FAMILY HISTORY: NORRIS

THE FAMILY OF RICHARD COPPOCK DORNAN

 

Richard Dornan, who was baptized at St George's Church, Chorley on 7 November 1858, the son of James and Mary Ann Dornan, married Mary Alice Howarth at St Bartholomew's Church in Great Lever, Lancashire in 1883.

Richard Coppock Dornan, their 5th known child, was born after the family moved to Chorley but was baptized at St Mark's Church in Bolton:

Richard Coppock Dornan, son of Richard and Mary Alice Dornan, of 4 Foster Street, Chorley, sizer
Baptized 25 October 1891 by George Frederick Eyes, Curate.

At the time of the 1901 Census the family had settled in Chorley:

 

1901 CENSUS OF CHORLEY, LANCASHIRE:
NAME: RELATION: CONDITION: SEX: AGE: OCCUPATION: BIRTHPLACE:
Richard Dornan Head Mar. M 42 Cotton Yarn Sizer Chorley, Lancashire
Mary A. Dornan Wife Mar. F 39 - Bolton, Lancashire
William Dornan Son - M 17 Cotton Wrapper up Bolton, Lancashire
Herbert Dornan Son - M 15 - Bolton, Lancashire
Annie Dornan Dau. - F 13 Cotton Tenter Bolton, Lancashire
Alice Dornan Dau. - F 12 - Chorley, Lancashire
Richard Dornan Son - M 9 - Chorley, Lancashire
NOTES:
1: Living at 19 Fellery Street, Chorley. (RG13-3935, folio 104, page 25)
2: The above information is taken from the census returns on microfiche at the Lancashire Archives.

 

Richard Dornan died in Chorley in 1913, aged 54 years. Mary Alice (Howarth) Dornan died in Chorley in 1934, aged 72 years. I have not yet found their burial record.

 


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