FAMILY HISTORY: NORRIS
THE FAMILY OF MARY CARTER
| Mary Carter was the daughter Henry Carter and Elizabeth Thompson, who were married at St Peter's Church in Mawdesley on 25 May 1868.
Mary was born in Bispham, near Croston, on 14 November and was baptized at the same church on 4 December 1875. At the time of the 1881 Census the family were living in Bispham: |
| 1881 CENSUS OF BISPHAM, CROSTON, LANCASHIRE: | ||||||
| NAME: | RELATION: | CONDITION: | SEX: | AGE: | OCCUPATION: | BIRTHPLACE: |
| Mary Thompson | Head | Widow | F | 82 | - | Mawdesley, Lancashire |
| Henry Carter | S.I.L. | Mar. | M | 46 | Stone Quarryman | Longridge, Lancashire |
| Elizabeth Carter | Dau. | Mar. | F | 40 | - | Bispham, Lancashire |
| James Thompson | Grandson | Unm. | M | 15 | Ag. Labourer | Bispham, Lancashire |
| Henry Thompson | Grandson | - | M | 13 | Scholar | Bispham, Lancashire |
| Nancy Carter | Granddau. | - | F | 11 | Scholar | Bispham, Lancashire |
| Sarah A. Carter | Granddau. | - | F | 9 | Scholar | Bispham, Lancashire |
| John Carter | Grandson | - | M | 6 | Scholar | Bispham, Lancashire |
| Mary Carter | Granddau. | - | F | 5 | Scholar | Bispham, Lancashire |
| Elizabeth Carter | Granddau. | - | F | 3 | - | Bispham, Lancashire |
| NOTES: | |
| 1: | Living at Grimshaw Green, Bispham, Lancashire.(RG11-3756, folio 8, page 9) |
| 2: | S.I.L. = Son-in-Law. |
| 3: | The above information is taken from the census returns on microfiche at the Lancashire Record Office. |
| By the time of the 1901 Census Mary's mother had died and she and her older brother were living with their widowed father in Bispham: |
| 1901 CENSUS OF BISPHAM, CROSTON, LANCASHIRE: | ||||||
| NAME: | RELATION: | CONDITION: | SEX: | AGE: | OCCUPATION: | BIRTHPLACE: |
| Henry Carter | Head | Widower | M | 68 | Stone Quarryman | Dalton, Lancashire |
| John Carter | Son | - | M | 26 | Bricksetter's Lab. | Bispham, Lancashire |
| Mary Carter | Dau. | - | F | 25 | - | Bispham, Lancashire |
| Ernest Carter | Grandson | - | M | 7 | - | Bispham, Lancashire |
| Elizabeth Carter | Granddau. | - | F | 3 | - | Bispham, Lancashire |
| Richard Knowles | S.I.L. | Widower | M | 28 | Stone Quarryman | Bispham, Lancashire |
| NOTES: | |
| 1: | Living at Grimshaw Green, Bispham, Lancashire.(RG13-3545, folio 9, page 9) |
| 2: | S.I.L. = Son-in-Law, Richard Knowles was the husband of Henry's daughter Sarah Ann who died in 1898. |
| 3: | The above information is taken from the census returns on microfiche at the Lancashire Record Office. |
| I have no further information on this family at this time. |