FAMILY HISTORY: NORRIS
THE FAMILY OF JOHN & MARGARET RIGBYE
CENSUS INFORMATION:
| 1841 CENSUS OF CROSTON, LANCASHIRE: | ||||
| NAME: | SEX: | AGE: | OCCUPATION: | BORN IN THE COUNTY? |
| John Rigbye | M | 40 | Saddler | Yes |
| Margaret Rigbye | F | 30 | - | Yes |
| NOTES: | |
| 1: | Living at Church Street, Croston. (HO 107-525/11, folio 26, page 9) |
| 2: | Margaret's daughter Alice Johnson may have been staying with other family members. |
| 3: | The above information is taken from the census returns on microfilm at the Lancashire Archives. |
| 1851 CENSUS OF CROSTON, LANCASHIRE: | ||||||
| NAME: | RELATION: | CONDITION: | SEX: | AGE: | OCCUPATION: | BIRTHPLACE: |
| John Rigbye | Head | Married | M | 50 | Saddler, Master | Croston, Lancashire |
| Margaret Rigbye | Wife | Married | F | 43 | Weaver | Tarleton, Lancashire |
| Alice Johnson | Stepdau. | Unmarried | F | 21 | Weaver | Tarleton, Lancashire |
| NOTES: | |
| 1: | Living in Church Street, Croston. (HO 107-2263, folio 558, page 26) |
| 2: | Margaret and Alice's full occupation was Hand Loom Weaver (Worsted). |
| 3: | The above information is taken from the census returns on microfilm at the Lancashire Archives. |
| 1861 CENSUS OF CROSTON, LANCASHIRE: | ||||||
| NAME: | RELATION: | CONDITION: | SEX: | AGE: | OCCUPATION: | BIRTHPLACE: |
| John Rigby | Head | Married | M | 60 | Saddler (Master) | Croston, Lancashire |
| Margaret Rigby | Wife | Married | F | 52 | - | Tarleton, Lancashire |
| Alice Johnson | Stepdau. | Unmarried | F | 32 | Weaver | Tarleton, Lancashire |
| NOTES: | |
| 1: | Living in Church Street, Croston. (RG9-3123, folio 73, page 17) |
| 2: | Alice's full occupation was Worsted Handloom Weaver. |
| 3: | The above information is taken from the census returns on microfilm at the Lancashire Archives. |
| 1871 CENSUS OF CROSTON, LANCASHIRE: | ||||||
| NAME: | RELATION: | CONDITION: | SEX: | AGE: | OCCUPATION: | BIRTHPLACE: |
| Margaret Rigbye | Head | Widow | F | 66 | Winder | Tarleton, Lancashire |
| Alice Johnson | Daughter | Unmarried | F | 44 | Weaver | Tarleton, Lancashire |
| NOTES: | |
| 1: | Living in Church Street, Croston. (RG10-4200, folio 69, page 11) |
| 2: | John Rigbye died in September 1869. This is the last Census that Margaret appears in as she died in June of 1877. I have not been able to find Alice in 1881. |
| 3: | Their occupations were very difficult to read but it appears that they worked with Cotton and Worsted, Margaret as a Winder and Alice as a Weaver. |
| 4: | The above information is taken from the census returns on microfilm at the Lancashire Archives. |