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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.
| Surname | Details | Author, Researcher |
| 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 |
| Bates | The Bates family were butchers & fishmongers in Old Brentford from the mid C18 until early C20. | Elizabeth Thormod |
| 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 unti 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 |
| 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 - apparently a different family to the coal and lime dealers | Robyn Gross |
| Clements | James Clements became Charter Mayor of Brentford; he died in 1934 and his obituary (to be added to the site) paints a picture of a most highly respected and loved local man | Rebecca Norris |
| Climpson | See Harris | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Earee | See Sanders | |
| Evans/Evens | See Harris | |
| Fleetwood | tailors and dressmakers in Brentford High Street from the 1840s to the 1880s. | Pauline Chidwick |
| Fricker | The Fricker, Kenton and Farnham families lived in Brentford in the 19th & 20th centuries. The Fricker family ran a long-standing egg & butter business on the High Street. | Julie Jakeway |
| 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/Celia Cotton |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Gregg | James Gregg was the weights amd measures man, who stamped weights for the scale makers on Tuesdays (1853 Mason's directory) | Norman Biggs/Celia Cotton |
| Harris | Henry Harris, born Isleworth, established his currier business at 150 by 1841; his descendants lived at various High Street addresses. | Pauline Tate |
| 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 |
| Hinge | The Hinge family were blacksmiths & veterinary surgeons in New Brentford from the late C18 | Celia Cotton |
| 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 |
| Jacob | See Neville | Allister Neville |
| 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 |
| Lees | See Sanders | |
| Lockyer | The Lockyers lived in Brentford from the late C19 and owned a butchers at number 400. | Maurice Lockyer |
| 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 | |
| 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, Celia Cotton |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 about 1810 and lived in Brentford until the C20. They were in trades of market gardening, coopering and tailoring | Alister 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 |
| Pearce | Pearces ran beerhouses, pubs, were watermen and lightermen, orange sellers during C19 / C20 | Joanne Tansley & Trevor Mitchell |
| Pennington | The Pennington clothier business operated in New Brentford from 1854 for around 100 years | Iris Lanham |
| Piggott | The Piggott family were waterman / lighterman and lived on The Ham in the 1901 census | Pam Marsh & Jo Pollard |
| Ricket | Ricket family were settled in Old Brentford by 1860 and ran various High Street businesses into the C20 | Muriel Wallington |
| Ronalds | Nurserymen & seedsmen who lived at numbers 137 & 138. | Carolyn Chalmers, Celia Cotton |
| 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 | |
| Sanders | Members of the Sanders family lived at nos 303 - 307 in the C19 | Vicki Powys, Fiona Sheehan |
| Saunders | See Sanders | |
| Sims | See Tayler | |
| Small | William T and Joseph J Small ran the Barleycorn beerhouse (no. 98) after their grandparents, John & Rosina Plastine died | Paul Burton |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Wright | Alfred Wright lived in New Brentford (no. 117) during the 1870s. He ran a successful drapers which was established by 1841 and continued running into the 1940s. | John Power |
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