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John Henry BETTS (1848-1918) and Sarah Alice STEPHENS

Subject:   John Henry BETTS

Birth:          __ Nov 1848     Neithrop.
Baptism:        19 Nov 1848     St. Mary's Church, Banbury  (son of Samuel and Mary Ann, High
                                Street, Confectioner).
Marriage:       19 Nov 1878     Parish Church, Deddington.
Witness:        28 Dec 1915     Marriage: Beatrice Ann BETTS and Leonard S GOODWAY;
                                Banbury  (Beatrice, 30, a teacher, of 14 Albert St married
                                Leondard Septimus GOODWAY, 32, a clerk of 15 Castle St., Dec 28
                                1915).
Death:          __ Nov 1918     Banbury.
Burial:         13 Nov 1918     Banbury  (age 70).
Father:    Samuel BETTS (b. 1820,      )
Mother:    Mary Ann RABY (bap. 1825,      )


Spouse:    Sarah Alice STEPHENS
Birth:          16 Oct 1849     back of Clarendon square, Leamington.
Witness:        10 Jan 1871     Marriage: Charles LINES/LYNES and Emily BETTS; St. Mary's
                                Church, Banbury  (21, spinster, daughter of Samuel, cakemaker, to
                                Charles LINES, 22, bachelor, bookseller, Banbury, son of Edward,
                                hotel keeper).
Father:    Christopher STEPHENS (b. 1822,      )
Mother:    Ann WRIGHT (b. 1812,      )


CHILDREN

M      Arthur Henry BETTS
Birth:          14 Jun 1878
Baptism:        28 Dec 1878     parish church, Deddington  (Arthur Henry BETTS - John Henry and
                                Sarah Alice, confectioner, Clifton).
Marriage:       12 Oct 1921     Jane (Jenny) CHANCE (b. 1886, d. 1977); Toronto, Ontario.
Death:          29 Jun 1947     St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario.
Burial:         02 Jul 1947     St. James Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario  (cause of death -
                                carcinoma of nasopharynx).

F      Ethel Alice BETTS
Birth:          __ Sep 1880     Banbury.
Baptism:        28 Nov 1880     St. Mary's Church, Banbury  (daughter of John Henry and Sarah
                                Alice, West Bar Terrace).
Burial:         06 May 1881     Banbury  (8 months, West Street).


M      Frederick Charles BETTS
Baptism:        14 Jul 1882     St. Mary's Church, Banbury  (son of John Henry and Sarah Alice,
                                West Bar Terrace, cakemaker).
Burial:         05 Dec 1919     Banbury  (age 37, High Street).


F      Beatrice Ann BETTS
Baptism:        22 Jul 1885     St. Mary's Church, Banbury  (daughter of John Henry and Sarah
                                Alice, Banbury, cake maker and confectioner).
Marriage:       28 Dec 1915     Leonard S GOODWAY (b. 1884,      ); Banbury  (Beatrice, 30, a
                                teacher, of 14 Albert St married Leondard Septimus GOODWAY, 32,
                                a clerk of 15 Castle St., Dec 28 1915).
Witness:        28 Feb 1918     Marriage: William SANSBURY and Dorothy BETTS; St. Mary's,
                                Banbury  (William SANSBURY, 35, bachelor, civil servant, 14 Alber
                                St., son of Richard, (dec'd) engineer & Dorothy BETTS, 26, spinster,
                                14 Albert St. daughter of John Henry, confectioner, by licence).


M      Reginald BETTS
Birth:          __ ___ 1889     Banbury.


F      Dorothy BETTS
Birth:          __ ___ 1892     Banbury.
Marriage:       28 Feb 1918     William SANSBURY (b. 1883,      ); St. Mary's, Banbury  (William
                                SANSBURY, 35, bachelor, civil servant, 14 Alber St., son of Richard,
                                (dec'd) engineer & Dorothy BETTS, 26, spinster, 14 Albert St.
                                daughter of John Henry, confectioner, by licence).


F      Marjorie A BETTS
Birth:          __ ___ 1897     Banbury.