GM151/007 John Magnall

John was born on the 23rd January 1847 at 3a.m. at Boardmans to Thomas (HM059) and Rachel (HM060). Details of his birth certificate are shown below:

Registration District Bury Lancashire

1847 Birth in the Sub-District of Holcombe in the County of Lancaster

No.	When and where born	Name, if any	Sex	Name and Surname of Father	Name, surname and Maiden Surname of Mother	Occupation of Father	Signature, Description and Residence of Informant	When registered	Signature of registrar	Name entered after Registration
439	Twenty Third January 1847 3 A M Boardmans	John	Boy	Thomas Mangnall	Rachel Mangnall formerly Isherwood	Labourer	X The mark of Rachel Mangnall Mother Boardmans	Twenty Third February 1847	Robert Wolstenholme Registrar

The 1851 census shows that John was 4 years old and living at Boardmans with his family.

John married Sarah Hargreaves (FM020) on the 5th March 1870 at Holy Trinity Church in Habergham Eaves. According to their marriage certificate John was 23, a miner, living at Wood Top and Sarah was 18 years old, a weaver, also living at Wood Top. John's father Thomas is shown as deceased, Sarah's father was Sagar Hargreaves who was a miner. (Sagar is quite an unusual name but I have come across it a couple of times in my research. Does any one know where it comes from?) Witnesses at the wedding were Thomas Fletcher and Rachel Magnall. All four signed with a cross. Rachel may well have been John's younger sister Rachel (FM193) who later married Thomas Fletcher.

1870 Marriage solemnized at Holy Trinity Church in the Parish of H.T. Habergham Eaves in the County Lancaster

No.	When married	Name and surname	Age	Condition	Rank or Profession	Residence at the time of marriage	Father's Name and Surname	Rank or Profession of Father
451	March 5	John Magnall Sarah Hargreaves	23 18	Bachelor Spinster	Miner Weaver	Wood Top Wood Top	Thomas Magnall Sagar Hargreaves	Deceased Miner

Married in the Church of the Holy Trinity according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns by me, C.(?)L.Reynolds

This Marriage was solemnized between us

John Magnall X Sarah Hargreaves X

in the presence of us

Thomas Fletcher X Rachel Magnall X

John and Sarah had the following children:-

• John Thomas (FM085) born 18th August 1870, christened 10th September 1870 (VRI), died 1872?;
• Catherine (FM058) born 23rd April 1872, christened 13 August 1872 (VRI);
• Sagar (FM093) born 30th October 1874, christened 25th November 1874 (VRI), died 1875 (RoD Burnley 1875 Q1 8e 170 age 0);
• Albert (EM015) born 6th November 1875, christened 7th December 1875 (VRI);
• Sarah Jane (EM057) born 29th November 1876, christened 24th January 1877 (VRI), died 1877 (RoD Burnley 1877 Q2 8e 152 age 0);
• Ann Elizabeth (EM017) born in 1878;
• Florence (EM016) born 1st February 1880; christened 11th February 1880 (VRI);
• Rachel (EM220) born 29th July 1881; christened 7th September 1881 (VRI);
• Willie (EM039) born 10th June 1883; christened 26th September 1883 (VRI), died 1881 (RoD Burnley 1883 Q4 8e 137 age 0);
• Arthur (EM040) born 26th November 1884; christened 22nd January 1885 (VRI), died 1885 (Burnley 1885 Q3 8e 116 age 0);
• Edith (EM198) born 10th April 1886; christened 20th May 1886 (VRI);
• Wilbert (EM042) born 21st June 1887; christened 7th July 1887 (VRI), died 1887 (Burnley 1887 Q4 8e 153 age 0);
• Edwin (EM044) born 6th March 1889; christened 4th April 1889 (VRI), died 1890 (Burnley 1890 Q3 8e 139 age 1);
• Lewis (EM221) born 21st August 1890; christened 18th September 1890 (VRI);
• Joseph (EM047) born 9th November 1893; christened 7th December 1893 (VRI), died 1894 (Burnley 1894 Q2 8e 132 age 0);

Eight out of the fifteen children that Sarah bore died in infancy.

John and Sarah's first son, John Thomas (or John Tommy) (FM085) was born on the 18th August 1870 (VRI). He was christened on the 10th September 1870 (VRI) but there is a confusing record in the VRI which suggests that he was also christened on the 14th July 1872!

In the 1871 Census John is recorded as a coal miner living with his wife and his son John T(ommy?) (FM085a) who was 7 months old. They were living on Cog Lane in Habergham Eaves. We think that John T. died in Q1 1872 (RoD Burnley 1872 Q1 8e 172 age 1).

The 1881 census shows that John (aged 34) had moved along the road and was now living at 45 Cog Lane, the Peeping Tom Inn, in Habergham Eaves and was a Beer Seller. Sarah was now 29 and they had four surviving children:- Catherine (FM058), Albert (EM015), Ann Elizabeth (EM017) born in 1878 and Lawrence (or Florence!)(EM016).

By the time of the 1891 census John (now aged 44) had again moved along the road (or the houses had been renumbered!) and was now living at 69 & 71 Cog Lane which was also known as the Shepherds Arms as a beer seller. The following children were shown to be living with them:-

• Albert (EM015) aged 15, a cotton weaver;
• Ann Elizabeth (EM017), now 13 and a scholar;
• Florence (EM016), aged 11 and a scholar. (NOTE that in the 1881 Census Florence must have been mistaken by the enumarator for a boy and called Lawrence!);
• Rachel (EM220) aged 9 and a scholar;
• Edith (EM198) aged 4;
• Lewis (EM221) aged 7 months.

Catherine (FM058) married James Henry Duerden on 29th January 1891 in Burnley (VRI).

The 1901 Census shows that the family were still living at the Shepherd's Arms.

John died at home on the 27th December 1904, a day after the anniversary of his mother's death. Details of his death certificate are shown below:

No.	When and where died	Name and surname	Sex	Age	Occupation	Cause of death	Signature, description and residence of informant	When registered	Signature of registrar
251	Twenty seventh December 1904 71 Cog Lane Burnley U.D.	John Magnall	Male	57 years	Inn- keeper	Bronchitis 5 days Cardiac dilation Pulmonary oedema Certified by J.W.Clegg L.S.A.	Albert Magnall Son Present at death 236 Accrington Road Burnley	Twenty Eigth December 1904	W.T. Clegg Registrar

W.T. Clegg was the Deputy Registrar at the time of Rachel's death.

VRI - (Vital Records Index)

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