Ancestors of Sheila Barbara Lloyd, my ex-wife

 

In order to help our descendants to trace their ancestors on Sheila’s side, I summarise below what I have so far discovered about Sheila’s ancestors.

 

Sheila’s maternal ancestors

Sheila’s mother was Irene Wilson; I believe she was born in Little Hulton where her father, Arthur, was a butcher married to Emily, nee Ashcroft at St. Mary the Virgin, Deane in 1914. Irene was born on Christmas Eve 1919. She had two brothers, Ron and Jim.

 

Ron was something to do with British Nuclear Fuels. He was married to Irene (another Irene!) and they had two sons, Christopher and Philip (I think). I last saw Ron and Irene at Barbara’s wedding in 1996, but I don’t know if they are still alive. While I was married to Sheila, they lived in Durham.

 

Jim was married to Jean and I think he worked at Horwich Loco Works. They lived in Adlington and had no children. Jean died in 1974 – I may be wrong but I think it was on the day that the first Tesco opened – 26th November. She made the most delicious hot steak barmcakes!

 

When I first knew Sheila, Irene’s mother, Emily, lived at 10 Bank Meadow, Horwich.

Irene’s father had died some years previously.

 

Irene died in March 1991

 

Wilson ancestors 

George Wilson married  Ellen Ward at St Mary’s Deane in 1889.

On the 1891 census their address was 429, St Helens Road, Middle Hulton, Edge Fold, and Arthur was one year old. George was a coal miner.

On the 1901 census they were at 348, St Helen's Road, Bolton with their three eldest children together with Ann Jane Partington (wife’s sister), and John Yates, a boarder. (Ann Jane Partington was actually Ellen’s step-sister).

On the 1911 census, George (46) and Ellen Wilson (50) and their family of 4 children (including Arthur (21)) were living at 195 Longfield Road Bolton. George was born in Leeds about 1865 and was a coal miner hewer. His wife and their children were born in Bolton. Arthur was a butcher.

It is not easy to find George before his marriage as there were many George Wilsons born in Leeds.

 

Ellen Ward’s parents were James Ward and Jane Partington, nee Elliot, born 1828 and 1820 respectively.

James was born at Middle Hulton and was a coalminer.

Jane Elliot was born at Westhoughton and was a dress maker. In 1848 she already had one child, Ann Elliot, born Carrington, Derbyshire, 1844, when she married Peter Partington at St. Peter’s Bolton. They then had a child called Ann Jane Partington, born Deane 1851 and by the 1861 census, Ann appears to have taken Peter’s surname and become Hannah, probably to differentiate between her and Ann Jane.

Peter died in Bolton in 1854 and in 1855 Jane married James Ward at St. Peter’s Bolton.

On the 1851 census Peter and Jane Partington and Ann Elliot are living in Daubhill.

On the 1861 census James and Jane Ward and Ellen together with Hannah and Ann Jane Partington, were living at  Daubhill.

On the 1871 census the family were living at Blackledge Street in Daubhill, Rumworth. Hannah was no longer there, but James Ward jnr. aged 8 was now with them

By the 1881 census they were all at 367, St Helens Road, Middle Hulton and Ann Jane was now “Ward”, not “Partington”.

 

Ashcroft ancestors

James Ashcroft married Hannah Rostron in 1886 at Bolton St. Thomas Dixon Green

On the 1911 census James (43) and Hannah Ashcroft (44) and their family of 9 children (including Emily (20)) were at 69 Deane Road Bolton. They are shown to have had one more child which had since died. James was a Grocer, Wools and Hosiery dealer. All the family were born in Bolton and Emily was assisting in the business.

On the 1901 census the family was at 25 Harris Street Bolton, but Emily was not there. She was with her grandparents, Abel and Mary A. Ashcroft at 69 Deane Road Bolton together with their niece Annie Fishwick. (see entry on 1901 census)

On the 1891 census the family are at 83 Mason Street, Great Bolton and James is a Carver and Gilder. Staying with them are his sister in law, Sarah E.Gallimore (shown as married) and nephew Herbert Gallimore. (Sarah E. Rostron married John Gallimore in 1887 at Holy Trinity Bolton-le-Moors).

On the 1881 census Hannah Rostron was living with parents George and Ellen at 16 Chapel Street Little Bolton. George was a cotton spinner

On the 1871 census Hannah was with her parents at Back of Weston Street, Great Bolton.

On the 1861 census, John Rostron, brother of Hannah is with his grandmother, also called Hannah, at 5 Back Bare Street, Little Bolton. I can’t find George or Ellen on this census.

 

A George Rostron married an Ellen Smith at Bolton Register Office in 1857. These are probably Hannah’s parents.

Abel Ashcroft married Mary A. Rigby in 1866 at Bolton St. George.

On the 1881 census, Abel and his wife, and James aged 13 were at 69 Blackburn Street Great Bolton, where Abel was a Provisions Dealer.

