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John Townley 1888–1939 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 Jun 1888

Birth Location: Birkenhead Cheshire, England

Death Date: 30 Mar 1939

Death Location: Birkenhead Cheshire, England

Father: James Townley

Mother: Ruth Stuart

Spouse(s): Edith Waring

Children(s): John Townley

John Townley was born in 1888 in Birkenhead Cheshire, England, the child of James Townley And Ruth Stuart. John Townley married Edith Waring, and had children including John Townley. John Townley passed away in 1939 in Birkenhead Cheshire, England.

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Biography

  • John Townley was born in 1888 in Birkenhead Cheshire, England, the child of James Townley And Ruth Stuart.
  • John Townley married Edith Waring, and had children including John Townley.
  • John Townley passed away in 1939 in Birkenhead Cheshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Townley
1850–1907
Birth Location: Preston, Lancashire, England
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Ruth Stuart
1851–1902
Birth Location: Whitehaven Cumberland, England
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Spouses(s)

Edith Waring
1889–1982
Birth Location: Birkenhead, Cheshire, England
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Children(s)

John Townley
1911–
Birth Location: –
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John Townley's Ancestors

Self
John Townley
1888–1939
Birth Place: Birkenhead Cheshire, England
Parents
James Townley
1850–1907
Preston, Lancashire, England
Ruth Stuart
1851–1902
Whitehaven Cumberland, England
Grandparents
James (Townley “Son of John and) ELLEN”
1814–1871
Walton, Lancashire, England
Grace Eccles
1814–1877
Blackburn Lancashire, England
Great-Grandparents
John Townley
1781–
Ellen Parkinson
1790–
Samuel Eccles
1784–1868
Dorothea Walch
1785–1815
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Andrew Eccles
1745–1831
Mary Kay
1750–1817

John Townley's Descendants

1.
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John Townley (25 Jun 1888–30 Mar 1939) m. Edith Waring (5 Dec 1889–Jan 1982)
  1. 1. John Townley 1911– m. Ethel Sutton 1913–
    1. 1. Edith (E) Townley 1934–2005
    2. 2. Raymond Townley 1939–1990 m. Ann (Essex) Humphreys 1942–2012

John Townley's Timeline

7 Records

1888
25 Jun 1888
Birth of John Townley in Birkenhead Cheshire, England
Birkenhead Cheshire, England
1888
25 Jun 1888
Birth of John Townley in Birkenhead Cheshire, England
Birkenhead Cheshire, England
1888
9 Oct 1888
John Townley was baptized in St. Peter's, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
St. Peter's, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
1891
1891
Age 3
John Townley resided here in St Anne, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England
St Anne, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England
1901
1901
Age 13
John Townley resided here in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England
Birkenhead, Cheshire, England
1912
October 1912
Age 24
John Townley was married in Birkenhead, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Birkenhead, Cheshire, United Kingdom
1939
30 Mar 1939
Age 51
Death of John Townley in Birkenhead Cheshire, England
Birkenhead Cheshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 Jun 1888
    Event Place: Birkenhead Cheshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Liverpool, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1919, Liverpool Record Office; Liverpool, England; Liverpool Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: 283 PET288
    [2] England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007, General Register Office; United Kingdom; Volume: 8a; Page: 839
    [3] England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index
    [4] UK, Royal Navy Registers of Seamen's Services, 1848-1939, The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Royal Navy Registers of Seamen's Services; Class: ADM 188; Piece: 1110

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 Jun 1888
    Event Place: Birkenhead Cheshire, England
    Record Source: UK, Royal Navy Registers of Seamen's Services, 1848-1939, The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Royal Navy Registers of Seamen's Services; Class: ADM 188; Piece: 1110

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 9 Oct 1888
    Event Place: St. Peter's, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Liverpool, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1919, Liverpool Record Office; Liverpool, England; Liverpool Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: 283 PET288
    [2] England, Select Births and Christenings

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: October 1912
    Event Place: Birkenhead, Cheshire, United Kingdom
    Record Source: England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1891
    Event Place: St Anne, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England
    Record Source: 1891 England Census

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1901
    Event Place: Birkenhead, Cheshire, England
    Record Source: 1901 England Census

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: 23 Hoblyn Road, Birkenhead
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, Liverpool Daily Post; Publication Date: 1 Apr 1939; Publication Place: Liverpool, Merseyside, England; ,0.53822935,0.2647769,0.5548711&xid=3355

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 Mar 1939
    Event Place: Birkenhead Cheshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007, General Register Office; United Kingdom; Volume: 8a; Page: 839
    [2] UK and Ireland, Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, Liverpool Daily Post; Publication Date: 1 Apr 1939; Publication Place: Liverpool, Merseyside, England; ,0.53822935,0.2647769,0.5548711&xid=3355
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