Matilda Gomme |
Matilda Gomme
b. 1854/55
Bledow, Bucks
d. ? |
Cranley Benjamin Britnell
b. 1853/54
Oxfordshire
d. ? |
Mabel Ellen Britnell (Rebecca) was the youngest of seven children born to Matilda Gomme and Cranley Benjamin Britnell. They were farmers. Matilda Gomme was of German descent. Their children were Lancelot Cranley Britnell, Matilda Wilson Britnell, John Shaw Britnell (Jack), Albert Edward Britnell, Eunice Louisa Britnell, and Mabel Ellen Rebecca Britnell (Rebecca).
At the time of the 1901 census, the Britnell family lived at 90 Poolstock in Wigan. Cranley (57) was born in Oxfordshire and Matilda (56) was born in Bledow, Bucks. Lancelot (age 33) was a blacksmith, John (27) was a taper in mill, Albert (17) was a farmer's son. Cranley's sister, Louisa Ellen Britnell (age 42), and nephew, Alfred John Britnell (age 24) who was a house painter lived with them.
Irene remembered: "Grandpa Britnell had land near Wigan - he was into farming in a big way. They had a milk round at Poolstock. There was a lake on the land and Irene loved this lake she had a feeling that there were fairies and angels there and she talked to them and made wishes which she was convinced would come true.This was during the first World War (she'd only be very young). Rebecca did the milk round every Saturday and Irene and Tom were taken out in the milk van, they were given a meat pie for their lunch and a glass of milk ladled from the churn in the van."
SIX CHILDREN OF MATILDA GOMME & CRANLEY BENJAMIN BRITNELL
i) Lancelot Cranley Britnell - b. 1868 Bledow, Bucks - Blacksmith
ii) Matilda Wilson Britnell - b. 1872 Long Crendon, Bucks
iii) John Shaw Britnell (Jack) - b. 1873 Long Crendon, Bucks - married 1902/3 Hannah Ellen Britnel b. 1872/3
Children: Matilda Elizabeth b. 1898/99, Catherine Edith b. 1903/4, Hannah Ellen Bertha b. 1906/7
iv) Eunice Louisa Britnell - b. 1881/2
children: son killed in war
v) Albert Edward Britnell - b. 1884
vi) Mabel Ellen Britnell (Rebecca) - b. 1887 d. 1943
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According to the 1911 census, Rebecca's brother, John Shaw Britnell (age 37),
was a cotton operative overlooker and had been married for eight years to Hannah Ellen (age 37).
They had three daughters at the time:
i.
Matilda Elizabeth Britnell(age 13)
ii.
Catherine Edith Britnell (age 7)
iii. Hannah Ellen Bertha Britnell (age 4).
Elizabeth was working as a cotton weaver. Hannah was born in All Green Upholland, Lancashire.
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