Photo Album

William Brimson was born in 1848 in Tiverton, Devon England. Two of his brothers, Elias & Abraham went to London. Abraham died in a chest hospital aged 21 but Elias had a family which I have traced to the present date. This photo was taken about 1914 as William died in 1916. It was taken in the Parisian Studio in Cardiff, Wales, where the family moved in 1892. Sarah Elizabeth Brimson ne Carter was born in 1855 at Yeovil, Somerset. My father said that William left Tiverton after punching the vicar :-o

John Maunder Brimson was the youngest child of William & Sarah Brimson born in Cardiff, Wales in 1893. He worked for the Taff Vale Railway after leaving school. He then worked in Nigeria, Africa between 1914 & 1925 as an African trades assistant for the Lagos Stores Co. He married Edith Mable Harbourne in the Cowbridge Rd Methodist Church,Cardiff in 1919. They both lived in Nigeria until her death from Malaria & TB in 1925 aged 32. She was buried the day before her 33rd birthday in All Saints Church, Oshogobo. He returned to Wales then moved to Oxford where he worked in the car industry. He died in 1957 at his home in Gosford, Kidlington of a coronary thrombosis.

(My Mum and Dad)

Donald was the only child of John & Edith Brimson. He was born in 1920 in Cardiff, Wales. He moved to Oxfordshire with his father John & his aunt Bess. He was educated in Steeple Aston school. As a teenager he moved to Gosford with his father & aunt, which is just on the edge of Kidlington. He worked as a welder for Morris Radiators after leaving school. He volunteered for war time service in the army but couldn't join until 1942. He was in the Wiltshire Regiment then the Royal Dorsetshire Regiment. He served in India & Japan & was trained in jungle warfare teaching this to officers who were new to this. His regiment were the first UK troops to enter Tokyo after the war. In 1947 when leaving the army in Japan her returned to Oxford where he re-joined Morris Radiators. He then moved to Pressed Steel, Cowley which in turn became BMC then BL and Rover as a welder in the car industry. He married my mother in 1954 in Oxford. He died in 1995 in Sobel House Hospice, Headington, Oxford

Doris Brimson nee Slade was born in Mill St, Oxford. The daughter of William George and Florence Slade. They had 2 other sons William and Leslie who have both passed away.

I Have now put more photos on my web page including cousins . Below is 3 generation's of my family. The earliest photo I have is of my great grandparent's, below.

Any photos are welcome for my collection. The older the better. A copy is fine from a scanner or photo copier etc. So please send them in!