FAMILY HISTORY: NORRIS
THE FAMILY OF RICHARD ASPINALL
| Richard Aspinall was the son of George Aspinall and Margaret Wiggans, who were married at St Mary the Virgin Parish Church
in Eccleston on 12 February 1860. Richard, one of at least six children, was baptized at the same church on 7 December 1864. At the time of the 1881 Census George and Margaret were living with their family at Towngate in Eccleston: |
| 1881 CENSUS OF ECCLESTON, LANCASHIRE: | ||||||
| NAME: | RELATION: | CONDITION: | SEX: | AGE: | OCCUPATION: | BIRTHPLACE: |
| George Aspinall | Head | Mar. | M | 52 | Grocer | Chorley, Lancashire |
| Margaret Aspinall | Wife | Mar. | F | 50 | - | Eccleston, Lancashire |
| Elizabeth A. Aspinall | Dau. | Unm. | F | 18 | Seamstress | Eccleston, Lancashire |
| Richard Aspinall | Son | Unm. | M | 16 | Ag. Labourer | Eccleston, Lancashire |
| George H. Aspinall | Son | Unm. | M | 14 | Ag. Labourer | Eccleston, Lancashire |
| William Aspinall | Son | Unm. | M | 12 | Scholar | Eccleston, Lancashire |
| Thomas Aspinall | Son | Unm. | M | 9 | Scholar | Eccleston, Lancashire |
| James Aspinall | Nephew | Unm. | M | 26 | Ag. Labourer | Eccleston, Lancashire |
| Henry Draper | Son-in-Law | Mar. | M | 21 | Ag. Labourer | Eccleston, Lancashire |
| Alice Draper | Dau. | Mar. | F | 20 | - | Eccleston, Lancashire |
| Margaret Draper | Granddau. | - | F | 2 mos | - | Eccleston, Lancashire |
| NOTES: | |
| 1: | Living at Towngate, Eccleston. (RG11-4222, folio 23, page 18) |
| 2: | George Aspinall was a Grocer and farmer of 10 acres employing 1 man & 2 boys. |
| 3: | The above information is taken from the census returns on microfiche at the Lancashire Record Office. |
| George and Margaret Aspinall are buried together with their son George Henry and three children of Richard and Elizabeth in the churchyard at the Parish Church in Eccleston: |
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| ""In Loving Memory of George Aspinall, who died August 30th 1890, aged 61 years 'In the midst of life, we are in death' Also Margaret, wife of the above, who died September 3rd 1893, aged 62 years Also George Henry, their son, who died May 25th 1894, aged 27 years Also Humphrey, grandson of the above, who died April 21st 1903, aged 3 years Also William, who died in infancy Also Ellen Marguerite, who died February 1st 1908, aged 5 years"" |