Marie Worth, indicated that she was born in Wilmslow, Cheshire. To see pictures of old Wilmslow, click on the postcard of Grove Street, Wilmslow
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Daughter:
Marriage: Lydia Law married John Land on November 7, 1857 in Gomersal, Birstall Parish. Son:
Marriage: Law Land married Elizabeth Sykes on April 25, 1880 in the town of Batley, in Batley Parish, Yorkshire, England. Law Land and Elizabeth Sykes immigrated to Canada and subsequently the United States. The Name Worth Worth is a place name. Worth was/is a township in Prestbury Parish, Cheshire, England. The population of Worth in 1801 was 188. In 1851 it was and 885. Place names like this develop after the person had moved from Worth. In other words, if John moved from Worth to Bollington he might become John from Worth or John Worth.
Birth of Marie Worth The date of Marie Worth's birth could have been as early as 1811 and as late as 1814. The estimates for the years of her birth are taken from the censuses in Batley, England.
Her baptism was not listed in the Church of England records for Wilmslow or Stockport.
Literacy Marie Law was not able to sigh her name as indicated by the fact that she "made her mark" when she reported the birth of her daughter Hannah to the civil authorities in 1849.
Marriage of William Law and Marie Worth William Law married Marie Worth (most likely in Cheshire) between 1832 and 1835. The estimated time and place of their marriage is based on:
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The Worths in Wilmslow and Stockport I have not been able to find records for Marie Worth and her family in either Wilmslow or Stockport. The following records indicate that there were Worths in the area from the 1600s. The earliest record for Worth in Wilmslow was the the birth of Sybell, daughter of Richard Worth, in 1559. However, there is no continum for the name in the parish and there is 149 years break between the baptism of Ales Worth in 1617 and the marriage of Matthew Worth in 1766. Records for the name in Wilmslow parish were always very sparce. Mary Worth and three other Worths claim to have been born in Wilmslow in the early 1800s. I did not find baptismal records for any of them. International Genealogical Index The IGI lists the following baptisms for Worth in Wilmslow
*Note: The censuses list at least 4 Worths who claimed to have been born in Wilmslow between 1810 and 1814: James c 1810 (see below), Marie c 1812 (wife of William Law), Henry c 1814 (see below) and Joseph c 1814 (see below). LDS film 0823622, Parish of Wilmslow LDS film 0823622 contains a transcription of marriages and baptisms for the Church of England, parish of Wilmslow from 1760's to 1837 with some gaps. There are no baptisms listed for the name Worth. I missed the 1812 baptism of William listed on the IGI. There are four marriages:
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Worths Born Wilmslow in the early 1800s as listed in the, Bishops Transcripts, Censuses and Civil Records I am looking for Mary Worth and potential siblings (or relatives) born in Wilmslow circa 1811/13, parents unknown. Notes:
HOWEVER, thre were at least four Worths listed in the censuses who claimed tho have been born in Wilmslow between 1810 and 1814. Some of the records connected to they were listed in the civil records. There were at least three male Worths who claim to have been born in Wilmslow in the early 1800s who show up in latter records:
In addition there were 4 Worths who had at least one record connected with Wilmslow:
Were James, Henry and Joseph Worth (Who Claim To Have Been Born In Wilmslow In The Early 1800s) Related To One Another And To Mary Worth Law?
