Horace Brittain, Melbourne Avenue

[RichardB]

Born 1st February 1906

Hope I'm right he he

[vox]

Or maybe

Horace Brittain (1880 - )

Born in Sheffield on 1880 to Frederick Brittain and Florence.

(Ancestry)

Children of Frederick BRITTAIN and Florence Clara SHORT are:

i. Horace BRITTAIN was born Dec Q. 1879 in Ecclesall B., Sheffield, York, England

(Rootsweb)

[HughW]

Brittain, Frederick (, (S.S. & Co.)).

Residing at h.St Kilda, Melbourne Avenue, Glossop Road, in 1905.

Recorded in: Whites Directory for Sheffield & Rotherham.

Brittain & Co., S.S. (, Merchants & manuftrs.of steel,saws,files, tools,etc.).

Residing at St.George's Works Shoreham Street, in 1905.

Recorded in: Whites Directory Sheffield & Rotherham.

[Directory entries from Sheffield Indexers]

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1901 census

piece 4351 folio 23 page 38

Melbourne Ave.

(Ecclesall Bierlow; St Mark’s)

Frederick BRITTAIN Head 64 manufter of steel, files, saws, and tools Sheffield

Florence Wife 45 Sheffield

Horace Son 21 clerk to manufter of steel, files, saws, and tools Sheffield

Lawrence Son 19 clerk to manufter of steel, files, saws, and tools Sheffield

Dorothy Dau 18 Sheffield

Gertrude Dau 17 Sheffield

Margaret Dau 16 school girl Sheffield

Arnold Son 14 school boy Sheffield

Reginald Son 10 school boy Sheffield

Ellen HARTLEY Serv Unm 22 (cook) domestic NTT Worksop

Lily WALKER Serv Unm 20 housemaid (domestic) Sheffield

Probably the same business in earlier deacdes:

Brittain Samuel Swan & Co., (, steel converters and refiners).

Residing at Shorham Street, Sheffield in 1846.

Recorded in: Slaters 1846 Directory, Sheffield.

Brittain, S.S.& Co (, Web-Manufacturer(s)).

Residing at Shoreham Street, Sheffield in 1846.

Recorded in: Slaters 1846 Directory, Sheffield.

Brittain Samuel S. & Co., ~ (~, Steel & File Manufacturers).

Residing at ~ Shoreham Street, in 1871.

Recorded in: Whites Shefffield & District Directory - 1871.

Hugh

[RichardB]

I was wrong then and evidence too; nice work !

[HughW]

31 Oct 1868 (Independent)

11 Oct 1879 (Independent)

In 1899 a Horace Brittain passed examinations in Model Drawing (advanced) and Freehand Drawing (advanced) at the Sheffield School of Art.

Five of the children (not Horace) were baptised at Christ Church Fulwood on 2 May 1892 (from Indexers)

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Here are the BRITTAIN / SWANN names in a different context:

BRITTAIN, Frederick Swann (Bachelor, age 25, Grocer, residing at 101 Crookesmoor Rd).

Married Lucy Alice COGGAN, on April 11, 1883, by J Turton Parkin (Banns) at

St Philips Church, Shalesmoor. Father's name is Verdon Swann Brittain(dead) (Butcher).

Married in the presence of Henry Coggan,Catherine Coggan.

COGGAN, Lucy Alice (Spinster, age 26, ~, residing at 169 Martin St).

Married Frederick Swann BRITTAIN, on April 11, 1883, by J Turton Parkin (Banns) at

St Philips Church, Shalesmoor. Father's name is Thomas Coggan(dead) (Tailor).

Married in the presence of Henry Coggan,Catherine Coggan.

[SteveHB]

Think we now know how Brittain Street and Brittain Lane came by their names.

1853.

1903.

Flash Earth

[HughW]

Frederick's brother William Henry was Mayor of Sheffield 1883-4, and also, according to Picture Sheffield, Chairman of Libraries and Museums for 35 years. Someone we should probably know more about in this forum!

[HughW]

...and we do:

a Hallamshire Worthy

also Master Cutler.

[RichardB]

Not bad from my erroneous starting point, maybe I should just make stuff up ?

Frederick's brother William Henry was Mayor of Sheffield 1883-4, and also, according to Picture Sheffield, Chairman of Libraries and Museums for 35 years. Someone we should probably know more about in this forum!

[RichardB]

That RichardB's some bloke ! Shame he can't remember anything !

...and we do:

a Hallamshire Worthy

also Master Cutler.

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