Person:James Linney (1)

James Linney was born in about 1824 at Leighton Buzzard in Bedfordshire, son of a washerwoman named Mary Linney, formerly Tring, and her husband Thomas Linney, an agricultural labourer. The 1841 census finds James living with his parents and siblings at America Place^[8] and working as a rail road labourer, presumably on the London and Birmingham Railway which had opened three years earlier just west of the town.

On 7th June 1847, James married Ann Pratt. They went on to have six children together between 1847 and 1863. In 1851 they were living in Leighton Buzzard at America, next door to James's parents, and James was working as an agricultural labourer. James's father died in 1854. In 1856 Ann had an altercation with James's brother William; he owed her money for bread and flour, and when she asked for it back he threw her out of the house, struck her on the head and knocked her into the road. William was found guilty of assault.

James's mother died in March 1861. The census the following month finds James and Ann living at Heath Road. They had moved again by 1871 to another part of town, called Lamsey.

In 1881 James was living at Laburnum Terrace on Brickhill Road, with his son Albert, widowed daughter Hannah and her three children. James's wife Ann was away from home on census night, working as a monthly nurse for a local innkeeper and his wife who had recently had a baby.

James died on 16th February 1890 at South Street in Leighton Buzzard. Ann died the following year.

1. ↑ England. 1841 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 5; Book 21; Folio 12; Page 19, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: America Place, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Thomas Linney, male, 45 [1791-6], Rail Rd. Lab, born in county
   Mary Linney, female, 45 [1791-6], born in county
   Saml. Linney, male, 20 [1816-21], Rail Rd. Lab, born in county
   James Linney, male, 15 [1821-26], Rail Rd. Lab, born in county
   Caroline Linney, female, 15 [1821-26], born in county
   Willm. Linney, male, 12 [1828/9], born in county

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 England. 1851 Census Returns for England and Wales. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 1756; Folio 127; Page 13, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: America, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   James Linney, head, married, male, 27 [1823/4], Ag Lab, b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Ann Linney, wife, married, female, 26 [1824/5], b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Elizabeth Linney, daughter, female, 3 [1847/8], b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Hannah Linney, daughter, female, 9mo [1850], b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire

   Listed next to James's parents.

3. ↑ England. 1861 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG9; Piece 1005; Folio 105; Page 8, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Heath Road, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   James Linney, head, married, male, 36 [1824/5], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Ann Linney, wife, married, female, 36 [1824/5], Straw Plaiter, b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Elizabeth Linney, daughter, unmarried, female, 14 [1846/7], Straw Plaiter, b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Hannah Linney, daughter, female, 10 [1850/1], Straw Plaiter, b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Charles Linney, son, male, 8 [1852/3], b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Frederick Linney, son, male, 3 [1857/8], b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Kate Linney, daughter, female, 1 [1859/60], b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Elizabeth Pratt, niece, unmarried, female, 16 [1844/5], Straw Plaiter, b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire

4. ↑ England. England and Wales. 1871 Census Schedules. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG10; Piece 1561; Folio 74; Page 30, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Lamsey, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   James Linney, head, married, male, 46 [1824/5], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Leighton, Bedfordshire
   Ann Linney, wife, married, female, 45 [1825/6], Plaiter, b. Leighton, Bedfordshire
   Charles Linney, son, unmarried, male, 18 [1852/3], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Leighton, Bedfordshire
   Frederick Linney, son, male, 13 [1857/8], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Leighton, Bedfordshire
   Albert Linney, son, male, 7 [1863/4], Scholar, b. Leighton, Bedfordshire
   Henry Foxley, lodger, unmarried, male, 18 [1852/3], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Linslade, Buckinghamshire

5. ↑ England. 1881 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands: . (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG11; Piece 1641; Folio 28; Page 49, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: Laburnum Terrace, Brickhill Road, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   James Linney, head, married, male, 56 [1824/5], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Leighton, Bedfordshire
   Hannah Haynes, daughter, widow, female, 29 [1851/2], Straw Bonnet Sewer, b. Leighton, Bedfordshire
   Albert Linney, son, unmarried, male, 18 [1862/3], Plasterers Lab[ourer], b. Leighton, Bedfordshire
   Lizzie Haynes, granddaughter, female, 9 [1871/2], b. Leighton, Bedfordshire
   George Haynes, grandson, male, 6 [1874/5], b. Leighton, Bedfordshire
   Ernest F. Haynes, grandson, male, 2 [1878/9], b. Leighton, Bedfordshire

6. ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. James LINNEY, March Quarter 1890, Leighton Buzzard Registration District, Volume 3b, page 297, aged 64 [1825/6]

7. ↑ Leighton Buzzard Observer and Linslade Gazette
   Page 8, 25 Feb 1890.

   DEATHS.
   LINNEY.-On the 16th inst., at South Street, Leighton Buzzard, James Linney, aged 64 years.

8. ↑ America Place has since been redeveloped and the street renamed as Garden Hedge.