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Thomas Marsden

(1880 - 1926)


Father: James Marsden (1850 - 1922)
Mother: Mary Pollard (1854 - 1922)

Siblings:

Children:

With Mary Elizabeth Farrar


Timeline

Date Event Information Sources
1880-09-29 Birth
  • Place: 216 Accrington Rd, Burnley
  • Baptism record
  • lancashirebmd:  T1
1880-11-03 Baptism
  • Place: Holy Trinity, Habergham Eaves
  • Parish record (lan-opc):  Link  T2
  • Parish record:  F1  T3
1881-04-03 Census
  • Abode: 216 Accrington Rd, Burnley, Lancashire
  • Age: 6 months
  • Birthplace: Burnley, Lancashire
  • Census record RG11-4154-86-26:  F2  F3  F4  T4
1891-04-05 Census
  • Abode: 216 Accrington Road, Burnley, Lancashire
  • Age: 10
  • Birthplace: Burnley, Lancashire
  • Census record RG12-3371-12-18:  F5  F6  F7  T5
1901-03-31 Census
  • Abode: 216 Accrington Road, Burnley
  • Age: 20
  • Occupation: Drawer in coal mine (underground)
  • Birthplace: Lancs Burnley
  • Census record RG13-3872-83-12:  F8  F9  F10  T6
1903 Marriage
Mary Elizabeth Farrar (1883 - ?)
  • Place: St John the Baptist, Gannow
  • BMD Index:  F11  F12
  • lancashirebmd:  T7
1911-04-02 Census
  • Abode: 30 Fielden Street, Burnley, Lancashire
  • Age: 30
  • Occupation: Coal miner - hewer
  • Birthplace: Burnley, Lancashire
  • Census record RG14PN24845-RD472-SD2-ED22-SN120:  F13  F14  F15  T8
abt.1926-09-26 Death
  • Place: 209 Accrington Rd
  • Age: 46
  • Estimated from burial
1926-09-29 Burial
  • Place: Grave NE4426, Burnley Cemetery
  • Note: Same grave as his son:


Transcripts of sources

Ref. Transcript
T1
Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1880
MARSDEN  Thomas  Burnley  Preston  POLLARD  BU/134/66
        
T2
Baptism: 3 Nov 1880 Holy Trinity, Habergham Eaves, Lancashire, England
Thomas Marsden - [Child] of James Marsden & Mary
Born: 29 Sep 1880
Abode: 216 Accrington Rd.
Occupation: Collier
Baptised by: T. Taylor Evans
Register: Baptisms 1879 - 1881, Page 68, Entry 538
Source: LDS Film 1526142
        
T3
Page 68
BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Holy Trinity, Habergham Eaves
in the County of Lancaster in the Year 1880
No.538  1880 Nov 3  Thomas  James & Mary  Marsden  216 Accrington Rd  Collier  T. Taylor Evans
[Left margin] Sept 29 1880
        
T4
1881 census RG11 piece 4154 folio 86 page 26

Civil Parish or Township of Habergham Eaves
City or Municipal Borough of Burnley
Municipal Ward of Gannow
Parliamentary Borough of Burnley
Town or Village or Hamlet of [blank]
Urban Sanitary District of Burnley
Rural Sanitary District of [blank]
Ecclesiastical Parish or District of St John the Baptist

Schedule 120   216 Acc Road

James Marsden   Head  Mar  30     Coal Miner  Lancashire Over Darwen
Mary Marsden    Wife  Mar     26              Lancashire Burnley
Squire Marsden  Son        7      Scholar     Lancashire Burnley
Jane Marsden    Daur          2               Lancashire Burnley
Thomas Marsden  Son        6mth               Lancashire Burnley

Transcribed from Census-1881-RG11-4154-86-26.jpeg by dh

        
T5
Census 1891 RG12 Piece 3371 Folio 12 Page 18

Administrative County of Lancashire
Civil Parish of Habergham Eaves  County Borough of Burnley  Municipal Ward of Gannow
Urban Sanitary District of Burnley  Town of Village or Hamlet of Burnley
Parliamentary Borough or Division of Burnley  Ecclesiastical Parish or District of St John's

Schedule 108  Accrington Rd 216

James Marsden   Head  Married  40      Coal Miner     Lancashire Darwen
Mary Marsden    Wife  Married      36  -              Lancashire Burnley
Squire Marsden  Son   Single   17      Cotton Weaver  Lancashire Burnley
Jane Marsden    Daur  Single       12  Cotton Weaver  Lancashire Burnley
Thomas Marsden  Son            10      Scholar        Lancashire Burnley
Clara Marsden   Daur               8   Scholar        Lancashire Burnley
James Marsden   Son            7       Scholar        Lancashire Burnley
Martha Marsden  Daur               4   -              Lancashire Burnley
John Marsden    Son            2       -              Lancashire Burnley
Albert Marsden  Son            5 mos   -              Lancashire Burnley

