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JAMES WORSLEY

Birth: 10 June 1810, Lowton, Lancashire

Baptism: 19 July 1810, St. Luke’s Church, Lowton, Lancashire

Parents: James Worsley and Ann Morris

Death: 16 July 1883, Golborne, Lancashire

Burial: unknown date, St. Oswald’s Church, Winwick, Lancashire

 

Occupation: cotton spinner (1841), gentleman (marriage bond dated 30 December 1841), manufacturer of glass (1843), cotton spinner (1845, 1846, 1847), cotton manufacturer (1848, 1850), Master Cotton Spinner employ 14 Men 9 Women 16 Boys 13 Girls (1851 census), cotton-spinner (6 October 1852, 17 November 1854), cotton spinner (26 June 1856), Cotton Spinner employing 160 hands (1861 census)

 

 

Addresses: Rookery Fold, Lowton, Lancashire (1841 census), Lowton in the Parish of Winwick (marriage bond dated 30 December 1841), Lowton (28 August 1843, 5 January 1845, 13 May 1846, 21 June 1847, 4 October 1848, 23 October 1850), School Lane, Lowton, Lancashire (1851 census), Lowton (6 October 1852, 17 November 1854, 26 June 1856), Mill Bank, School Lane, Lowton, Lancashire (1861 census)

 

Notes: The Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser (9 August 1856) indicated that James Worsley won £5 for exhibiting the best three-year-old gelding or filly, for road or field, and £5 for being awarded first prize for the best three year old half-bred gelding, at the ninth Manchester and Liverpool Agricultural Society Exhibition, which was held on 7 August 1856 at Wigan.

 

 

Marriage: 5 January 1842, Manchester Collegiate Church, Manchester, Lancashire

 

Spouse: SARAH TINKER

Birth: 30 November 1819, Salford, Lancashire

Baptism: 26 May 1820, Sacred Trinity Church, Salford, Lancashire

Parents: James Tinker and Alice Lyon

Death: 22 July 1866, Plymouth Grove, Manchester, Lancashire

Burial: 26 July 1866, St. Oswald’s Church, Winwick, Lancashire

 

Occupation: spinster (marriage bond dated 30 December 1841)

Addresses: Chapel Street, Salford (26 May 1820), Salford in the Parish of Manchester (marriage bond dated 30 December 1841), Lowton (28 August 1843, 5 January 1845, 13 May 1846, 21 June 1847, 4 October 1848, 23 October 1850), School Lane, Lowton, Lancashire (1851 census), Lowton (6 October 1852, 17 November 1854, 26 June 1856), Mill Bank, School Lane, Lowton, Lancashire (1861 census)

 

 

Children of JAMES WORSLEY and SARAH TINKER:

 

1. JAMES EDWARDSON WORSLEY

Birth: before 28 August 1843, Lowton, Lancashire

Baptism: 28 August 1843, St. Luke’s Church, Lowton, Lancashire

Death: 13 September 1899, Winwick Cottage, Winwick, Lancashire

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Occupation: scholar at home (1851), cotton spinner (1861), law student (1871),  solicitor (1877, 1878, 1880, 1881) solicitor and coroner (1891)

 

Addresses: Lowton (28 August 1843), School Lane, Lowton, Lancashire (1851 census), Mill Bank, School Lane, Lowton, Lancashire (1861 census), Lowton Grove, Mill Lane, Lowton, Lancashire (1871 census), Lowton (12 November 1874), Winwick (28 October 1875, 31 August 1877, 5 July 1878, 16 January 1880), Winwick Cottage, Winwick Green, Lancashire (1881 census), Winwick (7 April 1883, 15 April 1887), Winwick Cottage, Red Bank Lane, Winwick, Lancashire (1891 census)

 

 

Notes: James was a member of the Chetham Society when he published a short book, “The History of the Parish Church of S. Mary at Leigh” (1870). The publisher was Joshua Rose of the Chronicle Office.

