With pictures of 5 generations of Breretons
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Abel Brereton (1752 -1813) with his second wife, Elizabeth Lloyd, founded the Canadian branch through their son Cloudesley Shovell Brereton ( - 1873). |
Cloudesley's children were born at the family home at Bethany in Ontario. |
For Abel Brereton's ancestry, please see his twin brother John Brereton (1752 - 1823)
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Charles Herbert Brereton MD was a doctor in Bethany, and a member of the Ontario legisture. |
Charles's son Wilfred Proctor Brereton obtained a B.A.S. at Pittsbugh and became a civil engineer, living in Winnipeg in 1915. His wife died at Penticon, BC in 1957. |
Charles's youngest brother Thomas George Brereton M.D. studied at Trinity University Toronto and practiced in Bethany |
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Herbert Giles Brereton, just home after work at his
garage business in Knowlton, Quebec in October 1952. His garage had an
Austin dealership. He was serving as a soldier when he married Haroldyne
Slingsby in 1941. Herbert was the son of Wilfred Proctor Brereton above. |
Thanks to:
Ted H Pope for scanning the images from The Brereton Family of Cheshire - 1100-1904
by Robert Maitland Brereton.
Linda Harper for the joint search for Brereton and Proctor descendants in Canada.
Susan Slingsby for the photo (and others) of Herbert Giles Brereton.
Ian Watson for information on Charlotte Fisher.
Are there more descendants? Please contact michael@brereton.org.uk to exchange more information about this family