The Family of Mary Agnes Bryan

Mary Agnes Bryan was the daughter of James Bryan and Alice Turner, who were married in Warton in 1867 and had ten children.

Mary Agnes, their fifth child, was born in Carnforth in 1876 and was baptized at St Oswald's Parish Church in Warton on 27 August 1876. The baptism register lists their abode as Carnforth and her father's occupation as Railway Guard.

James and Alice lost their second child, Elizabeth, in December 1872, aged 3 years and 6 months, and by the night of the 1881 Census they had six surviving children:

1881 CENSUS OF CARNFORTH, LANCASHIRE:
NAME:	RELATION:	CONDITION:	SEX:	AGE:	OCCUPATION:	BIRTHPLACE:
James Bryan	Head	Married	M	40	Railway Guard	County Wicklow, Ireland
Alice Bryan	Wife	Married	F	34	do's Wife	Bentham, Yorkshire
Sarah A. Bryan	Daughter	Unmarried	F	14	Outdoor Servant	Carnforth, Lancashire
Richard J Bryan	Son	Unmarried	M	9	Scholar	Carnforth, Lancashire
Susan L Bryan	Daughter	Unmarried	F	7	Scholar	Carnforth, Lancashire
Mary Bryan	Daughter	Unmarried	F	4	Scholar	Carnforth, Lancashire
Thomas Bryan	Son	Unmarried	M	2	-	Carnforth, Lancashire
James Bryan	Son	Unmarried	M	1 mth	-	Carnforth, Lancashire

NOTES:
1:	Living at 6 Midland Terrace, Carnforth, Lancashire. (RG11-4269, folios 53 & 54, pages 21 & 22)
4:	The above information is taken from digital images at www.ancestry.co.uk.

At the time of the 1891 Census Mary Agnes was living away from home and working as a live-in servant to John Hartley and family in Warton:

1891 CENSUS OF WARTON, LANCASHIRE:
NAME:	RELATION:	CONDITION:	SEX:	AGE:	OCCUPATION:	BIRTHPLACE:
Mary A Bryan	Servant	-	F	14	Housemaid	Warton, Lancashire

NOTES:
1:	Living and working at Millhead House, Warton Road, Warton, Lancashire. (RG12-3469, folio 49, page 10)
2:	Although his occupation was left blank on the Census form, I believe John Hartley was a Grocer.
3:	The above information is taken from digital images at www.ancestry.co.uk.

By 1891 Mary Agnes' parent's had three more children and had moved to Hunter Street in Carnforth, where they were to live for the rest of their lives:

1891 CENSUS OF CARNFORTH, LANCASHIRE:
NAME:	RELATION:	CONDITION:	SEX:	AGE:	OCCUPATION:	BIRTHPLACE:
James Bryan	Head	Married	M	50	Railway Guard	K.N., Yorkshire
Alice Bryan	Wife	Married	F	46	do's Wife	Bentham, Yorkshire
Richard J Bryan	Son	Unmarried	M	18	Railway Engine Cleaner	Carnforth, Lancashire
Thomas Bryan	Son	-	M	12	-	Carnforth, Lancashire
James Bryan	Son	-	M	10	-	Carnforth, Lancashire
Hannah Bryan	Daughter	-	F	7	-	Carnforth, Lancashire
Bell Bryan	Daughter	-	F	6	-	Carnforth, Lancashire
William E Bryan	Son	-	M	3	-	Carnforth, Lancashire

NOTES:
1:	Living at 13 Hunter Street, Carnforth, Lancashire. (RG12-3469, folio 110 & 111, pages 9 & 10)
2:	Whoever provided the information to the Census Enumerator obviously didn't know where James Sr was born. He was actually born in Ireland.
3:	The above information is taken from digital images at www.ancestry.co.uk.

By 1901 Mary Agnes had married Robert Cornthwaite Swarbrick and had their first child. Her parents continued to live at the Hunter Street address and were still there at the time of both the 1901 and 1911 Censuses.

James Bryan died at 13 Hunter Street and was buried at St Oswald's Church in Warton on 12 October 1914, aged 74 years.

Alice (Turner) Bryan died at 13 Hunter Street, and was buried with her husband at St Oswald's on 8 April 1930, aged 82 years. Their headstone inscription does not record their dates of death and says simply,

"In Memory of
James and Alice Bryan
Also their son Jim
At Rest"