Person:Watson Binns (1)

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Watson Binns
b.22 Dec 1820 Sunderland, Cumberland, England
d.31 Mar 1905 Sibford Gower, Oxfordshire, England
Parents and Siblings
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m. 30 Jan 1807
  1. Eliza Binns1807 - 1861
  2. Ann Binns1809 -
  3. Henry Binns1810 - 1880
  4. Thomas Watson Binns1811 - 1812
  5. Rachel Binns1814 - 1832
  6. George P Binns1815 - 1847
  7. Dr. John Binns1817 - 1875
  8. William Binns1819 - 1866
  9. Watson Binns1820 - 1905
  10. Margaret Binns1822 - 1851
  11. Frederick Binns1825 - 1911
  12. Sarah Binns1826 - 1894
  13. Edward Binns1827 - 1902
  14. Sophia Binns1828 - 1858
  15. Lucy Binns1830 - 1908
Spouse and Children
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m. 30 Jun 1858
  1. Amy Louise Binns1860 - 1939
  2. Alfred Watson Binns1861 - 1916
  3. Esther Theresa Binns1863 - 1934
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Facts and Events
Name Watson Binns
Gender Male
Birth[1][2][3][4] 22 Dec 1820 Sunderland, Cumberland, England
Other? From 1831 to 1835 Ackworth, West Riding of Yorkshire, EnglandAckworth Scool 1831-1835 EDUC
Marriage 30 Jun 1858 Leominster, Herefordshire, Englandto Esther Lunt Wood
Occupation? Woollen draper and missionary
Death[3][5][6] 31 Mar 1905 Sibford Gower, Oxfordshire, EnglandMeadow Crest
Religion? Religious Society of Friends

RELIGION: Christian - Religious Society of Friends. In 1859 was recorded a Minister. Undertook missionary work in Bewdley, Worcestershire for 17 years. Went to Ireland to undertake similar work.

BURIAL: See photo of headstone at Friends' Burial Ground, Sibford, Oxfordshire, England.

OCCUPATION: Apprenticed to woollen drapery with David Binns of Halifax. Improver and wollen merchant (obituary). 1871 - Commission Agent, Minister. 1881 - Home Mission Agent.

RESIDENCES: 1820 - At birth - Bishopwearmouth, Co. Durham, England. 1837 - Removed to Brighouse, Yorkshire, England, 18 Aug. Thence to Pontefract, Yorkshire, England. 1843 - Removed to Bishopwearmouth, Co. Durham, England, 15 Mar. 1866 - Removed to Warwickshire North, 14 Nov. 1867 - The Laurels, Camp Hill, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. [Quarterly Meeting Records LEI WAR STS] 1868 - Highgate Place, Moseley Road removed to Bewdley. 1871 census shows address as Habberley Road, Wribbenhall. 1881 census shows same address. Removed to Ireland. Returned to Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. Removed to Sibford, Ovfordshire, England.

OBITUARY: Ackworth School Book, 1905. [See under his RIN in Obituaries (360)]

CONFLICT: The 1881 Census disks give Watson's occupation as Home Mission Agent which seems more in line with his activity as a Friend's Minister.

MISCELLANEOUS_NOTES: Census 1871 - Habberley Road, Wribbenhall, Christ Church District, Bewdley, Warwickshire, England. Watson Binn's family are listed as- Watson head 50 b. Sunderland Commission Agent, Minister Ester Lunt wife 38 b. Liverpool Alfred Watson son 9 b. Sunderland Scholar Esther Theresa dau. 7 b. Sunderland Scholar Joshua Wood f-l 65 b. Bolton-le-Moors Commercial Traveller in Blackseal Census 1881 - Habberley Road, Wribbenhall Watson head 60 b. Sunderland, Durham, England Commission Agent Esther M (?) wife 48 Esther T. dau. 17 Scholar

INITIAL_SOURCE: Leicester.

References
  1. ↑ Public Records Office. 1881 British Census Transcript. (Electronic transcript to CD by LDS)
    FHL Film 1341696 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 2903 Folio 79 Page 17.
  2. ↑ ? Arthur Chamney Leicester. An Account of the Family of the Binns from 1663 (Leicester Document). (Unpublished Family Tree).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Joseph John Binns (1839-1922). An Account of the Family of the Binns from 1663 (Sunderland document). (Largely collected materials from Friends' Registers).
  4. ↑ Society of Friends Registers, Notes and Certificates of Births, Deaths and Marriages (1578-1841). PRO RG 6/.775: DUR: QM of Durham: Births 1812-1828. (Records of the General Register Office, Government Social Survey Department and Office of Population (1567-1997)).
  5. ↑ Joan Margaret Page. e-mail letter. (Exchange of genealogical information on the Internet).
  6. ↑ The Friend. (Quaker publication)
    Vol XLV,:224, 1905_04_07.
  7.   Kenneth Wilson. Lothersdale Chart. (unpublished chart of Binns families derived from Lothersdale records).
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