Husband Robert Brears [3826] 9
Born: Abt 1856 - Beal, Yorkshire
Christened: 29 Jan 1856 - St Edmund King & Martyr, Kellington, Yorkshire
Died: Jun 1857 - Beal, Yorkshire
Buried: 18 Jun 1857 - St Edmund King & Martyr, Kellington, Yorkshire
Father: Thomas Brears [855] (Abt 1803-1880) 9
Mother: Rebecca Coward [916] (Abt 1818-1880) 9
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Husband Robert Brears [869] 9
Born: Abt 1809 - Kellingley, Yorkshire 9
Christened: 3 Feb 1809 - St Edmund King & Martyr, Kellington, Yorkshire
Died: Jun 1814 - Kellingley, Yorkshire
Buried: 15 Jun 1814 - St Edmund King & Martyr, Kellington, Yorkshire
Father: Thomas Brears [866] (Abt 1761-1827) 9
Mother: Leah Mallinson [867] (Abt 1781-1858) 9
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Husband Robert Albert Brears [2754]
Born: 22 Jan 1878 - Otane, New Zealand
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Died: 16 Jul 1919 - New Zealand
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Father: John Brears [2742] (1843-1919)
Mother: Julia Ward [2743] (1852-1930)
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Husband Robert Albert Brears [3912]
Born: 27 Oct 1906 - Brears Farm, Bredenbury, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Died: 13 Jun 1993 - Saltcoats, Saskatchewan, Canada
Buried: - Bredenbury Cemetery, Saskatchewan, Canada 147
Father: Robert Brears [905] (1867-1951)
Mother: Ruth Leppington [3911] (1883-1966)
Marriage: 25 Oct 1933 - Saskatchewan, Canada
Wife Annie Jean Thompson [3918]
Born: Abt 1906 - Bredenbury, Sakatchewan, Canada
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Died: 2001 - Bredenbury, Saskatchewan, Canada
Buried: 2001 - Bredenbury Cemetery, Saskatchewan, Canada 147
Father: Robert Stewart Thompson [5643] (1877-1938)
Mother: Jessie Ann Moar Cromarty [5644] (1878-1957)
Children
1 M Robert Lewis Brears [3917]
Born: 21 Sep 1934 - Brears Farm, Bredenbury, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Spouse: Katherine Christine Hala [4189] (1944- )
Marr: 16 Jun 1962 - Zion United Church, Regina
2 M John Edward Brears [3919]
Born: Jan 1936 - Brears Farm, Bredenbury, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Died: Feb 1996
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Spouse: Wendie Mowatt [5656] ( - )
3 F Anne Elizabeth Brears [3920]
Born: 28 Feb 1938 - Brears Farm, Bredenbury, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Spouse: Raymond Eugene Poole [4534] (1938-2001)
Marr: Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
4 M David Milton Brears [3921]
Born: 30 Mar 1940 - Brears Farm, Bredenbury, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Spouse: Beverley Anne Barr [4537] ( - )
Marr: 10 Aug 1959
5 M Paul William Brears [3922]
Born: 22 May 1942 - Brears Farm, Bredenbury, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Spouse: Judy Ann Lake [3928] (1944- )
Marr: 1964
Spouse: Unnamed McLeod [32299] ( - )
6 M August Stuart Brears [3923]
Born: 5 Aug 1943 - Brears Farm, Bredenbury, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Spouse: Victoria Jane Huska [5668] ( - )
Spouse: Violet Musfelt [5678] ( - )
7 F Margaret Helen Brears [3924]
Born: 12 Aug 1945 - Brears Farm, Bredenbury, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Died: 10 May 1976 - Bredenbury, Saskatchewan, Canada
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8 F Sylvia Ruth Brears [3927]
Born: 22 Feb 1951 - Brears Farm, Bredenbury, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Spouse: Allen Meston [5684] ( - )
9 F Phyllis Elsie Brears [3926]
Born: 25 Feb 1953 - Saltcoats, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Spouse: Phillip Jordan [5683] ( - )
Spouse: Aubrey Haubrich [5412] ( - )
Marr: 1969
Spouse: Don Chupa [5415] ( - )
Marr: 1980
10 F Laurel Louise Brears [3925]
Born: 16 Nov 1954 - Saltcoats, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Spouse: Kenny Walker [5679] ( -1996)
Spouse: Lanney Lavoy [5682] ( - )
General Notes: Child - David Milton Brears [3921]
Dave clocked up several million miles in his flying career, a record only the pilots in the same company, the HBC could match.
General Notes: Child - August Stuart Brears [3923]
Stuart won the Caribou Central Interior car racing championships 3 years running, building his own car, then moved on to racing the Canadian/American circuit and was usually placed in the top 5-10 out of 30 cars.
