Friday, January 2, 2015

Edward J.& M.Eleanor (Cripwell) Brighouse


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Edward Joseph Brighouse and Mary Eleanor Cripwell



The Arms of Brighouse



Joseph Brighouse was born 5 June 1814 and died 29 February 1880. Joseph married Hannah Turner (died 1879).  They had 1 son: Edward Joseph Brighouse, born 26 September 1854.

Edward Joseph Brighouse was born 26 September 1854 in Nottingham, England and died 28 August 1911 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Edward married Mary Eleanor (known as Eleanor) Cripwell (1854-1930) on 27 January 1877 in Derby, England.

Together they had 5 children:
1. Henry (known as Harry) Joseph Brighouse born 17 January 1878 in Nottingham, England and died 17 December 1947 in Brisbane.  Harry married Lydia (Lilly) Mary Mott (1883-1961) on 9 December 1921. They had a son Kenneth Edward Brighouse (1923-1923).

2. Ernest Arthur Brighouse born 17 April 1880 in Nottingham, England and died 12 October 1973 in Brisbane, Queensland.Ernest married Ethel Jolly (1888-1956) on 28 June 1911. They had 3 daughters: Dorothy May Brighouse (born 1912), Majorie Eleanor Brighouse (born 1914), Ida Ruth Brighouse (born 1917).

3. Frances Emily (known as Emily) Brighouse born 2 October 1884 in Nerang, Queensland and died 18 September 1975.  Emily married George Petfield (1883-1953) on 17 May 1911 in Kennedy Terrace Methodist Church, Paddington, Brisbane. They had 3 children: Allan Edward Petfield (1912-1977), Gladys Penelope Petfield (1915-2006), Joan Mavis Petfield (1917-2003).

4. Eleanor Ruby (known as Ruby) Brighouse was born 16 May 1888 in Wallangarra, Queensland and died 9 August 1961 in Brisbane. Ruby remained Single.

5. Cecil George Brighouse was born 25 May 1892 in Bardon, Brisbane and died 28 May 1981 in Greenslopes Military Hospital, Brisbane. Cecil married Ruby Alice Spiller (1894-1963) on 28 March 1921 in Coorparoo, Brisbane. They had 6 children: Malcolm Stanley Brighouse (1922-1942), Edna Frances Brighouse (born 1925), Brian Edward Brighouse (1927-1986), Raymond Robert Brighouse (born 1930), Douglas Ronald Brighouse (born 1932), Edwin George Brighouse (born 1935).


Brighouse family - Standing L-R Henry (Harry), Uncle John, Ernest (Ernie).  Seated L-R Emily, Edward Joseph, Cecil, Mary Eleanor, Ruby Brighouse. Taken about 1898.

Brighouse family - Ernest Brighouse, Emily Brighouse, Henry Brighouse, Ruby Brighouse, Uncle John. Seated Eleanor Brighouse. Kneeling Cecil. Photo taken 1909. 


Sisters - (Frances) Emily and (Eleanor) Ruby Brighouse.

Extracts from the Diary of (Mary) Eleanor Brighouse

(Born 5 April 1854 in Nottingham, England and died 1 December 1930 in Brisbane) 

5 April 1854  Mary Eleanor Cripwell born.
27 January 1877 Mary Eleanor Cripwell married Edward Joseph Brighouse in Derby, England.
29 November 1879 Hannah Brighouse died.
29 February 1880 Joseph Brighouse died.
17 April 1880 Ernest Arthur Brighouse born.
20 November 1882 Edward & Eleanor Brighouse gave up their house to leave England.
27 November 1882 Brighouse family left home for Plymouth. Set sail from England on "Almora".
20 January 1883 Brighouse family arrived in Brisbane, Queensland.
25 June 1883 Went to live in Nerang, Queensland.
2 October 1884 (Francis) Emily Brighouse born in Nerang.
25 September 1886 Brighouse family went to live in Rosalie, Brisbane.
21 January 1887 Great flood in Brisbane.
11 June 1887 Brighouse family went to live in Soudan (Cnr Kaye & Shaw Streets).
14 February 1888 Brighouse family went to live in Wallangarra.
13 May 1888 (Eleanor) Ruby Brighouse born.
26 May 1888 Brighouse family went to live in Marburg.
27 July 1890 Dear Mother Bingera died.
5 March 1891 Brighouse family left Wallangara for Brisbane.
24 January 1892 Ernest Brighouse fell off back verandah, nearly broke his neck.
25 May 1892 Cecil George Brighouse born "Soudan Estate", Rosalie, Brisbane.
1 June 1896 Grandpa Cripwell arrived in Brisbane from England.
27 November 1899 Emily Brighouse started work at Stewarts.
12 October 1901 Father (Henry Cripwell) arrived in London.
15 March 1902 Father (Henry Cripwell) arrived in South Africa from England.
11 May 1904 Eleanor Brighouse left Brisbane for Sydney.
13 May 1904 Eleanor Brighouse left Sydney for South Africa.
25 May 1904 Eleanor Brighouse left Albany for South Africa.
14 June 1904 Eleanor Brighouse arrived in South Africa.
24 August 1904 Eleanor Brighouse left South Africa for home.
24 September 1904 Eleanor Brighouse arrived home from South Africa.
18 July 1905 Harry Brighouse started work at Bingera.
18 September 1905 Ruby Brighouse started work at Miss Keffords.
7 November 1906 Ruby Brighouse started work at Barry's Cashier.
22 June 1907 Henry (Harry) Brighouse left for Bundaberg.
27 March 1907 Dear Father (Henry) Cripwell died in South Africa at his daughter's residence 90 years.
2 August 1910 Edward Joseph Brighouse went to Roma. He was a Railway worker.
28 June 1911 Ernie Brighouse and Ethel Jolly married.
19 November 1911 Edward Brighouse came home from Roma.
28 August 1911 Edward Joseph Brighouse died.
29 August 1911 Edward Brighouse buried at Toowong Cemetery 5pm G1353.
12 July 1912 Allan Petfield born.
29 July 1915 Gladys Petfield born.
25 September 1914 Margery Brighouse born.
13 May 1915 Sister Emily died at Capetown.
21 August 1921 Father left for England.
21 February 1922 Malcolm Stanley Brighouse born.
1 December 1930 Mary Eleanor Brighouse died at Brisbane 6pm.
2 December 1930 Funeral left her residence at Northam Ave, Upper Paddington for Toowong Cemetery.

On my Family Tree I can go back 15 generations of Cripwell/Crepel to Richard Crepel and Ellyn Pymm who married in 1559 and had 11 children.

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