FAMILY HISTORY: SWARBRICK

THE MARRIAGES OF RICHARD KIRKBRIDE-SWARBRICK:

 

GROOM:
Name: Richard Kirkbride-Swarbrick, age 22, bachelor, painter, of 34 New Street, Carnforth
Father: (unknown)
Mother: Margaret Kirkbride
Adoptive Parents: John and Jane (Cornthwaite) Swarbrick
Baptism Date: 1 February 1880
Birthplace: Barton, Lancashire, England

 

FIRST MARRIAGE: BRIDE:
Name: Margaret Dixon, age 21, spinster, of 41 George Street, Lancaster
Father: John Dixon, farmer (deceased)
Mother: Ellen Harrison
Birthdate: 5 April 1881
Birthplace: Bulk, Lancaster, Lancashire, England

 

THEIR WEDDING:
Date: 11 September 1902, by certificate
Place: St. Thomas' Parish Church
Location: Lancaster, Lancashire, England
Priest: John Bone, Vicar
Witnesses: George Smith and Mary Dixon

 

THEIR TWO CHILDREN:
Margaret Swarbrick Baptized: 10 Dec 1902 Her Family
John Swarbrick Baptized: 20 Nov 1904 His Family

 

DEATHS:
Margaret Swarbrick (Mrs) [30 yrs] Buried: 18 Dec 1911

 

NOTES:
1: In the marriage register at St Thomas' Church, Richard is recorded under his adopted surname, Swarbrick, and John Swarbrick's name is entered in the space for the father of the groom. Although John Swarbrick had been deceased for many years, he is not described as such in the marriage register. He is described simply as "Station Master".
2: The above information is taken from the registers of St Thomas' Church in Lancaster and St Oswald's Church in Warton, near Lancaster; both held at the Lancashire Archives.

 

THE MARRIAGES OF RICHARD (KIRKBRIDE) SWARBRICK

SECOND MARRIAGE:

 

GROOM:
Name: Richard Kirkbride-Swarbrick, widower
Father: (unknown)
Mother: Margaret Kirkbride
Adoptive Parents: John and Jane (Cornthwaite) Swarbrick
Baptism Date: 1 February 1880
Birthplace: Barton, Lancashire, England

 

SECOND MARRIAGE: BRIDE:
Name: Polly Nixon, spinster
Father: Abraham Nixon
Mother: Mary Ward
Birthdate: c. 1885
Birthplace: Newton Heath, Manchester, Lancashire, England

 

THEIR WEDDING:
Date: 1912
Place: St. Catherine's Parish Church
Location: Horwich, Lancashire, England
Priest:
Witnesses:

 

THEIR FOUR CHILDREN:
Mona Cornthwaite Swarbrick Born: Jun 1913 (infant)
Clifford Swarbrick Born: 3 Jun 1914 His Family
Roland Swarbrick Born: 22 Oct 1917 His Family
Richard Swarbrick Jr Born: 22 May 1921 (young)

 

DEATHS:
Mona Cornthwaite Swarbrick [2 wks] Buried: 18 Jun 1913
Polly Swarbrick (Mrs) [35 yrs] Buried: 28 May 1921
Richard Swarbrick [17 yrs] Buried: 14 Oct 1938
Richard Kirkbride-Swarbrick [86 yrs] Died: 6 May 1966
Clifford Swarbrick [75 yrs] Died: 2 Jun 1990
Roland Swarbrick [80 yrs] Died: c. 1998
Margaret Swarbrick Died:
John Swarbrick Died:

 

NOTES:
1: The marriage registers for St Catherine's Church in Horwich may still be held at the church and I have not been able to access them.
2: Polly (Nixon) Swarbrick may have died as a result of childbirth.
3: The above information is taken from various records held at the Lancashire Archives.

 

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