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Brentford Families

This part of the site is dedicated to the families that lived and worked in Brentford - sometimes for generations. Various people have taken the time to record their information to share with others. Their stories bring the place to life - a big thank you to all contributors.

If you would like to make contact with any of the researchers noted below (last column) please email me and I will forward (researcher's email addresses are not included to reduce spam).

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Surnames: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R , S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z

Surname	Details	Researcher
Anthony	The Anthony family ran a greengrocers at 326 High Street from around 1953	Ian Anthony
Anthony	Thomas Anthony, bricklayer born Norfolk, 1812, settled in Brentford in the mid 1800s with his wife and children	Celia Cotton
Ashby	20th century Ashby family photos and also the Ashby 'Pea and Potato Merchant' lorry	Helen Shepherd
Ashfield	William Ashfield 1826 - 1900 a bootmaker, son James, a teacher, who featured in a newspaper article on the eve of his 97th birthday	Deirdre
Attfield	The name 'James Attfield' crops up in the 1841 census (omnibus proprietor) and a 1913 trade directory (smith & farrier); John has used the Old Bailey website (accessible through links) to find out more information about the omnibus man	John Attfield
Baldry	The Baldry family were fishmongers of Brentford from the 1880s to Edwardian times	Gaye Wheeler
Ballard	Montague Ballard, owner of the Royal Brewery, died in 1936; his obituary provides insights into his life and career
Barratt	The Barratt family ran an undertakers business in Chiswick & Brentford from the 1830s to at least the 1950s	Roberta Ashworth
Bates	The Bates family were butchers & fishmongers in Old Brentford from the mid C18 until early C20	Elizabeth Thormod
Beaver	The Beaver family lived in Hanwell & Brentford from C19 to the 1950s	Lorraine Manford
Beck	Angie Beck has sent Beck will transcripts and other material1805-1870	Angie Beck
Beckingham	The Beckingham lived at 94 High Street, formerly the Catherine Wheel PH	John James
Bissell	Two generations of descendants of Jeffrey Bissell born 1767 Ealing	Dave Padbury
Bond	John Bond owned properties in Brentford in the 1840s and left a PCC will proved in 1855	Heather Wade
Boxall	Included in Bond page
Brooks	Of Isleworth & Brentford area by the late 1700s, including George Brooks who fought in the Crimean War	Sally Douglas
Brooks	Includes photos of John Dowson Brooks, lighterman, born 1850 and previous generation	Vivien Concannon
Brown	Traced back to Richard Brown born 1793 Hanwell,greengrocers, High Street	Bill Brown
Brunsden	The Brunsden family lived in Brentford from the 1820s and included publicans, butchers, builders and an undertaker	Carole
Buck	The Buck family originally came from Hemel Hempstead and ran a barge and tug business in Brentford	Ann Podmore, Pam Marsh & Lyn White
Burrows	William Burrows ran the Barleycorn beerhouse at no. 98 until the mid C19; when he died his son-in-law John Plastine and then his great grandsons (William T and Joseph J Small) took over running the Barleycorn into the C20	Jayne Todd
Callis	Sue's Callis family lived in Brentford during the last half of the 18th & first half of the 19th century; can all references to the name be linked to one family?	Sue Thomas
Callow	See Ryan, Albert Callow was a car man or carrier in Brentford from the late 1800s; Paul's write-up includes family photos	Paul Smith
Carr	Rebecca Emily Carr worked for the Brentford Gaslight & Coke Co in the early 1900s	Lynn Hayter
Chandler	A charming tale that starts with an elopment in the late 1860s	Charlie
Christmas	Two generations of the Christmas family ran a china shop in New Brentford during the 19th century
Clark	The Clark family of coal and lime dealers lived at no. 80 from the C18 well into the C19	Janet McNamara
Clark	Clark of Isleworth and Brentford - various strands so far not linked to the above family	Robyn Gross
Clarke	See Trimmer family associates	Selby Whittingham
Clements	James Clements became Charter Mayor of Brentford; he died in 1934 and the index to mourners paints a picture of a most highly respected and loved local man	Rebecca Norris
Climpson	Photos of Charles Climpson and his wife Lydia (nee Harris) taken in the early 1900s	Nigel Climpson
