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go2riamb · 30-03-2011, 00:25

This is an amazing find for me thank you Atarah for posting that census, Louis Brown was my Great Grandfather and he was an Ice Cream dealer who eventually had places in Burnley and Nelson also. I was a baby when he died and I believe he lived to 101, his daughter, Ada, also on this census lived to 93 and I visited her many times at 114 Dowry Street where she lived with her daughter, Josephine, for many years. They are all buried in Accrington cemetary. Legend has it that when Louis Brown retired he gave all of his businesses to his employees. I actually think his real name was Luigi Capigrossi but am not 100% sure on that.

30-03-2011, 00:25	#21
go2riamb Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 1 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 0	Re: Accrington's 'Little Italy?' This is an amazing find for me thank you Atarah for posting that census, Louis Brown was my Great Grandfather and he was an Ice Cream dealer who eventually had places in Burnley and Nelson also. I was a baby when he died and I believe he lived to 101, his daughter, Ada, also on this census lived to 93 and I visited her many times at 114 Dowry Street where she lived with her daughter, Josephine, for many years. They are all buried in Accrington cemetary. Legend has it that when Louis Brown retired he gave all of his businesses to his employees. I actually think his real name was Luigi Capigrossi but am not 100% sure on that.