Generation 3 Ancestor Family 1
Henry And Ellen Mawdsley
1835 To 1894
3 x Great Grandparents
Barton Family #4 & Mawdsley Family #1
Overview
Ellen Barton, born in 1812, the daughter of a Quarry Man from Skelmersdale, had 3 or 4 illegitimate children starting 1835 before marrying Henry Mawdsley, born 1805, the son of a Skelmersdale farmer, in 1844. Henry is assumed to be the father of Ellen’s illegitimate children due to circumstantial evidence. Henry and Ellen went on to have 6 more children and moved to Wallgate Wigan around 1846 where they became shopkeepers. Henry died in 1862, when Ellen took over the shop before living with descendants until she died in 1894.
Family
Parents
Henry: Evan Mawdsley (1780-1866) and Mary Ormesher (1786-1855). Farmer from Skelmersdale. Ancestor Family
Ellen: John Barton (1773-1854) and Ann Dickinson (1774-1841). Delphmaster from Skelmersdale. Ancestor Family
Heads
Henry Mawdsley (1805-1862)
Ellen Barton (1812-1894)
Children
Thomas Barton (1835-1880) married Susannah Nixon (1843-1891). Grocer from Central Wigan. Ancestor Family
John Barton (1838-1838). Died aged 0
Anne Barton (1840-1913) married Edward Barton (1839-1904). Iron Moulder from Wigan. External Family
John Barton (1843-1919) married Mary Jane Wood (1851-1931). Jam Manufacturer from Southport. Sibling Family
Evan Mawdsley (1845-1911) married Jenet Hart (1848-1889) and Ellen Crook (1866-1905). Publican in Central Wigan. Sibling Family
Mary Mawdsley (1847-1903) married Richard Fairhurst (1843-1917). Milk Dealer in Wigan. External Family
Alice Mawdsley (1848-1860). Died aged 11
Ellen Mawdsley (1850-1917) married Edward Hall (1847-1927). Schoolmaster in Buxton. External Family
Henry Mawdsley (1852-1856). Died aged 3
Margaret Mawdsley (1856-1881) married Thomas Boardman (1854-). Publican in Lowton. Died aged 24. External Family
Descendants
Timeline
19th July 1805 Henry born, according to baptism record.
4th August 1805 Henry baptised at St Michael Aughton, parents Evan and Mary Mawdsley of Aughton.
14th June 1812 Ellen baptised at St Thomas The Martyr Upholland, father John Barton is a labourer from Skelmersdale.
20th December 1835 Ellen’s son Thomas Barton baptised at St Thomas The Martyr Upholland, no father recorded (but presumed to be Henry Mawdsley). Ellen is a weaver from Skelmersdale, aged approximately 23. Son Thomas will continue to be known as Thomas Barton after Ellen marries Henry Mawdsley.
29th September 1838 A John “Borton” or “Barton” baptised at Sts Peter And Paul Ormskirk, mother Ellen. This would fill the gap between Thomas and Anne, but the baptism is not in St Thomas The Martyr Upholland so this is speculative. One transcription also has Ellen down as a Widow but that could be a mistranscription as she is recorded as a Spinster on her marriage certificate with Henry.
4th October 1838 John Barton (not Borton) buried at Sts Peter And Paul Ormskirk.
5th July 1840 Ellen’s daughter Anne baptised at St Thomas The Martyr Upholland, no father recorded (but presumed to be Henry Mawdsley), Ellen is from Skelmersdale, aged approximately 28. Daughter Anne sometimes referred to as Anne Mawdsley after Ellen’s marriage but will marry Thomas Barton (from a different Barton family) so coincidently ends up with the Barton surname.
6th June 1841 Census. Ellen aged 25 living with her father John Barton in a cottage by the delf at Grimshaw Skelmersdale with children Thomas and Anne. Henry aged 35 living at Sephton’s Hall Skelmersdale, with parents and siblings. Grimshaw and Sephton’s Hall are a few minutes walk from each other. There were weaver’s cottages adjacent to the Grimshaw Skelmersdale cottage so that could be where Ellen earned some money as a weaver.
5th February 1843 Ellen’s son John Barton baptised at St Thomas The Martyr Upholland, no father recorded (but presumed to be Henry Mawdsley), Ellen is from Skelmersdale, aged approximately 30. Son John will refer to himself as John Mawdsley after Ellen’s marriage to Henry.
3rd November 1844 Ellen and Henry married at Wigan Parish Church.
31st May 1845 Son Evan born.
29th June 1845 Son Evan baptised at St Thomas The Martyr Upholland.
1845 to 1847 Henry and Ellen with children (except Thomas and John) move to Wallgate Wigan.
27th January 1847 Daughter Mary born at 11 Princess Street Wallgate Wigan, Henry is a Labourer.
21st February 1847 Daughter Mary baptised at Wigan Parish Church, Henry is a Labourer.
1847 to 1848 Henry becomes a Shopkeeper.
21st November 1848 Daughter Alice born in Princess Street Wallgate Wigan, Henry is a Shopkeeper.
17th December 1848 Daughter Alice baptised at Wigan Parish Church, Henry is a Shopkeeper and lives at “Primrose Hill” which Wigan World says was at 190 Scholes, which sounds unlikely, could be mistranscription of Princesss Street?
