1860s Benjamin Broomhead & Sarah Hoyland Broomhead CDV Photo, UK & USA

#833 Broadbent & Broomhead Genealogy:

On front: "Grandpa and Grandma Broomhead" is handwritten in old dip pen ink on front above their photo. On reverse: "Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Broomhead, property of B.B. Broomhead" is handwritten in old dip pen ink. Also "Born 1802 in Yorkshire England" is handwritten in old period pencil. Photo type: Original Antique Victorian CDV or Carte de Visite Photograph, pre 1875, Sarah's death date. Photographer: Cowells, 303 Chapel St. New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut. (known to be well known New Haven photographer Daniel Cowell or Daniel T. Cowell 1831-1890)

Found in Public Genealogy Records:
Benjamin Broomhead 1802-1885, died age 82, son of John Broomhead and Diana Clithero Broomhead. They married August 12, 1782 in Ecclesfield, Yorkshire, England. His siblings were John Broomhead, born 1788, Ann Broomhead born 1790, Thomas Broomhead born 1793, Hannah Broomhead born 1795 and Mary Ann Broomhead born 1800.

His wife: Sarah Hoyland Broomhead, 1806-1875, died age 69, baptized 1807 in Silkstone, Yorkshire, England. Her parents were Francis Hoyland 1765–1831 and Lydia Hawden Hoyland 1780–1819. Her siblings were Francis Hoyland 1802–1873, Jonathan Hoyland born 1809, Joshua Hoyland 1813–1834. Her half siblings were George Hoyland born 1790, Joseph Hoyland 1790–1852, Martha Hoyland born 1793, and Rebecca Hoyland born 1795.

Their children:
John Rawling born 1830
Charles Rawling born 1833
Benjamin Rawling born 1836
Sarah Rawling 1839–1900

Benjamin & Sarah Broomhead are both buried at the Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut

Their grandson:
Benjamin Broomhead Broadbent 1863-1953
His father: James Radcliff Broadbent 1834–1900 born in Yorkshire, England and died in Hamden, New Haven County, Connecticut.
His mother: Sarah Broomhead Rawling Broadbent 1839–1899 possibly born in Virginia and died in Hamden, New Haven County, Connecticut. (the daughter of Benjamin & Sarah Broomhead)
His siblings:
Sarah Broomhead Broadbent 1859–1952
Elizabeth H Broadbent 1861–1921
Alice Broadbent born 1876
His wife: Hattie E Warner Broadbent 1865–1956 daughter of Hubert Elias Warner 1839–1923 and Charlotte Ann Rogers Warner 1841–1927.
Their children
Marjorie Broadbent 1888–1979
Ericson Broadbent 1890–1940

Benjamin Broomhead United States Census, 1850
Event Place New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut
Age 48
Birth Year (Estimated) 1802
Birthplace England
Household, Age, Birthplace:
Benjamin Broomhead M 48 England
Sarah Broomhead F 45 England
John Parkins M 20 England
John Rawling M 21 England
Charles Rawling M 17 Connecticut
Benjamin Rawling M 14 Connecticut
Sarah B Rawling F 11 Virginia

Source: Legislative History and Souvenir of Connecticut, Vol. 6: 1907-1908 by Author Dr. William Harrison Taylor, born 1862. Published in Putnam, Connecticut by author. "Portraits and sketches of state officers, senators, representatives, commissioners, etc., group cuts of committees, list of committees.": B.B. or BB Broadbent: BENJAMIN B. BROADBENT, Hamden CT: Benjamin Broomhead Broadbent, of Hamden, the son of James Radcliff Broadbent and Sarah Rawling Broadbent, was born at New Haven, August 21, 1863. He received his education at the public schools of Hamden. June 30, 1886, he married Hattie V. Warner, daughter of Ex-Representative Hubert E. Warner and Charlotte Rogers Warner. Two children, Marjorie W. Broadbent, born March 16, 1888 and Ericsson R.B. Broadbent, born June 27, 1890, have come to brighten their home. Mr. Broadbent was engaged in the milk business from 1882 to 1883, when he entered the grocery, grain and coal business which he has successfully carried on up to the present time. He is a wide-awake Republican and a highly respected member of the Hamden M.E. Church of which he has been steward ten years and trustee since 1901. He is vice-president of the Hamden Plains Improvement Society. His genial and upright qualities made him very popular at the Capitol."

This is a great old Broomhead surname piece and a wonderful old English couple photo, one of our very favorites! It was found in Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. This surname is also seen as Broomehead.

Size: 2.5 x 4 inches
        Note: The original is sold, but you may still purchase large, detailed and intimate 300 dpi high resolution scans of front and back, sent immediately via email. Please check our site carefully, as many may be related to each other that we are unaware of. Click scan to place in your cart. Thank you, enjoy! ~debra (please also join me at Ancestorville Genealogy on facebook. contact info on top bar)