Martha Elizabeth DEAKIN
(1866 - 1939)
Martha Elizabeth DEAKIN was the daugther of Samuel Pownall DEAKIN and Sarah Ann SIDEBOTTOM. Martha was born in 1866, Wigan, Lancashire.
In the 1881 Census, Martha is recorded as a 'Cotton Weaver', living at 13 Wignall Street, Wigan, with her mother, Sarah and her 7 brothers and sisters and also as a 'Cotton Weaver' in the 1891 Census living with her parents and brother and 4 sisters at 49 Corporation Street, Wigan.
Martha married John TAYLOR in 1891 in Wigan. Martha and John had the following children:
- Bessie Jane TAYLOR, b. 1893, Wigan[1]
- Georgina Deakin TAYLOR, b. 1896, Wigan[2]
John worked as a 'Traveller' (salesman) for W.R. Deakin Limited and in 1903, William, Martha and family were living at 227 Gidlow Lane, Wigan.
Martha died in 1939, aged 72 in Wigan (Standish)[3].
[1]: Source: Register of Births registered in January, February, March in 1893 in Wigan, Vol 8c page 69.
[2]: Source: Register of Births registered in July, August, September in 1896 in Wigan, Vol 8c page 31.
[3]: Source: Lancashire BMD.