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Mary Caunce Lewis

Female 1871 -


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Mary Caunce Lewis was born on 1 Apr 1871 in Tarleton (daughter of William Wilkinson Caunce Lewis and Mary Tyrer).

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Shopkeeper
    • Baptism: 28 May 1871, St John the Baptist, Burscough

    Notes:

    Recorded on BC as Mary, father William Wilkinson Caunce Lewis, ship's carpenter (journeyman), mother Mary Lewis formerly Tyrer.
    Baptised as Mary Lewis with father's name given as William Wilkins Caunce Lewis.
    In 1871 census as Caunce, but Lewis thereafter.
    In 1901 census in Widnes as wife of Robert Ryley (with daughter Marian Ormandy Ryley, 2 months) but no marriage record found.

    Family/Spouse: Robert Ryley. Robert (son of Thomas Ryley and Isabella Ormandy) was born in 1869 in Burscough; died in Nov 1906 in Bridge Inn, Little Woolton, Liverpool; was buried on 22 Nov 1906 in St John the Baptist, Burscough. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Mary married William Owen Ashton on 16 Sep 1908 in St Peter, Aintree, Liverpool. William (son of William Ashton) was born in 1870 in Rhyl; died about Feb 1915 in Prescot. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  William Wilkinson Caunce Lewis was born on 15 Mar 1845 in Park Road, Preston (son of William Caunce and Elizabeth Lewis); died in 1892 in Widnes; was buried on 3 Mar 1892 in St John the Baptist, Burscough.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Ship's carpenter, publican

    Notes:

    BC 'signed' by Elizabeth Lewis (her mark) mother, with father named as William Caunce, labourer (possibly indicating that he was present but that they were not married. This tallies with birth registration on Lancs BMD of William Wilkinson Caunce, mother's maiden name Lewis. Appears in 1851 census as William Caunce, "nephew" of William Caunce, unmarried, 36, boatman b Rufford, but this must surely be his father. Marries as William Wilkinson Caunce Lewis (no father named) and given as such in son Richard's 1880 baptism record, but appears as Caunce in 1871 census. William W Lewis in 1881 and Lewis thereafter.

    William married Mary Tyrer on 1 Oct 1870 in St John the Baptist, Burscough. Mary (daughter of Richard Tyrer and Mary Molyneux) was born in 1844 in Lathom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mary Tyrer was born in 1844 in Lathom (daughter of Richard Tyrer and Mary Molyneux).

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 31 Aug 1844, St John the Baptist, Burscough

    Children:
    1. 1. Mary Caunce Lewis was born on 1 Apr 1871 in Tarleton.
    2. William Lewis was born in 1872 in Lathom; died in 1916 in Widnes.
    3. Richard Lewis was born in 1880 in Lathom; died on 11 Jul 1917 in Ypres.
    4. Thomas Lewis was born in 1882 in Widnes.
    5. Henry Lewis was born in 1885 in Widnes.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  William Caunce was born in 1817 in Rufford (son of William Caunce and Mary Cheetham).

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Labourer, boatman
    • Baptism: 3 May 1818, St Mary the Virgin, Rufford

    William married Elizabeth Lewis. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Elizabeth Lewis
    Children:
    1. 2. William Wilkinson Caunce Lewis was born on 15 Mar 1845 in Park Road, Preston; died in 1892 in Widnes; was buried on 3 Mar 1892 in St John the Baptist, Burscough.

  3. 6.  Richard Tyrer was born in 1813 in Wrightington (son of Thomas Tyrer and Mary); died in 1886 in Lathom; was buried on 2 Feb 1886 in St John the Baptist, Burscough.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Carpenter, boatbuilder
    • Baptism: 28 Feb 1813, Douglas Chapel, Eccleston (Parbold)

    Notes:

    Founder of Tyrer's boatbuilding yard near Glover's Bridge, Lathom, in the 1860s.
    Birthplace given as Wrightinton in baptism record, Lathom in 1851 and '61 censuses, Rivington in 1871 and '81.
    No occupation given in first marriage record.

    Richard married Mary Molyneux on 29 May 1837 in St Peter and St Paul, Ormskirk. Mary (daughter of John Molyneux and Margaret Hesketh) was born on 4 Nov 1817 in Lathom; died in 1867 in Lathom; was buried on 30 Jun 1867 in St John the Baptist, Burscough. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Mary Molyneux was born on 4 Nov 1817 in Lathom (daughter of John Molyneux and Margaret Hesketh); died in 1867 in Lathom; was buried on 30 Jun 1867 in St John the Baptist, Burscough.

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 21 Nov 1817, St Peter and St Paul, Ormskirk

    Children:
    1. Thomas Tyrer was born in 1838 in Lathom; died in 1908 in Glover's Bridge, Lathom; was buried on 19 Dec 1908 in St John the Baptist, Burscough.
    2. Margaret Tyrer was born in 1840 in Lathom.
    3. 3. Mary Tyrer was born in 1844 in Lathom.
    4. Richard Tyrer was born in 1852 in Lathom.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  William Caunce was born in 1787 in Rufford; died in 1827 in Rufford; was buried on 29 Sep 1827 in St Mary the Virgin, Rufford.

    William married Mary Cheetham on 19 Jul 1808 in St Mary the Virgin, Rufford. Mary was born in 1788 in Rufford. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Mary Cheetham was born in 1788 in Rufford.
    Children:
    1. Thomas Caunce was born on 4 Sep 1809 in Rufford; died on 9 Apr 1864 in Burscough; was buried on 11 Apr 1864 in St Mary the Virgin, Rufford.
    2. Henry Caunce was born on 17 Jan 1812 in Rufford; died in 1879 in Burscough; was buried on 25 Jun 1879 in St John the Baptist, Burscough.
    3. 4. William Caunce was born in 1817 in Rufford.

  3. 12.  Thomas Tyrer was born in 1788 in Charnock; died in 1822.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Weaver, boatman, clerk

    Thomas married Mary. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 13.  Mary

    Notes:

    Possibly Molly Benson, m 14 6 1807 All Saints, Wigan (Lancs OPC).

    Children:
    1. Rebecca Tyrer was born in 1810 in Charnock.
    2. 6. Richard Tyrer was born in 1813 in Wrightington; died in 1886 in Lathom; was buried on 2 Feb 1886 in St John the Baptist, Burscough.
    3. Margaret Tyrer was born on 4 Jun 1815 in Burscough; died in 1850.
    4. Charlotte Tyrer was born on 4 Nov 1817 in Lathom.
    5. Esther Tyrer was born on 2 Apr 1820 in Lathom.

  5. 14.  John Molyneux

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Blacksmith

    John married Margaret Hesketh on 31 Jul 1815 in St Thomas, Melling. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 15.  Margaret Hesketh
    Children:
    1. Elias Molyneux was born on 19 Nov 1815 in Lathom.
    2. 7. Mary Molyneux was born on 4 Nov 1817 in Lathom; died in 1867 in Lathom; was buried on 30 Jun 1867 in St John the Baptist, Burscough.
    3. Martha Molyneux was born on 15 Apr 1822 in Lathom; died in 1875 in Lathom.
    4. Ellen Molyneux was born in 1824 in Lathom.



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