Biography:
James Brackley
1798 –29/01/1873
James Brackley
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Plot 194 James Brackley (1798-1873)
James was born in 1798, Ashley Green, Bucks, but his parentage has not yet been traced.
He married Mary Cooper on 21 May 1818 in Berkhamsted St Peter’s.
William was born in 1819, followed by Moses (1821), Ann (1827) and David (1830), all in Berkhamsted.
The 1841 census records the family at “Dog Kennels”, Haresfoot Park. James was a gardener and daughter Ann was a straw plaiter. She married in 1847. Also living with them was his sister-in-law Elizabeth Cooper.
In 1851 they were still in Haresfield Park where James was a gardener. William and David were noted in the census as “invalid dependent on relatives”. Sister-in-law Elizabeth Cooper was described as his “assistant” – perhaps helping with the care of the two young men.
By 1861 James had been widowed. He was still a gardener living at Haresfoot Park. William was still an invalid. Elizabeth Cooper was acting as housekeeper. David died that year, William the year after.
In 1871 James was living in Grubbs Lane (now Chesham Road), close to Ashlyns, and working as a domestic gardener. Living with him were his thirteen year old granddaughter Elizabeth Brackley and eighty year old sister-in-law Elizabeth Cooper. Son Moses, a general labourer, was living on the Haresfoot estate.
James died 29 January 1873 and his will was proved in February 1873. In it he is described as “Gardener of Haresfoot”. His son Moses, a woodman, of Berkhamsted, was named executor.
It may not be a coincidence that the son of Matthew Brackley, also buried in this plot, was called Moses. Possibly James and Matthew were brothers.
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Plot 194 James Brackley (1798-1873)
James was born in 1798, Ashley Green, Bucks, but his parentage has not yet been traced.
He married Mary Cooper on 21 May 1818 in Berkhamsted St Peter’s.
William was born in 1819, followed by Moses (1821), Ann (1827) and David (1830), all in Berkhamsted.
The 1841 census records the family at “Dog Kennels”, Haresfoot Park. James was a gardener and daughter Ann was a straw plaiter. She married in 1847. Also living with them was his sister-in-law Elizabeth Cooper.
In 1851 they were still in Haresfield Park where James was a gardener. William and David were noted in the census as “invalid dependent on relatives”. Sister-in-law Elizabeth Cooper was described as his “assistant” – perhaps helping with the care of the two young men.
By 1861 James had been widowed. He was still a gardener living at Haresfoot Park. William was still an invalid. Elizabeth Cooper was acting as housekeeper. David died that year, William the year after.
In 1871 James was living in Grubbs Lane (now Chesham Road), close to Ashlyns, and working as a domestic gardener. Living with him were his thirteen year old granddaughter Elizabeth Brackley and eighty year old sister-in-law Elizabeth Cooper. Son Moses, a general labourer, was living on the Haresfoot estate.
James died 29 January 1873 and his will was proved in February 1873. In it he is described as “Gardener of Haresfoot”. His son Moses, a woodman, of Berkhamsted, was named executor.
It may not be a coincidence that the son of Matthew Brackley, also buried in this plot, was called Moses. Possibly James and Matthew were brothers.
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