Brother of Florence Jane Smith

- NOTES:

1881 - Aged 50 (Stonemason) at Easthope Wood, Wenlock Edge, Salop.
Surname questionable - either Hartel, Hartitt or Harritt.

- NOTES: Last Will & Testament Proved on12th March 1839 - Executor: Ferdinand William Augustus Frederick Sansum.

There is a John Brown aged 23 (Tailor) working for or with a James Benjamin (Tailor) at No.48 Wells Street, Marylebone in 1841 Census

London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 about John Clempson Browne - Name: John Clempson Browne - Year: 1834 - County or Borough: City of London - Ward or Division/Constituency: City of London - Opposite The Castle, Hammersmith. (The Dartmouth Castle Inn, 26 Glenthorne Road, Hammersmith, London, W6 0LS, )

London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 about John Clempson Browne - Name: John Clempson Browne (Glazier) - Year: 1837 - County or Borough: City of London - Ward or Division/Constituency: City of London - Street address: Vauxhall Walk

ondon, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 about John Clempson Browne
Name: John Clempson Browne
Year: 1898
County or Borough: Tower Hamlets
Ward or Division/Constituency: Stepney
Street address: 39 Clive-street

London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 about John Clempson Browne
Name: John Clempson Browne
Year: 1922
County or Borough: City of London
Ward or Division/Constituency: London
Street address: 70 Abode-155 Anerley Rd. Ancrlvy

London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 about John Clempson Browne
Name: John Clempson Browne
Year: 1927
County or Borough: City of London
Ward or Division/Constituency: City of London
Street address: 76 57/tiO

- Daughter of Samuel & Charlotte Lowndes (Small Farmer) of Boundary Lane, Congleton, Cheshire.

Died aged 11 weeks and buried at St. Chad's 18th February 1879 in Grave No.331 in New Graveyard(Verified in St. Chad's Burial Register and confirmed by Stan Cowburn, Sexton of St. Chad's Church, 2007) Twin brother of Mary Lawton.

Died aged 11 weeks and buried at St. Chad's 18th February 1879 in Grave No.331 in New Graveyard(Verified in St. Chad's Burial Register and confirmed by Stan Cowburn, Sexton of St. Chad's Church, 2007)

- NOTES: 30 Sep 1902 - William Allinson aged 24 - Batchelor - Farm Labourer of Millbeck - Father: William Allinson - Stonemason. - Married - Edith Broad aged 31 - Spinster of Millbeck - Father: Ralph Broad - Stonemason. (Signed William Allison & Edith Broad)

Bequeathed all her worldly goods to Church of Scientology.

Apparently of Swedish parents he emigrated to USA in 1878 and
lived on Village Hill, Stafford Springs, Connecticut.

Son of John Armfield & Fanny (Buckley) Armfield of 23 Curzon St, Mossley.

I don't have many details about George Lawton ARMFIELD, I think he was an
only child and I don't have anyone now to ask, the strange thing is I
thought his mother was called Alice, so maybe his father married twice.
George married Norah ?, they had a daughter Cathy born 1945 and they lived
in Cambridge where he had a very good job working for the electricity board.
Alice who I thought was George's mother lived in one of the houses which
were at the back of the Mossley Methodist New Connexion Church, until she
went to live in an old people's home near Ashton Moss which must have been
in the early 1960's.

Father - Benjamin Armfield (Cotton Spinner)
Brother - Nelson Armfield witness at wedding.

When Benjamin Armfield married Nancy Shaw Buckley at St Anne's Church,
Lydgate on the 7th June 1876, he was 34 years old, a widower, a stretcher,
he lived at Baguley Hill and his father John Armfield was a grinder. Nancy
Shaw Buckley was 26 years old, a spinster, she lived at Quick View and her
father Moses Buckley was a carder. By banns. Witnesses were Samuel Whitley
and Sally Whitley.

John ARMFIELD and Fanny BUCKLEY married at St John's Church, Roughtown in
1912, [from CheshireBMD]. Do you know where the registers are kept for St
John's?, I have been trying to find out, to save having to keep buying
certificates.

John's parents were Benjamin and Nancy Shaw [nee BUCKLEY] ARMFIELD who
married at St Ann's Church, Lydgate on the 7th June 1876. Benjamin was the
son of John and Alice [nee ?] ARMFIELD. John was born c1806 in Derbyshire
and Alice ? was born c1805 in Saddleworth.

Benjamin ARMFIELD's first marriage was to Mary Ann MARSDEN who he married in
1867 at St George's Church, Mossley.

