Farrell

From Ireland to Lancashire

• Christine's Great Great Grandparents -  William Farrell and Sarah
• Great Grandparents: go to Mary Ann Farrell and John Holland

William Farrell & Sarah

William Farrell  was born in Ireland about 1811.  William was a Tailor.

Sarah was also born in Ireland, about ten years later around 1821.

William and Sarah had the following children living with them in the 1861 census.  All were born Ireland, so this means the family came over to England between 1857 and 7th April 1861.

1861 census: They were living at Ashton Under Lyn, Lancashire.

1. William, born abt 1839, aged 22, a Tailor, unmarried April 1861
2. James, born abt 1844, aged 17, also an unmarried Tailor.
3. Jane, born abt 1847, aged 14, a Machine Operative, (Jenny Machine)
4. Fergy, born abt 1849, son aged 12, scholar
5. Mary Ann, born abt 1853, aged 8, scholar - my great grandmother.
6. George Robert, born abt 1857, aged 4, scholar
7. John, born abt 1857, aged 4, scholar.

5th January 2007