FAMILY HISTORY: SWARBRICK

THE MARRIAGE OF THOMAS PERCIVAL & MARY ANN SWARBRICK:

 

GROOM:
Name: Thomas Percival Swarbrick, age 26, bachelor, lumber worker, of 23 Hammond Street
Father: James Swarbrick, joiner
Mother: Amelia Ellen Green
Birthdate: 29 September 1889
Birthplace: Preston, Lancashire, England

 

BRIDE:
Name: Mary Ann Simm, age 24, spinster, of 19 Larkhill Street
Father: Henry Simm, tobacco spinner
Mother: Sarah Whalley
Birthdate: 26 December 1891
Birthplace: Preston, Lancashire, England

 

THEIR WEDDING:
Date: 13 November 1915, by licence
Place: St. Mary's Parish Church
Location: Preston, Lancashire, England
Priest: John N.V. Rees, Vicar
Witnesses: David Sheehan and Lily Swarbrick

 

THEIR FOUR CHILDREN:
Letitia Swarbrick Born: c. 1916 Her Family
Amelia Swarbrick Born: 3 Oct 1920 Her Life
Gertrude Eva Swarbrick Born: 12 Apr 1922 Her Family

 

DEATHS:
Thomas Percival Swarbrick [50 yrs] Died: 24 Dec 1938
Mary Ann Swarbrick (Mrs) Died:
Letitia Williams (Mrs) Died: c. 2004
Amelia Swarbrick Died: pre 2011
Gertrude Eva Douglas (Mrs) [89 yrs] Died: 28 Sep 2011

 

NOTES:
1: Mary Ann Simm and her family were Anglicans, which may explain the marriage in a C of E Church.
2: Thomas Percival and his family emigrated to Canada, where he died after falling under the wheels of a train while working as a Switchman for the Canadian National Railway.
3: According to Gertrude "Eva" Douglas' obituary, she was predeceased by her two sisters.
4: The above information is taken from the original registers of St Mary's Parish Church, held at the Lancashire Archives, as well as GRO birth indexes and immigration records at www.ancestry.co.uk.

 

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Updated 27 July 2014