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Brentford Dynasties - Montgomrey

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• James Montgomrey (1775 - 1841): a timber merchant of Brentford; there is a marriage between a James Montgomery and Jane Ronalds in Islington in 1810; he leased a messuage, counting houses, stables, lath, shop, sawpit, granary etc. with wharf belonging with meadow land for a term: 14 years from 24th June 1834 (I); Jane Ronalds may be related to the Ronalds family who were seedsmen and ran a nursery in Brentford; it is likely that James Montgomrey was a non-conformist as two of his children's births were recorded at Dr Williams Library in London; he left a will; James was the father of
  • James Montgomrey (1812 - 1883): married Henrietta Sim (ca 1818 - 1905) at Lambeth RD in the July - September quarter of 1841; in 1846 a document describes his 'Messuage in Brentford (Acc. 638/57) and 3 acres belonging with steam engine boilers, mill gear sawing benches and frames etc. belonging' (I); he is recorded as a timber merchant in the 1851 census; in 1861 he was living in Hillingdon with his wife Henrietta, daughter Helen and sons Archibald and Kenneth: all three children were born in Brentford; in 1881 James lived at Hartlands House, The Village, Cranford, aged 69; his death was registered in Brentford in 1883 and his will was executed by his widow, his son Archibald Sim Montgomrey and Stephen Walker, a timber merchant of Brentford; he was living at Ivy Lodge, Twickenham at the time of his death; his estate was valued at £46,741 5s 1d; his children, whose births were registered in Brentford, included:
    • Helen (or Ellen) Montgomrey (1842 - ):
    • Archibald Sim Montgomrey (1843 - ):possible marriage in London City registration district in 1870; he was a timber merchant living at 77 High Street in 1901; he ran the business with his nephew Carey Montgomrey West; Archibald inherited the business when his mother died in 1905; he moved to Cheltenham, Gloucestershire by 1911 (I)
    • Gertrude Montgomrey (1845 - ): possible marriage in Staines registration district in 1877
    • Agnes Montgomrey (1847 - ): married Lewis Borrett West in Brentford registration district 1869
    • Kenneth Ronald Montgomrey (1850 - 1893): in the 1861 census he appears to have been recorded both at boarding school in Hove and at his parent’s home in Hillingdon; in 1881 he was living at South Luffenham Hall, Rutland, brother in law to the head of household; in 1891 he was a timber merchant living in the family home; his death was registered in Steyning, Sussex
    Henrietta died in 1905 and was 'of Gloucester House, Upper Teddington' (I). She bequeathed 'freehold wharf and premises at Brentford, interest in small island adjacent and all machinery, and all other freehold premises at Brentford, subject to mortgage of £6,000' to her son Archibald Sim Montgomrey. A John Coysgarne Sim, baptised 1809, Westminster, son of John & Elizabeth Sim is referred to as mortgagee and James Montgomrey as mortgagor in 1853 (I).
  • Ronald Montgomrey (ca 1813 - 1868): in 1851 and 1861 he was living in Devizes, Wiltshire, a surgeon; his will was executed by his brother James Montgomrey and Henry Hale Hulbert of Devizes, gentleman; his estate was valued at under £7,000
  • Jane Montgomrey (1814 - 1895): birth recorded at Dr Williams Library London and is on the IGI; a Jane Montgomrey was living in Cuckfield, Sussex in 1841, in the same property as Lovel Byass, a surgeon; Jane's brother James, above, was a cousin to Elizabeth Ronalds who left a bequest to Lucy Byass in her will of 1852; in 1861 Jane was boarding with the same family and described herself as 'daughter of landed proprietor', born Brentford; by 1881 she had settled in Brighton and remained there in 1891
  • Susanna Montgomrey (1815 - ): birth recorded at Dr Williams Library London and is on the IGI
  • Francis Montgomrey
  • Hugh Montgomrey
  • Malcolm Montgomrey: Carolyn Chalmers writes 'I can only find Malcolm Montgomrey on the 1871 census in Guernsey, then in 1901 in England. His eldest child's birth place was Ireland, and he was named James. I presume he had gone to Ireland and married there. I have a copy of Malcolm's will and includes his family's names but I have not been able to trace much further.'
  • Gertrude Montgomrey (1821 - ): born Ealing, baptised in London in 1826 (IGI)
  • Elizabeth Montgomrey (1823 - early 1850s): born Ealing, baptised in London with her sister Gertrude (IGI); married William Kelly in Guernsey in 1848; they had two children; one of her daughters married Edward P Ramsden and migrated to Australia in the 1880s; details are in Debrett (thanks to Carolyn Chalmers for these details about Elizabeth)
• Susanna Montgomrey (1780 - 1851+): married Edward Martin at Ealing parish church in 1805; moved around but settled in Edgbaston, Warwickshire, by 1836; had many children (search on the IGI for parents Edward & Susanna Martin 1815+- 10 years); three children were living at home in censuses:
  • Susanna Martin (ca 1810 - 1841+): living with her parents in 1841
  • Mary Martin (1815 - 1851+): born Oundle, Northants, living with her parents in 1851
  • Samuel Martin (1818 - 1851+): born Wanborough, Surrey, an ironmonger living with his parents in 1851