FAMILY HISTORY: SWARBRICK

THE FAMILY OF JONATHAN & ELIZABETH SWARBRICK

CENSUS INFORMATION:

 

In 1871 Jonathan Swarbrick was living with his uncle's business partner. John Swarbrick and John Richmond were Master Boot & Shoe Makers employing a number of men and boys, including members of their families:

 

1871 CENSUS OF SCORTON, NETHER WYRESDALE, LANCASHIRE:
NAME: RELATION: CONDITION: SEX: AGE: OCCUPATION: BIRTHPLACE:
Jonathan Swarbrick Boarder Unmarried M 13 Shoemaker (apprentice) Churchtown, Lancashire
NOTES:
1: Living in Scorton, Nether Wyresdale, Lancashire. (RG10-4227, folio 143, page 15)
2: Jonathan was living at the home of John Richmond and his wife Mary Jane.
3: The above information is taken from copies on microfiche at the Lancashire Archives.

 

By 1881 Jonathan had finished his apprenticeship and was a journeyman boot & shoe maker:

 

1881 CENSUS OF SCORTON, NETHER WYRESDALE, LANCASHIRE:
NAME: RELATION: CONDITION: SEX: AGE: OCCUPATION: BIRTHPLACE:
Jonathan Swarbrick Nephew Unmarried M 23 Boot & Shoemaker Kirkland, Lancashire
NOTES:
1: Living 7 Long Row, Scorton, Nether Wyresdale, Lancashire. (RG11-4260, folio 57, pages 6 & 7)
2: Jonathan was living with his uncle, John Swarbrick. For the full census entry see his census page.
3: His full birthplace was listed as Kirkland, Churchtown, Lancashire.
4: His brother Robert was also living with and working for their uncle John as a Boot & Shoemaker's Apprentice.
5: The above information is taken from copies on microfiche at the Lancashire Archives.

 

By 1891 Jonathan had made some major changes in his life. Still unmarried, he had given up his career as a shoemaker and left the little village of Scorton to move to the town of Preston, where he became the licensee of The Anchor Inn 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 finally married in 1896 but died the following year, aged just 39 years.

 

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