George Douglas VERNON

Abt 1847 - 1924  (77 years)

• Name	George Douglas VERNON
  Birth	Abt 1847	Montrose, Fifeshire / Forfar (now Angus), Scotland
  	1847 is probably the correct year & possibly between 19 May and 19 June
  Gender	Male
  1871 Census	2 Apr 1871	18 Cross Lane, Regent, Salford, Lancashire, England   [1]
  	Age: 24y
  	RG10/4027, Folio 62, Page 2 Lodger, Unmarried, Iron Worker
  1881 Census	3 Apr 1881	144 Cromwell Road, Eccles, Barton Upon Irwell, Lancashire, England   [2]
  	Age: 32y
  	RG11/3882, Folio 96, Page 58 Head, Married, Grocers Assistant
  1891 Census	5 Apr 1891	94 Green Lane, Patricroft, Barton Upon Irwell, Lancashire, England   [3]
  	Age: 43y
  	RG12/3153, Folio 93, Page 17 Head, Married, Insurance Agent
  1901 Census	31 Mar 1901	12 Bolton Road, Elton, Bury, Lancashire, England   [4]
  	Age: 53y
  	RG13/3636, Folio 112, Page 33 Head, Married, Life Assurance Agent
  1911 Census	2 Apr 1911	12 Bolton Road, Elton, Bury, Lancashire, England   [5]
  	Age: 64y
  	RG14PN23462 RG78PN1368 RD462 SD2 ED4 SN474 Head, Married, Life Assurance Agent - Prudential Assurance Married 39 years, 9 children: 5 alive, 4 deceased
  1921 Census	19 Jun 1921	166 Brandlesholme Road, Elton, Bury, Lancashire, England   [6]
  	Age: 74y 0m
  	RG15/18705/0479 & 0480 Head, Married, Retired Insurance Agent Children Under 16: None
  P-Code	P 0008
  Reference Number	V 0016aP
  Death	18 Aug 1924	3 Halstead Street, Bury, Lancashire, England   [7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
  	Age: 77y
  	Cause: Senile Decay (after long illness)
  	JAS 1924 Bury, Volume 08C, Page 423 Informant: Reg Vernon
  Burial	21 Aug 1924	Bury Cemetery, Bury, Lancashire, England   [12, 13, 14]
  	Age: 77y
  	Plot No. Fp2052
  Person ID	I42	Vernon
  Last Modified	13 Aug 2023

  
  

  Father	George VERNON
  Mother	? [VERNON]
  Family ID	F138	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Isabella HILL,   b. Abt 1850, Fairnington, Roxburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland d. 23 Jun 1935, 45 Milbourne Road, Limefield, Bury, Lancashire, England (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	10 Jul 1871	Charlestown Church of St George, Charlestown, Salford, Lancashire, England   [15, 16, 17, 18]
  	JAS 1871 Salford, Volume 08D, Page 6 Both could sign their names George Douglas was a Bachelor, Clerk, Living at 5 Ivy Place Isabella was a Spinster, Living at Whit Lane Witnesses: Thomas Hill Harriet Hill
  Children	+ 1. Harriet Scott Ainslie VERNON,   b. Between Apr 1872 and Jun 1872, Pendleton, Salford / Bolton, Lancashire, England d. 12 May 1903, 12 Bolton Road, Elton, Bury, Lancashire, England (Age 31 years)   2. Annie Rosslyn VERNON,   b. Between Jul 1874 and Sep 1874, Bolton district, Lancashire, England d. Between Oct 1876 and Dec 1876, Bolton district, Lancashire, England (Age 2 years) + 3. George Hardie VERNON,   b. Between Apr 1876 and Jun 1876, Heaton Mersey, Cheshire / Eastern Bolton, Lancashire, England d. 13 Feb 1920, 8 Jesmond Avenue, Bradford, Yorkshire (West Riding), England (Age 43 years)   4. James VERNON,   b. Between Jul 1881 and Sep 1881, Barton Upon Irwell district, Lancashire, England d. Between Jul 1881 and Sep 1881, Barton Upon Irwell district, Lancashire, England (Age 0 years)   5. Harold VERNON,   b. Between Jan 1883 and Mar 1883, Patricroft / Barton I / Bolton, Lancashire, England d. 4 Oct 1917, Ypres, Belgium (Age 34 years)   6. James Milne VERNON,   b. Between Apr 1885 and Jun 1885, Patricroft, Barton Upon Irwell, Lancashire, England d. Between Oct 1891 and Dec 1891, Barton Upon Irwell district, Lancashire, England (Age 6 years) + 7. Reginald VERNON,   b. Between Jul 1887 and Sep 1887, Patricroft, Barton Upon Irwell, Lancashire, England d. 8 Nov 1931, 17 Second Avenue, Jericho, Bury, Lancashire, England (Age 44 years) + 8. Sydney VERNON,   b. 27 Nov 1892, 32 Starrcliffe Street, Great Lever, Moses Gate, Farnworth, Bolton, Lancashire, England d. 25 Feb 1956, 13 New Street, Tottington, Bury, Lancashire, England (Age 63 years) + 9. Elsie VERNON,   b. 1 Sep 1895, Bury, Lancashire, England d. 17 Aug 1991, St Mary's Hospital, Thorpe Road, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England (Age 95 years)
  Family ID	F14	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Feb 2021

