SWARBRICK and variants

[keatingp]

Hi. Edwards status is from his will and burial record. As for the gravestone maybe the family erected this after they had both died. Maybe given the hermits 'status' someone paid for a grander headstone to be erected? Lots of maybes !! Not sure why Edward would have chosen be buried in Ormskirk.
Im fairly new to this archival research but it seems that more you learn the more questions that arise.

Paula

[jds1949]

Hi Paula,

There are always more questions than answers in my experience - that's part of the fun - I think "fun" is the word I want.

Thanks for the info on Edward's status - I'll get back to you when I have anything more.

jds1949

[keatingp]

Yes, I think fun is the right word. I think that I might approach the local press to run an article on the hermit and the quest for descendents. The might just be someone who has had a family story passed down over the years. It's worth a shot.

Kind regards
Paula

[jds1949]

Hi Paula,

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you - I've been away for a few days.

I'm afraid I've hit a brick wall - I can't conect any of the various bits and pieces to come up with anything that might conceivably hold together. I have exhausted all of my own resources and those that I can source online. It will be some time before I am next at the Lancashire Records Office and so, regretfully, I am, for the moment, defeated.

I will return to this at some point, and if you come up with anything new then I would be delighted to hear about it.

Regards,

jds1949

[VickiLR82]

Hi there,

I wonder if I’m 5 years too late for some assistance if possible

Swarbricks in barrow in Furness 1850 - 1896.

Thank you

Vicki

[jds1949]

Hi Vicki,

I have information on several Swarbricks in Barrow in Furness. Do you have a specific person in mind?

jds1949

[Maiden Stone]

I'm just bookmarking this thread.
There were 2 Swar(s)brick- Cowban/Coulburn weddings at Kirkham. Thomas Swarsbrick to Sarah Cowban 1755 and Margaret Swarbrick to Thomas Coulburn, son of John Cowban  in 1840.  Cowban is a brickwall. Other Swarb(r)eck(e)/Swarb(r)ick(e) marriages of interest at Kirkham were to Hardman, Blacoe, Clarkson and Jillet/Gillet.
4500 entries on Lancashire Online Parish Clerks site for Swarbrick and variants.  There would be more but St. Michael, Kirkham baptism registers on the site date from 1700s.
Other variants Warbreck(e) and Warbrick(e).

[VickiLR82]

Hi JDS1949,

I sure do ... I have 3 generations of Swarbricks that I know of:

George Swarbrick b. 1850 Weeton with Preese - Married Phoebe Jones (not sure when but is married by 1881 with his first son being born 1872). Struggling to find him pre 1881 census where he is married or his parents names to go any further back.

His 2nd Son, the main cause of my confusion.
I think (Based on GRO mmn and dates) he was born John Swarbrick in 1874, He marries Sarah Isabel Penny - Using the name Jones Swarbrick in 1895. He has 2 children:
George Henry Swarbrick 1896
Sarah Isabel Swarbrick who dies shortly after her birth in 1900 along with his wife.
On both the death certificates for his wife and daughter he is named Richard Swarbrick also on the marriage certificate for George Henry Swarbrick he is written as Richard.
I found "Jones Swarbrick" on the 1901 census living with his Uncle, John Jones, but after that I have nothing.
I cant find him on the 1911 census or a death using any of the names above :/

George Henry Swarbrick (My G Grandfather) b. 1896 d. 1964 (More for reference as I think I found him) but anything you know of him would be amazing.

Thank you ... I hope it makes sense.

Vicki

[jds1949]

Hi Vicki,

To start with George born 1850:
Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1850
SWARBRICK George   
Birth registered at Kirkham   
Register at Preston   
Mother's maiden name: WHITESIDE   
Ref: KH/7/72

George was with his parents in 1851 & 1861 at Weeton. His father was George Swarbrick and his mother was Alice Whiteside.

By 1871 both he and his brother Robert had moved to Barrow-in-Furness

1871 census entry [piece 4244 folio 27]
Barrow-in-Furness
Sun Hotel
Robert Swarbrick Boarder Single 49 Labourer b.  Whitton field [sic]
=
George Swarbrick Boarder Single 21 Bricksetter b. Whitten Fell [sic]

Marriage registered in the June quarter 1872   
SWARBRICK George
JONES Phoebe       
Marriage registered at Ulverston   
Vol. 8e page 1019    

I can give you more details on his ancestors should you wish.

I have the same information on Jones Swarbrick and the same difficulties with him as you do. However I did not know about him using the name Richard. I have a WW1 army record for a man named Richard Swarbrick, a fishmonger, born in Barrow in 1885, whose next of kin is either James or Jones - there may well be a connection.

I also have information on George Henry born 1896, including his WW1 record.

I think it's probably best if you send me a personal message via this site and then we can exchange email addresses as the file I have is too large to post on this system.

jds1949