FAMILY HISTORY: NORRIS
THE MARRIAGE OF JOHN THORNTON & ALICE MELLING:
| GROOM: | |
| Name: John Thornton Melling, age 24, bachelor, cashier, of Liverpool | |
| Father: Isaac Melling, leather dealer | |
| Mother: Bridget Thornton | |
| Birthdate: 1844 | |
| Birthplace: Bentham, Yorkshire, England | |
| BRIDE: | |
| Name: Alice Iddon, age 25, spinster, of Southport | |
| Father: James Iddon, bootmaker | |
| Mother: Jane Norris | |
| Birthdate: 7 January 1842 | |
| Birthplace: Croston, Lancashire, England | |
| THEIR WEDDING: | ||
| Date: 7 July 1868, by License | ||
| Place: Christ Church (C of E) | ||
| Location: Southport, Lancashire, England | ||
| Priest: Benjamin S. Clarke, Vicar | ||
| Witnesses: Edward Iddon & Margaret Ellen Ball | ||
| THEIR FOUR CHILDREN: | ||||||||
| Alice Bertha Melling | Baptized: | 23 | Jun | 1869 | Her Family | |||
| Annie Constance Norris Melling | Baptized: | 12 | Jun | 1870 | Her Family | |||
| Thomas Norris Melling | Baptized: | 27 | Aug | 1873 | (infant) | |||
| John Iddon Thornton Melling | Baptized: | 9 | Mar | 1875 | His Family | |||
| DEATHS: | ||||||||
| Thomas Norris Melling | [ 9 yrs] | Died: | 1882 | |||||
| John Thornton Melling | [52 yrs] | Died: | 11 | Feb | 1897 | |||
| Alice Melling (Mrs) | [57 yrs] | Died: | 25 | Oct | 1899 | |||
| John Iddon Thornton Melling | [35 yrs] | Died: | 1910 | |||||
| Alice Bertha Hardman (Mrs) | Died: | |||||||
| Annie Constance N. Graham (Mrs) | Died: | |||||||
| NOTES: | |
| 1: | Thomas Norris Melling's death was registered in Prescot but I have not yet found his death record. |
| 2: | Annie Constance Norris Melling remarried after the death of her first husband but I do not yet known her second married surname. |
| 3: | The above information is taken from Baptism, Marriage and Burial records held at the Lancashire Record Office in Preston. |
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