TheDOUGHTY Family History Page

 
I first started researching my "Family Tree" in 1989 and after getting back to about the start of Civil Registration in Britain, circa 1837, found severe problems in getting back further, so I am starting this from where I got back to, with some possible links to other families that have still to be proved.
It starts off with what appears to be an unrelated event that fits in sometime later. I look forward to hearing from DOUGHTY researchers and anybody interested in the other names shown!
In my research I uncovered so many forgotten facts about brushmakers that at the end of 1993 I started a specialist Family History Society for those with brush and broom makers in their tree! S.B.D.
 

In 1829, on19th April,  a George Edwin BRIGHT was baptised at St Lukes, Finsbury, east London, the son of Josiah BRIGHT, a miller and Mary Ann. of Kings Court, Finsbury. (IGI and parish records).

In 1841 George DOUGHTY, age 11  is living with his grandmother Elizabeth DOUGHTY, age 45, washerwoman,  at London Court, London Street , Greenwich, Kent (south London) both shown as "born in county". (1841 census Greenwich)

In 1851 they are at 195 Churchfields, Greenwich and Elizabeth is shown as a charwoman aged 57, born London  and a widow.
George is shown aged 21 an unmarried brushmaker described as "grandson" born Surrey, Rotherhithe.(1851 census)

In 1857 George married Emma PARISH, born 1832, the daughter of John PARISH born 1806, a carpenter and Mary (nee BARRETT) born 1806 .


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The PARISH Family
In early 1841 John and Mary PARISH were living at 3 Union Steet, Greenwich.(birth cert. of Thomas PARISH born December 1840, registered 21JAN1841)
In  the 1841 census the PARISH family are shown at Bluchers Buildings, Greenwich. There is another PARISH family, head Thomas PARISH and Rachel on the same census sheet that might be related. The 1851 census (Roan Street) shows Thomas' family as originating in Essex.
The John PARISH family appeared to have baptised all their children at St Alfeges, Greenwich ("Greenwich Church") and these are on the IGI.
There were five other children, John born 1827Elizabeth born 1832 Thomas (as above) and Jemima and Fanny Elizabeth who died as children.


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George's Marriage
George and Emma's wedding took place at St Nicholas, Deptford on 29th May 1857. George is shown as a brushmaker.
The witnesses were Robert BROWN and Mary Ann BROWN
The real surprise is that George's father is shown as Josiah BRIGHT, a miller! (marr cert.) This is a 90% certain link to the 1829  Finsbury baptism.


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Elizabeth DOUGHTY
Elizabeth, George's grandmother, is shown age 69 in Carrs Cottages, Church Row, Greenwich. She died on 05FEB1870 age 75 of old age, debility and dropsy in Straitsmouth, Greenwich. George was the witness and this gives the only reference we have to her husband. He is shown as William DOUGHTY, wire drawer.


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William DOUGHTY
Nothing is known about William, if that was his name, as George appears to have been young when he died (pre 1851).
The trade is interesting as there was a Gold and Silver wire drawers Company in the City.although a check of their records showed no William DOUGHTY.
There was a Silk Mill at nearby Lewisham which was actually used to make gold and silver braid, so he may have worked there. Or- he may have been involved in the brushmaking trade, as George was. A traditional way of making brushes is "Drawing" where bristles are attached by wire. He could have been a brushmaker or a person who made wire for the trade.


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George and Emma DOUGHTY's Family
George and Emma had six children:
In 1861 George DOUGHTY and Emma are living at Smiths Square, Greenwich with children Emma Frances Elizabeth bn. 03AUG1857 at 25 Church Row Greenwich.and George John born 1859.
In 1871 George and Emma are at Lamb Lane, Greenwich with Thomas William, born 01JUN1851, Mary Ann bn. Jan-Mar 1863, Arthur Lock bn 08JUN1868, and William Josiah bn. 10DEC1870

