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BROADWAY FAMILY ENGLAND /USA
This family were of English birth and were horsedealers known here and in America, its a huge family that links to all the English families who settled in America
They are linked to Bryer Locke Williams Cooper Smith Lovell Stanley Joles Riley Jeffery Harrison & more
Much of this information was provided by members of family who I am grateful for their help and patience.........
This is a huge family and needs time to sort through I only wish to make it a remembrance of a a true English Romany family and show them the respect they all deserve.
My own links to this family are with :
Emma Riley daughter of William Riley & Prestella Broadway
Prestella was daughter of Matilda Williams & John Broadway
Matilda was daughter of Prince Thomas Williams & Prestella his grand daughter
John Broadway was son of John Broadway & Mary Locke
Emma Riley married Massich Jeffery who was the son of Mark Jeffrey & Ester Buckland his 2nd wife
Mark was son of Thomas Jeffrey & Jane " Ganey" Wells ( by his 1st wife)
Thomas jeffery 2nd wife was Amelia Stanley - mother Mary Smith
Ester was daughter of Tenent Buckland & Keziah Jeffers ( my Grt Grt Grand parents )
Also John Broadway son of John Broadway & Matilda Williams - married Tillie * Matilda Jeffery parents being Mark Jeffery & Ganey Stanley 1st wife
Jane * Ganey * Wells had a sister Unity both daughters of Benjamin Wells of England
Unity married James Stanley - who had my Grt Grandfather William - who in turn was father of my Grandmother Pheobe Stanley married to James Buckland my grand father and parents of my father
There are more links but it gets confusing easier to say this is kin to me.
*Note Tillie as a name was known to be Matilda
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I have found some records which support the fact this family were originally from Somerset in England ,but do appear in records in Wiltshire & Berkshire, which are nearby counties
There appears to be several John Broadways , father sons cousins?
There were it seems several Isabella Broadways too
All records found on Familysearch.org
First a marriage:
John Broadway aged 21 born 1820 married Mary Ann Lock aged 20 born 1821
John died 1898 Detroit Michigan USA
He was married to Mary Locke after Mary Locke's death he married her sister Isabella Locke.
John & Mary married 1st November 1841 Shinfield Berkshire
Fathers John Broadway & William Lock
If this is correct couple who basically started the family line in America
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The photo is of John Broadway son of John & Mary
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Another records found ;
John Broadway died 7th Feb 1916 Toledo Lucas Ohio - born 1839 England
Aged 77
Married - horsedealer
parents John Broadway & Mary Locke both of England
There is a record of death in America :
Isabella Broadway -born 1824 England -died 16th Nov 1906 Toledo Lucas Ohio
Address 212 Linden St
Aged 82 - widowed
Parents John Colethorp & Emma
* The address is that of John & Matilda * Tillie * Broadway
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Ohio Death Reg * John's brother*
Charles Broadway died 13th Mary 1930 Toledo Lucas Ohio born 1857 England
Aged 73
Spouse Allganney Broadway
Occupation : Horseman
Parents John Broadway & Mary Lock both of England
Photos are of Charles Broadway & Alganney Bryer his wife and daughter of Johanna Stanley & John Bryer
Johanna Stanley was daughter of Owen Stanley & Harriet Worton
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Baptisms found in England * As of yet not confirmed if this is another line of Broadways*
Manuel Broadway & Elizabeth Broadway Bapt 27th March 1853 March Downside Somerset England
Parents John & Isabella Broadway
I believe Elizabeth Broadway died - 4th April 1853 Emborough Somerset
Henry Broadway bapt 8th April 1855 Downside Somerset
Parents John & Isabella Broadway
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Yet another John Broadway Emma is seems is a Cooper * see below*
Martha Broadway Bapt 6th Mar 1843 Downside Somerset
John & Emma Broadway
This confirms marriage;
1844 5th Oct England Somerset
A Gypsy Wedding Married at Blagdon Sept 17th 1844 by Rev Danile Wheeler,
Matthew Stanley son of Joshua Stanley King of the Gypsies to Martha Broadway second daughter of John Broadway of the same tribe; after the ceremony they returned to the Seymours Arms where the wedding dinner was provided by the landlord Mr Hallett in the best style and spent the remainder of the day returning to their camp on Blagdon Hill at about 12 0'clock in the evening.
