FAMILY HISTORY: NORRIS
THE FAMILY OF JAMES CHADWICK
| James Chadwick's parents were Daniel and Ann Chadwick. Daniel Chadwick married Ann Bury in Blackburn in 1856. In 1871 they were living in Old Accrington: |
| 1871 CENSUS OF ACCRINGTON, LANCASHIRE: | ||||||
| NAME: | RELATION: | CONDITION: | SEX: | AGE: | OCCUPATION: | BIRTHPLACE: |
| Daniel Chadwick | Head | Married | M | 39 | Bookseller | Eccles, Lancashire |
| Ann Chadwick | Wife | Married | F | 35 | Bookseller | Church, Lancashire |
| John Chadwick | Son | - | F | 13 | Scholar | Accrington, Lancashire |
| James Chadwick | Son | - | F | 12 | Scholar | Accrington, Lancashire |
| Peter Chadwick | Son | - | F | 7 | Scholar | Accrington, Lancashire |
| Mary Chadwick | Daughter | - | F | 5 | Scholar | Bretherton, Lancashire |
| Martha Chadwick | Daughter | - | F | 3 | Scholar | Bretherton, Lancashire |
| NOTES: | |
| 1: | Living at 3 Canning Street, Old Accrington. (RG10-4142, folio 142, page 20) |
| 2: | Daniel Chadwick's birthplace is listed as Worsley in other records. |
| 3: | The above information is taken from the census returns on microfiche at the Lancashire Archives. |
| 10 years later much had changed. Their son James had married Elizabeth Ellen Norris but died aged 22 years, and Daniel had moved his family to Bretherton, near Croston: |
| 1881 CENSUS OF BRETHERTON, LANCASHIRE: | ||||||
| NAME: | RELATION: | CONDITION: | SEX: | AGE: | OCCUPATION: | BIRTHPLACE: |
| Daniel Chadwick | Head | Married | M | 49 | Bookseller | Worsley, Lancashire |
| Ann Chadwick | Wife | Married | F | 45 | Wife | Church, Lancashire |
| Mary Chadwick | Daughter | - | F | 15 | - | Accrington, Lancashire |
| Rhoda Chadwick | Daughter | - | F | 4 | - | Bretherton, Lancashire |
| Ruth Alice Bretherton | Servant | - | F | 19 | Servant | Croston, Lancashire |
| NOTES: | |
| 1: | Living at Highfield House, Flag Lane, Bretherton. (RG11-4222, folio 119, page 26) |
| 2: | Daniel Chadwick's full occupation was Bookseller employing 2 Agents & 2 Collectors and Farmer of 110 acres employing 1 labourer. |
| 3: | Ruth Bretherton's full occupation was General Servant (Domestic). |
| 4: | The above information is taken from the census returns on microfiche at the Lancashire Archives. |