William Benjamin Bricknell

c1866-1905

William Benjamin was born in Oxfordshire, he was baptised on the 14^th January 1866, in Kidlington, Oxfordshire, the son of William (a Carrier) and Lydia Bricknell (nee Enstone) who were married on the 24^th January 1864, at St Mary Magdalene, Oxford. (William was a widower. Fathers: William Bricknell, a Carrier and Joseph Enstone, a Gardener)

His father William was baptised on the 19^th August February 1827, in Kidlington, Oxfordshire, the son of William and Sarah Bricknell.

His mother Lydia was baptised on the 18^th April 1830, at St Thomas, Oxford, the daughter of Joseph and Hannah Enston.

William and Lydia also had the following two sons:
Robert Francis, born 1869 (died aged 14 months in 1870, buried 11^th July in Kidlington)

William, born 1872, baptised 11^th May 1872, in Kidlington (died 1872 in Kidlington)

In 1871 William (5) and his parents William (43), a Market Carrier and Lydia (44) were lodging in Kidlington, with William Bricknell (71) a Market Carrier and his wife Sarah (78) (William’s grandparents but not recorded as such)

William’s father William died aged 47 in 1875 (death registered in the June quarter, in Woodstock)

The 1881 census records William as Benjamin, aged 15, living in Banbury Road, Kidlington, with his grandmother Sarah Bricknell (88) and his mother Lydia (50), both recorded as formerly Carriers.

His mother Lydia died aged 51 in 1881 (death registered in the December quarter, in Woodstock)

The 1891 census records William as Benjamin W. Bricknell (26), a Labourer, living at 4 Montague Place, Newbury, with his uncle, Joseph Barson (49), a Policeman and his aunt, Leonora Barton (50) (Leonora was his mother’s sister)

The 1901 census records him as Benjamin Bouckell (35), a Domestic Groom, still living with Joseph and Leonora Barson at 4 Montague Place.

William died aged 39 in 1905. He was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 22^nd April.

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