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Betty Brown

(1877 - 1919)


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

Siblings:

Children:

With Richard Simpson


Timeline

Date Event Information Sources
1877 Birth
  • Place: Brierfield
  • Census 1881,1891
  • lancashirebmd:  T1
1881-04-03 Census
  • Age: 4
  • Abode: 4, Pickering St, Great And Little Marsden
  • Census record RG11-4162-96-16:  F1  F2
1891-04-05 Census
  • Age: 14
  • Occupation: Weaver Cotton
  • Abode: 4, Sackville Street, Little Marsden, Brierfield, Nelson
  • Census record RG12-3379-119-31:  F3  F4
1901-03-02 Marriage
Richard Simpson (1878 - 1958)
  • Place: St Andrew, Burnley
  • Age: 23
  • Abode: 110 Burnley Road, Brierfield
  • freebmd:  T2
  • lan-opc:  Link  T3
  • Parish record:  F5  T4
1901-03-31 Census
  • Age: 24
  • Occupation: Cotton weaver
  • Abode: 12 St James Street, Brierfield
  • Birthplace: Lancs. Brierfield
  • Census record RG13-3884-94-12:  F6
1911-04-02 Census
  • Age: 34
  • Occupation: Cotton weaver
  • Abode: 15 Lord Street, Brierfield
  • Birthplace: Brierfield, Lancashire
  • Family: Married 10 years, 1 child (still alive)
  • Note: Son Tom is at grandmother Jane's (now called Rukin)
  • Census record RG14PN24908-RG78PN1424-RD472-SD4-ED28-SN381:  F7
1919-05-15 Death
  • Age: 42
  • Place: Victoria Hospital, Burnley
  • Memoriam
  • Burial record
  • lancashirebmd:  T5
  • GRO index:  F8  T6
  • www.gro.gov.uk (search):  T7
1919-05-19 Burial
  • Place: St Mary, Newchurch in Pendle
1920-05-15 Memoriam
  • Newspaper:  F9  F10  F11  T9
    • Edition: Burnley Express - Saturday 15 May 1920 - Page 12, Column 5


Transcripts of sources

Ref. Transcript
T1
Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1877
BROWN  Betty  Colne  Preston  HARLAND  COL/67/38
        
T2
Marriages Mar 1901
SIMPSON Richard - Burnley 8e 250a
BROWN Betty - Burnley 8e 250a
        
T3
Marriage: 2 Mar 1901 St Andrew, Burnley, Lancs.
Richard Simpson - 23, Twister, Bachelor, 287 Colne Road
Betty Brown - 23, Weaver, Spinster, 118 Burnley Road, Brierfield
    Groom's Father: Thomas Simpson, Mason
    Bride's Father: Robert Brown, Deceased, Miner
    Witness: George Brown; Ellen Simpson
    Married by Banns by: Joseph Thornley M. A. Assistant Priest
    Register: Marriages 1896 - 1904, Page 169, Entry 337
    Source: Original Parish Register
        
T4
1901. Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of S Andrew Burnley
in the Counties of Lancaster & Burnley.
No. 337  March Second 1901
Richard Simpson  23  Bachelor  Twister  287 Colne Road                Thomas Simpson         Mason
Betty Brown      23  Spinster  Weaver   110 Burnley Road, Brierfield  Robert Brown Deceased  Miner
Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England after banns,
by me, Joseph Thornley, Assistant Priest
Marriage solemnized between us,  { Richard Simpson   in the presence of us,  { George Brown
                                 { Betty Brown                               { Ellen Simpson
        
T5
SIMPSON  Betty  42  1919  Burnley East  Lancashire  Preston  BUE/57/23
        
T6
DEATHS REGISTERED IN APRIL, MAY AND JUNE, 1919.
[Page 585]  Simpson,  Betty  42  Burnley  8e 206
        
T7
SIMPSON, BETTY      42
GRO Reference: 1919  J Quarter in BURNLEY  Volume 08E  Page 206
        
T8
Burial: 19 May 1919 St Mary, Newchurch in Pendle, Lancs.
Betty Simpson -
    Age: 42 years
    Abode: Victoria Hospital, Burnley
    Buried by: Charles C Weston
    Register: Burials 1857 - 2016, Page 211, Entry 1683
    Source: Original Parish Register
        
T9
SIMPSON.- In affectionate remembrance of Bet[ty]
the wife of Richard Simpson who died on M[ay]
15th, 1919.
To-day brings back a memory
Of a loved one gone rest,
And those who think of her to-day
Are those who loved her best.
 -From her loving Brother Robert and Family at
20, Green-street, Burnley.
        


File sources

Ref. Type File name
F1 Image Census-1881-RG11-4162-96-16.jpeg
F2 Transcript Census-1881-BROWN-Jane-transcript.pdf
F3 Image Census-1891-RG12-3379-119-31.jpeg
F4 Transcript Census-1891-BROWN-Jane-transcript.pdf
F5 Image Marriage-RichardSimpson-BettyBrown-1901-03-02-StAndrewBurnley
F6 Image Census-1901-RG13-3884-94-12.jpeg
F7 Image Census-1911-RG14PN24908-RG78PN1424-RD472-SD4-ED28-SN381.jpeg
F8 Image 1919D2-S-0585.jpg
F9 Image BurnleyExpress-1920-05-15-p12.pdf
F10 Image BurnleyExpress-1920-05-15-p12c5-BettyBrown.jpg
F11 Image BurnleyExpress-1920-05-15-p12c5-BettyBrown.jxr


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