The Genealogy of the Broadbent Family of Lancashire.

 

   
A. James Broadbent. Died High Moor December 1760. Married first St Chads, Saddleworth 23 August 1739 Mary Hurst. Married second Alice Brown.    
  1. Mary Broadbent. Born Clough Bottom 1740. Died Tamewater January 1743/44.    
  2. Benjamin Broadbent. Born Tamewater 1742. Died Dobcross March 1814. Married St Chads, Saddleworth 20 April 1764 Anne Schofield (born Dobcross 1746; died Dobcross September 1819).    
    a. James Broadbent. Born Dobcross 1765.
    b. John Broadbent. Born 1769. Living at "Doctor's House", Dobcross in 1790. Married St Chads 7 September 1790 Susan Drezden (died Waterhead Mill 1845).
    (1) Samuel Broadbent. Born Dobcross 1791.
    (2) John Broadbent. Born Dobcross 1793.
    (3) Benjamin Broadbent. Born Doctor House 1796.
    (4) Joseph Broadbent. Born Saddleworth 1798. He lived and worked in the building which is now the Star Inn, Dobcross. Married St Cad's, Rochdale, Lancashire 26 August 1822 Hannah Kenworthy (born Saddleworth c.1795). Another Joseph Broadbent (born Thorpes c.1811) married in Thorpes, Yorkshire c.1836 Hannah _____ (born Thorpes c.1815); they had children Hugh (born Thorpes 5 February 1837) and Charles (born Thorpes 17 July 1839).
    A. Mary Ann Broadbent. Born Saddleworth 27 October 1822.
    B. Hannah Broadbent. Baptised Saddleworth 8 June 1823.
    C. John Broadbent. Born Saddleworth 1824. Mechanic. Married Mary _____.
    1. Charles Broadbent.
    D. Aminon Broadbent.
    E Shakespeare Broadbent. Born Saddleworth 5 November 1828. Overlooker. Married St Mary's, Prestwich 1849 Betty Hanson.
    1. Hugh Broadbent. Born c.1838. Cotton roller coverer.
    2. Charles Broadbent. Born c.1838. Machinist. Married Hannah _____.
    3. James Broadbent. Born c.1847. Cotton roller coverer.
    4. Joseph Broadbent. Born Waterhead Mill 30 June 1851.
    5. John William Broadbent. Born Oldham 1857.
    6. Emanuel Broadbent. Born c.1859.
    F. Thomas Broadbent.
    G. Bartholomew Broadbent. Born 2 February 1832. Died 5 July 1892. A roller coverer with "Bartholomew Broadbent Ltd", tannery, leather workers, etc in Lancashire. A roller coverer makes the leather covers for the rollers on linen making machines. His family were tailors or clothiers from Dobcross, Yorkshire. Married in Ashton-under-Lyne 3 May 1853 (or 1855?) Betsy Newton (born c.1833/4; died 19 September 1909), daughter of John Newton (Collector of Rates, son of Joshua Newton, son of James Newton) and Betty, née Schofield. The Newton family also came from the border between Lancashire and Yorkshire. John and Betty's children included John (born 1855), Newton (born 1857), James (born 1861), Fred (born 1863), Hugh (born 1867) and Herbert (born 1875).
    1. John Broadbent. Born Lees, Lancashire 24 March 1855. Died 19 April 1935. Married 6 June 1877 Agnes Walker (born 1858; died 16 September 1913).
    a. Fred Broadbent. Born 31 October 1877. Died 3 December 1937.
    b. Mary Broadbent. Born 3 May 1890, a twin. Died 20 April 1982. Married 4 August 1921 Charles Mitchell (born 1893; died 8 December 1958), a boiler engineer in a textile mill.
    i. Jack Newton Mitchell. Born 5 January 1923. Married first Jessie Dilworth. Married second 5 January 1973 Millie Crosley (born 28 November 1926; died 19 December 2001).
    c. Newton Broadbent. Born 3 May 1890, a twin. Died 4 July 1973. Newsagent and tobacconist. Married first 30 March 1918 Annie Gladys Gregory (born 1888; died 18 October 1938) who taught piano.
    i. Agnes Emma Broadbent. Born 4 July 1919. Died 18 July 1999. Married 16 October 1944 John Francis Seery (born 1918; died November 1989), a coppersmith.
