FAMILY HISTORY: MORTON

THE MARRIAGE OF JOHN JAMES & ISABELLA WEIGHTS:

 

GROOM:
Name: John James Weights, age 26, bachelor, Insurance Agent
Father: Robert Weights, Manager
Mother: Elizabeth Pearson
Birthdate: 4 December 1886
Birthplace: Preston, Lancashire, England

 

BRIDE:
Name: Isabella Vose, age 26, spinster
Father: Peter Vose, Labourer, deceased
Mother: Elizabeth Jackson
Birthdate: 28 September 1887
Birthplace: Preston, Lancashire, England

 

THEIR WEDDING:
Date: 11 November 1913, by Banns
Place: St Andrew's Parish Church
Location: Ashton-on-Ribble, Preston, Lancashire, England
Priest: Theodore Japing
Witnesses: William Henry Werdon, Mary Alice Vose, Henry Baker & Robert Weights

 

THEIR ONLY CHILD:
Clifford Weights Born: 19 Aug 1914 (young)

 

DEATHS:
Clifford Weights [23 yrs] Died: 26 Aug 1937
Isabella Weights (Mrs) [81 yrs] Died: 5 Dec 1968
John James Weights [88 yrs] Died: 1 May 1975

 

NOTES:
1: At the time of their marriage John James Weights was living with his parents at 64 Waterloo Road, and Isabella Vose was living at 5 Tomlinson Road.
2: Two of their witnesses, William Henry Werdon and Mary Alice Vose married on 30 May 1914.
3: The Robert Weights who witnessed their wedding was his father, not his brother, who was living in the USA by 1913.
4: The above information was taken from the original baptism and marriage registers. and microfilmed copies of Preston Cemetery's burial registers, all held at the Lancashire Archives in Preston.

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Updated: 02 May 2015