Husband Robert Lewis Brears [3917]
Born: 21 Sep 1934 - Brears Farm, Bredenbury, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Father: Robert Albert Brears [3912] (1906-1993)
Mother: Annie Jean Thompson [3918] (Abt 1906-2001)
Marriage: 16 Jun 1962 - Zion United Church, Regina
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation 121, Truck owner/driver
Wife Katherine Christine Hala [4189]
Born: 6 Nov 1944 - Canada
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1 F Deana Katherine Brears [5648]
Born: 1 Jan 1963 - Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Spouse: Carey Fyke [5650] ( - )
Marr: 29 Oct 1983 - Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2 F Dawn Elizabeth Brears [5649]
Born: 26 May 1968 - Canada
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Spouse: Robert Bonsal [5654] ( - )
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Husband Robert William Brears [108616]
Born: Abt 1860 - Beal, Yorkshire
Christened: 26 Feb 1860 - St Edmund King & Martyr, Kellington, Yorkshire
Died: Sep 1861 - Beal, Yorkshire
Buried: 27 Sep 1861 - St Edmund King & Martyr, Kellington, Yorkshire
Father: Thomas Brears [855] (Abt 1803-1880) 9
Mother: Rebecca Coward [916] (Abt 1818-1880) 9
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Husband Robin Arthur Brears [35545]
Born: 11 May 1958 - New Zealand
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Father: Raymond Arthur Brears [4444] (1933-1999)
Mother: Neta Elsie Garland [35538] (1933-1999)
Marriage: 1958
Wife Rosemary Henderson [35546]
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1 M William Brears [35548]
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2 F Lucy Brears [35549]
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Husband Rodney Brears [4333]
Born: - New Zealand
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Father: John Benjamin Christopher Brears [4181] (1916-1983)
Mother: Sophie Fullerton-Smith [4329] ( - )
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Husband Rowland Brears [1706]
Born: 24 Mar 1886 - Wrangbrook, Yorkshire
Christened: 29 Jun 1886 - Skelbrooke, Yorkshire
Died: 26 Apr 1935 - Morecambe, Lancashire
Buried: 30 Apr 1935 - Plot 84 A Blue, Hale Carr Cemetery, Heysham, Lancashire
Father: John Thomas Brears [899] (1853-1943) 27
Mother: Betsy Banks Smith [1704] (Abt 1852-1933)
Marriage: 25 Oct 1819 - Adwick le Street, Yorkshire
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation, Traction engine driver, living with parents, 1911 - Skellow, Yorkshire
• Occupation, Owner and hirer of threshing machine, the machine being given to him as a wedding present by his father-in-law Thomas Lee, After 1919
• Occupation, Steam roller driver, 1919 - Skellow, Yorkshire
• Occupation, Contractor, Road Building, owning steam rollers, Abt 1932 - 110 Chatsworth Road, Morecambe, Lancashire
Wife Sybil Lee [2608]
Born: 19 Apr 1891 - Bradford, Yorkshire
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Died: 18 Sep 1969 - Settle, Yorkshire
Buried: 1969 - Settle, Yorkshire
Father: Thomas Lee [2802] (1855-1935)
Mother: Amelia Alice Windle [2803] (1853-1950)
Noted events in her life were:
• Occupation, Student of music, living with parents, 1911 - 24 Morley Road, Wheatley, Doncaster
Children
1 F Mary Brears [2609]
Born: 13 Oct 1920 - Linden Cottage, Adwick le Street, Yorkshire
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Died: 9 Dec 2009 - Wigan, Lancashire
Buried: 17 Dec 2009 - Gidlow Cemetery, Wigan, Lancashire
Spouse: Henry Burgess [2611] (1918-1975)
Marr: 18 Jan 1941 - Morecambe, Lancashire
2 F Margaret Nancie Brears [2610]
Born: 26 Jun 1922 - Moss Road, Askern, Yorkshire
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Died: 25 Apr 1990 - Settle, Yorkshire
Buried: Apr 1990 - Settle, Yorkshire
Spouse: Charles Robert Wilson [2612] (1918-1968)
Marr: 5 Apr 1947 - St Paul's Church, Scotforth, Lancashire
General Notes: Husband - Rowland Brears
Around and before 1930, Mary Burgess remembers distinctly her father Rowland receiving letters from Robert Albert Brears in Saskatchewan, asking him to move to Saskatchewan along with his wife and 2 girls. These letters were the cause of some arguments in the household as Rowland's parents in law, who owned and also lived in the same house as Rowland didn't want him to leave, neither did Rowland's parents. Both families pressured Rowland to stay in UK. As Rowland was also running his own successful business, he agreed to stay.
