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Mary Elizabeth Haworth

(1887 - ?)

Nickname: Cissie


Father: Edwin Haworth (1867 - 1960)
Mother: Nancy Hooson (1869 - 1904)

Siblings:

Other parents of half-siblings:
  1. Mother: Mary Jane Gregory

Children:

With Hargreaves Thornber


Timeline

Date Event Information Sources
1887-09-22 Birth
  • Place: Burnley
  • 1939 register (day/month only)
  • Census 1891
  • lancashirebmd:  T1
1887-11-06 Baptism
  • Place: St Andrew, Burnley
  • Abode: 17 Hurtley Street, Burnley
1891-04-05 Census
  • Abode: 19 Timber Street, Brierfield, Lancashire
  • Age: 4
  • Birthplace: Burnley, Lancashire
  • Census record RG12-3379-75-40:  F2  F3  F4  T4
1901-04-02 Census
  • Abode: 25 Timber Street, Brierfield, Lancashire
  • Age: 13
  • Occupation: Cotton weaver
  • Birthplace: Burnley, Lancashire
  • Census record RG13-3884-37-22:  F5  F6  F7  T5
1912-07-04 Marriage
Hargreaves Thornber (1889 - 1949)
  • Place: St Andrew, Burnley
  • Age: 24
  • Occupation: Weaver
  • Abode: 51 Brennand Street, Burnley
  • Witness: William Bradshaw Thornber
  • Witness: Lucy Hardman
  • Parish record:  F8  T6
  • lancashirebmd:  T7
  • BMD Index 1912-Sep:  F9  F10
  • lan-opc:  Link  T8
1939-09-29 1939 register
  • Birthdate: 1889-09-22
    • Note: Year is incorrect. Was her date interchanged with Hargreaves?
  • Abode: 9 Walpole Street, Burnley
  • 1939 register RG101-4305f-003-11:  Link  F11  T9
? Death
  • Personal knowledge, date not known


Transcripts of sources

Ref. Transcript
T1
Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1887
HOWARTH  Mary Elizabeth  Burnley  Preston  HOOSON  BU/176/16
        
T2
Page 6  BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of [blank] in the County of [blank]
in the year One thousand eight hundred and [blank]
No. 47  1887 November 6th  Mary Elizabeth  Edwin & Nancy  Howarth  17 Hurtley Street  Weaver  W. S. Caiger
        
T3
Baptism: 6 Nov 1887 St Andrew, Burnley, Lancs.
Mary Elizabeth Howarth - [Child] of Edwin Howarth & Nancy
    Abode: 17 Hurtley Street
    Occupation: Weaver
    Baptised by: W. S. Caiger
    Register: Baptisms 1887 - 1896, Page 6, Entry 47
    Source: Original Parish Register
        
T4
1891 census RG12 piece 3379 folio 75 page 40

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
Parliamentary Borough or Division of Clitheroe
Ecclesiastical Parish or District of St Luke's

Schedule [247 struck out] 248   19 Timber St

Edwin Haworth  Head  24     Cotton Weaver  _ X _  Brierfield Lan
Nancy Haworth  Wife     21                        Halifax Yorks
Mary Haworth   Daur     4                         Burnley Lan
Annie Haworth  Daur     2                         Brierfield Lan

Transcribed from Census-1891-RG12-3379-75-40.jpeg by dh

        
T5
1901 census RG13 piece 3884 folio 37 page 22

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 North
Rural District of [blank]
Parliamentary Borough or Division of Clitheroe N E Lancs
Town or Village or Hamlet of [blank]

Schedule 125   25 Timber St

Edwin Howarth   Head  M  34     Cotton Weaver  Worker     Lancs Brierfield
Nancy Howarth   Wife  M     32                            Yorks Keighley
Mary E Howarth  Daur  S     13  Cotton Weaver  Worker     Lancs Burnley
Joseph Howarth  Son   S  7                                Lancs Brierfield
John Howarth    Daur     5                                Lancs Brierfield
Clara Howarth   Daur        1                             Lancs Brierfield


Transcribed from Census-1901-RG13-3884-37-22.jpeg by dh

        
T6
Page 184  1912.  Marriage solemnized at The Parish Church in the Parish
of St Andrew, Burnley in the Counties of Lancaster & Burnley
No. 368  July 4th 1912
Hargreaves Thornber     22  Bachelor  Carter  2 Murray Street     Norman Thornber  Coal Dealer
Mary Elizabeth Haworth  24  Spinster  Weaver  51 Brennand Street  Edwin Haworth    Weaver
Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church,
after Banns by me, Thomas William  Curate
This Marriage was solemnized between us,  {  Hargreaves Thornber     }
                                          {  Mary Elizabeth Haworth  }
in the Presence of us,  {  William Bradshaw Thornber  }
                        {  Lucy Hardman               }
TW (+) [in left margin. Bride's name Howarth struck through, marked (+)]
TW [in left margin. Something unreadable inserted between "the Established"]
        
T7
THORNBER Hargreaves   HAWORTH Mary Elizabeth   Burnley, St Andrew   Preston CE107/4/368
        
T8
Marriage: 4 Jul 1912 St Andrew, Burnley, Lancs.
Hargreaves Thornber - 22, Carter, Bachelor, 2 Murray Street
Mary Elizabeth Haworth - 24, Weaver, Spinster, 51 Brennand Street
    Groom's Father: Norman Thornber, Coal Dealer
    Bride's Father: Edwin Haworth, Weaver
    Witness: William Bradshaw Thornber; Lucy Hardman
    Married by Banns by: Thomas Williams, Curate
    Register: Marriages 1904 - 1916, Page 184, Entry 368
    Source: Original Parish Register
        
T9
E.D. Letter code NFBJ  Borough, U.D. or R.D. Burnley C.B. (Pt)  Reg. District and Subdistrict 472/1
Address:      9 Walpole Street
Sch.no./sub:  21/2
Name:         Thornber  May E.
OVSPI:        -
M/F:          F
Birthdate:    22 Sept.  89
SMWD:         M
Occupation:   Unpaid domestic duties
        


File sources

Ref. Type File name
F1 Image Baptism-MaryElizabethHaworth-1887-11-06-StAndrewBurnley.jpeg
F2 Image Census-1891-RG12-3379-75-40.jpeg
F3 Transcript Census-1891-HAWORTH-Edwin-transcript.pdf
F4 Transcript Census-1891-RG12-3379-75-40-EdwinHaworth.text
F5 Transcript Census-1901-HAWORTH-Edwin-transcript.pdf
F6 Image Census-1901-RG13-3884-37-22.jpeg
F7 Transcript Census-1901-RG13-3884-37-22-EdwinHaworth.text
F8 Image Marriage-HargreavesThornber-MaryElizabethHaworth-1912-07-04-StAndrewBurnley.jpeg
F9 Image 1912M3-H-0038.jpg
F10 Image 1912M3-T-0247.jpg
F11 Image 1939-Register-TNA-R39-4305-4305f-003.jpg


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