 

Marriage: 12 November 1874, Holy Trinity Church, Southport, Lancashire

 

Spouse: PAULINA ALICE PARKER

Birth: about 1844, Hesket, Cumberland

Father: Matthew Grace Parker

Death: about March 1910, Warrington registration district

 

Addresses: Holy Trinity, Southport (12 November 1874), Winwick (28 October 1875, 31 August 1877, 5 July 1878, 16 January 1880), Winwick Cottage, Winwick Green, Lancashire (1881 census), Winwick (7 April 1883, 15 April 1887), Winwick Cottage, Red Bank Lane, Winwick, Lancashire (1891 census)

 

 

 

2. ANNE WORSLEY

Birth: 25 December 1844, Lowton, Lancashire

Baptism: 5 January 1845, St. Luke’s Church, Lowton, Lancashire

Death: before 23 April 1845, Lowton, Lancashire

Burial: 23 April 1845, St. Oswald’s Church, Winwick, Lancashire

 

Addresses: Lowton (5 January 1845, burial record)

 

 

 

3. SARAH ANN WORSLEY

Birth: 12 April 1846, Lowton, Lancashire

Baptism: 13 May 1846, St. Luke’s Church, Lowton, Lancashire

Death: 17 February 1883, Lowton Grove, Lowton, Lancashire

Burial: 20 February 1883, St. Oswald’s Church, Winwick, Lancashire

 

Occupation: spinner’s daughter (1851), spinster (1871), annuitant (1881)

Addresses: Davenport House, Elliot Street, Tyldesley, Lancashire (1851 census), Lowton Grove, Mill Lane, Lowton, Lancashire (1871 census), Back Lane, Lowton, Lancashire (1881), Lowton (burial record)

 

 

 

4. ALICE WORSLEY

Birth: 5 June 1847, Lowton, Lancashire

Baptism: 21 June 1847, St. Luke’s Church, Lowton, Lancashire

Death: 23 August 1926, Colwyn Bay, North Wales

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Occupation: scholar (1861)

Addresses: Lowton (21 June 1847), School Lane, Lowton, Lancashire (1851 census), Mill Bank, School Lane, Lowton, Lancashire (1861 census), Highfield House, Park Road, Golborne, Lancashire (1891 census), Argoed, Alexandra Road, Colwyn Bay, North Wales (1911 census)

 

Marriage: 18 July 1894, St. Luke’s Church, Lowton, Lancashire

 

Spouse: WILLIAM VENABLES-WILLIAMS

Birth: about 1829, Llanynys, Denbighshire

Death: 9 November 1900, Llandrillo-yn-Rhos, Denbighshire

Burial: 12 November 1900, St. Trillo’s Church, Llandrillo-yn-Rhos, Denbighshire

 

Occupation: vicar of Llandrillo yn Rhos (1881) vicar of Llandrillo, Colwyn Bay (1894)

 

 

 

5. ELLEN WORSLEY

Birth: 5 July 1848, Lowton, Lancashire

Baptism: 4 October 1848, St. Luke’s Church, Lowton, Lancashire

Death: after 2 November 1883, unknown location

Burial: after 2 November 1883, unknown location

 

Occupation: scholar (1861)

Addresses: Lowton (4 October 1848), School Lane, Lowton, Lancashire (1851 census), Mill Bank, School Lane, Lowton, Lancashire (1861 census), Broad Walk, Buxton, Derbyshire (1871 census), Golborne (probate of her father’s estate, 2 November 1883)

 

Marriage: 16 November 1870, St. Luke’s Church, Lowton, Lancashire

 

Spouse: FERGUSON MASON

Birth: about 1829, Limerick, Ireland

Father: Robert Mason

Death: 14 February 1874, Mere House, Newton le Willows, Lancashire

Burial: 18 February 1874, St. Oswald’s Church, Winwick, Lancashire

 

Occupation:  paper manufacturer (1871)

Addresses: Newton (16 November 1870), Broad Walk, Buxton, Derbyshire (1871 census), Newton (18 February 1874)

 

 

 

6. JOHN WORSLEY (my great-great-grandfather)

Birth: 2 March 1850, Lowton, Lancashire

Baptism: 3 June 1850 (private baptism); 23 October 1850, St. Luke’s Church, Lowton, Lancashire

Death: 12 October 1903, Lancaster Asylum, Lancaster, Lancashire

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Occupation: Mechanical Draftsman (1871), Draughtsman (1891), formerly a Marine Engineer (Merchant Service) Liverpool (death certificate), Marine Engineer (notice of death in case files for Lancaster Asylum)

Addresses:  Lowton (23 October 1850), School Lane, Lowton, Lancashire (1851 census), Lowton Grove, Lowton, Lancashire (1871 census), 18 Rosett Street, Walton on the Hill, Lancashire (1891 census), Bootle, Lancashire (10 May 1893), Lancaster Asylum, Lancaster, Lancashire (from 23 August 1895 until his death).

 

Notes: John was admitted to the Lancaster Asylum on 23 August 1895.

