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Seemed strange that could find all of the other baptisms : Henry - Cheddar (1846), Emily Jane - Yatton (1848), Alfred - Axbridge (1854), John - Axbridge (1856) plus all of the children of Sarah Nicholls but not that of Henry.

But...Registered in Emanuel Church Nov 1852

Cannot find any "Easts" in Weston in 1851 - so this could well be him!

Struggling with the Civil record - though there is a Henry HARRIS 1852 Q4 - mother HARDEN that might come up trumps.

All the best

Rob

*A highly speculative guess!* I was wondering if Christiana "Christy" Gertrude BROWN (7 February 1898 - 16 April 1983) might be an adoption (from Maud) by Frederick William BROWN and Elizabeth Sophia, née LOXTON? She appears in the 1901 census as a visitor to the COLES household, and in the 1911 census, as a granddaughter of Christiana Martha COLES, formerly LOXTON, née CHARD (see The Flower Family of Chewton Mendip and Emborough by Mike Matthews). She marries a George Herbert GARRETT (an outfitter from Frome) in 1925 and emigrates to New Zealand in December 1955.

Assuming it is the same William, then the 21 July 1882 edition of the London Gazette states the following in a Liquidation by Arrangement notice:

"William Tripp Marshall of Waterloo street, Weston-super-Mare, in the county of Somerset, Plumber, Gasfitter, Ironmonger, Builder, House Decorator, and General Contractor"

(London Gazette, 21 July 1882, Page 3443, at the bottom of column 1)

Thanks so much for finding out about this project for us, Brian.

...spotting the ROSSITER name in Ewart Road I thought I'd have a quick shufti at Rossiters in the 1921 census - to see if I could spot the jeweller...I had no idea what a prolific family they were in the area!  (as the jeweller's is the only instance I've ever come across before)

Thanks, Pat

As a side line of this story I have been sent a copy of Montreal Daily Herald & Daily Commercial Gazette of 3 October 1885 page 8 reporting the death of Charles William Massiah formerly of Bristol. His father had been a planter in the West Indies and  by 1861 the family was living in Clifton, Bristol.

Charles William passed his law exam in 1867 and was articled to a Brisol Firm in the following year. He travelled to Canada 1871 where he married Sarah Catherine Norrie.