Clinch	Memories of Kenneth Clinch from WW2	Keith Clinch
Clitherow	The Clitherow family bought Boston House in 1670 and it passed through 5 generations of the family, then to cousins	Janet McNamara
Cloves	William Jenkin Cloves was a barge builder from Essex who moved to Brentford in the late 1890s; he lived at no. 396	Mark Abbott
Cox	Len Cox is the fourth generation of the Cox family to live in Brentford and his ancestors include Charles Cox, 3rd Regiment of Dragoon Guards and later a Brentford police constable	Len Cox
Cracknell	See Trimmer family associates	Selby Whittingham
Cromwell	Vicki's research into a possible link between her Sanders/Saunders family and Thomas Cromwell	Vicki Powys
Croxford	Janet McNamara has researched the lives fo four brothers who worked in the Royal Brewery and Brentford Gas Company in the 19th century	Janet McNamara
Daubney	The Daubney family ran greengrocers shops in High Street and Albany Road area during the 20th century	Kay Day and Sam Day
Davis	Roger Davis is the grandson of Frank Davis who was a foreman, superintendant and captain of the Brentford Fire Brigade during the 1901 - 1933 period	Roger Davis
Dawes	Photos of the Dawes family, basket makers at 306 High Street, early 20th century	Andy Dawes
Dear	John Dear, born around 1838 in Brentford, was a punnet maker. His sons and grandsons were to become cycle makers/dealers and car dealers.	Alan Dear
Diggins	George & Florence Diggins ran the Rising Sun during WW2	Doreen Lee (nee Priest)
Dorey	Janet McNamara has researched this prominent family of builders	Janet McNamara
Duckworth	Hepsley C Duckworth: theatrical producer and actor; and solicitor in Brentford in 1915	Laurence van Kleek
Earee	See Sanders	Vicki Powys
Emmett	Included in Smith	June Newman (nee Smith)
Evans/Evens	Included in Harris	Pauline Tate
Ezard	Book "Samuel Owen Artist and Sea Captain 1768-1857": Samuel Owen had connections with the Ezard family of Brentford dating back to the late 18th century	Peter Sutton
Fairs	J T Fairs, Victorian artist
Field	Included in Goodman	David Carpenter
Fleetwood	tailors and dressmakers in Brentford High Street from the 1840s to the 1880s	Pauline Chidwick
Foord	plumbers, painters & decorators who lived in Brentord from the 1840s	Celia Cotton
Fricker	The Fricker family ran a long-standing egg & butter business on the High Street.	Julie Jakeway
Gainsford	Frederick William Walter Gainsford gave his birthplace around 1829 as Brentford and was in Australia by 1854; can you help establish his origins?	Sharon Freeman
Gandy	George Harley Gandy was a scale maker who moved from Shoreditch in the mid 1850s to Brentford, possibly following James Gregg, weights & measures man, who also settled in Brentford and whom he would have met through work	Norman Biggs
Gaydon	Watchmakers and jewellers at 102 High Street from the mid 1850s	Reg Harris, Helen Hickman, Martin Hooper
George	Details of the George family spanning a 100 years	Derek Birch
Goddard	Several generations of the family ran furniture and other businesses in Brentford; Stan Goddard (d. 2005) was known as 'Mr Brentford'	Ken Goddard
Goddard	Frederick Stanley Goddard: a family photo (long since lost) of a soldier sitting in a chair wearing his army uniform sparked a fascinating search	Ken Goddard
Goddard	See photos: Carr	Lynn Hayter
Gomm	Gomms ran the Beehive Brewery, beerhouses and the Drum in the C19; another line were basket / punnet makers	Amanda Hunt, Elizabeth Thormod, Chris Weatherill, Peggy Rough, Karen Cross, David Hunt
Goodman and Field	The Three Pigeons Inn was a well-known landmark, at the corner of the Market Place. The Goodman and Field families were publicans for a few years in the mid C19.	David Carpenter
Grant	William & Charlotte Grant brought up their family of eight in Albany Road	Sandra Graves (nee Payne)
Gregg	James Gregg was the weights amd measures man, who stamped weights for the scale makers on Tuesdays (1853 Mason's directory)	Norman Biggs
Griffith	Griffith Bros were clothiers until the 1930s; there is a mystery surrounding the start-up of the business	Guy Richardson
Gye	Links to Small family
Hamlin	1956 article about flooding in The Ham, affecting Jean's family	Jean Dunsdon
Hardwick	The Hardwick family of builders and architects lived in New Brentford 1725-1798	Selby Whittingham
Harrington	See Families associated with New Brentford church and school	Selby Whittingham
Harris	Henry Harris, born Isleworth, established his currier business at 150 by 1841; his descendants lived at various High Street addresses.	Pauline Tate
