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Margaret Ann Butson

(1871 - 1933)

Nickname: Maggie


Father: Thomas Butson (1837 - 1874)
Mother: Margaret Shutt (1844 - 1915)

Siblings:

Other parents of half-siblings:
  1. Mother: Margaret Cherry
  2. Father: Joseph Orton

Children:

With Joshua Brown


Timeline

Date Event Information Sources
1871-07-25 Birth
  • Place: Durham, Toft Hill, Evenwood
  • Note: According to 1901 census, born in Newcastle upon Tyne. Durham, Spennymoor in 1911 census
  • Note: freebmd.org.uk has record for Auckland, Co. Durham (10a,275). See image Birth-1871Q3-BUTSON-MargaretAnn.jpeg
  • Birth certificate:  F1  T1
    • Note: (from Chris Brown)
  • Census 1911
  • freebmd.org.uk:  F2
  • www.gro.gov.uk (search):  T2
1881-04-03 Census
  • Abode: South Church Road, Bishop Auckland, County Durham
  • Age: 9
  • Birthplace: Toft Hill, County Durham
  • Census record RG11-4914-53-50:  F3  F4  T3
1891-04-05 Census
  • Abode: 16 Guildford Street, Brierfield, Lancashire
  • Age: 19
  • Occupation: Cotton weaver
  • Birthplace: Etherley, County Durham
  • Census record RG12-3379-130-11:  F5  F6  F7  T4
1892-01-16 Marriage
Joshua Brown (1864 - 1917)
  • Age: 22
  • Occupation: Cotton Weaver
  • Abode: 18 Guildford Street, Brierfield
  • BMD Index:  F8  F9  T5
  • Marriage Certificate:  F10
1901-03-31 Census
  • Abode: 7, Ross Street, Brierfield, Lancashire
  • Age: 30
  • Occupation: Cotton weaver
  • Birthplace: Newcastle, County Durham
  • Census record RG13-3884-74-19:  F11  F12  T6
1911-04-02 Census
  • Age: 40
  • Occupation: Cotton Weaver
  • Abode: 51 Towneley St Burnley
  • Census record RG14PN24806-RG78PN1421-RD472-SD1-ED28-SN347:  F13  F14  T7
1920-02-03 Marriage
George Henry Walker (1874 - 1943)
  • Place: Register Office, Burnley
  • Age: 47
  • Marriage certificate:  F15
1933-11-03 Death
  • Place: 3 Mitchell Street, Colne
  • Age: 62
  • Death certificate:  F16
  • Death notice:  F17  F18  T8
    • Edition: Burnley Express and Advertiser - November 11, 1933 - Page 18
1933-11-06 Burial
  • Place: Wheatley Lane Inghamite Chapel
  • Burial record (cemsearch.org):  F19  F20
  • lan-opc:  Link  T9


Transcripts of sources

Ref. Transcript
T1
Registration District AUCKLAND, sub-district Hamsterley, County of Durham
184|27.7.1871 ToftHill, Evenwood|Margaret Ann|Girl|Thomas Butson|Margaret Butson formerly Shackelton|Coalminer
X, the mark of Margaret Butson, Mother, Toft Hill, Evenwood|11.8.1871|John Thompson, Registrar
        
T2
BUTSON, MARGARET  ANN    SHACKELTON
GRO Reference: 1871  S Quarter in AUCKLAND  Volume 10A  Page 275
        
T3
1881 Census RG11 piece 4914 folio 53 page 50

Civil Parish or Township of Bishop Auckland
City or Municipal Borough of [blank]
Municipal Ward of [blank]
Parliamentary Borough of [blank]
Town or Village or Hamlet of Bishop Auckland
Urban Sanitary District of Bishop Auckland
Rural Sanitary District of [blank]
Ecclesiastical Parish or District of Saint Peter

Schedule 221  So Church Rd

Joseph Orton     Head  Mar  41     Iron Merchant       Durham Bolam
Margaret Orton   Wife  Mar     36  Iron Merchant Wife  Lancashire Colne
Jule Orton       Dau           3                       Durham Jobs Hill
Arthur Orton     Son        1                          Durham Jobs Hill
Margaret Butson  Dau           9   Scholar             Durham Toft Hill
Sarah J Butson   Dau           7   Scholar             Durham Spennymoor

Transcribed from Census-1881-RG11-4914-53-50.jpeg by dh

        
T4
1891 census RG12 piece 3379 folio 130 page 11

Administrative County of Lancaster
Civil Parish of Great and Little Marsden
Municipal Borough of [blank]
Municipal Ward of [blank]
Urban Sanitary District of Brierfield
Town or Village or Hamlet of Brierfield
Rural Sanitary District of [Brierfield struck out]
Parliamentary Borough or Division of Clitheroe part of
Ecclesiastical Parish or District of St Lukes