It is estimated that not less than 400 persons assembled to witness the ceremony and the bells having been set ringing and the Blagdon band engaged for the Union the wedding day and the day after were kept up as Holidays Bath Journal
Records of Death in America * sisters *
Martha Broadway died 7th April 1906 Boston Massachusetts USA - born 1821 England
Aged 85
Spouse Matthew Broadway
Parents : John Broadway & Mamie (Amie) Cooper
Buried Cambridge Cem
Theresa Stanley died 7th December 1909 Everett Massachusetts - born 1831 Somerset England
Aged 78
Spouse William Broadway
Parents John Broadway & Amy Cooper both from England
Informant : Thomas Stanley
Buried Cambridge Cem
The areas mentioned in Somerset incorparates places like Wells Shepton Mallet Cheddar and Mendip Hills a very old Horse Fair Priddy which was popular with Gypsies.
Facts:
DOWNSIDE, a tything in the parish of Midsomer Norton, county of Somerset, 2 miles N.E. of Shepton Mallet.
Emborough is a village and civil parish 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Shepton mallet and 5miles (8.0 km) north east of Wells in the Mendip district of Somerset, England. It adjoins the parish of Ston Easton
Emborough Pond (also known as Lechmere Water) is a 10-acre (40,000 m2) lakebetween the villages of Emborough and Ston Easton. It was originally a much smaller mill pond.
It was held by monks on a 51 year lease from 1525
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Burials in American Cemeteries here is buried a huge number of this family:
Woodlawn Cemetery Toledo Lucas Ohio
John Broadway born in Somerset England 1838 - spouse of Mary Locke & Isabella Locke
Isabella Broadway is buried Woodmere Cemetery Wayne County Michigan*
Alleganey "Bryer" Broadway - daughter of John Bryer & Johanna Stanley - wife of Charles Broadway
Charles Broadway - husband of Alleganey Bryer - parents John Broadway & Mary Locke
Charles Broadway - son of John Broadway & Tillie " Matilda"Williams
Matilda " Williams" Broadway - Spouse John Broadway - parents Thomas Williams & Mary Defiance Burton
Belcher Broadway
Edna Broadway - daughter of Charles Broadway & Alleganie Bryer Broadway
Carrie " Smith " Broadway b 1879 Wales England -died 1928
May " Smith" Broadway
Edward Broadway - Spouse Emma Williams - parents William Williams & Mary Cooper
Henry C Broadway
Eleanor Broadway - daughter of Henry C Broadway & Flora Miller
Joe Broadway - son of Henry C Broadway & Flora Miller
Emma " Williams" Broadway
Fillie " Jeffrey" Broadway + John Broadway + Jennie Broadway all buried together
Harry D Broadway
Leonard Broadway - parents Charles Broadway & Allgeney Bryer
Mary May " Riley" Broadway
Noah Edward Broadway
Northaniel " Norton" Broadway
Pinkie " Davis" Broadway - wife of Leonard Broadway - parents Edward Davis Lillie Swarts
Raymond Broadway
Remembrance Broadway
Richard Broadway
Thomas Broadway - - parents John Broadway & Anne Williams
William Broadway
Emma "Broadway" Stanley - Spouse Steve Stanley
Mary Defiance " Burton " Williams born in Somerset England 1828 -wife of "Prince" Thomas Williams
Elizabeth " Lovell" Smith
Spisana Mary " Lovell" Smith - wife of William Smith born in England/ Wales
Oliver "Ollie" Smith
Ben Smith
Rachel " Smith" Williams
Jemima " Baldwin" Broadway - Spouse Arthur Baldwin - parents Charles Broadway & Alleganey Bryer
Johanna " Broadway" Baldwin
George M Rath
Rosella " Broadway" Rath - Spouse George Rath
Perstella "Broadway" Riley - Grand -daughter of " Prince" Thomas Williams
William Riley - spouse Prestella Broadway - parents Bob Riley & Sibbie Cooper
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CENSUS RECORDS:
1880 Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois
Jesse Joles...... 75 b 1805 England -parents English/Tinsmith
Maria............ 74 b 1806 England -parents English
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Martha Broadway.. 32 b 1848 England -parents English/ Widowed
Louisa Scamp .....12 b 1868 England -daughter
Isabell Broadway . 8 b 1872 Virginia