Marriages:
Emma Frances Eliz. m. John Henry HARRIS labourer 25DEC1888 St Marks Deptford Son of Wm HARRIS Engine Driver
George John, mariner m. Sarah ATTEWELL 28AUG1884 All Saints Hatcham Surrey (New Cross London SE) dau. of John ATTEWELL stonemason
Thomas  Wm. Able Seaman m Crissie Annie BURGESS, 21, 15DEC1884 Christ Church, Greenwich dau. of Richard BURGESS,  waterman.
Mary Ann  m. Daniel Henry SMITH Sept 1890. (Possibly married Robert STOREY early 20th century)
Arthur Lock, cooper, m. Margaret Emma TOMLIN, age 21, 02FEB1892 at Woolwich Dockyard R.O.
William Josiah cooper, m Mary Ann Elizabeth BELSOM 25DEC1903 at St Pauls Greenwich dau. of Richard BELSOM, fishmonger

Of these six I have only details of Arthur Lock DOUGHTY and William Josiah DOUGHTY's descendants.
Mary Ann was the only one remembered by my late father, but I have no details of whether she had children or not.
I should like to contact any descendant/researcher of the other offspring of George DOUGHTY.


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Offspring of Arthur Lock DOUGHTY and Margaret Emma TOMLIN
Arthur William Lock. bn. 23MAY1892 Charlton. He married Caroline (Carrie) EAST and they lived in Plaistow, east London  Arthur fought in the Great War and was gassed. This destroyed his health and he died age 28 in 1920, at which time he lived at Hoxton. There was one son, also Arthur, who was rumoured to have worked for the London Co-operative Society.

William Thomas bn. 1894, d. 14DEC1973 m.Ann BRADSHAW. William was a R.A.S.C. driver in WW1 and in the Home Guard in WW2. there were five children: William Thomas, Edward, Nancy, Doreen.and Irene. 

Sarah DOUGHTY b.c1897 married George TAYLOR. She had four children, but after her death in October 1940 the family split up.

Frederick bn 1904, d. 1954 served in the Royal Ulster Rifles in WW1 and served in India. he was invalided out in 1925. In the 1930s he married mary GORDON a widow with two sons.

Ernest Edward James born 4th December 1908 in Greenwich., died 4th August 1996. He met his wife Ivy Doris CORBYN bn. 08Feb1911 at Barnards Theatre in Greenwich. She died in 1983.  They had four children.
June bn. 02DEC1934 m. Kenneth ROBSON 1952. Two daughters, Leslay and Sharon
Doris, bn OCT1936, m. Ivor Dennis FULLER in 1956. One daughter Susan.
Thelma bn 27FEB1941 m. Peter MARSHALL 1955. Six children Julie, Paul , Karen, Wendy, Helen, Elaine.
Kenneth Adrian DOUGHTY bn. 03DEC1951. m. 02FEB1980 to Sandra Ann FIELD. Two daughters Emma Louise and Sophia Ivy Elizabeth.

Herbert John DOUGHTY bn 05DEC1912 served in Africa and Burma in WW2. In the 1950s/60s he lived at Whitcher Street, New Cross with his wife Lilian Laura nee PAGE. They married 19MAR1941 and had four children, Brenda, Diane, Valerie and John. "Bert" died c.1982. Lil died 2006.


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Offspring of William Josiah DOUGHTY and Mary Ann Elizabeth BELSOM (supplied by Peter DOUGHTY)
Alice bn 1905 d. 1988
Emily Ada b.1906
William Richard George b.1908 d.1918
George b.1911
Arthur b.1912 d.1925
James b. 1915
Elsie b. 1918


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Other DOUGHTY Families
In Greenwich there is another DOUGHTY family which is easily confused with George's They lived literally round the corner and were William DOUGHTY, umbrella maker with wife Elizabeth and family. They had baptisms at St Alfeges Church, but seem to be unconnected with George's DOUGHTYs.
1841 census shows this William DOUGHTY, 44 with John 15, George, 15, William 5 and Elizabeth 5,.all born in County.

