John Brewster 
Birth Notes
Given as 56 in 1901 census = Date of Birth of 1845. 220605 - email from Barbara Braswell, using Old Age Pension Census Enquiries, shows he thought he was aged 69 in 1917, when the enquiry was made = Date of Birth of 1848. Response from Dublin Census clerks showing his age in 1851 census is almost lost in the fold, but it seems to be 8 = Date of Birth of 1843. The 1911 census gives his age as 67 = Date of Birth of 1844.
Death Notes
Probably buried in Ballylintagh graveyard under stone inscribed, "To the memory of the Brewster Family of Dromore". (See explanation of church membership under Mary Brewster.)
Griffiths Valuation Revision Books show House 2Bc passing to Sarah Brewster in 1922, so he may have died around this time.
The death of a ROBERT Brewster, aged 81, in 1922 = DoB of 1841, is recorded in Civil Deaths and registered in Coleraine - unless this man was a Robert John, it cannot be this John.
Could this be him:
name: John Bruster
registration district: Coleraine
event type: DEATHS
registration quarter and year: Oct - Dec 1919
estimated birth year: 1846
age (at death): 73
volume number: 1
page number: 331
digital folder number: 4201711
Yep:
8th November 1919, Dromore; John Bruster; Male; Bachelor; 73 years; Stone mason; Heart Disease, certified; William J Gray, nephew, PAD, Garvagh. So, no mention of him being called Boyd.
General Notes
Living with father in Dromore in 1901 census:
Residents of a house 9 in Dromore (Drumcroon, Londonderry)
Show all informationSurname Forename Age Sex Relation to head Religion Birthplace Occupation Literacy Irish Language Marital Status Specified Illnesses
Breuster Robert 88 Male Head of Family Seceder Orrignal Succession Co Derry General Labourer Read and write - Widower -
Breuster John 56 Male Son Seceder Orrignal Succession Co Derry Mason Read and write - Not Married -
Breuster Sarah 53 Female Daughter Seceder Orrignal Succession Co Derry Seamstress Read and write - Not Married -
Breuster Mary 30 Female Grand Daughter Seceder Orrignal Succession Co Derry Seamstress Read and write - Not Married -
Gray Anna 14 Female Grand Daughter Presbyterian General Assembly Co Derry Scholars Read and write - Not Married -
Griffiths Valuation Revision Books show house as 2Bc, which he acquires circa 1885. The house is changed to Sarah Brewster's hands in 1922.
Using the data in the 1911 census this wee house in Dromore could be described thus: leased from John O'Neil of Dromore, three rooms, not a thatched roof, two windows in the front, 2nd class, a piggery and a fowl house the only offices or outbuildings.
Residents of a house 12 in Dromore (Drumcroon, Londonderry)
Show all informationSurname Forename Age Sex Relation to head Religion Birthplace Occupation Literacy Irish Language Marital Status Specified Illnesses Years Married Children Born Children Living
Brewster John 67 Male Head of Family O Seceeder Co Derry Stone Mason Read - Single - - - -
Brewster Sarah 64 Female Sister O Seceeder Co Derry Seamstress Read and write - Single - - - -
Brewster Mary 35 Female Niece O Seceeder Scotland Seamstress Read and write - Single - - - -
Maureen Line (email of 25/06/07) claims that, "They [Robert Brewster, Mary Boyd and son, John Boyd] are on 1851 census at Dromore." I do not know of this census - emailed Maureen to enquire. I think she is referring to the OAP/Census return which uses the 1851 census to see if John Brewster (not Boyd) is living with his parents, Robert Brewster and Mary Boyd, and therefore old enough to claim his pension.
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