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Henry Hanforth

(1825 - 1881)


Father: not known
Mother: not known

Siblings:

Children:

With Mary Ann Buck


Timeline

Date Event Information Sources
abt.1825-05-01 Birth
  • Estimated from baptism record
1825-06-12 Baptism
  • Place: St Paul, Little Marsden, Lancashire
  • Abode: Yorkshire Row, Little Marsden, Lancashire
  • lan-opc:  T1
1853-02-21 Marriage
Mary Ann Buck (1828 - 1889)
  • Place: St Bartholomew, Colne, Lancashire
  • Age: 29
  • Abode: Spinners Row, Little Marsden, Lancashire
  • Occupation: Collier
  • Witness: Peter Hanforth
  • Witness: Mary Ann Haworth
  • lan-opc:  T2
  • Parish register:  F1  T3
1861-04-07 Census
  • Abode: Little Marsden, Lancashire
  • Age: 37
  • Occupation: Coal miner
  • Birthplace: Marsden, Lancashire
  • Census record RG09-3077-66-19:  F2  F3  T4
  • familysearch:  Link
1871-04-02 Census
  • Abode: Brierfield, Lancashire
  • Age: 47
  • Birthplace: Marsden, Lancashire
  • familysearch:  Link
1881-04-03 Census
  • Abode: 6 Union Street, Brierfield, Lancashire
  • Age: 57
  • Occupation: Coal miner (unemployed)
  • Birthplace: Brierfield, Lancashire
  • Census record RG11-4163-5-4:  F4  F5  T5
1881-07-31 Death
  • Place: 6 Union-street, Brierfield, Lancashire
  • Abode: 6 Union-street, Brierfield, Lancashire
  • Age: 58
  • Probate calendar
  • GRO online:  T6
  • lancashirebmd:  T7
1881 Burial
  • Place: Grave 2/194, Inghamite Chapel, Wheatley Lane, Lancashire
  • lan-opc:  T8
1881-08-15 Probate
  • Probate calendar:  F6  T9


Transcripts of sources

Ref. Transcript
T1
Baptism: 12 Jun 1825 St Paul, Little Marsden, Lancashire
Henry Anforth - Son of Peter Anforth & Nanny
    Abode: Yorkshire Row
    Occupation: Collier
    Baptised By: J Hutchinson Curate
    Register: Baptisms 1813 - 1844, Page 87, Entry 693
    Source: LDS Film 1470815
        
T2
Marriage: 21 Feb 1853 St Bartholomew, Colne, Lancashire
Henry Hanforth - (X), 29, Collier, Bachelor, Spinners Row, Little Marsden
Mary Ann Buck - (X), 28, Spinster, Brier-field, Little Marsden
    Groom's Father: Peter Hanforth, Collier
    Bride's Father: Joseph Buck, Engineer
    Witnesses: Peter Hanforth (X); Mary Ann Haworth (X)
    Married by Banns by Owen Owen
    Register: Marriages 1848 - 1853, Page 230, Entry 460
    Source: LDS Film 1471065
        
T3
Page 230.  1853.  Marriage solemnized at the Parochial Church in the Chapelry of Colne in the County of Lancaster
No. 460  21 February 1853
Henry Hanforth  29  Bachelor  Collier  Spinner's Row, Little Marsden  Peter Hanforth  Collier
Mary Ann Buck   28  Spinster  -        Brierfield, Little Marsden     Joseph Buck     Engineer

Married in the Church of Colne according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church,
by [blank] or after Banns by me, Owen Owen

This Marriage   {  Henry Hanforth his X mark  }  in the    {  Peter Hanforth his X mark
was solemnized  {                             }  Presence  {
between us,     {  Mary Ann Buck her X mark   }  of us,    {  Mary Ann Haworth her X mark
        
T4
1861 census RG09 piece 3077 folio 66 page 19

Parish or Township of Little Marsden
City or Municipal Borough of [blank]
Municipal Ward of [blank]
Parliamentary Borough of [blank]
Town of [blank]
Hamlet or Tything, &c, of [blank]
Ecclesiastical District of Little Marsden

Schedule 88   Brierfield

Henry Hanforth     Head  Marr  37     Coal miner                Lancashire Marsden
Mary A. Hanforth   Wife  Marr     34  Cotton power loom weaver  Lancashire Marsden
Zecharih Hanforth  Son   Un    14     Son                       Lancashire Marsden  Blind

Transcribed from Census-1861-RG09-3077-66-19.jpeg by dh

        
T5
1881 census RG11 piece 4163 folio 5 page 4

Civil Parish or Township of Little Marsden
City or Municipal Borough of [blank]
Municipal Ward of [blank]
Parliamentary Borough of [blank]
Town or Village or Hamlet of Brierfield
Urban Sanitary District of Brierfield
Rural Sanitary District of [blank]
Ecclesiastical Parish or District of St Lukes [Brierfield struck out]

Schedule 20   6 Union St

Henry Hanforth      Head     Mar    57     Coal Miner, Unemployed  Lancashire, Brierfield
Mary Ann Hanforth   Wife     Mar       54                          Lancashire, Brierfield
Mary Jane Hanforth  daur     unmar     18  Cotton Weaver           Lancashire, Brierfield
Nancy Dyson         Visitor  Widow     66  Domestic Servant        Lancashire, Brierfield

Transcribed from Census-1881-RG11-4163-5-4.jpeg by dh

        
T6
HANDFORTH, HENRY  58
GRO Reference: 1881  S Quarter in THE BURNLEY UNION  Volume 08E  Page 151
        
T7
Death:  HANDFORTH  Henry  58    1881  Colne  Lancashire  Preston  COL/47/30
        
T8
Burial: 3 Aug 1881 Wheatley Lane Inghamite, Fence in Pendle, Lancashire
Henry Handforth -
    Age: 58 years
    Abode: Brierfield
    Grave Section: 2  Number: 194
    Register: Burials Section 1-4 1877 - 1928, Page 16
    Source: Original Parish Register
        
T9
1881.  Page 69
HANFORTH Henry.  Personal Estate £203 5s. 3d.
15 August.  Administration of the Personal Estate of
Henry Hanforth, late of 6 Union-street Brierfield near Burnley
in the County of Lancaster Coal Miner who died 30 July
1881 at 6 Union-street was granted at Lancaster to Mary
Ann Hanforth of 6 Union-street Widow the Relict.
        


File sources

Ref. Type File name
F1 Image StBartholomewColne-Marriages-1853-p230.png
F2 Image Census-1861-RG09-3077-66-19.jpeg
F3 Transcript Census-1861-RG09-3077-66-19-Hanforth.text
F4 Image Census-1881-RG11-4163-5-4.jpeg
F5 Transcript Census-1881-RG11-4163-5-4-Hanforth.text
F6 Image 1881-Probate-HenryHanforth.pdf


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