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John O'Brien

(1868 - 1938)


Father: James O'Brien (abt.1829 - 1877)
Mother: Mary Faulkner (1835 - 1915)

Siblings:

Children:

With Sarah Ann Etchells


Timeline

Date Event Information Sources
1868-03-28 Birth
  • Place: Manchester
  • Personal knowledge
  • freebmd:  T1
1871-04-02 Census
  • Abode: Irwell Inn, 39 Water Street, Manchester
  • Age: 3
  • Birthplace: Manchester, Lancashire
  • Census record RG10-4036-90-11:  F1  F2  T2
1881-04-03 Census
  • Abode: Cheetham Street, Manchester
  • Age: 13
  • Birthplace: Manchester, Lancashire
  • Census record RG11-3990-106-3:  F3  T3
1891-04-05 Census
  • Abode: Rowe Street, Manchester, Lancashire
  • Age: 23
  • Occupation: Warehouseman
  • Birthplace: England
  • Census record RG12-3237-108-13:  F4  T4
abt.1893-11 Marriage
Sarah Ann Etchells (abt.1869 - 1940)
  • Age: 25
  • Abode: 35 Dorrington Street, Hulme
  • Witness: John B. Westwood
  • Witness: Sarah Ainsworth
  • freebmd:  T5
  • Parish register:  F5  T6
1901-03-31 Census
  • Abode: East Terrace, Eccles, Lancashire
  • Age: 33
  • Occupation: Greyman calico printers
  • Birthplace: Manchester
1911-04-02 Census
  • Abode: 232 Peel Green Road, Patricroft
  • Age: 43
  • Occupation: Warehouseman, Grey Cloth
  • Birthplace: Manchester, Lancashire
  • Census record RG14PN23606 RG78PN1375 RD463 SD2 ED23 SN29:  F6  F7  T8
1938-04-01 Death
  • Personal knowledge
1938-04 Burial
  • Place: Plot G18178, Peel Green Cemetery and Crematorium, Eccles


Transcripts of sources

Ref. Transcript
T1
Births Mar 1868
O'Brien  John  Manchester  8d 223
        
T2
1871 census RG10 Piece 4036 Folio 90 Page 11 
``
Civil Parish or Township of Manchester
City or Municipal Borough of Manchester
Municipal Ward of St. John
Parliamentary Borough of Manchester
Town of [struck out]
Village or Hamlet, &c, of [struck out]
Local Board or Improvement Commissioners District of [struck out]
Ecclesiastical District of St. John

Schedule 63  39 Water St. (Irwell Inn)

James O'Brien     Head  Mar  42     Shoemaker      Lancash Manchester
Mary O'Brien      Wife  Mar     36  Cotton Winder  Lancash Manchester
William O'Brien   Son        8      Scholar        Lancash Manchester
Jane O'Brien      Daur          5                  Lancash Manchester
John O'Brien      Son        3                     Lancash Manchester

Transcribed from gbc_1871_4036_0163.jpg by dh

        
T3
1881 census RG11 Piece 3990 Folio 106 Page 3

Registration district  Manchester

Schedule   Cheetham St, Manchester

Mary O Brien   Widow   Head         44  Cotton Winder               Manchr, Lancashire
Willm O Brien  Single  Son   M   18     Warehouseman Sticher (C M)  Manchr, Lancashire
Jane O Brien   Single  Daughter     15  Cotton Winder               Manchr, Lancashire
John O Brien   Single  Son   M   13     Scholar                     Manchr, Lancashire
Thos O Brien   Single  Son   M   7      Scholar                     Manchr, Lancashire
Edwin O Brien  Single  Son   M   5      Scholar                     Manchr, Lancashire

Transcribed from https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27P-647L by dh

        
T4
1891 census  RG12 Piece 3237 Folio 108 Page 13

Registration District: Manchester  ED13

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   Rowe Street, Manchester, Lancashire

