FAMILY HISTORY: BOOCOCK

THE MARRIAGE OF RICHARD & MARY BOOCOCK:

 

GROOM:
Name: Richard Boocock, bachelor
Putative Father: James Stirzenker
Mother: Margaret Boocock
Birthdate: 22 February 1835
Birthplace: Pilkington, Lancashire, England

 

BRIDE:
Name: Mary Seed
Father: Robert Seed
Mother: Ellen Hayhurst
Birthdate: 14 July 1836
Birthplace: Aighton, Lancashire, England

 

THEIR WEDDING:
Date: 27 September 1856
Place: St. Peter's Catholic Chapel
Location: Stonyhurst College, Aighton, Lancashire
Priest: James Walker
Witnesses: Robert Seed & Mary Eatough

 

THEIR ELEVEN CHILDREN:
Ellen Boocock Born: 5 Oct 1856 Her Family
Margaret Boocock Born: 19 Apr 1858 Her Life
Richard Boocock Jr. Born: 1 Oct 1859 His Family
Robert Boocock Born: 15 Apr 1863 His Family
William Boocock (1) Born: 10 Jun 1865 (Infant)
William Boocock (2) Born: 19 Dec 1866 His Family
Mary Josephine Boocock (1) Born: 25 Apr 1869 (Infant)
Thomas Aloysius Boocock Born: 5 May 1871 His Family
Agnes Boocock Born: 26 Jan 1873 Her Family
Mary Josephine Boocock (2) Born: 1 Apr 1875 Her Family
Gertrude Boocock Born: 3 Jul 1878 Her Life

 

DEATHS:
William Boocock (1) [  1 yr] Buried: 26 Jul 1866
Mary Josephine Boocock (1) [ 4 yrs] Buried: 20 Oct 1873
Richard Boocock Sr. [44 yrs] Buried: 2 Apr 1879

 

NOTES:
1: Mary Seed was heavily pregnant at the time of her marriage to Richard Boocock. Their daughter Ellen was born 9 days later in Dublin, Ireland.
2: At the time of Richard's death the family were living at 3 Oxford Street in Preston.
3: The cause of Richard's death was Acute Pneumonia and Pleurisy, which he suffered for 11 days. The informant was his son Richard Boocock Jr., who was present at the death. The death was certified by Dr. J. Archer Bowen, M.D.

 


 

MARY'S SECOND MARRIAGE:

 

SECOND MARRIAGE: GROOM:
Name: Samuel Douglas
Father: Henry Douglas
Mother:
Birthdate
Birthplace

 

THEIR WEDDING:
Date: 7 June 1894
Place: St. Ignatius' Catholic Church
Location: Preston, Lancashire, England
Priest: Edmund Legros
Witnesses: Richard Boocock and Margaret Boocock

 

THEIR CHILDREN: (none)

 

DEATHS:
Mary Douglas (Mrs) [62 yrs] Buried: 25 Mar 1898
Samuel Douglas [59 yrs] Died: c. 1902
William Boocock (2) [53 yrs] Died: 29 Jan 1920
Richard Boocock Jr. [61 yrs] Died: 3 Sep 1921
Robert Boocock [61 yrs] Died: 13 May 1924
Mary Josephine Walmsley (Mrs) [50 yrs] Died: 30 Mar 1925
Ellen Swarbrick (Mrs) [76 yrs] Died: 23 Feb 1929
Thomas Aloysius Boocock [68 yrs] Died: 6 May 1939
Gertrude Boocock [62 yrs] Died: 17 Dec 1940
Margaret Boocock [87 yrs] Died: 29 Apr 1945
Agnes Jordan (Mrs) [75 yrs] Died: 5 Aug 1948

 

NOTES:
1: At the time of her second marriage Mary was described as a widow, of 37 Egan Street, Preston and Samuel Douglas was living at 3 Melbourne Street, Preston.
2: Mary Seed-Boocock-Douglas' death and burial records give her age as 59 years, she was actually 61.
3: The photograph of the interior of St. Ignatius' Church is from a postcard given to me by the late Elsie (Swarbrick) Banks, and the photo of Stonyhurst College was taken by me in 1994.
4: The above information is taken from various records held at the Lancashire Record Office, including original church registers and microfilmed copies of church and other records. The birthdate for their first child, Ellen, was taken from on-line baptism transcripts at www.irishgenealogy.ie

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Updated: 07 Dec 2014