Geoff Broughton's Family History

 

Send me an email if you want a free copy of the family tree, background information or the photos, images and documents in the original resolution.

 

Here is a brief history of key individuals, many family history photos and the main documents. Most of the stories passed down the generations are supported by documented events. There are some mysteries that can only be solved by illegitimate children. There was one villain who lost the family fortune then stole from the parish poor.

 

My Broughton family originated in the northern tip Northamptonshire living near Stamford and Rutland. They then moved to Holborn, London around 1800, then from Clerkenwell, London to Aston, Birmingham in 1852. They were originally Stamford cabinet makers and wheel wrights, then London coach builders, then Birmingham railway coach builders / painters. Travelling from there to railway works in Swindon, Derby and Smethwick.

 

I am also very interested in any Kemshead, Kempshead, Kemshed or Kempshed families, anywhere, anytime.

 

My ancestry is shown in an Excel spreadsheet.

 

A lot of information was gather for Jack Broughton the Pugilist who is unrelated to our family.

 

A zip file contains 92,000 records on the Broughton and Boughton families in the British Isles gathered from many sources.

 

Contact me Geoff.Broughton@hotmail.co.uk