Schedule 65 [64 struck out]   16 Guildford St

Sarah Storey         Head      Wid     50  Dressmaker     _ _ X  Lancs Colne
James Storey         Son       S    17     Cotton Weaver  _ X _  Durham Witton Park
Geo Stobbart Storey  Son       S    15     Cotton Weaver  _ X _  Durham Witton Park
Thos Freddie Storey  Son       S    13     Cotton Weaver  _ X _  Durham Witton Park
Margt Ann Butson     Relative  S       19  Cotton Weaver  _ X _  Durham Etherley
Sarah Jane Butson    Relative  S       17  Cotton Weaver  _ X _  Durham Spennymoor

Transcribed from Census-1891-RG12-3379-130-11.jpeg by dh

        
T5
Marriages Mar 1892
BUTSON Margaret Ann - Burnley 8e 332
BROWN Joshua - Burnley 8e 332
        
T6
1901 census RG13 piece 3884 folio 74 page 19

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 NE Lancs
Town or Village or Hamlet of [blank]

Schedule 131   7 Ross Street

Joshua Brown  Head  M  36     Cotton Weaver             Lancs Brierfield
Maggie Brown  Wife  M     30  Cotton Weaver  Worker     Durham Newcastle
Thomas Brown  Son      9      Cotton Weaver  Worker     Lancs Brierfield
Robert Brown  Son      7                                Lancs Brierfield
Willie Brown  Son      5                                Lancs Brierfield
Edith Brown   Daur        3                             Lancs Brierfield

Transcribed from Census-1901-RG13-3884-74-19.jpeg by dh

        
T7
1911 census RG14PN24806 RG78PN1421 RD472 SD1 ED28 SN347

Regisration District 472
Registration Sub-district 1
Enumeration District 28

Schedule 347  51 Towneley St. Burnley

Margaret Ann Brown    Head         40  Married  20 4 4 -  Cotton Weaver            Cotton Manufacturer  Worker  Durham Spennymoor      British Subject
Thomas Butson Brown   Son       19     Single             Cotton Weaver            Cotton Manufacturer  Worker  Brierfield Lancs       British Subject
Robert Brown          Son       17     Single             Labourer in Cotton Mill  Cotton Manufacturer  Worker  Lancashire Brierfield  British Subject
George William Brown  Son       15     Single             Cotton Weaver            Cotton Manufacturer  Worker  Lancashire Brierfield  British Subject
Edith Brown           Daughter     13  Single             Cotton Weaver            Cotton Manufacturer  Worker  Lancashire Brierfield  British Subject

Enumerator: HH  Males: 3  Females: 2  Persons: 5     No. of Rooms 5   Signature Margaret Ann Brown  51 Towneley St. Burnley

Transcribed from Census-1911-RG14PN24806-RG78PN1421-RD472-SD1-ED28-SN347.jpeg by dh

        
T8
DEATHS. NELSON, COLNE AND DISTRICT
Nov. 3--Margaret Ann Walker, Mitchell-street, Colne, 62 years.
        
T9
Burial: 6 Nov 1933 Wheatley Lane Inghamite, Fence In Pendle, Lancs.
Margaret Ann Walker - Wife of George Walker
Age: 62 years
Abode: 3 Mitchell Street, Colne
Grave: 42
Notes: Buried in Joshua Brown's Grave
Section: 11
Buried by: H. Whittaker
Register: Burials Section 9-11 1911 - 2002, Page 231
Source: Original Parish Register
        


File sources

Ref. Type File name
F1 Image BC_1871_Margaret_Ann_BUTSON.jpg
F2 Image Birth-1871Q3-BUTSON-MargaretAnn.jpeg
F3 Image Census-1881-RG11-4914-53-50.jpeg
F4 Transcript Census-1881-RG11-4914-53-50-Joseph-Orton.text
F5 Image Census-1891-RG12-3379-130-11.jpeg
F6 Transcript Census-1891-BUTSON-MargaretAnn-transcript.pdf
F7 Transcript Census-1891-RG12-3379-130-11-Storey.text
F8 Image Marriage-1892Q1-BUTSON-MargaretAnn.tif
F9 Image Marriage-1892Q1-BROWN-Joshua.tif
F10 Image MC-1892-JoshuaBrown-MargaretAnnButson.jpeg
F11 Image Census-1901-RG13-3884-74-19.jpeg
F12 Transcript Census-1901-RG13-3884-74-19-JoshuaBrown.text
F13 Image Census-1911-RG14PN24806-RG78PN1421-RD472-SD1-ED28-SN347.jpeg
F14 Transcript Census-1911-RG14PN24806-RG78PN1421-RD472-SD1-ED28-SN347.text
F15 Image MC_1920_GeorgeHenryWalker-MargaretAnnBrown.jpg
F16 Image DC_1933_Margaret_Ann_WALKER_(neeButson).jpg
F17 Image BurnleyExpress-1933-11-11-p18.pdf
F18 Image BurnleyExpress-1933-11-11-p18-MargaretAnnWalker.jpeg
F19 Transcript Haworth_Wheatley.doc
F20 Transcript Brown_Wheatley.doc


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