1861 census - RG9/3238 - page 3 - folio 5 - sch 14 - New Road, Mossley.
John ARMFIELD - head - mar - 54 - grinder cotton room - born Derbyshire.
Alice ARMFIELD - wife - mar - 55 - Saddleworth, Yorkshire.
Elizabeth ARMFIELD - dgt - unm - 21 - cotton weaver - born Gorton,
Lancashire.
Benjamin ARMFIELD - son - unm - 18 - cotton piecer - born Gorton,
Lancashire.
Christopher ARMFIELD - son - unm - 15 - cotton piecer - born Gorton,
Lancashire.

- Aged 72 years when he married Mary Jane Lovatt (age 62) at Bardsley

Baptised - 6th July 1864 - Alice born 30th September 1849 dgt of William and Hannah

1851 Census - Age 1 year at 'Flash Cottages' Knowls Lane, Lees, Ashton-u-Lyne.

Birth: ASHWORTH, Alice. - Born: Knott Lanes, Ashton-u-Lyne, 1849-KNO/5/87

Marriage: ASHWORTH Alice & YATES Thomas @ Ashton under Lyne, St Michael 1868-CE4/21/8

Not sure about this Ann Ashworth as her mothers maiden name is given as "HOPKIN" whereas I think it should have been "HODKIN" (Verify from Oldham BMD)

1851 - Age 21 (Cotton Weaver) at High Knowls, Hartshead.

1861 - Aged 20 years (Woollen Weaver) Daughter of James & Jane Ashworth - Living @ New Barn, Hey Top, Friezland - family originally from Manchester.

Marriages Dec 1872 (>99%)
Ashworth Elizabeth Ann Ashton 8d 997 Scan available - click to view
BRIERLEY John Ashton 8d 997 Scan available - click to view
MARLAND Silas Ashton 8d 997 Scan available - click to view
PLATT Elizabeth Ashton 8d 99

Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1872 - ASHWORTH Elizabeth A MARLAND Silas Leesfield, St. Thomas Oldham CE227/1/492

ONS Marriages Index - Jul_Sep 1884 - Ashworth, Elizabeth Ann - Oldham - 1884-Sep-8d/876

Cheshire Marriage indexes for the years: 1886 to 1890

Surname Forename(s) Surname Forename(s) Church / Register Office Registers At Reference
ASHWORTH Elizabeth Ann CHALMERS William Ashton under Lyne Civil Marriage Tameside RM/64/40
ASHWORTH Elizabeth Ann MORTON William Ashton under Lyne, St Michael Tameside CE4/28/201

Cheshire Marriage indexes for the years: 1896 to 1899

Surname Forename(s) Surname Forename(s) Church / Register Office Registers At Reference
ASHWORTH Elizabeth Ann FARROW Joseph Ashton under Lyne, St Peter Tameside CE5/5/457

1881 - Aged 14 (Cotton Reeler) at 30 Hartshead Street, Lees.

1881 - Aged 9 at 30 Hartshead Street, Lees.
ASHWORTH Emma Hartshead Tameside 1871-HAR/42/69
ASHWORTH Emma Knott Lanes Tameside 1871-KNO/17/83

1881 - Aged 11 months at 30 Hartshead Street, Lees.
ASHWORTH Frank Knott Lanes Tameside 1880-KNO/23/5

1881 - Aged 6 at 30 Hartshead Street, Lees.
ASHWORTH George Harry Knott Lanes Tameside 1874-KNO/19/43

1881 - Aged 4 at 30 Hartshead Street, Lees.

ASHWORTH Gertrude Hartshead Tameside 1879-HAR/54/78

- ASHWORTH, Henry. Born: Heywood, Rochdale. 1838-H/2/474

1851 Census - Age 13 at 'Flash Cottages' Knowls Lane, Lees, Ashton-u-Lyne.
1881 Census - Aged 43 (Cotton Overlooker) at 30 Hartshead St, Lees, Nr. Oldham. - 1881 Census - Living next door to George & Albert Lawton (Cotton Dealers)

1841 Census - Age 15 years at High Knowls, Hartshead.
1851 Census - Age 26 years (Cotton Reeler) at High Knowls, Hartshead.

Not found in the 1851 Census at Knowls Lane with rest of family, may have died as an infant??

1851 Census - Age 39 (Cotton Rover) at High Knowls, Hartshead, Ashton.

1851- Age 11 years at 'Flash Cottages' Knowls Lane, Lees, Ashton-u-Lyne.

