The Family of Richard and Mary Ann Gardner: Census Returns

Although I cannot find Mary Ann Swarbrick in the 1881 Census, I suspect that the Mary Jane Swarbrick living with her married younger sister Jane, was actually Mary Ann Swarbrick:

1881 CENSUS OF PRESTON, LANCASHIRE:
NAME:	RELATION:	CONDITION:	SEX:	AGE:	OCCUPATION:	BIRTHPLACE:
Mary Jane Swarbrick	Relation	Unmarried	F	34	Cotton Weaver	Kirkland, Lancashire

NOTES:
1:	Living at 140 Ripon Street, Preston, Lancashire. (RG11-4234, folio 69, page 26)
2:	Living at the home of Thomas and Jane (Swarbrick) Slater. For the full entry, see their census page.
3:	The above information is taken from copies on microfiche at the Lancashire Archives.

Mary Ann and her younger brother Jonathan stayed unmarried until later in life and at the time of the 1891 Census she was living in her brother's Public House:

1891 CENSUS OF PRESTON, LANCASHIRE:
NAME:	RELATION:	CONDITION:	SEX:	AGE:	OCCUPATION:	BIRTHPLACE:
Jonathan Swarbrick	Head	Unmarried	M	33	Licensed Victualler	Churchtown, Lancashire
Mary A. Swarbrick	Sister	Unmarried	F	44	Cotton Weaver	Churchtown, Lancashire

NOTES:
1:	Living at The Anchor Inn pub, 13 Nile Street, Preston, Lancashire. (RG12-3432, folio 14, page 21)
2:	The above information is taken from copies on microfiche at the Lancashire Archives.

Jonathan Swarbrick was married in 1896, and it appears that Mary Ann took over the running of the pub. When she was married 3 years later, she and her new husband ran the pub together:

1901 CENSUS OF PRESTON, LANCASHIRE:
NAME:	RELATION:	CONDITION:	SEX:	AGE:	OCCUPATION:	BIRTHPLACE:
Richard Gardner	Head	Married	M	48	Beerhouse Keeper	Claughton-on-Brock, Lancashire
Mary A Gardner	Wife	Married	M	54	-	Kirkland, Lancashire

NOTES:
1:	Living at 31 Nile Street, Preston, Lancashire. (RG13-3944, folio 141, page 24)
2:	It would appear that this is the same pub but that the buildings on the street had been renumbered.
3:	The above information is taken from copies on microfiche at the Lancashire Archives.

1911 CENSUS OF PRESTON, LANCASHIRE:
NAME:	RELATION:	CONDITION:	SEX:	AGE:	OCCUPATION:	BIRTHPLACE:
Richard Gardner	Head	Married	M	58	Beerseller	Goosnargh, Lancashire
Mary A Gardner	Wife	Married	M	64	Beerseller	Kirkland, Lancashire

NOTES:
1:	Living at 31 Nile Street, Preston, Lancashire.
2:	Richard and Mary Ann had been married 12 years and had no children.
3:	They were working on their "own account, at home" in a beerhouse.
4:	As it was Richard that filled-in the census form, the place of birth is probably more accurate than that given in the 1901 Census.
5:	The above information is taken from digital images at www.findmypast.co.uk.

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