The Family of Eleanor Kirkham

Eleanor Kirkham was the daughter of James Kirkham and Ellen Lyon, who were married at St John's Parish Church in Preston on 17 May 1855.

James and Ellen had 5 children with Eleanor being their youngest.

1871 CENSUS OF PRESTON, LANCASHIRE:
NAME:	RELATION:	CONDITION:	SEX:	AGE:	OCCUPATION:	BIRTHPLACE:
James Kirkham	Head	Married	M	39	Traveller	Preston, Lancashire
Ellen Kirkham	Wife	Married	F	31	-	Rainford, Lancashire
Elizabeth Kirkham	Daughter	Unmarried	F	15	Scholar	Preston, Lancashire
Mary Kirkham	Daughter	-	F	11	Scholar	Preston, Lancashire
Eleanor Kirkham	Daughter	-	F	7	Scholar	Preston, Lancashire
Hugh Dimock	Boarder	Widower	M	42	Labourer	Preston, Lancashire

NOTES:
1:	Living at 71 High Street, Preston. (RG10-4211, folio 147, page 5)
2:	The above information is from the census returns on microfiche at the Lancashire Archives.

1881 CENSUS OF PRESTON, LANCASHIRE:
NAME:	RELATION:	CONDITION:	SEX:	AGE:	OCCUPATION:	BIRTHPLACE:
Thomas Horn	Head	Married	M	36	Innkeeper	Preston, Lancashire
Ellen Horn	Wife	Married	F	40	-	Simmonswood, Lancashire
Elizabeth Kirkham	Stepdau.	Unmarried	F	24	Barmaid	Preston, Lancashire
Mary Kirkham	Stepdau.	Unmarried	F	18	Barmaid	Preston, Lancashire
Eleanor Kirkham	Stepdau.	Unmarried	F	15	Barmaid	Preston, Lancashire

NOTES:
1:	Living at 5 Church Street, Preston. (RG11-4228, folio 63, page 1)
2:	The above information is from the census returns on microfiche at the Lancashire Archives.

1891 CENSUS OF PRESTON, LANCASHIRE:
NAME:	RELATION:	CONDITION:	SEX:	AGE:	OCCUPATION:	BIRTHPLACE:
Thomas Horn	Head	Married	M	47	Licensed Victualler	Preston, Lancashire
Ellen Horn	Wife	Married	F	49	-	Rainford, Lancashire
Mary J Swarbrick	Granddaughter	-	F	7	Scholar	Preston, Lancashire
Nellie Sheen	Servant	Unmarried	F	22	Barmaid	Liverpool, Lancashire
Rose Jarvis	Servant	Unmarried	F	20	General Servant	Wellington, Shropshire

NOTES:
1:	Living at The Angel Inn, 39 Lune Street, Preston. (RG12-3442, folio 78, page 10)
2:	I'm not sure if Mary Jane was staying with her grandparents on the night of the Census or if this was a more permanent arrangement.
3:	The above information is from the census returns on microfiche at the Lancashire Archives.

Sometime after 1891 George and Eleanor Swarbrick separated and Eleanor took their daughter Mary Jane to live with her family, who by then had moved to Chester.

1901 CENSUS OF CHESTER, CHESHIRE:
NAME:	RELATION:	CONDITION:	SEX:	AGE:	OCCUPATION:	BIRTHPLACE:
Thomas Horn	Head	Married	M	56	Licensed Victualler	Preston, Lancashire
Ellen Horn	Wife	Married	F	58	-	Rainford, Lancashire
Elizabeth Nicholson	Stepdau.	Married	F	38	Barmaid	Preston, Lancashire
Mary E. Nicholson	Granddau.	Unmarried	F	5	-	Chester, Cheshire
Eleanor Swarbrick	Stepdau.	Married	F	34	Barmaid	Preston, Lancashire
Mary J Swarbrick	Granddau.	Unmarried	F	17	Barmaid	Preston, Lancashire
Thomas H Burmester	Servant	Unmarried	M	31	Barman	Flint, Flint

NOTES:
1:	Living at 57 Bridge Street Row, Chester, Cheshire. (RG13-3370, folio 84, page 12)
2:	Thomas Horn was listed as an Employer while Elizabeth, Eleanor and Mary Jane were listed as Workers at home. Their barman was listed as a Worker but not "at home".
3:	The above information is from the census returns on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk.

Although the age recorded in the GRO Death Index is off by a couple of years, an Eleanor Swarbrick died in Chester in 1907, and Mary Jane was still living with her grandparents in 1911:

1911 CENSUS OF CHESTER, CHESHIRE:
NAME:	RELATION:	CONDITION:	SEX:	AGE:	OCCUPATION:	BIRTHPLACE:
Thomas Horn	Head	Married	M	67	Licensed Victualler	Preston, Lancashire
Ellen Horn	Wife	Married	F	67	Assisting	Simmonswood, Lancashire
Elizabeth Nicholson	Stepdau.	Widow	F	50	Assistant	Preston, Lancashire
Mary Ellen Nicholson	Granddau.	Unmarried	F	15	School	Chester, Cheshire
Mary Jane Swarbrick	Granddau.	Unmarried	F	27	Assistant	Preston, Lancashire
Mary Wrigley	Stepdau.	Widow	F	46	Assistant	Preston, Lancashire
Edgar Curphey	Nephew	Unmarried	M	19	Plumber's Clerk	Garston, Lancashire
Martin Green	Servant	Unmarried	M	26	Barman	Clare, Ireland

NOTES:
1:	Living at the London Bridge pub, Chester, Cheshire.
2:	Ellen Horn's full occupation was listed at "Assisting in Business" but she is not listed as a Worker. The spaces for the number of children she had was left blank.
3:	Thomas Horn was listed as an Employer and all but Ellen, Mary Ellen and Edgar were listed as Workers at Home. Those listed as Assistants were probably assisting in the running of the pub.
4:	The above information is from the census returns on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk.