FAMILY HISTORY: SWARBRICK
THE MARRIAGES OF JOHN SWARBRICK:
GROOM: | |
Name: John Swarbrick | |
Father: William Swarbrick | |
Mother: Mary Hodgson | |
Birthdate: 12 June 1806 | |
Birthplace: Kirkland, Garstang, Lancashire, England |
FIRST MARRIAGE: BRIDE: | |
Name: Elizabeth Blackburn | |
Father: Thomas Blackburn | |
Mother: Agnes Shepherd | |
Birthdate: 15 October 1802 | |
Birthplace: Garstang, Lancashire, England |
THEIR OFFICIAL WEDDING: | ||
Date: 4 May 1833 | ||
Place: St. Helen's Parish Church (C. of E.) | ||
Location: Churchtown, Garstang, Lancashire, England | ||
Priest: John Pedder, Curate | ||
Witnesses: John Crane and Bella Swarbrick |
THEIR CATHOLIC CEREMONY: | ||
Date: 4 May 1833 | ||
Place: SS Mary and Michael Roman Catholic Church | ||
Location: Bonds, Garstang, Lancashire, England | ||
Priest: Father William Hickey | ||
Witnesses: Richard Dawson and Bella Swarbrick |
THEIR SIX CHILDREN: | ||||||||
William Swarbrick | Born: | 20 | Feb | 1834 | ||||
Thomas Swarbrick | Born: | 30 | Aug | 1835 | ||||
Agnes Swarbrick | Born: | 31 | Jan | 1837 | ||||
John Swarbrick (1) | Born: | 27 | Jan | 1840 | ||||
John Swarbrick (2) | Born: | 14 | Feb | 1843 | ||||
George Swarbrick | Born: | 17 | Nov | 1846 |
DEATHS: | ||||||||
John Swarbrick (1) | [8 mos] | Died: | c. | Oct | 1840 | |||
Elizabeth Swarbrick (Mrs) | [45 yrs] | Died: | 7 | Apr | 1848 |
NOTES: | |
1: | At the time of their marriage only the Church of England was authorized to perform marriages. Therefore, a catholic couple would have been legally married in the established church and had a Roman Catholic ceremony in their own church. |
2: | After the death of Elizabeth, John must have found it a struggle to raise and maintain his young children whilst carrying out his trade as a carter (wagon driver). He probably relied heavily on his family to tend to his children while he was away. |
THE MARRIAGES OF JOHN SWARBRICK
SECOND MARRIAGE:
SECOND MARRIAGE: BRIDE: | |
Name: Margaret Britton, widow, age 36, of Glasson | |
Father: Christopher Stephenson, labourer | |
Mother: | |
Birthdate: c. 1821 | |
Birthplace: Carnforth, Lancashire, England |
THEIR WEDDING: | |
Date: 15 January 1859 | |
Place: St. Mary's Parish Church (C. of E.) | |
Location: Lancaster, Lancashire, England | |
Priest: Reverend Edward Pedder, Curate | |
Witnesses: Robert Fisher and Dorothy Fisher |
THEIR TWO CHILDREN: | ||||||||
Robert Britton | Born: | 2 | Sep | 1858 | ||||
Mary Jane Swarbrick | Born: | 24 | Feb | 1861 |
DEATHS: | ||||||||
John Swarbrick Sr. | [58 yrs] | Died: | 21 | Dec | 1864 | |||
William Swarbrick | [61 yrs] | Died: | 20 | Feb | 1895 | |||
Margaret Swarbrick (Mrs) | Died: | |||||||
Thomas Swarbrick | Died: | |||||||
Agnes Swarbrick | [infant?] | Died: | ||||||
John Swarbrick (2) | Died: | |||||||
George Swarbrick | Died: | |||||||
Robert Britton | Died: | |||||||
Mary Jane Swarbrick | Died: |
NOTES: | |
1: | Margaret Britton had at least four children by her first husband, John Britton, who died in 1856. |
2: | Margaret was unmarried at the time of her son Robert's birth in 1858 and the father's name is not listed on the Birth Certificate. She married John Swarbrick four months after Robert's birth and Robert is listed as John's son in the 1861 Census rather than his step-son. It is quite possible that John was Robert's natural father. |
3: | The above information is from the original baptism, marriage and burials records for the respective churches, as well as census records, all held at the Lancashire Archives. |
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