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| James Weights | Mary (Armstrong) Weights |
FAMILY HISTORY: MORTON
THE MARRIAGE OF JAMES & MARY WEIGHTS:
| GROOM: | |
| Name: James Weights, age 24, bachelor, bookkeeper | |
| Father: Joseph Weights, storekeeper | |
| Mother: Sarah Place | |
| Birthdate: 20 April 1860 | |
| Birthplace: Preston, Lancashire, England | |
| BRIDE: | |
| Name: Mary Armstrong, age 21, spinster, domestic servant | |
| Father: Jonathan Armstrong | |
| Mother: Isabella Ivison | |
| Birthdate: 6 December 1862 | |
| Birthplace: Whitehaven, Cumberland, England | |
| THEIR WEDDING: | ||
| Date: 8 July 1884 | ||
| Place: St. Paul's Church (C. of E.) | ||
| Location: Preston, Lancashire, England | ||
| Priest: Roland V. Barker | ||
| Witnesses: William Weights & Alice Ward | ||
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| James Weights | Mary (Armstrong) Weights |
| THEIR CHILDREN: | ||||||||
| Joseph Weights | Baptized: | 6 | Dec | 1885 | His Family | |||
| Sarah Weights | Baptized: | 1 | Jan | 1888 | Her Family | |||
| John James Weights | Born: | 28 | Jun | 1890 | His Family | |||
| Earnest Weights | Born: | 1 | Aug | 1893 | (infant) | |||
| Herbert Weights | Born: | 20 | Apr | 1897 | (infant) | |||
| Arthur Weights | Baptized: | 26 | Mar | 1899 | His Family | |||
| DEATHS: | ||||||||
| Earnest Weights | [7 mos] | Buried: | 5 | Mar | 1894 | |||
| Herbert Weights | [4 mos] | Buried: | 18 | Aug | 1897 | |||
| James Weights | [57 yrs] | Died: | 14 | May | 1917 | |||
| Mary Weights (Mrs) | [86 yrs] | Died: | 27 | Mar | 1949 | |||
| Joseph Weights | [66 yrs] | Died: | 27 | Feb | 1952 | |||
| Sarah Hill (Mrs) | [81 yrs] | Died: | 29 | Mar | 1969 | |||
| Arthur Weights | [80 yrs] | Buried: | 12 | Sep | 1979 | |||
| John James Weights | [91 yrs] | Died: | 5 | Sep | 1981 | |||
| NOTES: | |
| 1: | At the time of their marriage, no. 13 in the register, James was living at 34 St. Paul's Road, Preston and Mary was living at 30 Avenham Road, Preston. |
| 2: | James, Mary and both witnesses signed their own names to the marriage register. |
| 3: | St Paul's Church marriage register records Mary's father's name as Jonathan Harrison Armstrong, but this may be an error. |
| 4: | The above information was taken from original marriage, baptism and burial registers held at the Lancashire Record Office, with additional information regarding John James Weights kindly provided by his grandson David Threlfall. |
| 5: | The above photographs were kindly provided David Threlfall. |
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