 

 

Marriage: 29 August 1890, Liverpool Register Office

 

Spouse: ADA WILLDAY

Birth: 6 May 1867, Ronswood Farm, Worcester, Worcestershire

Baptism: 6 May 1870, Holy Trinity Church, Worcester, Worcestershire

Parents: Edward Willday and Ursula Smith

Death: 2 January 1944, Ormskirk registration district

Burial: St. Michael’s Church, Aughton, Lancashire

 

 

Please follow this link for details of John Worsley and Ada Willday’s family.

 

 

 

7. RALPH LEIGH WORSLEY

Birth: 24 July 1852, Lowton, Lancashire

Baptism: 9 August 1852 (private baptism); 6 October 1852, St. Luke’s Church, Lowton, Lancashire

Death: 22 April 1925, Hazlemere, Winifred Lane, Aughton, Lancashire

Burial: Christ Church, Aughton, Lancashire

 

Occupation: scholar (1861), merchant’s apprentice (1871), agent for cotton merchant (1881),  cotton merchant (1891, 1901), retired cotton merchant (1911)

Addresses: Lowton (6 October 1852), Mill Bank, School Lane, Lowton, Lancashire (1861 census), Lowton Grove, Mill Lane, Lowton, Lancashire (1871 census), Back Lane, Lowton, Lancashire (1881 census), 20 Oxford Road, Birkdale, Lancashire (1891 census), Granville Park, Aughton, Lancashire (1901 census), Hazlemere, Winifred Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1911 census)

 

 

Marriage: 23 June 1880, St. James’ Church, Birkdale, Lancashire

 

Spouse: SUSAN DARWELL

Birth: 25 August 1854, Southport, Lancashire

Baptism: Holy Trinity Church, Southport, Lancashire

Parents: George Darwell and Alice Preston

Death: 12 January 1900, possibly Aughton, Lancashire

Burial: Christ Church, Aughton, Lancashire

 

Addresses: Birkdale (23 June 1880), Palatine Road, Birkdale, Lancashire (1881 census), 20 Oxford Road, Birkdale, Lancashire (1891 census)

 

Note: Ralph Leigh Worsley and his wife Susan Darwell were related. Susan’s grandfather Thomas Darwell (1770-1843) was the son of Thomas Darwell (c.1740-1807) and Mary Leigh (1737-1817). Mary Leigh’s elder sister Ellen (1736-1820) married John Worsley (c.1716-1802); they were the great-grandparents of Ralph Leigh Worsley.

 

 

 

8. ELIZABETH (LILLIE) WORSLEY

Birth: 15 September 1854, Lowton, Lancashire

Baptism: 17 November 1854, St. Luke’s Church, Lowton, Lancashire

Death: 1 January 1932, 3 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Occupation: scholar (1861), annuitant (1881)

Addresses: Lowton (17 November 1854), Mill Bank, School Lane, Lowton, Lancashire (1861 census), Broad Walk, Buxton, Derbyshire (1871 census), Back Lane, Lowton, Lancashire (1881 census), Birkdale (14 September 1887), Highfield House, Park Road, Golborne, Lancashire (1891 census, 1901 census)

 

 

Marriage: 14 September 1887, St. James’ Church, Birkdale, Lancashire

 

Spouse: GEORGE WILSON RIGG

Birth: 18 August 1851,  Manchester, Lancashire

Parents: Joseph Wilson Rigg and Ann Tinker

Death: 11 June 1901, Highfield House, Golborne, Lancashire

Burial: 13 June 1901, St. Luke’s Church, Lowton, Lancashire

 

Occupation: solicitor’s articled clerk (1871), solicitor (1881, 1891, 1901)

Addresses: 165 Upper Brook Street, Chorlton upon Medlock, Manchester, Lancashire (1871 census), 145 Plymouth Grove, Chorlton on Medlock, Manchester, Lancashire (1881 census), Birkdale (14 September 1887), Highfield House, Park Road, Golborne, Lancashire (1891 census, 1901 census)

 

Note: Elizabeth Worsley and her husband George Wilson Rigg were first cousins; George’s mother Ann Tinker and Elizabeth’s mother Sarah Tinker were sisters.

 

 

 

9. CHARLES HENRY WORSLEY

Birth: before 26 June 1856, Lowton, Lancashire

Baptism: 26 June 1856, St. Luke’s Church, Lowton, Lancashire

Death: before 30 June 1856, Lowton, Lancashire

Burial: 30 June 1856, St. Oswald’s Church, Winwick, Lancashire

 

Addresses: Lowton (26 June 1856, 30 June 1856)