The Family of William Swarbrick: Census Returns

1861 CENSUS OF PRESTON, LANCASHIRE:
NAME:	RELATION:	CONDITION:	SEX:	AGE:	OCCUPATION:	BIRTHPLACE:
Sarah Swarbrick	Daughter	Married	F	20	Cotton Weaver	Preston, Lancashire
William Swarbrick	Son-in-Law	Married	M	20	Iron Moulder	Preston, Lancashire

NOTES:
1:	Living at 30 Richmond Street, Preston. (RG9-3127, folio 19, page 30)
2:	John & Isabella had only been married a few months and were living with Sarah's widowed mother.
3:	The full Census entry will be shown on Sarah's parents page.

1871 CENSUS OF PRESTON, LANCASHIRE:
NAME:	RELATION:	CONDITION:	SEX:	AGE:	OCCUPATION:	BIRTHPLACE:
William Swarbrick	Head	Married	M	32	Iron Moulder	Preston, Lancashire
Sarah Swarbrick	Wife	Married	F	31	-	Preston, Lancashire
Thomas Swarbrick	Son	-	M	9	Scholar	Preston, Lancashire
Sarah Ellen Swarbrick	Daughter	-	F	6	Scholar	Preston, Lancashire
Margaret Alice Swarbrick	Daughter	-	F	4	Scholar	Preston, Lancashire
Henry Swarbrick	Son	-	M	10 mths	-	Preston, Lancashire

NOTES:
1:	Living at 45 Upper Walker Street, Preston. (RG10-4211, folio 107, page 12)
2:	William was living next door to his parents, who lived at number 46.

Between the dates of the 1861 and 1871 censuses, William had lost his wife, his son Henry and another daughter called Jane. By 1871, he had moved into his parents former home:

1881 CENSUS OF PRESTON, LANCASHIRE:
NAME:	RELATION:	CONDITION:	SEX:	AGE:	OCCUPATION:	BIRTHPLACE:
William Swarbrick	Head	Widower	M	38	Iron Moulder	Preston, Lancashire
Thomas Swarbrick	Son	-	M	19	Machine Fitter	Preston, Lancashire
Sarah Swarbrick	Daughter	-	F	16	Cotton Weaver	Preston, Lancashire
Margaret A Swarbrick	Daughter	-	F	14	Cotton Weaver	Preston, Lancashire

NOTES:
1:	Living at Living at 46 Upper Walker Street, Preston. (RG11-4228, folio 11, page 15)
2:	William's age was off by about 4 years. He would have been about 42.
2:	William's younger brother James and his family were now living in William's former home, next door at number 45.

William married his 2nd wife, a divorced woman with several children, including an illegitimate daughter. This child, Sarah Annie, is listed with them in 1891 as William's daughter, and it is possible that William was her biological father:

1891 CENSUS OF PRESTON, LANCASHIRE:
NAME:	RELATION:	CONDITION:	SEX:	AGE:	OCCUPATION:	BIRTHPLACE:
William Swarbrick	Head	Married	M	50	Iron Moulder	Preston, Lancashire
Annie Swarbrick	Wife	Married	F	48	Heald Knitter	Aylesbury, Buckingham
Sarah Annie Swarbrick	Daughter	-	F	9	Scholar	Preston, Lancashire
William Swarbrick	Son	-	M	7	Scholar	Preston, Lancashire
Clara Swarbrick	Daughter	-	F	5	Scholar	Preston, Lancashire

NOTES:
1:	Living at Living at 46 Upper Walker Street, Preston. (RG12-3431, folio 97, page 12)
2:	A Heald Knitter made healds - lengths of cord with an eye in the middle for use on a weaving loom.
3:	William's age is once again off by a couple of years. He was about 52 in 1891.

1901 CENSUS OF PRESTON, LANCASHIRE:
NAME:	RELATION:	CONDITION:	SEX:	AGE:	OCCUPATION:	BIRTHPLACE:
William Swarbrick	Head	Married	M	60	Foreman Moulder	Preston, Lancashire
Annie Swarbrick	Wife	Married	F	48	-	Aylesbury, Buckingham
William Swarbrick	Son	Unmarried	M	17	Apprentice	Preston, Lancashire
Sarah Swarbrick	Daughter	Unmarried	F	19	Cotton Winder	Preston, Lancashire
Clara Swarbrick	Daughter	Unmarried	F	15	Cotton Winder	Preston, Lancashire
Xenephon Moscrop	F-in-Law	Widower	M	81	Retired Mill Hand	Bolton, Lancashire

NOTES:
1:	Living at 93 Porter Street, Preston. (RG13-3947, folio 105, page 18)
2:	William Junior's full occupation was "Apprentice Hot Water Fitter".
3:	Xenophon Moscrop was Annie's father.

William's 2nd wife died in 1909. By 1911, her child, Sarah Annie, although still listed as William's daughter, had reverted back to using her birth name, Fazackerley:

1911 CENSUS OF PRESTON, LANCASHIRE:
NAME:	RELATION:	CONDITION:	SEX:	AGE:	OCCUPATION:	BIRTHPLACE:
William Swarbrick	Head	Widower	M	71	Iron Moulder	Preston, Lancashire
Sarah Annie Fazackerley	Daughter	Unmarried	F	29	Cop Winder	Preston, Lancashire
Clara Swarbrick	Daughter	Unmarried	F	25	Bobbin Winder	Preston, Lancashire

NOTES:
1:	Living at 93 Porter Street, Preston. (RG14-25300, schedule 147)
2:	William's full occupation was "Old Age Pension, Iron Moulder".

NOTE:
1:	The census information 1861 to 1901 is taken from microfilmed copies held at the Lancashire Archives. The 1911 census information is taken from digital copies online at www.ancestry.com

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