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John Buck

(1843 - 1905)


Father: George Buck (abt.1798 - 1860)
Mother: Betty Brown (1805 - ?)

Siblings:

Other parents of half-siblings:
  1. Mother: Mary unknown
  2. Father: Richard Holden

Children:

With Elizabeth Chadwick


Timeline

Date Event Information Sources
1843 Birth
  • Estimated from 1851 census
  • lancashirebmd:  T1
1851-03-30 Census
  • Abode: Brierfield, Little Marsden
  • Age: 8
  • Occupation: Cart driver
  • Birthplace: Lanc. Pendle
  • Census record HO107-2254-74-20:  F1  F2
1861-04-07 Census
  • Age: 18
  • Occupation: Coal miner
  • Abode: Brierfield
  • Birthplace: Lancashire Marsden
  • Census record RG09-3077-63-13:  F3  T2  F4
1864-09-24 Marriage
Elizabeth Chadwick (abt.1843 - 1921)
  • Place: St Bartholomew, Colne, Lancashire
  • Age: 21
  • Abode: Little Marsden, Lancashire
  • Occupation: Collier
  • Witness: Thomas Holden
    • Note: Son or grandson of mother Betty Brown
  • Witness: Betty Chadwick
  • lancashirebmd:  T3
  • lan-opc:  Link  T4
1871-04-02 Census
  • Abode: Bridge Street, Brierfield, Lancashire
  • Age: 48
    • Note: Recorded incorrectly; should be 28
  • Occupation: Stoker at the coal mine
  • Birthplace: Marsden, Lancashire
  • Census record RG10-4155-97-16:  F5  F6  T5
1881-04-03 Census
  • Abode: 6 Vine Street, Brierfield, Lancashire
  • Age: 38
  • Occupation: Engine driver tenter at coal pit
  • Birthplace: Wheatley Lane, Lancashire
  • Census record RG11-4162-95-13:  F7  F8  T6
1891-04-05 Census
  • Abode: Little Marsden, Lancashire
  • Age: 48
  • Occupation: Minder over colliery
  • Birthplace: Lancashire
  • Census record RG13-3379-141-34 and RG13-3379-142-35
  • familysearch:  Link  Link  F9  T7
1901-03-31 Census
  • Abode: Ross Street, Brierfield, Lancashire
  • Age: 58
  • Occupation: Engine winder at colliery
  • Birthplace: Brierfield, Lancashire
  • Census record RG13-3884-74-20
  • familysearch:  Link  F10  T8
1905-05-04 Death
  • Age: 62
  • Abode: 24 Ross Street, Brierfield, Lancashire
  • Occupation: Colliery engine winder
  • lancashirebmd:  T9
  • Probate calendar
1905-05-19 Probate
  • Probate calendar:  F11  T10


Transcripts of sources

Ref. Transcript
T1
Birth:  BUCK  John  BROWN    1843  Pendle  Lancashire  Preston  PE/2/16
        
T2
1861 census RG09 Piece 3077 Folio 63 Page 13

Township of Little Marsden
Ecclesiastical District of Little Marsden

Schedule 56  Brierfield

Betty Buck    Head  W.      55  Housekeeper  Lancashire Marsden
Henry Buck    Son   Un  22      Coal Miner   Lancashire Marsden
John Buck     Son   Un  18      Coal Miner   Lancashire Marsden
Jane Buck     Daur          12  Scholar      Lancashire Marsden
Thomas Buck   G.Son      8      Scholar      Lancashire Marsden
Richard Buck  G.Son      5      Scholar      Lancashire Marsden


        
T3
Marriage:  BUCK  John  CHADWICK  Elizabeth  1864  Colne, St Bartholomew  Lancashire  Preston  CE118/6/393
        
T4
Marriage: 24 Sep 1864 St Bartholomew, Colne, Lancs.
John Buck - (X), 21, Collier, Bachelor, Little Marsden
Elizbeth Chadwick - (X), 21, Spinster, Little Marsden
    Groom's Father: George Buck, Collier
    Bride's Father: Henry Chadwick, Collier
    Witness: Thomas Holden, (X); Betty Chadwick
    Married by Banns by: G Davidson
    Register: Marriages 1860 - 1865, Page 197, Entry 393
    Source: LDS Film 1471066
        
T5
1871 census RG10 Piece 4155 Folio 97 Page 16

Civil Parish or Township of Little Marsden
City or Municipal Borough of 
Municipal Ward of Brierfield Local Board
Parliamentary Borough of
Township of Little Marsden
Village or Hamlet, &c, of Brierfield
Local Board or Improvement Commissioners District of Brierfield
Ecclesiastical District of Little Marsden

Schedule 86  Bridge Street

John Buck       Head  Mar  48     Stoker at the Coal Mines  Lancashire; Marsden
Elizabeth Buck  Wife  Mar     28                            Lancashire; Marsden
James Buck      Son        8      Scholar                   Lancashire; Marsden
Betty Buck      Daur          5   Scholar                   Lancashire; Marsden
Albert Buck     Son        1                                Lancashire; Marsden

