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Personal data James Brett 

  • He was born on June 9, 1882 in Wandsworth, London. England.
    First name(s) JAMES
    Last name BRETT
    Birth year 1882
    Birth quarter 2
    Registration month -
    Mother's last name -
    District Wandsworth
    County London
    Country England
    Volume 1D
    Page 681
  • Profession: in the year 1939 Coal Man Southern Railway..
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1891: Etruria Street, Battersea, London.
      1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      Etruria Street, Battersea, Wandsworth, London, England

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
      Joseph Brett Head Married Male 45 1846 General Labourer Dorset, England
      Harriett Brett Wife Married Female 38 1853 - Hampshire, England
      Sarah Brett Daughter Single Female 16 1875 Factory Girl Battersea, Middlesex, England
      Charles Brett Son Single Male 15 1876 Van Boy Clapham, Middlesex, England
      George Brett Son Single Male 14 1877 Van Boy Battersea, Middlesex, England
      James Brett Son Single Male 8 1883 - Battersea, Middlesex, England
      William Brett Son Single Male 6 1885 - Battersea, Middlesex, England
      Alice Brett Daughter Single Female 3 1888 - Battersea, Middlesex, England
      Harriett Brett Daughter Single Female 0 1891 - Battersea, Middlesex, England
    • in the year 1901: 54 Dashwood Road, Battersea, London.
      1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      54, Dashwood Road, Battersea, Wandsworth, London, England

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
      Joseph Brett Head Married Male 51 1850 General Labourer Brentford, Middlesex, England
      Harriett Brett Wife Married Female 48 1853 - Hampshire, England
      James Brett Son Single Male 18 1883 Van Shunter Battersea, Middlesex, England
      Joseph W Brett Son Single Male 16 1885 Van Guard Battersea, Middlesex, England
      Joseph J Brett Son - Male 6 1895 - Battersea, Middlesex, England
    • in the year 1911: 96 Stewarts Road, Battersea, London.
      1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      96 Stewart's Road S W, Battersea, London, England

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Occupation Age Birth year Birth place
      James Brett Head Married Male Car Washer 29 1882 Battersea London
      Annie Brett Wife Married Female - 28 1883 Battersea London
      Frederick C Brett Son - Male - 6 1905 -
      James Brett Son - Male - 5 1906 -
      Elizabeth Brett Daughter - Female - 4 1907 -
      Alice Brett Daughter - Female - 1 1910 -
    • in the year 1939: 6 Grayshot Road, Battersea, London.
      Brett Household (6 People) 5 Grayshott Road , Battersea, London, England

      First name(s) Last name(s) DOB Occupation
      Annie E Brett 23 Nov 1882 Unpaid Domestic Duties
      James Brett 09 Jun 1882 Coal Man Southern Railway Heavy Worker
      James W Brett 07 Jul 1906 General Building Labourer
      Daisy Potter 17 Dec 1915 Handbag Framer
      Stanley Butt 27 Mar 1923 Pastry Cook Assistant
      Elizabeth B Webb 25 Oct 1907 Unpaid Domestic Duties
  • He died on 3RD Q 1957 in Battersea, London. England, he was 74 years old.
    First name(s) JAMES
    Last name BRETT
    Gender Male
    Birth day -
    Birth month -
    Birth year 1882
    Age 75
    Death quarter 3
    Death year 1957
    District Battersea
    County London
    Volume 5C
    Page 28
    Country England
  • This information was last updated on March 11, 2017.

Household of James Brett

He is married to Annie Emily Champion.

They got married on 4TH Q 1902 at Wandsworth, London. England, he was 19 years old.

First name(s) ANNIE EMILY
Last name CHAMPION
Marriage quarter 4
Marriage year 1902
Registration month -
MarriageFinder™ ANNIE EMILY CHAMPION married one of these people
James Brett, Charles Clark, Charles Clack
District Wandsworth
District number -
County London
Country England
Volume 1D
Page 1153

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Historical events

Birthday June 9, 1882

  • The temperature on June 9, 1882 was about 12.5 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1882: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • April 3 » American Old West: Robert Ford kills Jesse James.
    • April 25 » French and Vietnamese troops clashed in Tonkin, when Commandant Henri Rivière seized the citadel of Hanoi with a small force of marine infantry.
    • May 6 » Thomas Henry Burke and Lord Frederick Cavendish are stabbed to death by Fenian assassins in Phoenix Park, Dublin.
    • July 10 » War of the Pacific: Chile suffers its last military defeat in the Battle of La Concepción when a garrison of 77 men is annihilated by a 1,300-strong Peruvian force, many of them armed with spears.
    • July 26 » Premiere of Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal at Bayreuth.
    • December 16 » Wales and England contest the first Home Nations (now Six Nations) rugby union match.


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