FAMILY HISTORY: NORRIS
THE MARRIAGE OF EDWARD & ALICE ROOCROFT:
| GROOM: | |
| Name: Edward Roocroft, age 35, bachelor, joiner | |
| Father: James Roocroft, farmer (deceased) | |
| Mother: Sarah Ann Cottam | |
| Baptism Date: 9 February 1890 | |
| Birthplace: Eccleston, Lancashire, England | |
| BRIDE: | |
| Name: Alice Haydock, age 29, spinster, weaver | |
| Father: Henry Haydock, paper maker (deceased) | |
| Mother: Mary Ann Grime | |
| Baptism Date: c. 1895 | |
| Birthplace: Burnley, Lancashire, England | |
| THEIR WEDDING: | ||
| Date: 15 February 1925 | ||
| Place: St James' Parish Church (C of E) | ||
| Location: Over Darwen, Lancashire, England | ||
| Priest: J.B. Blackburn Brown, Vicar | ||
| Witnesses: James Roocroft and Nellie Green | ||
| THEIR THREE CHILDREN: | ||||||
| Gladys Roocroft | Born: | [Private] | ||||
| Joan Roocroft | Born: | [Private] | ||||
| Douglas Roocroft | Born: | [Private] | ||||
| DEATHS: | ||||||||
| Edward Roocroft | [72 yrs] | Died: | 25 | Apr | 1962 | |||
| Alice Roocroft (Mrs) | [81 yrs] | Died: | 24 | April | 1976 | |||
| NOTES: | |
| 1: | At the time of their marriage, Edward was living at 22 Percy Road, Seacombe and Alice was living at 94 Granville Terrace, Over Darwen. |
| 2: | The witnesses to the wedding were Edward's older brother James and Alice's older sister Nellie, the wife of Thomas Green. |
| 3: | Information regarding their children is withheld out of respect for their privacy. |
| 4: | The above information is taken from the original parish register for St James' Church, Over Darwen, and monument inscriptions at St Mary the Virgin Parish Church, Eccleston, both held at the Lancashire Archives; as well as GRO birth information provided by Suzi Roocroft. |
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