FAMILY HISTORY: NORRIS

THE MARRIAGE OF JAMES & MARGARET NORRIS:

 

GROOM:
Name: James Norris, of full age, bachelor, saddler, of Bolton-le-Moors
Father: [left blank in baptism register]
Mother: Margaret Norris
Birthdate: 11 October 1820
Birthplace: Croston, Lancashire, England

 

BRIDE:
Name: Margaret Armitage, of full age, spinster, of Croston
Father: [Richard Cottom]
Mother: Catherine Armitage
Birthdate: 5 March 1823
Birthplace: Croston, Lancashire, England

 

THEIR WEDDING:
Date: 6 December 1846
Place: St. Michael & All Angels Parish Church (C of E)
Location: Croston, Lancashire, England
Priest: William Robert Pallet Waudby, Curate
Witnesses: William Cottam & Eliza Moon

 

THEIR FIVE CHILDREN:
Jane Norris Born: 1 May 1847 Her Family
John Norris Born: 26 Sep 1848 (infant)
Catherine Norris Born: 23 Nov 1852 Her Family
Margaret Norris Born: 2 Jan 1855 Her Family
Elizabeth Ellen Norris Born: 22 Aug 1857 Her Family

 

DEATHS:
John Norris [ 5 yrs] Died: 19 Sep 1853
James Norris [37 yrs] Died: 5 Dec 1857
Margaret Norris (Mrs) [51 yrs] Died: 14 May 1872
Jane Ascroft (Mrs) [61 yrs] Died: 18 Feb 1909
Elizabeth Ellen Henderson (Mrs) [67 yrs] Died: 5 Feb 1925
Margaret Moon (Mrs) [76 yrs] Died: 12 Nov 1931
Catherine McNulty (Mrs) [86 yrs] Died: c. 1939

 

NOTES:
1: The space for Margaret Armitage's father's name was left blank on their marriage certificate, indicating that she, like her husband, was illegitimate. Her father appears to have been a man called Richard Cottom. See Margaret's Family page for more information.
2: Catherine's date of death is unconfirmed at this time.
3: The above information is taken from Baptism, Marriage and Burial records held at the Lancashire Archives and from monument inscriptions at Croston Parish Church.

 

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