Martha Jane Bury
Martha Jane Bury (née Walmsley: 24 November 1850 – 31 May 1913) was a English co-operative organiser active in the Co-operative Women's Guild.[1]
Martha Jane Bury | |
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 Bury's monument in Darwen Cemetery | |
| Born | Martha Jane Walmsley 24 November 1850 Blackburn, Lancashire, England |
| Died | 31 May 1913 (aged 62) Darwen, Lancashire, England |
| Movement | Co-operative |
| Spouse(s) | John William Bury (m. 1882) |
| Children | 5 |
She was born in Blackburn, Lancashire, England to George Walmsley, a headmaster, and Jane Walmsley (née Pearson). Her father died when she was two, forcing her mother to work as a draper. After some basic schooling at the age of 11 Bury started working in a textile mill. In 1868 she began working in a cotton mill in Darwen, Lancashire, and joined the Darwen Industrial Co-operative Society.
In 1882 she married John William Bury, a weaver with whom she had 5 children.
References
- "Bury [née Walmsley], Martha Jane". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/77424. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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