FAMILY HISTORY: SWARBRICK

THE MARRIAGES OF JOHN SWARBRICK:

 

GROOM:
Name: John Swarbrick
Father: George Swarbrick
Mother: Margaret Norris
Birthdate: 27 August 1834
Birthplace: Preston, Lancashire, England

 

FIRST MARRIAGE: BRIDE:
Name: Mary Jane Townsend
Father: William Henry Townsend (deceased)
Mother: Susannah Topping (deceased)
Birthdate: c. 1838
Birthplace: Chorley, Lancashire, England

 

THEIR WEDDING:
Date: 10 March 1865
Place: St. Ignatius' Catholic Church
Location: Preston, Lancashire, England
Priest: J.B. DiPietro
Witnesses: John Moore and Elizabeth Ann Topping

 

THEIR EIGHT CHILDREN:
George Swarbrick Born: 31 Mar 1865 His Family
John Townsend Swarbrick Born: 7 Apr 1866 His Life
Margaret Swarbrick Born: 26 Nov 1867 Her Family
Elizabeth Jane Swarbrick Born: 4 Dec 1868 Her Life
William Swarbrick Born: 14 Nov 1869 His Family
Mary Agnes Swarbrick Born: 27 Oct 1873 Her Family
Isabella Josephine Swarbrick Born: 13 Mar 1876 Her Life
Eleanor Gertrude Swarbrick Born: 18 Oct 1877 (infant)

 

DEATHS:
Eleanor Gertrude Swarbrick [ 2 yrs] Died: 8 Feb 1880
Mary Jane Swarbrick (Mrs.) [42 yrs] Died: 3 Apr 1880

 

NOTES:
1: John and Mary Jane were married 3 weeks before the birth of their first child.
2: Elizabeth Ann Topping may have been Mary Jane's cousin as her mother's maiden name was Topping.
3: Less than a year after his wife's death, John remarried. This was not unusual at the time as a man would not have been expected to care for seven children on his own and the children needed a mother.

 

THE MARRIAGES OF JOHN SWARBRICK

SECOND MARRIAGE:

 

SECOND MARRIAGE: BRIDE:
Name: Mary Elizabeth Fenton
Father: John Fenton
Mother: Anne Reay (deceased)
Birthdate: 8 January 1838
Birthplace: Newcastle, Northumbria, England

 

THEIR WEDDING:
Date: 24 February 1881
Place: St. Ignatius' Catholic Church
Location: Preston, Lancashire, England
Priest: William Splain
Witnesses: Richard Westhead, of 3 Chapel Street, Preston
Henrietta Swarbrick, of 'Elder Grove', Ashton-on-Ribble

 

THEIR CHILDREN: (none)

 

DEATHS:
John Swarbrick [58 yrs] Died: 6 Jul 1893
John Townsend Swarbrick [30 yrs] Died: 18 Feb 1897
Mary Elizabeth Swarbrick (Mrs) [82 yrs] Died: 16 Mar 1920
Elizabeth Jane Swarbrick [56 yrs] Died: 15 Nov 1925
Margaret Farrell (Mrs) [68 yrs] Died: 2 Jan 1936
George Swarbrick [75 yrs] Died: 22 Aug 1940
Isabella Josephine Swarbrick [67 yrs] Died: 23 Jun 1943
William Swarbrick [84 yrs] Died: 26 Apr 1954
Mary Agnes Atkins (Mrs) [82 yrs] Died: c. 1956

 

NOTES:
1: Henrietta Swarbrick was John's niece - the daughter of his brother William.
2: The above information is taken from a variety of sources, including the original baptism and marriage registers for St Ignatius' Church, various census returns, newspaper archives, the headstone at Preston Cemetery and the burial records held on microfilm at the Lancashire Archives in Preston.
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