Jane (Poxon) Bonser (bef. 1813 - bef. 1891)

Born before 21 Nov 1813 in Wilne Mills, [part of] Little Wilne, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom

Wife of James Bonser — married 18 Feb 1839 in Breedon on the Hill, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died before 3 Dec 1891 at about age 78 in Worthington, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Jane Bonser (Poxon) is recorded as the mother of daughters Hannah (b 1848) and Rebecca, and as the wife of James Bonser in the 1861 census. The transcript shows she was born in Derbyshire in Wilne Mills. She was baptised in Little Wilne (wherein lies Wilne Mills) on 21 November 1813. This is a hamlet around a water mill on the River Derwent with a church and a few buildings and also known as Church Wilne or Little Wilne. Further search found Jane Poxson of Draycott (a village neighbouring Wilne Mills and in the same parish) married James Bonser after banns in Breedon on the Hill in 1839. She is also recorded as marrying James Bonsal [sic] on 03 March 1839, after banns (recording James's name as Bonsall) read on the consecutive Sundays of 17 and 24 February and 03 March 1839 in Wilne parish church. Jane died in 1891 aged 78, in the same parish, Breedon on the Hill, where she had lived with her family

Sources

• "England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1537-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGKD-ZT49 : 19 October 2020), Jane, 21 Nov 1813; citing 21 Nov 1813; citing Christening, Little Wilne, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, Derbyshire Record Office, England.
• Census of 1861 available from Ancestry.com
• Burial record transcript available from freeREG.org.uk downloaded 8 Mar 2022
• Baptism record transcripts for Hannah and Rebecca Bonser available from freeREG.org.uk downloaded 8 Mar 2022
• "England, Leicestershire Parish Registers, 1533-1991," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP4H-JJM5 : 6 June 2018), James Bonser and Jane Poxson, 24 Feb 1839; records extracted by findmypast, images digitized by FamilySearch; citing Marriage Banns, Breedon on the Hill, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, page 33, citing the Record Office of Leicestershire, Leicester, and Rutland, Wigston, UK.
• "England Marriages, 1538–1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NJBX-QPY : 13 March 2020), Jane Poxon in entry for James Bonsal, 1839.
• Copy of parish registers of Wilne recording the reading of banns and solemnization of the marriage of James Bonsal(l), bachelor of the parish of Breedon in Leicester to Jane Poxon of "this parish", recording the fathers' names as James Bonsal and John Poxon, witnessed by George Poxon and Mary Astle. Both bride and groom are recorded as being "of full age". Downloaded from ancestry.com on 13 Feb 2023