FAMILY HISTORY: BOOCOCK

THE FAMILY OF JOHN & MARGARET ROBINSON

CENSUS INFORMATION:

 

1841 CENSUS OF HEYWOOD, LANCASHIRE:
NAME: SEX: AGE: OCCUPATION: BORN IN THE COUNTY?
Margaret Boocock F 20 Dressmaker Yes
NOTES:
1: Living in Heap, Heywood. (H.O.107-539-6, folio 6)
2: Her son Richard was staying with her mother Margaret on the night of the Census. (See below)
3: See the Census Information for her sister Ellen (Boocock) Higson for the full return.
4: The above information is taken from the census returns on microfilm at the Lancashire Archives.

 

1841 CENSUS OF PILKINGTON, LANCASHIRE:
NAME: SEX: AGE: OCCUPATION: BORN IN THE COUNTY?
Richard Boocock M 5 - Yes
NOTES:
1: Living at Stand Lane, Pilkington. (H.O.107-548-1, folio 44)
2: See the Census Information for Margaret (Higson) Boocock for the full return.
3: The above information is taken from the census returns on microfilm at the Lancashire Archives.

 

11 years after the birth of her first child, Margaret Boocock married John Robinson in Manchester and by 1851 the family had settled (temporarily) in Blackburn, Lancashire:

 

1851 CENSUS OF BLACKBURN, LANCASHIRE:
NAME: RELATION: CONDITION: SEX: AGE: OCCUPATION: BIRTHPLACE:
John Robinson Head Married M 25 Clog & Shoe Maker Colne, Lancashire
Margaret Robinson Wife Married F 31 - Ratcliff, Lancashire
William Henry Robinson Son Unmarried M 3 - Ratcliff, Lancashire
John Thomas Robinson Son - M 1 - Blackburn, Lancashire
NOTES:
1: Living at 17 Salford Street, Blackburn, Lancashire. (H.O.107-2258, folio 493, page 3)
2: Ratcliff should actually be Radcliffe, near Bury, Lancashire.
3: Margaret's eldest son, Richard Boocock was Living with her married sister Ellen (Boocock) Higson.
4: The above information is taken from the census returns on microfilm at the Lancashire Archives.

 

William Henry Robinson died in 1860, aged 13 years old, by which time the family had settled in Clitheroe.

 

1861 CENSUS OF CLITHEROE, LANCASHIRE:
NAME: RELATION: CONDITION: SEX: AGE: OCCUPATION: BIRTHPLACE:
John Robinson Head Married M 34 Shoemaker Colne, Lancashire
Margaret Robinson Wife Married F 42 Dressmaker Ratcliffe Bridge, Lancashire
John Thos. Robertson Son Unmarried M 11 Scholar Blackburn, Lancashire
Eunice Robinson Daughter Unmarried F 8 Scholar Hurst Green, Lancashire
Alice Robinson Daughter Unmarried F 6 Scholar Waddington, Yorkshire
Margaret A Robinson Daughter Unmarried F 2 - Waddington, Yorkshire
NOTES:
1: Living in Back Lane, Clitheroe, Lancashire. (RG9-3087, folio 125, pages 6 & 7)
2: Ratcliffe Bridge should actually be Radcliffe, near Bury, Lancashire.
3: By 1861 Margaret's eldest son, Richard Boocock was married with 2 children of his own.
4: The above information is taken from the census returns on microfilm at the Lancashire Archives.

 

1871 CENSUS OF CLITHEROE, LANCASHIRE:
NAME: RELATION: CONDITION: SEX: AGE: OCCUPATION: BIRTHPLACE:
John Robinson Head Married M 45 Clogger Colne, Lancashire
Margaret Robinson Wife Married F 52 Housewife Radcliffe Bridge, Lancashire
John Thos. Robertson Son Unmarried M 21 Cotton Weaver Blackburn, Lancashire
Eunice Robinson Daughter Unmarried F 18 Cotton Weaver Hurst Green, Lancashire
Alice Robinson Daughter Unmarried F 16 Cotton Weaver Waddington, Yorkshire
Margaret A Robinson Daughter - F 12 Scholar Waddington, Yorkshire
Mary E Robinson Daughter - F 8 Scholar Clitheroe, Lancashire
Ellen Seedall Visitor Unmarried F 18 Cotton Weaver West Bradford, Yorkshire
NOTES:
1: Living at 3 Corporation Street, Clitheroe, Lancashire. (RG10-4165, folio 44, pages 6 & 7)
2: The above information is taken from the census returns on microfiche at the Lancashire Archives.

