Mary (Wilcock) Gaskell (abt. 1798)

Born about 1798 in Hindley, Lancashire, England

Biography

Mary Wilcock was born in about 1798 in Hindley, Lancashire. She was the sister of Peter Wilcock (abt.1816-) and Ann (Wilcock) Chisnall (abt.1809-1847).

Mary married Joseph Gaskell on 12 Feb 1821 at the church of St Peter and St Paul in Ormskirk, Lancashire. Both were of the local parish; the witnesses were Ann Brown and George Wignall. ^[1]

By March 30th 1851, they were living in Billinge Chapel End, Lancashire; Joseph was a tanner farmer. Mary's niece Ann, her sister Ann's daughter, was living with them (her mother Ann had died in 1847.) ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage: listed on Lancashire Online Parish Clerk - Joseph Gaskell & Mary Wilcock. Register: Marriages 1813 - 1827, Page 130, Entry 390. Source: LDS Film 1849664
2. ↑ 1851 census: "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGYL-MG5 : 11 September 2019), Ann Chisnall in household of Joseph Gaskill, Billinge Chapel End, Lancashire, England; citing Billinge Chapel End, Lancashire, England, p. 51, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.