FAMILY HISTORY: SWARBRICK

THE FAMILY OF WILLIAM & MARGARET ALICE SWARBRICK

CENSUS INFORMATION:

 

In 1871 William Swarbrick was still living at home with his parents but both parents died before 1881. By the date of the 1881 Census William was living as a boarder in Nether Wyresdale:

 

1881 CENSUS OF NETHER WYRESDALE, LANCASHIRE:
NAME: RELATION: CONDITION: SEX: AGE: OCCUPATION: BIRTHPLACE:
William Swarbrick Boarder Unmarried M 28 Bobbin Turner Journeyman Catterall, Lancashire
NOTES:
1: Living at Bobbin Mill, Nether Wyresdale, Lancashire. (RG11-4260, folio 63, page 19)
2: William was living with and working for Richard Holden.
3: The above information is taken from microfiche copies at the Lancashire Archives.

 

Sometime after 1881 William moved to the village of Anderton, where he met Margaret Alice Smith. They were married in 1890 and set up home in the village:

 

1891 CENSUS OF ANDERTON, CHORLEY, LANCASHIRE:
NAME: RELATION: CONDITION: SEX: AGE: OCCUPATION: BIRTHPLACE:
William Swarbrick Head Married M 38 Machine Driller Catterall, Lancashire
Margaret A. Swarbrick Wife Married F 29 Laundress Whittingham, Lancashire
NOTES:
1: Living at Roscoe Lowe Cottage, Anderton, Lancashire. (RG12-3422, folio 23, page 10)
2: William and Margaret had been married less than a year when the census was taken.
3: William's full occupation was "Machine Driller, Locomotive Works".
4: The above information is taken from microfiche copies at the Lancashire Archives.

 

William Swarbrick Sr died at Anderton in 1900. The following year, his widow and children were still living in the village of Anderton:

 

1901 CENSUS OF ANDERTON, CHORLEY, LANCASHIRE:
NAME: RELATION: CONDITION: SEX: AGE: OCCUPATION: BIRTHPLACE:
Margaret Alice Swarbrick Head Widow F 38 Laundress Whittingham, Lancashire
John Swarbrick Son - M 8 - Adlington, Lancashire
Robert Swarbrick Son - M 7 - Anderton, Lancashire
Mary Swarbrick Daughter - F 5 - Anderton, Lancashire
William Swarbrick Son - M 3 - Anderton, Lancashire
Annie Bale Lodger Unmarried F 22 Cop Winder Devon
NOTES:
1: Living at Holms Cottage, Anderton, Lancashire. (RG13-3933, folio 30, page 20)
2: Although not stated on the census return, the children were almost certainly attending school.
3: The birthplace of their lodger was illegible but looks like "Kingsbromton" (Kings Brompton).
4: The above information is taken from microfiche copies at the Lancashire Archives.

 

1911 CENSUS OF ANDERTON, CHORLEY, LANCASHIRE:
NAME: RELATION: CONDITION: SEX: AGE: OCCUPATION: BIRTHPLACE:
Margaret Swarbrick Head Widow F 48 Laundress Whittingham, Lancashire
John Swarbrick Son Single M 18 Machine Tapper Adlington, Lancashire
Robert Swarbrick Son Single M 17 Machine Tapper Anderton, Lancashire
Mary Swarbrick Daughter Single F 15 Weaver Anderton, Lancashire
William Swarbrick Son - M 13 Weaver Adlington, Lancashire
James Mayor Boarder Married M 33 Machinist Aspull, Lancashire
Ambrozie Mayor Boarder Married F 33 Cop Winder Blackrod, Lancashire
James A J Mayor Boarder - M 10 School Horwich, Lancashire
Daisy D B Mayor Boarder - F 5 School Blackrod, Lancashire
William C H Mayor Boarder - M 3 - Blackrod, Lancashire
NOTES:
1: Living at Grimeford Lane, Anderton, Lancashire.
2: Margaret Swarbrick was listed as the mother of 4 children, all living.
3: John and Robert worked at the locomotive department of a railway company and Mary and William worked for a cotton manufacturer.
4: The above information is taken from digital images at www.findmypast.co.uk.

 

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