| 👶 Birth | 01 Sep 1840 | Brooksbottoms, Summerseat, Bury, Lancashire 📍 ⓘ1891 Census 📎 View 🏛️ Penny Post introduced |
| 🏠 Lived | 1841 (1) | Brooksbottoms, Summerseat, Bury, Lancashire 📍 ⓘ1841 Census 📎 View |
| 🎓 Education | from 1845 to 1846 (5) | Rowlands Wesleyan Chapel (Sunday School), Rowlands Road, Summerseat, Bury, Lancashire 📍 ⓘChurch Records Teacher: Robert Birtwistle of Summerseat 🏛️ Irish Potato Famine — mass emigration |
| 🏠 Lived | 1851 (11) | Brooksbottoms, Summerseat, Bury, Lancashire 📍 ⓘ1851 Census 📎 View 🏛️ Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace |
| 💼 Occupation | 1851 (11) | Back Tenter ⓘ1851 Census |
| 🏠 Lived | 1861 (21) | Brooksbottoms, Summerseat, Bury, Lancashire 📍 ⓘ1861 Census 📎 View 🏛️ Death of Prince Albert |
| 💼 Occupation | 1861 (21) | Cotton Weaver ⓘ1861 Census |
| 🏠 Lived | 1871 (31) | Brooksbottoms, Summerseat, Bury, Lancashire 📍 ⓘ1871 Census 📎 View 🏛️ Bank Holidays introduced |
| 💼 Occupation | 1871 (31) | Cotton Mill Store Keeper ⓘ1871 Census |
| 💒 Marriage | 25 Aug 1875 (35) | Sarah TATTERSALL Rowlands Wesleyan Chapel, Rowlands Road, Summerseat, Bury, Lancashire 📍 ⓘMarriage Civil Registration Index 📎 View 📎 View The witnesses were: George and Jane Tattersall (Brother and sister of Sarah) |
| 🏠 Lived | 1875 (35) | Brooksbottoms, Summerseat, Bury, Lancashire 📍 with Sarah TATTERSALL |
| 💼 Occupation | 1875 (35) | Assistant Bookeeper |
| 🏠 Lived | 1876 (36) | Brooksbottoms, Summerseat, Bury, Lancashire 📍 with Sarah TATTERSALL 🏛️ Victoria becomes Empress of India |
| 🏠 Lived | 1879 (39) | Woodhill, Elton, Bury, Lancashire 📍 with Sarah TATTERSALL |
| 🏠 Lived | 1881 (41) | 2 Prospect Terrace, Elton, Bury, Lancashire, BL8 1BB 📍 with Sarah TATTERSALL ⓘ1881 Census 📎 View The 1881 Census on familysearch shows their dwelling as "Brandlesome Road, Prospect Ter, Elton, Lancashire" After checking this address is would appear to be Prospect Terrace off Brandlesome Road, Elton, Bury. However the address on the Death Certificate for Ann Shaw is Woodhill, Elton, Bury. There was a Woodhill Cottage but another family lived here in 1881. |
| 💼 Occupation | 1881 (41) | Book Keeper in Cotton Mill |
| 🏠 Lived | 1891 (51) | Prospect Terrace, off Brandlesome Road, Elton, Bury, Lancashire 📍 with Sarah TATTERSALL ⓘ1891 Census 📎 View 🏛️ Free elementary education |
| 💼 Occupation | 1891 (51) | Book Keeper in Cotton Mill ⓘ1891 Census |
| 🏠 Lived | 1901 (61) | 1 Woodbank Place, Brandlesome Road, Elton, Bury, Lancashire 📍 with Sarah TATTERSALL ⓘ1901 Census 📎 View 🏛️ Second Boer War · Death of Queen Victoria — Edward VII accedes |
| 💼 Occupation | 1901 (61) | Book Keeper in Cotton Mill |
| 🏠 Lived | 1905 (65) | 6 Woodbank Terrace, Brandlesome Road, Elton, Bury, Lancashire 📍 ⓘWill |
| 📝 Will | 01 Nov 1905 (65) | ⓘWill 📎 View |
| ✝️ Death | 27 May 1908 (68) | 1 Woodbank Place, Brandlesome Road, Elton, Bury, Lancashire 📍 ⓘProbate Index 🏛️ Old Age Pensions introduced |
| 🪦 Burial | 30 May 1908 (68) | Rowlands Wesleyan Chapel, Rowlands Road, Summerseat, Bury, Lancashire 📍 📎 View 📎 View 📎 View Grave 489. No formal headstone, but a stone on the grave which is in the lower graveyard under a tree near to the wall along Rowlands Road and reads: In Loving Memory of JOSEPH BRIERLEY OF FAIRY ST. SUNDAY SCHOOLS A FAITHFULL & DEVOTED SERVANT FOR OVER 25 YEARS "THE MEMORY OF HE JUST IS BLESSED." ERECTED BY THE FAIRY ST. FRIENDS (Fairy/Bolton Street Methodist Chapel, Elton, Bury - records CFY 1896-1979 at Bury Archives) |
| ⚖️ Probate | 17 Jul 1908 (68) | Manchester, Lancashire 📍 Effects: £497 1s 9d ⓘProbate Index 📎 View 📎 View |