Updates Page

April 2024
14 new family members added to the family of Halestrap & Revis, thanks to Catherine Revis Johnson who contacted me through the website.
https://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/halestrap_revis.html

27 new family members added to the family of William Geoffrey Cowland and Violet Innes including another OBE reciprient, Anthony Michael Cowland. Anthony has been added to the Noted People list on the Home Page. Anthony's father, William Geoffrey Cowland was a Rear Admiral in the Royal Navy who fought in both World Wars and was awarded a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1950.
https://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/cowland_masson.html

December 2023
We have a spy in the family. Yes, a real life James Bond, well, the American version of one. Frederick Dalziel (Freck) Vreeland married Vanessa Somers, the grand daughter of May Relph Brice. He spent 34 years working for the CIA working his way up to Senior Ambassador. He is now retired, living in Rome and writing a book about his adventures. Frederick was the person who came up with the phrase 'Ich bin ein Berliner' and taught JFK how to pronounce it. There's more information on his personal page and I have added him to the Noted People list on the Home Page.
https://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/brice_relph.html

Edith Mary Houston (nee Brice) tried to kill herself and her 7 year old daughter with an overdose of tablets after the death of her husband. She spent the rest of her life in a mental hospital. Read the full story from her personal page.
https://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/brice_relph.html

People with no middle name are so difficult to research, David Somers (1901 - 1984) was one of those as there were so many marriages. Thanks to Nick Somers, who contacted me through the website, for telling me who his grandmother was. Welcome to our family tree Nick and thanks for helping me add another 23 family members to the tree.
https://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/brice_relph.html

October 2023
Another previously unknown son, his wife and daughter identified and added to the tree.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/spencer_wiggins.html

More details added to the family of Albert Edward Favell and Ada Dorothy Spencer, including two previously unknown sons and their wives.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/spencer_dawkes.html

September 2023
Wife and three generations found for David Spencer Simons, 21 new family members added.
https://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/simons_johnston.html

We have a murderer in the UK family. In 1994, Patrick Richard Alesworth (a medical doctor) killed his daughter Sara in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. Read the full story on his personal page. 16 new family members added to:
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/alesworth_harris.html

August 2023
89 family members added to the family of Bryce Spencer and Zoe Hodgson. That was the last of the information supplied by John Spencer in Australia, thank you John for increasing and improving our family tree.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/spencer_dawkes.html

Full names and more family added to the family of Albert Henry Jarick and Ethel Spencer.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/spencer_dawkes.html

Two previously unknown descendants of Stewart and Doreen Spencer solved. Another 30 family members added to the family including John William Spencer who provided most of this information.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/spencer_dawkes.html

Unknown daughter of Herbert and Ethel Spencer identified and a further 40 family members added.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/letchford_spencer.html

Lots more updates added to the Spencer & Rider family including 3 unknown descendants identified.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/spencer_rider.html

Three wives and family added for Henry Stewart Spencer.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/spencer_thorley.html

Unknown daughter and unknown son for George Henry Walker and Phillis Maria Spencer identified and a further 36 family members added to the tree. This pushes the family members on this tree to over 2,500 people.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/spencer_dawkes.html

July 2023
More family members added to the Ernest and Margaret Spencer family including the family of an unknown son.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/spencer_dawkes.html

Three unidentified descendants of Frederick & Alberta Spencer, now known. Another 43 family members added to the tree.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/spencer_dawkes.html

Wife and 2 more generations added for William John Spencer.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/spencer_mcwhirter.html

Another descendant of Raymond Charles Spencer, previously marked as 'Unknown' is Margaret Victoria Spencer. 12 new family members added.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/tisdell_spencer.html

Previously marked 'Unknown Son' is Charles Richmond Spencer. 12 extra family members added to the tree.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/spencer_fisher.html

Wife and 9 family members added for Raymond James (Jim) Spencer.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/spencer_garrett.html

6 new family members added to the family of Robert Ray Ford & Valarie Spencer.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/ford_spencer.html

A large family of 65 people added to the Spencer & Unwin family in Australia, thanks to John Spencer.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/dorey_spencer.html

