FAMILY HISTORY: SWARBRICK
THE 6 CHILDREN OF GEORGE & ELLEN SWARBRICK
BAPTISM RECORDS:
| Father: George Swarbrick | |
| Mother: Ellen Swarbrick | Formerly: Boocock |
| Date of Marriage: 30 October 1878 | |
| 1: | Name: George Leo Swarbrick | |
| Born: 6 July 1879 | Baptized: 9 July 1879 | |
| Church: St. Ignatius' Catholic Church | ||
| Location: Preston, Lancashire, England | ||
| Sponsors: Richard Boocock Jr. and Henrietta Swarbrick | ||
| Priest: Vincent Bond | ||
| 2: | Name: William Swarbrick | |
| Born: 10 September 1880 | Baptized: 13 September 1880 | |
| Church: St. Ignatius' Catholic Church | ||
| Location: Preston, Lancashire, England | ||
| Sponsors: Thomas Battersby and Margaret Boocock | ||
| Priest: Vincent Bond | ||
| 3: | Name: Matilda (Maude) Swarbrick | |
| Born: 1 May 1882 | Baptized: 5 May 1882 | |
| Church: St. Walburge's Catholic Church | ||
| Location: Preston, Lancashire, England | ||
| Sponsors: Thomas Holland and Mary Holland | ||
| Priest: William Strickland | ||
| 4: | Name: Alice Swarbrick | |
| Born: 27 May 1883 | Baptized: 2 June 1883 | |
| Church: St. Wilfrid's Catholic Chapel | ||
| Location: Preston, Lancashire, England | ||
| Sponsors: Arthur Clark and Mary Brennan | ||
| Priest: William Shapter | ||
| 5: | Name: Richard Swarbrick | |
| Born: 17 June 1884 | Baptized: 19 June 1884 | |
| Church: St. Joseph's Catholic Church | ||
| Location: Ramsbottom, Lancashire, England | ||
| Sponsors: Henry Merchant and Ellen Foley | ||
| Priest: (not recorded in my notes) | ||
| 6: | Name: Helen Swarbrick | |
| Born: 25 August 1885 | Baptized: (not yet found) | |
| Church: St. Joseph's Catholic Church | ||
| Location: Ramsbottom, Lancashire, England | ||
| Sponsors: | ||
| Priest: | ||
| NOTES: | |
| 1: | In days gone by, the Catholic Church insisted that children be baptized with a saint's name. As Maude was not a saint's name, she was baptized 'Matilda'. |
| 2: | When Alice was born her parents were living at 15 Hill Street, Preston and her father was a Cloth Looker in a cotton mill. George and Ellen moved shortly after her baptism as her birth was registered by post from their new address at Market Street, Ramsbottom. |
| 3: | When Richard was born his parents were living in Margaret Street, Nuttall Lane, Ramsbottom and his father was described as a Railway Night Shunter. |
| 4: | I only discovered that George and Ellen had a sixth child when the 1911 Census was released and have not yet found her baptism record. She was born Ramsbottom and would almost certainly have been baptized at St Joseph's Church. |
| 5: | The above information is taken from the original baptism registers, all held at the Lancashire Archives, with the exception of those for St Joseph's Church in Ramsbottom, which are still held at the church. |
| Marriage Page | Confirmations | Census Returns | Burial Records | |
| George's Family | Ellen's Family | Surname Index | Home |