  
  

• Event Map

  1871 Census - Age: 24y - 2 Apr 1871 - 18 Cross Lane, Regent, Salford, Lancashire, England Marriage - 10 Jul 1871 - Charlestown Church of St George, Charlestown, Salford, Lancashire, England 1881 Census - Age: 32y - 3 Apr 1881 - 144 Cromwell Road, Eccles, Barton Upon Irwell, Lancashire, England 1891 Census - Age: 43y - 5 Apr 1891 - 94 Green Lane, Patricroft, Barton Upon Irwell, Lancashire, England 1901 Census - Age: 53y - 31 Mar 1901 - 12 Bolton Road, Elton, Bury, Lancashire, England 1911 Census - Age: 64y - 2 Apr 1911 - 12 Bolton Road, Elton, Bury, Lancashire, England Death - Age: 77y,Cause: Senile Decay (after long illness) - 18 Aug 1924 - 3 Halstead Street, Bury, Lancashire, England Burial - Age: 77y - 21 Aug 1924 - Bury Cemetery, Bury, Lancashire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  GEORGE DOUGLAS VERNON He was born Circa 1845/1849, possibly 1847, probably in Montrose, Fife / Forfar (now Angus?) Scotland The Scottish way of naming children: First son named after paternal grandfather (George Hardie) First daughter named after maternal grandmother (Harriet Scott Ainslie) Second daughter (Annie Rosslyn) after paternal grandmother Could his mother's name have been Annie Rosslyn or possibly surname Hardie or did they come from Rosslyn (Roslin) a village in Midlothian near Edinburgh? Was George Douglas Vernon's grandmother's surname Douglas? The following information supplied by Doris Vernon (his grand daughter): His father had married a servant girl. His father was a Captain in the Army - a Scottish Regiment, and died in India. (Possibly in the India Mutiny of the 1850's - presumably his mother died also). George Douglas was left an orphan in London and after going north was adopted by a family in Salford when he was 9 years old. (therefore possibly circa 1856) On his Marriage Certificate he gives his father's name as George Vernon, Officer in the Army but this could be either his real father's name or his adopted father's name. His adopted father's surname could have been Douglas. The Marriage Certificate does not state 'deceased' for his father. HE COULD HAVE BEEN BORN GEORGE VERNON or GEORGE DOUGLAS or GEORGE DOUGLAS VERNON. He married on 10 July 1871 and gave his age as 24 which gives a birth c1847. He died 18 August 1924 and his age was given as 77 which agrees with c1847. Death Registered by Reg Vernon, 65 Chesham Road, Bury, Lancashire. He started working for the Prudential Insurance Company in Eccles in September 1887 and finished on 14 January 1918. His birth is given as 1847 so he would have been 70 / 71 when he retired. A George Henry Vernon was born: 1877 Barton I / Heaton Mersey - unlikely to be theirs as George Hardie Vernon still alive. He was a Deacon at Castlecroft Congregational Church, Bury, Lancashire (04 October 1917) Any connection with Fettes College, Edinburgh which opened in 1870 ? ADDRESSES: 18 Cross Lane, Regent, Salford, Lancashire (02 April 1871) 5 Ivy Place, Salford, Lancashire (10 July 1871 - Marriage) Salford / Bolton area (1872 - Harriet Scott Anslie's Birth) Bolton / Heaton Mersey area (1876 - George Hardie's Birth) 144 Cromwell Road, Eccles, Barton Upon Irwell, Lancashire (03 April 1881) Barton Upon Irwell / Patricroft area (1883 - Harold's Birth) Barton Upon Irwell / Patricroft area (1887 - Reginald's Birth) 94 Green Lane, Patricroft, Barton Upon Irwell, Lancashire (05 April 1891) 32 Starrcliffe Street, Great Lever RSD, Farnworth, Bolton, Lancashire (27 November 1892) 164 Tottington Road, Elton, Bury, Lancashire (22 November 1895) 12 Bolton Road, Elton, Bury, Lancashire (31 March 1901) 12 Bolton Road, Elton, Bury, Lancashire (12 May 1903) 12 Bolton Road, Elton, Bury, Lancashire (02 April 1911) 158 Brandlesholme Road, Bury, Lancashire (4 October 1917) Brandlesholme Road, Bury, Lancashire (1919?) 166 Brandlesholme Road, Elton, Bury, Lancashire (19 June 1921) 3 Halstead Street, Bury, Lancashire (18 August 1924 - death) OCCUPATIONS: Iron Worker (02 April 1871) Clerk (10 July 1871) Grocers Assistant (03 April 1881) Insurance Agent (05 April 1891) An Insurance Agents Superintendent (27 November 1892) Life Assurance Agent (31 March 1901) Life Assurance Agent - Prudential (02 April 1911) Retired Insurance Agent (10 May 1919) Retired Insurance Agent (19 June 1921) Formerly a Life Assurance Agent (18 August 1924) CENSUSES: (c1847-1924) 30 March 1851 - look for 07 April 1861 - look for 02 April 1871 - yes 03 April 1881 - yes 05 April 1891 - yes 31 March 1901 - yes 02 April 1911 - yes 19 June 1921 - yes Wills & Administrations Index - Found Last checked: 06 January 2022