1. James Worth (c. 1810/11-1881) born Wilmslow, Sarah Swindells and Elizabeth Swindells Birth: Circa 1810, Wilmslow. Not listed on the IGI. Note: I could determine his father by sending for the marriage certificate to Elizabeth Swindells in 1858 Occupation: 1841 weaver, 1851 cotton weaver, 1861 copper miner, 1871 cotton weaver, 1881 general labourer Residences: Bollin Fee 1851 and 1861, Pownal Fee 1871 and 1881 - both in Wilmslow Parish, Cheshire. Marriage: James Worth married Sarah Swindells 31 December 1832, Over Peover, Cheshire (LDS member submission) Children:
Death of first wife: Sarah Worth age 27, 1843 (Cheshire BMD) Child of James Worth, mother unknown:
1851 Census: 47 Church Street, Bollin Fee, Cheshire James Worth head widow, age 41, weaver cotton, Lot, son, age 17, weaver cotton, Noah, son, age 8 Elizabeth Swindeles, sister in law, Unmarried age 27, George Swindeles, visitor, age 3, All born Wilmslow, Cheshire. Second Marriage of James Worth: James Worth to Elizabeth Swindells Macclesfield St Michael Cheshire East 1858 Children of James Worth and Elizabeth Swindells:
1861 Census: Bollin Fee, Church Street, James Worth, head, married, age 50 copper miner, born Wilmslow, Elizabeth wife, age 39 labourer's wife, born Prestbury Cheshire, Noah son, age 18, ag lab, George age 13, silk piecer, Hannah age 7, scholar, Arthur age 5, scholar, Emma age 1. All born Wilmslow. 1871 Census: Alma Lane Pownal Fee, St Bartholomew, Wilmslow, James Worth head age 60, cotton weaver, born Wilmslow, Elizabeth wife age 48, born Cheshire, Mottram St Andrew, George son age 22, plate layer, born Wilmslow, Hannah Worth daughter,17, silk piecer, Arthur, 15, silk piecer, Emma, 11, silk piecer, Sarah E, 5, scholar, James, grandson age 7 weeks, All born Wilmslow 1881 Census: Alma Lane, Pownal Fee, Morley, James Worth, senior, head age 70, general labourer, born Wilmslow, Elizabeth wife age 58, laundress, born Cheshire, Mottram St Andrew, Arthur, 25, general labourer, Sarah E, 15, factory operative, James, junior son age 11, scholar, Emma Bailey daughter age 21, factory operator silk, Thomas Bailey son in law age 19, silk trowster, George H Bailey grandson age 1 mo. All born Wilmslow Death of James Worth: James age 71, 1881 (1810) Cheshire BMD Death of Elizabeth Worth: 1886, Oct-Nov-Dec, age 62, Altrincham, Cheshire, 8a p 124 Ancestry.com Free BMD The Deaths of Noah Worth and George Worth and four others, 5 August 1871 In December 2007 Sarah Chesterton wrote: "I write from Wilmslow Cheshire; having spent an evening in St Barts church watching/listening to my son's carol concert...I have always been fascinated by the small ornate picture on the wall that may be of interest to you and no doubt you now know about which describes the Gas tragedy in Wilmslow in 1871 in which Noah and George Worth were both killed"The plaque reads as follows:
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In Remembrance Of the Six Persons named below, who were killed by the deplorable accident which happened at Wilmslow on the Evening of Saturday, the 5th August, 1871 :- JOHN MOTTRAM, NOAH WORTH, FREDERICK RICHARDS, GEORGE WORTH, STEPHEN DUFFY, JOHN PEARSON. " Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem? " I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall likewise perish. - Luke xiii. 4. 5. |
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While I thought it interesting that Noah and George died the same year and quarter, until Sarah's
note I did not know they had died on the same day and I did not know the cause. During construction for a new "gasometer" for the Gas Works in Wilmslow several men including the Worth brothers, where working in a twenty-three foot deep trench when the sides caved in. The six people named in the plaque were killed: Frederick Richards (the engineer supervising the project), four workmen including the Worth brothers, and John Mottham "an old man' who had climbed in the trench to take a look. To see a copy of the plaque and for more information on this incident go to Men Buried Alive, Wilmslow, 1871 which is a page on Carls'Cam a great site devoted to images and information about Cheshire of interest to family historians. THE DEAD
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2. Henry Worth (1814-1853) Wilmslow, and Elizabeth ____ Birth: Henry Worth born circa 1814 Wilmslow. Not listed IGI. Occupation: 1841 weaver, 1851 weaver cotton Residence: Bollin Fee Marriage: Elizabeth circa 1835. Not listed IGI. Children:
1841: Wilmslow, Old Street, Bollin Fee, Henry Worth, weaver, age 25, Betty age 25, weaver, Sarah age 5, Seth age 3, Hannah age 3 months. 1851 Census: 5 Mill Lane, Bollin Fee, Cheshire, Henry, head, age 37, weaver cotton, born Wilmslow, Betty wife age 36 Sarah daughter age 1?, cotton spinner, Seth son age 13, steam loom weave, Hannah, daughter, age 9, bobbin winder All born Wilmslow Death Henry Worth: Henry age 39, 1853 (1814) 1861 Census: Bollin Fee, Manchester Road, Elizabeth Worth, head, widow, age 45, charwoman, Sarah, daughter, age, unmarried, age 25, pin winder (cotton), Henry, Grand son age 1. All born Wilmslow.
