FAMILY HISTORY: NORRIS
THE FAMILY OF ROBERT & MARY RIGBYE
CENSUS INFORMATION:
| 1841 CENSUS OF CROSTON, LANCASHIRE: | ||||
| NAME: | SEX: | AGE: | OCCUPATION: | BORN IN THE COUNTY? |
| Robert Rigbye | M | 45 | Draper & Grocer | Yes |
| Mary Rigbye | F | 40 | - | Yes |
| Ann Rigbye | F | 15 | - | Yes |
| Ellen Rigbye | F | 16 | - | Yes |
| Roger Rigbye | M | 15 | - | Yes |
| Alice Rigbye | F | 14 | - | Yes |
| Thomas Rigbye | M | 8 | - | Yes |
| James Rigbye | M | 3 | - | Yes |
| Ellen Rigbye | F | 40 | Independent | Yes |
| NOTES: | |
| 1: | Living at Town Road, Croston. (HO 107-525/11, folio 24, page 5) |
| 2: | The enumerator - or whoever filled in the Census form - seemed to be confused about the instruction to round down the ages of people over fifteen years of age. Mary's age was first written as 42 but was overwritten as 40, Ann's age was written as 19 but was changed to 15, and Ellen's should have been entered as 15 but her correct age was given. |
| 3: | The elder Ellen was Robert's spinster sister, who was 43 and of Independent means. |
| 4: | The above information is taken from the census returns on microfilm at the Lancashire Record Office. |
| 1851 CENSUS OF CROSTON, LANCASHIRE: | ||||||
| NAME: | RELATION: | CONDITION: | SEX: | AGE: | OCCUPATION: | BIRTHPLACE: |
| Mary Rigbye | Head | Widow | F | 52 | Draper | Croston, Lancashire |
| Ellen Rigbye | Dau. | Unm. | F | 26 | - | Croston, Lancashire |
| Roger Rigbye | Son | Unm. | M | 24 | Post Master | Croston, Lancashire |
| Alice Rigbye | Dau. | Unm. | F | 23 | - | Croston, Lancashire |
| Thomas Rigbye | Son | Unm. | M | 17 | - | Croston, Lancashire |
| James Rigbye | Son | - | M | 13 | Scholar | Croston, Lancashire |
| NOTES: | |
| 1: | Living in the town, Croston. (HO 107-2263, folio 555, page 21) |
| 2: | Mary's full occupation was Draper & Druggist. |
| 3: | Robert died in 1847 and their eldest daughter Ann was by this time married to Robert Critchley. |
| 4: | The above information is taken from the census returns on microfilm at the Lancashire Record Office. |
| 1861 CENSUS OF CROSTON, LANCASHIRE: | ||||||
| NAME: | RELATION: | CONDITION: | SEX: | AGE: | OCCUPATION: | BIRTHPLACE: |
| Mary Rigbye | Head | Widow | M | 62 | Ironmonger | Croston, Lancashire |
| Ellen Rigbye | Dau. | Unm. | F | 36 | Assistant | Croston, Lancashire |
| Roger Rigbye | Son | Unm. | M | 34 | Postmaster | Croston, Lancashire |
| NOTES: | |
| 1: | Living in the town, Croston. (RG9-3123, folio 77, page 25) |
| 2: | Mary's full occupation was Ironmonger Grocer & Draper and Ellen was her assistant. |
| 3: | Mary's daughter Alice died in 1853, Thomas was married to Jane Blundell and his brother James was visiting at their home in Churchtown, Southport. |
| 4: | The above information is taken from the census returns on microfilm at the Lancashire Record Office. |
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