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Loxum/Loxams in Adlington, Somerset, England 1800-present

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Re: Loxum/Loxams in Adlington, Somerset, England 1800-present

Posted: 13 Feb 2007 9:43AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Loxam/Loxum/Loxham, Knowles, Bilsbarrow/Bilsburough/Bilsbury, Walmsley/Wamsley, Stewart/Stewart, Farnsworth, Derbyshire, Wilson, Moir, Moore, Walsh, Ashworth, Crossley, Hanson, Sanderson
I've done some further research and can reveal the following:

My Loxham (Loxam, Loxum) family comes from Chorley, Lancashire, England. In the 19th century, most of the family was employed in two of the main industries in the area - cotton and mining. The siblings appear to have remained close in proximity - with a number of them appearing on successive census' as neighbours on Chorley Road. Details of the family as follows:

WILLIAM (THOMAS) LOXHAM, b. Abt. 1812, Penwortham, Lancashire, England; d. Bet. 1861 - 1871 was the son of William and Ann Loxham. He married Elizabeth KNOWLES on June 2 1833, and their family is found in the Chorley Census' from 1851-1871. They had 8 children:

i. ANN LOXHAM, b. Abt. 1836, Penwortham, Lancashire, England; d. Unknown, England.
ii. THOMAS LOXHAM, b. Abt. 1838, Penwortham, Lancashire, England; d. Bef. 1901, England.
iii. ALICE LOXHAM, b. Bet. 1839 - 1840, Penwortham, Lancashire, England; d. Bet. 1881 - 1901, England.
iv. SARAH (FAHAH)? LOXHAM, b. Abt. 1844, Penwortham, Lancashire, England; d. bef 1871.
v. JOHN LOXHAM, b. Abt. 1848, Penwortham, Lancashire, England6; d. Unknown, England.
vi. ELIZABETH LOXHAM, b. Abt. 1851, Preston, Lancashire, England; d. Unknown, England.
vii. WILLIAM LOXHAM, b. Abt. 1856, Preston, Lancashire, England; d. Unknown, England.
viii. ISABELLA BILSBARROW LOXHAM, b. Abt. 1857, Adlington, Lancashire, England; d. Unknown, England.

i - Ann married James Bilsbarrow/Bilsburough/Bilsbury. She is shown with her family on the Chorley census from 1861-1881. James died sometime before the 1871 census. They had 5 children:
i. Elizabeth Bilsbarrow b. 1856, Preston, Lancashire. d. Unknown, England. (Elizabeth was widowed with one child Charlott Ann in 1881 living with her mother).
ii. Mary Bilsbarrow b. 1858, Adlington, Lancashire. d. Unknown, England.
iii. Thomas Bilsbarrow b. 1860, Adlington Lancashire. d. Unknown, England.
iv. Joseph Bilsbarrow b. 1862, Adlington Lancashire. d. Unknown, England. He married a woman named Eliza and is on the 1901 census (as Bilsbury) with two children, Agnes and James.
v. George Henry Bilsbarrow, b. 1865, Adlington, Lancashire. d. Unknown, England.

ii - Thomas married Jane Walmsley/Wamsley in Blackburn in the March quarter of 1860. Both died sometime before 1901. They had 8 children:
i. MARGARET LOXHAM, b. 1859, Halliwell, Lancashire, England; d. Unknown, England. Married Peter Stewart in Chorley in the December Quarter of 1879. They had 8 children and are on the 1891 census and can also be found in 1901 as "Stuart". Children were Florence, Mary Jane, Lavinia, Fanny, Eleanor (who appears to have died before 1901), Arthur, Ethel and Doris.
ii. GEORGE H. LOXHAM, b. 1862, Adlington, Lancashire, England; d. Unknown, England. He married MARY JANE FARNSWORTH on April 23, 1881. They also are shown in 1891 and 1901 in Chorley. They had five children: Elizjah, James, Squire, Harry and Jane.
iii. JABEZ (??) LOXHAM, b. 1868, Adlington, Lancashire, England; He (a son) appears only on the 1871 census and must have died before 1881.
iv. SQUIRE LOXHAM, b. 1870, Adlington, Lancashire, England; d. Unknown, England. Squire married ELLEN DERBYSHIRE on May 2, 1891. They had four girls by 1901 - Anne, Grace, Emma and Ethel.
v. ELIZABETH A. LOXHAM, b. 1873, Adlington, Lancashire, England; d. Unknown, England. She married ROBERT WILSON and by 1901 had two children, Clara and William.
vi. ELIJAH LOXHAM, b. 1875, Adlington, Lancashire, England22; d. Unknown, England.
vii. ARTHUR LOXHAM, b. 1878, Adlington, Lancashire, England; d. Unknown, England.
viii. JANE LOXHAM, b. 1880, Adlington, Lancashire, England; d. Unknown, England. Arthur and Jane are living in the same house in 1901, their parents appear to have died by this point.

