Amelia Flint

1823 - 1897

Amelia was born in Tideswell in 1823 ⁽¹⁾, the 2nd child of John and Hannah. She moved to Cressbrook with her parents sometime in the late 1830s, and by the time of the 1841 census ⁽²⁾ she was living there working as a cotton weaver. She married George Bramwell of Tideswell on 15th August 1843 ⁽³⁾, and was obviously heavily pregnant at the time, as their daughter Nancy was born less than a fortnight later ⁽⁴⁾.

Its not clear how quickly the marriage broke down. Its likely that George lived with her for a while, but there were no more children born, and by the next census of March 1851 ⁽⁵⁾, Amelia and Nancy were living with her parents in Cressbrook, while George had gone back to his mother's in Tideswell ⁽⁶⁾. Amelia had another daughter in 1857 called Hannah ⁽⁷⁾. I suspect that even though George is named as the father in the baptism record, he may well not have been, as there is no idication they had got back together, indeed when George died in 1859 he was still living in Tideswell ⁽⁸⁾.

At the time of the 1861 census ⁽⁹⁾, Amelia and her daughters, were living with her widowed mother, along with her sister Margaret's children. By 1871 ⁽¹⁰⁾ her eldest daughter Nancy had left home to get married, and her sister's children were no longer there, leaving just Amelia, her mother and her younger daughter living together. Her mother died just a month or so later. At the 1881 census ⁽¹¹⁾, Amelia's daughter Nancy, and her husband and family, were living next door, and in fact overflowing into Amelia's house, as Amelia had her own daughter Hannah and Nancy's eldest son George living with her. Amelia was described as a Char Woman at the time.

Her younger daughter Hannah left home to marry in 1885, leaving Amelia on her own. However Hannah's new husband died the following year, so she moved back in again, thus when the 1891 census ⁽¹²⁾ was taken, Amelia and Hannah were sharing a house.

Amelia died in Cressbrook, on 13th June 1897, aged 74 ⁽¹³⁾. According to her death certificate, the cause of death was a combination of cardiac degeneration, general dropsy and bronchitis, so its probably fair to say she wasn't feeling too well towards the end!. She was buried in Tideswell two days later ⁽¹⁴⁾.

• Nancy has her own page
• Hannah Mary Flint Bramwell was born in Cressbrook in 1857, where she grew up and worked as a weaver. In 1885 she married Levi Walker, but he died the following year. She married for a second time in 1895 to Arthur Slack, and by 1901 they lived on High Street in Tideswell. Nothing is known of her after this.

1. Parish Register of St John the Baptist's, Tideswell contains the following baptism entry :
   

   When baptised	Childs Christian Name	Parents Christian Name	Parents Surname	Abode	Quality, Trade or Profession
   May 20th [1823]	Amelia Daugr of	John & Hannah	Flint	Tideswell	Weaver

2. Census of 7th June 1841 reads:
   Place: Cressbrook
   

   John Flint	45	Cotton Weaver	y
   Hannah do	45		y
   Ann Flint	20	Cotton Weaver	y
   Amelia Flint	15	do	y
   Philip Flint	15	do	y
   Margaret Flint	13	do	y
   Line marking seperate household in same house
   William Harrison	25	do	y
   Emma do	25	do	y
   Thomas do	1		y
   Susan Farmer	25	Cotton Weaver	N
   Charlotte Walton	15	do	N

3. Marriage Certificate from Registration District of Bakewell states:

   1843 Marriage solemnized in the Parish Church in the Parish of Tideswell

   When married	Name and Surname	Age	Condition	Rank or Profession	Residence at the time of marriage	Father's name and Surname	Rank or Profession of father
   August 15th 1843	George Bramwell	Minor	Bachelor	Joiner	Tideswell	Robert Bramwell	Joiner
   	Amelia Flint	Minor	Spinster	Weaver	Cressbrook	John Flint	Weaver

   Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church by Banns

   in the presence of Ann Flint, Philip Heaton Flint

4. Birth Certificate from Registration District of Bakewell states:

   When and where born	Name	Sex	Name and surname of father	Name, surname and maiden surname of mother	Occupation of father	Signature, description and residence of informant	When registered
   Twenty seventh of August 1843 at Cressbrook, Township of Litton	Nancy	Girl	George Bramwell	Amelia Bramwell, formerly Flint	Joiner	George Bramwell, Father, Cressbrook	Fifteenth of September 1843

