Brett - Pilbean
These are notes for the family of Charles Curtis Brett and Ann Pilbean.
See Charles Curtis Brett’s wikitree entry. This says that he married Ann “Pilbin” on 12 June 1823. The Dictionary of National Biography has this as “Pilbean”, and Ann’s birth year as 1808/9 - see page on John Brett (painter).
Charles Curtis Brett’s household in the 1851 census:
| Name | Age | Relation | Profession |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles C Brett | 67 | Head | Vetinary surgeon ?army |
| Ann Brett | 42 | Wife | |
| Rosa Brett | 21 | Daughter | |
| John Brett | 19 | Son | ? landscape ? |
| Theodore Brett | 17 | Son | Scholar |
| Arthur Brett | 15 | Son | Scholar at home |
| Edwin Brett | 10 | Son | Scholar at home |
| Elizabeth Walker | 47 | Servant | ?house? |
See CCB 1851 census original image
1851 England census; Class: HO107; Piece: 1617; Folio: 593; Page: 37; GSU roll: 193518
Rosa Brett was John (the painter’s) older sister. The ODNB has “Brett, Rosa [pseud. Rosarius] (1829–1882), painter, was born on 7 December 1829 and baptized at St George’s, Camberwell, Surrey, on 26 March 1830, the eldest of the five children of Captain Charles Curtis Brett (1789–1865), veterinary surgeon in the 12th lancers, and his wife, Ann, née Pilbean (b. 1808/9), of Tonbridge, Kent.”