Brew of Ramsey, Isle of Man

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The following information has been kindly submitted by Sue Pedersen of Sydney, Australia, and shows her research into the Brews from Andreas, Bride and Jurby. Others who are related or have also added data, include Jim Smith, Debra Tosh, and Keith Wright.

The following databases are related to this family, but it is recommended you start with the first of these, "Brew of Andreas", for a full explanation of the family lineage.

Brew of Andreas Brew of Jurby Brew of Ramsey

BREW of Ramsey

Thomas, mariner, son of George Brew, farmer (deceased), married Jane SEDDONS, daughter of John SEDDONS, mariner, in Lezayre on 14 December 1861. Their children were:

  1. Alice Jane, born Lezayre, baptised in Andreas 19 October 1862. See notes

  2. Thomas George, born Lezayre, baptised in Andreas 16 October 1864; “George Brew” of King Street, Ramsey, buried 15 February 1874, aged 9

  3. William Edwin, baptised in Ramsey 3 May 1867, aged 14 in 1881 census

  4. Horatio Alfred, baptised in Ramsey 11 March 1869; aged 22 in 1891 census; aged 31 in 1901 Maughold census, born Ramsey, Mariner Ordinary Seaman, with mother Jane aged 64

  5. Allen Henry, baptised in Ramsey 6 June 1871, aged 10 in 1881 census

  6. Twins Caroline Isabella and Lewis Wilfred, born 1873; Caroline Isabella of Water Street, Ramsey, buried 1874 aged 1, & Lewis Wilfred of Mona Street, Ramsey, buried 1876 aged 3

  7. George Thomas, born in Ramsey 1875. See notes

  8. Clara Jane, b.c.1878 Ramsey, aged 11 in the 1891 Census at 7 Bark Lane, Ramsey with her mother Jane, widow aged 53, and her brother Horatio, aged 22.

1871 Census: Mona Street

In 1874 two petitions were lodged by Thomas BREW, Ramsey, and by Jane BREW als SEDDONS, his wife, “great granddaughter of Mary Brew als Mylecharaine” (who died 1833) to administer the not fully administered estates of Mary and husband Patrick BREW who had also died in 1833. 

Note: Who was Jane SEDDON/ SEDDEN/ SEDDONS, born Whitehaven, England, about 1837? She petitioned as "gt granddaughter" of Mary MYLECHARAINE, and also petitioned to administer the estate of Mary's husband Patrick BREW - yet she appeared to have no relationship to them other than through her husband Thomas BREW [Patrick's grandson]. Additionally, she was named executrix of her husband's uncle Patrick BREW's estate in 1864. Was she the daughter of Jane Brew b.1803 [daughter of Patrick Brew and Mary Mylecharane] about whom nothing is known?

1881 Census: Braddan

1881 Census: Cannon’s Court, Water Street, Ramsey

Thomas BREW, fisherman and sailor, died 31 December 1882 at The Promenade, Ramsey of  ‘Intersusception of Intestines & Pertonitis’, and was buried in Ramsey on 2 January 1883. The informant was "C. WOOLVETT sister-in-law" [sic] of 15 Waterloo Road, Ramsey.

1891 Census: 7 Bark Lane, Ramsey (2 rooms)

1901 Maughold Census index: 

Jane BREW of West Street, Ramsey, aged 67, died 8 March 1906, and was buried on 12 March. Death Certificate of Jane Brew [Seddon]: died on March 8, 1906 at West Street, Ramsey, aged 67 years, from chronic Nephritis Bronchitis. The informant was Alice Jane Young [daughter] of School House, Derby Road, Peel.

Note: Thomas BREW, sailor/mariner/fisherman, baptised in Bride in 1830, is easily confused in records with Thomas BREW, born in Andreas about 1821, a mariner living at Sandy Road, Lezayre in 1851 and at “Shipyard”, Lezayre in 1861, who married Jane MOUGHTIN in 1848. Both are documented as “Thomas Brew, mariner and wife Jane”.

Alice Jane BREW, daughter of Thomas BREW, mariner, married Joseph CLAGUE, shoemaker, son of Norris Joseph CLAGUE, shoemaker, with parents’ consent, in Ramsey on 5 March 1881 .

1881 Census: 2 Ivy Lane, Ramsey

Children of Alice Jane BREW and Joseph CLAGUE:

Joseph CLAGUE died of TB after returning to Ramsey from the USA.

Alice Jane married [2] James YOUNG

Children with James Young:

1891 Census Onchan, district 4, entry 84, Village Road

1891 Census Ramsey, district 3, entry 188, 29 North Parliament St

1901 Liverpool Census index:

1901 Maughold Census index:

1901 German Census index:

Alice Jane YOUNG was the informant at her mother Jane Brew [Seddon]'s death on March 8, 1906 : Her address: School House, Derby Rd., Peel.

Where were the YOUNG family in 1901?

George Thomas BREW, sailor, son of Thomas BREW, deceased, mariner, married Julia KEWLEY, aged 21, daughter of James KEWLEY, miner, in Ramsey 16 June 1895.

Their children were:

  1. George Morton, buried 15 November 1895, aged 10 weeks. Died 13 November1895 at 6 Temperance Terrace, infant of George Thomas Brew, mariner, hydrocephalus. Informant G. T. Brew, father, Temperance Tce.

