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Frances Manning (1824-....)

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5.  Frances Manning (1824 - ....)
  Spouse  :  William Major (1820 - 1892)

Frances Manning

Born            1824 in Langham, Suffolk, UK
Baptised      1824, November 28 in Langham, Suffolk, UK
Father          James Manning
Mother          Elizabeth Snell ( or Ely)

Marriage       1848, October 12 at Langham, Suffolk, UK
Spouse          William Major  
Born  1820
Christened  1821, April 29 at Langham, Suffolk, UK
Father  John Major
Mother  Frances
Death  1892, at Badwell Ash, Suffolk, UK
Age at Death  72 years
Burial  1892, March 2, Badwell Ash, Suffollk, UK

Death            

Children      
1.  Emma Major
Born  1855
Baptised  1855, September 30 at Langham, Suffolk, UK
Father   William Major
Mother   Frances Manning

Marriage   1881, December 15 at Stowlangtoft, Suffolk, UK
Spouse  John Plummer

Death    1929 at Samford, Suffolk, UK
Age at Death  74 years

Children
1.   Florence Plummer
Born  1882
Baptised  1882, December 24 at Stowlangtoft, Suffolk, UK
Father  John Plummer
Mother  Emma Major

Marriage  1903. December 13 at Stowlangtoft, Suffolk, UK
Spouse  John Augustus Watts

Death  1965 at Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, UK
Age at Death  84 years


2,  Sarah Plummer
Born  1883, March 4
Baptised  1883, May 11 at  Stowlangtoft, Suffolk, UK
Father John Plummer
Mother Emma Major

Marriage  1922 at Christchurch, Hampshire, UK
Spouse  Harold Osborne

Death  1977 at Salisbury, Wiltshire
Age at Death  93 years


 3.    John Plummer
Born  1886
Baptised  1886, October 17 at Stowlangtoft, Suffolk, UK
Father John Plummer
Mother Emma Major



2.  Mary Elizabeth Major
Born  1856, January 6
Baptised  1856, February 3 at Sulyard St. Wesleyan Methodist Circuit, Lancaster
Father   William Major
Mother   Frances Manning

Death  1919 in Lancashire
Age at Death  62 years
Burial  Lancashire, UK

3.  Thomas Major
Born  1857, February 10
Baptised  1857, March 11 at Garstang, Lancaster
Father   William Major
Mother   Frances Manning

Marriage    1878  in Blackburn, Lancashire
Spouse  Lydia Bolton
Born  1854. Blackburn, Lancashire, UK
Father  Henry Bolton
Mother  Alice Unknown

Death  1919 in Lancashire
Age at Death  62 years


Children  
1. Harry Major
Born  1879, July 29 in Blackburn, Lancashire
Baptism  1879, September 7 at Barton Street Church, Blackburn, Lancashire
Father   Thomas Major
Mother   Lydia Bolton

Marriage  1899, May 13 at St. Mark's Church, Bolton, Lancaster
Spouse  Lavinia Unsworth  (1879 - ....)

Death   1910, September
Age at Death  31 years
Burial  Lancashire, UK

2.  Frances Alice Major
Born  1881 January 2 at Great Harwood, Lancashire
Baptism  1881, February 6 at Mount Zion Methodist Church, Great Harwood
Father   Thomas Major
Mother   Lydia Bolton

Death  1882
Age at Death  1 year
Burial  1882, March 22 at Great Harwood, Lancashire

3. Florence Major
Born  1885, January 7 at Great Harwood, Lancashire
Father   Thomas Major
Mother   Lydia Bolton

Occupation  Blouse Maker
Cinema Attendant & Cleaner

Death  1942 in Bolton, Lancashire
Age at Death  57 years

4. Ada Major
Born  1887, May 138 at Great Harwood, Lancashire
Baptised  1887, June 5 at Mount Zion United Methodist Church, Cattle Street, Great Harwood
Father   Thomas Major
Mother   Lydia Bolton

Occupation  Assistant Manageress (Golf House Catering)

Death  1962 at Ulverston, Lancashire
Age at Death  74 years

5. Lydia Major
Born  1889, July 12 at St. Helens, Lancashire
Father   Thomas Major
Mother   Lydia Bolton

Marriage  1915, June 26 at Bolton, Lancaster
Spouse  Thomas Hampson  (1885 - ....)

Death  1962, January 20
Age at Death  72 years
Cremation 1962, January 25 at Lancashire, UK

Children  
1.  Ernest Carlton Hampson
Born  1920, June 15
Father  Thomas Hampson
Mother  Lydia Major

Occupation  Apprentice Draughtsman Electrical Machinery

Marriage  1947 at Bolton, Lancashire
Spouse  Edna Lee

Death  2001, October 1 at Solihull, West Midlands, UK
Age at Death  81 years

6. Gertrude Major
Born  1898 at Bolton, Lancashire
Father   Thomas Major
Mother   Lydia Bolton

Occupation  Library Cleaner

Death  1962,
Age at Death  65 years
Burial  Ulverstone, Lancashire, UK



Documentation

1824 - Baptism Frances Manning
On November 28 in 1824, Frances, daughter of James and Elizabeth Manning of Langham was baptised at Langham, Suffolk.


1848 - Marriage Frances Manning to William Major
Frances aged 23 years, married neighbour, William Major, aged 28 years at Langham on October 12 1848.



1851 - Census
Frances, aged 25 years, newly married to William Major, is boarding with John Warren and his family.  Mary Warren was Frances' sister.

Name  Frances Major  Age 25  Estimated Birth Year abt 1826  Relation Wife Spouse's Name William Major Where born Langham, Suffolk, England
Household Members
(Name)                   Age     Relationship
John Warren          42        Head
Mary Warren          32       Wife
Elizabeth Warren   16        Daughter
Charlotte Warren     8         Daughter
Emma Warren         6         Daughter
Oliver Warren          4         Son
Monterfear Warren 6 Mo   Son
William Major        29        Lodger
Frances Major       25       Wife

1891 - Census
Frances, now known as Fanny Major, is aged about 64 years, living with her husband, William Major at Badwell Ash, Suffolk, England.
Willliam is 71 years old and all children have left the nest.  William is still working as a Thatcher.

1892 - Death and Burial of William Major


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