Thomas Branston

   FamilySearch ID: LTC6-JDR.

  General Notes:

Was at East Farm at 1851 census. At Dairy House, Tonerspuddle at the farm of his father-in-law, Charles Besant in 1861. 1861 census shows one daughter, Louisa.

  Events

• Baptism, Jun 1824, Harbridge, Hampshire, England. ⁵⁶

• Census, 1841, Affpuddle, Dorset, England. Thomas (15)

• Census, 1851, Affpuddle, Dorset, England. ⁵⁶ Thomas (26)

• Census, 1851, East Farm, Affpuddle, Dorset. ⁸⁵ Mary Ann Branston (48, widow, farmer 287 acres employing 11 labourers)

• Church: Vestry of St.Laurence, 26 Feb 1852, Affpuddle, Dorset, England. ⁸²⁷

• Census, 1861, Dairy House, Tonerspuddle. ⁵⁶ Thomas Branston (36, son-in-law, farmer)

• Census, 1861, Turnerspuddle, Dorset, England. ⁸²⁸ Dairy House 65. Dairyman.

• Probate, 26 Aug 1890, Winchester, Hampshire, England. of Rooke's Farm Burley, Ringwood. to Mary Branston. Effects: £294 7s 11d

Thomas married Mary Besant, daughter of Charles Besant and Jane Wellstead, 17 Nov 1860 in Turnerspuddle, Dorset, England.⁸²⁴ (Mary Besant was born in 1835 in Affpuddle, Dorset, England, christened 12 Feb 1835 in Affpuddle, Dorset, England ⁸²⁹ and died 11 Nov 1930 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England ⁸³⁰.)

  Marriage Notes:

Witnesses: Joesph Spicer and Ann Spicer. Thomas' father is "The Late William Henry Branston." ⁸³¹