1881 - Aged 18 (Mechanic Iron S & W M Cotton) at 30 Hartshead Street, Lees.
ASHWORTH John Hartshead Tameside 1862-HAR/31/4

1851 - Age 28 (Cotton Weaver) at High Knowls, Hartshead.

1881 - Aged 23 ( at 30 Hartshead Street, Lees.
ASHWORTH Mary Jane Hartshead Tameside 1858-HAR/24/97

1851 - Age 29 (Cotton Winder) at High Knowls, Hartshead, Lees, Ashton.

- Father was James Ashworth (Weaver) Living in Middleton, Nr.Oldham at time of Marriage.

There is a burial of a William Ashworth in 1845 (Check)

ASHWORTH William - Born: Knott Lanes, Hartshead - Tameside - 1850-KNO/5/57

1881 - Aged 16 (Cotton Reeler) at 30 Hartshead Street, Lees.
ASHWORTH William Hartshead Tameside 1864-HAR/33/91

1881 - Aged 8 years at 6 Dickinson Street, Oldham, Lancs:
Parents: Robert & Nancy Aspin (Cotton Twiner) from Bury, Lancashire.

Daughter of William Atkin @ Mary Thompson

1888-CE2/1/211

NOTES: On BARBARA BAILEY (1804-1869)

1841 Census - Aged 35 (Laboures Wife) at Priestcliff Village.
1851 Census - Aged 46 at Taddington, Her Father- George Bailey (Widower) aged 75, annuitant living with family.
1861 Census - Aged 55

1851 - Widower, Aged 75 (Annuitant) at Taddington.

1881 - Aged 3 years at Newchurch, Lancs:

In the 1901 Census there is a John Baron, Batchelor, aged 43 (Cotton Spinner) boarding at No.13 Windham Street, next door to Luther Wesley & Mary (Baron) Mather, who could well be Mary's brother.

In 1901 Census there is a John Baron (Boarder, Unmarried) Cotton Spinner living next door to Luther & Mary Mather, at No.13 Windham Street, lodging with Harry & Ellen Metcalfe and family. Could this John Baron be Mary's brother.

I think this mary Baron is associated with Harwood Road & Rishton - recheck Census details for John & Alice as parents

Railway View, Darwen, is closeby Bolton Road

1881 - Aged 3 years at Newchurch, Lancs;- Mary Ellen Cooper married Harry Baron in the July-Sept quarter of 1902 at Oldham - 8d/1413

Daughter of James & Mary Cooper of Bank End Farm, Newchurch.

Mary Ellen Baron (Nee: Cooper) Lived with Benjamin Hodkin but never married.!
In the 1881 Census there is a Harry Baron (3) and also a Mary Ellen Cooper
(3) living at Newchurch, Lancashire. (Could have been childhood sweethearts)

NOTES:

Daughter of Fred Barton of King Street, Micklehurst.

BUCKLEY Lawton - Married - BATES Edith Annie @ Mossley, St George's - Tameside - 1909-CE16/3/59

At all the Census returns from 1861 and 1881 - Husband 'JIM FITTON' is absent and not at home with wife Mary. Only at the 1871 Census are the husband & wife found together.

1881 Census - Widow aged 49 at Roughtown, Mossley.
1891 Census - Widow age 59 at Market Street, Mossley
1901 Census - Widow aged 69 at Market Street, Mossley, with widowed daughter Mary Hannah Lowe.

1901 Census - Age 50 (Iron Moulder) at Brownhill Bar.

In his eightieth year David Bax, father of Frank and Gordon, having two sons killed in action, was selected by the local branch of the British Legion to lay the wreath on Pots & Pans War Memorial, in November, but was prevented from doing so by his serious illness. David was known to almost everyone in the District.

Jean Singleton - My great-grandparents, David and Mary Bax and their three young children
originated from the Dorking area of Surrey, coming first to Pudsey, Yorkshire and
then on to Saddleworth in about 1874/75. They lived at Brownhill Bar, Dobcross,
then at various addresses in Uppermill and finally No. 9 Wade Row. The family had
twelve children in all, losing four in infancy and two sons during the Great War,
within a month of each other, during the Battle of the Somme, in France in 1916.
Their mother died suddenly a year almost to the day of her second son?s death; it was
said of a ?broken heart? on 13th October 1917, aged sixty-nine.

Edwin was born in 1883 and married Martha Brown in 1906. They lived near his
parents on Wade Row and he was a cotton mill worker. He does not seem to have
been called before the Tribunal.

