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Elizabeth (Betty) France

Elizabeth, known as Betty, was born in 1791 in Atherton and her baptism took place there on December 10th, 1791.¹²

Birth Notes
- Aged 46 in 1841, living in Tottongton
  Aged 60 in 1851, born Averton (sounds like Atherton)
  Aged 69 in 1861, born Chow Bent
  Aged 80 in 1871, born Bent
  Aged 83 in 1874 when died, Buried Bury
  
  Name:    Elizabeth France
  Event Type:    Baptism
  Baptism Date:    10 Dec 1791
  Baptism Place:    Atherton, St John the Baptist, Lancashire, England
  Father:    Robert France
  Mother:    Jane France
  Reference Number:    GB127.L177/1/1
  
  Elizabeth, daughter of Robert France, Weaver, and Jane his Wife

She died at the age of 83 in September 1874 in Tottington. Her burial was in October 1865.³

Death Notes
- Betty was still alive with son John in 1871, aged 80
  
  Name:    Betty Hardy
  Estimated birth year:    abt 1791
  Registration Year:    1874
  Registration Quarter:    Jul-Aug-Sep
  Age at Death:    83
  Registration district:    Bury, Lancashire
  Volume:    8c
  Page:    311

General Notes
- Elizabeth was the daughter of Robert France and Jane (Jenny) Stockley of Atherton, Leigh. Elizabeth had an older brother John who imigrated to the USA and a sister Ann.
  
  On 31 Oct 1813, Betty France married John Mather (weaver) at Leigh.
  
  On 11 Aug 1839, Joseph Harden, Widower, crofter, son of Joseph Harden, a weaver, married Elizabeth Mather, widow, daughter of Robert France, collier at St Peter Bolton. Both were living at Astley Bridge.
  
  In 1861, Betty "Harding" was with her son at Club Row, Tottington Lower End.
  
  In 1841, Joseph and Elizabeth Harden (40 & 45) were crofters at Stoney Brow, Tottington Lower End. With them were Elizabeth's three children; Jane, John and James Mather (28, 20 & 14)
  
  In 1871, "Betty "Hardy" (70), Mother and House Keeper was with John and Ellen and their adopted child Mary Shaw (4).
  
  She seems to have taken the name Hardy (as in 1871) as buried by that name at Bury in 1874, aged 83.

Personal Timeline

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¹ 1841 UK Census
² Manchester CoE BMB (1541-1812)
³ England Select Deaths & Burials (1538-1991)