LANE great great grandparents

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John LANE(1874 - 1942)

He was born a Yorkshire lad in the area of Helperby Brafferton, North Yorks to Richard and Hannah LANE (nee GAINES / GAINS). By the time of the 1881 census, Earlestown, Lancashire had become his home. He was the youngest of 10 off-spring but one (of the same name) died young in Yorkshire.

In 1881 he is living at Lawrence Street, Earlestown (now demolished and the site of a Tesco supermarket) with his parents and 6 other siblings.

By 1891 he is at home (same street), listed as a general labourer, with his parents, sister Hannah and nephew John LANE.

His father died in 1894 due to an accident at the Viaduct Works, Earlestown.

He married Ethel Annie HOLT in 1897 at Warrington Register Office and their first born, which sadly died in infancy, soon followed.

The 1901 census shows him as a blacksmith striker, married to Ethel Annie and with a daughter, living on Canal Street, Earlestown. His son Harry was born later that same year.

By 1942 he was living at Alder Street, Wargrave where he sadly passed away. His son William LANE of Wargrave Road was the informant.

The couple on the right are John and Ethel Annie LANE. The bride (grand-daughter) is Florrie SLYNN (nee HARRISON), The groom is Mr. SLYNN and perhaps his grandparents (or her HARRISON grandparents) on the left.

Ethel Annie LANE (nee HOLT)

(1877 - 1947)

She was born in 1877, the daughter of Enoch and Hannah HOLT (nee TAYLOR) at Newfield Cottages, Lymm, Cheshire.

This is the only time I have come across the spelling of HOLT as HOULT with this family. Richard "HOULT", labourer, is actually the grandfather of Enoch. George TAYLOR is a blacksmith of High Legh.

In 1881 Ethel Annie is living in Derby Row, Vulcan Village, Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire with her parents, three other siblings and grandmother Ruth HOLT (plus a boarder from High Legh, Cheshire).

By 1890 her mother had died.

The 1891 census shows her as a general servant in Cheadle, Cheshire.

The 1895 Slater's Earlestown Directory has her father listed on Wargrave Road as a plumber.

She was married in 1897 in Warrington and by 1901 was living in Earlestown, Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire.

I know very little of her history after this time and await the release of later census details to fill in some gaps.

with grandson, Geoffrey WINTER at Alder Street

In 1947 she passed away at Alder Street, Wargrave and her son William LANE is listed as the informant.

Many years ago I did a sweep of Newton Cemetery and found the headstone for John and Ethel, sadly I did not keep a record of its location but the details helped me to locate their death certificates. That stone now seems to have been removed from the cemetery.

My Nan took possession of some old photographs and identified "Ma and Pa LANE", which has helped me identify them on the marriage photograph above.