Transcribed from Census-1871-RG10-4155-97-16.jpeg by dh

        
T6
1881 census RG11 Piece 4162 Folio 95 Page 13

Civil Parish or Township of Great and Little Marsden
City or Municipal Borough of 
Municipal Ward of 
Parliamentary Borough of 
Town or Village or Hamlet of 
Urban Sanitary District of 
Rural Sanitary District of 
Ecclesiastical Parish or District of 

Schedule 691  6, Vine Street, Great and Little Marsden, Burnley

John       Buck   Head     Married  38     Engine driver tenter coal pit      Wheatley Lane, Lancashire
Elizabeth  Buck    Wife    Married     38  Engine driver tenter coal pitwife  Little Marsden, Lancashire
James C    Buck    Son     Single   18     Cotton weaver                      Little Marsden, Lancashire
Betty      Buck  Daughter  Single      15  Cotton weaver                      Brierfield, Lancashire
Albert     Buck    Son     Single   11     Half timer school weaver mill      Brierfield, Lancashire
Fred       Buck    Son     Single   7      Scholar                            Brierfield, Lancashire
Martha A   Buck  Daughter  Single      3   -                                  Brierfield, Lancashire
Lucy       Buck  Daughter  Single      0   -                                  Brierfield, Lancashire

Transcribed from Census-1881-BUCK-John-findmypast.pdf by dh

        
T7
1891 census  RG12 Piece 3379 Folio 141 Page 34 and Folio 142 Page 35

Administrative County of 
Civil Parish of 
Municipal Borough of 
Municipal Ward of 
Urban Sanitary District of 
Town or Village or Hamlet of 
Rural Sanitary District of 
Parliamentary Borough or Division of 
Ecclesiastical Parish or District of 

Schedule   Little Marsden, Lancashire

[page 34]
John Buck       Head  Mar  48  Minder Over Colliery  Lancashire
Eliz Buck       Wife  Mar  48                        Lancashire
[page 35]
James Chadwick  Son   S    28  Weaver Cotton         Lancashire
Betty Buck      Daur  S    25  Weaver Cotton         Lancashire
Albert Buck     Son   S    21  Weaver Cotton         Lancashire
Fred Buck       Son   S    17  Weaver Cotton         Lancashire
Lucy Buck       Daur  S    10  Weaver Cotton         Lancashire
Walter Buck     Son   S    6   Scholar               Lancashire

Transcribed from https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QTGN-5N2
             and https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QTGJ-TW2 by dh


        
T8
1901 census  RG13 Piece 3884 Folio 74 Page 20

Administrative County Lancashire
Civil Parish of Brierfield
Ecclesiastical Parish of St Luke
County Borough, Municipal Borough or Urban District of 
Ward of Municipal Borough or of Urban District of 
Rural District of 
Parliamentary Borough or Division of 
Town or Village or Hamlet of Brierfield

Schedule 138  Ross Street, Brierfield

John Buck       Head      Mar  58     Engine Winder At Colliery       Brierfield, Lancashire
Elizabeth Buck  Wife      Mar     58                                  Brierfield, Lancashire
James Chadwick  Step Son  S    38     Cotton Mill Machinery Repairer  Brierfield, Lancashire
Fred Buck       Son       S    27     Cotton Weaver                   Brierfield, Lancashire
Lucy Buck       Daur      S       20  Cotton Weaver                   Brierfield, Lancashire
Walter Buck     Son       S    16     Cotton Weaver                   Brierfield, Lancashire

Transcribed from https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9LB-453 by dh

        
T9
Death:  BUCK  John  62    1905  Nelson  Lancashire  Preston  NEL/12/37
        
T10
1905.  Page 359
BUCK John of 24 Ross-street Brierfield Lancashire colliery-engine-winder died 4 May 1905.
Administration Lancaster 19 May to Elizabeth Buck widow Effects £291 8s. 2d.
[handwritten afterwards] Further Grant February 23rd 1926
        


File sources

Ref. Type File name
F1 Transcript Census-1851-HO107-2254-74-20-S64-Buck.txt
F2 Image Census-1851-HO107-2254-74-20.jpeg
F3 Transcript Census-1861-RG09-3077-63-13-S56-Buck.text
F4 Image Census-1861-RG09-3077-63-13.jpeg
F5 Image Census-1871-RG10-4155-97-16.jpeg
F6 Transcript Census-1871-RG10-4155-97-16-86-Buck.text
F7 Transcript Census-1881-BUCK-John-findmypast.pdf
F8 Transcript Census-1881-RG11-4162-95-13-691-Buck.text
F9 Transcript Census-1891-RG12-3379-141-34-Buck.text
F10 Transcript Census-1901-RG13-3884-74-20-Buck.text
F11 Image 1905-Probate-JohnBuck.pdf


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