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Extract from 1908 Doncaster Gazette Newspaper:
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SUNDAY SCHOOL ANNIVERSARY - On Sunday, the Wesleyan Sunday School held its anniversary, when services were conducted by the Rev. T. Ross, of Doncaster. Mr. R. Brears was at the organ accompanied by Messrs. D. and T. Knowles. Messrs Middleton and Beaumont assisted the choir. On Thursday the children had a tea provided, after which they flocked to a field kindly lent by Mr. Bulmer, where they spent an enjoyable afternoon.
Death Notes: Child - Mary Brears [2609]
Mary's Eulogy
Always a Yorkshire girl at heart, Mary was born at Linden Cottage in Adwick le Street, Yorkshire, where she lived with her parents and maternal Lee grandparents until her mother became pregnant with sister Nancie. After living in Askern for a little while the family decided that the house wasn't big enough so they all moved into the Old Vicarage at Skelbrooke, Yorkshire which had about 10 acres of land, a tennis court, croquet lawn, pond and woods for shooting. Mary had the time of her life there, wearing trousers, climbing trees and getting into trouble; driving her father's bull-nosed Morris Cowley down the drive with her father chasing her or taking the milk-cow Molly to the bull down the lane with her grandfather chasing her.
They all lived there for a while until about 1930 when her grandfather Thomas Lee had the house "Arncliffe" built for them at Five Lane Ends, Skellow which was closer to the Green Lane School where her aunt Ethel Brears taught. She said she had more coats than she knew what to do with whilst she was at Green Lane School, her aunt used to take her to the local fairs and usually bought her a coat.
Another memory of Mary was when she was in one of the carriages on the first test run of The Flying Scotsman whilst her uncle Edward Brears was in the engine cabin; her uncle "Ebby" had put her in the carriage and told her to stay there and behave; Edward being one of the senior draughtsmen under Sir Nigel Gresley. Edward and his wife, Sir Nigel and Mary's parents and Lee grandparents had dinner that evening in Mary's home Arncliffe at Skellow. She was packed off to bed early after the dinner so she doesn't know what went on after that.
After Arncliffe, the family moved to Morecambe where they bought a boarding house, Mary used to love horse-riding on the beach there; she used to love the outdoors, her aunt used to take her up to the Lake District and she used to walk on the Yorkshire moors on our holidays. Earlier this year, she did a 3 or 4 mile walk along Morecambe prom, leaving everyone else struggling to keep up with her.
As was her father Rowland and grand-uncle William Poskitt Brears before, Mary was an accomplished organist and pianist. She learnt the organ at St Barnabas' Church in Morecambe, being taught by Miss Brasha Lancaster. Mary had passed all her exams for the London College of Music and played for the church occasionally when asked. She also studied for her Fellowship of The Royal College of Organists and was ready to take her final exams, however, due to it being wartime, this was not to be. Her fiance Henry Burgess, then a corporal in the RAF proposed to her and she married.
When her husband Henry died, Roy Taylor, the organist and choirmaster asked her to help out and play the organ on Sundays at St Andrew's Church in Wigan, which she did for a while.
During WW2, Mary was working as a clerk in the Clarendon Hotel, Morecambe along with her good friend, Thora Hird, Thora's nickname for Mary was "Breezy" because every time Mary used to walk past Thora's desk, her papers would be blown on to the floor. On the night of her honeymoon, Thora hung an old paraffin red road warning light outside the door of number 110.
Also, during the war, one of the postings for her husband was a radar station at Easington in Yorkshire; one event she remembered in particular was the sound of a motorcycle close by which suddenly stopped, Henry ran across the room, grabbed Mary and dove under the kitchen table. A loud explosion followed outside; when the pair of them appeared from under the table, the windows and door were blown in, plaster had fallen from the ceiling and there was a hole in the field outside the house. The sound of the motor cycle engine stopping had been the sound of a V1 rocket engine cutting out.
Although Mary wasn't exactly famous for her housekeeping prowess, she was a good cook and her Yorkshire puddings and Bakewell tarts were to die for, she got the recipe for the Bakewell tarts from her grandfather Lee, he got it whilst he was a pupil at Bakewell Grammar School. She even made her own cottage cheese.
Mary was always a very private person and lived alone after her husband died, she took all the hard knocks without complaining, although her recent loss of short term memory did wear her down, before that, she was very fond of reading and crosswords. Although she didn't socialise, she wasn't anti-social, she had a great and often very dry sense of humour and could be very laconic. When she was in hospital or in the care home in her last few months, the staff never had a bad word to say about her and called her "a lovely lady".
She was never too busy to listen and was always a caring and loving mother to her children, she always placed their problems before her own and she will be very deeply missed by them and her grandchildren; she had a special soft spot for her son-in-law Rowland and daughter-in-law Beryl. It was a privilege to know her.
