FAMILY HISTORY: NORRIS

THE MARRIAGE OF ROBERT & MARGARET BAKER:

 

GROOM:
Name: Robert Baker, age 25, bachelor, farmer, of Bretherton
Father: Robert Baker, farmer
Mother: Ellen Ball
Birthdate: 17 May 1863
Birthplace: Bretherton, Lancashire, England

 

BRIDE:
Name: Margaret Ascroft, age 21, spinster, of Croston
Father: John Ascroft, yeoman
Mother: Jane Norris
Birthdate: 31 March 1867
Birthplace: Croston, Lancashire, England

 

THEIR WEDDING:
Date: 21 November 1888, after Banns
Place: St. Michael & All Angels Parish Church
Location: Croston, Lancashire, England
Priest: Oswald Master, Rector
Witnesses: John Baker & Elizabeth Ascroft

 

THEIR TEN CHILDREN:
James Norris Baker Baptism: 17 Apr 1892
Ellen Baker Born: 9 Mar 1894
Jane Adelaide Baker Born: 25 Dec 1895
John Ascroft Baker Born: 28 Oct 1897
Robert Norris Baker Born: 19 Nov 1899
Ada Margaret Baker Born: 24 Feb 1902
Katherine Baker Born: 11 Apr 1904
Catherine Ascroft Baker Born: 6 Mar 1906
Henry Baker Born: 30 Oct 1907
Margaret Ascroft Baker Born: 20 Jan 1912

 

DEATHS:
Katherine Baker [ 8 mos] Died: 6 Nov 1904
Margaret Baker (Mrs) [66 yrs] Died: 26 Nov 1933
Robert Baker [80 yrs] Died: 18 Dec 1943
Jane Adelaide Ainsworth (Mrs) [57 yrs] Died: 22 Apr 1953
John Ascroft Baker [72 yrs] Died: c. 1970
Robert Norris Baker [70 yrs] Died: c. 1970
Catherine Ascroft Webster (Mrs) [64 yrs] Died: c. 1970
James Norris Baker [84 yrs] Died: 31 May 1976
Henry Baker [71 yrs] Died: 11 Mar 1979
Ada Margaret Iddon (Mrs) [78 yrs] Died: 16 Apr 1979
Ellen Baker [89 yrs] Died: 21 May 1983
Margaret Ascroft Bamford (Mrs) [89 yrs] Died: c. Jan 2001

 

NOTE:
1: The information regarding the death of Ada Margaret Iddon was kindly provided by her granddaughter Linda Barton. Ada died while visiting her daughter in Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales.
2: The above information is taken from Marriage, Baptism and Burial records held at the Lancashire Archives in Preston, and from monument inscriptions at Croston Parish Churchyard.

 

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