Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1838 BUCKLEY Joseph SCOWCROFT Eastern Bolton EB/2/438
BUCKLEY, JOSEPH SCOWCROFT GRO Reference: 1838 S Quarter in BOLTON UNION Volume 21 Page 86
Name: Joseph Buckley Baptism Date: 16 Mar 1854 Baptism Place: Great Lever, St Michael, Lancashire, England Father: Cornelius Buckley Mother: Esther Buckley Reference Number: GB127.L65/1/1/1
There's a Joseph (51) and Mally (49) living in Oldham above town with mother Esther Buckley (77) in 1891. Even though the ages match, this cannot be the same Joseph unless his mother was resurrected from the dead!
Another Joseph married Lydia Shaw in 1870 (Civil marriage). This was Joseph's cousin, son of Johnathan.
Occupation Details
From 1851 Joseph's occupation was Power Loom Weaver in manufacturing.1
Occupation Notes
1851 census
From 1861 his occupation was Cotton Weaver in manufacturing.2
Occupation Notes
1861 census
Whereabouts
Joseph lived at 34 Crook Street for thirteen years from before 1838 to after 1851.3314
Occupancy/Contact Notes
Family Home of John (an Oil Sheet Maker) and Mary Buckley in 1841 and 1851
Cornelius Buckley was recorded as living here in 1838 when he married Esther Scowcroft.
John Mather recorded Crook St as his address in 1838 when his son Benjamin was born and again in 1842 when his wife Ellen (John and Mary's daughter) died.
By 1851, except for Mary, their children had left home and they had 9 lodgers and visitors to fill what must have been a big house.