Ruth (Seddon) Bury (1846)

Born 1846 in Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Wife of John Bury — married 17 Oct 1868 in Over Darwen, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Biography

Ruth Seddon was born in about 1846,the daughter of William Seddon and Alice (possibly Berry)

She was baptised on 8 February 1846 in Salford, Christchurch, Lancashire.^[1]

Her mother died and her father remarried early in 1851.

She married John Entwistle on 8 October 1864 in Blackburn, Holy Trinity, Lancashire.

As the widow Ruth Entwistle, she married John Bury in 1868 in Over Darwen, Lancashire, England.

Marriage

Marriage: 18 Oct 1864 Holy Trinity (Now St Peter), Over Darwen, Lancashire, England

John Entwistle - (X), of full age, Collier, Bachelor, Rock Terrace

Ruth Seddon - (X), Minor, Rover, Spinster, Bank Top

Groom's Father: John Entwistle, Blacksmith

Bride's Father: William Seddon, Pavier

Witness: John Marsden, (X); Ann Ainsworth, (X)

Married by Banns by: Edwin C Mountain MA

Marriage: 17 Oct 1868 Holy Trinity (Now St Peter), Over Darwen, Lancashire, England

John Bury - (X), 24, Labourer, Bachelor, Bury St

Ruth Entwistle - 24, Rover, Widow, Bury St

Bride's Father: William Seddon, Pavier

Witness: James Marsden, (X); Ann Caves, (X)

Married by By Certificate by: WB Jones

Notes: [no name for Groom's Father]

Census

• 1871 England Census: Name: Ruth Bury; Event Place: Over Darwen St James, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; Event Place (Original): Over Darwen, Lancashire, England; Sub-District: Darwen; Gender: Female; Age: 25; Marital Status: Married; Occupation: Cotton Rover; Birth Year (Estimated): 1846; Birthplace: Manchester, Lancashire; Relationship to Head of Household: Wife

John Bury Head M 27 Over Darwen, Lancashire

Ruth Bury Wife F 25 Manchester, Lancashire

Ellen Seddon Daughter F 7 Over Darwen, Lancashire

Nanny Bury Daughter F 2 Over Darwen, Lancashire

• 1881 England Census: Name: Ruth Berry; Event Place: Over Darwen, Lancashire, England; Registration District: Blackburn; Residence Note: Bk Lumb St; Gender: Female; Age: 37; Marital Status: Married; Birth Year (Estimated): 1844; Birthplace: Darwen, Lancashire, England; Relationship to Head of Household: Wife

John Berry Head M 37 Darwen, Lancashire, England

Ruth Berry Wife F 37 Darwen, Lancashire, England

Ellen S Berry Daughter F 18 Darwen, Lancashire, England

Annie Bury Daughter F 12 Darwen, Lancashire, England

Margaret Bury Daughter F 9 Darwen, Lancashire, England

Mary A Bury Daughter F 5 Darwen, Lancashire, England

Jane Bury Daughter F 3 England

• 1891 England Census: Name: Ruth Berry; Event Place: Over Darwen, Lancashire, England; Event Place (Original): Over Darwen, Lancashire, England; Event Place Note: Lumb Street; County: Lancashire; Parish: Over Darwen; Ecclesiastical Parish: HOLY TRINITY; Registration District: Blackburn; Gender: Female; Age: 47; Marital Status: Married; Birth Year (Estimated): 1844; Birthplace: Lancashire, England; Relationship to Head of Household: Wife

John Berry Head M 49 Lancashire, England

Ruth Berry Wife F 47 Lancashire, England

Nancy Berry Daughter F 21 Lancashire, England

Mary Alice Berry Daughter F 15 Lancashire, England

Jane Berry Daughter F 13 Lancashire, England

Martha Berry Daughter F 10 Lancashire, England

• 1901 England Census: Name: Ruth Bury; Event Place: Darwen, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; County: Lancashire; Civil Parish: Darwen; Ecclesiastical Parish: Over Darwen Holy Trinity; Sub-District: Darwen; Registration District: Blackburn; Gender: Female; Age: 57; Occupation: ROVER SPINNING ROOM; Relationship to Head of Household: Wife; Birth Year (Estimated): 1844; Birthplace: Darwen, Lancashire

John Bury Head M 59 Darwen, Lancashire

Ruth Bury Wife F 57 Darwen, Lancashire

M A Bury Daughter F 25 Darwen, Lancashire

Martha Bury Daughter F 20 Darwen, Lancashire

Edward Bury Son M 18 Darwen, Lancashire

Ruth Bury Daughter F 16 Darwen, Lancashire

Research Notes

No census returns found for the family in 1851 nor in 1861.

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism: "Manchester, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915"
   Anglican Parish Registers. Manchester, England: Manchester Libraries, Information and Archives. Images produced by permission of Manchester City Council. Images may be used only for the purposes of the family history research in accordance with Ancestry’s website terms of use. At the request of the Manchester Diocese it is highlighted that the use of images for retrospective or proxy baptism is not permitted; Reference Number: GB127.L189/1/1/1
   Ancestry Sharing Link (free access)
   Ancestry Record 2960 #2116200 (subscription required, accessed 13 February 2023)
   Ruth Seddon baptism on 8 Feb 1846, child of William Seddon & Alice Seddon, in Salford, Christchurch, Lancashire, England.

• https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp SEDDON, RUTH; Mother’s Maiden Name: BERRY; GRO Reference: 1846 M Quarter in THE SALFORD UNION Volume 20 Page 958
• http://www.lan-opc.org.uk Register: Marriages 1863 - 1872, Page 31, Entry 62; Source: LDS Film 1526204 & Register: Marriages 1863 - 1872, Page 133, Entry 266; Source: LDS Film 1526204
• "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZPK-KDB : 23 April 2019), Ruth Bury in entry for John Bury, 1871.
• "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q275-LWD1 : 13 December 2017), Ruth Berry in household of John Berry, Over Darwen, Lancashire, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 13, Piece/Folio 4204/75, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,775,188.
• "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:79MV-6N2 : 6 May 2019), Ruth Berry in household of John Berry, Over Darwen, 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:X92Y-SRQ : 21 May 2019), Ruth Bury in household of John Bury, Darwen, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Darwen subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.