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Unfortunately I have no knowledge at all of the parentage of Joseph apart from his marriage cert which lists his father as James a deceased clerk.

As we know for certain through marriage certs that his wife was Margaret and when she died the younger children were brought up by a family member. I shall have to investigate it further.

A lady researching ''Breckon'' tried to help me but we got nowhere.

I have been through christenings for All Saints Poplar but not found anything there.

Hi I am trying to find anything about Joseph Breckon born Poplar 1822, my gt gt grandfather, prior to his marriage. He married Margaret Heckler from East Barnby, Whitby, North Yorkshire in 1849 and they had two children Alice and Charles Joseph. All though there were a number of Breckons lived in the Whitby area at the time I cannot find a connection and Joseph is listed on successive census returns as coming from Poplar Middlesex. He died in Whitby in 1890. Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.

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1851
BRECKON, Joseph Head M 29 1822 Labourer Alum Manufacture
Popler All Saints, Middlesex
BRECKON, Margaret Wife Married F 22 1829
Barnby, Yorkshire
BRECKON, Alice Daughter F 1 1850
Piece: 2374
Folio: 666
Page: 1
Registration District: Whitby
Civil Parish: Barnby
Municipal Borough:
Address: West Barnby, Barnby
County: Yorkshire (North riding)

1861
BUCKSON, Joseph Head Married M 39 1822 Jet Miner
Poplar, Middlesex
BUCKSON, Margaret Wife Married F 32 1829
Barnby, Yorkshire
BUCKSON, Alice Daughter F 11 1850
Barnby, Yorkshire
BUCKSON, Charles J Son M 2 1859
Lythe, Yorkshire
Piece: 3650
Folio: 107
Page: 22
Registration District: Whitby
Civil Parish: Lythe
Municipal Borough:
Address: Kettleness Village, Lythe, Kettleness
County: Yorkshire (North riding)

Chris :)

Burial (another one)
First name(s): Joseph
Last name: BRECKON
Date of burial 13 Jul 1889
Age at death: 70
Calculated year of birth: 1819
Place of burial Whitby
Dedication: St Mary (Cemetery)
County: Yorkshire (North Riding)
Whitby St Mary (Cemetery):

I think if a daughter returned home and resumed the family name then she may well have never been married at all.

you put this in your opening post

" I have been told that sometimes when a daughter was widowed she returned home and took the family name again, could this be a possibilty or she may have remarried and become Breckon that way."

who was the daughter you are referring to please. It may help with identification.

as the death & probate I gave you was for the ONLY Joseph Breckon who died in 1890 I think it is probable that your cousin has given you the wrong info.

the burial Chris gave you fits exactly with the Joseph whose wife was Sarah

Thank you Ann Cardiff, the Joseph Breckon in the Union Workhouse is almost certainly him as he was known as Joseph.

Thank you Chris Ho, this could well be him.

Thank you Lancashire Ann, No I don't have his death cert but a distant cousin gave me the info on his death.

Thank you Dea, I had seen that 1841 census and did wonder about it plus then as now there are a lot of Breckons in the Whitby/North Yorkshire moor areas. The probate reference is not him as his wife Margaret died in 1865 coinciding with the birth of their youngest son.

Thank you Reggie for telling me ''Deceased fathers'' did not necessarily exist I did not know that.

Thank you everyone for your help

Burial (Find My Past)
First name(s): Joseph
Last name: BRECKON
Date of burial 9 Jun 1890
Age at death: 68
Calculated year of birth: 1822
Place of burial Whitby
Dedication: St Mary (Cemetery)
County: Yorkshire (North Riding)
Whitby St Mary (Cemetery):
Denomination: Cemetery
Coverage 1885 - 1907
Data provider: Cleveland Family History Society

Chris :)

and in 1881

Name: Sarah Breckon
Age: 52
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1829
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: Joseph Breckon
Gender: Female
Where born: Whitby, Yorkshire, England

Civil Parish: Whitby
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England

Street Address: 9 West Ter
Condition as to marriage: Married

Registration District: Whitby
Sub-registration District: Whitby

Joseph Breckon 58 - mason
Sarah Breckon 52

This is Sarah (the widow mentioned in the above probate) - mistranscribed on 1891:

1891 census
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Schedule Name Relation Condition Sex Age Birth Year Occupation , Disability Where Born Image

BROCKSON, Sarah Head Widow F 64 1827 Lodging House Keeper Whitby, Yorkshire

at 9 West Terrace, Whitby.

Dea x

do you have James/Joseph's death certificate yorksrene?

I can find only one death in Whitby in the 1890

Deaths Jun 1890 (>99%)
Breckon Joseph 68 Whitby 9d 312

This Joseph has an entry in the probate index:-
died 6 June 1990
stonemason
widow Sarah of 9 West Terrace Whitby

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Name: Elizabeth Breckon
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1861
Gender: Female
Age: 53
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Birthplace: ... London
Schedule Type: Household
Registration District: Durham
Sub-District: 3 St Oswald
Ecclesiastical Parish:
Parish: Elvet
Residence County: Durham

connected?

Name: Joseph Breckon
Age (Original): 62
Gender: Male
Birth Year: 1819
Birthplace: Poplar, Middlesex, England
Relationship to Head of Household: Patient
Marital Status: Widower
Occupation: General Labourer
Address: Whitby Union Workhouse Church Street
Event Place: Whitby, Yorkshire (North Riding), England
Disability:
Record Type: Household
GS Film number: 1342164
Affiliate Publication Number: RG11
Piece/Folio: 4833 / 125
Page Number: 35

Name: James J W Breckon
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1871
Gender: Male
Age: 49
Relationship to Head of Household: Boarder
Birthplace: Poplar, Middlesex
Schedule Type: Household
Registration District: Whitby
Sub-District: Egton
Parish: Glaisdale
County: Yorkshire (West Riding)
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Self John Heaviside M 45 Bishopton, Durham
Wife Hannah Heaviside F 45 Cockerton, Durham
Daughter Elizabeth H Heaviside F 13 Norton, Durham
Nephew Alfred Hodgson M 7 Darlington, Durham
Boarder James J W Breckon M 49 Poplar, Middlesex
Boarder William Weetman M 23 Lythe, Yorkshire

for ref 1871

Name: James J W Breckon
Age: 49
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1822
Relation: Boarder
Gender: Male
Where born: Poplar, Middlesex, England
Civil Parish: Glaisdale
Ecclesiastical parish: Glaisdale
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England
Registration District: Whitby
Sub-registration District: Egton
ED, institution, or vessel: 8
Household Schedule Number: 177
Piece: 4846
Folio: 36
Page Number: 38
Household Members:
Name Age
John Heaviside 45
Hannah Heaviside 45
Elizabeth H Heaviside 13
Alfred Hodgson 7
James J W Breckon 49
William Weetman 23

The surname seems to be located almost exclusively in Yorkshire.......................