Descendants added for George William Spencer and June Lawler.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/spencer_lawler.html

Trevor Henry Pullen & Wilma Grace Stokes and family of 19 added to the family of Henry Pullen & Annie Elizabeth Spencer.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/pullen_stokes.html

24 new family members added to the family of Ronald Norman Pullen.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/pullen_carslake.html

June 2023
Husband and information added for Edna Georgia Pullen.
Previously "Unknown Son" identified as Graeme Leslie Pullen, his family added.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/spencer_dawkes.html

Eight new family members added to Benjamin James Keevers and Jean Merle Pullen's family.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/keevers_pullen.html

Eight new family members added to William Ernest Pullen and Mona Jackson's family.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/pullen_jackson.html

Family added for Kenneth James Pullen.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/pullen_hooper.html

Two wives and two sons added for Leonard Spencer.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/spencer_dawkes.html

Henry Copeland Brice added to the War Casualties page.
Full name for Francis D Meirion-Williams added.
Death and obituary added for Clare Wendy N Richards.
Full name added for Francis D Meirion-Williams.
Full name and death added for Geoffrey C Meirion-Williams.
Birth, Death and obituary added for Carin Marianne Persson.
Childrens names added for Richard John Meirion-Williams and Emma Louise Meirion-Williams.
Wife added for Anthony Meirion Williams.

All this information came from Anthony Meirion Williams who made contact with me through the website. Thanks Anthony.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/brice_kilner.html

May 2023
I have been contacted by John Spencer from Australia who has done a lot of work on the Spencer side of the family. Here are some of his updates to our tree, there is a lot more to come.
Lilian Strange - I spelt her name with two L's.
Frank Strange - Date of death.
Doris Lilian Broodbank - Correct year of birth.
Frances Dorothy Simons - Husband and 3 children with spouses.
Herbert Spencer Simons - Wife and 2 children and 1 spouse.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/spencer_dawkes.html

Sheila Mavis Craik turned out to be Sheila Mavis Crack thanks to information gathered from another family tree. Sheila married Laurence Reeson, many more Reeson family members added to the tree thanks to Nicholas Reeson.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/reeson_harrington.html

February 2023
It is with great sadness to announce the passing of Ellida Joan Dawes (1949 - 2023). Ellie contacted me through this website and had a great interest in the family tree.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/dawes_roper.html

Second wife found for Charles William Brice. I can't find any children from his first marriage and one son from his second.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/brice_armstrong.html

Another OBE in the family. Leslie Denis Byrne was awarded the OBE in 1970 for his work as the British Trade Commissioner in Canada. His children were mentioned in his obituary which led to a further 39 people being added to the family tree.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/day_armstrong.html

January 2023
David from Canada found Allen Duncan Day who moved to Canada in 1913 and died in The Great War in 1916, so much for seeking a better life. He has been added to the War Casualties page. There is a link on his personal page to a detailed written account of the battle he fought and died in (The Actions At St. Eloi Craters).
As I was working on this family, I looked at his brother William Arthur J Day. I took a guess that the J might stand for Jefferies (his mother's maiden name), bingo, I found him in South Africa with a wife and three daughters.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/day_armstrong.html

A great find by David, the gravestone of Clement Chibnall Brice which named his wife and three children. We didn't know that he married.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/brice_chibnall.html

David also found that Jane Constance Brudnell Day died during the Covid 19 lockdown in 2020. This led to her husbands real name, birth and death dates.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/day_saunders.html

December 2022
Unfortunately, yet another death announcement. This time from the USA, Robert A Saul died 22 December 2022 at the age of 56.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/saul_day.html

It is sad to announce the passing of Mary Teresa (Tessa) Day (nee Scanlon) on 03 September 2022 at the age of 98. Thanks go to her Grandson Tom for the information.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/day_saunders.html

August 2022
I have just discovered that South African death certificates name all the living children of the deceased person. Many more people added to the South African stem of the family, thanks to this find.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/belgrove_van_lill.html

July 2022
Two wives (but no children) found for John S Pellett.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/pellett_joy.html

