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John Henry Ratcliffe

(abt.1857 - 1921)

Father:	not known
Mother:	not known

Siblings:

Children:

None

Timeline

Date	Event	Information	Sources
abt.1857	Birth		Estimated from marriage record
1887-12-21	Marriage Elizabeth Garth Butson Clarke (1852 - 1910)	Place: St John the Divine, Holme in Cliviger Age: 35 Abode: Vale, Stansfield Occupation: Weaver Witness: Margaret Clarke Witness: Mary Alice Ratcliffe	Parish record: F1 T1 GRO index: F2 F3 T2 lan-opc: Link T3
1891-04-05	Census	Abode: 10 Milton St Age: 33 Occupation: Cotton Weaver Birthplace: Lanc Wardle	Census record RG12-3379-114-22: F4 F5
1901-03-31	Census	Abode: 21 Stanley Street, Brierfield Age: 43 Occupation: Cotton Weaver Birthplace: Lancs Wardle	Census record RG13-3883-122-31: F6 F7
1911-04-02	Census	Abode: 23 Stanley Street, Brierfield, Lancashire Age: 53 Occupation: Cotton weaver Birthplace: Wardle, Lancashire	Census record RG14PN24912-RG78PN1424-RD472-SD4-ED32-SN25: F8 F9 T4
abt.1921-02-11	Death	Age: 63 Abode: 23 Stanley Street, Brierfield	Estimated from burial record
1921-02-14	Burial	Place: Grave 7/149, Inghamite Chapel, Wheatley Lane Transcript: Burial: 14 Feb 1921 Wheatley Lane Inghamite, Fence In Pendle, Lancs. John Henry Ratcliffe - Age: 63 years Abode: 23 Stanley Street, Brierfield Grave: 149 Notes: see page 231,107 Section: 7 Buried by: W.Lord Register: Burials Section 5-7 1889 - 1924, Page 307 Source: Original Parish Register

Transcripts of sources

Ref.	Transcript
T1	Page 230. 1887. Marriage solemnized at St. John's, Holme in the District of Burnley in the County of Lancaster No. 460 21st December 1887 John Henry Ratcliffe 30 Bachelor Weaver Vale Stansfield Thomas Ratcliffe Fireman Elizabeth Garth Butson Clarke 35 Spinster Weaver Cornholme Clviger Robert Clarke Banksman Married in the Church at Holme according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church, by Certificate by me, D. Sutcliffe This Marriage was solemnized between us, { John Henry Ratcliffe } { Elizabeth Garth Butson Clarke } in the Presence of us, { Margaret Clarke } { Mary Alice Ratcliffe }
T2	Marriages Oct/Nov/Dec 1887 Ratcliffe John Henry Burnley 8e 367 Clarke Elizabeth Garth B. Burnley 8e 367
T3	Marriage: 21 Dec 1887 St John the Divine, Holme in Cliviger, Lancs. John Henry Ratcliffe - 30 Weaver Bachelor of Vale Stansfield Elizabeth Garth Butson Clarke - 35 Weaver Spinster of Cornholme, Cliviger Groom's Father: Thomas Ratcliffe, Fireman Bride's Father: Robert Clarke, Banksman Witness: Margaret Clarke; Mary Alice Ratcliffe Married by Certificate by: D. Sutcliffe Register: Marriages 1839 - 1892, Page 230, Entry 460 Source: Original Parish Register
T4	1911 census RG14PN24912 RG78PN1424 RD472 SD4 ED32 SN25 Regisration District 472 Registration Sub-district 4 Enumeration District 32 Schedule 25 23 Stanley Street, Brierfield John Henry Ratcliffe Head 53 Widower [struck out] Cotton Weaver Worker Wardle Nr Rochdale Lancashire Sarah Shackleton Sister 66 Widow [struck out] Bacup, Lancashire Enumerator: HW Males: 1 Females: 1 Persons: 2 No. of Rooms 4 Signature John Henry Ratcliffe Brierfield Transcribed from Census-1911-RG14PN24912-RG78PN1424-RD472-SD4-ED32-SN25.jpeg by dh

File sources

Ref.	Type	File name
F1	Image	Marriage-JohnHenryRatcliffe-ElizabethGarthButsonClarke-1887-12-21-StJohnCliviger.jpeg
F2	Image	1887M4-R-0233.jpg
F3	Image	1887M4-C-0055.jpg
F4	Image	Census-1891-RG12-3379-114-22.jpeg
F5	Transcript	Census-1891-RG12-3379-114-22.txt
F6	Image	Census-1901-RG13-3883-122-31.jpeg
F7	Transcript	Census-1901-RG13-3883-122-31.txt
F8	Image	Census-1911-RG14PN24912-RG78PN1424-RD472-SD4-ED32-SN25.jpeg
F9	Transcript	Census-1911-RG14PN24912-RG78PN1424-RD472-SD4-ED32-SN25.text

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