Fanny Ballure De Maine Browne (abt. 1857)

Born about 1857 in Newcastle On Tyne, Northumberland, England

Wife of Sidney George Mawson — married 15 Jun 1887 in Kirk Braddan, Isle Of Man

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Biography

1857 Birth

Fanny was born in 1857 and her birth was registered in the 3rd quarter of that year^[1] at Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England. She is the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Collier) Browne.

1871 Residence

On the night of the 1871^[2] census Fanny was at home with her parents and sisters at Monton, Barton Upon Irwell, Lancashire, England

HOUSEHOLD	ROLE	GENDER	AGE	BIRTHPLACE
John De Maine Browne	Head	M	50	Yorkshire
Elizabeth Browne	Wife	F	50	Manchester, Lancashire
Emily De Maine Browne	Daughter	F	23	Manchester, Lancashire
Mary De Maine Browne	Daughter	F	21	Manchester, Lancashire
Fanny B De Maine Browne	Daughter	F	13	Newcastle On Tyne, Northumberland

1880 Event

This event was found in the Lancashire Online Parish Clerks data and is interesting to say the least.

Marriage: 4 Mar 1880 St Mary the Virgin, Eccles, Lancs.

Lemuel O'Neill - 28 Manager Bachelor of 8 Eldine Place Patricroft

Ada Mary Mawson - 22 Spinster of 7 Clarenden Crescent Eccles

Groom's Father: Samuel O'Neill, Gentleman

Bride's Father: William Sefton Mawson, Merchant

Witness: Adolph Hoegger; Jannic[sic] Ballure DeMaine Browne; George Ellis; Samuel Moile?

Married by Banns by: Robert Fowler

Register: Marriages 1879 - 1882, Page 39, Entry 78

Source: Manchester Central Library

Since Mawson is the name of the man she married, and the bide's father is the same and her intended's father can we assume that she was seeing Sidney in 1880 and thus asked to be a witness? Turns out that Ada Mawson is the sister of her husband to be.

1887 Marriage

Fannie Ballure De Maine Browne married Sidney George Mawson, son of William Sefton Mawson, on the 15th June 1887^[3] at Kirk Braddan, Isle Of Man

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2XSB-R76 : accessed 10 May 2016), Fanny Ballure Browne, 1857; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
   BROWNE, FANNY BALLURE, mother COLLIER; GRO Reference: 1857 S Quarter in NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Volume 10B Page 14
2. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZP8-FCR : accessed 10 May 2016), Fanny B De Maine Browne in entry for John De Maine Browne, 1871.
3. ↑ "Isle of Man Marriages, 1606–1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTMX-H5R : accessed 10 May 2016), Sidney George Mawson and Fannie Ballure De Maine Browne, 15 Jun 1887; citing Kirk Braddan, Isle Of Man, reference p. 219; FHL microfilm 454,975.

• "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZP8-FCR : accessed 10 May 2016), Fanny B De Maine Browne in entry for John De Maine Browne, 1871.

• http://iomfhs.im/resources/marriages/M1.html