John Brown (1853 - 1926)

Born 1853 in St Helens, Lancashire, England

Husband of Elizabeth (Garner) Brown — married 8 Jun 1873 in Parr Mount Holy Trinity, St Helens, Lancashire, England

Died 1926 at about age 73 in St Helens, Lancashire, England

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Biography

John Brown was born about 1853 in St Helens. He married Elizabeth Garner on June 8th 1873 at Holy Trinity Church in Parr Mount, St Helens (Anglican).

John and Elizabeth had at least seven children - William (about 1879), John (about 1881), Sarah (about 1884), Elizabeth (about 1886), Agnes (about 1888), George (about 1891), and Ellen (about 1892).

Elizabeth died in 1914. John himself died in 1926, at the age of 73, and was buried October 2nd in St Helens Cemetery, in the same grave as his wife, and their daughter Ellen who had died in 1923.

Sources

• "St. Helens Area Marriage Index 1538-1940" CD published by St Helens Townships Family History Society http://www.sthelenstownshipsfhs.org.uk/

• St Helens Cemetery & Crematorium Online Records http://crem.oltps.sthelens.gov.uk/

• "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27L-YHQH : 13 December 2017), Elizabeth Brown in household of John Brown, Parr, Lancashire, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 56, Piece/Folio 3737/31, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,775,076.

• "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7787-63Z : 10 December 2017), Elizabeth Brown in household of John Brown, Parr, Lancashire, England; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Lancashire county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.

• "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9LV-45M : 8 April 2016), Elizabeth Brown in household of John Brown, St Helens, Lancashire, England; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing St Helens subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

• "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWY9-T1M : 26 November 2018), Elizabeth Brown in household of John Brown, St Helens, Helens, Lancashire, England; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.

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