Marriages at Tockholes.

I went to Preston to the Lancashire Records Office to look at these marriages. They are on microfiche and I used the Lancashire BMD site as a finding aid.

Tockholes St Stephen.
1859 Betty Cooper + William Holden CE30/1/18
1860 Ellen Cooper + Andrew Entwistle CE30/1/48
1866 James Cooper + Mary Ann Longworth CE30/1/123
1869 Maria Cooper + Andrew Hollis CE30/1/154
1872 Mary Cooper + John Neville CE30/1/186
1875 Ruth Cooper + Edwin Carvick Crompton CE30/1/237

So I had the year of marriage and the last number refers to the certificate number, so these were easy to find. There were no other Cooper marriages at this church. Why did they all get married at this church?

Now you have the draft tree Jimmy it should be easier to see where the information belongs. We are looking at the children of JOSEPH COOPER except for Mary who was his neice, but lived with them.

Details for the marriages taken from the marriage certificates (exactly the same as you would get if you sent off for the marriage certificates). ?means I was not sure, difficult to read.

19 Febuary 1859
William Holden 25 Bachelor ?minder 16?Bridge Lower Darwen (he signed the certificate)
father George Holden weaver
Betty Cooper 24 Spinster weaver Croft (She made her mark on the certificate)
father Joseph Cooper Labourer
WITNESSES
William Waddington made his mark
Sarah Haworth made her mark

10 November 1860
Andrew Entwistle 21 Bachelor Rag. Engineer Hollins Lower Darwen (he signed)
father Thomas Entwistle Engine Winder
Ellen Cooper 20 Spinster weaver Hollins Lower Darwen (she made her mark)
father Joseph Cooper Labourer
WITNESSES
Robert Rushton signed.
Martha Leigh made her mark

15 September 1866
James Cooper 24 Bachelor Toper Hollins Lower Darwen (he signed)
father Joseph Cooper ?could not read occupation
Mary Ann Longworth 21 Spinster Weaver Over Darwen (she signed)
father Thomas Longworth Joiner?
WITNESSES
John Longworth signed
Mary Cooper signed

21 August 1869
Andrew Hollis 18 Bachelor Weaver Lower Darwen (he signed)
father James Hollis Weaver
Maria Cooper 20 Spinster Weaver Lower Darwen (she signed)
father Joseph Cooper Labourer
WITNESSES
George Briggs signed
Margaret Jane Aspden signed

6 April 1872
John Neville 22 Bachelor (forgot to note occupation) Lower Darwen (he signed)
father John Neville Weaver
Mary Cooper 23 Spinster (forgot to note occupation) Lower Darwen (she signed)
father James Cooper ????Self man
WITNESSES
very unclear Richard T????
very unclear Mary Jane ?????

This Mary was Josephs neice, but she lived with Joseph and his family. So Joseph had a brother James.

17 July 1875
Edwin Cawick* Crompton 19 Bachelor Warehouse man Lower Darwen (he made his mark)
father James Crompton Gardener
Ruth Cooper 20 Spinster weaver Lower Darwen (she made her mark)
father Joseph Cooper Sticker for parish ????????
WITNESSES
Joseph Wm Hopkinson
Jane Ann Rushton

*Carwick on the Lancashire BMD.

What of the other children of Joseph?
Mary born 1845. I do not think she got married.
William born 1833 maybe married Jane Adcroft 1858 Darwen St. James CE28/1/8
Richard born 1838 maybe married Ellen Adcroft 1857 Blackburn St. Marys CE12/21/425

I think maybe Jane and Ellen could have been sisters. But have to check this out.