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George PRESTON
Brush feeder at heald works of Blackburn, Lancashire
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George PRESTON
1908 - ~1973
Brush feeder at heald works of Blackburn, Lancashire
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George PRESTON
1908 - ~1973
Brush feeder at heald works of Blackburn, Lancashire
  m. Florence 'Florrie' HIGGINSON (1908 - ~1973)
 
A Private Individual
Narrative and Notes

A heald was a length of cord with an eye in the middle through which the warp threads on a loom ran so that they could alternately be raised and lowered for the shuttle to pass through with the weft thread.

Timeline
Personal Family World
Date
Age*
Event
Place
27 Feb 1908
0
Birth 
1
 
Q3 1931
23
Marriage to wife Florence 'Florrie' HIGGINSON 
2
Blackburn, Lancashire
29 Sep 1939
31
Census 
3
27 Herbert Street, Blackburn, Lancashire
29 Sep 1939
31
Occupation: Brush feeder at heald works 
4
Blackburn, Lancashire
Documented age, Calculated age, Estimated age
Citations
1 - 1939 England and Wales Register - 29th September 1939
Citation image

27 Herbert Street,Blackburn,Lancashire

First name(s)

Last name(s)

DOB

Sex

Occupation

Marital status

Schedule

Schedule Sub Number |

George

Preston

27 Feb 1908

Male

???

Married

360

1

Florence

Preston

14 Mar 1908

Female

Cotton Weaver

Married

360

2

The record for this person is officially closed. For individual people, records remain closed for a century after their birth (the 100-year rule), unless it can be proven that they passed away before this milestone.

Ref: RG101/4230D/026/15 Letter Code: NBNX

2 - England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005

First name(s)

Florence

Last name

Higginson

Marriage quarter

3

Marriage year

1931

Registration month

-

MarriageFinder ™

Florence Higginson married one of these people

George Preston

Spouse's last name

Preston

District

Blackburn

District number

-

County

Lancashire

Country

England

Volume

8E

Volume as transcribed

8E

Page number

1082

3 - 1939 England and Wales Register - 29th September 1939
Citation image

27 Herbert Street,Blackburn,Lancashire

First name(s)

Last name(s)

DOB

Sex

Occupation

Marital status

Schedule

Schedule Sub Number |

George

Preston

27 Feb 1908

Male

???

Married

360

1

Florence

Preston

14 Mar 1908

Female

Cotton Weaver

Married

360

2

The record for this person is officially closed. For individual people, records remain closed for a century after their birth (the 100-year rule), unless it can be proven that they passed away before this milestone.

Ref: RG101/4230D/026/15 Letter Code: NBNX

4 - 1939 England and Wales Register - 29th September 1939
Citation image

27 Herbert Street,Blackburn,Lancashire

First name(s)

Last name(s)

DOB

Sex

Occupation

Marital status

Schedule

Schedule Sub Number |

George

Preston

27 Feb 1908

Male

???

Married

360

1

Florence

Preston

14 Mar 1908

Female

Cotton Weaver

Married

360

2

The record for this person is officially closed. For individual people, records remain closed for a century after their birth (the 100-year rule), unless it can be proven that they passed away before this milestone.

Ref: RG101/4230D/026/15 Letter Code: NBNX