Henry IRELAND:
Henry Ireland was born on 25 Feb 1837, and was baptized on 12 Mar 1837
at St Wilfrid's Chapel. He was the son of Edward and Alice Ireland, and the sponsors were Thomas and Alice Helm.
Edmund Ireland of Ribchester,
aged 20, and Alice Eastham of Dilworth, aged 26, were married on 29 Feb 1824 at both St Peter and St Paul's Catholic Chapel in Ribchester, and St
Wilfrid's Parish Church in Ribchester. At their official wedding they were married by James Quartley, Vicar, and the witnesses were James Eastham and
Thomas Gregson. The bride, groom and James Eastham signed the register with an X.
As Edmund was not yet 21 years of age, they were married with
the consent of his parents, and the reason for the hasty wedding became obvious when they baptized their first child less than two months later. Mary
Ireland was born and baptized on 11 Apr 1824 at St Peter and St Paul's Catholic Chapel in Ribchester. Her parents names were entered in the register
(in Latin) as Edwdi. Ireland and Aliciae (formerly Eastham).
Mary was followed by James, who was born on 10 Feb 1828; and Elizabeth, who was born
on 7 Apr 1830. Both baptized at St Peter and St Paul's Catholic Chapel.
Some time after 1830 the family moved to Preston, where their daughter
Margaret was born. She was baptized at St Wilfrid's Chapel on 21 Sep 1834, followed by Henry in 1837. About a year after Henry's death their last child,
John, was born. He was born on 27 Jan 1839 and baptized on 3 Feb 1839 at St Wilfrid's Chapel.
At the time of the 1841 census Edward Ireland, a
cotton weaver, aged c. 35 was living in Higginson Street, Preston with his wife Alice, a cotton weaver, aged c. 40. None of their children were at home
on the night of the census. Staying with them was William and Mary Carter, both aged c. 20, who may have been lodgers. I believe that Edward and Alice's
youngest two surviving children, Margaret, aged 8, and John, aged 1, were the children listed staying at the home of James and Ann Ireland in Ribchester
on the night of the census.
Edward Ireland died in the Ribchester area and was buried at St Wilfrid's Parish Church in Ribchester on 5 Mar 1846,
aged 41. The burial register recorded his abode as Fleet Street Lane.
On the night of the 1851 census Alice Ireland, a 52 year old widow working
as a hand loom cotton weaver, was living in Ribchester with her two youngest children, Margaret, aged 16; and John, aged 12.
Margaret Ireland married
Thomas Whalley in Preston in 1855, and at the time of the 1861 census Thomas Whalley, a cotton weaver, aged 28, was living at 29 Market Place, Alston,
Longridge, with his wife Margaret, a cotton weaver, aged 27, and three children, Alice A, a scholar, aged 5; Mary, aged 2; and Jane, aged 8 months. Also
staying with them were Margaret's mother Alice Ireland, a house servant, aged 62, and Alice's unmarried son John, a cotton weaver, aged 22.
Sometime
between 1861 and 1871 John Ireland apparently got married and had a son, Edward, who was born in 1870. Strangely, I cannot find any record of Edward's birth,
and without knowing what his mother's maiden name was, I cannot find the record of John's marriage or what his wife's name was. She died before 1871, as at
the time of the 1871 census John Ireland, widower, a cotton weaver, aged 32, was living at 9 Pump Street, Alston, Longridge with his son Edward, aged 3 months,
and his widowed mother Alice, a retired hand loom cotton weaver, aged 72. Although earlier census returns recorded Alice's birthplace as Ribchester, on this
occasion her birthplace was recorded as Fleet Street Lane, which was the abode recorded in the burial register when her husband died twenty-five years earlier.
Alice (Eastham) Ireland, of Alston, died on 26 Jun 1873 and was buried three days later at St Wilfrid's Catholic Chapel in Longridge, aged 75.
Note: Edward Ireland's first name was often written as Edmund, in either its English or Latin form.
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