More family added to the Tester family, one wife, one partner and two children.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/pellett_charman.html

Correct name found for the husband of Daphne Jane Whiteman and a previously unknown son. Also Daphne's brother Lieutenant John Whitmore Whiteman added to the War Casualties.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/osborn_groves.html

June 2022
Wives and family added for William Anthony Somers and Michael Lawrence Somers.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/brice_relph.html

Husband found for Beatrice Maud Brice, Geoffrey Carr. Geoffrey was an accountant by profession but won a silver medal in the 1912 Stockholm Olympics in the Men's Four Rowing. Another 28 family members added to the tree.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/brice_relph.html

March 2022
I have finished checking the 1921 Census for new family members and where people were living. There are many updates of children born after the 1911 Census and the occasional spouse that were unknown before.
We have two more noted people on the Home page:
Michael Vincent Philip Hunter Harrington (CVO)
and thanks to David Hall in Canada (the other Brice researcher) for discovering that Juliet Kathleen Somers, that I added to the tree, has an MBE.

February 2022
Another 3 children found on the 1921 Census for Charles Somers and May Relph Brice. Their families added to the tree.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/brice_relph.html

Another two family members added to the War Casualties page:
Christopher Frank Kirshaw Pierson (WW1)
Anthony Brice Potts (WW2)
https://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/ancillary_pages/war_casualties.html

Two children found on the 1921 Census for Albert Richard Pellet and Ethel Yonge Spencer. Two more families added to the tree.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/spencer_dawkes.html

January 2022
A War Casualties page has been added to the website, listing family members that died for the war effort.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/ancillary_pages/war_casualties.html

Inge from the Netherlands contacted me looking for more information on John Robertson Brice, a bomber pilot with the RAF who crashed and died in the Netherlands in 1943. Inge sponsors his grave and had identified his parents on our website.
John Robertson Brice died 7 days after his daughter Carol Anne Brice was born. John and his family has been added to the website.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/brice_armstrong.html

August 2021
Thanks to Terri Hoppock (nee Saul) who sent me a family tree from another family member, I have managed to add many families to the Saul family in America.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/saul_day.html

November 2020
Three generations of family added for Peter Darien Trask and Edith Joyce Lawson.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/trask_lawson.html

October 2020
It is very sad to announce the passing of Joanna Margaret Keeling (nee Day) at Bristol Royal Infirmary on 21 October 2020. As you can see in the next item below, Joanna lost her husband in June.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/keeling_day.html

June 2020
It is with great sadness to announce the death of Michael David Keeling. Michael, a retired veterinary surgeon was living in Western Cape, South Africa.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/keeling_day.html

May 2020
Two more descendants (Una Yolande Erskine Cook and John E Cook) and their families added for Ralph and Mary Cook. Information came from contact of a family member, thanks Sylvia. Also a sister of Silvya's that I didn't know about due to her mother's maiden name being spelt wrong on the ancestry sites.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/cook_day.html

I found Nancy Jessie Brice's married name from her fathers' probate record. Nancy's family now added.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/brice_dines.html

Thomas Osborne Day and Matilda changed the family name from Day to D'Aye when they moved to Oxfordshire between 1901 and 1907. Knowing the new name, I have manged to extend the family:
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/day_armstrong.html

Due to a transcription error by Family Search, I had the wrong husband for Mabel Maude Revis. I have found her correct husband and have been able to progress with her family. After having 4 children in the UK, they emigrated to British Columbia, Canada:
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/revis_york.html

Ellen Louisa Revis found on the 1911 Census. Three generations of her family added to the tree:
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/revis_york.html

Two wives found for Graham D Kennedy:
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/kennedy_belgrove.html

Wife and two children found for Ian H Kennedy:
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/kennedy_belgrove.html

Wife, two daughters and two granddaughters found for David Brook Dennison:
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/kennedy_belgrove.html

Two wives and family found for James Benjamin Dawkes:
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/dawkes_unknown.html