    (a) Anne Christine Seery. Born 19 October 1945. Married first 21 March 1970 Brian Petyt (born 1933), an accountant. Married second 14 February 1987 Max Wynne (born 1933).
    (b) Eileen Mary Seery. Born 7 October 1946. Married 23 May 1970 Michael Hiller (born 1943; died in a minibus accident 5 September 1987).
    aa. Sheena Louise Hiller. Born 29 September 1973.
    bb. Alexander James Hiller. Born 23 June 1977.
    (c) Martin Seery. Born 21 December 1956. Married 12 August 1989 Alison Hatton (born 3 April 1959).
    aa. Charlotte Seery. Born 13 November 1991.
    bb. Francesca Seery. Born 25 January 1994.
    cc. Luke Seery. Born 25 January 1994.
    Newton married second October 1952/53 Janet Baker (dvu).
    2. Newton Broadbent. Born 21 June 1857. Died 26 October 1931. Married first 11 May 1887 Sarah Elizabeth Ogden (born 15 December 1856; died 9 June 1909).
    a. Frank Broadbent. Born 8 March 1886. Died 1961. Married 26 June 1915 Dora Gwenfil Myfanwy Jones (born 9 May 1884; died 1962).
    i. (Frances) Elizabeth ("Betty") Broadbent. Born 20 May 1916. Married 14 November 1940 Joseph Cleophus ("Cliff") Dube (born 22 January 1918; died 18 September 2000).
    (a) Gwenfil Sara Jane Dube. Born 8 September 1941. Married 1966 Antony David Chessell (born 25 July 1940).
    aa. Katharine Chessell. Born 9 March 1968. Married Aurimas ("Auris") Slezas. He took the surname Chessell.
    bb. Charlotte Chessell. Born 31 October 1970.
    (b) Prudence ("Prue") Marthe Dube. Born 27 October 1943. Married 1971 Michael Gilbert Ruffles (born 1947).
    aa. Ben Ruffles. Born 23 June 1975.
    bb. Hannah Ruffles. Born 18 May 1976.
    (c) Mary Karen Dube. Born 3 March 1947. Married 26 March 1971 Don Aldridge (born 2 November 1946).
    aa. James Aldridge. Born 25 July 1973.
    bb. Simon John Aldridge. Born 8 September 1974.
    (d) Stephen Samuel John Dube. Born 4 April 1948. Married 6 August 1977 Janet Harris (born 3 August 1941).
    aa. Jacob Owen Dube. Born 26 September 1975. Died 22 November 1975.
    bb. Joanna ("Jo") Clare Dube. Born 13 June 1977.
    Betty married second 19 March 1955 Ronald Collier (born 22 June 1925; died 11 December 1994).
    ii. Newton William Broadbent. Born 16 April 1918. Married 3 September 1945 Madge MacPherson Gibson (born 1 December 1915).
    (a) Alison Dorothy Broadbent. Born 26 September 1947. Married 3 August 1974 Alain Marcel Dufour (born 21 November 1944).
    aa. William Marcel Gerard Dufour. Born 25 March 1976.
    bb. Ludovic Richard Christian Dufour. Born 28 April 1979.
    (b) Eileen Hilary Broadbent. Born 29 May 1951.
    iii. John Frank Broadbent. Born 11 December 1919. Died 11 August 1943.
    b. (Alice) Muriel Broadbent. Born 6 December 1891. Died 1 April 1965. Married 25 May 1920 Harold Lawton (born 1895; died 12 November 1975).
    i. Valerie Muriel Lawton. Born 23 November 1923. Married 11 January 1943 John Cecil Hawkes (born 1921).
    (a) Diana Gillian Hawkes. Born 13 April 1943. Married Desmond White.
    aa. Michael White. Born 20 July 1982.
    bb. John White. Born 25 October 1983.
    (b) Susan Gail Hawkes. Born 14 March 1946. Married 18 September 1971 Brian Michael Hawker (born 12 March 1947). They live in Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire.
    aa. Sarah Natasha Hawker. Born 14 March 1977.
    bb. (Paul Michael) Samuel ("Sam") Hawker. Born 17 November 1980.
    cc. Adam Daniel Jack Hawker. Born 27 June 1982.
