Philip Bragg

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Maureen Withey on 22nd April 2020

MR. BRAGG, Finishing Writing Master, and Teacher of Commercial Arithmetic, Bathurst-street West. Reference to hundreds of respectable persons Sydney. Freeman’s Journal (Sydney) 29 Apr 1854. BIRTH. On the 6th instant, in Bathurst-street, the wife of Mr. Bragg, writing master, of a son. Empire, (Sydney) 10 Aug 1854. WRITING, Bookkeeping, Arithmetic, &c.., taught by Mr. BRAGG, 363, Sussex-street, Haymarket. Writing, Bookkeeping, Arithmetic, &c., Schools and Families attended by Mr. BRAGG (late Writing Master at St. James' Grammar School). Terms on application. Address 363. Sussex-street. The Sydney Morning Herald, 13 Feb 1858.

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https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD33-1-3-p085j2k Birth of daughter, Georginia Bragg, Hobart district 1848. Born Jan 14 1848, father Philip George Bragg, Writing master, and Winifred Bragg, formerly Linahan. Father informant, address 87 New ?? ------------------------------------------------- https://stors.tas.gov.au/POL220-1-1 page 345 Passenger Departure, on Shamrock from Launceston to Melborne, 19 Mar 1851. Winfred Brag, per Mexborough , free by servitude Philip Brag, per Eden, 2. free by servitude. -------------------------------------------------- Philip Bragg appears to have then moved to Sydney, working as a Writing Master. --------------------------------------------------- INSOLVENT COURT. TUESDAY. THE surrender of the following estate was accepted by the Chief Justice : Philip George Bragg, of Castlereagh-street, Sydney, writing master. Liabilities, £78 15s ; assets -value of personal property, £26 ; deficit, £52 15s. Mr. Perry, official assignee. Sydney Morning Herald, 16 May 1855. MONDAY. BEFORE the Chief Commissioner of Insolvent Estates. In the estate of Philip George Bragg, a single meeting. Claims amounting to £63 2s. were proved, and insolvent amended his schedule. The creditors allowed insolvent his household furniture and wearing apparel, on his undertaking to pay by monthly instalments of £5, the debts proved in the estate. -------------------------------------------------- Is this Philip Bragg, now working at St James Grammar School? ST. JAMES GRAMMAR SCHOOL Under the patronage and direction of the Lord Bishop of Sydney. Headmaster: C. W. ROWE, B.A. Graduate of Lincoln College, Oxford. Second Master: W. S. CREENY of the Royal Institution, Belfast. Writing Master: Mr. BRAGG. Drill: Mr. BAMFORD: TERMS . Per Quarter. Classical and Commercial Education £3. 3.0 French or German £1.1. 0 Drawing £1.1 0 Dancing £2.0. 0 Hours' of attendance- From 9 to 12.30, and 2 to 3.30. It is an important object in this School that, while pupils may obtain a sound Classical Education, their attention should also be directed to subjects of practical utility. The School will re-open on THURSDAY, July 9. Empire, (Sydney) 2 July 1857. -------------------------------------------------- The Sydney Morning Herald, 29 May 1855. On Thursday, 27th ult., an elderly man, named Philip George Bragg, died in Castlereagh-street, from swallowing ammonia - Verdict, accidental death. Illustrated Sydney News, 24 Nov 1870. -------------------------------------------------- CORONER'S INQUESTS. DEATH FROM SWALLOWING AMMONIA.-On last Saturday forenoon, the City Coroner resumed an inquiry, at the Sydney Arms, Castlereagh-street, touching the death of a man named Philip George Bragg. Hannah Ranger deposed that she ordinarily resided at the Glebe ; she knew the deceased ; she had been living in the same house with deceased, 237, Castlereagh-street, since about the commencement of the present month ; she had known the deceased for a number of years ; she considered him to be a temperate man; she had never seen anything in his conduct or manner to generate the suspicion that he was suffering from an impaired mind ; she had always found him a sensible, rational man, in full possession of all his reasoning faculties ; he lived under her roof for nearly seven years, and she had frequent opportunities of seeing him ; deceased lodged with her till nearly the commencement of the present month, when he went to Mrs. Jones's ; she had never heard him say that he would take his life, nor from anything he said or did, did she contemplate that he would do so ; he appeared recently to be in the perfect enjoyment of health ; she knew the room Bragg occupied at Mrs. Jones's house ; deceased, Mrs. Jones, and herself were the only occupants of the house ; the bottle now produced, labelled " strong liquid ammonia," she knew; she saw it on last Wednesday evening; deceased then brought it to the house; she first saw it in his hands ; it was then full of similar liquid to that now in it ; it was about 6 o'clock when he came to the house with the bottle ; he was alone, and sober, and rational ; he sat down in the sitting-room and asked for some water, saying that he was going to take a little ammonia; she gave him a little water and a wine-glass, which he asked for; he then poured about one-third of the contents of the bottle into the glass and poured some water on it, and drank it off ; about two minutes afterwards he went upstairs ; as she noticed something strange in his appearance, she looked at the bottle, and went up to his room, and found him lying on his bed ; she asked him what was the matter, and he replied, "I will be better presently;" witness then went down stairs, and about a quarter of an hour afterwards, hearing the deceased groan, she returned to his room ; she found him vomiting; she then went to Mr. Watts's chemist's shop, with the bottle, and told him what had occurred, and, acting upon his advice, she gave the deceased several doses of olive oil ; deceased continued ill all night vomiting, and occasionally bringing up blood ; witness called in Dr. Bedford, on Thursday morning, and he prescribed for him, but, notwithstanding the remedies adopted, he died at 3 p.m. ; while witness was with deceased, he said, "To think that I should inadvertently take anything that would do me an injury ; I hope to God I will get over it ; I think that stuff is out of me ; " Dr. Bedford asked deceased how he came to take the ammonia, and he replied that he was in the habit of taking a little ammonia, and that he did not think that he had taken too much ; she had seen deceased take ammonia on former occasions. Dr. Rudolf Schuette deposed that he was a legally qualified medical practitioner; he saw on Friday afternoon the body of a man named Bragg, at 237, Castlereagh-street, on which he performed a post-mortem examination; the body was well developed and nourished, no marks of violence being exhibited ; on inspection of the mouth, lips, and gums , he found the mucous membrane in many places destroyed ; both lungs were slightly congested ; the heart was flabby, enlarged, and covered with fat containing a quantity of fluid dark blood which condition of the blood, he found through the entire muscular system, the thoracic cavity containing a very small amount of turbid fluid ; the liver was enlarged and fatty degenerated; the mucous membrane of the swallow and gullet were almost in their whole extent inflamed, and softened covered in patches with a reddish bloody-like mucus ; the mucous membrane of the stomach had a similar appearance, in fact there was no part of the stomach which did not show active inflammation or its results ; the intestines also showed signs of inflammation ; after hearing the evidence combined with the results of his post-mortem examination, he gave it as his opinion, that the cause of death was inflammation of the stomach and the intestines, which most probably was the result of swallowing a portion of the strong liquid ammonia shown to him. The jury found that the deceased died from the effects of an overdose of liquid ammonia, taken by himself, but without any intention of destroying life. Sydney Morning Herald, 24 Cct 1870. FUNERALS. THE FRIENDS of the deceased, Mr. PHILIP G. BRAGG, Writing Master, are invited to attend his Funeral ; to move from his late residence, No. 237, Castlereagh-street, THIS AFTERNOON, at half-past 2 o'clock. THOMAS, Undertaker, 141, York-street. The Sydney Morning Herald, 21 Oct 1870.

