FAMILY HISTORY: NORRIS
THE FAMILY OF MARY ALMOND
| Mary Almond was born in or near Ormskirk in about 1878, the daughter of Roger and Susan Almond. She was only a baby when her father died in 1880. At the time of the 1881 Census Mary and her brothers and sisters were living with their widowed mother in Ormskirk: |
| 1881 CENSUS OF ORMSKIRK, LANCASHIRE: | ||||||
| NAME: | RELATION: | CONDITION: | SEX: | AGE: | OCCUPATION: | BIRTHPLACE: |
| Susan Almond | Head | Widow | F | 41 | Cow Keeper | Croston, Lancashire |
| Anne Almond | Dau. | Unm. | F | 15 | Daughter | Croston, Lancashire |
| Richard Almond | Son | Unm. | M | 15 | Apprentice | Croston, Lancashire |
| Timothy Almond | Son | - | M | 13 | Scholar | Ormskirk, Lancashire |
| Eliz. E. Almond | Dau. | - | F | 10 | Scholar | Ormskirk, Lancashire |
| Maggie Almond | Dau. | - | F | 8 | Scholar | Ormskirk, Lancashire |
| Dorothy Almond | Dau. | - | F | 4 | Scholar | Ormskirk, Lancashire |
| Mary Almond | Dau. | - | F | 2 | Infant | Ormskirk, Lancashire |
| Henry L.B. Yates | Lodger | Unm. | M | 27 | Wesleyan Minister | Burley in Wharfedale |
| NOTES: | |
| 1: | Living at 2 Wigan Road, Ormskirk. (RG11-3755, folio 133, page 4) |
| 2: | Richard was an apprentice bricklayer. |
| 3: | Burley in Wharfedale is in Yorkshire. |
| 4: | The above information is taken from the census returns on microfiche at the Lancashire Record Office. |
| Roger Almond died on 8 August 1880 at Ormskirk and his Will was proved at Liverpool on 24 November 1880. He left a personal estate worth under £3000 |