Guild of One-Name Studies
One-name studies, Genealogy
Study: Bransgrove
Variants: Bansgrove, Bramsgrove
Category: 3 - A study where research using core genealogical datasets and transcriptions is well under way on a global basis.
Contact: Dr Paul Prescott
This study covers all people with the surname Bransgrove (or variants) at any time period, worldwide. All of them appear to descend from Edward and Sarah Bransgrove, who were born around 1660 and lived in Hanwell, Middlesex.
Hanwell is now a suburb of Greater London, but at that time was an independent village about 10 miles from the capital.
The family remained in Hanwell and nearby parishes until the 1800s, when they gradually spread more widely, particularly in Australia.
Variants included are Bransgrove, Bansgrove and Bramsgrove.
Bransgrove is the most common variant at all time periods.
Bansgrove was almost as common until the late 1700s, when it was steadily replaced by Bransgrove. However a few lines still survive, particularly in Australia.
Bromsgrove is not currently included, except when it obviously refers to someone normally known by one of the other names.
In 1851 there were about 150 Bransgroves in Britain and fewer than 20 in Australia, a mixture of transportees and free migrants and their families.
By 1901 there were still around 150 in the UK, but the Australian contingent had grown to around 75 (plus 10 Bansgroves).
In 2010 there are still only about 150 Bransgroves in the UK, with the largest concentration in London and the adjoining counties. However in Australia there are now 300-400 Bransgroves, with a further 40-50 in New Zealand. There are also small numbers of Bransgroves in the USA, Canada and South Africa, and more recent British emigrants in Spain.
Trees have been produced showing the descent of (almost) all Bransgroves from the ancestral couple, Edward and Sarah. These extend to c2000 in the UK, and to c1950 in Australia and New Zealand.
Original data held includes parish register baptisms, marriages and burials from 1660 onwards; BMDs from FreeBMD and Ancestry from 1837 onwards; and 1841-1911 census data.