5. Census of 30th March 1851 reads:
   Place: Cressbrook
   

   John Flint	Head	Mar	60	Power Loom Weaver Cotton & Wool	[Derbyshe], [Tideswell]
   Hannah Do	Wife	Mar	60	Weaver's wife at home	Lancashshe, Moseley
   Edward Heathcote	Son in law	Mar	27	Ag lab	Derbyshe, Longstone
   Ann Do	Daur	Mar	31	Power Loom Weaver (Cotton & Wool)	Do, Tideswell
   Amelia Bramwell	Daur	Mar	27	Do                     Do	Do, Do
   Nancy Do	G. Daur		7	Scholar	Do, Litton
   Margaret Flint	Daur	U	21	Power Loom Weaver (Cotton & Wool)	Do, Do
   Susan Farmer	Lodger	U	35	Do                     Do	Middlesex, London

6. Census of 30th March 1851 reads:
   Place: Tideswell
   

   Ann Bramwell	Head	Widow	51	Cotton Winder	Derby, Tideswell
   George do	Son	Mar	27	Joiner	do         do
   Amy do	Daur	U	24	Factory [????????] (Cotton)	do         do
   Sarah do	Daur	U	20	do         do	do         do
   James do	Son		12	Scholar	do         do

7. Parish Register of St John the Baptist, Tideswell includes the entry:
   

   When baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parents Name		Abode	Quality, Trade or Profession
   		Christian	Surname
   August 16 [1857]	Hannah Mary Flint	George & Amelia	Bramwell	Tideswell	Joiner

8. Death Certificate from Registration District of Bakewell states:

   When and where died	Name	Sex	Age	Occupation	Cause of death	Signature, description and residence of informant	When registered
   Second May 1859, Tideswell	George Bramwell	Male	35 years	Joiner	Consumption, Certified	Thomas Moseley, present at the death. Tideswell	Third May 1859

9. Census of 7th April 1861 (page 1, page 2) reads:
   Place: Middle Row, [Cressbrook], Litton
   

   Hannah Flint	Head	W	69	Charwoman	[Derbyshire], Cressbrook
   Amelia Bramwell	Daur	W	37	Cotton & Worst power loom Weaver	do, Tideswell
   Nancy do	Granddaur	Un	16	do                                 do	do, Cressbrook
   Hannah M F Bramwell	Granddaur		3	[Scholar]	Derbysh, Cressbrook
   Mary J Robinson	Granddaur		6	Scholar	do, Cressbrook
   Hannah do	Granddaur		4	do	do, Wardlow
   Sarah A do	Granddaur		2		do, do

10. Census of 2nd April 1871 reads:
    Place: Bottom Row, Cressbrook
    

    Hannah R Flint	Head	W	81	Parish Pauper	Lancashire, Mosley
    Amelia Bramwell	Daur	W	48	Housemaid	Derbyshire, Tideswell
    Hannah M F do	Grand Daur		14	Cotton Power Loom Weaver	do, Cressbrook

11. Census of 3rd April 1881 reads:
    Place: Cressbrook
    

    Amelia Bramwell	Head	Widow	58	Char Woman	Tideswell, Derbyshire
    Hannah Mary Flint do	Daughter	Unm	23	Cotton Weaver	Cressbrook, do
    George Sheldon	Grandson	do	15	do	do, do

12. Census of 5th April 1891 reads:
    Place: Bottom Cottages, Cressbrook, Litton
    

    Amelia Bramwell	Head	Widow	66		Derbyshire, Tideswell
    Hannah M Walker	Daur	Widow	33	Powerloom Calico Weaver	Derbyshire, Litton

13. Death Certificate from Registration District of Bakewell states:

    When and where died	Name	Sex	Age	Occupation	Cause of death	Signature, description and residence of informant	When registered
    Thirteenth June 1897, Cressbrook, Litton	Amelia Bramwell	Female	74 years	Widow of George Bramwell a Joiner Journeyman	Cardiac Degeneration. General Dropsy. Bronchitis. Certified by J H Parke MRCS	P.H. Flint, Brother, in attendance, Tideswell	Fourteenth June 1897

14. Parish Register of St John the Baptist, Tideswell includes the entry:
    

    Name	Abode	When buried	Age
    Amelia Bramwell	Cressbrook	June 15th [1897]	74 years
    Died June 13th