FAMILY HISTORY: MORTON
THE FAMILY OF MARY ALICE ODDIE
Mary Alice Oddie was baptized on 14 June 1846, the daughter of John Oddie and Mary Salthouse, at St John's Parish Church in Preston. Her parents had been
married in the same church on 6 July 1839. John and Mary had as many as 11 children, but only 5 of those births appear in the birth registration indexes. It could be the these records have been mis-transcribed or that the births of most of their children were never registered. By the night of the 1871 census it appears that John Oddie was out of work and the family were living as lodgers in Preston: |
1871 CENSUS OF PRESTON, LANCASHIRE: | ||||||
NAME: | RELATION: | CONDITION: | SEX: | AGE: | OCCUPATION: | BIRTHPLACE: |
John Oddie | Lodger | Married | M | 52 | (blank) | Preston, Lancashire |
Mary Oddie | Wife | Married | F | 38 | Winder, Cotton | Preston, Lancashire |
Mary A Oddie | Daughter | - | F | 14 | Weaver, Linen | Preston, Lancashire |
Eliza Oddie | Daughter | - | F | 10 | Scholar | Preston, Lancashire |
Jane Oddie | Daughter | - | F | 6 | Scholar | Preston, Lancashire |
Thomas Oddie | Son | - | M | 5 | Scholar | Preston, Lancashire |
NOTE: | |
1: | Living at 35 Salter Street North, Preston. (RG10-4209, Folio 178, page 9) |
2: | Some of their 11 children had not survived infancy, and their eldest son, Henry Salthouse Oddie was married and had started a family of his own. |
Sometime between 1871 and 1881 Mary Alice's parents seem to have vanished. I cannot find them in the 1881 or later census returns and can find no record
of their deaths, emigration, or any other reason for their disappearance. Mary Alice and her siblings were staying with their uncle on the night of the 1881 Census: |
1881 CENSUS OF PRESTON, LANCASHIRE: | ||||||
NAME: | RELATION: | CONDITION: | SEX: | AGE: | OCCUPATION: | BIRTHPLACE: |
Thomas Oddie | Head | Married | M | 57 | Milk Manager | Preston, Lancashire |
Ann Oddie | Wife | Married | F | 58 | - | Preston, Lancashire |
Mary Helme | Sister-in-Law | Unmarried | F | 72 | Formerly Cotton Winder | Preston, Lancashire |
Mary A. Oddie | Niece | Unmarried | F | 34 | Cotton Warper | Preston, Lancashire |
Eliza Oddie | Niece | Unmarried | F | 20 | Cotton Winder | Preston, Lancashire |
Jane Oddie | Niece | Unmarried | F | 16 | Cotton Winder | Preston, Lancashire |
Thomas Oddie | Nephew | - | M | 15 | Lawyer's Office Boy | Preston, Lancashire |
NOTEs: | |
1: | Living at 38 St Ignatius Square, Preston. (RG11-4235, Folio 83, page 53) |
2: | Thomas Oddie the elder's full occupation was Milk Manager Bookkeeper & Auditor. |
NOTE: | |
1: | The above information comes from baptism, marriage and census records held on microfilm and microfiche at the Lancashire Archives in Preston. |
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Updated: 04 May 2015