iii. ALICE LOXHAM as I've previously messaged married my g-g-g-grandfather JOHN LONGWORTH. They had 13 children, several of whom eventually moved to Canada (Alberta and Ontario). I have many more details of this family, but in brief:
i. ISABELLA LONGWORTH, b. Bet. Oct - Dec 1859, Adlington, Somerset, England; d. 13 Oct 1934, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, unmarried and without issue, having lived with her sister Elizabeth.
ii. THOMAS LONGWORTH, b. Bet. Aug - Oct 1861, Adlington, Somerset, England; d. 1919, England. He married MARGARET MOIR and had three children: John, Osborne and May.
iii. ROBERT LONGWORTH, b. 08 Apr 1863, Adlington, Somerset, England; d. 26 Nov 1934, England. He married MARGARET ALICE MORRIS in the March Quarter of 1884 and having 9 children, Thomas, May, Florrie, Elijah Loxam, John, James, Robert, Isabella and Lily.
iv. SARAH LONGWORTH, b. Bet. Dec 1864 - Feb 1865, Adlington, Somerset, England; d. Unknown, England.
v. MARY ANN LONGWORTH, b. Bet. Jan - Mar 1867, Adlington, Somerset, England; d. Unknown, England.
9. vi. ELIZABETH LONGWORTH, b. 22 Jul 1869, Adlington, Somerset, England; d. 09 Mar 1951, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. She married SAMUEL MOORE on December 28, 1891. They moved to Hamilton, Ontario, Canada where they settled with their two children, LILY and DORA.
vii. MARGARET LONGWORTH, b. Bet. Sep - Nov 1870, Adlington, Somerset, England; d. Bet. 1871 - 1881, England.
viii. ALICE ANN LONGWORTH, b. Bet. Mar - Jun 1872, Adlington, Somerset, England; d. 1882, England.
ix. JAMES LONGWORTH, b. Jun 1874, Adlington, Somerset, England; d. 23 Jun 1957, England. He married JANE WALSH and they had three girls: Sarah Alice, Elizabeth Ida and Isabella.
x. ELLEN (NELLIE) LONGWORTH, b. Bet. Feb - May 1876, Adlington, Somerset, England/Adlington, England; d. Unknown, Blackrod, England. She married JAMES CROPPER ASHWORTH and they had five children: Mary Alice, John, Robert, James and Isabella.
xi. JOHANNA (Annie) LONGWORTH, b. Bet. Nov 1877 - Jan 1878, Adlington, Somerset, England; d. 31 Dec 1967, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. She married her husband HUGH BLACKLIDGE SANDERSON on July 19, 1905. They moved to Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and lived near sisters Elizabeth and Isabella and brother John. They had two children, Richard and Lily.
xii. JOHN LONGWORTH, b. 13 Feb 1879, Adlington, Somerset, England/Adlington, England; d. 13 Nov 1929, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Lived across the street from sisters Elizabeth and Isabella in Hamilton. He married LOTTY (LOTTIE) CROSSLEY on May 4 1901 in Bolton. They had three children: Isabella, Lillian and John.

I have no further information on Sarah (Farah), but suspect she died before 1871 as she doesn't appear on that census. John disappears after 1881. Elijah likely died too - there's a register in December 1874 in Chorley that is likely him.

vii - William married ELIZABETH HANSON on 27 July 1878. They appear on the 1881-1901 Census'. They had six children: Anna, Earnest, James, Clara, Robert and Enney(?).

I have no further information on Isabella, but I suspect that she may have actually been William and Elizabeth's grand-daughter, and was adopted when their son in law James Bilsbarrow died.

Does anyone else on this list have any further information on any of these families?

SubjectAuthorDate Posted
Silly_Mummy 26 Jul 2006 1:31PM GMT 
Silly_Mummy 26 Jul 2006 1:52PM GMT 
D Longworth 2 Dec 2006 7:57PM GMT 
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