  2. Percy Morton, born 26 July 1896; aged 5 in 1901 Maughold census. See notes

  3. George Horatio born 30 May 1898; aged 2 in 1901 Maughold census. See notes

  4. Reuben born August 6, 1899; aged 1 in 1901 Maughold census. Admitted to the Isle of Man Home for Orphan and Destitute Children on 1 September 1906.

"George Brew", aged 22, and "Reuben Brew", aged 21, arrived in the USA on 8 April 1921, on the ship "Cedric" which sailed from Liverpool, England. "Place of Residence" Laxey, Isle of Man. Reuben initially lived in Chicago, married Dorothy, and had two daughters

  1. Pearl b.7 June 1901, died 1981. Daughter Linda lives in Northern Ireland

  2. Marion Winifred [May] born 23 November 1903, some three months after the death at sea of her father George Thomas BREW, died 1992. Married 1929 in Sheffield to Thomas WRIGHT, d.1985; son Keith Wright

1901 Maughold Census:

1901 Cumberland Census:

George Thomas BREW was buried in Ramsey on 12 August 1903. He was taken ill at sea and was taken into Stranraer, where he died on August 9, 1903. On the entry in the Register of Deaths, the informant was Albert PALMER, shipmate, residing at Church Street, Ramsey.

Julia KEWLEY remarried to Robert William CORKILL c.1918. Their daughter Rene died aged 82 in October 2001, in Ramsey.

Was admitted to the Isle of Man Home for Orphan and Destitute Children on 1 September 1906, aged 10.

Comment “Chargeable to Board of Education 5/- per week. Attended school in Ramsey. Child's present address: King St, Ramsey. Religion: Wesleyan. 2 brothers in Home. Also has 1 sister not admitted. Mother intemperate at this time and sent to prison. Children thus destitute. Sent to Home from Ramsey Petty Sessions till 16 years of age. Left school: July 1910. Attained Standard VI (evening classes). General Conduct: very good. Gone to Canada c/o Mr. (T)edford, Warsaw, Ontario. Attends Presbyterian Church. Dismissed from Home 12 April 1912”.

In 1887, Ellen Bilbrough married the Reverend Robert Wallace and together they took children to Canada from various agencies, including Barnardo's, and from the Isle of Man Home for Destitute and Homeless Children.

Percy Morton Brew was sent to Canada at the age of 15 with Rev. Wallace's party, leaving Liverpool on 12 April 1912 on the ship 'Victorian', and arriving in Halifax on 20 April 1912, destined for the Marchmont Home at Belleville. His original Admission History included comments about his well being, and that he was immediately placed with the farmer Joseph Tedford. These documents also show that he later left the employment of Joseph Tedford and went to work for a Robert Bullock, for more money.

In Percy Morton Brew's Attestation (Enlistment) Papers, completed when he joined the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force on December 20, 1915, he describes himself as a Farm Labourer and his present address to be c/o Jos. Tedford, Warsaw, Ontario.

Percy died of wounds of the stomach and left arm on May 13, 1917, and is buried in Barlin Communal Cemetery Extension, Barlin, Pas de Calais, France. His name also appears on the Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, 1914-1918 war memorial, and in the Peterborough City Hall Book of Rememberance.
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To the right are two scanned photographs of Percy, one from Barnardo's, when he was 15 years old, and a second one taken in Canada, showing him when he was one or two years older - probably just before he enlisted.

See also Percy's Attestation Paper: http://data2.archives.ca/cef/gpc001/258907a.gif

Percy Morton Brew in a photograph from Barnado's when he was about fifteen years old. Copyright: reproduced here with the kind permission of Keith Wright <KeithWright@lemonthouse.freeserve.co.uk>

 Percy Morton Brew in a photograph probably taken shortly before his enlistment. Copyright: reproduced here with the kind permission of Keith Wright <KeithWright@lemonthouse.freeserve.co.uk>

George Horatio BREW (1898-1984)

He was admitted to the Isle of Man Home for Orphan and Destitute Children on 1 September 1906. Dismissed from Home June 1914. “Admitted with Percy and Reuben Brew. On leaving Home employed by Mr Conibear, Fruiter, Prospect Terrace, Douglas, Isle of Man, and then to Laxey Mines, Isle of Man, January 1915.”

"George Brew" aged 22 and "Reuben Brew" aged 21, arrived in the USA on 8 April 1921, on the ship 'Cedric' which sailed from Liverpool, England. "Place of Residence" Laxey, Isle of Man.

George Horatio initially lived in Chicago, before marrying his first wife, Irene. Because of her poor health they moved to Texas. He changed his name to DREW sometime after arriving in the USA.

George Horatio and Irene had one child: George William DREW of Placerville, Colorado. He was known as Bill until he was 18 [to avoid confusion with his father having the same first name], but has been known as George since being drafted into the Air Corps in 1945. He had no idea that his father's surname was originally BREW. He has three children Terry, Kenneth, and Bradley, eight grandchildren, and one great granddaughter.

George Horatio DREW’s second wife was Julia Rogers. They lived in Orlando.

George Horatio DREW died in Apopka, Florida, May 21, 1984.

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