Thomas Britten

Person Sheet

NameThomas Britten81

Birth Dateabt 1883

Birth PlaceAthlone, Ireland

Birth MemoMarriage certificate (1905) gives age 22.

Reside Date31 Mar 190181 Age: 18

Reside Place3 Ethiopia Place, Kirkdale, Lancashire, England

Reside Date27 May 1905 Age: 22

Reside PlaceLiverpool, Lancashire, England

Reside Memo10 Pennington Place, Mile End

OccE Date27 May 1905 Age: 22

OccE PlaceLiverpool, Lancashire, England

OccE MemoMariner

OccE Date5 Sep 1905 Age: 22

OccE MemoMercantile seaman [from birth certificate of Catherine Elizabeth, registered 5/9/1905]

Reside Date2 Apr 191182 Age: 28

Reside Place87B Titchfield St., Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Reside MemoAge 28, born Athlone, Ireland

OccE Date2 Apr 191182 Age: 28

OccE PlaceDock labourer, ship's rigger, worker

Reside Date28 Aug 1914 Age: 31

Reside Place17 Browns Buildings, Prince Edwin St, West Derby, Lancashire, England

Death Date28 Aug 191483 Age: 31

Death PlaceMill Road Infirmary, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Death MemoInjury to head caused by accidentally falling down steps

OccupationMercantile seaman; Dock labourer (ship's rigger)

FatherEdward Britten

MotherKatie (~1866-)

Spouses

1Mary Murray84

Birth Dateabt 188584

Birth PlaceLiverpool, Lancashire, England

Death Dateabt 1949 Age: 64

FatherThomas Murray (~1862-)

MotherCatherine Ann Abbott (1863-)

Marr Date27 May 190585

Marr PlaceSt Bridget's Church (RC), Bevington Hill, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

ChildrenCatherine Elizabeth (1905-1984)

Margaret Ann (1908-1994)

Thomas (1911-~1940)

Notes for Thomas Britten

Kevin Mogan has him born in County Clare, Ireland.

Died young. While drunk, he fell down stairs of a tenement and broke his neck.

From his death certificate, he was 28 years old on 28 Aug 1914, which would make him born 1885-6.
When and where died: Twenty-eighth August 1914, Mill Road Infirmary.
Age: 28 years
Cause of death: Injury to head caused by accidentally falling down steps on the 28th ultimo.

Liverpool Inquest Registers M347 COR/L/1/4 to M347 COR/L/1/7
August 1914
No.: 710
Date: Aug 29
Name of Deceased: Thomas Britten
Address: 17 Brown's Bldgs, Prince Edwin St
Place of Death: Mill Rd Infy
Date of Death: Aug 27
Age: 28
Finding of the Jury: Injury by accid. fall down steps

At his marriage to Mary Murray on 27 May 1905, he gave his age as 22, which would make him born 1882-3.

In the 1911 Census, his age was apparently 28, which also implies a birth about 1882-3.

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