Harris	Emily Harris married Charles Webb who was landlord of the Waterman's Arms, Ferry Lane in 1895	Pamela Moore
Hart	See Trimmer family associates	Selby Whittingham
Harvest	See Trimmer family associates	Selby Whittingham
Hatch	Included in Hierons	Donald Hatch
Haverfield	See Trimmer family associates	Selby Whittingham
Healey	The Healey family worked as undertakers and ran a wireless accessories shop in the early 20th century	Tony Healey
Heath	Heath, Dear, Daubney and Snelling family links; includes photos from around 50 years ago of Cressage Road and Mafeking Avenue	Rick Heath
Henrey	The Rev Thomas Selby Henrey lived at St George's Vicarage for around 30 years until the late 1920s; but where did he come from and what did other members of the Henrey family do?	Anne Wallace
Hester	1900s contortionist, dancer, vaudeville actor	Dianne Gould (nee Hester)
Hierons	John Hierons lived at Boston Farm, New Brentford in the late 18th century; his daughter Elizabeth married Robert Hatch in 1807	Donald Hatch
Hilliard	Guildhall records show that the Hilliards were lightermen for generations	John Kite
Hinge	The Hinge family were blacksmiths & veterinary surgeons in New Brentford from the late C18
Hockaday	James Hockaday moved from north London to run the Half Moon and Crown in London Road, Isleworth in the 1890s	Quentin Pickard
Hopson	Memories of Patrica Clinch nee Hopson from WW2 and earlier	Keith Clinch
Hooper	Included in Smith	June Newman (nee Smith)
Hubbuck	Bob Hubbuck can trace his line of Hubbucks of Brentford back to the late 18th century (the Ham and the Waterman's Arms at 179 High St)	Bob Hubbuck
Hutchins	This is an external site for the Hutchins family, which originated in Hayes but settled in Turnham Green near Brentford mid C19	Alan Hutchins
Hutchinson	Lynn's great grandfather Charles James Hutchinson was a carman born ca 1843; Lynn has provided details of his descendants	Lynn Hayter
Ilbury	Included in Walsh page	John Welsh
Jacob	See Neville	Allister Neville
James	Descendants of William Henry James born 1815 Isleworth	Dave Padbury
Jennings		Lynn Hayter
Johnson	John Johnson was a fishmonger at 253 High Street in 1871 - 1891; his son Samuel worked as a stable keeper & horse dealer, living at The Ham	Patricia Johnson Parma
Johnson	Robert Wallace Johnson was a doctor who lived in Brentford until his death in 1813; he owned a starch mill and Dr Johnson's Lock is named after him	Celia Cotton
Jones	Edward C. Jones founded E.C. Jones & Son (Brentford) Ltd, a boat and barge building business.	Pam Vernon-Roberts
Jupp	The Jupp family were maltsters, corn and coal merchants from the 1820s through to the 1940s	Celia Cotton
Kennerson	Biography of Henry Kennerson, gardener, born in Brentford around 1849	Gillian Shaw
Kenton	The Kenton family lived in Brentford from around 1817 and included bricklayers and a policeman; one family member was murdered in Brentford	Julie Jakeway, Charles Bloomfield
Kingham	Joseph Kingham ran a wholesale grocery, initially at 86 High Street; includes photos from 1921 and names of workers in the 1950s	Carole Ann Bartholomew
Knight	Thomas Knight and his son Tom were potato salesmen at Brentford market from the early 1900s	Graham Knight
Langley	Jean's Langley family were in Brentford by the start of the 19th century, addresses include Boars Head Yard, The Ham and Albany Road	Jean Dunsdon
Lees	See Sanders	Vicki Powys
Lees	See Trimmer family associates	Selby Whittingham
Lewis	Brentford family traced back to mid 18th century	Colin Halstead
Lockyer	The Lockyers lived in Brentford from the late C19 and owned a butchers at number 400.	Maurice Lockyer
Longinotto	A family with Italina roots who were umbrella makers at 245 High Street	James Earnshaw
Lynch	Robert Lynch came from Ireland in the early 19th century and his descendants settled in Brentford and Isleworth for over 140 years.	Milli Shooter
Manning	Possibly an Irish family; Paul's write-up includes family photos	Paul Smith
Marriner	This is a link to an external web site which has a detailed family tree for this Brentford & area family	Alan Hutchins
McCarthy	See Snelling	Maggie Luscombe
Mitchell	See Snelling page	Joanne Tansley & Trevor Mitchell
Mitchell	Gladys Mitchell was a local author and also taught at Brentford Secondary Modern in the 1950s	Brenda Bostock (not a descendant)
Moles	Lightermen, watermen and basket makers of 262 High Street in the 19th century
