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Martha Stevenson

(1828 - 1904)

Father: unknown
Mother: Margaret Stevenson (1810 - 1880)

Siblings:

Children:

With not known

Timeline

Date Event Information Sources
1828-10-28 Birth
  • Place: Padiham
  • Baptism record
1828-11-30 Baptism
  • Place: St Leonard, Padiham
  • Parish record:  F1  T1
  • Bishop's transcript:  F2  T2
  • lan-opc:  Link  T3
1841-06-07 Census
  • Age: 12
  • Abode: Gate End, Padiham
  • Census record HO107-509-13-12-16:  F3
1851-03-30 Census
  • Age: 22
  • Occupation: Power Loom Weaver (Cotton)
  • Abode: Guy Street, Padiham
  • Note: Transcribed as Stevanson on FMP
  • Census record HO107-2253-110-41:  F4
1861-04-07 Census
  • Age: 30
  • Occupation: Cotton Weaver
  • Abode: Guy Street, Padiham
  • Note: Transcribed STEPHAM on FMP
  • Census record RG09-3075-50-32:  F5
1867-05-04 Marriage
Francis Hitchon (abt.1828 - 1908)
  • Place: Chapel of All Saints, Padiham
  • Parish: St Leonard, Padiham
  • Note: St Leonard's church was demolished and rebuilt between 1866 and 1869
  • Age: 38
  • Occupation: Weaver
  • Witness: James Edmondson
  • Witness: Rosetta Hudson
  • Note: Clue for this is the burial of Martha Hitchon in the same grave as Margaret Stevenson
  • Parish record:  F6  T4
  • Note found in parish register:  Link  T5
  • lancashirebmd:  T6
  • lan-opc:  Link  T7
  • lan-opc (banns):  Link  T8
1871-04-02 Census
  • Age: 40
  • Occupation: Cotton power loom weaver
  • Abode: Back Guy Street, Padiham
  • Census record RG10-4153-61-48:  F7
1881-04-03 Census
  • Age: 52
  • Occupation: Cotton Weaver
  • Abode: 4 Bk Guy Street, Padiham
  • Census record RG11-4157-102-44:  F8
1891-04-05 Census
  • Age: 62
  • Occupation: General Servant
  • Abode: 35, Burnley Road, Padiham
  • Census record RG12-3374-20-2:  F9
1901-03-31 Census
  • Age: 72
  • Occupation: House Keeper
  • Abode: 35, Burnley Road, Padiham
  • Census record RG13-3877-84-31:  F10
abt.1904-12-06 Death
  • Age: 76
  • Estimated from burial
1904-12-09 Burial
  • Place: Grave 13/25, St Leonard, Padiham
  • Note: Same grave as mother Margaret Stevenson

Transcripts of sources

Ref. Transcript
T1 
Page 24. BAPTISMS solemnizedin the Parish of Padiham in the County of Lancaster in the Year 1828
[1828 Nov'r] 30  No. 189.  Martha Daughter of  Margaret  Stephenson  Padiham  Weaver  Wm Wood Curate of Altham
[Born] Oct'r 28. [written in right margin]
T2 
Page 24. BAPTISMS solemnizedin the Parish of Padiham in the County of Lancaster
in the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-8
[1828 Nov'r] 30  No. 189.  Martha Daughter of  Margaret  Stephenson  Padiham  Weaver  Wm Wood Curate of Altham
[Born Oc] 28. [written in right margin]
T3 
Baptism: 30 Nov 1828 St Leonard, Padiham, Lancs.
Martha Stephenson - daughter of Margaret Stephenson
Born: 28 Oct 1828
Abode: Padiham
Occupation: Weaver
Baptised by: Wm Wood, Curate of Altham
Register: Baptisms 1822 - 1830 from the Bishop's Transcripts, Page 24, Entry 189
Source: LDS Film 1040343
T4 
1867.  Marriage solemnized at Padiham in the Parish of Whalley in the County of Lancaster
No. 473  May 4th 1867
Francis Hitchon   39  Bachelor  Weaver  Padiham  Richard Hitchon  Designer
Martha Stevenson  38  Spinster  Weaver  Padiham  -                -
Married in the Chapel of All Saints according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England,
after Banns by me, J Hamilton Fox Perp'l Curate
This Marriage was solemnized between us,  {  Francis Hitchon              }
                                          {  Martha Stevenson X her mark  }
in the Presence of us,  {  James Edmondson  }
                        {  Rosetta Hudson   }
T5 
[Found in St Leonard's baptism register 1847-1853]
May 15th 1866. All Saints Chapel in the Church of England Cemetery opened with Divine Service
& Holy Communion. 40 communicants. Sermon by Revd., H. A. Starkie B. A. Incumbent of Stainforth.
The Chapel is erected by Mrs. Starkie & her children as a memorial to the late Le Gendre Nicholas
Starkie who died May 15 1865.
T6 
Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1867
HITCHON Francis   STEVENSON Martha   Padiham, St Leonard   Preston   CE129/2/473
T7 
Marriage: 4 May 1867 St Leonard, Padiham, Lancs.
Francis Hitchon - 39, Weaver, Bachelor, Padiham
Martha Stevenson - (X), 38, Weaver, Spinster, Padiham
Groom's Father: Richard Hitchon, Designer
Witness: James Edmondson; Rosetta Hudson
Married by Banns by: J. Hamilton Fox, Perpl. Curate
Notes: [Brides father unnamed]
Register: Marriages 1852 - 1867, Page 236, Entry 473
Source: Original Parish Register
T8 
Banns: St Leonard, Padiham, Lancs.
Francis Hitchen - Padiham
Martha Stevenson - Padiham
First Reading: 7 Apr 1867; Read By: Geo. Allen
Second Reading: 14 Apr 1867; Read By: J. H. Fox
Third Reading: 21 Apr 1867; Read By: J. H. Fox
Married 4 May 1867
Register: Banns 1857 - 1868, Page 97, Entry 266
Source: Original Parish Register
T9 
Burial: 9 Dec 1904 St Leonard, Padiham, Lancs.
Martha Hitchon -
Age: 76 yrs
Abode: Padiham
Grave: 13/25
Buried by: R Coverdale
Register: Burials 1893 - 1907, Page 248, Entry 1977
Source: Original Register

File sources

Ref. Type File name
F1 Image Baptism-MarthaStevenson-1828-11-30-StLeonardPadiham.jpeg
F2 Image Baptism-MarthaStevenson-1828-11-30-StLeonardPadiham-BT.jpeg
F3 Image Census-1841-HO107-509-13-12-16.jpeg
F4 Image Census-1851-HO107-2253-110-41.jpeg
F5 Image Census-1861-RG09-3075-50-32.jpeg
F6 Image Marriage-FrancisHitchon-MarthaStevenson-1867-05-04-StLeonardPadiham.jpeg
F7 Image Census-1871-RG10-4153-61-48.jpeg
F8 Image Census-1881-RG11-4157-102-44.jpeg
F9 Image Census-1891-RG12-3374-20-2.jpeg
F10 Image Census-1901-RG13-3877-84-31.jpeg

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