The Lancashireman's family history

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William Brown

(1867 - 1947)

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

Siblings:

Children:

With Hesse Louisa Fell

Timeline

Date	Event	Information	Sources
1867-08-09	Birth	Place: Brierfield	1939 register Census 1881,1891 lancashirebmd: T1
1871-04-02	Census	Abode: Hudson Street, Brierfield, Lancashire Age: 4 Birthplace: Brierfield, Lancashire Note: Surname recorded as Buck	Census record RG10-4155-99-19: F1 F2 F3 T2
1881-04-03	Census	Abode: 4 Pickering St, Brierfield, Lancashire Age: 13 Occupation: Cotton weaver Birthplace: Brierfield, Lancashire	Census record RG11-4162-96-16: F4 F5 F6 T3
1891-04-05	Census	Abode: 4 Sackville Street, Brierfield, Lancashire Age: 23 Occupation: Cotton weaver Birthplace: Brierfield, Lancashire	Census record RG12-3379-119-31: F7 F8 F9 T4
abt.1891-05	Marriage Hesse Louisa Fell (1872 - 1922)		lancashirebmd: T5 GRO index: F10 F11 T6
1901-03-31	Census	Abode: 29 Regent Street, Brierfield, Lancashire Age: 30 Occupation: Cotton weaver Birthplace: Nelson, Lancashire	Census record RG13-3884-93-10: F12 F13 T7
1911-04-02	Census	Abode: 7 Ross Street, Brierfield, Lancashire Age: 43 Occupation: Cotton weaver Birthplace: Brierfield, Lancashire	Census record RG14PN24908-RG78PN1424-RD472-SD4-ED28-SN277: F14 F15 T8
1939-09-29	1939 register	Birthdate: 1867-08-09 Abode: 6 Walverden Road, Brierfield Occupation: Retired cotton weaver	1939 register RG101-4709F-015-37: Link F16 T9
1947-06-22	Death	Age: 79 Abode: 6 Walverden Road, Brierfield	lancashirebmd: T10 Death notice: F17 F18 T11 Edition: Burnley Express - Wednesday 25 June 1947 - Page 6, Column 6

Transcripts of sources

Ref.	Transcript
T1	Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1867 BROWN William Colne Preston MARLAND COL/48/70
T2	1871 census RG10 Piece 4155 Folio 99 Page 19 Civil Parish or Township of Little Marsden City or Municipal Borough of [blank] Municipal Ward of Brierfield Local Board Parliamentary Borough of [blank] Town of Little Marsden Village or Hamlet, &c, of Brierfield Local Board or Improvement Commissioners District of Brierfield Ecclesiastical District of Little Marsden Schedule 104 Hudson Street Robert Buck Head Mar 34 Colliery Labourer Lancashire; Pendle Forest Jane Buck Wife Mar 27 Cotton Weaver Lancashire; Ashton Joshua Buck Son 7 Scholar Lancashire; Brierfield William Buck Son 4 Scholar Lancashire; Brierfield Transcribed from Census-1871-RG10-4155-99-19.jpeg by dh
T3	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
T4	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
T5	BROWN William FELL Essie 1891 Burnley Register Office or Registrar Attended Preston Lancashire RM/81/31
T6	Brown William Burnley 8e 391 Fell Essie Burnely 8e 391
T7	1901 Census RG13 piece 3884 folio 93 page 10 Administrative County Lancaster Civil Parish of Brierfield Ecclesiastical Parish of Brierfield St Luke's 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 75 29 Regent St William Brown Head M 30 Cotton Weaver Worker Lancs Nelson Hessie Brown Wife M 28 Cotton Weaver Worker Lancs Nelson Maggie Brown Daur 10 Lancs Nelson Jane Ann Brown Daur 7 Lancs Brierfield Harry Brown Son 2 Lancs Brierfield Transcribed from Census-1901-RG13-3884-93-10.jpeg and Census-1901-RG13-3884-93-10.jpg by dh
T8	1911 census RG14PN24908 RG78PN1424 RD472 SD4 ED28 SN277 Registration District 472 Registration Sub-District 4 Enumeration District 28 7 Ross St Brierfield Schedule 277 William Brown Head 43 Married Cotton Weaver Worker Lancs Brierfield Hessie Louisa Brown Wife 38 Married 20 3 3 0 Cotton Weaver Worker Lancs Nelson Maggie Brown Daughter 20 Single Cotton Weaver Worker Lancs Nelson Jane Ann Brown Daughter 18 Single Cotton Weaver Worker Lancs Brierfield Harry Brown Son 11 School Lancs Brierfield Enumerator BH 2 Males 3 Females 5 Persons 4 rooms. Signed Maggie Brown No 7 Ross St Brierfield Transcribed from Census-1911-RG14PN24908-RG78PN1424-RD472-SD4-ED28-SN277.jpeg by dh
T9	E.D. Letter code NTQF Borough, U.D. or R.D. Brierfield Reg. District and Subdistrict 472 A/2 [Borough and R.D. struck out] Address: 6 Walverden Road, Brierfield Sch.no./sub: 220 3 Name: Brown, William OVSPI: M/F: M Birthdate: 9 Aug 67 SMWD: W Occupation: Cotton Weaver (Retired)
T10	BROWN William 79 1947 Nelson Preston Lancashire NEL/12/38
T11	BROWN. - On June 22nd. William Brown. aged 79 years. of 6, Walverden-road. Brierfield. Inter- ment to-day. St. John's Great Marsden. Nelson - Burnley Co-op Soc., Ltd. Tel 3169.

File sources

Ref.	Type	File name
F1	Image	Census-1871-RG10-4155-99-19.jpeg
F2	Transcript	Census-1871-BUCK-Robert-transcript.pdf
F3	Transcript	Census-1871-RG10-4155-99-19-Buck.text
F4	Transcript	Census-1881-BROWN-Jane-transcript.pdf
F5	Image	Census-1881-RG11-4162-96-16.jpeg
F6	Transcript	Census-1881-RG11-4162-96-16-Brown.text
F7	Image	Census-1891-RG12-3379-119-31.jpeg
F8	Transcript	Census-1891-BROWN-Jane-transcript.pdf
F9	Transcript	Census-1891-RG12-3379-119-31-Brown.text
F10	Image	1891M2-B-0034.jpg
F11	Image	1891M2-F-0084.jpg
F12	Image	Census-1901-RG13-3884-93-10.jpeg
F13	Transcript	Census-1901-RG13-3884-93-10-Brown.text
F14	Image	Census-1911-RG14PN24908-RG78PN1424-RD472-SD4-ED28-SN277.jpeg
F15	Transcript	Census-1911-RG14PN24908-RG78PN1424-RD472-SD4-ED28-SN277.text
F16	Image	1939-Register-TNA-R39-4709-4709F-015.jpg
F17	Image	BurnleyExpress-1947-06-25-p6.pdf
F18	Image	BurnleyExpress-1947-06-25-p6c6-WilliamBrown.jpg

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