 

1881 CENSUS OF CLITHEROE, LANCASHIRE:
NAME: RELATION: CONDITION: SEX: AGE: OCCUPATION: BIRTHPLACE:
John Robinson Head Married M 55 Clog & Shoe Maker Colne, Lancashire
Margaret Robinson Wife Married F 62 - Radcliffe, Lancashire
John Thomas Robertson Son Unmarried M 31 Cotton Weaver Blackburn, Lancashire
Eunice Robinson Daughter Unmarried F 28 Cotton Weaver Hurst Green, Lancashire
Alice Robinson Daughter Unmarried F 26 Cotton Weaver Waddington, Yorkshire
Margaret Ann Robinson Daughter Unmarried F 22 Cotton Weaver Waddington, Yorkshire
Mary Ellen Robinson Daughter Unmarried F 18 Tailor Machinist Clitheroe, Lancashire
NOTES:
1: Living at 72 Bawdlands, Clitheroe, Lancashire. (RG11-4173, folio 110, page 1)
2: The above information is taken from the census returns on microfiche at the Lancashire Archives.

 

John Thomas married Margaret Bamford later in 1881 and Eunice married Ellis Speak in 1882.

 

1891 CENSUS OF CLITHEROE, LANCASHIRE:
NAME: RELATION: CONDITION: SEX: AGE: OCCUPATION: BIRTHPLACE:
John Robinson Head Married M 64 Shoemaker & Grocer Colne, Lancashire
Margaret Robinson Wife Married F 72 - Radcliffe, Lancashire
Alice Robinson Daughter Unmarried F 36 Grocer's Assistant Waddington, Yorkshire
Margaret Ann Robinson Daughter Unmarried F 32 Cotton Weaver Waddington, Yorkshire
Mary Ellen Robinson Daughter Unmarried F 28 Tailoress Clitheroe, Lancashire
NOTES:
1: Living at 2 DeLacy Street, Clitheroe, Lancashire. (RG12-3388, folio 113, page 9)
2: The above information is taken from the census returns on microfiche at the Lancashire Archives.

 

Margaret (Boocock) Robinson and her unmarried daughter Alice both died in 1892. Margaret Ann married a man called William Henry Robinson later in 1891 but by 1901 she was a widow with two children:

 

1901 CENSUS OF CLITHEROE, LANCASHIRE:
NAME: RELATION: CONDITION: SEX: AGE: OCCUPATION: BIRTHPLACE:
John Robinson Head Married M 74 Clogger & Shoemaker Colne, Lancashire
Margaret A Robinson Daughter Widow F 42 - Waddington, Yorkshire
Mary E Robinson Daughter Unmarried F 37 - Clitheroe, Lancashire
Fred Robinson Grandson - M 8 - Clitheroe, Lancashire
Mary A Robinson G'daughter - F 7 - Clitheroe, Lancashire
Mary E Speak G'daughter Unmarried F 18 Cotton Weaver Clitheroe, Lancashire
NOTES:
1: Living at 32 Woone Lane, Clitheroe, Lancashire. (RG13-3897, folio 40, page 27)
2: Although listed as married, John Robinson was actually a widower by this date.
3: Fred and Mary A (actually Margaret Alice) Robinson were the children of Margaret Ann Robinson and her late husband William Henry Robinson.
4: Mary E (actually Margaret Ellen) Speak was the daughter of Eunice Robinson and Ellis Speak.
5: The above information is taken from the census returns on microfiche at the Lancashire Archives.

 

John Robinson died later in 1901.

 

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Updated: 10 Jan 2015