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Sarah Jane Butson

(1874 - 1940)

Father:	Thomas Butson (1837 - 1874)
Mother:	Margaret Shutt (1844 - 1915)

Siblings:

Other parents of half-siblings:

Mother: Margaret Cherry
Father: Joseph Orton

Children:

With George Brown

Timeline

Date	Event	Information	Sources
1874-03-12	Birth	Place: Spennymoor, Durham	1939 register 1881 & 1891 Census Birth record index (freebmd): T1 www.gro.gov.uk (search): T2
1881-04-03	Census	Abode: South Church Road, Bishop Auckland, County Durham Age: 7 Birthplace: Spennymoor, County Durham	Census record RG11-4914-53-50: F1 F2 T3
1891-04-05	Census	Abode: 16 Guildford Street, Brierfield, Lancashire Age: 17 Occupation: Cotton weaver Birthplace: Spennymoor, County Durham	Census record RG12-3379-130-11: F3 F4 F5 T4
1901-03-31	Census	Abode: 31 Regent Street, Brierfield, Lancashire Age: 27 Occupation: Cotton weaver Birthplace: Spennymoor, County Durham	Census record RG13-3884-93-10: F6 F7 T5
abt.1903-02	Marriage George Brown (1874 - 1953)		Deduced from 1911 census Marriage record index (freebmd): T6
1911-04-02	Census	Abode: 23 Regent Street, Brierfield, Lancashire Age: 37 Occupation: Cotton weaver Birthplace: Spennymoor, County Durham Family: Married 8 years, 2 children, none died	Census record RG14PN24908-RG78PN1424-RD472-SD4-ED28-SN311: F8 F9 T7
1939-09-29	1939 register	Birthdate: 1874-03-12 Abode: 23 Regent Street, Brierfield Occupation: Unpaid domestic duties	1939 register RG101-4709A-012-41: Link F10 T8
abt.1940-04-05	Death	Age: 66 Abode: 23 Regent Street, Brierfield	Estimated from burial record
1940-04-09	Burial	Place: Grave A/828, Wheatley Lane Inghamite Chapel	Burial record (cemsearch): F11 lan-opc: Link T9 Newspaper report: F12 F13 T10 Edition: Nelson Leader - Friday 12 April 1940

