FAMILY HISTORY: SWARBRICK

THE MARRIAGE OF ROBERT & ELIZABETH SWARBRICK

CENSUS INFORMATION:

 

1841 CENSUS OF CATTERALL, LANCASHIRE:
NAME: SEX: AGE: OCCUPATION: BORN IN THE COUNTY?
Robert Swarbrick M 20 M.S. Yes
NOTES:
1: Living at Roe, Catterall, Lancashire, England. (H.O. 107/495/6, folio 16, page 26)
2: M.S. probably stood for Male Servant. Robert was one of 5 farm servants living and working at the farm of Thomas and Ellen Wells.
3: Robert is mistakenly listed as having been born in Lancashire rather than in Scotland.
4: The above information is taken from microfilmed copies held at the Lancashire Archives.

 

1851 CENSUS OF KIRKLAND, LANCASHIRE:
NAME: RELATION: CONDITION: SEX: AGE: OCCUPATION: BIRTHPLACE:
Robert Swarbrick Son-in-Law Married M 30 Wool Comber Scotland
Elizabeth Swarbrick Daughter Married F 32 Reeler Catterall, Lancashire
Mary Ann Swarbrick Granddaughter - F 4 Scholar Kirkland, Lancashire
Jane Swarbrick Granddaughter - F 2 - Kirkland, Lancashire
William Swarbrick Grandson - M 1 mth - Kirkland, Lancashire
Ellen Whiteside Granddaughter - F 8 Scholar Anderton, Lancashire
NOTES:
1: Living at Kirkland, Lancashire, England. (H.O.107-2270, folio 285, page 23)
2: Robert and Elizabeth were living with her parents, Jonathan and Ann Whiteside. For the full entry see their family page.
3: Their infant son William died in 1852 and Robert and Elizabeth named their next son, born in 1853, William.
4: Ellen Whiteside was Elizabeth's daughter - born before she married Robert Swarbrick.
5: The above information is taken from microfilmed copies held at the Lancashire Archives.

 

1861 CENSUS OF KIRKLAND, LANCASHIRE:
NAME: RELATION: CONDITION: SEX: AGE: OCCUPATION: BIRTHPLACE:
Robert Swarbrick Head Married M 39 Ag. Lab. Cockerham, Lancashire
Elizabeth Swarbrick Wife Married F 42 do Wife Catterall, Lancashire
Mary A Swarbrick Daughter - F 14 Cotton Weaver Kirkland, Lancashire
Jane Swarbrick Daughter - F 12 Nurse Kirkland, Lancashire
William Swarbrick Son - M 8 Scholar Catterall, Lancashire
Jonathan Swarbrick Son - M 3 - Kirkland, Lancashire
Robert Swarbrick Son - M 3 mos - Kirkland, Lancashire
William Swarbrick Nephew - M 11 Scholar Catterall, Lancashire
NOTES:
1: Living in Kirkland, Lancashire, England. (RG9-3153, folio 122, page 7)
2: Robert Sr's birthplace is incorrect. He was actually born in Dumfries, Scotland.
3: Ag. Lab was an abbreviation for Agricultural Labourer.
4: Their nephew William was Robert's sister Margaret's illegitimate son.
5: Robert and Elizabeth were living next door to Elizabeth's widowed mother Ann "Nanny" Whiteside.
6: The above information is taken from microfilmed copies held at the Lancashire Archives.

 

1871 CENSUS OF KIRKLAND, LANCASHIRE:
NAME: RELATION: CONDITION: SEX: AGE: OCCUPATION: BIRTHPLACE:
Robert Swarbrick Head Married M 50 Bobbin Mill Hand Cockerham, Lancashire
Elizabeth Swarbrick Wife Married F 52 - Catterall, Lancashire
Mary A Swarbrick Daughter Unmarried F 24 Cotton Weaver Kirkland, Lancashire
Jane Swarbrick Daughter Unmarried F 23 Cotton Weaver Kirkland, Lancashire
William Swarbrick Son Unmarried M 18 Bobbin Turner Catterall, Lancashire
Robert Swarbrick Son - M 10 - Kirkland, Lancashire
Mary Hindle Aunt - F 80 - Barnacre, Lancashire
NOTES:
1: Living at Greenside, Kirkland, Lancashire. (RG10-4227, folio 116, page 7)
2: Robert Sr's birthplace is again incorrect.
3: William's full occupation was "Bobbin Turner (Apprentice)".
4: Their son Jonathan was living....
5: Mary Hindle was the unmarried sister of Elizabeth's mother, Ann (Hindle) Whiteside. Her full place of birth was listed as Barnacre-with-Bonds, Lancashire.
6: The above information is taken from microfiche copies held at the Lancashire Archives.

 

This is the last Census that Robert and Elizabeth Swarbrick appear in, as they both died before the date of the 1881 Census. Elizabeth in 1874, aged 55 years, and Robert the following year, aged 54 years.

 


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