The Family of Robert and Annie Swarbrick: Census Returns

By the time of the 1881 Census Robert Swarbrick had lost both of his parents and was living with his father's brother while serving his apprenticeship as a boot & shoe maker:

1881 CENSUS OF SCORTON, NETHER WYRESDALE, LANCASHIRE:
NAME:	RELATION:	CONDITION:	SEX:	AGE:	OCCUPATION:	BIRTHPLACE:
Robert Swarbrick	Nephew	Unmarried	M	20	Boot & Shoemaker	Kirkland, Lancashire

NOTES:
1:	Living 7 Long Row, Scorton, Nether Wyresdale, Lancashire. (RG11-4260, folio 57, pages 6 & 7)
2:	Robert was living with his uncle, John Swarbrick. For the full census entry see his census page.
3:	His full occupation was listed as Boot & Shoemaker's Apprentice and his birthplace was listed as Kirkland, Churchtown, Lancashire.
4:	The above information is taken from copies on microfiche at the Lancashire Archives.

By 1891 Robert, like his brother Jonathan, had given up his work as a boot & shoe maker. Like his brother William, he moved to the village of Anderton, near Chorley, and was living as a boarder with George and Mary Smith, the parents of William's wife Margaret Alice:

1891 CENSUS OF ANDERTON, CHORLEY, LANCASHIRE:
NAME:	RELATION:	CONDITION:	SEX:	AGE:	OCCUPATION:	BIRTHPLACE:
Robert Swarbrick	Boarder	Unmarried	M	30	Fitter's Labourer	Kirkland, Lancashire

NOTES:
1:	Living at The Lodge, Anderton, Chorley, Lancashire. (RG12-3422, folio 23, page 10)
2:	Living with George and Mary Smith, For the full entry see Annie's Family's page.
3:	The above information is taken from copies on microfiche at the Lancashire Archives.

Robert married George and Mary Smith's daughter Annie Smith in 1892 in Anderton and moved to the village of Walton-le-Dale, where they lived for the rest of their lives:

1901 CENSUS OF WALTON-LE-DALE, LANCASHIRE:
NAME:	RELATION:	CONDITION:	SEX:	AGE:	OCCUPATION:	BIRTHPLACE:
Robert Swarbrick	Head	Married	M	40	Gardener Domestic	Kirkland, Lancashire
Annie Swarbrick	Wife	Married	F	46	-	Inglewhite, Lancashire

NOTES:
1:	Living at The Lodge, Walton-le-Dale, Lancashire. (RG13-3957, folio 88, page 33)
2:	The above information is taken from copies on microfiche at the Lancashire Archives.

Although working at various professions over the years, I would guess that Robert kept his hand in the art of boot & shoemaking, and by 1911 he seems to have taken it up again full-time:

1911 CENSUS OF GREGSON LANE, WALTON-LE-DALE, LANCASHIRE:
NAME:	RELATION:	CONDITION:	SEX:	AGE:	OCCUPATION:	BIRTHPLACE:
Robert Swarbrick	Head	Married	M	50	Shoemaker	Churchtown, nr Garstang
Annie Swarbrick	Wife	Married	F	55	-	Inglewhite, nr Preston

NOTES:
1:	Living at Lodge Gates, Hoghton Lane, Gregson Lane, Lancashire.
2:	Robert was working on his "own account, at home".
3:	Robert and Annie had been married 18 years and no children.
4:	Gregson Lane is a village in the neighbourhood of Walton-le-Dale. This is probably the same address as that shown in 1901 above but described differently.
5:	The above information is taken from digital images at www.findmypast.co.uk.

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