April 2020
Thomas Henry Brown married into the family by marrying Sarah Howe, they had two daughters. After the death of Sarah, Thomas married Sarah's cousin Elizabeth Dawkes and had two more daughters. This makes the daughters half sisters and second cousins.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/howe_brice.html

Wife and two daughters found for John B Duncombe.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/duncombe_goodchild.html

Wife and two daughters found for Richard E Duncombe.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/duncombe_thorpe.html

Daughter found for Jeremy Pope also the sudden death of his wife Jemima at 42 years old.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/pope_somers.html

Two wives and a child found for David Hallowell:
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/hallowell_oconnell.html

Wife and children found for Alan Robert Flight.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/flight_fenemore.html

July 2019
Partner of Shannon Mae Tite and baby daughter added to the family tree.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/tite_wing.html

May 2019
Children and Grandchildren found for John M Tite and Elaine M Oliver:
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/tite_oliver.html

Thanks to an Australian family tree on WikiTree, I have found a lot more information on the Spencer & Dawkes family, adding a further 94 people to this tree:
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/spencer_dawkes.html

April 2019
Mason Joseph J Ward, his wife and twin daughters added to the Russell & Tite family:
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/russell_tite.html

Wife and DOB found for Jeremy Peter Pope:
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/pope_somers.html

March 2019
Another OBE
Husband and family found for Edith Constance Round. Her son Edwin was awarded the OBE in 1959.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/godfrey_dawkes.html

Probate found for Sara Ethel Bach giving me her date of death and another son (Arthur Ralph Benjamin Round) that I didn't know about before. Arthur and his wife added to the tree:
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/godfrey_dawkes.html

Probate found for John George Foulsham giving me his date of death and a son (Frank Foulsham) that I didn't know about before. Frank's family now added to the tree:
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/foulsham_dawkes.html

Obituary found for Robert Brice Meirion-Williams who died earlier this year. This led me to some more family members:
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/brice_kilner.html

February 2019
Due to a transcription error by Family Search, I had a dead stem on the family tree. After discovering his name was Revis and not Bevis, I have found a whole new family of 89 people, including another MBE, awarded in 1944 to Captain Kenneth Claude Revis for his bravery in bomb disposal. He was badly injured and lost his sight when 18 mines exploded around Brighton Pier that he was decommissioning. He went on to acheive; qualifying as a solicitor, driving a car at 100mph and flying a glider......whilst blind.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/revis_york.html

Son and wife found for George John Knight and Alice Elizabeth Brice:
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/brice_chibnall.html

22 November 2018
More information and some extra family members added to Michael Osborne Day and Mary Scanlon's family:
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/day_saunders.html

26 September 2018
Wife of Alfred George Orchard found on the 1939 war register.
More information and wife found for Thomas Charles Orchard.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/osborn_groves.html

22 September 2018
Husband and children found for Margery Isabel Ware:
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/brice_chibnall.html

20 September 2018
Dates of birth and location in 1939 found for:
Nora Martindale
Phyllis Mary Roper
Kathleen Young
Eileen J Hawkins

19 September 2018
Correct name and birth details found for Joyce Higgins, wife of Benjamin Russell:
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/russell_higgins.html

04 September 2018
Children added for Osborn Howard Tite and Olive J Tite and her family added:
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/tite_cole.html

21 June 2018
The family of William Osborn added:
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/osborn_groves.html

17 June 2018
The family of Jane Dawkes added.

http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/godfrey_dawkes.html

12 June 2018
The family of Robert Spencer and Anne Dawkes added.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/spencer_dawkes.html

31 May 2018
More family member added to the family of Robert Brice (1806) including the identity of his second wife.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/brice_bates.html

17 May 2018
There are more people and lots more information added to the Day & Saunders family after meeting the grandson of James Osborne Day, Tom Batty. Thanks Tom.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/day_saunders.html

13 May 2018
It is very sad to announce the death of Beatrice Muriel Brice from Ontario, Canada on Thursday 10 May 2018. Known to her friends and family as Muriel, she was possibly the oldest living person on the Brice Family Tree at 95 years old.
Muriel married Ronald Jack Hall in 1946 and is the mother of my friend David Robert Hall who is a fellow genealogist who has been working with me on the Brice Family Tree for the last year, with great results.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/hall_brice.html