Matilda ...........7 b 1873 S Carolina
Mosella ...........5 b 1875 Georgia
Oliver ............3 b 1877 Georgia
William ...........1 b 1879 Illinois
1883 18th July Des moines Polk IowaJesse Joles daughter Adelia Joles ( b 1847 Exeter Devon England )
possibly prevously married as she is registered as Broadway married
Joseph Joles ( b 1844 Clapham England )
parents of Groom Richard Joles & Jane Wells
parents of Bride Jesse Joles & Maria Boswell
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1900 Detroit Wayne Michigan
Isabella Broadway .......80 b 1820 England widowed/mother
Charles Broadway ........42 b 1852 England Head of Family/son Stock dealer
Alleganey ...............32 b 1862 Canada
Manuel ..................17 b 1883 Ohio
Leonard .................15 b 1885 Michigan
Jemima.................. 13 b 1887 New York
Nathaniel ...............12 b 1888 Michigan - Real name John Nathaniel Broadway Nick Name "Norton"
Joanna ..................10 b 1890 Indiana
Remberance ...............7 b 1893 Ohio
Edna .....................1 b 1899 Ohio
Isabella (Locke) Broadway was Charles Broadways step Mother
Charles Broadway's Mother was Mary Locke, John Broadways first wife. according to oral family information
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1910 Detroit Ward Wayne Michigan
Leonard Broadway......... 24 b 1886 Michigan Boarder/Single Trader in Horses
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1910 Toledo Ward 10 Ohio
Charles Broadway.... 55 b 1855 England All trading Horses
Allegany ............41 b 1869 Canada
Manuel ..............25 b 1885 Indiana
Leonard .............23 b 1887 Michigan
Jemima ..............22 b 1888 New York
Nathaniel ...........21 b 1889 Michigan
Joanna ..............18 b 1892 Indiana
Remberence ..........16 b 1894 Ohio
Edna ................11 b 1899 Ohio
George ...............9 b 1901 Michigan
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In Ward 11
John Broadway .....70 b 1840 England Married ( horsedealer)
Matilda .............53 b 1852 England /has 9children living
Charles (Son) .......37 b 1873 Virginia ( widowed)
Thomas Cooper......23 b 1887 Ohio ( Grandson) ( horsedealer)
Tinay Cooper ( F) ..21 b 1889 Ohio ( Grand-daughter)
Laura Belle Cooper . 2 b 1908 Ohio ( grand-daughter)
Marie Mabel Cooper 2mth b 1910 Ohio ( grand-daughter)
Patsie Cooper ( M) 2mth b 1910 Ohio ( Grandson)
Emma Stanley ......21 b 1889 Ohio (Daughter nee/ Broadway)
Stephen Stanley ... 21 b 1889 Nebraska ( son-in-law parents German) ( horsedealer)
Edward Stanley .....10 b 1909 Ohio ( Grandson)
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In ward 5
John B Broadway ....38 b 1872 England Head married ( Horses)
Tillie ...............33 b 1877 Ohio
Garvey ( F) ..........17 b 1893 Ohio Single
Willie ...............12 b 1898 Ohio Bessie 9 b 1901 Ohio
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1920 Census Toledo Ward 1 Lucas Ohio
John Broadway ......48 b 1872 Alabama Married ( Retail merchant confections)
Tillie Broadway ..... 43 b 1877 Ohio
Antony Dersch ........21 b 1889 Ohio son in law French ( Bar-tender Soft drinks)
Bessie Dersch ........19 b 1901 Ohio Daughter nee/ Broadway
Phillie Jeffery ..... 13 b 1907 Ohio niece
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In ward 8
Albert H Broadway .......32 b 1888 Michigan Married ( automobile company)
Emma Broadway .............28 b 1892 Ohio ( Smith before marriage)
John Albert ................9 b 1911 Ohio
Calvin .....................3 b 1917 Ohio
Edward Hues ................4 b 1915 Ohio (Boarder)
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In ward 12
Nathaniel Broadway ......27 b 1893 Ohio Married ( Horse trader)
May Broadway ............. 26 b 1894 Ohio
Issak ......................5 b 1915 Ohio John 2 b1917 Ohio
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In ward 12
Henry Broadway ........38 b 1882 Indiana Married ( Chauffeur Oil Well Supplier)
Flora ....................32 b 1888 Ohio
John .....................20 b 1900 Ohio ( Chauffeur Oil well Supplier)
