Van Valkenburg/Firmage Family History Blog

Friday, May 23, 2014

1901 England Census for Thomas and Margaret Flitcroft Unsworth Family

Name: Margaret Unsworth Age: 49 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1852 Relation: Wife Spouse's Name: Thomas Unsworth Gender: Female Where born: Leigh, Lancashire, England Civil Parish: Leigh Ecclesiastical parish: Pennington Christchurch Town: Leigh County/Island: Lancashire Country: England Street Address: Occupation: Condition as to marriage: Education: Employment status: View Image Registration District: Leigh Sub-registration District: Leigh ED, institution, or vessel: 23 Neighbors: View others on page Household Schedule Number: 96 Piece: 3594 Folio: 197 Page Number: 21 Household Members: Name Age Thomas Unsworth 49 Margaret Unsworth 49 Albert Unsworth 22 Paul Unsworth 13 Sarah J Unsworth 6 Margaret Unsworth 22 Sarah Waters 3 Margaret Unsworth 6 Months

1891 England Census Thomas and Margaret Flitcroft Unsworth Family

Name: Ellen Unsworth Age: 14 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1877 Relation: Daughter Father's Name: Thomas Unsworth Mother's name: Margaret Unsworth Gender: Female Where born: Leigh, Lancashire, England Civil Parish: Pennington Ecclesiastical parish: Pennington Christs Church Town: Leigh County/Island: Lancashire Country: England Street address: Occupation: Condition as to marriage: Education: Employment status: View image Registration district: Leigh Sub-registration district: Westleigh ED, institution, or vessel: 11 Neighbors: View others on page Piece: 3088 Folio: 58 Page Number: 17 Household Members: Name Age Thomas Unsworth 39 Margaret Unsworth 39 James Unsworth 19 John Unsworth 16 Ellen Unsworth 14 Albert Unsworth 12 Paul Unsworth 3

1881 England Census Thomas and Margaret Flitcroft Unsworth Family

Name: Ellen Unsworth Age: 3 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1878 Relationship to Head: Daughter Father: Thomas Unsworth Mother: Margaret Unsworth Gender: Female Where born: Leigh, Lancashire, England Civil Parish: Pennington in Leigh County/Island: Lancashire Country: England Street address: 11 St Helens Rd Education: Employment status: View image Registration district: Leigh Sub-registration district: Westleigh ED, institution, or vessel: 9 Neighbors: View others on page Piece: 3807 Folio: 41 Page Number: 18 Household Members: Name Age Thomas Unsworth 28 James Unsworth 8 John Unsworth 6 Ellen Unsworth 3 Albert Unsworth 2 Margaret Unsworth 29

Here we see that Margaret is 29, one year older than her husband Thomas. She has an 8,6,3, and 2 year old. Thomas is a miner. They are living in Leigh.

1861 England Census Margaret Flitcroft

Name: Margaret Flitcroft Age: 12 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1849 Relation: Daughter Mother's Name: Elizth Flitcroft Gender: Female Where born: Hindley, Lancashire, England Civil Parish: Abram County/Island: Lancashire Country: England Street Address: Occupation: Condition as to marriage: View Image Registration District: Wigan Sub-registration District: Hindley ED, institution, or vessel: 7 Neighbors: View others on page Household Schedule Number: 4 Piece: 2779 Folio: 19 Page Number: 1 Household Members: Name Age Elizth Flitcroft 52 John Unsworth 70 Mary Flitcroft 24 Jane Flitcroft 21 Elizth Flitcroft 18 Alice Flitcroft 15 Margaret Flitcroft 12 Edward Flitcroft 11

1851 England Census for Margaret Flitcroft

Name: Margaret Flitcroft Age: 1 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1850 Relation: Daughter Father's Name: Thomas Flitcroft Mother's name: Betty Flitcroft Gender: Female Where born: Hindley, Lancashire, England Civil Parish: Hindley Ecclesiastical parish: Abram St John the Evangelist County/Island: Lancashire Country: England Street address: Occupation: Condition as to marriage: Disability: View image Registration district: Wigan Sub-registration district: Hindley ED, institution, or vessel: 2g Neighbors: View others on page Household schedule number: 3 Piece: 2200 Folio: 261 Page Number: 1 Household Members: Name Age Thomas Flitcroft 46 Betty Flitcroft 43 Ann Flitcroft 22 Mary Flitcroft 20 Ellen Flitcroft 17 Jane Flitcroft 12 Elizabeth Flitcroft 8 Alice Flitcroft 5 Margaret Flitcroft 1 John Unsworth 60

John William and Florence Cook Firmage Headstone

Birth:	Mar. 31, 1901 Lancashire, England
Death:	Dec. 3, 1980 Rock Springs Sweetwater County Wyoming, USA
Rock Springs Daily Rocket Miner, Dec 13, 1980 FLORENCE FIRMAGE Funeral services for Florence Firmage, 79, 1616 Pioneer Drive, Rock Springs, were held Saturday, Dec. 6 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on White Mountain Blvd. Bishop James Curry conducted the services and burial was in the Mountain View Section of the Rock Springs Municipal Cemetery. Pallbearers were Robert L. Van Valkenburg, Robert W. Van Valkenburg, Dale Seipp, Calvin Potter, Andy Legerski and Cornell Nate. Honorary pallbearers were Lyman Fearn and Evan Graham. Mrs. Firmage died at 3:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 3 at the Kimberly Manor Nursing Home. A resident of Rock Springs since 1904, Mrs. Firmage had been in ill health the past one year. She was born in Leigh Lancashire, England on March 31, 1904, the daughter of the late Edward and Ellen Unsworth Cook. She attended schools in Rock Springs and married John William Firmage Jr. in Green River on May 4, 1918. Mrs. Firmage was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Howard (Florence Jean) Van Valkenburg of Rock Springs, Janet McPhie of Boise, Idaho, Mrs. August, (Ethel Mae) Bakka of Riverton and Mrs. Don (Esther) Woodyatt, of Evanston; two brothers, Harold Cook of San Diego, Calif., and Tom Cook of Ogden, Utah; one sister, Dolly Brown, of Rock Springs and several grandchildren; great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, John and three brothers, Arthur, Paul and Albert Cook and a sister, Mae Faddis. Family links: Parents: Edward Cook (1875 - 1928) Ellen Unsworth Cook (1876 - 1953) Spouse: John W Firmage (1895 - 1957) Children: Florence Jean Firmage Van Valkenburg (1936 - 2012)* *Calculated relationship

Burial: Rock Springs Cemetery Rock Springs Sweetwater County Wyoming, USA Plot: O'Donnel 216-1-2