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