Genealogy Chat

Mary, I have been looking for your Thomas for over an hour. Did Clara Brewin have a brother with an unusual name Ortraginius (or something like that)? mother is Virtue If so could this be him and his uncle took him in when his mother died? 1881 Belle Brewin abt 1856 Newtown Linford Wife Leicester St Margaret Leicestershire Orfraymuir Brewin abt 1853 Leicestershire, England Head Leicester St Margaret Leicestershire Thomas Brewin abt 1878 Leicestershire, England Son Leicester St Margaret Leicestershire Virtue Brewin on 1861 (but no Clara) Francis Warren Brewin abt 1827 Leicestershire, England Head Leicester St Margaret Leicestershire Ortraymer Brewin abt 1854 Leicestershire, England Son Leicester St Margaret Leicestershire Virtue Brewin abt 1822 Stainby, Lincolnshire, England Wife Leicester St Margaret Leicestershire Virtue on 1871 (but no Clara) Frances W Brewin abt 1827 St Margaret, Leicestershire, England Head St Margaret Leicestershire Ortraginius Brewin abt 1853 St Margaret, Leicestershire, England Son St Margaret Leicestershire Virtue Brewin abt 1823 Bradby, Lincolnshire, England Wife St Margaret Leicestershire Just a thought... Best of luck Sara

Hi Sara, That's really kind of you to spend so much time looking - I've spent ages on trying to find him too, but the time you've spent is above and beyond the call of duty! I do believe you've solved the mystery - I couldn't see the wood for the trees. Clara did indeed have a brother called Ortraymer or Ort-Raymur Brewin (all the enumerators had trouble with that name), who was married to Belle in 1881. I found Thomas Mallet on all the censuses except 1881, and I could only find Thomas Brewin on the 1881 census. I noticed they had the same year of birth, but it never occurred to me that they might be the same person - I just thought I'd missed Thomas Brewin, or he'd been mistranscribed. As Thomas turns up as Mallet in 1891 and 1901, I shouldn't think his name was changed - the enumerator in 1881 probably just assumed he had the same name as Ort and Belle. Brilliant, thanks a million! Now all I have to do is find Belle, who's next on the list of mysteriously disappearing rellies...