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Maureen Withey on 22nd April 2020

Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 22 April 2020), October 1840, trial of PHILLIP BRAGG (t18401019-2601). PHILLIP BRAGG, Theft > simple larceny, 19th October 1840. 2601. PHILLIP BRAGG was indicted for stealing, on the 20th of October, 1 pair of trowsers, value 1l. 3s., the goods of John Sewell. MICHAEL HAEFFELE . I am a tailor, in the employ of Mr. John Sewell, in the Commercial-road. On the 20th of October I heard a kind of rustling noise, as if something had been taken from the brass railing inside the shop, where we commonly hang clothes—I got up immediately, ran to the door, and saw a person like the prisoner with a dress like the one he has got on, making a kind of fastish trot—I pursued him—he was very busy, tucking something under his coat—I called out, "Stop him"—he seemed to go faster—he went down the first turning into George-street—I followed him, and calling "Stop thief," he ran quicker—I had slippers on, and I lost sight of him—I picked up the trowsers under the railroad arches, where I lost him, in going through a passage—he got through one of the arches—I saw nothing but his back—the prisoner has all the appearance of that person. JAMES CREEK . I work for Mr. Ellis, a green-grocer in the Commercial-road—I saw the prisoner running in George-street, tucking something up like a pair of trowsers—when he came to the railroad he dropped the trowsers, and ran down the passage—I followed, and lost sight of him—when we came back, a person said, "There he goes," and we followed the prisoner down Queen-street—I overtook him, tapped him on the shoulder, and asked him to come back with me—he said, "No"—I said, "I will keep you till a policeman comes"—I kept him till a parcel of coal heavers came by, and one of them said, "Up with your hand, and give him a smack in the mouth"—I said, "No, he won't, nor you either"—they went on—the prisoner up with his foot, and kicked me in * * * *—a sergeant of police came, and he was taken—I went to the station-house with my hands on two boys' shoulders, and was examined by a doctor—he said if the kick had been a little farther it might have ruined me for life—I have not been able to work since. WILLIAM PARAMORE . I am a policeman. I took the prisoner, and have the trowsers. (Property produced and sworn to.) GUILTY.* Aged 19.— Transported for Seven Years. Philip Bragg married Winefred Lenahan, who arrived on Mexborough in Dec 1841. -------------------------------------------------- Marriage permissions: 1847. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON52-1-2p166 5763. Philip Bragg, T.L. Edin. and 243. Winifred Lenahan, Mesbro, sent to Secretary 19 March 1847. Approved. -------------------------------------------------- Marriage record: 1847 Marriages in Launceston District. https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD37-1-6p283j2k April 20 1847 at St Joseph’s church, Launceston, Phillip Bragg, 25, T. Leave, Clerk, and Winefred Lenhan, T. Leave, age 30, spinster, according to the rites of the Catholic church. Both signed their names.