Burton, John (1835-1912)

Transcription of obituary published in the Primitive Methodist Magazine by G.

John Burton, of Cressbrook, in the Bradwell Circuit, passed away on November 23rd, 1912, aged seventy-seven years. A man of singular worth and character, his genuine goodness was none the less real because of its quietness; his faith was clear and sweet, his piety simple. Loyalty to the Church he interpreted as loyalty to Christ. His home was opened for Sunday Schools at Sitton and Cressbrook. A society steward and class leader, he gloried most of all in being a children’s man. He received a medallion for long service, an illuminated address from our Connexional school authorities, and another from the teachers and scholars in his own school. A member for sixty-seven years, he was school superintendent and teacher for fifty-six. We pray for the family mourning his loss.

Family

John was born on 5 May 1835 at Marylebone, Middlesex, to parents Thomas and Sarah. He was baptised on 29 May 1836 at St Mary, Marylebone.

Census returns identify the following occupations for John.

  • 1851 lead miner
  • 1861 lead miner
  • 1871 lead miner
  • 1881 lead miner
  • 1891 lead miner
  • 1901 lead miner
  • 1911 lead miner retired

He married Hannah Hardy (1838-1905) on 8 November 1859 at Winster, Derbyshire. Census returns identify nine children.

  • George (b1860) – a locomotive engine driver (1911)
  • William (1862-1917) – a basalt quarry foreman (1911)
  • Emma (abt1865-1935) – married William Thomas Swarbrick, a lime works manager (1911), in 1888
  • Frank (b1867) – a foreman at lime works (1911)
  • Sarah Elizabeth (1870-1951) – married Richard Henry Lomas, a yarn tester (1911), in 1896
  • John (b1872) – an engine driver at cotton mill (1911)
  • Lydia Ann (1874-1959) – married Thomas William Lomas, a railway engine stoker (1911), in 1903
  • Michael (1876-1961) – a stationary engine driver (1911)
  • Blanche (b1879) – a cotton reeler (1911)

John died on 23 November 1912 at Cressbrook, Derbyshire.

References

Primitive Methodist Magazine 1913/411

Census Returns and Births, Marriages & Deaths Registers

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