William Henry BRABYN

  Noted events in his life were:

• Military Service, 1859. 31 March 1859 Master British Army Records

• Census, 1861, Padstow, Cornwall. living at Drury Street, Padstow with his Mother and sister. shipwright.

• Employment, 1864. Ships List - The Barracouta - out of Liverpool W H Brabyn - aged 25 - Padstow. Previously served on The Hope - discharged from The Hope in 1864 at Gloucester. Joined The Barracouta 26th January at Cardiff - employed as ship's carpenter.

• Census, 1871, Whitstable, Kent. Lodging with Edward and Martha Kemp at 22 Sydenham Street, Whitstable, unmarried, shipwright

• Census, 1881, Egloshayle, Cornwall. Trenant, ship and boat builder

• Census, 1891, Egloshayle, Cornwall. Chapel Cottages, ship and boat builder

• Census, 1901, Wadebridge, Cornwall. Egloshayle Road, ship and boat builder

• Census, 1911, Wadebridge, Cornwall. Shipwright and boat builder Married 49 years had 8 children 7 still living

William married Elizabeth Ann BATE, daughter of Unknown and Unknown, on 5 Nov 1862 in St Minver, Cornwall. (Elizabeth Ann BATE was born in 1845 in Port Isaac, Cornwall and died in 1926.)