FAMILY HISTORY: SWARBRICK

THE 13 CHILDREN OF WILLIAM & AGNES SWARBRICK

BAPTISM RECORDS:

 

Father: William Swarbrick
Mother: Agnes Swarbrick Formerly: Lines
Date of Marriage: 1874

 

1: Name: John Swarbrick
Born: 20 November 1874 Baptized: 22 November 1874
Church: St Mary and St James Catholic Church
Location: Scorton, Lancashire, England
Godparents: Richard Swarbrick and Alice Holden
Priest: Augustin Splaine, Miss. App.

 

2: Name: Mary Elizabeth Swarbrick
Born: 23 January 1876 Baptized: 23 January 1876
Church: St Mary and St James Catholic Church
Location: Scorton, Lancashire, England
Godparents: Thomas Almond and Mary J. Richmond
Priest: Augustin Splaine, Miss. Aplico.

 

3: Name: George Swarbrick
Born: 22 June 1877 Baptized: 24 June 1877
Church: St Mary and St James Catholic Church
Location: Scorton, Lancashire, England
Godparents: Thomas Swarbrick and Susan Swarbrick
Priest: Augustin Splaine, Miss. Aplico.

 

4: Name: Edith Ann Swarbrick
Born: 6 September 1879 Baptized: 7 September 1879
Church: St Mary and St James Catholic Church
Location: Scorton, Lancashire, England
Sponsors: Richmond Almond and Mary Almond
Priest: Augustin Splaine, Miss. Ap.
Note: Married Richard Almond in Scorton on 3 June 1913

 

5: Name: Alice Swarbrick
Born: 30 January 1881 Baptized: 31 January 1881
Church: St Mary and St James Catholic Church
Location: Bonds, Garstang, Lancashire, England
Sponsors: Jonathan Swarbrick and Jane Swarbrick
Priest: Augustin Splaine, Miss. Ap.
Note: Married John Nelson Wilding in Scorton on 25 May 1923

 

6: Name: Margaret Swarbrick
Born: 17 August 1882 Baptized: 20 August 1882
Church: St Mary and St James Catholic Church
Location: Scorton, Lancashire, England
Sponsors: Robert Swarbrick and Margaret Swarbrick
Priest: Augustin Splaine, Miss. Ap.
Note: Married James Stout in nScorton on 14 September 1912

 

7: Name: Thomas Swarbrick
Born: 1 November 1883 Baptized: 1 November 1883
Church: St Mary and St James Catholic Church
Location: Scorton, Lancashire, England
Sponsors: (None)
Priest: Augustin Splaine, Miss. Ap.
Note: It appears that Thomas was baptized at birth by Mary J. Richmond, and died shortly afterward.
The baptism entry contains the Latin phrase 'Volavit in celum', meaning 'Flew up into the sky'.

 

8: Name: Jane Frances Swarbrick
Born: 18 October 1884 Baptized: 19 October 1884
Church: St Mary and St James Catholic Church
Location: Scorton, Lancashire, England
Sponsors: John Richmond and Alice Swarbrick
Priest: Augustin Splaine, Miss. Ap.

 

9: Name: Thomas Leo Swarbrick
Born: 30 June 1887 Baptized: 3 July 1887
Church: St Mary and St James Catholic Church
Location: Scorton, Lancashire, England
Sponsors: John Nixon and Julia Richmond
Priest: Augustin Splaine, Miss. Ap.

 

10: Name: Wilfrid James Swarbrick
Born: 12 August 1889 Baptized: 15 August 1889
Church: St Mary and St James Catholic Church
Location: Scorton, Lancashire, England
Sponsors: John Almond and Mary Elizabeth Swarbrick
Priest: Patrick Flynn, Miss. Ap.
Note: Married Margaret Beatrice Newsham in Bonds on 5 October 1912

 

11: Name: Lydia Agnes Gertrude Swarbrick
Born: 1 December 1894 Baptized: 2 December 1894
Church: St Mary and St James Catholic Church
Location: Scorton, Lancashire, England
Sponsors: Randolph Pearson and Alice Swarbrick
Priest: Patrick Flynn, Miss. Ap.
Note: Although baptized by Father Flynn in 1894, Lydia's baptism wasn't entered in the register until Father John Joseph Blackoe corrected the oversight. A note in Latin, 'Ut milui retulit Alice Swarbrick matrina die 8 Martii 1903', translates to, 'As reported by Alice Swarbrick, Godmother, on 8 March 1903'

 

12: Name: Joseph Swarbrick
Born: 8 December 1899 Baptized: 8 December 1899
Church: St Mary and St James Catholic Church
Location: Scorton, Lancashire, England
Sponsors: (None)
Priest: Patrick Flynn, Miss. Ap.
Note: Baptized privately and did not survive. The baptism entry contains the Latin, 'Private in domo parentium defunctus est', meaning he died in his parent's house.

 

13: Name: Doris Constance Ellen Swarbrick
Born: 9 September 1901 Baptized: 15 September 1901
Church: St Mary and St James Catholic Church
Location: Scorton, Lancashire, England
Sponsors: George Swarbrick and Margaret Swarbrick
Priest: John Joseph Blackoe, Miss. Ap.

 

NOTES:
1: The John Nixon who was Godfather to Thomas Leo in 1887 may have actually been John Nickson, the husband of William's sister Elizabeth Anne.
2: The above information is taken from the original baptism registers of St Mary and St James Catholic Church, held at Lancashire Archives.

 


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Updated: 24 Oct 2015