FAMILY HISTORY: NORRIS
THE MARRIAGE OF THOMAS & ELLEN HALSALL:
| GROOM: | |
| Name: Thomas Halsall, age 30, bachelor, farmer, of Rufford | |
| Father: Thomas Halsall, farmer | |
| Mother: Ann Caunce | |
| Birthdate: c. 1821 | |
| Birthplace: Rufford, Lancashire, England | |
| BRIDE: | |
| Name: Ellen Cottam, age 24, spinster, of Croston | |
| Father: John Cottam, farmer | |
| Mother: Ann "Nanny" Norris | |
| Birthdate: 21 June 1829 | |
| Birthplace: Croston, Lancashire, England | |
| THEIR WEDDING: | ||
| Date: 11 October 1852, by Licence | ||
| Place: St. Michael & All Angels Parish Church (C of E) | ||
| Location: Croston, Lancashire, England | ||
| Priest: John Master Whalley, Rector of Slaidburn | ||
| Witnesses: Hugh Halsall & Robert Norris | ||
| HER ILLEGITIMATE CHILD: | ||||||||
| John Cottam | Born: | 6 | Apr | 1847 | His Family | |||
| THEIR ONLY CHILD: | ||||||||
| Robert Halsall | Baptized: | 7 | May | 1854 | (infant) | |||
| DEATHS: | ||||||||
| Ellen Halsall (Mrs) | [26 yrs] | Buried: | 11 | Sep | 1854 | |||
| Robert Halsall | [ 6 mos] | Buried: | 24 | Sep | 1854 | |||
| Thomas Halsall | [73 yrs] | Died: | 5 | Nov | 1893 | |||
| Alice Halsall (Mrs) | [94 yrs] | Buried: | 1 | Feb | 1913 | |||
| John Cottam | Died: | |||||||
| NOTES: | |
| 1: | According to John Cottam's marriage certificate was apparently a man called David Iddon. |
| 2: | Ellen's death may have been related to the birth of her son Robert 6 months earlier. |
| 3: | Four years after Ellen's death Thomas married Alice Kenworthy at St Paul's Church in Liverpool. They lived for several years in the West Derby area of Liverpool before returning to the Rufford area where they settled in the village of Holmeswood. |
| 4: | The above information is taken from Baptism, Marriage and Burial records held at the Lancashire Record Office in Preston. |
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