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Jill Howell

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Jill Report 28 Jul 2005 21:46

i am not having much luck at all with my search for brufords! my ancestors were from watchet in somerset, and include names such as thirza, alfred, william, sarah, eliza and james. is there anyone out there with any of these names in their tree at all?my gt gt grandfather married a johanna alderman, eliza was one of their children and in turn william, sarah, alfred and thirza were eliza's children.william was my grandad. any info at all would be much appreciated! thanks, jill howell, nee bruford.

Peter

Peter Report 17 Sep 2007 17:21

Hi Jill,

My father-in-law's family were related to the Bruford's and Aldermans and he still lives in Minehead.
I have quite a bit of info on the family. Harry's ( that's my father-in-law ) dad was married to a Constance Chapman. Constance's mother was Ellen Chapman and she was married to William Henry Bruford in Sept 1907 ( Constance was born out of wedlock, father unknown ). WHB's mother was Ellen Bruford who married James Alderman and had 3 kids by him but also 3 Bruford boys ( father unknown ), George 1880, William Henry 1882 and Henry Thomas 1886.

Please come back if you have any other info or want more from me.

Pete Brierley

Jill

Jill Report 25 Sep 2007 13:14

hi peter,
thankyou for the info, i will have to look through my tree to find these names, but i have come across them somewhere! my grt grt grt grandfather was james bruford who married johanna alderman so definitly a link somewhere. if you have any info on james or johanna i'd be very grateful.
thanks again
jill