George BURTON

  Noted events in his life were:

• Marriage Banns, 1842, Swaffham, Norfolk. Parish Church Swaffham 4 September 1842
George Burton age 21 bachelor labourer Swaffham son of John Burton labourer
Mary Ward aged 22 spinster servant Swaffham daughter of William Ward labourer
Witnesses Matthew Ward Susan Ward

• Census, 1841, Swaffham, Norfolk. Labourer living at Lynn Street with his parents

• Census, 1851, Swaffham, Norfolk. Laboureer living at Spinner's Lane with wife and 4 children William, Elizabeth, Mary Ann, Eliza

• Census, 1861, Swaffham, Norfolk. George is marked on census then crossed through and Husband absent written in his occupation is given as thatcher. Mary is living at Spinner's Lane with eight children Mary, Eliza, Robert, James and George, Ann, Henry and Arthur

• Census, 1871, Swaffham, Norfolk. Labourer living at Spinners Lane with Mary and 7 childre; Robert, James, Annie, George, Henry, Arthur, Phebe

• Census, 1881, Swaffham, Norfolk. Agricultural labourer living at Spinner's Lane Cottage with Mary and 3 children: Henry, Arthur, Phebe and a granddaughter Elizabeth Burton aged 14

George married Mary WARD, daughter of William WARD and Elizabeth BENNETT, on 4 Sep 1842 in Swaffham, Norfolk. (Mary WARD was born on 5 Feb 1821 in Swaffham, Norfolk, baptised on 26 Feb 1821 in Swaffham, Norfolk and died in 1905 in Swaffham, Norfolk.)