Transcripts of sources

Ref.	Transcript
T1	Births Mar 1874; Butson, Sarah Jane Auckland 10a 292
T2	BUTSON, SARAH JANE SHACKLETON GRO Reference: 1874 M Quarter in AUCKLAND Volume 10A Page 292
T3	1881 Census RG11 piece 4914 folio 53 page 50 Civil Parish or Township of Bishop Auckland City or Municipal Borough of [blank] Municipal Ward of [blank] Parliamentary Borough of [blank] Town or Village or Hamlet of Bishop Auckland Urban Sanitary District of Bishop Auckland Rural Sanitary District of [blank] Ecclesiastical Parish or District of Saint Peter Schedule 221 So Church Rd Joseph Orton Head Mar 41 Iron Merchant Durham Bolam Margaret Orton Wife Mar 36 Iron Merchant Wife Lancashire Colne Jule Orton Dau 3 Durham Jobs Hill Arthur Orton Son 1 Durham Jobs Hill Margaret Butson Dau 9 Scholar Durham Toft Hill Sarah J Butson Dau 7 Scholar Durham Spennymoor Transcribed from Census-1881-RG11-4914-53-50.jpeg by dh
T4	1891 census RG12 piece 3379 folio 130 page 11 Administrative County of Lancaster Civil Parish of Great and Little Marsden Municipal Borough of [blank] Municipal Ward of [blank] Urban Sanitary District of Brierfield Town or Village or Hamlet of Brierfield Rural Sanitary District of [Brierfield struck out] Parliamentary Borough or Division of Clitheroe part of Ecclesiastical Parish or District of St Lukes Schedule 65 [64 struck out] 16 Guildford St Sarah Storey Head Wid 50 Dressmaker _ _ X Lancs Colne James Storey Son S 17 Cotton Weaver _ X _ Durham Witton Park Geo Stobbart Storey Son S 15 Cotton Weaver _ X _ Durham Witton Park Thos Freddie Storey Son S 13 Cotton Weaver _ X _ Durham Witton Park Margt Ann Butson Relative S 19 Cotton Weaver _ X _ Durham Etherley Sarah Jane Butson Relative S 17 Cotton Weaver _ X _ Durham Spennymoor Transcribed from Census-1891-RG12-3379-130-11.jpeg by dh
T5	1901 census RG13 piece 3884 folio 93 page 10 Administrative County Lancaster Civil Parish of Brierfield Ecclesiastical Parish of Brierfield St Luke's 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 Town or Village or Hamlet of [blank] Schedule 76 31 Regent St Margaret Orton Head Wid 56 Durham Spennymoor Sarah Jane Butson Daur S 27 Cotton Weaver Worker Durham Spennymoor Julia Ann Orton Daur S 23 Confectioner Worker Durham Crook Alice Orton Daur S 19 General Servant (Domestic) Worker Durham Bishop Auckland Joseph Orton Son S 14 Cotton Weaver Worker Northumberland Newcastle Transcribed from Census-1901-RG13-3884-93-10.jpeg and Census-1901-RG13-3884-93-10.jpg by dh
T6	Marriages Mar 1903; Brown, George Burnley 8e 326; Butson, Sarah Jane Burnley 8e 326
T7	1911 census RG14PN24908 RG78PN1424 RD472 SD4 ED28 SN311 Regisration District 472 Registration Sub-district 4 Enumeration District 28 Schedule 311 23 Regent Street Brierfield George Brown Head 36 Married [struck out] Cotton Weaver Worker Lanc Brierfield Sarah J Brown Wife 37 Married 8 2 2 Cotton Weaver Worker Durham Spennymoor Herbert Brown Son 3 Lanc Brierfield Cissy Brown Daughter 7 Lanc Brierfield Mrs Orton Mother in law 66 Widow Durham Spennymoor Enumerator: BM Males: 2 Females: 3 Persons: 5 No. of Rooms 4 Signature George Brown 23 Regent Street Brierfield Image: Census-1911-RG14PN24908-RG78PN1424-RD472-SD4-ED28-SN311.jpeg
T8	E.D. Letter code NTQA Borough, U.D. or R.D. Brierfield Reg. District and Subdistrict 472A/2 [Borough and R.D. struck out] Address: 23 REGENT ST. Sch.no./sub: 172 2 Name: Brown Sarah J. OVSPI: M/F: F Birthdate: 12 MAR 74 SMWD: M Occupation: Unpaid domestic duties
T9	Burial: 9 Apr 1940 Wheatley Lane Inghamite, Fence in Pendle, Lancs. Sarah Jane Brown - Wife of George Brown Age: 66 years Abode: 23 Regent Street, Brierfield Grave: 828 Section: A Buried by: Hartley Whittaker Register: Burials Section 1-4 1928 - 1978, Page 123, Entry 1260 Source: Original Parish Register
T10	Transcript of NelsonLeader-1940-04-12-p5.pdf Nelson Leader - Friday 12 April 1940 - Page 5, Column 4 THE WEEK'S OBITUARY Mrs. Sarah Jane Brown. The interment took place in the Inghamite Burial Ground, Wheatley Carr, on Tuesday afternoon of Mrs. Sarah Jane Brown, wife of Mr. George Brown, of 23, Regent Street, Brierfleld. Mrs. Brown passed away on Friday last, in her 67th year. A native of Gateshead, she had resided in Brierfield over 52 years and at one time was a prominent member of the Brierfield Methodist Church. Husband, one son, and one daughter survive her. Mr. H. Whittaker officiated at the ser- vices at Wheatley Carr. Floral tributes were received from: Her sorrowing husband. Cissy and Her- bert; Mr. and Mrs. Foster; Edith, John and Ronnie; Mrs. Birtwistle; Tom Brown and family; Ada and Percy; Lizzie, Cecil, Doreen and Percy; Mary; Mrs. Barnes; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brown; Mrs. Coates, Wilfred and John; Edith, Ann, Polly, Elizabeth Ann; Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins and Margaret; Mrs. Oliver; Mr. and Mrs. Schofield; Winston and all; Mr. Lyon and family; Clarice and Pheobe; Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Hebden and children; Alice and Archie; Fanny; Annie, Bella, Hetty, Mary and Edith; Nancy, Jinnie and Fred Taylor; Dick and Ellen, Tom and Ida; Mr. and Mrs. Starkie, Ellen and Jack; Mr. and Mrs. Ratcliffe and family, Derby Hotel; Tom, Lizzie and Peggy; Margaret, Will, Winnie and Bill; Alice, Jim and Mrs. Calvert; Celia. The Burnley Co-operative Society, Ltd., carried out the funeral arrangements.

File sources

Ref.	Type	File name
F1	Image	Census-1881-RG11-4914-53-50.jpeg
F2	Transcript	Census-1881-RG11-4914-53-50-Joseph-Orton.text
F3	Image	Census-1891-RG12-3379-130-11.jpeg
F4	Transcript	Census-1891-BUTSON-MargaretAnn-transcript.pdf
F5	Transcript	Census-1891-RG12-3379-130-11-Storey.text
F6	Image	Census-1901-RG13-3884-93-10.jpeg
F7	Transcript	Census-1901-RG13-3884-93-10-Orton.text
F8	Image	Census-1911-RG14PN24908-RG78PN1424-RD472-SD4-ED28-SN311.jpeg
F9	Transcript	Census-1911-RG14PN24908-RG78PN1424-RD472-SD4-ED28-SN311.text
F10	Image	1939-Register-TNA-R39-4709-4709A-012.jpg
F11	Transcript	Brown_Wheatley.doc
F12	Image	NelsonLeader-1940-04-12-p5.pdf
F13	Transcript	NelsonLeader-1940-04-12-p5-MrsSarahJaneBrown.text

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