This John Broadway son of Henry Broadway was Florence Riley's first husband had 3 children with
After they divorced she married Edward Stanley and had
Robert R Stanley b May 29 1937 d April26,2003 Millbury Wood Ct. Ohio
Clayton E Stanley b November15,1933 d July23,1998 Toledo Lucas Ct. Ohio
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In ward 12
Steve Stanley .......32 b 1888 Nebraska ( French) Married
Emma Broadway .......32 b 1888 Ohio
Edward ............... 10 b 1910 Ohio
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Charles Broadway.... 69 b 1851 England
Aleganey ...............52 b 1868 Canada
Leonard ................34 b 1886 Michigan
George .................18 b 1902 Michigan
Mary Dollis .............5 b 1918 Ohio Grand daughter
MARRIAGES FOUND IN AMERICA :
Dovey Broadway daughter of Tom Broadway & D Harrison
married 3rd July 1906 Adrian Lawee Michigan
Thomas Cooper son of S Cooper & S Wells
Matilda Broadway daughter William Broadway -Delia Jones
Married 15th June 1907 Racine Michigan
Richard Joles son of Jessie Joles & Elizabeth Ruswell
Nancy Broadway daughter of John Broadway & Tillie Jeffrey
married 22 June 1910 Monroe Michigan
Steve S Dalke son of Martin Dalke & Ebolone Young
Manuel Broadway son of Charles & Alleganey Bryer Broadway
married 7th March 1911 Monroe Michigan
Maggie Lovell daughter of Lewyllen & Sophia Lovell
Leonard Broadway son of Charles & Alleganey Bryer Broadway
married 17th May 1922 Detroit Wayne Michigan
Pinkie R Davis daughter of Edward Davis & Lillian Schwartz
* After Pinkie Davis Died Leonard Broadway married Bessie Stanley*
one child of Leonard and Bessie
Millie D Broadway b 27 Feb 1934 Urbana, Illinois d 05 May 1934 Toledo, Lucas Co., Ohio
Jemima Broadway daughter of Charles & Alleganey Bryer Broadway
married 24th April Detroit Michigan 1917
Walter Arthur Baldwin son of Philand & Ester Baldwin
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BIRTHS :
Female Joles born 16th May 1900 in camp on the edge of city Walworth Winconsin
Parents Richard Joles ( Indiana) & Matilda Broadway ( South Carolina)
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DEATH REGISTERS
John Broadway Jr b 1871 Nashville Tenn - died 3rd May 1938 Toledo Lucas Ohio
Aged 67 - married
Spouse Tillie Jeffery
Parents John Broadway & Tillie Williams
Buried Woodlawn
William Riley Broadway died 13th April 1914 Toledo Ohio -aged 16 born 1898
Parents John Broadway & Tillie Jeffery
Samuel Broadway died 7th Feb 1929 Ashland Ohio -born 28th Nov 1887 MD
Aged 52
Spouse Louisa Broadway
Occupation Stockbuyer
Parents John Broadway & Matlida Williams both born England
Matilda Broadway b 6th May 1849 Devonshire England - died 29th Oct 1935 Toledo Ohio
Aged 86 -widowed
Spouse John Broadway
Buried 1st November 1935 Woodlawn Ohio
Parents ; Thomas Williams - Mary Defiance Burton both from England
Mishek Richard Broadway b 7th April 1899 Ohio -died 11th Mar 1957 -aged 57 Dallas Texas
Buried Ponca City Oklahoma Odd Fellows Cemetery
He was a retired Showman
Married : Mrs Morga Broadway -informant
Parents ; Tom Broadway & Carrie Smith
Louis W Smith b 1897 -died 17th Sept 1969 Houston Harris Texas
Aged 72
Occupation Shipping Clerk
Parents Woodvine Smith & Matilda Broadway
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Here is the article on Broadways...I believe it is William Broadway son of John Broadway and Mary Lock
May 1 1887
William Broadway and the Winter Life
Wichita eagle, May 01, 1887, Page 10, Image 10
GYPSIES IN BUFFALO
LUXURIOUS NOMADS WHO OWN THE SWAY OF AN AMERICAN QUEEN
Royalty Unquestioned in a Republic-Interesting Visit to the People Who Build No Cities How They Live During the Winter.
“Oh, you don’t want to say anything about us. We are not in the show business and don’t want to be boomed in the newspapers, nor politicians looking for great fame or honors; neither are we as bad as some imagine, and do not deserve the notoriety that is something put upon our race by those who know little or nothing about us.”
