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SIDE 1
IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBERENCE OF
ANNE BRINTON
DIED SEPTEMBER 10TH 1873 AGED 48 
THY WILL BE DONE

SIDE 2
ELLEN BRINTON
DIED
DECEMBER {5}TH 1856
AGED 11 WEEKS

SIDE 3
IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBERENCE OF
GEORGE SIMON BRINTON
DIED  FEBRUARY 1?TH [1868] AGED 46 
WHAT [I DO] THOU KNOW[E]S[T] [NOT] NOW BUT [THOU] [S]HALT KNOW [HEREAFTER]

SIDE 4
KATE BRINTON
DIED
DECEMBER 16TH 1850
AGED 9 MONTHS

Other Information

In 1841, George Brinton lived in Hollybrook, Shirley. He was a "brick ?"
Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece 402; Book: 17; Civil Parish: Millbrook; County: Hampshire; Enumeration District: 7; Folio: 26; Page: 11; Line: 7; GSU roll: 288802.

Marriage recorded for Simon George Brinton to Anne Arnold, Jan-Mar 1843, Southampton, Vol. 7, page 214.

In 1851, the census shows George Brinton (b.1822, Southampton) living at Florance Villa in South Stoneham. He was a House Builder. He was married to Anne (b.1825, Poole, Dorset) and they had two children living with them, Ann L. (b.1846, Shirley, Southampton) and George (b.1848, South Stoneham).
Two staff lived with them, a housekeeper and a nurse maid.
Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece: 1670; Folio: 149; Page: 15; GSU roll: 193578.

In 1861, the family were still living in South Stoneham. George was a builder employing 21 men. Ann Louisa, George, Alice (b.1852, Portswood), Frank (b.1854, Southampton), Alfred John (b.1855, Southampton), Mary Louisa (b.1858, Portswood). All but Mary were scholars.
They had two staff, described as house servants.
Source Citation: Class: RG9; Piece: 684; Folio: 125; Page: 9; GSU roll: 542684.

George Simon Brinton was Mayor of Southampton in 1863.

Kate Brinton birth recorded Apr-Jun 1850, South Stoneham, Vol 2c, page 247
Kate Brinton death recorded Oct-Dec 1850, South Stoneham, Vol 2c, page 167
Kate Brinton (infant) of Portswood was buried 20 December 1850.

Helen Brinton birth recorded Oct-Dec 1856, Southampton, Vol 2c, page 8
Helen Brinton death recorded Oct-Dec 1856, South Stoneham, Vol 2c, page 33
Helen Brinton (infant) of Portswood Road was buried on 13 November 1856

George Simon Brinton death recorded Jan-Mar 1868, South Stoneham, Vol 2c, page 14
George Simon Brinton (aged 46) of East Park Terrace, Southampton was buried on 22 February 1868

Anne Brinton death recorded, Jul-Sep 1873, South Stoneham, Vol. 2c, page 32
Anne Brinton (aged 48) of Heathfield, Bitterne was buried on 22 February 1868.

Burial details taken from the Burial Register for Christ Church, Portswood, 1850-1899.