FAMILY HISTORY: NORRIS

THE MARRIAGE OF WILLIAM & CATHERINE MORLEY:

 

GROOM:
Name: William Morley, age 36, widower, builder, of Penwortham
Father: John Morley, gentleman
Mother: Jane Walmsley
Baptism Date: 16 February 1862
Birthplace: Penwortham, Lancashire, England

 

BRIDE:
Name: Catherine Ascroft, age 25, spinster, of The Lodge, Croston
Father: John Ascroft, farmer
Mother: Jane Norris
Birthdate: 25 June 1873
Birthplace: Croston, Lancashire, England

 

THEIR WEDDING:
Date: 14 December 1898, by License
Place: St. Michael & All Angels Parish Church
Location: Croston, Lancashire, England
Priest: W.H. Norris, Officiating Minister
Witnesses: John Walmsley Morley, George Herbert Swainson
and Ellen Ascroft

 

THEIR CHILDREN:
Jane Elizabeth Morley Born: 10 Jan 1900
Catherine Morley Born: 20 Sep 1905

 

DEATHS:
Catherine Morley (Mrs) [32 yrs] Died: 28 Sep 1905
William Morley [65 yrs] Died: c.. 1927
Catherine Williamson (Mrs) [57 yrs] Died: c. 1963
Jane Elizabeth Leavey (Mrs) [71 yrs] Died: c. 1972

 

NOTES:
1: William Morley had at least two children with his first wife Mary Ann. John Ascroft Morley was baptized on 11 August 1889 and William Henry Morley was baptized on 1 January 1892 - both at St Mary's Church in Penwortham.
2: William's first wife was called Mary Ann Ascroft (possibly a relative of his second wife Catherine) died on 24 December 1891, aged 22 years. She may have died in childbirth with their son William who was born in late December 1891.
3: Catherine Morley died 8 days after the birth of their second child and her death was probably due to complications during or immediately after the birth.
4: The above information is from Marriage, Baptism and Burial records held at the Lancashire Archives. and from Monument Inscriptions at the churches in Croston and Penwortham.

 

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