Birth: Circa 1843 Seighford, Staffordshire, UK
Father: George Burton 1823-1876
Mother: Sarah Wetton 1817-a1991
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: April-June 1862 Cheadle, Staffordshire, UK
Husband: William Harris 1843-1906
Death: October-December 1915 East Preston, West Sussex, UK
I cannot locate an entry for her birth or christening.
In the 1851 census as Frances Burton aged 8, born in Stoke Upon Trent, Staffordshire, and living with her parents (George and Sarah), brother (George) and sister (Sarah) in Cliff Vale, Stoke upon Trent, Staffordshire.
In the 1861 census as Fanny Burton aged 18, born in Seighford, Staffordshire, single, a ? in paper mill, and living with her parents (George and Sarah), three brothers (George, James and Thomas) and sister (Sarah) at Bottom of Town, Alton, Staffordshire.
Marriage of Fanny Burton and William Harris in FreeBMD in April-June 1862 in Cheadle (6B 331).
Entry in Ancestry Staffordshire, England, Birth, Marriage and Death Indexes, 1837-2017 for the marriage of Fanny Burton and William Harris in 1862 in Cheadle, Leek, Staffordshire.
Her first son was born in Llanfair, Montgomeryshire in 1864, her daughter in Uttoxeter in 1865, and her daughter and son in Meir, Caverswall in 1867 and 1869.
In the 1871 census as Fanny Harris aged 28, born in Stafford, Staffordshire, and living with her husband (William), two sons (James and William) and two daughters (Alice and Sarah) in Maer (sic - on the original) Lane, Caverswall, Staffordshire.
Her daughter was born in Meir/Caversall in 1873.
In the 1881 census as Fanny Harris aged 38, born in Stafford, Staffordshire, and living with her husband (William), six sons (Francis, James, Moses, Samuel, Vincent and William) and two daughters (Alice and Mary) in Caverswall, Staffordshire.
In the 1891 census as Fanny Harris aged 48, born in Stafford, Stffordshire, and living with her husband (William), three sons (Francis, Moses and Vincent) and two daughters (Agness and Mary) in Dry Lodge Wood, Arundel Park, South Stoke. Sussex.
In the 1901 census as Frances Harri (sic - in the index, Harris on the original) aged 58, born in Seaford (sic - on the original), Staffordshire, and living with her husband (William) and daughter (Agnes) at Parkgate, Newdigate, Surrey.
Her husband died in April-June 1906 in Dorking.
Her daughter Agnes married William Faulder in October-December 1909 in Dorking.
In the 1911 census as Francas (sic - on the original) Harrison (sic - in the index, Harris on the original) aged 68, born in Lyford (sic - in the index, Syford on the original), Staffordshire, widowed, and living with her son-in-law and daughter (William and Agnes Faulder) and their daughter (Mary) in four rooms at Spring Cottages, South Holmwood, Surrey.
Death of Fanny Harris in FreeBMD in October-December 1915 aged 75 in E Preston (2B 475).
There are eleven entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Frances Burton.
Sleighford is 3 miles west of Stafford.
Frances Burton was the mother of Moses Harris, husband of Mary Jane Barton, first cousin twice removed of Dennis Alfred Barton, my brother-in-law.
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