Aged  7 in 1861, born Wrexham
Aged 17 in 1871, born Wrexham
Aged 28 in 1881, born Wrexham
Aged 38 in 1891, born Wrexham
Aged 48 in 1901, born Wrexham
Aged 59 in 1911, born Wrexham

Recorded as aged 17, Born Denbishire, Wrexhan in 1871 census
Aged 59, Born Wrexham according to 1911 census

BRERETON, JOHN        EDDOWES 
GRO Reference: 1854  M Quarter in WREXHAM 
Volume 11B  Page 312

Ann Hale (nee Brereton) recorded John's birthday as 19 March 1854.

First Name:  JOHN
Surname:  BRERETON
Place:  BIRKENHEAD
Occupation:  RAILWAY SHUNTER
Date:  1914
Will:  Yes

Deaths Dec 1913   (>99%)
Brereton  John  59  Birkenhead  8a 579

On Oct 16th 1913, John made his will, leaving everything to his wife Eliza.  Alfred Goodwin and Joseph Shipley were witness.  Probate was granted 10 Feb 1914.

Probate:
BRERETON John of 46 Church-street Birkenhead railway shunter died 26 Dec 1913 Probate Chester 10 February to Eliza Brereton widow. Effects £218 14s 10d.  His estate was left to wife Eliza in its entirity.

Births Jun 1855   (>99%)
Batho  Eliza     Wirral  8a 463   
Batho  Elizabeth     Gt Boughton  8a 374

Aged 46 in 1901, Born Birkenhead
Aged 56 in 1911, Born Birkenhead

Eliza was alive in 1913, and husband John left her everything, and must have still been alive when her mother-in-law Esther wrote her will in 1917, leaving her one quater of the residual estate.


Name:    Eliza Brereton
Birth Date:    abt 1855
Date of Registration:    Dec 1935
Age at Death:    80
Registration District:   Wirral, Cheshire
Volume:    8a
Page:    557


Probate:
BRERETON Eliza of 81 New Chester Rd, New Ferry Cheshire widow died 10 Oct 1935. Probate Liverpool 13 November to John Brereton, Joiner. Effects £123 6s 2s.

Note: This was the address of Joseph Shipley in the Kelly's 1923 Trade directory, so must be the correct person.

Cheshire Birth indexes for the years: 1878
BRERETON    Ada         Birkenhead    BIR/112/71

BRERETON, ADA        BATHO 
GRO Reference: 1878  J Quarter in BIRKENHEAD 
Volume 08A  Page 497

Details on Birth Certificate:
Born: 14 March 1878
Place: 7 George Street
Father: John Brereton
Mother: Eliza Brereton, formerly Batho
Occupation of father: Labourer
Birth Registered: 3rd April 1878
Cetrified copy made: 14 March 2006


Ada was 33 in 1911

On the 1939 register, her DOB is 17 Mar 1878

Name:    Ada Shipley
Death Age:    72
Birth Date:    abt 1879
Registration Date:    Mar 1951
Registration district:    Wirral
Inferred County:    Cheshire
Volume:    10a
Page:    1263

BRERETON, FLORENCE        BATHO 
GRO Reference: 1881  J Quarter in BIRKENHEAD 
Volume 08A  Page 508

Cheshire Birth indexes for the years: 1881
BRERETON    Florence         Birkenhead    BIR/124/71

Probate:
KAYE Florence of 7 Brereton-avenue Bebington Cheshire widow died 13 April 1955 at the Northern Hospital Liverpool 3. Probate Liverpool 5 July to Ivy Winifred Rucsoe widow. Effects: £2190 19s.
Note: Ivy was Florrie's daughter

Esther was 27 in 1911

DOB: 1 Dec 1883 according to the 1939 register.

BRERETON, ESTHER        BATHO 
GRO Reference: 1884  M Quarter in BIRKENHEAD 
Volume 08A  Page 461

Cheshire Birth indexes for the years: 1883
BRERETON    Esther         Birkenhead    BIR/135/27

Probate:
HUGHES Esther of 14 Water-street Birkenhead (wife of Richard Blade Hughes) died 6 December 1945 at 65 Acreville-road Bebington Wirral Cheshire. Administration Liverpool 18 March to the said Richard Blade Hughes retired Civil Servant Effects £1041 9s 4d

aged 4 in 1891

BRERETON, JOHN        BATHO 
GRO Reference: 1887  D Quarter in BIRKENHEAD 
Volume 08A  Page 461

Probate:
BRERETON John of 121 Kings Lane Bebington Cheshire died 11 July 1959 at Clatterbridge General Hospital Bebington Wirral Cheshire
Administration Liverpool 13 April to Nesta Muriel Hesman (wife of Frederick James Hesman). Effects £3447 7s 3d.

6m old at 1891 census
Aged 20 in 1911

BRERETON, GEORGE        BATHS 
GRO Reference: 1890  D Quarter in BIRKENHEAD
Volume 08A  Page 467

George BRERETON of 225 Spital Road, Bromborough, Cheshire died 12 October 1970.  Probate Liverpool 9 February  £17,149.

Name:    George Brereton
Birth Date:    5 Nov 1890
Date of Registration:    Dec 1970
Age at Death:    80
Registration District:    Wirral, Cheshire
Volume:    10a
Page:    1874

DOB: 16 Jul 1893 on Service Record
Aged 17 in 1911

BRERETON, WILLIAM        BATHS 
GRO Reference: 1893  S Quarter in BIRKENHEAD 
Volume 08A  Page 528


Name    William Brereton
Record Type    Baptism
Birth Date    12 Jul
Baptism Date    2 Aug 1893
Baptism Place    Birkenhead, Holy Trinity, England
Father    John Brereton
Mother    Eliza Brereton
Description    Birkenhead, Holy Trinity. Baptisms
Page number    88

Name: William Brereton
Birth Date: abt 1893
Date of Registration: Dec 1951
Age at Death: 58
Registration District: Birkenhead
Inferred County:    Cheshire
Volume:    10a
Page:    31

Probate:
BRERETON William of 100 Mount road Birkenhead died 3 October 1951 at Prenton Lane Birkenhead. Administration Liverpool 13 November to Charlotte Eleanor Brereton widow and William Geoffrey Brereton schoolmaster. Effects: £2424 15s 9d.

13 in 1911

BRERETON, MAY        BATHO 
GRO Reference: 1897  D Quarter in BIRKENHEAD 
Volume 08A  Page 447

Name:    May Brereton
Gender:    Female
Baptism Date:    6 Oct 1897
Baptism Place:    Holy Trinity, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England
Father:     John Brereton
Mother:     Eliza Brereton
FHL Film Number:    2104037

Abode: 34 Camden Street, Railway Servant