The Lancashireman's family history

Red rose of Lancashire

Martha Jane Brown

(1897 - 1958)


Father: Thomas Brown (1872 - 1950)
Mother: Priscilla Holden (abt.1874 - 1927)

Siblings:

Children:

None


Timeline

Date Event Information Sources
1897-03-11 Birth
  • Baptism record
  • lancashirebmd:  T1
1897-04-07 Baptism
  • Place: Holy Trinity, Burnley
  • Abode: Padiham Road
1901-03-31 Census
  • Abode: 9, Ross Street, Brierfield, Lancashire
  • Age: 4
  • Birthplace: Burnley, Lancashire
  • Census record RG13-3884-74-19:  F2  F3  T4
1911-04-02 Census
  • Abode: 114 Burnley Road, Brierfield
  • Age: 14
  • Occupation: Tenter (weaving)
  • Birthplace: Union Hotel, Burnley
  • Census record RG14PN24909-RG78PN1424-RD472-SD4-ED29-SN44:  F4  F5  T5
1926-04-03 Marriage
Joseph Hartley (1893 - 1966)
  • Place: St Margaret, Burnley
  • Age: 29
  • Occupation: Weaver
  • Witness: James Robert Brown
  • Witness: Lilian Hartley
1939-09-29 1939 register
  • Birthdate: 1897-03-11
  • Abode: 38 Merton Street, Burnley
  • Occupation: Cotton weaver
  • 1939 register RG101-4307B-019-36:  Link  F8  T10
abt.1958-11 Death
  • lancashirebmd:  T11
  • GRO index:  F9  T12


Transcripts of sources

Ref. Transcript
T1
BROWN   Martha Jane   HOLDEN   1897   Burnley West   Preston   Lancashire   BUW/1/28
        
T2
Page 325.
BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Holy Trinity HaberghamEaves
in the County of Burnley & Lancaster in the Year 1897
No. 2597.  Ap: 7  Martha Jane  Thomas & Priscilla  Brown  Padiham Road  Weaver  A. Blackburn asst curate
[Born] March 11th 1897 [in left margin]
        
T3
Baptism: 7 Apr 1897 Holy Trinity, Habergham Eaves, Lancs.
Martha Jane Brown - [Child] of Thomas Brown & Priscilla
    Born: 11 Mar 1897
    Abode: Padiham Road
    Occupation: Weaver
    Baptised by: A. Blackburn, Asst. Curate
    Register: Baptisms 1894 - 1898, Page 325, Entry 2597
    Source: LDS Film 1526142
        
T4
1901 census RG13 piece 3884 folio 74 page 19

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 West
Rural District of [blank]
Parliamentary Borough or Division of Clitheroe NE Lancs
Town or Village or Hamlet of [blank]

Schedule 132   9 Ross Street

Thomas Brown     Head  M  29     Cotton Weaver       Worker     Lancs Brierfield
Priscilla Brown  Wife  M     28                                 Lancs Burnley
Martha Brown     Daur        4                                  Lancs Burnley
James R Brown    Son      2                                     Lancs Burnley
James Holden     Bro   S  30     Clerk, Cotton Mill  Worker     Lancs Burnley

Transcribed from Census-1901-RG13-3884-74-19.jpeg by dh

        
T5
RG14 PN24909 (RG78 PN1424) RD472 SD4 ED29 SN44

114 Burnley Road, Brierfield   2 rooms up 2 down

1  Thomas Brown        Head      38      Married                        weaver (cotton)                Smith st Brierfield            English
2  Priscilla Brown     Wife          37           16 years  3  3  none  at Home                        1 cog lane Burnley
3  Martha Jane Brown   Daughter      14                                 tenter weaving       (Cotton)  Union Hotel, Burnley
4  James Robert Brown  Son       12                                     tenter weaving       (Cotton)  15 Scott Terrace, Burnley
5  Edith Alice Brown   Daughter      4                                                                 19 carleton st Brierfield
6  James Holden        Brother   42      Single                         Commercial Traveler  (Draper)  12 Daneshouse Rd Burnley Lanc

Signed: Thomas Brown

[Transcriber's note: James Holden is probably Priscilla's brother]


        
T6
Banns: St Margaret, Burnley, Lancs.
Joseph Hartley - Bachelor, this parish 16 Holbeck St.
Martha Jane Brown - Spinster, this parish 7 Nicholl St.
    First Reading: 14 Mar 1926; Read By: Chas. Fisher
    Second Reading: 21 Mar 1926
    Third Reading: 28 Mar 1926
    Notes: Groom Bapt[ised]
    Register: Banns 1924 - 1929, Page 37, Entry 74
    Source: Original Parish Register
        
T7
Marriage: 3 Apr 1926 St Margaret, Burnley, Lancs.
Joseph Hartley - 33, Twister, Bachelor, 58 Cromwell St.
Martha Jane Brown - 29, Weaver, Spinster, 32 Belford St.
    Groom's Father: Joseph Hartley, Weaver
    Bride's Father: Thomas Brown, Weaver
    Witness: James Robert Brown; Lilian Hartley
    Married by Banns by: Chas. Fisher, Vicar
    Register: Marriages 1911 - 1931, Page 195, Entry 389
    Source: Original Parish Register
        
T8
BROWN  Martha Jane  HARTLEY  Joseph  1926  Burnley, St Margaret  Lancashire  Preston  CE138/3/389
        
T9
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN APRIL, MAY AND JUNE, 1926.
[Page 127]  Brown,    Martha J  Hartley  Burnley  8e 381
[Page 421]  Hartley,  Joseph    Brown    Burnley  8e 381
        
T10
E.D. Letter code NFBW  Borough, U.D. or R.D. Burnley C.B. (pt)  Reg. District and Subdistrict 472/1
Address:      38 Merton St
Sch.no./sub:  280  2
Name:         Hartley  Martha J.
OVSPI:
M/F:          F
Birthdate:    11 Mar  97
SMWD:         M
Occupation:   Cotton weaver
        
T11
HARTLEY  Martha Jane  61  1958  Burnley Second  Lancashire  Preston  BS/3/94
        
T12
DEATHS REGISTERED IN OCTOBER, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1958.
[Page 380]  HARTLEY,  Martha J.  61  Burnley  10b 743
        


File sources

Ref. Type File name
F1 Image Baptism-MarthaJaneBrown-1897-04-07-HolyTrinityHaberghamEaves.jpeg
F2 Image Census-1901-RG13-3884-74-19.jpeg
F3 Transcript Census-1901-RG13-3884-74-19-ThomasBrown.text
F4 Image Census-1911-RG14PN24909-RG78PN1424-RD472-SD4-ED29-SN44.jpeg
F5 Transcript Census-1911-RG14PN24909-RG78PN1424-RD472-SD4-ED29-SN44.text
F6 Image 1926M2-B-0127.jpg
F7 Image 1926M2-H-0421.jpg
F8 Image 1939-Register-TNA-R39-4307-4307B-019.jpg
F9 Image 1958D4-H-0380.jpg


Last updated 2025-03-16 10:28 UTC
© David Haworth
About this site (Impressum).
Don't say Greater Manchester, Merseyside or Cumbria when you mean Lancashire Valid HTML Valid CSS