On the 1871 census, Abel was overlooker in a cotton mill but his wife is shown as a grocer. James was with them and also a Robert Ashcroft aged 56, a cotton weaver. Their address is Blackburn Street, Great Bolton.

On the 1861 census, Abel is living with his parents, James and Mary Ashcroft at 14 Cross Street, Little Bolton. Also with them are Abel’s brothers Thomas and Robert. James and all three boys are cotton weavers.

On the 1851 census the family are at 15 Back Lever Street, Little Bolton, all (including Mary) still in the weaving trade, except Robert who was a scholar.

Unable to find on 1841 census

On 26th March 1826, a James Ashcroft married a Mary Mather. These are probably Abel’s parents.

STILL NEED HANNAH ROSTRON, JANE ELLIOT AND MARY RIGBY ANCESTORS

 

 

Sheila’s paternal ancestors

Sheila’s father was Eric Gordon Lloyd. He was the only son of (Alfred) Ernest and Ada (nee Valentine) and he died suddenly in 1964. He had worked at Horwich Loco Works, as had his father.

Ernest was living  at 5 Smeaton Street Horwich in 1901 and was aged 7. He was born in Ruabon in North Wales. The couple had no other children. His parents were Thomas Lloyd born in Threapwood, Cheshire, a forgeman, and Ellen (nee Downward), born in Hanmer in Flintshire, aged 34 and 32 respectively. Thomas married Ellen in 1891 at Hanmer St. Chad. The registration was entered at Wrexham. At the 1901 census there is a William Downward (born Manchester) aged 26 staying with the Lloyds. Further investigation shows that Thomas Downward, father of the said William was born in Hanmer and his wife Elizabeth (nee Ross) was born at High Legh in Cheshire. However, Ellen’s parents were Joseph Phillips and Sarah Downward married at Hanmer in 1870 – Ellen was the illegitimate daughter of Sarah, born in 1868. Joseph was a lot older than Sarah.  Joseph 1818 -1891 and Sarah 1845 -1928. Ellen had 5 siblings.
(1) Joseph 1874 -1966 was a bachelor and came to live with Margaret Edmonds and her family at Maristan House in Audlem and died there.
(2) James 1884 -1978 lived in Bradenheath, married with 4 or 5 children,
(3) Mary (known as Polly) 1887-1981 Margaret’s Grandmother, married with one child Stanley, her husband died
when Stanley was 12.
(4) Edith (known as Ann) married with three children.
(5) Unknown

At the 1881 census Thomas Lloyd was shown as 16 years old, (farm) servant (indoor) at Whalebone Farm, Hanmer, with the Huntbatch family. I have found a Francis Lloyd, Blacksmith, born Threapwood in 1832 who may be Thomas’s father, given that Thomas’s occupation was a forgeman. This Francis was a visitor to the Fox and Hounds at Tilston in Cheshire at the 1861 census and on this date he was not married. Thomas’s birth certificate will show his father’s name and also his mother’s maiden name. At the 1911 census Thomas and Ellen were at 19 Penn Street Horwich – Thomas and son Ernest were both at the L and Y loco works at Horwich as Forgeman and Mechanic’s Apprentice respectively. Boarding with them were a William Barnes aged 50 born Wellington, Shropshire and a Harry Groom aged 24 born at Hanmer. They too were at the loco works as Forgeman and Stores Labourer respectively. Harry was probaly related, possibly Ellen’s cousin, as one of Ellen’s aunts married a Groom.

 I am grateful to Margaret Scott (nee Edmonds) for information regarding Ellen Downward’s ancestors.

 

Alfred Ernest Lloyd married Ada Valentine on 19th January 1917 and they celebrated their diamond wedding in 1977. Ernest died in 1978 and Ada died 18th February 1980.

 

In 1901, John and Ann Valentine (nee Cadwallender), born at Blackrod and Hindley respectively, were living at 224 Station Road Blackrod. Their daughter Ada aged 4 was with them and sisters Hannah (1) and Lilly (6) were also at this address together with brothers John (9), Thomas (11) and Reuben (13). All the children were born at Blackrod except Reuben who was born at neighbouring Adlington. John’s occupation is given as Engineman, Bleach Works. In 1911 they were at 200 Crown Lane Horwich, and John was a stationary engineman. With them were John (19), Lily (18), Ada (14), Hannah (11), Fred (8) and Joseph (5). (I can’t find any record of Joseph’s birth).They are shown as having had 12 children, six of which are by this time dead. Four of the six dead children were (unconfirmed) Thomas b.1889 (on 1901 census), Alice Ann b.1892, Ann b.1898 and William born and died 1904. I can’t find any record of a Reuben Valentine ever having been born! However, there was a Reuben Cadwallender born in 1887 at Adlington, mother’s maiden name also Cadwallender, so he may be the one we’re looking for, born out of wedlock to Ann! There was also a Henry Cadwallender born and died in 1885 at Adlington, mother’s maiden name also Cadwallender who may be another illegitimate child of Ann! If so, Henry and Reuben would be the other two dead children. Reuben died in 1904 aged 16, registered as Reuben Cadwallender.

