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James Brown

(1842 - ?)


Father: Henry Brown (1815 - 1892)
Mother: Margaret Wilkinson (? - 1894)

Siblings:

Children:

None


Timeline

Date Event Information Sources
1842 Birth
  • lancashirebmd:  T1
1843-02-08 Baptism
  • Place: St Anne, Fence-in-Pendle, Lancashire
  • Abode: Height, Goldshaw Booth, Lancashire
1851-03-30 Census
  • Abode: Wheatley Lane, Lancashire
  • Age: 8
  • Occupation: Bobbin winder
  • Birthplace: Goldshaw Booth, Lancashire
  • Census record HO107-2254-766-26:  F2  F3  T4
1861-04-07 Census
  • Abode: Wheatley Lane Village, Lancashire
  • Age: 18
  • Occupation: Cotton power-loom weaver
  • Birthplace: Goldshaw Booth, Lancashire
  • Census record RG09-3082-49-11:  F4  F5  T5
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1861-11-30 Marriage
Alice Walker (? - ?)
  • Place: St Anne, Fence-in-Pendle, Lancashire
  • Abode: Wheatley Lane
  • Occupation: Weaver
  • Witness: Joseph Edward Rhodes
  • Witness: Thomas Holt
? Death
  • Assumed; date not known


Transcripts of sources

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T1
Birth:  BROWN  James  WILKINSON    1842  Pendle  Lancashire  Preston  PE/2/12
        
T2
Page 15.  BAPTISMS solemnized in the District of Fence, Pendle Forest in the County of Lancaster in the year 1842
& 1843
[1843] Feb 8th No. 118.  James son of  Henry & Margaret  Brown  Height  Weaver  Wm Haworth
        
T3
Baptism: 8 Feb 1843 St Anne, Fence in Pendle, Lancs.
James Brown - Son of Henry Brown & Margaret
    Abode: Height
    Occupation: Weaver
    Baptised by: Wm. Haworth
    Register: Baptisms 1837 -1872, Page 15, Entry 118
    Source: LDS Film 1471066
        
T4
1851 Census  HO107 Piece 2254 Folio 766 Page 26

Parish or Township of  Old Laund Booth
Ecclesiastical District of  St Ann's Fence
Village of  Wheatley Lane

Schedule 90  Wheatley Lane

Henry Brown      Head   Mar  36     Weaver           Yorkshire; Brockden
Margret [Brown]  Wife   Mar     33                   Lancashire; Goldshaw
Thomas [Brown]   Son    U    11     Bobbin Winder    [Lancashire; Goldshaw]
James [Brown]    Son    -    8      [Bobbin Winder]  [Lancashire; Goldshaw]
Henry [Brown]    Son    -    6                       [Lancashire; Goldshaw]
Susy [Brown]     Daur   -       4                    [Lancashire; Goldshaw]
Robert [Brown]   Son    -    2                       [Lancashire]; Old Laund
John [Brown]     Son    -    5m                      [Lancashire; Old Laund]
Mary ann Brown   Niece  U     28    Weaver,          [Lancashire]; Roughlee

Transcribed from LANHO107_2254_2254-1552.jpg by dh

        
T5
1861 census RG09 Piece 3082 Folio 49 Page 11

Township of  Old Laund Booth
Hamlet of  Wheatley Lane
Ecclesiastical District of St Ann's Church, Fence

Schedule 53  Wheatley Lane Village

Thomas Brown         Head    Mar    21     [Cotton powerloom Weaver]  [Lancashire] Old Laund Booth
Sarah [Brown]        Wife    [Mar]     18  [Cotton powerloom Weaver]  [Lancashire] Goldshaw Booth

Schedule 54  Wheatley Lane Village

Henry Brown          Head    Mar    45     [Cotton powerloom Weaver]  [Lancashire] Barrowford
M[blot]aret [Brown]  Wife    [Mar]     44                             [Lancashire] Old Laund Booth
J[blot] [Brown]      Son     Un     18     Cotton powerloom Weaver    [Lancashire] Goldshaw Booth
Henry [Brown]        [Son]   -      16     [Cotton powerloom Weaver]  [Lancashire Goldshaw Booth]
Susey [Brown]        Daug    -         14  [Cotton powerloom Weaver]  [Lancashire] Old Laund Booth
Robert [Brown]       Son     -      12     [Cotton powerloom Weaver]  [Lancashire Old Laund Booth]
John [Brown]         [Son]   -      10                                [Lancashire Old Laund Booth]
Mary [Brown]         Daug    -         8                              [Lancashire Old Laund Booth]
Elizabeth [Brown]    [Daug]  -         6                              [Lancashire Old Laund Booth]
Margaret [Brown]     [Daug]  -         2                              [Lancashire Old Laund Booth]

Transcribed from Census-1861-RG09-3082-49-11.jpeg by dh

        
T6
Marriage: 30 Nov 1861 St Anne, Fence, Lancs.
James Brown - (X), Minor, Weaver, Bachelor, Wheatley Lane
Alice Walker - Minor, Weaver, Spinster, Wheatley Lane
    Groom's Father: Henry Brown, Weaver
    Bride's Father: William Walker, Weaver
    Witness: Joseph Edward Rhodes; Thomas Holt
    Married by Banns by: William Haworth
    Register: Marriages 1838 - 1925, Page 75, Entry 150
    Source: LDS Film 1471066
        


File sources

Ref. Type File name
F1 Image StAnneFence-Baptisms-1837-p14-15.jpg
F2 Image LANHO107_2254_2254-1552.jpg
F3 Transcript Census-1851-HO107-2254-766-26-Brown.text
F4 Image Census-1861-RG09-3082-49-11.jpg
F5 Transcript Census-1861-RG09-3082-49-11-Brown.text


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