Person:Samuel Linney (2)

Samuel Linney was baptised on 8th November 1818 at Leighton Buzzard in Bedfordshire, son of a washerwoman called Mary Linney, formerly Tring, and her husband Thomas Linney, an agricultural labourer. The 1841 census finds Samuel living with his parents and siblings at America Place in Leighton Buzzard, and working as a rail road labourer, presumably on the London & Birmingham Railway which had opened three years earlier and had a station called Leighton which served Leighton Buzzard, although the station was actually just over the county boundary into the neighbouring parish of Linslade in Buckinghamshire.

On 6th February 1844, aged 25, Samuel married Sarah Brandom, a plaiter. She already had a three year old son called William, and in the 1841 census she had been living in the same household as Samuel's brother John and his family. Samuel and Sarah went on to have three children together: Jane in 1844, George in 1846 and Thomas in 1849.

Sarah died either giving birth to Thomas or shortly afterwards: she was buried on 29th April 1849 at the town's parish church of All Saints, and baby Thomas was baptised there the same day. She was 26 years old.

The 1851 census finds Samuel looking after his three children and his stepson William, who also adopted the surname Linney. They were still living in the America area of Leighton Buzzard, and Samuel was working as an agricultural labourer. Samuel's father died in 1854 and his mother died in 1861.

Samuel was still in the America area of town in 1861, by which time a widow called Elizabeth Parrott (formerly Adams) was living with him and described as his housekeeper. They were still living together in 1871, and eventually married on 13th December 1878, by which time Samuel was 60 years old. They were married for just under ten years, appearing together in the 1881 census living at Heath Road in Leighton Buzzard. Elizabeth died in 1888.

Samuel appears in the 1891 census living alone in a four roomed house on Heath Road. He died on 12th November 1897 at 26 Heath Road, aged 79.

1. ↑ Baptisms register, in Church of England. Leighton Buzzard (All Saints) Parish Registers, 1562-1981. (Bedford: Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Record Serrvice).

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Leighton Buzzard in the County of Bedford in the Year 1818
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parents' Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   343	Nov[embe]r 8	Samuel son of	Thomas & Elizabeth	Linney	Leighton	Labourer	G. Burd

   For discussion about Samuel's parents' names, see his brother John's page.

2. ↑ 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

3. ↑ 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
   Samuel Linney, head, widower, male, 33 [1817/18], Ag Lab, b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   William Linney, son, male, 10 [1840/1], Ag Lab, b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Jane Linney, daughter, female, 7 [1843/4], Plaiter, b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   George Linney, son, male, 5 [1845/6], Plaiter, b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Thomas Linney, son, male, 2 [1848/9], b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire

4. ↑ 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 112; Page 21, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: America, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Samuel Linney, head, widower, male, 44 [1816/17], Ag[ricultural] Lab[oure]r, b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   William Linney, son, unmarried, male, 19 [1841/2], Railway Laborer, b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Jane Linney, daughter, unmarried, female, 18 [1842/3], Straw Plaiter, b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   George Linney, son, unmarried, male, 15 [1845/6], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Thomas Linney, son, unmarried, male, 11 [1849/50], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Elizabeth Parrott, servant, widow, female, 50 [1810/11], Housekeeper, Straw Plaiter, b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Eliza Parrot, boarder, female, 11 [1849/50], Scholar, b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire

5. ↑ 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 1562; Folio 8; Page 9, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: America Road, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Samuel Linney, head, widower, male, 60 [1820/1], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Leighton, Bedfordshire
   Thomas Linney, son, unmarried, male, 22 [1848/9], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Leighton, Bedfordshire
   Elizabeth Parrott, boarder, widow, female, 62 [1818/19], Straw Plaitter, b. Leighton, Bedfordshire
   Joseph Parrott, boarder, male, 2 [1868/9], b. Leighton, Bedfordshire

6. ↑ 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 47; Page 27, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: Heath Road, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Samuel Linney, head, married, male, 65 [1815/16], Farm Labourer, b. Leighton, Bedfordshire
   Eliz[abe]th Linney, wife, married, female, 71 [1809/10], b. Leighton, Bedfordshire
   Eliza Parrott, daughter in law, unmarried, female, 30 [1850/1], Straw plat worker, b. Leighton, Bedfordshire

7. ↑ England. 1891 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 RG12; Piece 1264; Folio 101; Page 19, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: Heath Road, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   4 rooms occupied
   Samuel Linney, head, widower, male, 74 [1816/17], Farm Laborer, employed, b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire

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

   d. Samuel LINNEY, December Quarter 1897, Leighton Buzzard Registration District, Volume 3b, page 246, aged 77 [1819/20]

9. ↑ Leighton Buzzard Observer and Linslade Gazette
   Page 8, 16 Nov 1897.

   DEATHS.
   LINNEY.-On the 12th inst., at 26, Heath Road, Leighton Buzzard, Samuel Linney, aged 77 years.