Montgomrey	Timber merchants whose yard was on the south side of the High Street; members of the family lived at numbers 77 & 78.	Carolyn Chalmers
Moriarty	The Moriarty family lived in Brentford from the late 1800s	Brian Moriarty
Mumford	John Oman Mumford was based at the Brentford Police station during the latter stages of his career with the Metropolitan Police in the 1890s; he later ran the George IV PH at no. 50	Arthur Fanning
Mumford	Included in Smith	June Newman (nee Smith)
Neighbour	Richard Neighbour was a 21 year old chimney sweep at no. 74 in 1901 and his business continued into the 1960s. His grandfather Robert Neighbour, born locally around 1826/8, was a waterman.	Wendy Scott
Neville	The Neville family moved to Brentford from Buckinghamshire in about 1810 and descendants lived in Brentford until the 20th century; their trades included market gardening, coopering and tailoring	Allister Neville
Norbury	At least three generations of the Norbury family were printers / book sellers in New Brentford until ca 1890	Celia Cotton
Norris	The Norris family inter-married with the Gearey family, brewers of Catherine Wheel Yard	Celia Cotton
Odell	Included in Tompkins	Bonnie Green
Padbury	Various Brentford addresses, back to Edward Padbury, born 1819	Dave Padbury
Parsons	boot & shoemakers who lived in Brentford from the 1840s	Celia Cotton
Payne	William & Bridget Payne lived in Chiswick and Brentford around the turn on the 20th century	Sandra Graves (nee Payne)
Pearce	Pearces ran beerhouses, pubs, were watermen and lightermen, orange sellers during C19 / C20	Joanne Tansley & Trevor Mitchell
Peek	Included in Smith	June Newman (nee Smith)
Pennington	The Pennington clothier business operated in New Brentford from 1854 for around 100 years	Iris Lanham
Perrott	Thomas Perrott, chairmaker, lived in Sunderland, Suffolk and Essex before settling in Brentford by the 1820s - find out why!	Christine Russell
Perugini	Laurence Perugini was a watercolur artist who spent his youth in Chiswick (late C19) and later lived in Brentford	Liz Blair (not a descendant)
Pickering	Grocers who lived in New Brentford from the early 1800s	Ken Pickering
Piggott	The Piggott family were waterman / lighterman and lived on The Ham in the 1901 census	Pam Marsh & Jo Pollard
Pitcher	The Pitcher family lived at Clifden Road from 1925	Norman Baldwin
Pither		Lynn Hayter
Pitt	Incldues Joseph Pitt, Esquire, a surgeon who lived in The Butts	Colin Pitt
Plastine	Links to Burrows and Small families
Plastine	Family traceable back to the early 1800s	Deborah Selby (nee Plastine)
Porteus	See Families associated with New Brentford church and school	Selby Whittingham
Purchas/Purches	The Purches family lived in Stratford, Brentford until late 1860s (Back Lane & Warden Cottages), Islington and West Ham	Nigel Purches
Randall	See Families associated with New Brentford church and school	Selby Whittingham
Randall	See Watercress sellers and strawberry punnet makers	Dianne Gould (nee Hester)
Redwood	Harry Redwood was living in Brentford by late 1800s	Jenny Redwood
Ricket	Ricket family settled in Old Brentford by 1860 and ran various High Street businesses into the 20th century	Muriel Wallington
Ricks	James Ricks was a waterman of Boars Head Yard in 1911; are there any Ricks descendants still in Brentford?	Sue
Roberts	See Trimmer family associates	Selby Whittingham
Ronalds	Nurserymen & seedsmen who lived at numbers 137 & 138.	Carolyn Chalmers
Round	John Round was a grocer on the south eastern side of the High Street at no. 33 or thereabouts; the link takes you to an account of his suicide.	Gavin Meeser
Rutter	See Bates
Ryan	Dublin-born Cornelius Ryan settled in Brentford in the late 1800s; Paul's write-up includes family photos	Paul Smith
Sanders	Members of the Sanders family lived at nos 303 - 307 in the C19; includes family photo	Vicki Powys, Fiona Sheehan
Sanders	Vicki's research into a possible link between her Sanders/Saunders family and Thomas Cromwell	Vicki Powys
Saunders	See Sanders	Vicki Powys, Fiona Sheehan
Savaker	The Savaker family lived in or around Brentford from c1820 to 1872; branches moved to other parts of London and Canada	Wendy Savaker
Sedgwick	A charming tale that starts with an elopment in the late 1860s	Charlie
Sheppard	Included in Lewis family notes	Colin Halstead
Sims	See Tayler
Sims	John Sims was a carpenter who loved in Brentford during the early 1800s	Kim Wight
Sims	Robert and Ann Sims emigrated to NZ in 1883, taking some Brentford -born children with them	Bill Goodall
