FAMILY HISTORY: SWARBRICK

THE MARRIAGES OF ISABELLA SWARBRICK:

 

FIRST MARRIAGE: GROOM:
Name: Richard Dawson, hostler, of full age
Father: Edward Dawson, labourer
Mother: Mary (surname unknown)
Birthdate: 15 May 1805
Birthplace: Ribby, Lancashire, England

 

BRIDE:
Name: Isabella Swarbrick, servant, of full age
Father: William Swarbrick
Mother: Mary Hodgson
Birthdate: 25 August 1815
Birthplace: Croston, Lancashire, England

 

THEIR WEDDING::

Date: 16 January 1838
Place: St. Thomas' Roman Catholic Church
Location: Claughton-on-Brock, Lancashire, England
Priest: Father Henry Gradwell
Witnesses: John Wells and Ann Hodgson

 

THEIR SIX CHILDREN:
Richard Joseph Dawson Born: 26 Dec 1838
Mary Ann Dawson Born: 24 Oct 1840
Margaret Dawson Born: 19 Sep 1842
Elizabeth Dawson Born: 30 Nov 1844
William Edward Dawson Born: 14 Sep 1847
Edward Dawson Born: 24 Mar 1851

 

DEATHS:
Richard Joseph Dawson [infant] Died:
Edward Dawson [ 3 wks] Buried: 13 Apr 1851
Richard Dawson [47 yrs] Buried: 27 Mar 1853

 

NOTES:
1: At the time of their marriage Richard was 33 years old and Isabella was 22 years old
2: Sometime between 1842 and 1844 Richard and Isabella moved from the Garstang area to Preston. The 1851 census shows them living at 71 Park Road - the former home of Isabella's late parents.

 

THE MARRIAGES OF ISABELLA SWARBRICK

SECOND MARRIAGE:

 

SECOND MARRIAGE: GROOM:
Name: Michael Smith Jr., widower, age 36
Father: Michael Smith Sr.
Mother:
Birthdate: c. 1819
Birthplace: Blackburn, Lancashire, England

 

THEIR WEDDING:
Date: 27 November 1855
Place: St. Ignatius' Roman Catholic Church
Location: Preston, Lancashire, England
Priest: Father Geoffrey William Clifford
Witnesses: Roger Dilworth and Mary Ann Dilworth

 

THEIR CHILDREN: (none)

 

DEATHS:
William Edward Dawson [24 yrs] Died: 31 May 1872
Isabella Dawson-Smith [67 yrs] Died: 9 Nov 1882
Michael Smith [77 yrs] Died: 3 Dec 1896
Mary Ann Dawson [68 yrs] Died: 12 Feb 1909
Elizabeth Dawson [68 yrs] Died: 27 Nov 1913
Margaret Dawson Died:

 

NOTES:
1: At the time of their marriage Michael Smith was described as a Fireman in a cotton mill, living on New Hall Lane in Preston. His father was listed as a hand-loom weaver in a cotton mill. Isabella was described as a housekeeper living at 74 Park Road in Preston.
2: Isabella was the widow of Richard Dawson, brewer, deceased.

 

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