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Biography

William Byrom, born on December 30, 1860, was baptized at the Cathedral Church of St Mary the Virgin with St. Paul, in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, on March 17, 1861. He died in 1921 and was buried on June 9.

William is listed in censuses as a bricklayer at Blackburn. His father, Levi Byrom, was a brick maker.

William and 1st wife Alice had nine children. The last, Bertha, married a Canadian and moved to the U.S. Born in 1897, she lived until 2001. See descendants at her own profile.

General background: Lancashire is a maritime county located in the North West of England. It is sometimes called the County of Lancaster. Many of the old genteel families such as Byrom can trace their ancestries back to the Norman Conquest of 1066.

https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Lancashire,_England_Genealogy

https://www.geni.com/projects/Old-Historic-Families-of-Lancashire/15657

https://www.houseofnames.com/byrom-family-crest

NOTE: There are many variations of the name Byrom, including Byram, Byrum, Birom, Biram, Birum, and others.

Sources

• Byron, Mark. The Byron Chronicle: A History of the Byron and Byrom Families, 1066-1800. Westport, CT: Bacon,1966.

• "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J78G-1HD : 5 February 2023), Levi Byrom in entry for William Byrom, 1861.

• https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/william-byrom-24-12v2zr

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackburn_Cathedral

• https://blackburncathedral.com/education/history/

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/K2T2-DQG

• "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7P1-NM4 : 12 September 2020), Levi Byrom, Blackburn, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

• "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDDY-1XG : 20 January 2022), William Byrom in entry for Levi Byrom, 1871.

• "England Marriages, 1538–1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NKVR-NJK : 13 March 2020), Alice Pickup in entry for William Byron, 1879.

• "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q275-V8GH : 13 December 2017), William & Alice Byrom in household of Grace Pickup, Blackburn, Lancashire, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 27, Piece/Folio 4187/101, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,775,184.

• "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QYVL-LMM : 23 February 2021), William Byrom, Blackburn, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Lancashire county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.

• "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9K9-F84 : 21 May 2019), William Byrom, Blackburn, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Blackburn Northern subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

• "England, Lancashire, Parish Registers 1538-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKKH-H3QW : 8 November 2017), Levi Byrom in entry for William Byrom and Jane Hindle, 21 Aug 1902; citing Marriage, St Andrew's Church, Blackburn, Lancashire, England, volume , Lancashire Record Office, Preston; FHL microfilm 1,849,642.

• "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4MY-KCC : 29 March 2022), William Byrom, Blackburn, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.