Great
grand
parents

Gen.=+5
William   Browne
1775-1842 buried Kingston Church. Said to have 5 sons & 3 dau. Groomy's recollections say her great grandfather was 'John Browne' who was in the navy and died ca. 1826. Possibly Groomy's grandfather Edward and his elder brother John were adopted?
  William Bowdler   Pugh
-1841 will disputed
                       
m. m. m. m. m. m. m. m.
Sarah   Boetefeur
1772-1844 Buried St Giles, Camberwell. Minature annotated 'Issue - 5 sons 3 daughters'.
Janet   Russ
-1822
           
Grand
parents

Gen.=+4
Edward   Browne
b. 1810
d. 1878 Started firm of Carey & Browne in 36? Mincing Lane, ca. 1834. Children and their order from Mem (from memory) . Groomy said 9 children, 7 of them married with children. of No 1 Sussex Place, Old Kent Road, Camberwell, Surrey (info from Ron Fortuna 27/10/07) . Lived Denmark Hill, then for ca 20 yrs from ca. 1853 at Oak Hill, Surbiton. 1875 lived on/off Kingston Hill - his will says Devonshire Lodge, Coombe Warren, Kingston.
m. Margaret Ann Russ   Pugh
b. 1809
d. 1893 Moved to 4 Wetherby Gardens, London after her husband died. Bur. Norbiton Cemetery. Info on parents from Ron Fortuna
  m.     m.     m.  
Parents
Gen.=+3
Francis Augustin (Frank)   Browne
b. 23 JUN 1839 Camberwell
d. 16 MAR 1911 In business with Frederick Carey, taking over from his father (see Times 4 Jan 1881) of Lawn Bank, Cromwell Road, Teddington (1891). Groomy's godfather.
m. Mary Elizabeth (Lilla)   Coleman
b. ABT 1845
d. ABT 1904 age 45 at 1891 census. Dau. of Dr Matthew Trollope Coleman, who was GP to Groomy's family. The practice then passed to his son Owen, a family friend who lived close to their house in St Mark's Hill. H
  m.  
Husband,
wife &
siblings

Gen.=+2
Frank Coleman 1869-1909 age 21 at 1891 census, clerk. 1901 census: living at ‘Inglewood’, Teddington, Surrey Lived at Pycroft Place, Chertsey. Died of throat cancer.
Owen Pugh 1876- married dau. of a well-to-do contractor in Surbiton. Died in early middle-age
Charles Edward Browne
b. 1871
d. 1929 age 19 at 1871 census
G2, ID=4136

Other wives: Ruth Horne,
m.
Coralie Florence Koe
b. 1871
d. 1910
She was at school with Groomy. Died of an overdose of chloral on train from Wimbledon to Waterloo. The Koe family was originally Norwegian (named Kaae). Coralie's grandfather, John Herbert Koe was a p
G2, ID=4140
Children
Gen.=+1
Una
b. 1900
d. 1931 died of Perpeural Fever a few days after birth of David
m.
Lionel Selwyn Powys, Rev. Maurice
b. 1899
d. 1991
Brenda
b. 1904
d. 1999 She inherited a big farm and estate at Great Wilbraham, Cambs

m.
Living Relative
Grand
children

Gen.=0
Una Gillian 1926-1956 died of a rare tropical disease
David Powys 1931-1989
Living Relative
Living Relative
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