12 May 2018
Wife and 2 children added to Benjamin Hugh Armstrong Russell.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/armstrong_saunderson.html

Wife and 3 children added to Vincent Armstrong.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/armstrong_saunderson.html

06 May 2018
I found the death of Francis Thomas Pressland Day who was an army Captain and died in WW1 in 1918. Whilst researching Francis, I found a mention of him from his great nephew Richard Michael Keeling. His family is now on the tree:
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/keeling_day.html

04 May 2018
I found John Brice Belgrove in South Africa, here is his family:
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/belgrove_van_lill.html

03 May 2018
More descendants added to the Cobb and Featherstone family.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/cobb_dawkes.html

24 April 2018
The family of Sarah Frances Day added.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/cook_day.html

13 April 2018
More people added to the Mulqueen family.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/mulqueen_kretz.html

07 April 2018
The family of Walter Cobb and Mary Dawkes added including Reginald Kirshaw (Rex) Pierson CBE who designed the Vickers Vimy that Alcock and Brown flew non-stop over the Atlantic. He went on to design the Vickers Wellington bomber that was extensively used during World War 2.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/cobb_dawkes.html

26 March 2018
The family of Steven Eugene Saul added.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/saul_golofaro.html

24 March 2018
The family of Peter K Saul added.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/saul_leverich.html

21 March 2018
The family of Catherine Marie Saul added.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/votino_saul.html

17 February 2018
Congratulations to Lizzy Yarnold MBE (a family member on this tree) for winning her second Olympic gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Korean. Her first gold was in Sochi, Russia in 2014.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/yarnold_brice.html

15 February 2018
115 people added to the Saul family. This is a big family and when they have a family reunion, they meet at a holiday camp. The 2017 reunion hosted 94 Sauls.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/saul_kaelin.html

12 January 2018
The Saul family that emigrated to the USA added to the tree.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/saul_day.html

12 December 2017
More family members have been added to the Dawkes & Brice family.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/dawkes_brice2.html

25 November 2017
More family members have been added to the Brice & Armstrong family.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/brice_bates.html

10 November 2017
More family members have been added to the Brice & Chibnall family.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/brice_chibnall.html

November 2017
More family members have been added to the Kennedy & Belgrove family.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/kennedy_belgrove.html

More family members have been added to the Brice & Dines family.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/brice_dines.html

October 2017
We have an MBE in the family.
The family page Yarnold & Brice is now complete. This includes Lizzy Yarnold who won a gold medal in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. She was awarded an MBE in the 2014 birthday honours list.
I would like to thank David Hall from Canada for all his help on this stem of the family tree.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/yarnold_brice.html

The family page Brice & Simpson is now complete. This includes Jason Giles Brice a Consultant Neurosurgeon from Southampton Hospital.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/brice_simpson.html

The family page Bennett & Brice from Canada is now complete.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/bennett_brice.html

I was contacted by David Hall (Grandson of John Norman Brice) from Canada. David has also spent the last 10 years working on the family tree. We both now have full access to each others tree. He has lots of information that I am missing and I have lots of information that he is missing, so we are both going to benefit tremendously. I have two noted people on my tree that David didn't know about and he has two noted people that I didn't know about, a gold medal winner at the Winter Olympics and a brain surgeon. More details to follow when I complete their family pages.
I have completed Davids family page and it can be seen at:
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/hall_brice.html

Thanks for someone contacting me, I have found out that John Norman Brice emigrated to Canada in 1909. I have added his immigration details and his marriage. I hope to add more family members soon.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/brice_chibnall.html

August 2017
New family of 3 generations added to the Tite family.
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/tite_cole.html

Lots of full death dates and occupations have been added from the Probate and Wills records.

May 2017
Two new families added that were found on the 1911 Census:
Cundill & Hallowell
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/cundill_hallowell.html

And

Mylchreest & Hallowell
http://www.bricefamilytree.co.uk/mylchreest_hallowell.html

May 2017
This new look web site goes live.