At the 1881 census, John, 18 and as yet unmarried, was living at New Street, Blackrod with his father Henry, aged 42, a widower whose job was described as Engine Winder (Colliery) (Driver). Henry (who’s first wife was Alice Mills b.1843) was married at St Peter Bolton in 1862. Henry and Elizabeth were the grandchildren of John and Betty Valentine of Folds, Blackrod. After Henry’s wife Alice died, Henry married a Catherine Valentine born 1843 in Blackrod. Marriage was in 1878 at Wigan RO. She was the illegitimate daughter of Ann Valentine but must have died before 1881. John’s job was exactly the same as his father John’s brothers were James (14), Labourer (Collier) and William (5), Scholar. His sister was Mary, a scholar aged 7. Henry’s unmarried sister, Elizabeth, aged 32 was a boarder with the family and she was a cotton weaver. The whole family was born in Blackrod. I have been unable to find Henry or his sister Elizabeth on the 1861 census! (There is also an Ann Valentine, aged 69 acting as housekeeper and she is described as Mother in Law. She must be the mother of Catherine, Henry’s second wife. Ann was the daughter of Ann Valentine born 1781 and in 1841 this Ann was a widow. The family were at Parsonage House, Blackrod in 1841 but in all other censuses they were at Pool Green, Blackrod. I am sure they were related to our Valentines in some way but I’m not sure how!!!)

 

John Valentine married Ann Cadwallender at St. Paul’s Adlington on 17th December 1887.

 

Ann’s father was William Cadwallinder born Haigh 29th May 1842, baptised at St. Katherine’s Blackrod 26th June 1842, a coal miner, whose wife Jane Whittle, a cotton doffer, was born in 1845. They were married in 1865 at Wigan Register Office. They lived at 2 Off Wigan Road, Hindley in 1881 when Ann, shown as a Power Loom Cotton Weaver Out Of Employ was 14 years old. Ann’s siblings were John Thomas (11), Elizabeth (8), Hannah (6) and Joseph (1). All the family were born at Hindley.

 

William’s father was James, (occupation illegible), born about 1805 at Bilston in Staffordshire and married at All Saints Bolton le Moors on 19th July 1830 to Margaret Hulme, born at Haigh, near Wigan about 1811. At the 1861 census, James and Margaret lived with their family, John (29 – Coalminer), William (18 – coalminer), Thomas (16 – Drawer Coal Miner), Ann (11), James (8) and Elizah (6) at Beer House Campel, Mill Lane, Hindley. There was also a boarder, Stephen Thomas, a coalminer born in Wolverhampton, staying with them.

 

Jane Whittle’s parents were John and Mary. A John Whittle (labourer) married Mary Walmsley (“works in a factory”) at All Saints Wigan in 1840 and these were almost certainly the parents of Jane. John’s father Thomas was a weaver, Mary’s father, also Thomas was a coal miner. According to the 1861 census, John was a bricksetter born in Lancashire (not sure where!) about 1819 and Mary was born in Hindley about 1820. They were living at Castle Hill, Hindley with Hannah born 1847, Caroline born 1849, Mary born 1851 and Alice born 1852. By 1881, John had died and Mary was living with her daughter Betty  at 30 Castle Hill Hindley. Mary, surprisingly was shown as born in Plymouth. She was the daughter of a coal miner with a Lancashire surname (Walmsley) so I don’t suppose we shall ever know why she was born in Plymouth.

John and Mary had eleven children as follows:-

Alice born and died 1842

Thomas born and died 1843

Jane born 1845

Hannah born 23rd May1847, baptised 6 June 1847 All Saints Hindley. On 10th August 1862 she was baptised again at All Saints Hindley! A note in the baptism register reads “Baptized in infancy and now received into the Church by me John Wilson Curate”.She married James Openshaw 1872.

Caroline born 1849, died 1872 aged 22

Mary born 1851, died 1878 aged 27

Alice born 1852

Elizabeth born and died 1855

Ann born 21st March 1857, baptised 25th March 1857 and died 1857

Eve born and died 1859

Betty born 29th September 1861, baptised 23rd October 1861

John died aged 57 in 1875 and Mary died aged 76 in 1895.

 

Sheila’s siblings

Sheila had an older brother, Brian Raymond, who was married four times and I can’t remember any of his wives’ names except his first, Ursula V. Cardona, who was always called Sue. They married in Bolton in 1967 and had one child, Philip Andrew, born in Southampton in 1971, but I don’t think he has been seen by the family since Brian and Sue split up. However, I have found a marriage at Hertfordshire, Dacorum in 2001 which I believe to be his. Sue remarried in 1974 at Hertfordshire, Dacorum. Brian remarried in 1973, 1978 and 1991, all the marriages taking place in the Southampton area. He died in 1996.

 

Sheila’s younger brother is Neil Eric, who married Jean Cochrane on 4th August 1979 and they have three children, Ian James born 1985, Helen Jean born 1987 and Christopher John born 1992, all at Bolton.

 

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