Biography:
Ezra Briant
d. 11/11/1910
Ezra Briant
Plot 872 Ezra Briant (1848-1910)
Ezra was born in Cuddington, Buckinghamshire in 1848.
He married Elizabeth Monk in Aldbury in 1869. George was born in 1870 followed by William (1872), Herbert (1874), Ellen (1875), Elizabeth (1877), Anna (1878) and Ezra jnr. (1881).
In 1881 they were living in Northfield, Aldbury. Ezra was a farm labourer, specifically, a feeder for a threshing machine.
Ezra junior died in 1883 and Arthur was born in 1884. By 1886 they had moved to Bulbourne, Tring where Frank was born that year.
In 1891 the family was still in Bulbourne, Tring. Ezra was an agricultural labourer; George and William were canal boatmen; Herbert was a general labourer; Ellen, Lizzie and Annie were working in the Tring silk mills and the two youngest were at school.
Amelia was born in 1892.
The 1901 census records the family at 1, Bulbourne Road, Tring. Elizabeth, Annie and Amelia were at home, Ezra was a farm labourer, Arthur was a shepherd and Frank a “shepherd boy”.
Ezra died 11 November 1910. He is buried in Pitstone but commemorated on this memorial.
in the cemetery
Plot 872 Ezra Briant (1848-1910)
Ezra was born in Cuddington, Buckinghamshire in 1848.
He married Elizabeth Monk in Aldbury in 1869. George was born in 1870 followed by William (1872), Herbert (1874), Ellen (1875), Elizabeth (1877), Anna (1878) and Ezra jnr. (1881).
In 1881 they were living in Northfield, Aldbury. Ezra was a farm labourer, specifically, a feeder for a threshing machine.
Ezra junior died in 1883 and Arthur was born in 1884. By 1886 they had moved to Bulbourne, Tring where Frank was born that year.
In 1891 the family was still in Bulbourne, Tring. Ezra was an agricultural labourer; George and William were canal boatmen; Herbert was a general labourer; Ellen, Lizzie and Annie were working in the Tring silk mills and the two youngest were at school.
Amelia was born in 1892.
The 1901 census records the family at 1, Bulbourne Road, Tring. Elizabeth, Annie and Amelia were at home, Ezra was a farm labourer, Arthur was a shepherd and Frank a “shepherd boy”.
Ezra died 11 November 1910. He is buried in Pitstone but commemorated on this memorial.





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