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Betty Brown

(1877 - 1919)


Father: Robert Brown (1841 - 1879)
Mother: Jane Marland (1845 - 1926)

Siblings:

Children:

With Richard Simpson


Timeline

Date Event Information Sources
1877 Birth
  • Place: Brierfield
  • Census 1881,1891
  • lancashirebmd:  T1
1881-04-03 Census
  • Abode: 4 Pickering St, Brierfield, Lancashire
  • Age: 4
  • Birthplace: Brierfield, Lancashire
  • Census record RG11-4162-96-16:  F1  F2  F3  T2
1891-04-05 Census
  • Abode: 4 Sackville Street, Brierfield, Lancashire
  • Age: 14
  • Occupation: Cotton weaver
  • Birthplace: Brierfield, Lancashire
  • Census record RG12-3379-119-31:  F4  F5  F6  T3
1901-03-02 Marriage
Richard Simpson (1878 - 1958)
  • Place: St Andrew, Burnley
  • Age: 23
  • Abode: 110 Burnley Road, Brierfield
  • freebmd:  T4
  • lancashirebmd:  T5
  • lan-opc:  Link  T6
  • Parish register:  F7  T7
1901-03-31 Census
  • Abode: 12 St James Street, Brierfield, Lancashire
  • Age: 24
  • Occupation: Cotton weaver
  • Birthplace: Brierfield, Lancashire
  • Census record RG13-3884-94-12:  F8  F9  T8
1911-04-02 Census
  • Abode: 15 Lord Street, Brierfield, Lancashire
  • Age: 34
  • Occupation: Cotton weaver
  • Birthplace: Brierfield, Lancashire
  • Family: Married 10 years, 1 child (still alive)
  • Note: Son Tom is at grandmother Jane's (now called Rukin)
  • Census record RG14PN24908-RG78PN1424-RD472-SD4-ED28-SN381:  F10  F11  T9
1919-05-15 Death
  • Age: 42
  • Place: Victoria Hospital, Burnley
  • Memoriam
  • Burial record
  • lancashirebmd:  T10
  • GRO index:  F12  T11
  • www.gro.gov.uk (search):  T12
  • MI:  Link  F13  T13
    • Page: 37 of PDF
    • Note: Year of death appears to have been mistranscribed
1919-05-19 Burial
  • Place: St Mary, Newchurch in Pendle
1920-05-15 Memoriam
  • Newspaper:  F14  F15  F16  T15
    • Edition: Burnley Express - Saturday 15 May 1920 - Page 12, Column 5


Transcripts of sources

Ref. Transcript
T1
Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1877
BROWN  Betty  Colne  Preston  HARLAND  COL/67/38
        
T2
1881 census RG11 piece 4162 folio 96 page 16

Civil Parish or Township of Little Marsden
City or Municipal Borough of [blank]
Municipal Ward of [blank]
Parliamentary Borough of [blank]
Town or Village or Hamlet of Brierfield
Urban Sanitary District of Brierfield
Rural Sanitary District of [blank]
Ecclesiastical Parish or District of St Luke's

Schedule 70   4 Pickering St

Jane Brown     Head  W       36  Housekeeper    Lancashire Ashton Under Lyne
Joshua Brown   Son   Unm  16     Cotton Weaver  Lancashire Brierfield
William Brown  Son   Unm  13     Cotton Weaver  Lancashire Brierfield
Kate Brown     Daur  Unm     9   Cotton Weaver  Lancashire Brierfield
Thomas Brown   Son   Unm  8      Scholar        Lancashire Brierfield
George Brown   Son   Unm  6      Scholar        Lancashire Brierfield
Betty Brown    Daur  Unm     4   Scholar        Lancashire Brierfield
Robert Brown   Son        2                     Lancashire Brierfield

Transcribed from Census-1881-RG11-4162-96-16.jpeg by dh

        
T3
1891 census RG12 piece 3379 folio 119 page 31

Administrative County of Lancaster
Civil Parish of Little Marsden
Municipal Borough of -
Municipal Ward of -
Urban Sanitary District of Brierfield
Town or Village or Hamlet of Brierfield
Rural Sanitary District of -
Parliamentary Borough or Division of Clitheroe
Ecclesiastical Parish or District of St Luke's

Schedule 193 [198 struck out]   4 Sackville St

Jane Brown     Head  Wid        47                                  Lanc Ashton under lyne
Joshua Brown   Son   Single  26     Cotton Weaver            _ X _  Lanc Brierfield
William Brown  Son   Single  23     Cotton Weaver            _ X _  Lanc Brierfield
Kate Brown     Daur  Single     19  Cotton Weaver            _ X _  Lanc Brierfield
Thomas Brown   Son   Single  18     Cotton Weaver            _ X _  Lanc Brierfield
George Brown   Son   Single  16     Cotton Weaver            _ X _  Lanc Brierfield
Betty Brown    Daur  Single     14  Cotton Weaver            _ X _  Lanc Brierfield
Robert Brown   Son           12     Cotton Weaver half time  _ X _  Lanc Brierfield

Transcribed from Census-1891-RG12-3379-119-31.jpeg by dh

        
T4
Marriages Mar 1901
Brown    Betty    Burnley  8e 250a
Simpson  Richard  Burnley  8e 250a
        
