FAMILY HISTORY: NORRIS

THE MARRIAGE OF JAMES & ALICE ROOCROFT:

 

GROOM:
Name: James Roocroft, age 30, bachelor, music teacher, of Eccleston
Father: James Roocroft, farmer (deceased)
Mother: Sarah Ann Cottam
Baptism Date: 13 March 1881
Birthplace: Eccleston, Lancashire, England

 

BRIDE:
Name: Alice Ashcroft, age 23, spinster, of Eccleston
Father: Thurston Ashcroft, collier (deceased)
Mother: Alice Halliwell
Baptism Date: 28 October 1877
Birthplace: Eccleston, Lancashire, England

 

THEIR WEDDING:
Date: 19 April 1911, after Banns
Place: St. Mary the Virgin Parish Church (C of E)
Location: Eccleston, Lancashire, England
Priest: Thomas Walton, Assistant Curate
Witnesses: Edward Roocroft & Ellen Jane Ashcroft

 

THEIR CHILDREN: (unknown - possibly none)

 

DEATHS:
James Roocroft [64 yrs] Died: 12 Apr 1945
Alice Roocroft (Mrs) [80 yrs] Died: 9 May 1968

 

NOTES:
1: I have not found a great deal of information on this family but suspect they had no children.
2: The above information is taken from various records held at the Lancashire Record Office in Preston.

 


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