Mary C Obrien   Head           Widowed     54  Housekeeper         England
John Obrien     Son            Single   23     Warehouseman        England
Thomas Obrien   Son            Single   18     Warehouseman        England
Edwin Obrien    Son            Single   15     Warehouseman        England
Jane Coyle      Daughter       Widowed  26     Winder Cotton Mill  England
Mary Coyle      Granddaughter              7   Scholar             England
Nellie Coyle    Granddaughter              5                       England

Transcribed from https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q5QV-Y3Z by dh


        
T5
Marriages Dec 1893
Etchells  Sarah Ann  Chorlton  8c 938
O'Brien   John       Chorlton  8c 938
        
T6
Page 178
1893. Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of Holy Trinity, Hulme in the County of Manchester
No. 356 December 23. 1893

John O'Brien        25  Bachelor  Warehouseman  35 Dorrington St  James O'Brien (deceased)  Slipper-maker
Sarah Ann Etchells  24  Spinster  ---           35 Dorrington St  Aaron Etchells            Fireman

Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church,
by --- or after Banns by me, Wm Hy Brayshaw

This Marriage   {  John O'Brien        }  in the    {  John B. Westwood
was solemnized  {                      }  Presence  {
between us,     {  Sarah Ann Etchells  }  of us,    {  Sarah Ainsworth
        
T7
East Terrace, Eccles, Lancashire, England
Registration District: Barton Upon Irwell
Sub-District: Barton
Page 25  Piece/Folio 42  Schedule 147

John O'Brien       Head      M   33  Manchester, Lancashire  Greyman calico printers
Sarah Ann O'Brien  Wife      F   32  Manchester, Lancashire
Martha O'Brien     Daughter  F   6   Manchester, Lancashire
Alfred O'Brien     Son       M   4   Manchester, Lancashire
John O'Brien       Son       M   2   Patricroft, Lancashire
        
T8
1911 census  RG14 PN23606 RG78PN1375 RD463 SD2 ED23 SN29

Registration District      463  Barton upon Irwell
Registration Sub-District  2    Barton
Enumeration District       23

232 Peel Green Road,, Patricroft

Schedule 29

Name               Rel       M   F  Status   Ma  C  L  D  Occ                      Worker  Birthplace
John O'Brien       Head      43     Married               Warehouseman Grey Cloth  Worker  Lancs. Manchester
Sarah Ann O'Brien  Wife         42  Married  17  5  4  1                                   Lancs. Manchester
Martha O'Brien     Daughter     16  Single                Weaver of Colored Goods  Worker  Lancs. Manchester
Alfred O'Brien     Son       14                           Milk Boy                 Worker  Lancs. Manchester
John O'Brien       Son       12                           Scholar                          Lancs. Patricroft
Ellen O'Brien      Daughter     8                         Scholar                          Lancs. Manchester

Enumerator JGS    3 Males  3 Females  6 Persons     3 rooms. Signed  John O'Brien
                                                                     232 Peel Green Rd Patricroft

Transcribed from Census-1911-RG14PN23606-RG78PN1375-RD463-SD2-ED23-SN29.jpeg by dh

        
T9
John O'Brien
Birth   28 Mar 1868 Manchester, Metropolitan Borough of Manchester, Greater Manchester, England
Death   1 Apr 1938 (aged 70) Eccles, Metropolitan Borough of Salford, Greater Manchester, England
Burial  Peel Green Cemetery and Crematorium Eccles, Metropolitan Borough of Salford, Greater Manchester, England
Plot    G(C of E) 18178
        


File sources

Ref. Type File name
F1 Image gbc_1871_4036_0163.jpg
F2 Transcript Census-1871-RG10-4036-80-11-JamesOBrien.text
F3 Transcript Census-1881-RG11-3990-106-3-OBrien.text
F4 Transcript Census-1891-RG12-3237-108-13-OBrien.text
F5 Image HolyTrinityHulme/HolyTrinityHulme-Marriages-1893-p178.jpg
F6 Image Census-1911-RG14PN23606-RG78PN1375-RD463-SD2-ED23-SN29.jpeg
F7 Transcript Census-1911-RG14PN23606-RG78PN1375-RD463-SD2-ED23-SN29.text


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