FAMILY HISTORY: NORRIS

THE MARRIAGE OF JOHN ARCHIBALD & SARAH JOHNSON:

 

GROOM:
Name: John Archibald Johnson, age 23, bachelor, chemist's assistant, of Ulnes Walton
Father: William Johnson, yeoman (deceased)
Mother: Alice Heyes
Baptism Date: 23 November 1870
Birthplace: Ulnes Walton, Lancashire, England

 

BRIDE:
Name: Sarah Ascroft, age 22, spinster, of Croston
Father: John Ascroft, yeoman
Mother: Jane Norris
Birthdate: 7 July 1871
Birthplace: Croston, Lancashire, England

 

THEIR WEDDING:
Date: 10 July 1894, by License
Place: St. Michael & All Angels Parish Church
Location: Croston, Lancashire, England
Priest: A.G. Rawstorne, Rector
Witnesses: Walter Johnson & Elizabeth Ascroft

 

THEIR TWO CHILDREN:
Alice Mildred Ascroft Johnson Born: 29 Oct 1894
Jane Gladys Johnson Born: 15 Oct 1898

 

DEATHS:
John Archibald Johnson [42 yrs] Died: 6 Mar 1913
Sarah Johnson (Mrs) Died:
Alice Mildred Ascroft Higham (Mrs) [70 yrs] Died: 8 Dec 1964
Jane Gladys Davies (Mrs) [88 yrs] Died: c. 1986

 

NOTES:
1: There are various reasons why a couple would have gone to the expense of being married by Licence. One is that they were in a hurry to get married, another is that - for personal reasons - they didn't want the Banns read out in church on three consecutive Sundays. In John and Sarah's case, the fact that Sarah was 5 or 6 months pregnant may have had something to do with it.
2: At this time, the last positive record I have of Sarah Johnson is in April 1925. Sarah's sister Elizabeth and her husband Robert Foster were sailing to the U.S.A. and gave Sarah's name and address as their nearest relative in England. Sarah is apparently not buried with her husband in Penwortham Churchyard.
3: The above information is from Marriage and Baptism records held at the Lancashire Archives in Preston, from the headstone inscription at Penwortham Church, and from various on-line sources.

 

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