Brier of Huddersfield Family Chart no. 32

	George BRIER		(1) Harriet PEASE		(2) Jane LOCKWOOD (nee BENNETT)
	born c 1806		born c 1800/06		born c 1813
			m. 2 Feb 1823 at Thornhill by Dewsbury [IGI]		m. 20 Apr 1848 at Kirkheaton
			d. 27 Dec 1845 age 45 bur. 1 Jan 1846 Kirkheaton Churchyard
	Stonemason Farmer 36 Acres & stonemason

Children of the First Marriage

James	Mary	Thomas	John	William	Samuel	Hannah Jane	Sarah Jane	Victoria Amelia	Martha Ann
bapt. 29 Feb 1824 at Kirkheaton	bapt. 23 May 1825 at Kirkheaton	born 8 Jan 1827 bapt. 12 Aug 1827 at Kirkheaton	born 2 Jun 1829 bapt. 26 Jul 1829 at Kirkheaton	bapt. 4 Sep 1831 at Liverpool St Peter, LAN [IGI]	born 12 Dec 1833 bapt. 19 May 1834 at Kirkheaton	born 1 Aug 1836 bapt. 18 Sep 1836 at Kirkheaton	born 9 May 1838 bapt. 20 May 1839 at Kirkheaton	born 21 Nov 1840 bapt. 2 Aug 1843 at Kirkheaton	born 6 Mar 1844 bapt. 19 Sep 1845 at Kirkheaton
					bur. 15 Nov 1835 at Kirkheaton aged 1y 11mths	bur. 24 Mar 1837 at Kirkheaton aged 7mths		m. George ETCHELLS 27 May 1863 at Kirkheaton

Children of the Second Marriage

Benjamin Lockwood

born c 1849 at Kirkheaton

d. 1871 at Dewsbury

Additional Information

The first conclusive proof that George is indeed related to John BRIER came with his marriage certificate in 1848, which stated that his father was "Thomas BRIER, Farmer & Mason". For some reason, George's baptism was not recorded in the Kirkheaton Parish Registers - perhaps Thomas & Mary forgot to baptise him, or perhaps the Parish Clerk forgot to record the baptism. Either way, we can only speculate, from census and marriage certificate information, that he was born around 1806.

In the 1841 Census George and Harriet lived at Hill Side, Kirkheaton. By the time of the 1851 Census, George was living at Eagles Grove with new wife Jane and new child Benjamin, but most of his other unmarried children were still living at Hill Side. In 1861, those children of his first marriage still unmarried were back living with George and Jane at Eagles Grove.

Harriet shares her grave in Kirkheaton Churchyard with John & Ruth, two of her infant children (not named) as noted on her memorial stone:

Harriet BRIER wife of George BRIER of Kirkheaton who died 27 Dec 1845 aged 45 years
also two children who died in their infancy

John BRIER who died 14th Nov 1847 aged 40 years
also Edward his son who died 8th Sep 1866 aged 35 years
also Ruth relict of the above John BRIER who died 1 Sep 1872 aged 66 years

. . . but no sign of George?! And why are John and Ruth BRIER buried with Harriet? If George and John are closely related, it would be understandable, but so far I have found no son of Thomas called George. Perhaps they were very close cousins? There are two possible candidates for this George: one was born to Joseph and Mary in 1804 in Kirkheaton, and the other was born to John and Fanny in 1808 in Almondbury. In the 1851 and 1861 censuses, George stated he was born in Kirkheaton, and his age gives a birth year closer to 1804 than 1808, so perhaps he was the son of Joseph.