James Branston

   FamilySearch ID: LYG5-RG3.

  General Notes:

A bit of an anomaly in that the 1871 census indicates him to be 40, but should be older. He does not appear on the 1851 census for Affpuddle. Evidently unmarried, or perhaps he was married and living elsewhere, wife died and he returned to East Farm in 1861 and then managed the farm following the death of his mother.
Nigel has him buried in Harbridge, but the parish register of Affpuddle says Affpuddle. Same date, different location.

  Events

• Baptism, 16 Oct 1825, Harbridge, Hampshire, England. ⁵⁶

• Census, 1841, Affpuddle, Dorset, England. ⁵⁶ James (13)

• Census, 1851, Wool, Dorset, England. ⁸⁵⁴ (baliff of 500 acres employing 25 labourers). Sister Kitty was also on this census for the same place.

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

• Census, 1861, East Farm, Affpuddle, Dorset. James (36)

• Census, 1861, East Farm, Affpuddle, Dorset. ⁸⁶ Mary Ann (58, widow, farmer of 410 acres, employing 8 men and 5 boys)

• Census, 1871, East Farm, Affpuddle, Dorset. ⁸⁵⁵ James Branston (40, famer of 400 acres employing 10 men and 4 boys)
(Ancestry.com is missing the second to the last page of the census which has the entry.)

• Probate, 8 Mar 1877, Dorset, England. ⁷² Effects under £8,000. Proved by Henry Spicer of Mold in the County of Flint and Charles Branston of Affpuddle the Brother Farmers the executors.