The Family of Polly Nixon

Polly 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.

Polly, their 6th surviving child, was born in the Newton Heath area of Manchester in about 1885, and by 1891 the family had settled in 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, their daughter 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 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"