Transcribed from Census-1891-RG12-3371-12-18.jpeg by dh

        
T6
RG13 Piece 3872 Folio 83 Page 12

Civil Parish of Burnley  Ecclesiastical Parish of Gannow St John the Baptist  County Borough of Burnley
Ward of Municipal Borough of Gannow  Parliamentary Borough of Burnley

Schedule 63  216 Accrington Rd

James Marsden    Head     M    50      Jenny Tenter in Coal Mine          Worker  Lancs Darwen
Mary Marsden     Wife     M        46                                             Lancs Burnley
Thomas Marsden   Son      S    20      Drawer in Coal Mine (underground)  Worker  Lancs Burnley
Clara Marsden    Daur     S        18  Cotton Weaver                      Worker  Lancs Burnley
Martha Marsden   Daur     S        14  Cotton Weaver                      Worker  Lancs Burnley
John Marsden     Daur     S    12                                                 Lancs Burnley
Albert Marsden   Son      S    10                                                 Lancs Burnley
Mary Marsden     Daur     S        8                                              Lancs Burnley
Phyllis Marsden  Daur     S        5                                              Lancs Burnley
Alice Pollard    Boarder  Wid      73                                             Lancs Padiham

        
T7
Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1903
MARSDEN Thomas   FARRAR Mary Elizabeth   Gannow, St John the Baptist   Preston   CE102/2/480
        
T8
1911 census RG14PN24845 RD472 SD2 ED22 SN120

Registration District      472
Registration Sub-District  2
Enumeration District       22

30 Fielden St.

Schedule 120

Thomas Marsden          Head        30    Married 4 1 1    Coal Miner Hewer           Worker   Lancashire Burnley
Mary Elizabeth Marsden  Wife          27  Married 4 1 1 -  Linen Weaver               Worker   Lancashire Burnley
Thomas Marsden          Son         6
Thomas Bates            Foster Son  14                     Coal Drawer (belowground)  Worker  Lancashire Burnley

[The years married/children fields for Thomas are struck out]


Enumerator W.B.    3 Males  1 Females  4 Persons     4 rooms. Signed  Thomas Marsden
                                                                      30 Fielden St.

Transcribed from Census-1911-RG14PN24845-RD472-SD2-ED22-SN120.jpeg by dh

        
T9
Burial: 29 Sep 1926 Burnley Cemetery, Burnley, Lancs.
Thomas Marsden -
Age: 46yrs
Abode: 209 Accrington Rd
Grave: NE4426
Gender: M
Register: Burials 1926 - 1933, Page 15, Entry 96256
Source: Original Registers Book 13
        
T10
Grave: NE4426   Burnley Cemetery, Burnley, Lancs.
Interments:
   Name            Age    Abode                      Gender  Source Register  Date buried
1  Thomas Marsden  46yrs  209 Accrington Rd          M       Book 13 #96256   29 Sep 1926
2  Thomas Marsden  36yrs  36 Langhton Road Northolt  M       Book 15 #113654  19 Mar 1941
        


File sources

Ref. Type File name
F1 Image Baptism-ThomasMarsden-1880-11-03-HolyTrinityBurnley.jpeg
F2 Image Census-1881-RG11-4154-86-26.jpeg
F3 Transcript Census-1881-MARSDEN-James-transcript.pdf
F4 Transcript Census-1881-RG11-4154-86-26-Marsden.text
F5 Image Census-1891-RG12-3371-12-18.jpeg
F6 Transcript Census-1891-MARSDEN-James-transcript.pdf
F7 Transcript Census-1891-RG12-3371-12-18-S108-Marsden.text
F8 Image Census-1901-RG13-3872-83-12.jpeg
F9 Transcript Census-1901-MARSDEN-James-transcript.pdf
F10 Transcript Census-1901-RG13-3872-83-12-S63-Marsden.text
F11 Image 1903m3-225.tif
F12 Image 1903M3-F-0114.jpg
F13 Notes ThomasMarsden-notes.txt
F14 Image Census-1911-RG14PN24845-RD472-SD2-ED22-SN120.jpeg
F15 Transcript Census-1911-RG14PN24845-RD472-SD2-ED22-SN120.text


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