FAMILY HISTORY: NORRIS

THE MARRIAGE OF RICHARD & ELIZABETH ELLEN ORRITT:

 

GROOM:
Name: Richard Orritt, age 20, bachelor, joiner, of Much Hoole
Father: Robert Orritt, shoemaker
Mother: Margaret Eden
Birthdate: c. 1880
Birthplace: Much Hoole, Lancashire, England

 

BRIDE:
Name: Elizabeth Ellen Cottam, age 16, spinster, of Much Hoole
Father: John Cottam, publican
Mother: Anne Dalton
Birthdate: 14 February 1885
Birthplace: Croston, Lancashire, England

 

THEIR WEDDING:
Date: 4 May 1901, after Banns
Place: St. Michael's Parish Church (C of E)
Location: Much Hoole, Lancashire, England
Priest: Edmund N. Dunne, Rector
Witnesses: David Cottam & Margaret Orritt

 

THEIR TEN CHILDREN:
Margaret Ann Orritt Born: [private]
Elsie Orritt Born: [private]
Mary Orritt Born: [private]
Richard Orritt Born: [private]
Lily Orritt Born: 10 Aug 1910 (Young)
Agnes Orritt Born: 28 Jun 1913 (Young)
Robert Orritt Born:

[private]
Edith Orritt Born: 26 Mar 1918 (Infant)
Philip Orritt Born: 31 Jan 1930 (Infant)
John Orritt Born:

[private]

 

DEATHS:
Edith Orritt [7 mos] Buried: 16 Nov 1918
Lily Orritt [15 yrs] Buried: 6 Feb 1926
Philip Orritt [5 days] Buried: 5 Feb 1930
Agnes Orritt [18 yrs] Buried: 19 Sep 1931
Richard Orritt Sr. [79 yrs] Died: 2 Jun 1960
Elizabeth Ellen Orritt (Mrs) [92 yrs] Died: 27 Jan 1978
Margaret Ann Orritt Died:
Elsie Orritt Died:
Mary Orritt Died:
Richard Orritt Jr. Died:
Robert Orritt Died:
John Orritt Died:

 

NOTES:
1: Some information on the children of this family is being withheld to protect the privacy of those who are or may be still living.
2: The above information is taken from various records held at the Lancashire Record Office in Preston.

 

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