The
Wolstenholme Families who lived in nos. 27,
(29) 31 and 33 Crow Lane
1)
ROBERT & ROSEANNAH (ROSANN) WOLSTENHOLME
27
CROW LANE , RAMSBOTTOM
* Dates of birth have been calculated from census details
Thomas Lord (of 27, 29/31 Crow Lane)
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Robert m Roseanah Lord William Lord
Wolstenholme
b.*1823 b.*1827
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James Jonathan Robinson Frederic (k) Mary R
b *1853 b *1856 b *1857 b *1860 b * 1862
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married to married to
Mary Alice
b * 1857 b * 1859
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Robert Mary R Florrie Rose E Mary A Wilfred (Alfred)
b*1878 b*1888 b *1897 b *1882 b *1884 b *1896
Robert
Wolstenholme born *1823 in
Stubbins / Tottington, Cotton
Loom overlooker
No 27 Crow Lane from 1861 1891.
Married Roseannah 3rd sept 1849
Died between 1891 & 1901
Roseannah
/ Rosann born *1827 in Ramsbottom. Died between 1881 - 1891
She was the daughter of Thomas Lord who lived in Crow Lane in 1851
He lived at either no. 27 or 29/31
William Lord, her brother lived with them at no 27 Crow lane in 1861
(there were 3 adults and 4 children living in a one-up one-down)
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JAMES b
*1853 in
Ramsbottom /Tottington Cotton
weaver,
Had
left no. 27 by 1881
b.*1856 in Ramsbottom / Tottington, Cotton weaver,
left no. 27 by 1881
Married Mary (b* 1857) who was a cotton weaver
In 1881
Jonathan and Mary with their 2
children Robert H (3), Frederick
(1)
Lived at 34 Factory Bottom (near the bottom of Crow Lane)
Living
with them in 1881 was a boarder Margaret J MacKinnon (29)
also a cotton weaver who was born in
America
1891 no.33 Crow Lane Mary
(b.*1857) (cotton weaver),
3
children. Robert
H. b. 1877 (cotton weaver
then lamplighter) ,
Mary R b. 1887 (Cotton
weaver),
Florrie b.1896
Was still in no. 33 Crow Lane in 1901
20th
Oct 1857 in Ramsbottom / Tottington,
Cotton weaver,
He was
not at no.27 for the census in 1881
1891 Living at no. 29/31 Crow lane.
Married Alice 26th Feb 1881 in Holcombe Parish Church
Alice
was born 24th Feb 1859 at Ardwick, manchester)
She
was a cotton winder,
3
children, Rose Ellen b. 1882
(cotton weaver)
Lived
in no. 27 until the early 1940s
Dies
1955 (having moved to Garden St.
Mary A., b.1884 (Cotton weaver)
Wifred (Alfred) b * 1897
(correct
name Wilfred ,entered as Alfred in the 1901 census)
Robinson died between 1897
& 1901
Alice his widow was still in no. 31 Crow lane in 1901.
She died 12th July 1936
4)
FREDERIC (K) b.*1860 in Rams /
Tott, Cotton weaver,
Was no longer in no. 27 in 1891
His name was spelt without a k at the end of Frederic in the 1861 census
The k was put on afterwards in the 1871 census
5)
MARY R. b. *1862 in Tottington., cotton winder.
Was still single and living in no. 27 in 1901
Geraldine Simister got in
touch with the Crow Lane Team after seeing an item in the local press. Her
mother remembered 27 Crow Lane and both she and her mother visited the house in
March 2003
Wilfred (son of Robinson and Alice)
Born 9/12/1896
Married Annie Ireland (b. 9/10/1896 died 2/2/1949)
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Walter Gladys
1921 84 b. 1923
married Tom Kaine (1922 1976)
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Brenda Geraldine
b. 1950 b. 1960
m Alan Simister
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son Ian born 1982
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ELIZABETH,
ELIZA ANN AND
ANNIE WOLSTENHOLME
32
CROW LANE &
LATER 2 CROW
* Dates of birth have been calculated from the census
Parents not known
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Elizabeth Eliza Ann
b *1841 b. *1851
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Annie
b *1867
*1841 born in Ramsbottom
1881 No. 32 Crow lane, Head of household, Unmarried No occupation
1891 No. 32. Eliza Ann & Annie staying with her
1901, No.2 (not 32) Crow lane, head of household, unmarried,
Boarding House Keeper, Worked at home
4 rooms occupied, 2 lodgers
ELIZA ANN
*1851 Born in Ramsbottom
1881 lving at No.32 Crow lane, sister of Elizabeth, unmarried, Cotton weaver
ANNIE
*1867 born in Ramsbottom
1881 living at No.32 Crow lane, niece of Elizabeth, Cloth Looker
28 CROW LANE, RAMSBOTTOM - 1891
(no connection has been found with Robert
Wolstenholme of 27 Crow Lane
1891 census - Ellen Wolstenholme, age 21
born approx 1870, Bacup
adopted by Samuel and Mary Horrocks
living with them at 28 Crow Lane
She does not appear on the 1901 census
In 1881 Ellen Wolstenholme (age 12) scholar born Bacup Lancs
She was living at 13 Silver St. Ramsbottom with Jane Wright, who was married, She was 52 yrs, a Dressmaker and was born in born Rowlands, lancs