FAMILY HISTORY: SWARBRICK
THE MARRIAGES OF ROBERT SWARBRICK:
| GROOM: | |
| Name: Robert Swarbrick, bachelor, age 22, wool comber | |
| Father: William Swarbrick, miller | |
| Mother: Mary Hodgson | |
| Birthdate: 17 April 1820 | |
| Birthplace: Croston, Lancashire, England | |
| FIRST MARRIAGE: BRIDE: | |
| Name: Margaret Bennett, spinster, age 22, servant | |
| Father: Thomas Bennett, joiner | |
| Mother: Nancy Waterhouse | |
| Baptism Date: 23 May 1819 | |
| Birthplace: Bilsborrow, Lancashire, England | |
| THEIR WEDDING: | |
| Date: 4 June 1841, by certificate | |
| Place: The Parish Church of St. John (C. of E.) | |
| Location: Preston, Lancashire, England | |
| Priest: Reverend W. Welling, Curate | |
| Witnesses: John Eckley and Elizabeth Bennett | |
| THEIR THREE CHILDREN: | ||||||||
| Thomas Swarbrick | Baptized: | 27 | Feb | 1842 | ||||
| Frances Swarbrick | Born: | |||||||
| Elizabeth Swarbrick | Born: | 24 | Apr | 1847 | ||||
| DEATHS: | ||||||||
| Elizabeth Swarbrick | [ 2 yrs] | Died: | 28 | Jul | 1849 | |||
| Margaret Swarbrick (Mrs.) | [47 yrs] | Died: | 3 | Oct | 1866 | |||
| NOTES: | |
| 1: | At the time of their marriage Robert was living on Victoria Street and Margaret was living on Friargate, both in Preston. |
| 2: | Robert , Margaret, and Margaret's sister Elizabeth signed the marriage certificate with their mark. |
| 3: | Margaret Swarbrick died of cholera during an epidemic of the disease that swept the country. Liverpool was hit hard by the disease and the death toll was quite high. Martha Swarbrick, wife of Robert's elder brother William, died of cholera only 6 weeks earlier. |
| 4: | The original register from St. John's Church lists Robert's father as "...the late William Swarbrick, miller...", but this was an obvious error as William did not die until 1846. I can only assume that what was actually meant was late (i.e. former) miller. |
| 5: | The above information is taken from the original church registers held at the Lancashire Archives. |
THE MARRIAGES OF ROBERT SWARBRICK
SECOND MARRIAGE:
| SECOND MARRIAGE: BRIDE: | |
| Name: Elizabeth Lomax, spinster, of full age | |
| Father: James Lomax, cashier | |
| Mother: | |
| Birthdate: c. 1826 | |
| Birthplace: Manchester, Lancashire, England | |
| THEIR WEDDING: | |
| Date: 14 April 1872, by License | |
| Place: St. Augustine's Church (C. of E.) | |
| Location: Walton-on-the-Hill, Liverpool, Lancashire, England | |
| Priest: Reverend William James Edwards, Curate | |
| Witnesses: George Davies and Ann Esther Davies | |
| THEIR CHILDREN: None |
| DEATHS: | ||||||||
| Robert Swarbrick | [62 yrs] | Died: | 22 | Jun | 1882 | |||
| Thomas Swarbrick | [51 yrs] | Died: | 20 | Dec | 1893 | |||
| Elizabeth Swarbrick (Mrs) | [82 yrs] | Died: | 28 | Nov | 1908 | |||
| Frances Wareing (Mrs) | [adult] | Died: | ||||||
| NOTES: | |
| 1: | Robert and Elizabeth were married by license but I can find no civil record of their marriage. |
| 2: | Robert, Elizabeth, and both witnesses signed the Marriage Register. |
| 3: | The church register did not list full addresses but noted that Robert's place of residence was Liverpool and Elizabeth's was Everton. |
| 4: | The above information was taken from a microfilmed copy of the marriage register for St Augustine's Church, held at the Liverpool Record Office. |