FAMILY HISTORY: SWARBRICK

THE FAMILY OF WILLIAM SWARBRICK

CENSUS INFORMATION:

 

1861 CENSUS OF PRESTON, LANCASHIRE:
NAME: RELATION: CONDITION: SEX: AGE: OCCUPATION: BIRTHPLACE:
William Swarbrick Head Married M 32 Grocer Preston, Lancashire
Alice Swarbrick Wife Married F 32 - Chorley, Lancashire
George Swarbrick Son - M 6 Scholar Preston, Lancashire
Henrietta Swarbrick Daughter - F 2 - Preston, Lancashire
Mary Swarbrick Daughter - F 7 mos - Preston, Lancashire
NOTES:
1: Living at 11 Bolton Street, Preston. (RG9-3130, folio 018)
2: Their eldest daughter Margaret Alice was staying with her grandparents at 22 East View, Preston.
3: The above information is taken from copies held on microfilm at the Lancashire Archives.

 

1871 CENSUS OF LIVERPOOL, LANCASHIRE:
NAME: RELATION: CONDITION: SEX: AGE: OCCUPATION: BIRTHPLACE:
William Swarbrick Head Married M 42 Flour Dealer Preston, Lancashire
Ellen Swarbrick Wife Married F 38 - Preston, Lancashire
Henry N. Swarbrick Son - M 2 - Liverpool, Lancashire
Elizabeth Swarbrick Daughter - F 3 mos - Liverpool, Lancashire
Mary Parkinson Sister-in-Law Unmarried F 40 Provision Dealer Preston, Lancashire
NOTES:
1: Living at 6 Keble Street, West Derby, Liverpool. (RG10-3844, folio 71, page 3)
2: After the death of his wife Alice, William went to Liverpool, leaving his children in the care of relatives. George and Henrietta were staying with their Grandmother Margaret Swarbrick at 22 East View, Preston and Margaret and Mary were staying with their Aunt Mary Hayes (nee' Swarbrick) at Watling Street Road, Preston. (See below).
3: William's full occupation was Flour Dealer's Assistant.
3: William married his second wife, Ellen Parkinson, in Everton, Liverpool on 10 May 1865.
4: The above information is taken from copies held on microfiche at the Lancashire Archives.

 

1871 CENSUS OF PRESTON, LANCASHIRE:
NAME: RELATION: CONDITION: SEX: AGE: OCCUPATION: BIRTHPLACE:
George S. Swarbrick Grandson - M 16 Cotton Looker Preston, Lancashire
Henrietta Swarbrick Grandaughter - F 12 Scholar Preston, Lancashire
NAME: RELATION: CONDITION: SEX: AGE: OCCUPATION: BIRTHPLACE:
Margaret Swarbrick Niece - F 14 Scholar Preston, Lancashire
Mary Swarbrick Niece - F 10 Scholar Preston, Lancashire
NOTES:
1: (RG10-4912, folio 128 & RG10-4218, folio 19)
2: The above information is taken from copies held on microfiche at the Lancashire Archives.

 

In 1868, William's uncle, Hugh Norris of Croston, died and William was one of several nephews and nieces remembered in Hugh Norris' Will. This may have been why William's son Henry, who was born in 1868, was given the middle name Norris - and the inheritance may have been the beginning of a change in William's financial situation. Sometime after 1871 William and Ellen returned to Preston, where they purchased a large villa in the Ashton-on-Ribble area of the town. This home, Elder Villa (known as originally as Elder Grove), was pulled down in the 1940s and replaced by a smaller home and a small block of flats.
 

 

1881 CENSUS OF PRESTON, LANCASHIRE:
NAME: RELATION: CONDITION: SEX: AGE: OCCUPATION: BIRTHPLACE:
William Swarbrick Head Married M 52 Retired Corn Dealer Preston, Lancashire
Ellen Swarbrick Wife Married F 48 - Chorley, Lancashire
Henrietta Swarbrick Daughter Unmarried F 22 - Preston, Lancashire
Harry N. Swarbrick Son - M 12 Scholar Preston, Lancashire
Elizabeth Swarbrick Daughter - F 10 Scholar Preston, Lancashire
Elena Swarbrick Daughter - F 6 Scholar Fulwood, Lancashire
Mary Smith Servant - F - - Lea, Lancashire
NOTES:
1: Living at Elder Villa, 25 Newton Road, Ashton-on-Ribble, Preston.
2: Ellen was actually born in Preston. Harry and Elizabeth were actually born in Liverpool
3: Mary Smith's age was omitted from the census schedule.
4: The above information is taken from copies held on microfiche at the Lancashire Archives.

 

1891 CENSUS OF PRESTON, LANCASHIRE:
NAME: RELATION: CONDITION: SEX: AGE: OCCUPATION: BIRTHPLACE:
William Swarbrick Head Married M 62 Own Means Preston, Lancashire
Ellen Swarbrick Wife Married F 58 Own Means Preston, Lancashire
Elizabeth Swarbrick Daughter Unmarried F 20 Own Means Liverpool, Lancashire
Helena Swarbrick Daughter - F 16 Own Means Fulwood, Lancashire
NOTES:
1: Living at Elder Villa, 25 Newton Road, Ashton-on-Ribble, Preston. (RG12-3447, folio 135)
2: The above information is taken from copies held on microfiche at the Lancashire Archives.

 

1901 CENSUS OF PRESTON, LANCASHIRE:
NAME: RELATION: CONDITION: SEX: AGE: OCCUPATION: BIRTHPLACE:
Ellen Swarbrick Mother-in-Law Widow F 68 - Preston, Lancashire
NOTES:
1: Staying at 4 Sea View, Tulketh Road, Ashton-on-Ribble, Preston. (RG13-3962, folio 59)
2: Ellen was widowed in 1898 and at the time of this census was staying with her married daughter Helena. For the full census entry see Helena's Census Page.
3: Ellen later went to stay with her daughter Elizabeth in Lea, near Preston, where she died in 1909.
4: The above information is taken from copies held on microfiche at the Lancashire Archives.

 

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