3. Joseph Worth, Wilmslow, (c. 1814-) and Catherine ______ Birth: Circa 1814 Wilmslow, parents unknown. Not listed IGI. Residence:
Occupation: 1841 factory weaver, 1861 cotton weaver Marriage: Catherine, unknown. Not listed IGI. Children:
1841 Census: Could not find them using any combinations of names.
1851 Census: Droylsden St Marys, Queen Street, Lancashire, England, Joseph Worth, head, 38 factory weaver, born Wilmslow, Catherine, can't read age, born Stockport, Mary Ann, 16, born Newtown, Daniel, 15, born Stockport, Lettice, 14, born Stockport, Joseph, 11, born Stockport, Hannah 9 born Stockport, John, 3, born Lancashire Droylsden 1861 Census: Market Street Droylesden, Lancashire, Joseph Worth, head age 47, cotton weaver, born Wilmslow, Catherine wife, age 48, born Stockport, Daniel, son age 25, tripe dealer, born Stockport, Letitia, daughter, age 23, worsted weaver, born Stockport, Hannah, daughter, age 18, worsted weaver, born Stockport. Death of Joseph Worth: Not listed Cheshire Free BMD. Possible record: Joseph Worth 1875, Jul-Aug-Sep, MacClesfield, Cheshire, 8a, 141 no age Ancestry.com FreeBMD Death of Catherine Worth: Notes on James, Henry, and Joseph Worth:
Samuel, Joshua, James and Joseph Worth Samuel, Joshua, James and Joseph Worth all had records connected to Wilmslow parish. Samuel indicated that he was born in Siddington. Siddington is a civil parish in Macclesfield. James and Joseph had children baptized in Wilmslow in mid 1800s. This are among the few records for the name in the parish. The only records I can find for Joshua are from the censuses and indicate that he was born in Hough which is southwest of Wilmslow in the civil parish of Crewe. None of these people appear on the surface to have a stong connetion to Wilmslow.
Death of Jane Adshead Worth: "Jane" Worth age 39, Wilmslow, Cheshire East 1841 WIL/2/18 (1802) Note: This is the only appropriate death in the right time period. Second marriage of Samuel Worth, 1847: WORTH, Samuel, BRADLEY, Fanny, Wilmslow, St Bartholomew, Cheshire East, WSB/1/153, 1847 Children:
1851 Census: Pownal Fee Samuel Worth, head age 48, hand loom weaver, cotton, born Siddington, Fanny Worth wife age 39, born Chelfield (?) Thomas son age 21, lab ag, Davis son age 14, pin winder Elizabeth daughter age 11, pin winder, George son age 3, John Thompson, son in law, age 22, mechanic turner, Mary Thompson, daughter age 23, John Thompson age 7 mo. All other born Morley 1861 Census: Pownall Fee, Wilmslow, Samuel 58, Fanny 50 George 12 Death of Samuel Worth: Samuel age 61, 1863 (1802).
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Birth: Circa 1806 Hough (per censuses) Marriage: Catherine Unknown 1841: Prestbury, Joshua Worth age 35 grocer, Catherine age 35, and Phebe Ardern age 10 female servant. 1851 Census: Prestbury, Cheshire, England, Joshua Worth, head age 45, grocer, Catherine Worth age 44 both born Hough 1861 Census: Pell Street, Butley, Prestbury, Mrs. Catherine Worth, head, married, age 52, nurse, born Wilmslow, Thomas Moh (?), nurse child, age 1, born Hough Death of Joshua Worth: Not listed Cheshire BMD 1871 Census: Bollin Fee, Old Road, with Ellen Mellor, head widow, age 79, born Scotland, Catherine Worth, boarder,
widow age 69, born Wilmslow.
Death of Catherine Worth: WORTH, Catherine, 75, Wilmslow, Cheshire East, WIL/13/19 1878 (1803) Styal a village 1.5 miles NNW of Wilmslow Birth: Unknown Marriage: Hannah Unknown Child:
1851 Census: Not listed
Handforth is a village situated between Wilmslow, Heald Green, and Styal in Cheshire, England. Birth: Unknown Marriage: Sarah Unknown Child:
Death of Joseph Worth: Remarriage of Sarah: 1841 Census: Cheshire, England Cheadle Macclesfield, Geo Beswick 40, Sarah Beswick 40, Elizabeth Beswick 14, John Beswick 11, Geo Beswick 9, Jane Beswick 6, James Worth 25, Mary Worth 19 Later censuses: Did not find them.
