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Old 7th February 2016, 11.46:53   #55-0 (permalink)
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Currently, and for clarity, I believe that our founding team was as follows (with the histories of 3 team members- Joseph Roberts, G.R. Johnson and John Taylor to be confirmed)

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Edward Manners
Born Knaresbourough 1830 Died Wrexham 1911


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Charles Edward Kershaw (Captain)
Born 1839. Died Southport 1884.

William Tootell
Born Wrexham 1831. died Wrexham 1866

Thomas Henry Sykes
Born Huddersfield 1841. Died Nottingham 1910

Thomas Broster
Born Wrexham 1845. Died Bethlehem, South Africa 1921

Thomas Hanmer
Born Overton 1839. Died Wrexham 1887

Edward Ephraim Knibbs
Born Cheshire 1837. Died Wrexham 1875

Thomas Heath
Born Ramsbury (Wilts) 1824. Died Wycombe 1887.

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As far as I am aware the attached image is the first photo anyone has ever seen of any of the 10, recently identified, founding players of Wrexham AFC.
Thomas Broster who emigrated to South Africa
The image (albeit in his later years) was kindly emailed to me by his great, great grandson, Rod, who lives in South Africa.
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As far as I am aware the attached image is the first photo anyone has ever seen of any of the 10, recently identified, founding players of Wrexham AFC.
Thomas Broster who emigrated to South Africa
The image (albeit in his later years) was kindly emailed to me by his great, great grandson, Rod, who lives in South Africa.
That's good work.

Thanks Rod and yourself of course ESR
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Due to additional information received from Thomas Broster's great, great grandson, I have updated his details.

In the 1861 census Thomas Broster was listed as a teacher, and in 1867 he was appointed a trustee of The Old Meeting Baptist Church in Wrexham.
By the time of the 1871 census Thomas and his family were living with his father in law, Jonathan Owen, at 28 Lambpitt Street, and his occupation was recorded as a Senior Clerk at the post office.
Thomas and his family emigrated to South Africa aboard The Windsor Castle Steamer from London to The Cape of Good Hope on 23rd October 1874, although an article in The Wrexham Advertiser 31 October 1874 reported that the ship caught fire and had to return to port for repairs.
His family settled in Queenstown where he became the headmaster of an elementary school and where he also founded The Willows Cricket Club.
He would later serve as a member of staff at The Queenstown High School for Boys for 22 years and was made an Honorary Life Vice-President of the Old Boys Association on its inception in 1912.
Thomas’s wife, Harriet died in Queenstown 9th December 1894 and in June 1912, Thomas left Queenstown with his daughter, Gwladys, to live with his son Charles in Bethlehem in The Orange Free State, where he died on 29/06/1921.

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As far as I am aware the attached image is the first photo anyone has ever seen of any of the 10, recently identified, founding players of Wrexham AFC.
Thomas Broster who emigrated to South Africa
The image (albeit in his later years) was kindly emailed to me by his great, great grandson, Rod, who lives in South Africa.
He could still do a job upfront now etc etc

Seriously though, great work and wonderful reading !
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Thank you Rob. Hopefully, we will soon find the histories of the remaining 3 players and I will then contact the club in order to see if we can have some sort of commemoration, possibly seeking donations on RP for a plaque to be placed at The Racecourse etc...

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Good Afternoon to all on the list,
I am Rod Gebhardt from Cape Town, great grandson of Thomas BROSTER, whom I only recently found out was an active footballer himself. I only ever knew of him as a very active cricketer.
I would like to hear from anyone if Thomas played any more games for the AFC? This is a very interesting part of his life and I would like to uncover as much as is humanly possible.
Thank you all for your interest and if I am able to I would like to share any information I am able to uncover about him.
I often wonder if his father, Benjamin BROSTER who also worked for the Post Office, was also active in any sports in the Wrexham area? Would anyone know?
His son Edward (Ted) who was born in Wrexham when his mother came to visit the family, was also an avid cricketer. He played wicket keeper for the Border Region in the Cape.
Again thanks to all for your interest
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Welcome aboard Rod. Great that you have signed up to Redpassion. Hopefully, more information can be learned about your ancestors from Wrexham and I will email you or post on here if I find anything which seems relevent
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Updated details for Thomas Hanner (page 2 of thread)

Thomas Hanner was born the son of Thomas and Martha in Overton in 1839.
He had one brother Arthur (b1834) and two sisters Rosina (b1838) and Dorcas (b1832).
The census of 1851 reported that he also had a cousin, Emily Dawson (b1840) who, along with a servant lived with the family at The Coach and Horses, High Street, Wrexham.
Thomas Hanmer (snr) was a publican and the family where associated with a number of Taverns in the area; Arthur Hanmer was the landlord of The Royal Oak in Bangor-is-y-coed but in 1861 he attained the license of the Turf Tavern (Hotel) and the family moved to their new home at The Racecourse where they built close ties with the members of The Denbighshire County Cricket Club and where Thomas Hanmer (jnr) would become one of the 10 founding players of Wrexham Football Club in their first ever game on the 22nd October 1864. He was also trophy winner in the first athletics event arranged by the newly formed Football club on 13th May 1865.
An obituary in The Wrexham Advertisor reported that Thomas’s father died at The Turf Hotel, aged 60 on 2nd November 1867.
There are no records to show that Thomas Hanmer ((jnr) was married or that he had any children, but a newspaper article in 1869 recorded that he still lived with his sister and his mother at The Turf Hotel. WREXHAM COUNTY COURT.?WEDNESDAY.|1869-01-30|Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser and Cheshire Shropshire and North Wales Register - Welsh Newspapers Online until he too died at The Turf Hotel, aged 48 on 14th March 1887.

Thomas Hanmer
1839-1887

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