Branch Line BL3 - Thomas Breach and Lucy Mewett 1803 - 1947

This branch line follows the second child of Richard Breach (b. 1776) and Elizabeth Dennis (b. 1777) from the seventh generation of the Main Ancestral Breach line. Names in bold type continue the ancestral line down.

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East Sussex Map

This branch of the Breach family lived mostly in East Sussex. Places include, Battle, Eastbourne, East Dean and Willingdon.

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Eighth Branch Generation 

BG8 - Thomas Breach and Lucy Mewett 1803 - 1889

Thomas was born in 1803 in Westdean, Sussex, the son of Richard Breach (b. 1776, d. 1855) and Elizabeth Dennis (b.1777, d. 1841). Thomas married his wife Lucy Mewett (b. 1816) (daughter of John Mewett and Elizabeth Woollar) on the 23rd of November 1844, in Newhaven, Sussex. They had three children and lived in Upper Street, East Dean and Thomas worked as an agricultural labourer. 

Thomas died on the 10th of May 1869. 

In 1881 Lucy was living with her son, William John at Bradford Street, Eastbourne. She died on the 20th of May 1889, at 64 Cavendish Place, Eastbourne.

Thomas and Lucy had three children as follows:

1. Maria 1846 - 1934 

Maria was born in 1846 in East Dean. She married Henry Thorpe (b. 1842 in Willingdon) (son of William Thorpe and Mary Pumfrey) in 1868, in Eastbourne, and they lived in Willingdon, Sussex. Henry worked as a railway porter, and they had seven children as follows:

1. Albert (b. 1869)
2. Alice (b. 1871)
3. George Thomas (b. 1873)
4. Alfred Herbert (b. 1879)
5. Emily L (b. 1881)
6. Annie Maria (b. 1884)
7. Ernest R (b. 1886)

Maria died in 1934.

BG9 - William John 1847 - 1929  

William was born in 1847 in East Dean. William continues this line below. 

 

3. Elizabeth Ann 1849 - 1924 

Elizabeth was born in 1849 in East Dean. She married William Thomas Hardwick (b. 1834 in Aston on Ingham, Hereford & Worcester) (son of John Hardwick and Mary Anne Nelmes), in 1888. They had no children but lived in Eastbourne and appeared to run a boarding house although the 1891 census is not clear on this. William died in 1900 in Battle, Sussex, and Elizabeth died in 1924, in Lewes.

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Ninth Branch Generation

BG9 - William J Breach and Caroline E Fuller 1847 - 1929

William John Breach

William was born in 1847, the son of Thomas Breach (b. 1803) and Lucy Mewett (b. 1816) in East Dean. On the 1861 census at the age of thirteen he was working as a cow boy, however, on the next census I found (1881) he was a baker in Eastbourne. He married Caroline Eliza Fuller (b. 1858) in May 1880 and they had thirteen children.

Caroline Eliza Fuller 1858 - 1921

Caroline Eliza Breach
(Fuller)

Caroline was born on the in the spring of 1858 (dau of Mark Fuller and Sophia Robins), in Warbleton, Sussex. She married William John Breach (b. 1847) in May 1880, and had thirteen children. Caroline died in 1921 and William died in 1929.

William and Caroline had thirteen children as follows:

1. Ada 1880 - 1956 

 

Ada

Ada was born on the 11^th of October 1880 in Eastbourne. She married William Catt (1876 - 1957) in 1902, in Battle, Sussex. No records of any children have been found. Ada died on the 2nd of May 1956.

 

2. William Thomas 1882 - 1897 

 

William T

William was born on the 17^th of July 1882 in Eastbourne. He married Eileen Nora Beatrice Dally (b. 1886) in 1907 in Bulawayo, south Rhodesia, where the couple settled. William became a station master and they had a son, George Paddy in 1911. George was baptised in East Dean, Sussex.

William Thomas

William Thomas (right) with wife Eileen and son George Paddy

William John (left) with his son William
Thomas (right) and Grandson
George Paddy.
It is unclear who the older gentleman is. 

3. Elizabeth 1884 - 1976 

 

Elizabeth

Elizabeth was born on the 1^st of October 1884 in Eastbourne. She never married and died on the 10^th of April 1976.

4. Lucy 1886 - 1975

Lucy

 

Lucy was born on the 24^th of March 1886 in Eastbourne. She married William Potter (1885 - 1962) in 1909, in Eastbourne. They had two children as follows:

Marjorie Ethel (b. 1911, d. 1974)

William Lewis (b. 1919, d. 1994) 

Lucy died on the 20th of May 1975.

 

BG10 - Freedom 1888 - 1961

Freedom

  

Freedom was born on the 1st of January 1888 in Eastbourne.

 

See below for details.

