Miscellaneous
PersonBirth YearDeath YearNote
Sarah Ismena Benson18491930Two probates on death in 1931, Ireland and UK
Patricia Allison Isham Brietzcke19222017Deceased Estates Notice
Thomas Robertson Brown18591908Born at sea "off Cape Rorke"
Henry Brownec 1881Assumed to be son of Rachel - only female BROWNE of approx age
Rachel Catherine Browne1857c 1958Assumed to be mother of Henryl - only female BROWNE of approx age
Henrietta Letita Sophia Gavan1845c 1926Henrietta spent much of her adult life an invalid, so children were raised in large part by their Irish grandmother
Ann Herbert1828Unable to find any marriage of Thomas Leech to Ann Herbert. Though he named the mother of Ann Herbert Leech as "Ann Herbert"
Pauline Mary Leech19171994Bletchley Park - Hut 6 & Block D(6) 1942-45
Cheetham's Library, Manchester - Assistant Librarian 1946-73
Thomas Leech17901863Unable to find any marriage of Thomas Leech to Ann Herbert. Though he named the mother of Ann Herbert Leech as "Ann Herbert"
Ernest Henry Shackleton18741922Explorer
Ernest went to sea at age 16 on the Hoghton Tower, bound for a trip around Cape Horn.
qualified as First Mate
assigned to a ship that was transporting troops to South Africa in support of the Boer War
Attempted (failed) to become a MP
Francis Richard Shackleton18761941See the tale of the "Theft of the Irish Crown Jewels"
Death
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