Brindley's of Derby 1900 - Now
1900 Sept ¼ Minnie May married John Richardson registered at Shardlow
1901 Census returns
In 1901 Edward Brindley is a widower, still a provision seller and has moved to Swainsley Court, Belper, Milford with his daughters Edith E Brindley and Gladys G Brindley.
Ernest Edward Fearn Brindley is living at 28 Crewe St with his wife Ada and his sister Mary Ann who is only 8. His occupation is recorded as Sorting Clerk and telephonist.
Maude Mary Fearn Gull (nee Brindley) is living with her husband Henry and son Arnold Henry Gull at 338 Abbey Street Derby. Their neighbours include her brother George and his family at no 336 and Robert Theaker at 344 who is brother to George Brindley’s wife, Eliza. Henry Gull’s occupation is recorded as Clerk general Office.
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In 1901 George Arthur Fearn Brindley is recorded as a draper at 336 Abbey Street and is living with his wife Eliza Harriet Brindley (nee Theaker). Also resident are Cecil Stewart age 3 and Edward Leslie age 1 and Eliza’s mother Emma Theaker a retired hotel keeper. Emma was also George’s aunt. George married his cousin Eliza Harriet Theaker whose mother who was also a daughter of George Fearn. George decided to set up in business on his own account and his first venture was a small hosiery shop in Albert Street next to the “butter market”, it was quite successful. |
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Minnie Richardson (nee Brindley) is living on Derby Rd, Shardlow with John Richardson a lace manufacturer from Nottingham.
Arnold Ambrose Brindley age 20 is at 28 Market St, Nottingham employed as a waiter (servant) to a Draper.
Jennie Louisa Brindley, aged 16, is living or staying with Alfred Moore and his wife Lucy in 126 Gerard Street, she is recorded as his cousin?
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Arnold
Bemrose Brindley
married Louisa
Couch in 1906,
Dec ¼ , St
George Hanover
Square London,
Surrey.
Louise Couch
was born
3rd August 1886,
and died
15th October 1978 Peter's daughter Anne Brindley was born in Nottingham and moved to live with her grandmother and grandfather Arnold Bemrose Brindley and Louisa after her mother died. They all lived together in Chaddesden, Derby. When she was 8 years old, Peter Brindley re-married and moved to Solihull in the West Midlands - where Anne met and married Colin Smith.
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Jennie Louisa Brindley got married in 1906 to John Gull (Jack) the marriage was registered at Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire. On 1901 census Jacks occupation was recorded as Clerk Corporation Offices.
Mary Ann Known as Polly married Arthur Keetley in 1912 at Basford.
George and Eliza, known as Cissie, had two boys Cecil (1898) and Edward (Leslie) and two girls Mary and Edna (March ¼ 1904).
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Both Cecil
and Leslie were
caught up in the
end of WW1 and
on their return
to Derby they
were apprenticed
to Drapers in
the town, Cecil
to Mr Grimes and
Leslie to Mr
Gilbert. After
their training
George bought a
shop in
Babington Lane
and they joined
his business.
Babington
Lane
came to
life
commercially
when the
Grand
Theatre
was
built in
1886. It
was an
impressive
example
of the
era,
with a
canopied
front
and a
lavishly
fitted
interior.
The
luxurious
stalls
and
dress
circles
were
done out
in plum
coloured
plush
velvet
with
gilt
carving.
Within
six
months
it had
burnt
down and
had to
be
rebuilt.
All the
great
artists
of the
late
Victorian
and
Edwardian
stage
appeared
there
giving
glamour
and
atmosphere
to
Babington
Lane.
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Subsequently another property was bought in East Street for a children’s outfitter department and baby wear and another in Babington Lane for Ladies fashions. Growth continued through the 1920s and 1930s. A menswear department was opened under the charge of Alec Jackson, Edna Brindley’s husband. Miss Melitta Fisher specialised in corsetry and became a director when Brindley’s became a limited company in 1922.
Cecil married Winifred Phillips.7b 1177 Sept ¼ 1921
Edward Leslie
married Marjorie
Wheldon (born 8
June 1899) 7b
2090 Jun ¼ 1920
These are my
grandparents.