FAMILY HISTORY: SWARBRICK
THE MARRIAGE OF GEORGE & ELLEN SWARBRICK:
BRIDE: | ||
Name: Ellen Boocock, spinster, age 22, machinist | ||
Father: Richard Boocock, saddler | ||
Mother: Mary Seed | ||
Birthdate: 5 October 1856 | ||
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland | ||
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THEIR WEDDING: | |
Date: 30 October 1878 | |
Place: St. Augustine's Catholic Church | |
Location: Preston, Lancashire, England | |
Priest: John Chapman | |
Witnesses: Richard Boocock and Henrietta Magdalena Swarbrick |
MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENT: | |
"Marriages - On the 30th ult., at St. Augustine's, Preston, by the Rev. Father Chapman, George, eldest son of Mr. William Swarbrick, Sion Hill, Fulwood, to Ellen, eldest daughter of Mr. Richard Boocock, both of this town" | |
(From The Preston Chronicle, Saturday, 2 November 1878) |
THEIR SIX CHILDREN: | ||||||||
George Leo Swarbrick | Born: | 6 | Jul | 1879 | His Family | |||
William Swarbrick | Born: | 10 | Sep | 1880 | (infant) | |||
Matilda (Maude) Swarbrick | Born: | 1 | May | 1882 | Her Family | |||
Alice Swarbrick | Born: | 7 | May | 1883 | Her Family | |||
Richard Joseph Swarbrick | Born: | 17 | Jun | 1884 | His Family | |||
Helen Swarbrick | Born: | 25 | Aug | 1885 | (infant) |
DEATHS: | ||||||||
William Swarbrick | [17 mos] | Died: | 7 | Jan | 1882 | |||
Helen Swarbrick | [ 2 yrs] | Died: | 26 | Sep | 1887 | |||
Ellen Swarbrick (Mrs) | [72 yrs] | Died: | 23 | Feb | 1929 | |||
George Stanislaus Swarbrick | [76 yrs] | Died: | 1 | May | 1931 | |||
Alice Atkinson (Mrs) | [50 yrs] | Died: | 19 | Aug | 1933 | |||
Maude Stuchbury (Mrs) | [65 yrs] | Died: | 16 | Feb | 1948 | |||
George Leo Swarbrick | [79 yrs] | Died: | 21 | Aug | 1958 | |||
Richard Joseph Swarbrick | [90 yrs] | Died: | 12 | Sep | 1974 |
NOTES: | |
1: | At the time of their marriage George lived at 39 Great Avenham Street and Ellen lived at 67 Lauderdale Street, both in Preston. |
2: | Stanislaus was George's confirmation name which he often used as a middle name. |
3: | Richard was born and baptized plain Richard Swarbrick. Joseph was his confirmation name, which he used as a middle name through all of his adult life. |
4: | Until the release of the 1911 Census I did not know that Ellen Boocock was born in Dublin, only that she was born in Ireland of English parents. The most surprising thing revealed by the 1911 Census was that George and Ellen had six children. I did not know that they had lost a daughter, Helen, at age 2. |
5: | The birthdate for Ellen Boocock is taken from transcriptions of the baptism records for the church in Dublin where she was baptized. See her baptism record. |
6: | The above information is taken from a variety of sources, including original marriage, baptism and burial records held at the Lancashire Archives and the various census returns, as well as the recollections of my late cousin Elsie (Swarbrick) Banks, who also provided the above photographs. |
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