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BRETTELL
A One Name Study compiled by Mary BRETTELL

Mary & Peter Norman outside FRC London

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In 1998, a letter from a second cousin who I had never met, living in Spain, prompted my to start researching my Family History. From this passion has grown this obsession with, not only the origins of my family, but the origins of my surname. I have found many variations of spelling including:

BRET(T)EL(L) BRETTLE BRI(T)TEL(L) BRIT(T)EL BRAT(T)EL(L) BRATTLE

I have, included other similar sounding variations whenever I have encountered them - such as:

BRETHEL(L) BETHEL BRITNELL PRETTLE BRETEUILE BREETTEL

(NB: I found my BRETTELL family in the 1881 CENSUS of London listed as BRETHELL)

Other names directly associated with my BRETTELL Branch of the Family Tree include:

DYER; DREW; HAWES; HAWTREE; HOWSE; KNIGHT; REIGH; WARR; BUTTERWORTH; SQUIRE/SQUIRES

Tracing my line backwards, my Grandparents arrived in Australia in 1921 on board the THEMISTOCLES from London.

Prior to London, the trail has led me back to Black Country and, specifically, to Birmingham.  BRETTELL was a well-known Black Country surname and there are a number of other BRETTELL researchers. I would also like to acknowledge and give thanks to Malcolm Platt-Grigg who supplied MI's (Monumental Inscriptions) for St Thomas' Dudley and MIs and Parish Register transcriptions for St.John's Halesowen

My Direct Line -

|- Joseph BRETTELL [910]1749-1824
   m1 Sarah DARBY [914] 1744-1791
  .   |- John [912] 15 APR 1773-7 SEP 1844
  .   |  m Hannah (or Ann) (BRETTELL) [1421] d AFT. 1841
  .   |     |- Sarah [1392] BEF. 1817-AFT. 1839
  .   |        m 24 MAY 1838 Walter BELEMORE [1366] ABT. 1814-1881
  .   |           |- Alfred John [1388] ABT. 1839-
  .   |- Hannah [911] 1 JAN 1775-
  .   |- Thomas [909] 12 AUG 1776-
  .   |- Joseph [1293] 2 NOV 1779-1846
  .   |- James [1436] 12 MAY 1782-
  .   |- Sarah [1437] 5 JUN 1784-
  .   |- Samuel [1398] 18 JAN 1786-APR 1833
  .   |  m 3 APR 1806 Susannah MEARS [913] ABT. 1786-AFT. 1841
  .   |     |- Susannah [1362] 13 JAN 1807-AFT. 1839
  .   |     |  m 14 APR 1833 Charles George MATON [1363] ABT. 1810-1841
  .   |     |     |- Harriott Susannah [1373] ABT. 1834-
  .   |     |     |- Henry Charles [1374] ABT. 1835-
  .   |     |     |- Sarah [1364] ABT. 1837-
  .   |     |     |- Charles [1365] ABT. 1839-
  .   |     |        m Martha (MATON) [1367] ABT. 1846-
  .   |     |           |- Ada [1368] 1881-
  .   |     |           |- Charles [1369] ABT. 1868-
  .   |     |           |- Thomas [1370] ABT. 1876-
  .   |     |- Samuel [795] 12 OCT 1808-BET. 1862 - 1881
  .   |     |  m 12 JAN 1834 Sarah SPOONER [796] ABT. 1812-15 AUG 1862
  .   |     |     |- Sarah [792] 18 JAN 1835-
  .   |     |     |  m 19 DEC 1852 Edward Arthur WITHERS [1103] 1852-
  .   |     |     |- Samuel [929] OCT 1837-4 JUL 1839
  .   |     |     |- John [782] 25 DEC 1839-1881
  .   |     |     |  m 21 JAN 1861 Emily REIGH [786] ABT. 1842-
  .   |     |     |- William [797] 12 FEB 1842-1843
  .   |     |     |- James David [798] APR 1844-MAR 1845
  .   |     |     |- Henry [908] MAR 1846-
  .   |     |     |  m 24 DEC 1885 Eliza ERRINGTON [1296] ABT. 1846-
  .   |     |     |- Edward [799] JUL 1848-DEC 1852
  .   |     |- Sarah [915] 11 DEC 1810-AFT. 1837
  .   |     |- Henry [916] 3 SEP 1812-
  .   |     |- William [917] 1 JUN 1814-1838
  .   |     |  m 13 JUN 1837 Susannah MUSSON [1285] ABT. 1818-AFT. 1852 
  .   |     |- James [918] 5 JAN 1818-
  .   |- Phoebe [1438] 23 JUN 1789-
   m2 24 MAY 1791 Mary SINGLETON [1479]
      |- Sarah [1399] ABT. 1795-

Baptisms in 1804 at Bond Street Baptist Meeting House, Birmingham
Parents Joseph BRETTELL & Sarah:
JOHN 15/4/1773  
Hannah 1/1/1775 
Thomas  12/8/1776 
JOSEPH  2/11/1779 
James 12/5/1782
Sarah 5/6/1784 
SAMUEL 18/1/1786  
Phoebe 23/6/1789