2nd September 1850 Daughter Ellen born in Princess Street Wallgate Wigan, Henry is a Shopkeeper.
20th September 1850 Daughter Ellen baptised in Wigan Parish Church, Henry is a Cow Keeper.
30th March 1851 Census. Family living in undocumented location Occleshaw Yard (presumed to be off Princess Street Wallgate Wigan). Henry is a Cow Keeper and house is shared with daughter Anne (referred to as Mawdsley) and Mawdsley children Evan, Mary, Alice and Ellen. Son Thomas is a Farm Labourer living with Henry’s father Evan at Martains House Dalton (and listed as Grandson which could confirm that Henry was Thomas’s father) and son John is living with Ellen’s father John at Spencers Skelmersdale.
22nd June 1852 Son Henry born in Princess Street Wallgate Wigan, Henry is a Provision Dealer.
5th July 1852 Son Henry baptised at Wigan Parish Church, Henry is a Provision Dealer.
1st April 1856 Son Henry dies in 47 Princess Street Wallgate Wigan aged 3 of Scarlet Fever. Father Henry is a Provision Dealer.
4th April 1856 Son Henry buried at St Thomas The Martyr Upholland.
22nd October 1856 Daughter Margaret born at 43 Princess Street Wallgate Wigan, Henry is a Provision Dealer.
2nd November 1856 Daughter Margaret baptised at Wigan Parish Church, Henry is a Provision Dealer.
19th November 1860 Daughter Alice dies at 43 Princess Street Wallgate Wigan aged 11 from Inflammation Of The Bowels. Henry is a Provision Dealer.
23rd November 1860 Daughter Alice buried at St Thomas The Martyr Upholland.
7th April 1861 Census. Family living at 43 Princess Street Wallgate Wigan. Henry is a Provision Dealer, with children Anne (given as Mawdsley), Evan, Mary and Ellen. Margaret is not listed. Sons Thomas and John are working together as servants at Orrell House Farm Gathurst which is the home of Henry’s sister Alice who is the widow of Thomas Gorse.
8th July 1861 Daughter Anne marries Edward Barton (from a different Barton family) at St Thomas Wallgate Wigan. On the certificate Anne’s surname is given as Barton and Anne’s father is given as Henry Mawdsley, Farmer (maybe a reflection on his earlier occupation in Skelmersdale).
20th October 1862 Henry dies at 43 Princess Street Wallgate WIgan of Heart Disease, occupation given as Cow Keeper and Provision Dealer, aged 57. At this point his son John aged 19 moved to Princess Street Wallgate Wigan (presumably from Orrell House Farm Gathurst) to take over running of the Grocery business (according to John’s obituary in the Wigan Examiner).
24th October 1862 Henry is buried at St Thomas The Martyr Upholland.
19th March 1865 Daughter Mary marries Richard Fairhurst at St Thomas Wallgate Wigan. Richard is a Brass Finisher from Scholes. Richard and Mary go on to have 12 children. Mary dies 1st June 1903 aged 56.
30th July 1867 Son Thomas marries Susannah Nixon at All Saints Hindley. Thomas is a Labourer living in Wigan. Thomas’s father is an single word which cannot be read and his father’s profession is blank.
1st August 1868 Son Evan marries Jenet Hart in Blackrod.
2nd April 1871 Census. Ellen living in 43 Princess Street Wallgate Wigan occupied as a Grocer, with son John (given as Mawdsley, also a Grocer) and daughters Ellen and Margaret.
13th August 1872 Daughter Ellen marries Edward Hall at St Thomas Wallgate Wigan. Edward is a schoolmaster in Wallgate Wigan, Edward and Ellen have 3 children and eventually move to Buxton. Ellen dies 9th May 1917 aged 66.
4th December 1879 Daughter Margaret marries Thomas Boardman at St Thomas Wallgate Wigan. Thomas and Margaret have 1 child and are publicans in Lowton. Margaret dies 22nd May 1881 aged 24.
19th January 1880 Son John marries Mary Jane Wood at St Thomas Wallgate Wigan. Father is given as Henry Mawdsley. Mary Jane Wood is head mistress at St Thomas’s infant school and organist at the church (according to John’s obituary in the Wigan Examiner).
1880 Ellen moves from Princess Street Wallgate Wigan to live with daughter Margaret in Lowton. Son John remains in Princess Street Wallgate Wigan.
24th November 1880 Son Thomas dies in Harrogate Street Central Wigan aged 42.
3rd April 1881 Census. Ellen living in Rams Head Inn Lowton with daughter Margaret.
22nd May 1881 Daughter Margaret dies in Lowton of Enteritis aged 24.
1881 Ellen presumably moves from Lowton to live with other children.
5th April 1891 Census. Ellen living at 22/24 Harrogate Street Central Wigan with Thomas’s son Henry Barton.
1891 to 1894 Ellen moves to live at 37 Princess Street Wallgate Wigan, possibly with her daughter Mary and husband Richard Fairhurst who are recorded as living there in 1881 and 1891.
9th December 1894 Ellen dies at 37 Princess Street Wallgate WIgan of Senile Decay aged 82. Informant was son Evan who was publican of Fleece Inn Market Place Central Wigan.
Norman And Marian Barton Family Tree 