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Happy Lomax

1768 Happy Lomax

This picture was taken in 1768 and sourced from England & Wales Non-conformist Registers (1567-1970).

Individual Picture Notes
- Happy Lomax Baptism

Happy was born on February 8th, 1768 in Bolton and her baptism took place on April 17th, 1768 at Bank Street Unitarian conducted by Reverend Philip Holland.¹²

Birth Notes
- Name:    Happy Lomax
  Birth Date:    8 Feb 1768
  Gender:    Female
  Event Type:    Baptism
  Father:    James Lomax
  Mother:    Mary Lomax
  Baptism Date:    17 Apr 1768
  Baptism Place:    Bolton-le-Moors, Lancaster, England
  Denomination:    Presbyterian
  Piece Title:    Piece 0064: Bolton-le-Moors, Bank Street (Presbyterian), 1754-
  
  Happy daughter of James and Mary Lomax of Bolton baptised Ap.17.1768 born Feb.08.1768 PH
  
  Baptisms: 17 Apr 1768 Bank Street Unitarian Protestant Dissenters, Bolton, Lancashire, England
  Happy Lomax - Daughter of James Lomax & Mary
      Born: 8 Feb 1768
      Abode: Bolton
      Baptised by: Revd. Philip Holland
      Register: Baptisms 1754 - 1788, Page 40, Entry 514
      Source: LDS Film 560877

Happy's father was James Lomax and her mother was Mary Taylor. Her paternal grandparents were John Lomax and Ellen Cross. She had a brother and three sisters, named John, Mary, Jenny and Alice. She was the fourth oldest of the five children. She had a half-brother and four half-sisters, named Arthur, Mary, Elizabeth, Esther and Ann. She died due to natural causes or old age, Natural Decay with Cystitis, at the age of 75 on June 23rd, 1843 in Bolton. Her burial was on June 25th, 1843 in Bolton.³⁴

Death Notes
- Lancashire BMD has her age at death as 74
  
  CHEETHAM Happy
  Age 74
  Western Bolton
  WB/6/456
  
  Deaths Jun 1843   (>99%)
  CHEETHAM Happy    Bolton 21 97
  
  Death certificate records Happy as age 74 and Widow of William Cheetham, Weaver.
  
  Natural Decay with Cystitis (inflamation of the bladder, but the term is often used for various infections in the lower urinary system).
  
  The death was reported by William Collins (son-in-law, husband of Maria), Occupier of Spring Gardens, Great Bolton.
  
  Name    Happy Cheetham
  Gender    Female
  Death Date    abt 1843
  Burial Date    25 Jun 1843
  Burial Place    Wesleyan Methodist, Bolton, Lancaster, England
  FHL Film Number    1538360

General Notes
- NOTE: There was another Happy Lomax (1786-1799) of Breightmet, buried at Cockey. This may Happy's illegitimate daughter.
  
  In 1790, Happy was about 22 when she married James Mather at St Peter's, Bolton.
  
  When aged about 43, Happy was on the 1811 Little Bolton Poor List, living at Blackburn Street. This was the year that her husband James Mather died. Her grandson John (and Ellen nee Buckley) were living in Blackburn Street in 1841.
  
  Happy married 3 times, but with such a unique name, she is easy to trace. Her granddaughter (and several other realtives) was also named Happy.
  
  In 1841, Happy Cheeetham (aged ~70) was living with Ann Boardman (aged 75), in the Alms House, Little Bolton, an OAP's home for widows and spinsters, and there were 11 old women in the same residence.
  
  The death certificate doesn't give any clues of her previous marriages, except to tell us that William Cheetham was a weaver.
  
  25 Jun 1843, Happy Cheetham was buried at the Wesleyan Methodist, Bolton with her son Samuel Mather (who died in 1854).

Occupancy & Contact Details
- Happy lived at Blackburn Street for thirty years from 1811 to after 1841.
  - Occupancy/Contact Notes
    - Happy Mather was recorded at Blackburn St in the 1811 L.B. Poor Rates Book, so presumably James had just died when Happy got recorded (as head of household). Home of John, Ellen and Son Joseph in 1841.
  She lived in Little Bolton from 1841.⁵
  - Occupancy/Contact Notes
    - Happy (aged 70 was living with Ann Bordman (aged 75) at Almo House in Salford, Little Bolton in 1841

Social & Emotional Relationships
- Happy Mather was named after Happy.
  - Relationship Notes
    - Happy Mather was named after her grandmother Happy Mather nee Lomax..
  Happy Flitcroft was named after Her.
  - Relationship Notes
    - Named after Happy Mather, nee Lomax, but how - where's the connection
  Maria Mather was a representative of Her.
  - Relationship Notes
    - The death of Happy, Maria's mother, was reported by William Collins (son-in-law, husband of Maria), Occupier of Spring Gardens, Great Bolton.
  Happy Flitcroft was named after Her.
  Happy Lomax was named after Her.
  - Relationship Notes
    - Probably named after and related, and also possibly Happy's illigitimate and unbaptised daughter.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- John Lomax
  - b.~  1702 in Entwistle
  
  James Lomax
  - b.1735 in Bolton d.1831 in Bolton
  
  Ellen Cross
  - b.~  1706 in Darwen
  
  Happy Lomax
  - b.08 Feb 1768 in Bolton d.23 Jun 1843 in Bolton
  
  Mary Taylor
  - b.~  1731 in Deane d.1796 in Bury

Personal Timeline

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¹ England & Wales Non-conformist Registers (1567-1970)
² Lancashire OPC Project
³ England Select Deaths & Burials (1538-1991)
⁴ Certificate - Death
⁵ 1841 UK Census
Sources/Citations FamilySearch.org, BMD-Lancashire

Happy Lomax

Occupancy & Contact Details

Social & Emotional Relationships

Ancestor Pedigree Chart

Personal Timeline