FAMILY HISTORY: SWARBRICK
THE FAMILY OF EDITH NIXON
Edith Nixon was the daughter of Abraham Nixon and Mary Ward, who were married at the Collegiate Church of St Mary, St Denys and St George (now known
as Manchester Cathedral) in Manchester on 16 October 1870. Edith, their eldest surviving child, was born on 15 May 1874 in the Newton Heath area of Manchester, where the family was living in 1881: |
1881 CENSUS OF NEWTON HEATH, MANCHESTER, LANCASHIRE: | ||||||
NAME: | RELATION: | CONDITION: | SEX: | AGE: | OCCUPATION: | BIRTHPLACE: |
Abraham Nixon | Head | Married | M | 34 | Boiler Maker | Burtonwood, Lancashire |
Mary Nixon | Wife | Married | F | 32 | - | Newton Heath, Lancashire |
Edith Nixon | Daughter | - | F | 6 | Scholar | Newton Heath, Lancashire |
Hannah Nixon | Daughter | - | F | 4 | Scholar | Garston, Lancashire |
Sarah Nixon | Daughter | - | F | 3 | - | Burtonwood, Lancashire |
Maud Nixon | Daughter | - | F | 1 | - | Burtonwood, Lancashire |
NOTES: | |
1: | Living at Baguley Fold, Newton Heath, Lancashire. (RG11-4011, folios 22 & 23, pages 37 & 38) |
2: | The above information is taken from digital images at www.ancestry.co.uk. |
By 1891 the family had relocated to Horwich, near Bolton, Lancashire: |
1891 CENSUS OF HORWICH, LANCASHIRE: | ||||||
NAME: | RELATION: | CONDITION: | SEX: | AGE: | OCCUPATION: | BIRTHPLACE: |
Abraham Nixon | Head | Married | M | 44 | Boiler Maker | Burtonwood, Lancashire |
Mary Nixon | Wife | Married | F | 42 | - | Newton Heath, Lancashire |
Edith Nixon | Daughter | Unmarried | F | 16 | Draper's Assistant | Newton Heath, Lancashire |
Hannah Nixon | Daughter | Unmarried | F | 14 | Cotton Doubler | Urmston, Lancashire |
Sarah Nixon | Daughter | Unmarried | F | 13 | Cotton Doubler | Burtonwood, Lancashire |
Maud Nixon | Daughter | - | F | 11 | Scholar | Burtonwood, Lancashire |
Abraham T Nixon | Son | - | M | 9 | Scholar | Newton Heath, Lancashire |
Poly Nixon | Daughter | - | F | 5 | Scholar | Newton Heath, Lancashire |
Lily Nixon | Daughter | - | F | 1 | - | Horwich, Lancashire |
NOTES: | |
1: | Living at 37 New Brunswick Street, Horwich, Lancashire. (RG12-3104, folio 109, page 19) |
2: | Edith Nixon's full occupation was listed as "Draper's Assistant (Shopwoman)". |
3: | Maud Nixon was described as a "cripple from childhood". |
4: | Polly's name was misspelled Poly on the Census schedule. |
5: | The above information is taken from digital images at www.ancestry.co.uk. |
During their life together Abraham and Mary had 15 children, losing 8 of those in childhood. They seem to have moved around quite a bit during the early
years of their married life before finally settling in Horwich. By 1911, Edith had married John Swarbrick and was living in Carnforth. I've not yet been able to find Polly in 1911, she was not yet married but was not living with her parents at Brunswick Street: |
1911 CENSUS OF HORWICH, LANCASHIRE: | ||||||
NAME: | RELATION: | CONDITION: | SEX: | AGE: | OCCUPATION: | BIRTHPLACE: |
Abraham Nixon | Head | Married | M | 63 | Boiler Riveter | Burtonwood, Lancashire |
Mary Nixon | Wife | Married | F | 62 | - | Newton Heath, Lancashire |
Maud Nixon | Daughter | Single | F | 31 | - | Burtonwood, Lancashire |
Abraham T Nixon | Son | Single | M | 29 | Machine Driller | Newton Heath, Lancashire |
Lily Nixon | Daughter | Single | F | 21 | - | Horwich, Lancashire |
NOTES: | |
1: | Living at 37 New Brunswick Street, Horwich, Lancashire. |
2: | Abraham and his son were describes as workers for the locomotive department of a railway company. |
3: | Abraham and Mary had been married 40 years, and Mary was described as the mother of 15 children, with 7 living and 8 that had died. |
4: | The younger Abraham's full name was entered as "Abraham Tinsley Nixon". |
5: | Although Maud Nixon was described in 1891 as a "cripple from childhood", there is no mention of any disability in either the 1881, 1901 or 1911 Census records. |
6: | The above information is taken from digital images at www.findmypast.co.uk. |
Sometime after 1911 Abraham and Mary moved to the Carnforth area, perhaps to be closer to their daughters, Edith and Polly. They both died there in 1917 and were buried in the churchyard at St Oswald's Church in nearby Warton: |
"In Memory of Abraham Nixon Died Feb. 3rd 1917, aged 69 years Also Mary, his wife Died Oct. 10th 1917, aged 69 years" |