Nathaniel Brindle

Brief Life History of Nathaniel

When Nathaniel Brindle was born in October 1850, in Ashton in Makerfield, Lancashire, England, his father, James Brindle, was 38 and his mother, Ellen Ormshaw, was 37. He married Margaret Ellen Winstanley in 1872, in Wigan, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Goose Green, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1871 and Wigan All Saints, Lancashire, England in 1891. He died on 24 November 1913, in Wigan, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 63.

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Family Time Line

Nathaniel Brindle
1850–1913
Margaret Ellen Winstanley
1853–1893
Marriage: 1872
Ann Brindle
1876–1876
Ann Brindle
1877–
William Brindle
1880–
John Brindle
1882–1970
Elizabeth Ellen Brindle
1885–
Rachel Stirling Brindle
1888–1948
Nathaniel Brindle
1891–1949
Joseph Brindle
1893–

Sources (18)

  • Nathaniel Brindle in household of Ellen Brindle, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
  • Lancashire Birth Indexes 1850. Nathaniel Brindle
  • Lancashire Marriage Indexes 1872 Nathaniel Brindle & Margaret Ellen Winstanley

World Events (7)

1854 · The Crimean War

The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.

1859 · Lancashire Rifle Volunteers

The Lancashire Rifle Volunteers started in the eighteenth century. Those that fought in the militia were selected by ballot. They were formed because of threat due to the Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic War.

1878 · Bacup Natural History Society

The Bacup Natural History Society was established in 1878 in Lancashire. It holds a collection of over 4,000 photos, slides, and documents. It holds many different artifacts from military to fossils.

Name Meaning

English (Lancashire): habitational name from a place in Lancashire named Brindle, from Old English burna ‘stream’ + hyll ‘hill’.

South German: rare variant of Brindl or Bründl (and, in North America, also an altered form of these), a topographic name for someone who lived by a spring or stream, from a Bavarian diminutive of Middle High German brun(ne) ‘spring, stream’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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