FAMILY HISTORY: SWARBRICK

THE MARRIAGES OF WILLIAM SWARBRICK:

 

GROOM:
Name: William Swarbrick
Father: Thomas Swarbrick
Mother: Alice Daggers
Birthdate: 22 November 1839
Birthplace: Preston, Lancashire, England

 

FIRST MARRIAGE: BRIDE:
Name: Sarah Naylor
Father: Henry Naylor
Mother: Sarah Chadwick
Birthdate: 1840
Birthplace: Preston, Lancashire, England

 

THEIR WEDDING:
Date: 31 December 1860
Place: St Ignatius Catholic Church
Location: Preston, Lancashire, England
Priest: Richard Cooper
Witnesses: John Swarbrick and Ellen Webster

 

THEIR SIX CHILDREN:
Thomas Swarbrick Born: c. 1861 His Family
Sarah Ellen Swarbrick Born: 8 Jun 1864 Her Life
Margaret Alice Swarbrick Born: c. 1867 Her Life
Jane Swarbrick 1 Born: 10 Jan 1869 [infant]
Henry Swarbrick Born: 24 May 1870 [infant]
Jane Swarbrick 2 Born: 30 Sep 1872 [infant]

 

DEATHS:
Jane Swarbrick 1 [1 week] Buried: 23 Jan 1869
Henry Swarbrick [ 3 yrs] Buried: 23 Mar 1874
Jane Swarbrick 2 [  1 yr] Buried: 3 Apr 1874
Sarah Swarbrick (Mrs) [33 yrs] Buried: 25 Apr 1874

 

NOTES:
1: In 1860 St Ignatius Church was still using a simple notebook to record marriages rather than a pre-printed register, which would have given more information.
2: Ellen Webster, witness to their wedding, was Sarah's married sister.
3: I have checked Preston newspapers for what might have caused the deaths of William's wife and two young children in the spring of 1874 but found no news any epidemics or influenza.

 

 

THE MARRIAGES OF WILLIAM SWARBRICK

SECOND MARRIAGE:

 

GROOM:
Name: William Swarbrick, age 39, widower, iron moulder, of 87 Haydock Street, Preston
Father: Thomas Swarbrick, joiner (deceased)
Mother: Alice Daggers
Birthdate: 22 November 1839
Birthplace: Preston, Lancashire, England

 

SECOND MARRIAGE: BRIDE:
Name: Annie Fazackerley, age 37, widow, of 91 Haydock Street, Preston
Father: Xenophon Moscrop, overlooker
Mother: Ruth Keep
Baptism Date: 5 June 1843
Birthplace: Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England

 

THEIR WEDDING:
Date: 20 August 1882, by certificate
Place: St Thomas' Parish Church
Location: Preston, Lancashire, England
Priest: John Wood, Curate
Witnesses: Henry Gibb and Clara Gibb

 

HER ILLEGITIMATE CHILD:
Sarah Annie Fazackerley Born: c. 1881 Her Family

 

THEIR TWO CHILDREN:
William Swarbrick Born: 3 Sep 1883 His Family
Clara Swarbrick Born: 19 Jul 1885 Her Family

 

DEATHS:
Annie Swarbrick (Mrs) [64 yrs] Died: 17 Apr 1909
William Swarbrick Sr [74 yrs] Buried: 25 Nov 1914
William Swarbrick Jr [42 yrs] Buried: 11 Aug 1925
Clara Sturzaker (Mrs) [49 yrs] Died: c. Oct 1934
Thomas Swarbrick [77 yrs] Died: c. 1938
Sarah Annie Fairclough (Mrs) [60 yrs] Died: c. 1941
Sarah Ellen Swarbrick [83 yrs] Buried: 12 Sep 1946

 

NOTES:
1: Annie Moscrop-Fazackerley was described as a widow in the marriage register but this was not correct. Annie Moscrop had married Nicholas Fazackerley on 26 December 1859 and had several children, but he divorced her on the grounds of adultery in 1878. After their divorce, the children remained with their father, who also described himself as a widower when he remarried in November 1878.
2: Sarah Annie Fazackerley was born more than 3 years after her mothers divorce but a year before her marriage to William Swarbrick. She used the surname Swarbrick on many occasions and even when, in the 1911 census, she used the surname Fazackerley she was described as William's daughter rather than step-daughter. It is very possible that Sarah Annie was William's biological daughter.
3: The above information is from the original registers of St Ignatius Catholic Church, St Thomas' Parish Church, and from the burial records for Preston Cemetery, all held at the Lancashire Archives.

 

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Updated: 03 Sep 2015