  
  

• Sources

  [S245] 1871 Census - Vernon, George Douglas, 6 May 2005, RG10/4027, Folio 62, Page 2. [S247] 1881 Census - Vernon, George Douglas & Isabella, 18 Oct 2005, RG11/3882, Folio 96, Page 58. [S254] 1891 Census - Vernon, George Douglas & Isabella, 18 Oct 2005, RG12/3153, Folio 93, Page 17. [S257] 1901 Census - Vernon, George Douglas & Isabella, 18 Oct 2005, RG13/3636, Folio 112, Page 33. [S609] 1911 Census - Vernon, George Douglas & Isabella, 17 Jan 2009, RG14PN23462 RG78PN1368 RD462 SD2 ED4 SN474 (Reliability: 3). [S6431] 1921 Census - Vernon, George Douglas & Isabella, 6 Jan 2022, RG15/18705/0479 & 0480. [S283] Certificate - Death - Vernon, George Douglas - 1924, 7 Jan 2006, JAS 1924 Bury, Volume 08C, Page 423 (Reliability: 3). [S347] Newspaper - Bury Times - Vernon, 19 Mar 2006, Saturday 23 August 1924 - Death. On the 18th last at 3 Halstead Street, Bury, George D Vernon in his 76th year [S15] BMD - GRO Index - Death, 26 Feb 2006, JAS 1924 Bury, Volume 08C, Page 423. [S493] Will - Vernon, George Douglas, 3 Feb 2008, 02 October 1924 (Reliability: 3). £227 16s. 9d. [S976] Wills & Administrations Index - Vernon, George Douglas - 1924, 23 Oct 2010. Effects: £227 16s. 9d. Administration: Manchester 02 October 1924 to Isabella Vernon, widow [S347] Newspaper - Bury Times - Vernon, 19 Mar 2006, Saturday 23 August 1924. [S1662] Cemetery - Bury Cemetery, Bury, Lancashire, 10 Nov 2012. [S4109] Headstone Transcription - Vernon, George Douglas & Isabella & Nuttall, Harriet S A, 4 Jun 2016, Plot No. Fp2052. [S284] Certificate - Marriage - Vernon, George Douglas & Hill, Isabella - 1871, 18 Oct 2005, JAS 1871 Salford, Volume 08D, Page 6 (Reliability: 3). [S2712] Parish Registers - Lancashire - Marriage - Vernon, George Douglas & Hill, Isabella - 1871 - Charlestown, 9 Oct 2013, Page 160, No. 319. [S14] BMD - GRO Index - Marriage, 26 Feb 2006, JAS 1871 Salford, Volume 08D, Page 6. [S765] BMD - Lancashire Index - Marriage, 18 Sep 2011, C37/1/319.