumption and died soon after. The next winter Aunt Edith herself had consumption and we (Lena & Edna) went to Stonethwaite to look after her until she died.

(Note: Visit to Stonethwaite & Borrowdale by Trevor & Irene in 1999 failed to discover anything about Edith or William)

- NOTES: On FRANCES BROAD - Female
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Birth: Jul_Sep 1816 @ Sandbach
Christening: 25 SEP 1816
Death: Oct_Dec 1866 @ The Common, Sandbach.
Burial: Oct_Dec 1866 in Sandbach
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Marriages: Spouse: WILLIAM RASBERRY - Marriage: 16 NOV 1834 Warmingham, Nr: Sandbach, Cheshire, England
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Source Information: IGI Marriage Batch Number: 8416630 Sheet: 59 Source Call No.: 1395802 Type: Film

- 1841 Census - Widow aged 25 with three children from her 1st marriage, Living with widowed father Ralph Broad and siblings at The Common, Sandbach

- Frances (Fanny) Broad had married William Rasberry in 1834 but he had died of Typhus fever in 1840. She was to re-marry to Benjamin Bullock in 1842 with whom she had a large family. Benjamin Bullock died at 'The Commons, Sandbach, in 1864 and his widow Frances [Fanny] only survived him by two years, she died in 1866 aged only 49

- Macclesfield BMD Birth Register Ref: 1851 - SA/8/36
- 1881 Census - Age 29 at Elworth St. Sandbach.

- BROAD, Harry Alexander, died 5 mth - Sandbach - Cheshire East -1878-SA/22/68

- BROAD, Helena. - Born: Sandbach, Cheshire East. - 1863-SA/17/78

Very strange information on this Helena - I can find her Birth registered in the NSO records but not her marriage....there is an Eleanor Isabel Broad that married Nehemiah Norris in September 1891 at Congleton (Sandbach) - 1891 - BROAD Eleanor I - NORRIS, Nehemiah - Sandbach, St Mary - Cheshire East - 1891 - 1080/4/56 - But I have checked all the ONS Birth Statistics for "ELEANOR ISABEL" and cannot find one with the surname 'Broad' - So I am assuming that HELENA & ELEANOR are one and the same, as all dates and places match. I still cannot find any trace of this HELENA in the 1891 Census, but will keep trying.

- JAMES BROAD - Was occupied and employed as a 'Bricksetter' (Bricklayer) for over 50 years, and a Foreman Bricksetter for possibly half that period. - He was apparently working in that occupation right up to the time of his death aged 72 in the Year 1892.

- In the 1841 Census I have discovered a Mary Broad (25) with a Jane Broad (20) and Ann Broad (15) all at Market Street in Manchester. Which seems to follow the movement of these sisters and indicate I may be on the right track with regards their marriages.

Cannot be sure that this is my Jane Broad from Sanbach, but there was also a John Broad married earlier in the year at Manchester Cathedral in January 1849, which could have been Jane's elder borther.

JANE BROAD - Female
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Birth:
Christening:
Death:
Burial:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Marriages: Spouse: EDWARD CLAVERIE - Marriage: 22 SEP 1849 Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire, England
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Source Information: IGI Marriage Batch No.: M097892 1846 - 1847 0438208 Film 6900002 Film

M097892 1847 0438209 Film NONE - M097892 1848 0438210 Film 6900002 Film - M097892 1849 0438211 Film NONE - M097892 1850 0438212 Film NONE

- Easy to get confused with the numerous 'John Broad's' that lived in and around Sandbach between 1818 and 1825.

Could this be John BROAD from Sandbach, as a Jane BROAD was also married at Manchester Cathedral in September of the same year, perhaps brother and sister.

JOHN BROAD - Male
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Birth:
Christening:
Death:
Burial:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Marriages: Spouse: JANE JONES - Marriage: 28 JAN 1849 Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire, England
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Source Information: IGI Marriage Batch No.: M097892 1846 - 1847 0438208 Film 6900002 Film

- There is a John Broad registered Death at Congleton in 1842 - ONS Deaths Index: Apr_Jun 1842 - BROAD, John - Died @ Congleton - 1842-Jun-19/73 - Verify if this could be our John Broad B: 1822

- Also a John Broad who died in 1846 at Congleton - ONS Deaths Index: Apr_Jun 1846 - Broad, John - Died @ Congleton - 1846-Jun-19/68

Cheshire Death indexes for the years: 1842 - BROAD, John - Died @ Sandbach - Cheshire East - Apr_Jun 1842-SA/2/96

Cheshire Death indexes for the years: 1846 - BROAD, John - Died @ Sandbach - Cheshire East - Apr_Jun 1846-SA/4/64

- BROAD, John. Born: Sandbach, Cheshire East. 1856-SA/11/71 - Died as an infant

- NOTES: On Aunt Lena Broad.

She was the only blonde girl and very attractive. Aunt Sylvia was always very jealous of her. It began one day when when their father, Ralph, was standing at the door talking to a friend. Lena came running up the street with ice skates in her hand and her yellow hair streaming out behind her. Ralph said to the friend, " Ah, this is the one I wanted you to see. Aunt Sylvia was in the house and heard him. What made it worse was that Lena was regarded as the delicate one, thus she didn't go into service. She stopped at home and did sewing. There was a shoe factory near-by and they used to collect highleg boots with rows of buttons. They sewed on the buttons for one shilling a thousand.

Lena Broad married Robert Lycett and had two children, Gerald and myself (Edna). My father died when I was two years old and my mother had a hard time scaping a living. I believe it was Aunt Sylvia who helped us set up in a Boarding House in Kent Road, Blackpool. We took in holiday-makers during the summer and in winter let out rooms to families. At the beginning of the 1914-18 war my mother went bankrupt. There were no more holiday-makers as the houses were requisitioned for the troops.

Could this be my Mary BROAD of Sandbach, who married aged 17 years at Manchester Cathedral, very doubtful, but it seems a coincidence that siblings John & Jane BROAD may also have married at Manchester Cathedral in 1849

MARY BROAD - Female
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Birth:
Christening:
Death:
Burial:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Marriages: Spouse: EDWARD EDWARDS - Marriage: 06 DEC 1835 Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire, England
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Source Information: IGI Marriage Batch No.: M005468 1832 - 1833 0438196 Film 6900002 Film

M005468 1834 - 1835 0438197 Film NONE

- Macclesfield BMD Registry, Birth Ref: No. SA/15/60. - BROAD, Mary Alice. Born: Sandbach, Cheshire East. - Macclesfield - 1860-SA/15/60 - MARY ALICE BROAD - Died as an infant @ Bradwall Road, Sandbach on the 13th February 1863, and was Buried in St. Mary's Churchyard, Sandbach.

Birth Register Ref: CON/41/3

- 1881 - Servant to Edward Eardley and Ann Eardley (Farmer of 6 acres) Query this relationship, may not be correct family

BROAD, Matilda. - Born: Sandbach, Cheshire East. - 1845-SA/4/21

1851 - Aged 6 years at Bradwall Road, Sandbach.

Living with William Burgess (General Labourer) in Congleton.

- Cannot find any certain reference to the Birth date or Baptism of this Ralph Broad in any records so far, except for the one below

- Cheshire Record Office Microfilm Mf 154/1 Slide No 190 @ St Mary's Church, Wistaston - 1790 July 25th - Ralph son of Mary Broad[e?] Baptised

- 1841 Census - Widower (Farm Labourer) aged 48 at The Common, Sandbach, Living with son James, Daughter Elizabeth and Frances (Broad) Rasberry and children

- 1851 Census - Widower (Farm Labourer) aged 58 at Bradwall Road, Sandbach, Living with son James Broad wife Ann and family

- Notes:

- 1851 Census - Aged 3 years @ Bradwall Road, Sandbach.
- 1861 Census - Aged 13 years @ Bradwall Road, Sandbach, Cheshire
- 1871 Census - Aged 23 @ Wheelock Road, Sandbach, Cheshire.
- 1881 Census - Aged 32 @ Welles Street, Sandbach
- 1891 Census - Aged 43 @ 203 Green Street. Sandbach. Cheshire.

- 1897 - Died @ Sandbach aged 49 years

- It would appear that this line of the 'Broad' surname becomes Extinct with the death of Ralph Broad and his two son's Harry and Arthur. - Five female children survived and produced offsprings. Edith, Sylvia, Lena, Bertha and Clarissa.

- Edith Broad produced 3 Girls
- Sylvia Broad it is believed produced one illigitmate Girl according to hearsay from relatives
- Lena Broad produced one boy and one girl - Gerald Lycett produced two girls
- Bertha Broad produced one boy and one girl - Laurence Church produced three girls.
- Clarissa Broad produced three girls and one boy - only my Mother ARECHEA survived and produced two Boys.- Trevor & Kenneth Lawton

1881 - Grand daughter of James Broad (# 486) and Ann Broad (#487) from
Manchester staying at Bradwall Rd. Sandbach.

1851 - Aged 1 year at Bradwall Road, Sandbach.

