John France
- Born: Abt 1834, Prees, Shropshire 200
- Marriage: Hannah Harper in 1855
- Died: 1912 aged about 78
 General Notes:
1841 Census for Prees, Shropshire - living on Prees Heath (6,b. Shropshire) with parents Samuel (40,Ad. Lab,b.Shropshire) and Mary (40,b.Shropshire) and sister Emma (9,b.Shropshire). [Class: HO107; Civil Parish: Prees; County: Shropshire; Enumeration District: 4; Page: 3; Line: 25; GSU roll: 474579]
1861 Census for High Hatton, Shropshire - living (27,Wagoner,b. Prees, Shropshire) with wife Hannah (28,b.Hinstock), children Elizabeth (9,scholar,b. Bolas), Mary (3,scholar,b. Hodnet), Samuel (6,scholar,b.Hinstock) , Sarah (1,b.Hodnet) and Brother-in-Law John Harper (21?,Sailor,b. Hinstock). [rg9_pc1887_fo111_pg8]
1871 Census for High Hatton, Shropshire - living in Wood Mill (38, FarmLabourer, b.Tilstock,Shropshire) with wife Hannah (38,b.Hinstock) and children Ann (7), Emily (8), John (4,b.Stanton), Joseph (9,scholar,b.Stanton), Kitty (2,b.Stanton), Sarah (11,scholar,b.Hodnet) and Thomas (11 mths,b.Stanton) [rg10_pc2794_fo76_pg7]
1881 Census for Prees, Shropshire - living at Ashford Grange(?) (46,Ag.Lab,b.Prees,Shropshire) with wife Hannah (46) and children Edith H. (9,scholar,b.Shawbury), John (14,scholar,b.Shawbury), Lucy (2,b.Prees) and Thomas (11,scholar,b.Shawbury) [rg11_pc2669_fo72_pg3]
1891 Census for Prees, Shropshire - living on Higher Heath (57,[Farm] Ag. Lab,b.Higher Heath, Prees) with daughters Ann (27,[Inn] Waitress,b.Higher Heath, Prees) and Lucy (12,scholar,b.Higher Heath, Prees). [rg12_pc2124_fo41_pg4] Note : Also living near by is a Samuel France (47) and his wife Hannah (45) and their children. Also Robert (47) and Margret (40) France and their children - related...brothers maybe?
1901 Census for Prees, Shrophire - living (65,Labourer,b.Salop) with wife Hannah (65,b.Salop), daugher Edith (28,b.Salop) and grand daughter Edith Kelly (9,b.Salop). [rg13_pc2554_fo40_pg1] Note : Also living near by is a Samuel (58) and Hannah (56) France and their children. Also Robert (56) and Margret (50) France and their children - related...brothers maybe?
John France, aged about 20, married Hannah Harper, aged about 22, in 1855. Marriage takes place after birth of daughter Elizabeth France (1852) but before the birth of Samuel. John was 17 and Hannah 19 when Elizabeth was born. Register: M Drayton 6a 1133 Sep 1855 (Marriage). John died in 1912, aged about 77. Register: Wem 6a 811 Jun 1912 (Death).[info Pete Brindle via GenesReunited]
1861,1871,1881,1891,1901 Census held.
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation: Ag. Labourer, 1881. 201
• Occupation: Waggoner, 1861. 200
John married Hannah Harper, daughter of Harper and Unknown, in 1855. (Hannah Harper was born about 1833 in Hinstock, Shropshire 200 and died in 1921.)
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