FAMILY HISTORY: SWARBRICK
THE FAMILY OF WILLIAM & SARAH MARGARET SWARBRICK
BURIAL RECORDS:
| MONUMENT INSCRIPTIONS: (None) [Buried in an unmarked grave at St Mary & St Michael's Catholic Church, Bonds, Garstang] |
| ENTRY IN DEATH REGISTER: |
| "Anno 1902 die 26 mensis Maii Gulielmus Swarbrick ex Church St, Garstang, aetatis 33, in communione S. Matris Ecclesia animam Deo redditt Sacramenttis munitus, cujus corpus die 28 mensis Maii sepultum est in Cemeterio SS Mariae et Michael's by Thomas Hogan, Miss'us Coad'. Plot E no 8 Family grave" |
| ENTRY IN BURIAL REGISTER: |
| "William Swarbrick of Garstang departed May 26th 1902 & was buried 28th in Plot E no 8, Family grave, age 33" |
| NOTES: | |
| 1: | William Swarbrick was buried in a Grayston family grave with members of his wife's family. |
| 2: | Father Michael Hickey was a meticulous record keeper and kept both a Register of Deaths (in Latin) and a Register of Burials (in English) and this practice carried on for years after his death. |
| 3: | The above information is taken from the original Death Register [RCG 1/7] and Burial Register [RCG 1/6] for St Mary and St Michael's Catholic Chapel, held at the Lancashire Archives. |