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John Branston
Born: 1st February 1847, Bottesford, Leicestershire
Parents: Thomas Branston and Sarah Smedley
Died: about March 1935, Nottingham registration district

Lived at: Beyond Bar, Bottesford, Leicestershire (1851 census), Grange Farm, Orston, Nottinghamshire (1861 census),
Orston Lane, Bottesford, Leicestershire (1871 census), 7 Orston Lane, Bottesford, Leicestershire (1881 census), 5 Richards
Row, Bottesford, Leicestershire (1891 census), 53 High Street, Bottesford, Leicestershire (1901 census)
Occupation: ag lab (1871), general labourer (1881)

Wife: Eliza Castledine
Born: before 6 December 1840, Bingham, Nottinghamshire
Parents: Henry Castledine and Lucy Edenborough
Married: 4th June 1888, Primitive Methodist Church, Bottesford, Leicestershire
Died: about March 1930, Nottingham registration district

Lived at: Needham Street, Bingham, Nottinghamshire (1841 census), Union Street, Bingham, Nottinghamshire (1851 census),
Northfield House, Langar near Barnston, Nottinghamshire (1861 census), Orston Lane, Bottesford, Leicestershire (1871
census), 7 Orston Lane, Bottesford, Leicestershire (1881 census), 5 Richards Row, Bottesford, Leicestershire (1891 census),
53 High Street, Bottesford, Leicestershire (1901 census)
Occupation: domestic servant (1861)

Child of Eliza Castledine:

1. Arthur Castledine
Born: 25 December 1863, Bingham, Nottinghamshire
Died: about December 1942, Honiton registration district?
Lived at: East Stonehouse, Devon (1891 census), 79 East Street, East Stonehouse, Devon (1901 census), 119 Union Street,
East Stonehouse, Devon (1911 census)
Occupation: Private Royal Marines (1891), Private RMNI (1901), Government labourer (1911)

Spouse: Elizabeth Mardon
Birth: about 1869, East Stonehouse, Devon
Death: about December 1937, Plymouth registration district?
Parents: James Mardon and Maria Tucker
Marriage: about December 1891, East Stonehouse registration district

Children of John Branston and Eliza Castledine:

2. Lucy Castledine Branston
Born: 27 December 1868, Bottesford, Leicestershire
Died: 20 March 1941, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire

Spouse: Samuel Rowland
Marriage: 4 June 1888, Bottesford, Leicestershire

Please follow the link for details of Samuel and Lucy Castledine Rowland’s family.

3. John Thomas Branston
Born: 27 October 1870, Bottesford, Leicestershire
Died: 1940, Ontario, Canada
Lived at: Birks Terrace, Alfreton, Somercotes, Derbyshire (1891 census), Colliery Houses, Mansfield St. Barnabus,
Nottinghamshire (1901 census)
Occupation: scholar (1881), coal miner (1891), coal miner hewer (1901)

Spouse: Eliza Annie Milnes
Birth: about June 1874, Ambergate, Derbyshire
Parents: unknown
Marriage: about June 1893, Belper registration district

4. Ada Edinburgh Branston
Born: 1 Jul 1872, Bottesford, Leicestershire
Died: about December 1943, Sheffield registration district
Lived at: 12 Dunstan Street, Carlton, Nottinghamshire (1901), 75 Haydn Road, Sherwood, Nottinghamshire (1911)
Occupation: scholar (1881), general servant domestic (1891)

Spouse: John Goodwin
Birth: about 1868, Bingham, Nottinghamshire
Marriage: 13 March 1900, St. Mary the Virgin, Bottesford
Death: after 1911

5. Sarah Ann Branston
Born: 19 November 1873, Bottesford, Leicestershire
Died: about June 1942, Nottingham registration district
Lived at: 7 Orston Lane, Bottesford, Leicestershire (1881), Mill Road, Heanor, Derbyshire (1891), 27 Thorpe Street, Cotmanhay,
Derbyshire (1901),
Occupation: scholar (1881)
Other notes: signed her marriage certificate

Spouse: William Woolley
Birth: about 1864, Woolley, Nottinghamshire
Parents: uncertain
Marriage: 2 June 1890, St. Mary the Virgin, Bottesford, Leicestershire
Death: about March 1943, Nottingham registration district
Other notes: put a X on his marriage certificate

6. Elizabeth Branston
Born: 30 December 1874, Bottesford, Leicestershire
Died: about March 1948, Belper registration district
Lived at: 7 Orston Lane, Bottesford, Leicestershire (1881), Mill Road, Heanor, Derbyshire (1891), High Street, Alfreton,
Derbyshire (1901), Sleetmoor Lane, Alfreton, Derbyshire (1911)
Occupation: scholar (1881)

Spouse: Charles Milnes
Birth: about December 1878, Sleetmoor or Swanwick, Derbyshire
Parents: John Milnes and Emily Cooper
Marriage: 14 April 1900, St. Mary the Virgin, Bottesford, Leicestershire
Death: about September 1947, Barnsley registration district? (not certain)

7. Charlotte Branston
Born: 13 June 1877, Bottesford, Leicestershire
Died: 1955, Kegworth, Leicestershire
Lived at: Clipsham Hall Stables, Clipsham, Nottinghamshire (1891), Station Road, Kegworth, Leicestershire (1901)
Occupation: general servant domestic (1891), in service at Buckminster Hall (information from Charlotte’s great-grandson)

Spouse: George Musson Dunmore
Birth: 1869, South Witham, Lincolnshire
Parent: John Dunmore and Mary Musson
Marriage: 17 October 1895, St. Mary the Virgin, Bottesford, Leicestershire
Death: 1957, Kegworth, Leicestershire


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