    (c) Nigel Hawkes. Born 9 October 1947. Married Glenys Lambert.
    aa. Christopher Hawkes. Born 18 September 1979. Adopted.
    bb. Nicola Hawkes. Born 3 July 1981. Adopted.
    c. (Sarah) Gertrude Broadbent. Born 31 July 1896. Died 13 April 1958. Married 20 October 1922 Eric Sykes (born 1897; died 11 May 1969). Divorced. Lived in Rotherham. Eric married again and had a son who died young and three daughters who live in Zimbabwe.
    i. (Anthony) Peter Sykes. Born 3 May 1924. Married 11 March 1950 Dorothy Joy Dovey (born 17 May 1926).
    (a) David Ralph Sykes. Born 3 May 1924. Married 10 October 1992 Celina Margaret Hunt (born 12 July 1965).
    aa. Charles Ralph Sykes. Born 16 August 1994.
    bb. Kara Dorothie Ann Sykes. Born 4 June 1996.
    (b) Janet Elizabeth Sykes. Born 26 February 1968. Married 6 September 1997 Richard Blake Senior (born 3 July 1969).
    ii. David Frank Sykes. Born 1927. Died 1 July 1947.
    iii. Christine Sykes.   Born 17 August 1928. Married 21 July 1951 Jorgen Francis Sedgewick (born 24 April 1927).
    (a) Josephine Anna Sedgewick. Born 7 March 1952. Married Pip Housego (born 2 April 1950).
    aa. Liam Francis Housego. Born 18 August 1985.
    bb. Ailsa Patricia Olga Housego. Born 5 October 1989.
    (b) Deirdre Jensine Sedgewick. Born 5 March 1954. Married 1982 Byron Giles Guilhaumaud (born 2 December 1952).
    aa. Katriona Inger Blanche Guilhaumaud. Born 31 March 1986.
    (c) Michael Kristian Sedgewick. Born 16 August 1958. Married 1981 Pauline Wells (born 1953).
    aa. Anna Sherion Sedgewick. Born 4 July 1975.
    bb. Kai Erling Sedgewick. Born 29 March 1980.
    cc. Jacob Jorgen Sedgewick. Born 25 February 1982.
    iv. Michael John Sykes.   Born 6 March 1931. Dvu 21 July 1984. Married 6 December 1958 Barbara Burgess (born 4 October 1936). She remarried.
    (a) Julia Sykes. Born 3 December 1959. Married 10 April 1993 Edward David Peter Stubbs.
    aa. William Michael Edward Stubbs. Born 19 March 1994.
    bb. Aubrey James Peter Stubbs. Born 3 May 1996.
    cc. Oliver Philip Arthur Stubbs. Born 30 December 1998.
    (b) Stephen John Sykes. Born 9 September 1962. Carpenter in Oxford.
    (c) Timothy William Sykes. Born 5 April 1965. Plumber in Cinderford, Gloucs.
    Newton married second 29 June 1918 Sarah Jane Jackson.
    3. James Broadbent. Born 8 August 1861. Died 3 May 1929. Married 19 January 1885 Margaret ("Ma") Lees (born 1863; died 4 July 1948), daughter of _____  _____.
    a. Annie Broadbent. Born 23 May 1885. Died 6 June 1967. Married 22 December 1909 Seville Platt (born 11 January 1884; committed suicide 17 February 1930), son of John Platt and Mary Elizabeth, née Knott.
    i. Geoffrey Platt. Born 20 July 1912. Died 1975. Married 18 December 1948 Gladys, née Atherton (born 21 December 1918; died 4 February 2001), whose first husband, Edward Scotchford, was killed in the war.
    (a) Judith Platt. Born 11 August 1950. Telephonist. Married June 1971 Robert Nichols. Divorced.
    aa. Daren Nichols. Born 20 September 1972. A chef who lives in Salford.
    (b) Sammy Platt. Born 9 November 1959. Married 1991 Lindsay ______ (born 1969). Divorced 1996. He then had a son by Lisa ______.
    aa. Samuel Joseph Platt. Born 7 November 1998.
    ii. Margaret ("Peggy") Elizabeth Platt. Born 22 June 1915. Died 21 January 1991. Married 10 July 1937 Harry Pogrel (born 18 November 1917; died 19 January 1987) who was jewish and whose name was originally Pogrelsky, son of Joseph and Yetta Pogrel.
