BRYER of Suffolk Family Chart no. 33

	Thomas John BRYER		Elizabeth Butler CHADWICK
	b. 30 Oct 1843 at Islington MDX		b. circa 1846 at Islington MDX
			m. 20 Feb 1868 at Edmonton RD MDX
	d. 17 Apr 1916 at Islington MDX, age 72 bur. Highgate Cemetery Camden MDX [FindAGrave] probate 22 Jun 1916		d. 10 Jun 1937 at Islington MDX, age 91 bur. Highgate Cemetery Camden MDX [FindAGrave]
	Bullion Merchant (1868 - 1881) Gold & Silver Refiner (1901-1911)

Their Children

Edgar Thomas aka Leonidas Edgar	Constance Elizabeth	Annie Gertrude aka Angela	Stanley	Claude	Dudley Carlton	Emmeline Beatrice	Gilbert William	Evelyn Maud(e)
b. 26 Nov 1868 at Islington MDX bap. 21 May 1869 at St Mark Tollington Park Islington MDX	b. 1870 at Islington MDX bap. 25 Feb 1871 at St George Tufnell Park Islington MDX	b. 1872 at Islington MDX	b. 1874 at Islington MDX bap. 13 May 1874 at St Mark Tollington Park Islington MDX	b. 17 Nov 1875 at Islington MDX bap. 16 Dec 1876 at St Mark Tollington Park Islington MDX	b. 25 Oct 1877 at Islington MDX bap. 16 Jun 1880 at St Mary Hornsey Rise Islington MDX	b. 3 May 1879 at Islington MDX bap. 16 Jun 1880 at St Mary Hornsey Rise Islington MDX	b. 22 May 1882 at Islington MDX bap. 28 Feb 1883 at St Mary Hornsey Rise Islington MDX	b. 27 Sep 1884 at Barnet RD MDX
m. Linda Clara DE LEUSE 22 Apr 1897 at Christchurch St Giles Holborn MDX				m. Susie Evelyn MOTT 1904 Edmonton MDX	m. Blanche ARCHBOLD 1938 at Marylebone RD MDX
d. 5 Jan 1938 at North Middlesex County Hospital, age 69 bur. Highgate Cemetery 7 Jan 1938 [FindAGrave] probate 26 Nov 1943	d. 12 Jul 1952 at Whittington Hospital Dartmouth Park Hill London, age 82 probate 28 Oct 1953	d. 1951 Paddington RD MDX, age 75 (death registered as Angela Gertrude)	d. 14 Sep 1879 at Islington MDX, age 6 bur. Highgate Cemetery Camden MDX [FindAGrave]	d. 10 Jul 1950 Marylebone RD MDX, age 75 probate 10 Aug 1950	d. 16 Oct 1955 at Napsburg Hospital St Albans HRT, age 77 probate 30 Nov 1955	d. 13 Sep 1961 at St Pancras Hospital MDX, age 82 probate 10 Nov 1961	d. 26 Nov 1919 Islington RD MDX, age 38 bur. 29 Nov 1919 Highgate Cemetery Camden MDX grave no. 86017 [FindAGrave]	d. 15 Jan 1975 St Albans RD HRT, age 90 probate 12 Mar 1975

Who They Were

Thomas's father, John, had a Watchmaking and Chronograph Manufacturing business at 53-54 Barbican in the City of London. By the terms of John's will, his sons William and Thomas were named executors, although the business seems to have passed to William by the time it was listed in the 1902 directory, when it had become William Bryer & Sons, Gold and Silver Refiners. Thomas had a separate business, T J Bryer & Sons. Today, one of the blocks of flats in the Barbican Estate is named Bryer Court, after John's company, and more information can be found on the Barbican Living website.

Thomas remained in the Islington area and brought up a famous family there. His daughter Constance was a professional violinist and leading member of the Women's Social and Political Union, the Suffragettes, alongside Emmeline Pankhurst. She took part in militant action and was imprisoned twice, being force fed when on hunger strike.

Son Gilbert William Bryer served as a gunner in the Royal Garrison Artillery during WW1. He died, more than a year after the end of the war, after an epileptic episode, but he was accorded a military headstone by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission when he was buried in Highgate Cemetery.

None of Thomas's four daughters married, and Dudley married late in life and had no children. But Claude had two daughters who went on to become famous actresses, and one who was a Mannequin (model).

Where They Lived

1868 - Stafford Villa 21 Brownswood Park; Elizabeth's address at the time of their marriage. Woodberry Down Stoke Newington; Thomas's address.
1869 - 1881 - 1 Shaftesbury Villas Upper Holloway Islington; in 1881 with Constance, Annie, Claude, Dudley and Beatrice.
1891 - Shelvenford Hoath KEN; Thomas visiting farmer Cooper Wacher. Unable as yet to find Elizabeth and children.
1901 - 30 Avenue Road Crouch End Hornsey MDX; Thomas and Elizabeth, with Claude, Dudley, Gilbert, Constance, Annie and Emmeline. Also, sisters in law Emma C and Mary A J C Chadwick.
1911 - 49 Tufnell Park Road; Thomas and Elizabeth, with Dudley Emmeline and Evelyn.
1916 - 49 Tufnell Park Road; Thomas died at this address, naming Emmeline and Dudley as executors in his will.
1937 - 58 Carlton Road Tufnell Park; Elizabeth died at this address (son Dudley's home), naming Edgar Thomas and Dudley as executors in her will.

Family Group Identifiers

Family: B-SFKHAD01
Family Group: b-sfk033