General Notes: Child - Mary Brears [2609]
Mary was born at Linden Cottage in Adwick le Street, Yorkshire, where she lived with her parents and maternal grandparents until her mother became pregnant with Nancie. Sometime during the pregnancy, her grandfather Thomas Lee, a stonemason/employer had a house built in Askern, Yorkshire for the family and they all moved there. Some time after that, Thomas Lee decided that the house wasn't big enough so they all moved into the Old Vicarage at Skelbrooke, Yorkshire which had about 10 acres of land, a tennis court, croquet lawn, pond and woods for shooting.
They all lived there for a while until about 1930 when Thomas Lee had the house "Arncliffe" built for them at Five Lane Ends, Skellow which was closer to the Green Lane School where her aunt Etheline Brears taught.
As her father Rowland and grand-uncle William Poskitt Brears before, Mary is an accomplished organist and pianist. She learnt the organ at St Barnabas' Church in Morecambe, Lancashire, being taught by Miss Brasha Lancaster. Mary had passed all her exams for the London College of Music and played for the church occasionally when asked. She also studied for her Fellowship of The Royal Society of Organists and was ready to take her final exams, however, due to it being wartime, this was not to be. Her fiance Henry Burgess, then a corporal in the RAF proposed to her and she married.
On later visits to her mother and sister in Settle Yorkshire, the three of them would disappear into the church there during the day, Mary playing the organ, accompanying her sister Nancie who had a deep, rich contralto voice which rivalled Kathleen Ferrier's.
In later years, Mary often played her upright grand piano (which she always had tuned to concert pitch) at home in accompaniment to her husband Henry, a tenor who sang both classical and light opera. Occasionally she would retrieve some classical sheet music from the piano seat and play some complex fugue, keeping her hand in as she said. I remember some of this sheet music being almost covered with black music notes.
I remember on one occasion when I was in the church choir at St. Andrews in Wigan, I had been told to go home early from choir practice for misbehaving. I said something to the choirmaster, who was also the church organist, along the lines that my mother was a better organist than him, and my father could sing better than anyone in the choir, which he didn't believe and sent me packing. On arriving home, I told my father this, he told my mother to get her coat and marched us up to the church. By this time, there was only the choirmaster in the church, my mother sat down at the organ and pulled out most of the stops and played "The Trumpet Voluntary" from memory and a couple of fugues. My father then stood up and sang "The Holy City" with my mother accompanying him. My father then grabbed me by the elbow and marched us all out of the church, the choirmaster standing there with his mouth open. I remember the choirmaster coming round to the house on a couple of occasions pleading with my mother to play the church organ at services and asking my father to join the choir.
When her husband Henry died, Roy Turner, the organist and choirmaster asked her to help out and play the organ on Sundays at St Andrew's Church in Wigan, which she did. In the 50's, Mary played the organ for Kendal Street Ethodist Church in Waigan.
During WW2, Mary was working as a clerk in the Clarendon Hotel, Morecambe along with her good friend, Thora Hurd, Thora's nickname for Mary was "Breezy" because everytime Mary used to walk past Thora's desk, her papers would be blown on to the floor. On the night of her honeymoon, Thora hung an old paraffin red road warning light outside the door of number 110.
During WW2, one of the postings for her husband was a radar station at Easington in Yorkshire; one event she remembered in particular was the sound of a motorcycle close by which suddenly stopped, Henry ran across the room, grabbed Mary and dove under the kitchen table. A loud explosion followed outside; when the pair of them appeared from under the table, the windows and door were blown in, plaster had fallen from the ceiling and there was a hole in the field outside the house. The sound of the motor cycle engine stopping had been the sound of a V1 rocket engine cutting out.
Another memory of Mary was when she was in one of the carriages on the first test run of The Flying Scotsman whilst her uncle Edward Brears was in the engine cabin; her uncle "Ebby" had put her in the carriage and told her to stay there and behave; Edward being one of the senior draughtsmen under Sir Nigel Gresley. Edward and his wife, Sir Nigel and Mary's parents and Lee grandparents had dinner that evening in Mary's home Arncliffe at Skellow. She was packed off to bed early after the dinner so she doesn't know what went on after that.
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Husband Roy Brears [1853]
Born: 8 May 1928 - Oughtibridge, Yorkshire
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Father: Joseph Mason Brears [7882] (Abt 1879- )
Mother: Clara Ibbotson [1854] (Abt 1886-1933)
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Wife Bessie Mellor [34273]
Born: Abt 1935 - Stocksbridge, Yorkshire
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Died: 1999
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1 F Sandra Brears [34274]
Born: 16 Sep 1947 - Sheffield, Yorkshire
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2 F Doreen Brears [34275]
Born: Abt 1949 - Sheffield, Yorkshire
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3 M David Brears [34276]
Born: Abt 1951 - Sheffield, Yorkshire
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4 M Stuart Brears [34277]
Born: Abt 1953 - Sheffield, Yorkshire
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