 

6. Mark 1889 - 1969 

Mark

 

Mark was born on the 25^th of April 1889 in Eastbourne. He married Edith Green (1887 - 1967) in 1916, in Eastbourne. They had three children as follows:

1.  Ronald James (b. 1920)
2. Bernard (b. 1921)
3. Jack Rowland (b. 1922, d. 2002)

Mark died on the 15th of November 1969 in Eastbourne.

Mark Breach in 1915

 

 

7 .Caroline 1890 - 1971 

Caroline

 

Caroline was born on the 24^th of August 1890 in Eastbourne. She married Horace Albert Emery (1895 - 1976) in 1918, in Eastbourne. They had three children as follows:

1. Albert William (b. 1920, d. 1941)
2. Frank Owen (b. 1925, d.1998)
3. Gilbert Eric (b. 1929, d. 1988) 

Caroline died on the 4th of February 1971.

 

8. Nellie 1892 - 1965 

Nellie

 

Nellie was born on the 15^th of December 1892 in Eastbourne. She married Leonard Miller (1894 -  in 1917, in Eastbourne. No records of any children were found. Nellie died on the 15th of December 1965.

 

9. Flora 1894 - 1964 

Flora

 

Flora was born on the 21^st of July 1894 in Eastbourne. She married George Knott Nugent (1879 - 1950) in 1925, in Eastbourne. George had previously been married to Adelaide Mabel Hayward (1875 - 1923), with whom he had four children. No records of any children with Flora were found. George died in Washington, USA.  There are no records to suggest Flora went out to the US with her husband. Flora died on the 15th of November 1964, in Eastbourne.

 

10. Jack 1895 - 1940 

Jack

 

Jack was born on the 7^th of September 1895 in Eastbourne. He married Dorothy Eliza Hillier (b. 24 Mar 1903, in Merstham, Surrey) (daughter of George Alfred Hillier and Jane Wimbleton) in 1923 in Croydon, Greater London. They had five children, born in Coulsdon and Kenley in Surrey as follows:

1. Leslie Thomas Jack (b. 7 Sep 1924, d. 1977)
2. Bernhard David (b. 22 May 1925, d. 7 Jan 2010)
3. Kathleen Dorothy (b. 1 Sep 1926, d. 2001) 
4. Joyce Ivy (b. 11 Dec 1932, d. 5 Feb 2005) 
5. Sybille Vera (b. 12 Jul 1937)

Jack died on the 7th of September 1940 in Westminster, London. Dorothy died in 1980 in Chelsea.

 

11. Dick Ewart 1898 - 1985 

 

Dick Ewart

Dick Ewart was born on the 9^th of June 1898 in Eastbourne. He married Dorothy Kate Packham (1896 - 1985) in 1920, in Eastbourne. They had five children as follows:

1. Dennis Ewart (b. 9 Oct 1920, d. 9 Jan 1984)
2. Kenneth Dick (b. 9 Feb 1922, d. 18 Nov 1984)
3. Frank E (b. 1924)
4. Patricia D (b. 1930, d. 1932)
5. Pamela Audrey (b. 24 Apr 1933) 

Dick died on the 26th of June 1985.

Dick Ewart in 1917

 

12. Clara Adelaide 1899 - 1985 

Clara

 

Clara was born on the 21^st of November 1899 in Eastbourne. She never married and died in 1985 in Newbury, Berkshire.

 

13. Ethel Fanny 1903 - 1972 

Ethel Fanny

 

Ethel was born on the 18^th of August 1903 in Eastbourne. She never married but did spend some time in the US. She died on the 15^th of July 1972 in Tonbridge, Kent.

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William John and Caroline with their thirteen children
as listed above.

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Tenth Branch Generation

BG10 - Freedom Breach and Louisa Dumbleton 1888 - 1973

Freedom was born on the 1^st of January 1888 in Eastbourne, the son of  William Breach (1847 - 1929) and Caroline Eliza Fuller (1858 - 1921). He married Louisa Emma Dumbleton (b. 4 Jul 1883) in 1909, in Eastbourne. They had two children as follows:

1. William George (b. 13 Nov 1909, d. 12 Oct 1976)
2. Gladys Freda (b. 5 Jul 1912, d. 16 Jan 2009)

Freedom died on the 3rd of June 1961 and Louisa died in 1973.

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Eleventh Generation

BG11 - William George Breach and Elsie Eliza Groves 1907 - 2007

William was born on the 13th of November 1907, the son of  Freedom Breach and Louisa Emma Dumbleton. He married Elsie Eliza Groves (b. 13 Aug 1913, d. 2007) in 1938, in Eastbourne. They had one daughter, Rowena (living). William died on the 10th of December 1976.

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Family Tree

  

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Thanks to Rowena Breach  for much of the information contained in this post.

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