BROAD, Sarah Jane. Born: Sandbach, Cheshire East. 1850-SA/6/89
BROAD, Sarah Jane. Born: Sandbach, Cheshire East. 1850-SA/7/76

- 1. Domestic housekeeper for Colonel Greaves (Beechwood Heyrod)
- 2. Domestic housekeeper for Robert Radcliffe at Oakfield House Barlow School, Heyheads

- 1881 Census - Aged 8 years at Welles Street, Sandbach, Cheshire, with parents Ralph & Jane Broad.
- 1891 Census - Spinster, aged 18 (House Servant) at Victoria Street, Newton Moor, Hyde, with 'Slack' family.
- 1901 Census - Spinster, aged 28 (Domestic Cook) at Oakfield House, Heyheads, Stalybridge

- NOTES: On 1881 Census on Robert Radcliffe - Name: Robert Radcliffe - Age: 18 - Estimated Birth Year: abt 1863 - Relation: Brother - Gender: Male - Where born: Staly, Cheshire, England - Civil parish: Stayley - County/Island: Cheshire
- Country: England - Street Address: Castle View - Employment status: Employer - Occupation: Woollen Manufacturer - Registration district: Ashton Under Lyne - Sub-registration district: Stayley - ED: 2 - Piece: 4062 - Folio: 56 - Page Number: 43

Household Members: Name: Age:
----------------------------------------------------------
William E. Radcliffe - Head - age 23
Hannah Radcliffe - Sister - age 24
Elizabeth Radcliffe - Sister - age
Robert Radcliffe - Brother - age 18
John Saml. Radcliffe - Brother - age 12
Sarah A. Booth - Servant - age 23

- 1851 - Aged 8 years at Bradwall Road, Sandbach.

- 1891 - Aged 18 (Bricklayers Labourer) at Front St, Sandbach.

Don't know if the Winifred below is correct, as other children born in Sandbach, but Crewe was the nearest main Hospital so if there had been birth complication Florence may have had Winifred in Crewe Hospital (Conjecture on my part) But no other Winnie or Winifred recorded in Cheshire BMD between 1900-1910

BROAD Winifred M - Born: Crewe - Cheshire Central - 1906-CR/144/100

Ann - dgt of Joshua & Margaret 27/12/1747 - Harrop Green
Ann - dgt of Jonathan & Anne 20/10/1749 - Doctor House
Ann - dgt of John & Sarah 15/1/1749 - Lee, Diggle
Ann - dgt of Elias & Anne 26/8/1750 Harrop Green

1851 - Aged 28 (Cotton Reeler) at 14 Huddersfield Rd, Stayley.

1881 - Aged 32 (Housewife) at 118 Vasasour St, Castleton, Lancs;

Births Jun 1850 (>99%)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Buckley Hervey Saddleworth 23 650

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Births Sep 1850 (>99%)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Buckley Hervey Saddleworth 23 61[35]

Daughter of George Brooks (Woollen Spinner) of Mossley Brow
FURNESS Charles & BROOKS Ellen K @ Mossley, St George's CE16/1/91
Age 22 (Carder) of Mossley Brow at time of marriage

At the 1901 Census Kate and Family are redsident at Upper Hill Farm, close to Hughley Village, living in realtive close proximity in the village are Thomas and Mary Griffiths

Births Sep 1916 - Pierce John G Browne Southwark 1d 205

Marriages Mar 1887 (>99%)
BENSTEAD Martha Shoreditch 1c 194 Scan available - click to view
Browne Annie Shoreditch 1c 194 Scan available - click to view
PRATT James Shoreditch 1c 194 Scan available - click to view
SUDBURY William Daniel Shoreditch 1c 194

I have searched Ancestry Records for hours, trying to find this ARETIA BROWNE in the 1841 Census, without any success. Having tried all types of connotations and abreviations I still cannot locate her or her family in 1841.

There was an Aretia Stockdill born at Dewsbury, Yorkshire in Jan_Mar 1844 - the year that Richard Stockdill and Aretia Browne married in London....such an unusual christian name indicates that there has to be some connection, maybe Aretia Stockdill B: 1844 was the illigitimate child of Richard & Aretia who then married later in 1844. This child Aretia was married in 1862 in Dewsbury, Yorks: ( Marriages Jul_Sep 1862 - Stockdill, Aretia - Married @ Dewsbury - 1862-Sep-9b/720 to either a Joseph Bedford or a John Rhodes. - There was also an Aretia Stockdill who died at Lambeth, London, aged 69 years in the Jul_Sep qtr 1891 which equates to our Aretia (Browne) Stockdill

ONS Marriages Index: Apr_Jun 1844
--------------------------------------------------------
BROWNE, Aretia - Married - STOCKDILL, Richard @ Lambeth - 1844-Jun-4/229