Mary (Brown) Owen (bef. 1813)

Born before 20 Jun 1813 in Newton Heath, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Biography

Mary was born about 1813. She is the daughter of Matthew Brown and Sarah. She was christened on 20 Jun 1813 in Newton Heath, Lancashire, England.^[1]

1st Marriage

Mary Brown married Smith Jackson on 5 Aug 1832 in Eccles, Lancashire, England.^[2]

2nd Marriage

Marriage: 15 Jul 1857 St Mary the Virgin, Eccles, Lancashire, England

John Owen - of full age, Dyer, Widower, 20 Walness Pendleton

Mary Jackson - of full age, Widow, 30 Jackson St. London Road Manchester

Groom's Father: James Owen, Dyer

Bride's Father: Matthew Brown, Farmer

Witness: William Malam; Esther Malam, (X)

Married by License by: W. Marsden^[3]

Letter to Sister in America

Part 1

Dear Sister,

I got your letter on the 19th of Dec and I am glad to hear you have got safe and like well and hope you will continue so. Father has had a very severe illness last May but now he is very well thank God. He has been spending a few days with us and he was glad to hear you landed all safe. I had a letter from your nephew Joseph in Sep. last. He is staying at 11 Joseph. He said he has not heard from you after he left you. So it made us very anxious to hear from his wife has been confined in the Workhouse and is still living there. I and my husband are both very well and so is all of our family. Trade is much the same as when you left.

I shall be glad to hear from you. soon as you can make convenient write to me this is my direction. Give your kind live to all your children and accept the same from your affectionate Sister.

Mary Owen

Dec 28th ‘64

Note: Hannah Brown had a sister Mary Brown who married Jackson Smith and died in 1883. She may have married a second time by 1864 John Owen. No proof at this time.

Note: Hannah Hibbert had a sister Mary Hibbert who married William Smith and came to Utah. She died in 1923. Her husband died in 1915. Could not have been this Mary.

Note: James Hibbert lived until 1869 and must be the father mentioned in the second sentence.

Note from Hardman-1532 15:58, 29 May 2021 (UTC) Hannah Brown’s father Matthew Brown was still alive in 1864, he is the father mentioned and the letter is from Mary (Brown) Owen to Hannah (Brown) Hibbert.

This letter and the accompanying notes were reproduced with the kind permission of J D Sagers and ancestry member dsweat1

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N526-JJ9 : 19 March 2020), Matthew Brown in entry for Mary Brown, 1813.
2. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NF8X-Y29 : 12 March 2020), Mary Brown in entry for Smith Jackson, 1832.
3. ↑ http://www.lan-opc.org.uk Register: Marriages 1856 - 1858, Page 152, Entry 304; Source: Manchester Central Library