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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
  • Age: 4
  • Birthplace: Lancs Burnley
  • Census record RG13-3884-74-19:  F2
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:  F3  F4  T4
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  F7  T9
abt.1958-11 Death
  • lancashirebmd:  T10
  • GRO index:  F8  T11


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
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]


        
T5
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
        
T6
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
        
T7
BROWN  Martha Jane  HARTLEY  Joseph  1926  Burnley, St Margaret  Lancashire  Preston  CE138/3/389
        
T8
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
        
T9
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
        
T10
HARTLEY  Martha Jane  61  1958  Burnley Second  Lancashire  Preston  BS/3/94
        
T11
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 Image Census-1911-RG14PN24909-RG78PN1424-RD472-SD4-ED29-SN44.jpeg
F4 Transcript Census-1911-RG14PN24909-RG78PN1424-RD472-SD4-ED29-SN44.text
F5 Image 1926M2-B-0127.jpg
F6 Image 1926M2-H-0421.jpg
F7 Image 1939-Register-TNA-R39-4307-4307B-019.jpg
F8 Image 1958D4-H-0380.jpg


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