Private Frank Bax, service no. 28922 D Company 13th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, enlisted at Halifax. He was called up in May 1916 and went over to France in August 1916. - He died of shrapnel wounds received some two weeks earlier during the Battle of the Somme, on 30th September 1916, aged twenty five. He is buried at Dartmoor Cemetery, Becordel, France. - Frank worked as an overlooker at Victoria Mill, High Street, Uppermill (now Saddleworth Museum) and lived with his parents. He was a bell ringer at Saddleworth Church and was engaged to be married to Elsie Roberts also of Uppermill prior to his Army service.

Member of the 'Likely Lad's' Cricket Team in Uppermill.

BAX, Fred & MCAULIFFE, Sarah A. at Uppermill, Methodist Chapel 1908-AP303/1/24

Fred was born in 1881 and was a painter and decorator living on New Street, Uppermill. His first wife had died and in 1915 he remarried, to Amy Lawton. He appeared before the Tribunal in January 1917 and his case was adjourned for
production of Medical Inspection Certificate. He reappeared next month and said, - He had been rejected but could not get a certificate?. Mr Quarmby said he had seen the rejection card and all was right.3

George Arthur, born in 1885, was unmarried and therefore liable for conscription. He was granted three months exemption in March 1917 and it was noted that he was medically category B1 and had had two brothers killed. He worked as a coremaker at Messrs Hutchinson and Hollingworth Loomworks, Dobcross and reappearing before the Tribunal in June his employers appealed on his behalf: he had domestic claims and a three month certificate had already been granted.
- The claim was disallowed.4 - He survived the war and died in 1951.

Gordon also lived with his parents and worked as a spinner at Messrs Buckley, Kinders Mill, Greenfield. He enlisted at Halifax becoming private Gordon Bax, 32199 2nd Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales Own). He was killed in action on 28th October 1916, the same day that his parents were receiving the ?7.00 funeral expenses from the Saddleworth Friendly Burial Society for his brother.1 - Mr and Mrs Bax of Wade Row, Uppermill were officially notified that their son Private Gordon Bax has been missing from the West Yorkshire Regiment since October 28th 1916. He was aged twenty seven. - His last letter home was dated October 23rd and told his parents he was all right and he also thanked the Red Cross workers for their acceptable presents. His death was later confirmed from the War Office. - Gordon had no known grave as an Australian comrade took his pay book and identity tag and sent them to Gordon?s sister Kate. He had got her address from a letter she had sent to Gordon, which he was carrying with him. - He is one of 73,000 soldiers named on the Thiepval Memorial in France. He and Frank are also on the Pots and Pans memorial and that within St Chad?s church.

The elder Bax brothers escaped War service. James, the eldest son, had emigrated with his wife Clara to America to the textile town of Lovell, Massachusetts, before 1908.2 - Thomas, Fred and Edwin were living in Saddleworth.

The Military Service Act authorising conscription came in force in March 1916 and was extended to married men in May. Thomas was thirty-nine at the start of the War and so would have been exempt. He was married and living in Diggle working as a gas meter inspector.

Mossley and Saddleworth Reporter - Saturday, 13th June 1908 - Wedding at Saddleworth Church.

On Wednesday afternoon a pretty wedding was solemnised at Saddleworth Church by the Rev. Hugh DOIG, being the uniting in matrimony of Mr Thomas BAX, son of Mr and Mrs David BAX, of Brownhill Bridge, Dobcross, to Miss Jane BRADBURY, daughter of Mr and Mrs Chas. BRADBURY, Diggle. The bride who was tastefully attired, was given away by her father, and was accompanied to the later by her cousin, Miss RHODES, of Burnley, who acted as bridesmaid. Both carried a pretty bouquet of roses. Mr F. WRIGLEY officiated as best man. After the ceremony a reception was held at the home of the bride's parents, and here also the festivities were held. The evening being taken up with singing, etc. The newly wedded pair are living at Diggle, and have been recipients of numerous presents, including one from a brother of the bridegroom, who is in America.

The elder Bax brothers escaped War service. James, the eldest son, had emigrated with his wife Clara to America to the textile town of Lovell, Massachusetts, before 1908.2 Thomas, Fred and Edwin were living in Saddleworth. - The Military Service Act authorising conscription came in force in March 1916 and was extended to married men in May. Thomas was thirty-nine at the start of the War and so would have been exempt. He was married and living in Diggle working as a gas meter inspector.