The Chatburn Family of Keighley

On 11th April, 1858 Mary Hannah Chatburn married George Smith, occupation Farmer in the Parish Church of Keighley. She was the daughter of Edward and Jane Chatburn nee Butterfield and she was born on 2nd September, 1838 in Physic Row, Keighley. Source: Birth Certificate. Jane Chatburn died on 25th July, 1846 aged 28 in Wellington Square, Keighley. Edward Chatburn remarried to a Susan Hutchinson. She is likely a widow as on the 1851 Census there are children with surnames of Chatburn and Hutchinson. Ellen Ann is a child of the second marriage later marrying William Whiteoak and taking as boarders her stepsister Mary Hannah Smith's children Peter, Albert and Elizabeth Jane. See 1881 Census for Low Banks, Morton in Keighley. Mary Hannah Smith has not been traced in the 1881 Census so she either died or remarried.

Extract of 1851 Census for Low Street, Keighley, HO107/2287, ED 4y, Household 39
NameRelationshipAgeOccupationBorn in
Chatburn, EdwardHead 38 PipemakerKeighley, Yorkshire
Chatburn, Susan Wife 43 Halifax, Yorkshire
Hutchinson, Dick Son16Pipe Maker Keighley, Yorkshire
Hutchinson, Mary JaneDaughter 12 House Servant Keighley, Yorkshire
Hutchinson, Harriet Daughter 8Nurse? Keighley, Yorkshire
Chatburn, Mary HannahDaughter 12 Pipe TrimmerKeighley, Yorkshire
Chatburn, Ellen Ann Daughter 4 Keighley, Yorkshire
Chatburn, John Edward Son 4 mths Keighley, Yorkshire

Extract of 1861 Census for Wellington Square, Keighley, RG9/3226
NameRelationshipAgeOccupationBorn in
Chatburn, EdwardHead 48 Pipe Maker Keighley, Yorkshire
Chatburn, Susannah Wife53 Keighley, Yorkshire
Hutchinson, Sarah M. Daughter 16 Keighley, Yorkshire
Chatburn, Ellen A. Daughter14 Keighley, Yorkshire
Chatburn, Caroline? Daughter 9 Keighley, Yorkshire

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