T5
Marriage:  BROWN  Betty  SIMPSON  Richard  1901  Burnley, St Andrew  Lancashire  Preston  CE107/3/337
        
T6
Marriage: 2 Mar 1901 St Andrew, Burnley, Lancs.
Richard Simpson - 23, Twister, Bachelor, 287 Colne Road
Betty Brown - 23, Weaver, Spinster, 118 Burnley Road, Brierfield
    Groom's Father: Thomas Simpson, Mason
    Bride's Father: Robert Brown, Deceased, Miner
    Witness: George Brown; Ellen Simpson
    Married by Banns by: Joseph Thornley M. A. Assistant Priest
    Register: Marriages 1896 - 1904, Page 169, Entry 337
    Source: Original Parish Register
        
T7
1901. Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of S Andrew Burnley
in the Counties of Lancaster & Burnley.
No. 337  March Second 1901
Richard Simpson  23  Bachelor  Twister  287 Colne Road                Thomas Simpson         Mason
Betty Brown      23  Spinster  Weaver   110 Burnley Road, Brierfield  Robert Brown Deceased  Miner
Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England after banns,
by me, Joseph Thornley, Assistant Priest
Marriage solemnized between us,  { Richard Simpson   in the presence of us,  { George Brown
                                 { Betty Brown                               { Ellen Simpson
        
T8
1901 census RG13 piece 3884 folio 94 page 12

Administrative County Lancaster
Civil Parish of Brierfield
Ecclesiastical Parish of Brierfield St Lukes
County Borough, Municipal Borough or Urban District of Brierfield
Ward of Municipal Borough or of Urban District of West
Rural District of [blank]
Parliamentary Borough or Division of Clitheroe
Town or Village or Hamlet of [blank]

Schedule 88   12 St James St

Richard Simpson  Head  M  23     Cotton Twister  Worker  Lancs. Burnley
Betty Simpson    Wife  M     24  Cotton Weaver   Worker  Lancs. Brierfield

Transcribed from Census-1901-RG13-3884-94-12.jpeg by dh

        
T9
1911 census RG14PN24908 RG78PN1424 RD472 SD4 ED28 SN381

Registration District      472
Registration Sub-District  4
Enumeration District       28

15 Lord St Brierfield

Schedule 381

Richard Simpson  Head  33    Married           Cotton Taper   Worker  Brierfcliffe Lancashire  British
Betty Simpson    Wife    34  Married 10 1 1 -  Cotton Weaver  Worker  Brierfield Lancashire    British

Enumerator  BH   1 Males  1 Females  2 Persons     4 rooms. Signed  Richard Simpson  15 Lord St. Brierfield

Transcribed from Census-1911-RG14PN24908-RG78PN1424-RD472-SD4-ED28-SN381.jpeg by dh

        
T10
SIMPSON  Betty  42  1919  Burnley East  Lancashire  Preston  BUE/57/23
        
T11
DEATHS REGISTERED IN APRIL, MAY AND JUNE, 1919.
[Page 585]  Simpson,  Betty  42  Burnley  8e 206
        
T12
SIMPSON, BETTY      42
GRO Reference: 1919  J Quarter in BURNLEY  Volume 08E  Page 206
        
T13
Betty, wife of Richard Simpson, of Brierfield, died May 15th
1912, age 42 yrs.
        
T14
Burial: 19 May 1919 St Mary, Newchurch in Pendle, Lancs.
Betty Simpson -
    Age: 42 years
    Abode: Victoria Hospital, Burnley
    Buried by: Charles C Weston
    Register: Burials 1857 - 2016, Page 211, Entry 1683
    Source: Original Parish Register
        
T15
SIMPSON.- In affectionate remembrance of Bet[ty]
the wife of Richard Simpson who died on M[ay]
15th, 1919.
To-day brings back a memory
Of a loved one gone rest,
And those who think of her to-day
Are those who loved her best.
 -From her loving Brother Robert and Family at
20, Green-street, Burnley.
        


File sources

Ref. Type File name
F1 Transcript Census-1881-BROWN-Jane-transcript.pdf
F2 Image Census-1881-RG11-4162-96-16.jpeg
F3 Transcript Census-1881-RG11-4162-96-16-Brown.text
F4 Image Census-1891-RG12-3379-119-31.jpeg
F5 Transcript Census-1891-BROWN-Jane-transcript.pdf
F6 Transcript Census-1891-RG12-3379-119-31-Brown.text
F7 Image Marriage-RichardSimpson-BettyBrown-1901-03-02-StAndrewBurnley
F8 Image Census-1901-RG13-3884-94-12.jpeg
F9 Transcript Census-1901-RG13-3884-94-12-Simpson.text
F10 Image Census-1911-RG14PN24908-RG78PN1424-RD472-SD4-ED28-SN381.jpeg
F11 Transcript Census-1911-RG14PN24908-RG78PN1424-RD472-SD4-ED28-SN381.text
F12 Image 1919D2-S-0585.jpg
F13 Transcript MI-StMaryNewchurch.pdf
F14 Image BurnleyExpress-1920-05-15-p12.pdf
F15 Image BurnleyExpress-1920-05-15-p12c5-BettyBrown.jpg
F16 Image BurnleyExpress-1920-05-15-p12c5-BettyBrown.jxr


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