Joseph Brown

At the time of the ’41 Census, Joseph was living with his parents, and his half sister from his father’s previous marriage, in a cottage on New Road. It was rented from Thomas Gillman, and is number 69 on the Tithe Map. Robert, his father, was variously recorded as being a shoemaker or cordwainer. In 1851, the family were still in North Nibley, but between 1855 and 1861, Robert died and the family, now including Joseph’s two sisters, had moved to Orchard Square. This has now disappeared, and modern flats are on the site, but it is near St Mary Redcliffe Church.

In 1863, Joseph married Harriet Ann Rickard, and they went on to have 11 children.

On the 16th May, 1898, Joseph was admitted to Glenside Hospital – the County Lunatic Asylum. He dies there the January of the following year.

In 1901, Walter, one of the sons, was living with three of his siblings and his wife, But Alfred, one of his brothers, was in the Home for the Boys of Bristol Union, at the age of 12.