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Research Update 2

*****Asking all male descendants of the following branches to consider doing a DNA test so that we can have the fullest picture of the surviving family in the UK possible*****

• John BRYMER and Elizabeth BRUCE ->Robert BRYMER and Margaret RENTON
• William BREMNER and Agnes JACKSON -> David BRYMER and Matilda WATSON ->James BRYMER and Margaret GREIG
• James BRIMER or BRYMER and Margaret HALL
• James BRYMER and Ann MORRIS
• Isaiah BRIMER and Margaret
• Alexander BRYMER and Harriet PARR
• James Wilson BRIMER and Elizabeth

*****If you are not sure which branch you belong to but would like to take part in the research please get in touch as soon as possible*****

To update everyone on the research so far:

All bar 3 of the 110 males with the Brimer or Brymer surname, passed on by the father, born between 1916 and 1998 in England, Scotland and Wales have been identified and placed in a branch of the family.

Eleven branches have been identified, although it is assumed that some of these will merge as the research progresses backwards. Six of the branches have people taking DNA tests.

I have managed to contact 66% of the males identified and of those 29% have responded so far. There are 11 DNA tests currently underway with the results expected between now and June.

On the documentary side, there are currently over 1700 people on the master tree. Several data sets are complete and the database has been designed and will hopefully be ready to go live on the website in the next couple of weeks. Family trees will follow a few weeks later.

The breakdown of the lines is as follows:

James Brymer and Helen Cuthill: 28 alive; 22 contacted; 8 responded; 3 tested
James Brymer and Elizabeth Bruce: 19 alive; 11 contacted; 7 responded; 3 tested
Hannah Brimer Fox: 15 alive; 10 contacted; 1 responded; 1 tested
William Bremner and Agnes Jackson: 19 alive; 18 contacted; 4 responded; 2 tested
James Brimer and Margaret Hall: 10 alive; 5 contacted; 0 responded; 0 tested
James Brimer and Helen Reddie: 7 alive; 7 contacted; 2 responded; 1 tested
James Brymer and Ann Morris: 2 alive; 2 contacted; 1 responded; 0 tested
George Bymer and Jane Jones: 3 alive; 3 contacted; 2 responded; 1 tested
Isaiah Brimer and Margaret: 2 alive; 2 contacted; 0 responded; 0 tested
Alexander Brymer and Harriet Parr: 2 alive; 0 contacted; 0 responded; 0 tested
James Wilson Brimer and Elizabeth: 1 alive; 1 contacted; 0 responded; 0 tested


Brimer-Brymer database last updated at 2016-07-02 00:29:43 with 4028 census records and 2856 individuals

Shipwreck

I was contacted today by a relative of Isaiah BRIMER (1828-1871) enquiring if I had any information surrounding the circumstances of his death. Here is the information that I currently have:

Dundee Advertiser 6 January 1871:

Wreck of a North Shields Vessel near Belfast, Supposed Loss of all Hands (By Special Telegram)

SHIELDS, Thursday

Today a telegram was received in North Shields from Belfast stating that a vessel, supposed to be the brig Catherine Morrison, of North Shields, had been wrecked near Belfast, and the bodies of the crew had been washed ashore. The others of the crew, about nine in all, are also believed to be drowned. The Catherine Morrison belonged to John Morrison, North Shields and was commanded by Captain Brimer, South Shields. She was coal laden, from Ardrossan, Scotland, to Constantinople. She left Ardrossan last Thursday. The whole crew, with the exception of the captain and mate, belonged to Scotland, and shipped at Ardrossan.

Shields Daily Gazette 7 January 1871:

The Loss of the Catherine Morrison of North Shields

No doubt now exists as to the loss of the Catherine Morrison, of North Shields, portions of the wreck, bearing the name of the vessel, having washed ashore on the coast near Belfast. There is too much reason to believe that the whole of the crew have perished. The vessel was commanded by Capt. Brimer of Wellington Street, South Shields. The rest of the crew, with the exception of the mate, belonged to Scotland. Intelligence from Stranraer, of the 5th inst., states that four dead bodies, quite nude and very much maimed, have washed ashore at the place of the disaster. One of the bodies, an oldish man, was marked on the right arm with the letters “W.M.” and “G.M.”

Shields Daily Gazette 10 January 1871:

The Wreck of the Catherine Morrison, of North Shields.

Seven Bodies Washed Ashore

A Stranraer correspondent of a contemporary, writing on Saturday afternoon in reference to the wreck of the above vessel in Galdenoch Bay, Wigtownshire, which was reported in our columns last week, says that there have now been seven bodies washed ashore. There have also been large pieces of the wreck, on one of which are the words “North Shields” and on another “line Mo-.” The vessel, which, it is thought, had about 20 of a crew, is supposed to be the Catherine Morrison, of North Shields. The bodies which were washed ashore have been buried in Leswalt Churchyard by the Parochial Board. Intelligence from Campbelltown of the 8th inst., states that the staern of a longboat, marked “Catherine Morrison, North Shields,” also planking has washed ashore at Corradale.

Shields Daily Gazette 19 January 1871:

Maritime Notes

The property from the wreck of the Catherine Morrison, of North Shields, was sold by public auction, on Monday, at Galdenoch Bay, the place of the disaster. The wreckage was fast disappearing from the beach, owing to the high tides and the wildness of the weather and locality.

There is also some information, including a map of the site of the crash and Leswalt Church here:

http://canmore.org.uk/site/122496

 


Brimer-Brymer database last updated at 2016-07-02 00:29:43 with 4028 census records and 2856 individuals