Joshua Horrox
Alice
Samuel Horrox
(1796-1872)
Mary Dawson
(Abt 1797-)
Edward Horrox
(1824-1869)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Ann Lee

Edward Horrox 1 2 3 4 5 6

  • Born: 1 Aug 1824, Heap, Heywood, Lancashire, ENG 2 3 4
  • Marriage (1): Ann Lee on 11 Jan 1847 in Middleton: St. Leonard's Parish Church, Lancashire, England, Great Britain 1
  • Died: 22 Nov 1869, Mahanoy City, Schuylkill, PA at age 45 4 5
  • Buried: Mahanoy City: German Protestant Cemetery, Schuylkill, PA 4

   FamilySearch ID: LD7Z-HXJ.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1851 in Middleton, LAN, England, GBR. 3 The 1851 England census recorded in Middleton, Lancashire: Edward Horrocks, coal miner, 26, living with wife Ann, hand loom weaver, 22; Mary A., 3; and William, 1 month old. Also in the home is a lodger, Leah Box, silk winder, 22; and servant Mary Murphy, 14. Everyone was born in Middleton, Lancashire except Edward in Heap, Lancashire.

2. Occupation: collier in 1851 in Middleton, LAN, England, GBR. 7

3. Census in 1861 in Whitefield, LAN, England, GBR. 2 The 1861 England Census recorded living at 105 Little Ireland Road in Whitefield hamlet, Pilkington civil parish in All Saints ecclesiastical parish in Lancashire county: Edward Horrox, coal miner, 36; his wife, Ann, cotton spinner, 32; daughter Mary A., cotton spinner, 13; William, scholar, 10; and James, scholar, 8. Edward was born in Heywood, Lancashire, and all others in Middleton, Lancashire.


Edward married Ann Lee, daughter of William Lee and Mary, on 11 Jan 1847 in Middleton: St. Leonard's Parish Church, Lancashire, England, Great Britain.1 (Ann Lee was born on 17 May 1829 in Middleton, LAN, England, GBR 2 3 8 9 10, christened on 3 Jan 1830 in Middleton, LAN, England, GBR,9 10 died on 28 Dec 1886 in Mahanoy City, Schuylkill, PA 10 11 and was buried in Mahanoy City: German Protestant Cemetery, Schuylkill, PA 10 11.)


  Marriage Notes:

Brothers Edward Horrox and James Horrox were married in a double wedding on11 Jan 1847 at Saint Leonard's Parsh in Middleton.

Sources

1 Ancestry.com, Manchester, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1930 (Anglican Parish Registers. Manchester, England: Manchester Libraries, Information and Archives. Images produced by permission of Manchester City Council.), 1843 Aug - 148 Mar, printed page 202, image 104 of 128. Marriages of Edward Horrox and Ann Lee; and James Horrox and Mary Hullewell, two sons of Samuel Horrox.

2 Ancestry.com, 1861 England Census (Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1861.), Class: RG 9; Piece: 2858; Folio: 14; Page: 21; GSU roll: 543039. Household 105 for Edward Horrox.

3 Ancestry.com, 1851 England Census (Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1851. Data imaged from the National Archives, London, England.), Class: HO107; Piece: 2242; Folio: 331; Page: 18; GSU roll: 87257-87258. Image 19 of 48.

4 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/218916016.

5 John Ambrosia, Cemetery Sexton, "Burial Records for the German Protestant Cemetery Mahanoy Township, PA" (http://usgwarchives.net/pa/schuylkill/germanprotcem.htm), Page 4, 22 Nov 1868 Edward Horox, Lot 4, Sec 22.

6 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Certificate 86035. Mrs. Mary A. Ashfield. Father Edward Horrox. Mother Anne Lee. Informant George Ashfield.

7 Ancestry.com, Manchester, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915 (Anglican Parish Registers. Manchester, England: Manchester Libraries, Information and Archives. Images produced by permission of Manchester City Council.), William Horrox chr. 13 Feb 1851, father Edward, mother Ann. Residence Middleton. Father's occupation collier.

8 1880 United States Census, (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MWVW-RYH James Horrox in entry for Ann Scholes, 1880.

9 FamilySearch.org, England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J7VP-N5X Ann Lee, 03 Jan 1830.

10 John Ambrosia, Cemetery Sexton, "Burial Records for the German Protestant Cemetery Mahanoy Township, PA" (http://usgwarchives.net/pa/schuylkill/germanprotcem.htm), Page 22, 28 Dec 1886, Ann Scholes, Lot 4, Sec 22.

11 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/218916733.


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