Small	William T and Joseph J Small ran the Barleycorn beerhouse (no. 98) after their grandparents, John & Rosina Plastine died	Paul Burton
Smith	The Smith family lived at Harnage Road, Clayponds Lane and Pottery Road	June Newman (nee Smith)
Smith	Henry Smith was a tugboat stoker who married Louise Alice Neill in 1907; addresses include Mafeking Avenue, 404 High Street and Crowther Ave off Clayponds Lane; includes photos	Patricia Horwood (formerly Smith)
Snelling	The Snelling family included several watermen who lived in Brentford in the C19; one married a McCarthy (a Brentford family with Irish origins)	Maggie Luscombe
Snelling	A second Snelling family, descended from Robert (bn 1783), who lived in Red Lion Yard, Market Place and other Brentford addresses	Joanne Tansley & Trevor Mitchell
Stone	Photos from a 1948 wedding: Ena Stone to Kenneth Thompson	Lynn Hayter
Stoneleigh	Harold Stoneleigh and his wife Emma (Cox) ran a coffee and lodging house at No.156 from around 1880 until the 1905-1913 period	Dave Stoneleigh
Tagg	Thomas Tagg and Mary Ann Pritchard married in New Brentford in 1865	Wendy Tagg
Taverner	Thomas Henry Taverner was a clothier and pawnbroker who lived at 131/2 High Street in the 1871 and 1881 censuses; after buying a couple of certificates it was possible to trace the family back to Cambridgeshire in the early 1800s	David T Taverner; Catherine Taverner
Tayler/Taylor	Two Taylor or Tayler families ran High Street pubs in C19. Fortunately I have been contacted by a descendant of each family, and with information from them it has been possible to sort out who ran which pub. One family also had connections with the Sims family.	Susan & Geoffrey Parkinson & Michael Taylor
Taylor	John Donville Taylor was a baker who moved from Kew to Brentford by 1841; his sons worked in various trades in Brentford	Celia Cotton
Taylor	Thomas William Taylor ran the coal business in Brentford by the station	Brian Moriarty
Thorndycraft	Included in notes on the Ashfield family	Deirdre
Tickner	Frederick Tickner Snr. was a boat builder, builders foreman and works manager for Clement Knowling. He was something of an inventor too...	Dee Tickner
Tiller	Included in Lewis family notes	Colin Halstead
Tompkins	William Tompkins, a carpenter, moved to Brentford from Chesham, Bucks by 1841 and had three daughters	Bonnie Green (nee Tompkins)
Tompkins	Thomas Charles Tompkins, born in 1824, living in Chiswick/Kew in 1841; previous generation from Uxbridge/Chesham?; Thames lightermen & watermen	Colin Tompkins
Tooke	See Families associated with New Brentford church and school	Selby Whittingham
Towe	The Wood and Towe families lived in Catherine Wheel Yard during the 19th century	Peter Wood
Trimmer	Link to an external web site containing details of the Trimmer family, including Sarah Trimmer (nee Kirby), who founded the Sunday School next to St Georges Church in 1786
Trimmer	Research into the Trimmer family of Brentford	Selby Whittingham
Trimmer associates	Ten local families who had links to the Trimmer family, mainly late 17th -early 19th century	Selby Whittingham
Tunstall	See Trimmer family associates	Selby Whittingham
Turner	William Turner worked on barges and lived on the 'Amos' in the early 1900s	Lorraine Winson
Twining	Of Boars Head Yard mid 1800s; includes a photo of George Frederick Twining (1837-1914)	Jim Kelleher
Underhill	The Underhills lived at numbers 43 & 44, a large family who lived in a small house.	Maurice Lockyer
Underwood	The Underwood family of hay & straw merchants settled in Brentford in the mid C19, living at no. 80	Janet McNamara
Walsh/Welsh and Ilbury	These families settled in Brentford by the 1850s	John Welsh
Warden	High Street butchers; includes two letters sent to son Alfred who emigrated to New Zealand in 1874	Anne Thompson
Webb	Charles Webb was landlord of the Waterman's Arms, Ferry Lane in 1895	Pamela Moore
White	See Families associated with New Brentford church and school	Selby Whittingham
Whitehead	Benjamin Whitehead was a watchmaker who lived at 278 High Street intermittently	Ann King
Wood	The Wood and Towe families lived in Catherine Wheel Yard during the 19th century	Peter Wood
Woodroofe	he Excise Service brought Nathan Woodroofe to Brentford in the 1820s	Enid
Wright	Alfred Wright, draper, lived opposite the Market Place in the 1870s	John Power
Zoffany	See Trimmer family associates	Selby Whittingham

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