The main reason for my brushmaking interest is the unusually high preponderence of DOUGHTYs in the brushmaking trade
Some examples:

May 3rd 1841 a William DOUGHTY, brushmaker, married Jane FARLEY at St Johns Waterloo. He is the son of William DOUGHTY, brushmaker.
Witnesses James GREEN and Robert BROWN.
1851 census 33 Henry Street Southwark shows William and Jane (born Somerset) with six children: Jane 10 born Southwark and George, William, John, Matilda and Charlotte all born Witham in Essex, so they had been living there between the censuses!

1841 Census, St Georges Southwark, Upper Mill Street:
Robert DOUGHTY brushmaker, 41; Elizabeth 42; Elizabeth 15; Robert 13; C### dau. 7; Sarah 5; Emma 2; Thomas 9 mths.
1851  8 Regent Street Southwark
Robert DOUGHTY brushmaker, 50 bn Norwich; Elizabeth 50 bn Spitalfields; Elizabeth 23; Robert 22; Caroline 17; Sarah 15; Emma 11;.
These are Robert Lawrence DOUGHTY, born Norwich, a brushmaking town and Elizabeth CLAY.
Robert is the son of Robert DOUGHTY and Elizabeth YOUNGs and was born 07SEP1800 at St Clement Norwich..His parents married 05NOV1789 at St Edmund Norwich.  Dates of bapt of children are   Eliz-13NOV1826;Robt.-24MAR1829;Caroline-11MAY1835;sarah-4NOV1836; Emma-3JAN1840 all at St Leonard Shoreditch.
 

1871 census Oglethorpe, York;
John DOUGHTY, brushmaker, 47; Mary 42; with Fredk WC DRAKE, nephew.

1841 census Etham Place, Kent Street, St Georges Southwark:
William DOUGHTY, brushmaker, 47; Matilda DOUGHTY 46, John age ?; Fanny 18; Sophia 9; Harriet 4.
St Mary Lambeth baptisms show William and Frances both baptised on 14MAR 1824 parents William DOUGHTY, brushmaker of Whitechapel  and Matilda. There is also a marriage for William and Matilda

1851 census St George Southwark, 2 Russell Place:
George DOUGHTY, brushmaker, 26 bn. London; Ann 24, bn. (Aylsham) Norfolk; Samuel 1 and a "Sister" unnamed 19.
This George DOUGHTY later had a business in Kent Street Southwark employing 3 men and 2 boys (1861 census).


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Possibilities
William DOUGHTY
Robert Lawrence appears to have had a brother William, born 10NOV1874, bapt 12NOV1794 to Robert DOUGHTY and Elizabeth YOUNGS.
I tried to check the occupation of Robert at Norwich Records Office with no success.

I have found no likely William-Elizabeth marriage, no birth or baptism of Mary Ann DOUGHTY.

Josiah BRIGHT
The 1841 census enumerator for Wickham Bishops, near Witham in Essex was Josiah BRIGHT, 40, farmer, of the White House, married to Sarah age 30.with children age 6 and 4. He has servants so there may be a vague possibility that he committed an indiscretion with a servant 12 years earlier when he would have been about 30, but this is unlikely.
Parish records show Josiah as baptised St Peters, Wickham Bishops 15JUL1798, born 12JUN1798.
There is an earlier Josiah BRIGHT at Witham bn. 10FEB1771 . There is also a BRIGHT family who were millers in Gloucs. and Bucks.
All death records from 1837-1902 have been checked for Josiah, but the only ones shown are:
1864 Braintree
1857 Witham  (also an Elizabeth d. 1859)
These could be either Witham Josiah.
1840 West Bromwich and Bucks.

I am longing to tie up the loose ends. I look forward to contact with other researchers as I have lots of information on other DOUGHTY families.


Update - A copy of Banns called at St Mary Whitechapel in December 1828 have been found which show a proposed marriage of Elizabeth DOUGHTY to Josiah BRIGHT, a miller. There is no record of this ever taking place. Josiah appears to have come from Buckinghamshire and he has been traced to a later marriage to another woman in this area. He ran a mill and ended up as a publican. William DOUGHTY, who is self-described as "Brushmaker of Whitechapel", had daughters. It can thus be surmised that Elizabeth was George Doughty's mother. She is very likely to be the daughter of William and appears to have brought George up alone, posing as his grandmother.
 
 
 

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