    (a) (Michael) Anthony Pogrel. Born 18 November 1944. Professor of Oral & maxiofacial surgery, Univ of Calif, San francisco. Married 16 August 1969 Ann Josephine Aylward (born 23 November 1945). Address: 16 Bay Vista Drive, Tiburon, California 94920-2623 (tel: 001 415 383 1629) and W: 415-476-8226.
    aa. James William Pogrel. Born 13 August 1971.
    bb. David Philip Pogrel. Born 22 March 1973.
    cc. Helen Sian Pogrel. Born 6 January 1977.
    (b) Graham Philip Pogrel. Born 29 March 1948. Married 5 August 1972 Carole Andrews (born 26 December 1946).
    aa. Victoria ("Vikki") Jane Pogrel. Born 2 September 1974. Married 3 June 2001 Paul Gregory Shaw (born 19 April 1973).
    bb. Andrew Pogrel. Born 7 November 1975.
    cc. Richard Pogrel. Born 15 June 1977.
    iii. Philip Seville Platt. Born 18 November 1917. Died 5 May 1993. Married 31 December 1949 Edith Hopley (born 29 July 1920).
    (a) Martin Philip Platt. Born 13 November 1950.
    (b) Hilary Jane Platt. Born 30 August 1953. Married 1 October 1977 David Ashton (born 4 May 1954).
    aa. Paul Ashton. Born 22 June 1983.
    bb. Jenny Ashton. Born 31 May 1986.
    b. Mary Newton Broadbent. Born 8 February 1887. Died 12 July 1887.
    c. Ella Broadbent. Born 5 August 1888. Died unmarried 21 July 1981.
    d. (John) Fred Broadbent. Born 7 November 1891. Died 2 December 1963. Married 15 July 1926 Hilary Louise Batty (born 15 July 1905; died 20 April 1998).
    i. (John) Michael Broadbent. Born 2 May 1927. He was director of wine at Christie's and has written numerous books. Past Master Worshipful Company of Distillers. He matriculated his arms (below). Married 19 June 1954 (Mary) Daphne Joste.
    (a) Emma Louise Broadbent. Born Macclesfield, Cheshire 9 January 1959. Married St James's, Piccadilly, 6 September 1984 Rt Hon James Norwich Arbuthnot , MP (born 4 August 1952) and had issue.
    (b) Bartholomew ("Bollew") Sebastian  Joste Broadbent. Born Burrington, Bristol 11 January 1962. He is a wine merchant. Married 26 May 1996 (Julie) Spencer Bowles (born 2 September 1964) who thereupon became Spencer Bowles Broadbent, dau of Eugene Gray Bowles Jr and Margaret ("Marty") Bowles. They live in California.
    aa. Charlotte Knight Broadbent. Born 5 April 2005, a twin.
    bb. Henry Graham Broadbent. Born 5 April 2005, a twin.
    ii. (David) Roger Broadbent. Born 20 November 1932. A retired paper maker. Married 2 May 1971 Odine ("Odie") Dienaar Kok (born 1947), a dutch girl. Divorced. Address: 168 Briar Hill Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M4R 1H9 (001-416-485 4512).
    (a) Sonja Louise Broadbent. Born 12 November 1974. Married, 23 August 2002, Lyle Zunti (born ?.?.19??). They live in Toronto.
    d. Marian Broadbent. Born 17 June 1898. Died 1 November 1983. Married 23 April 1931 Harvey Simpson (born 26 February 1899; died 15 January 1980).
    i. Shirley Ann Simpson. Born 3 March 1932. Married 6 June 1953 Tim Eaton (born 25 August 1929; died 6 September 1987).
    (a) Jonathon Eaton. Born 23 August 1955. Died of cancer 24 August 2002. Married Anne Marie ______, a Danish girl (tel: 01285 655277).
    aa. Alice Eaton. Born 13 October 1989.
    bb. Olivia Eaton. Born 7 January 1992, a twin.
    cc. Eloisse Eaton. Born 7 January 1992, a twin.
    (b) Victoria Eaton. Born 10 June 1957. She runs a hotel/restaurant (tel: 01725 516261 home 01725 916949). Married Nick Elliot. Divorced.
    aa. Thomas Elliot. Born 1983.
    bb. James Elliot. Born 1986.