Wilmslow Deaths from Bishop's Transcripts
Wilmslow, Cheshire East Deaths from 1837 to 1881
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Worth Children born in Wilmslow between 1837 and 1850 for Cheshire
Note: No other births in Wilmslow until 1859 Marriages between 1845 and 1860
Worths in Stockport Film 0376959 Voters Registration Stockport, 1831
Note from Carl Rogerson: "To be correct, Haughton Green is not in Hyde. It is on the opposite side of the river Tame (near Droylsden), and hence in another County (Lancashire), However, before Haughton had its own churches, for many practical purposes it appears to have been included with Hyde." (Carl Rogerson December 2007) Notes:
Early Records from the IGI and the Stockport indexes combined Worth in Mottram in Longdendale
Stockport First Births from 1830 to 1858 and Related Records Stockport First is the district where the children of Joseph Worth were registered.
I did not record infant deaths unless the birth was recorded in Stockport First. There were no Worth deaths in Stockport from 1861 to 1871
Worths in Prestbury Parish With Some Similarities To Worths in Wilmslow/Stockport Prestbury was a very large ancient parish which originally served the townships of: Adlington, Birtles, Bollington, Bosley, Butley, Capesthorne, Chelford, Fallibroome, Henbury cum Pexall, Hurdsfield, Kettleshulme, Lower Withington, Lyme Handley, Macclesfield, Macclesfield Forest, Marton, Mottram St. Andrew, Newton, North Rode, Old Withington, Pott Shrigley, Poynton, Prestbury, Rainow, Siddington, Sutton, Tytherington, Upton, Wildboarclough, Wincle, Woodford and Worth. Moses Worth born Bollington circa 1825 and Ann Wilson I am including him because of the rather uncommon name of Moses. Birth: Circa 1825 Bollington Marriage: WORTH, Moses, WILSON, Ann, Prestbury, St Peter, Cheshire East, PSP/5/424, 1847 Children
1851 Census: Moses Worth, born Bollington on Church Lane Bollington, head age 26, stone mason, born Bollington, Anne wife, age 28, born Westmoreland, Martha daughter , age 3 born Butley, Daniel son, age 1, born Bollington. 1861 Census: Bollington, Cheshire, Ann Worth, head married, age 38, needle woman born Westmoreland, Kendal, Martha daughter age 13 cotton loom weaver, Cheshire Butley, Daniel son age 11, Bollington, Annie M daughter age 9, Bollington, Jane daughter age 3, Bollington,
Worth Deaths Bollington
Odds and Ends Davies Worth Davies is a rather unique name. See Davies son of Samuel above. Birth; Davies born circa 1811, Siddington Marriage:
Death: WORTH Davies 45 Gawsworth Cheshire East GAW/4/14, 1863 Indicates a birth circa 1818 However, how many Davies Worths can there be? Price Worth Names a son Moses (see Moses born circa 1825 above). Price Worth born Siddington circa 1810 Not listed 1851 1861: Price Worth, head age 51, born Siddington, Martha wife age 51, Martha age 19, born Susex, Hastings, Moses, age 19, born, born Siddington, William grandson age 6, born Mottram Arthur grandson age 6, born Bollington. Arthur was listed as born in Bollington according to the Cheshire BMD. 1871: Price Worth listed head, age 61 farmer 6 acres, and brick layer, Martha, wife, age 61, Olive daughter, age 26, William grandson, age 15, bricklayers labourer, All born Siddington except Martha born in Sussex, Hastings. Other odd records of interest Jane Worth married Samuel Burgess Wilmslow, St Bartholomew Cheshire East WSB/1/486 in 1862. There were other Worths born Siddington who do not appear related by either occupation of names. Nathanial Worth who names a daughter, Lettice Birth of Nathaniel Worth: Circa 1791, Siddlington Marriage: Sarah Occupation: Bricklayer Children:
1851: Siddleton, Siddleton Heath, Nathaniel Worth head age 60, bricklayer, Sarah, wife, age 61, Charlotte, age 35, no occupation Lettice daughter age 22, dress maker. All born Prestbury 1861 Census: John Stanyer, head, age 31, farmer of 2 acres, Lettice, wife, age 32, Nathaniel Worth, boarder, age 71, widow, bricklayer Nathaniel Worth, age 8, nephew. All born Siddinglton.
Records Checked
Worths in Siddington In May 2008, Barbara Hodson sent the following information of Worths in Siddington, Chesire. James Worth (1705-1779) and Martha Ridway Birth of James Worth: Born 1705 Pott Shrigley Marriage of James Worth: Martha Ridway born c 1705 died Oct 31 1768 Capesthorne. James and Martha were married Prestbury St. Peter Jan 29 1724/25 Children or James Worth and Martha Ridway:
Death of James Worth: May 20 1779 Capesthorne |
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