Henry Horton was the sixth child of Henry Horton & Sarah Ann Hancock born May 17th, 1858 at West Bromwich, Staffs.
By 1861 the family had moved to the High St, Knutton, Silverdale, Staffs. Henry had 4 sisters & 2 brothers at home.
At the time of the 1871 census Henry & his parents & brothers & sisters were living at Bank St, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent. Henry, at the age of 13, was working at the forge.
Henry married Mary Morris in July-September 1880, the marriage being registered at Wolstanton. Mary was born c1860 at Burslem, Staffs, the daughter of Mary & Thomas Morris, a carter.
In 1881 Henry & Mary were living at North Rd, Burslem, Staffs & Henry was now an upholsterer.
By 1891 they were living at 50 Nile St, Burslem & Henry was still an upholster & Mary was a furniture dealer. They now had 4 children – Joseph T (9), Judith M (7), Sarah A (4) & Clara (9 months).
At the time of the 1901 census they were living at 64 Hamil Rd, Burslem. Their oldest son Joseph was a teacher at the elementary school & daughters Judith & Sarah were described as ‘potters paintresses’. Also at home were Clara, Mary L (7), Ada (5) & a 1 month old son whose name was not known at the time.
In 1911 Henry & Mary were still living at the same address & Henry was still employed as an upholsterer. At home were Sarah Ann & Mary Lucy, both earthenware enamellers, Clara, an earthenware gilder, Ada, a dressmaker & Wilfrid Aidan (10) who was at school. It was noted on the census that Mary had had 9 children, only 7 of whom were still living. Son Joseph had become a clergyman by this time & was living in Bradford, Yorks. Daughter Judith had married John Colclough, a joiner, in 1907 & was living at Stockport, Cheshire with their daughter Linnie aged 2.
The children of Henry Horton & Mary Morris were:
h.1.10.6.1 Joseph Thomas Horton born July 27th, 1881 at Burslem, Staffs
h.1.10.6.2 Judith May Horton born May 22nd, 1883 at Burslem, Staffs
h.1.10.6.3 Florence Horton born July-September 1885 at Wolstanton, Staffs,
died Jan-March 1887 at Burslem, Staffs
h.1.10.6.4 Sarah Ann Horton born January 3rd, 1887 at Burslem, Staffs
h.1.10.6.5 Henry Horton born Jan-March 1889 at Wolstanton, Staffs, died Oct-December
1889 at Wolstanton, Staffs
h.1.10.6.6 Clara Horton born July-September 1890 at Burslem, Staffs
h.1.10.6.7 Mary Lucy Horton born Oct-December 1893 at Burslem, Staffs
h.1.10.6.8 Ada Horton born Jan-March 1896 at Burslem, Staffs
h.1.10.6.9 Wilfrid Aidan Horton born March 22nd, 1901 at Burslem, Staffs