    Shirley married second 13 July 1999 Alfred Rigby (born 1934). Separated. Address: 4 First Street, London (020 7581 8429).
    ii. Patricia ("Pat") Margaret Simpson. Born 17 March 1937. Married, December 1961, Dennis Bloor (born 22 July 1927, died 23 January 2004). He bred fresian cattle on a farm outside Altringham.  Divorced. She lives in Hale, Cheshire (tel: 01619 415 074).
    (a) Jane Margaret Bloor. Born 20 March 1962.
    (b) Richard Dennis Bloor. Born 23 March 1965.
    4. Fred Broadbent. Born 29 November 1863. Died 11 December 1936. Marrid 29 December 1886 Emily Jenkins (born 1862; died 1 March 1941).
    a. Edith Broadbent. Born 5 July 1887. Died 24 December 1965. Married first 1909 Tom Kershaw (born 1876; died February 1921).
    i. Margaret Kershaw. Born 21 December 1915. Died 18 February 1984. Married 25 November 1940 Joseph Oates (born 30 January 1915; died 22 July 1975).
    (a) Roy Oates. Born 4 June 1943. Married 24 March 1966 Adrianne Smith (born 24 October 1943).
    aa. Jason Oates. Born 11 July 1969. Married 22  July 1995 Lorraine Morrow (born 13 September 1971).
    AA. Ellen Oates. Born 15 April 1997.
    BB. Kate Oates. Born 31 December 1998..
    bb. Davina Oates. Born 11 December 1970. Married 16 April 1992 David Goodchild (born 29 September 1967).
    AA. Angus Goodchild. Born 8 May 1997.
    Edith married second Archie Gladman.
    b. Nellie Broadbent. Born 28 October 1888. Died 1949. Married first 21 September 1910 Leopold Charles Fuller (born 23 May 1884; died 18 December 1920).
    i. Roy Broadbent Fuller. Born 11 February 1912. Died 27 September 1991. He wrote "The Strange and the Good" and "Spanner and pen" (publisher Sinclair-Stevenson). Married 1 July 1936 Kathleen Smith (born 1913; died 1993).
    (a) John Leopold Fuller. Born 1 January 1937. Married 21 July 1960 (Cicely) Prudence ("Prue") Martin (born 1938).
    aa. Sophie Claire Fuller. Born 26 August 1961.
    bb. Louisa Charlotte Fuller. Born 26 February 1964. Married John Metcalf.
    AA. Joe Gabriel Fuller Metcalf. Born 5 August 1999.
    cc. Emily Renira Alice Fuller. Born 25 April 1968.
    ii. George Fuller. Born 1914. Died 1914.
    iii. John Harold Fuller. Born 1916. Died 11 March 2001. Married first Doreen Nellie Grace Kelly. Married second 5 July 1945 Pamela Honor Stewart (born 1920).
    (a) Charles Roy Stewart Fuller. Born 14 November 1948. Married Susan Barbara Smith (born 29 March 1948).
    aa. Laura Catherine Honor Fuller. Born 10 June 1979.
    bb. Rosemary Heather Elizabeth Fuller. Born 11 March 1948.
    (b) Julia Evelyn Honor Fuller. Born 14 March 1950. Married 10 January 1976 George Kemp Charlton (born 24 March 1947).
    aa. Catherine Elizabeth Stewart Charlton. Born 11 November 1977.
    bb. Anna Louise Campbell Charlton. Born 7 August 1979.
    (c) James Frederick Broadbent Fuller. Born 10 July 1951.  Married 23 June 1973 Fiona Jane Wright Thompson (born 18 February 1952).
    aa. Alexandra Margaret Pamela Fuller. Born 24 October 1979.
    bb. Benjamin John McLellan Fuller. Born 19 July 1982.
    iv. Eric Fuller. Born 1920. Died 1920.
    Nellie married second 19 January 1946 Harry Smith (born 1896).
    c. Herbert Broadbent. Born 31 May 1890. Died 13 November 1918. Married 16 April 1915 Nellie Oulton (born 1892; died 1961).
    i. Kathleen Broadbent. Born 21 June 1917. Died 1 December 1995. Married 16 August 1945 Ronald Birch.
    (a) Dinah Birch. Born 19 October 1951. Married 18 March 1978 Ian Sage (born 1 May 1952).