The speaker was William Broadway, a son of Uncle John Broadway, the venerable counselor of one of the leading gypsy tribes in America, which is represented in Buffalo by several families that always spend their winters here. The Broadways live on Folsom Street in a story and a half house that they rent for the season. There are other gypsy families belonging to other tribes living at Cold Springs, the Hydraulics and Black Rock. But the Broadways, including the Harrison’s and Smalls, who all belong to one tribe, are generally recognized as the more cultured and respected and better educated of the gypsy race.
THE REAL AND THE BOGUS
“There are gypsies and gypsies,” said Broadway, when finally persuaded to talk about his people, “and there is just us much difference between the real and the bogus varieties as there is between a decent and respectable tourist and a rowdy, thievish tramp. The trouble is that people sometimes confound the two and the good suffer with the prejudice created by the bad. Some of these nomads that travel around in guise of gypsies are not gypsies at all, but merely cheap impostors who bring our race into disgrace. We sometimes run across them in our travels but we never associate with them. You will see red headed and light complexioned people among them, which is a sure sign that they aren’t gypsies because the real gypsy is swarthy hued, black eyed and with black hair, and his veins are filled with the pure and unadulterated blood of our Egyptian ancestors.
“I can tell a true gypsy at a glance, communicate with him by signs that are intelligible only among our selves and converse with him in pure Egyptian. Most of our tribe are also Free Masons and recognized the world over. We have our family records by which we are able to trace our pedigree back to the ancient days of our race, and there is much in our forms, customs and belief, preserved in their original purity, that deserves respect and of which we are proud. The fundamental principles of our race, religiously observed as they are, encourage the highest type of morality among us, and as a result you never hear of a gypsy who gets drunk or is profane, or changed with adultery, abandonment seduction or any of the low things so common to the age. The family relations of a true gypsy are of the happiest nature and the ties of relationship the closest. We provide for our own sick and we have no paupers.”
OLDEST GYPSY QUEEN
“There is no queen of the gypsies in the United States,” in the sense that she rules over all in America,” said Broadway. “There are several tribes in this country, each having its own queen and king. The tribe referred to in dispatch is different from ours, just as one tribe of Indians would differ from another, although related in race. Our tribe is one of the oldest and our queen is alive and a white haired woman who is well advanced in years, and whom we expect to have among us for many years to come. In the fall of each year, when we settle in our winter quarters in cities, our queen goes back to England and returns again in spring. She is the oldest gypsy queen now in the world alive and has reigned longer than any of her predecessors.”
“How does she look?”
“Well, I suppose you have the picture of a decrepit old woman in your mind, having pinched and wrinkled features, shriveled in form and bearing out the accepted idea of a witch. But she looks altogether different. Our queen is well preserved a little above the average height, with kindly features and glorious black eyes, while her hair is like the foam of your Niagara. She travels with us during there summer and is adored by young and old wherever we go. We are proud of our queen for she is as good as she is beautiful. She returns to this country in about two months.”
The family wagons of the several families belonging to the gypsy tribe of which Broadway is a member are stored in Taylor’s mammoth warehouse on Seneca street. The vehicles are curiosities in their way and quite ornamental in construction. The handsomest car or wagon is that of Uncle John Broadway and is a very costly affair. Its interior is fitted up in oriental splendor, with rich gilt carvings and inlaid wood designs and sumptuously upholstered. The accommodations are arranged somewhat after the plan of a Pullman Sleeping coach. Large plate glass windows swinging on hinges and provided with heavy raw silk curtains are on the sides and a stained glass window ornaments the rear. These wagons, of which there are five, are for the women and children. The kitchen utensils are carried under the wagons and all the cooking is done in the open air. The temperate, sanitary outdoor life of these people is conducive to good health and sickness among them while on their travels is an unusually thing. In Buffalo there are at present about 100 gypsy families in winter quarters and every tribe in the United States is represented. About Many 1 the annual summer hegira will begin and the four generally lasts until about the latter part of October -- Buffalo News.
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William Riley and Prestella Broadway are my great Grandparents. My Grandfather was Jack Riley, son of William and Prestella, and my granmother was Winifred Virginia Wells, who was also a Worton. Both are buried in Woodlawn Cemetary in Toledo, Ohio in section 23.
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