Samuel John Browning
1824 Born in Wapping, son of William Browning
1847 Married Sarah Frances Spencer in Tower Hamlets[1]
1854 Dissolution of the Partnership between William Browning of No 111, Minories, in the city of London, Samuel John Browning, of Portsmouth, in the county of Hants., and John Browning of No. 111, Minories, Nautical Instrument Makers, carrying on trade at No. 111 Minories, and at No. 52, High Street, Portsmouth, under the firm of Spencer, Browning, and Company, was, on and from the 31st day of December last past. Notice is hereby also given, that in future the said business of Nautical Instrument Makers will be carried on by the undersigned William Browning and John Browning, on their own account, at No. 111, Minories, London, and by the undersigned Samuel John Browning, at No. 52, High-street, Portsmouth on his own account.[2]
1863 Samuel John Browning, of Portsmouth, in the county of Hants., Optician, Engineer, Brass and Iron Founder, and Dealer, carrying .on business as Spencer Browning and Co.was registered as a debtor by a number of his local creditors[3]
1881 Samuel J. Browning 57, optician, lived in Portsmouth with Sarah F. Browning 52, Sarah F. Browning 25, Elizabeth Browning 22, Spenser Browning 19, optician [4]
1900 Died in Portsea Island[5]