The Orys and Cook Family Tree » Alexander (Samuel) Brister (± 1876-????)

Personal data Alexander (Samuel) Brister 

  • He was born about 1876.
  • He was baptized on November 5, 1886 in St. Philip &, St. James, Whitton, Richmond upon Thames, Surrey.
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  • Profession: in the year 1911 Market Gardener.
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1881: Hamlet of Whitton, Twickenham, Middlesex.
      Name: Alexander Brister Age: 5 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1876 Relationship to Head: Son Father: Samuel Brister
      Mother: Laura Brister Gender: Male Where born: Twickenham, Middlesex, England Civil Parish: Twickenham County/Island: Middlesex Country: England Street Address: Hamlet of Whitton Education: Employment status: View image
      Occupation: Scholar Registration District: Brentford ED, institution, or vessel: 9 Neighbors: View others on page
      Piece: 1343 Folio: 113 Page Number: 23 Household Members: Name Age Samuel Brister 29 Laura Brister 25
      Jane Brister 8 Gertrude Brister 6 Alexander Brister 5 Ellen Brister 2 Nancy Brister
    • in the year 1891: 1 Nevells Place, Percy Rd, Whitton, Hounslow, Twickenham.
      Name: Alexander Brister Gender: Male Age: 15 Relationship: Son Birth Year: 1876 Father: Samuel Brister
      Mother: Sausa Brister Birth Place: Whitton, Middlesex, England Civil Parish: Twickenham Ecclesiastical parish: St Phillip and St James Residence Place: Twickenham, Middlesex, England Registration District: Brentford Sub registration district: Twickenham
      ED, Institution or Vessel: 11 Neighbors: View others on page Piece: 1027 Folio: 114 Household Members: Name Age
      Samuel Brister 39 Sausa Brister 38 Janes Brister 18 Gertrude Brister 16 Alexander Brister 15 Ellen Brister 12
      Hatty Brister 8 Mary Brister 5 Anna Brister 3
    • in the year 1901: 1 Nevells Cottage and Place, Percy Rd, Whitton, Hounslow, Twickenham.
      Name: Alexander Brister Age: 24 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1877 Relation to Head: Son Gender: Male
      Father: Samuel Brister Mother: Laura Brister Birth Place: Twickenham, Middlesex, England Civil Parish: Twickenham
      Ecclesiastical parish: Whitton St Phillip and St James County/Island: Middlesex Country: England Registration District: Brentford Sub-registration District: Twickenham ED, institution, or vessel: 16 Neighbors: View others on page
      Piece: 1189 Folio: 137 Page Number: 26 Household Schedule Number: 170 Household Members: Name Age
      Samuel Brister 48 Laura Brister 45 Gertrude Brister 26 Alexander Brister 24 Kate Brister 18 Mary Brister 15
      Anne Brister 13 Constance Brister 7 Wanly Brister 2
    • in the year 1911: 2 Nevells Cottage and Place, Percy Rd, Whitton, Hounslow, Twickenham.
      Name: Alexander Brister Age in 1911: 34 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1877 Relation to Head: Son Gender: Male
      Birth Place: Whitton, Middlesex, England Civil Parish: Twickenham Country: England Street Address: 2 Nevells Cottage and Place, Percy Rd, Whitton, Hounslow, Twickenham Marital status: Single Occupation: Market Gardner Registration District Number: 128 Sub-registration District: Twickenham ED, institution, or vessel: 19 Piece: 6852 Household Members: Name Age
      Samuel Brister 58 Laura Brister 56 Alexander Brister 34 Annie Brister 24 Mary Brister 25 William Brister 13
      Stephen Edward Smith 2
  • This information was last updated on August 2, 2021.

Household of Alexander (Samuel) Brister

He is married to Martha Dudley.

They got married June 1919 at Brentford, Middlesex. England.

Name: Martha Halliday
Registration Date: Apr 1919
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Registration District: Brentford
Inferred County: Middlesex
Spouse: Alexander Brister
Volume Number: 3a
Page Number: 208

Notes about Alexander (Samuel) Brister

Parents Samuel and Laura

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Historical events

Christening day November 5, 1886

  • The temperature on November 5, 1886 was about 9.1 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1886: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
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