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His parents Richard Swift and mother Mary Gawifth my grandfather was born in 1891 any help pleasse from Bickerstaffe or Rainford :-)

Hi

what are you looking for please?? census info . BMD,s ??

HHi this looks like a possible

1901 Census Household RecordHousehold information
Address Ormskirk Road
Civil Parish Rainford
Rural District
Town or Village or Hamlet
Ecclesiastical Parish Rainford All Saints
Parliamentary Borough or Division Newton S W Lancs
County Borough, Municipal Borough or Urban District Rainford
Administrative County Lancaster

Householder 1
Name Catherine A Morgan
Relation to Head of Family Servant
Condition as to Marriage Single
Age Last Birthday 32
Sex Female
Profession or Occupation Housekeeper Domestic
Employment Status
Where Born Wales N K
Language
Infirmity

Householder 2
Name Isabella Swift
Relation to Head of Family Daughter
Condition as to Marriage
Age Last Birthday 11
Sex Female
Profession or Occupation
Employment Status
Where Born Lancs Rainford
Language
Infirmity

Householder 3
Name Ralph Swift
Relation to Head of Family Son
Condition as to Marriage
Age Last Birthday 13
Sex Male
Profession or Occupation Haulage Coal Mine Underground
Employment Status
Where Born Lancs Skelmersdale
Language
Infirmity

Householder 4
Name Richard Swift
Relation to Head of Family Son
Condition as to Marriage
Age Last Birthday 10
Sex Male
Profession or Occupation
Employment Status
Where Born Lancs Rainford
Language
Infirmity

Householder 5
Name Richard Swift
Relation to Head of Family Head
Condition as to Marriage Widower
Age Last Birthday 42
Sex Male
Profession or Occupation Fireman In Coal Mine Underground
Employment Status
Where Born Lancs Bickerstaffe
Language
Infirmity

Cant see a marriage for his parents, Have you got her surname correct?

Could be his Army record

Did Richard marry a Bertha Brown? this is given as his wife on this record, also a son Richard born 12 October 1914.


Ive not looked at all the 47 images within this record, but just glancing through a lot of pages are just blank


British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920
about Richard Swift
Name: Richard Swift
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1892
Age at enlistment: 23
Birth Parish: Rainford
Birth County: Lancashire
Document Year: 1915
Regimental Number: 16258
Regiment Name: Manchester Regt
Number of images: 47

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1911 England Census about Richard Swift
Name: Richard Swift
Age in 1911: 20
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1891
Relation to Head: Boarder
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Rainford, Lancashire, England
Civil parish: Abram
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Street Address: 136 Warrington Rd Abram Lancashire
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Coal Miner Rigger
Registration district: Wigan
Registration District Number: 458
Sub-registration district: Hindley
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Piece: 23017
Household Members:
Name Age
John Forster 67
Annie Forster 63
Richard Swift 20
Source Citation: Class: RG14; Piece: 23017; ; .

groom's name: Richard Swift
groom's birth date: 1858
groom's birthplace:
groom's age: 28
bride's name: Mary Gawith
bride's birth date: 1863
bride's birthplace:
bride's age: 23
marriage date: 25 Aug 1886
marriage place: Skelmersdale, Lancashire, England
groom's father's name: James Swift
groom's mother's name:
bride's father's name: Thomas Ralph Gawith
bride's mother's name:
groom's race:
groom's marital status:
groom's previous wife's name:
bride's race:
bride's marital status:
bride's previous husband's name:
indexing project (batch) number: I02890-8
system origin: England-EASy
source film number: 1657566
reference number: item 11 p 182

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1911 England Census about Ralph Hall Swift
Name: Ralph Hall Swift
Age in 1911: 21
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1890
Relation to Head: Boarder
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Gt Eccleston, Lancashire
Civil parish: Newquay
County/Island: Cornwall
Country: England
Street Address: 6 Trenance Terrace, Newquay, Cornwall
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: House Agents Clerk
Registration district: St Columb
Registration District Number: 294
Sub-registration district: St Columb
ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Household schedule number: 305
Piece: 13730
Household Members:
Name Age
John Carne 67
Elizabeth Jane Carne 58
Florence Mary Carne 22
Thomas Pascoe 87
Ralph Hall Swift 21

Source Citation: Class: RG14; Piece: 13730; Schedule Number: 305; .

Marriage: 25 Aug 1886 St Paul, Skelmersdale, Lancashire, England
Richard Swift - 28 Years Collier Bachelor of Skelmersdale
Mary Gawith - 23 Years Spinster of Skelmersdale
Groom's Father: James Swift, Collier
Bride's Father: Thomas Ralph Gawith, Farmer
Witness: Edward Ball; Isabella Swift
Married by Banns by: William Henry Jones Curate
Register: Marriages 1858 - 1891, Page 182, Entry 364
Source: LDS Film 1657566

Name: Richard T Swift
Birth Date: abt 1891
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1931
Age at Death: 40
Registration district: Wigan
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 8c
Page: 130

Deaths Sep 1899
Swift Mary 36 Prescot 8b 662

Baptisms: 29 Nov 1862 St Mary, Dalton in Furness, Lancashire, England
Mary Gawith - Daughter of Thomas Ralph Gawith & Hannah
Abode: Ronhead
Occupation: Farmer
Baptised by: H. Whitmore
Register: Baptisms 1859 - 1866 from the Bishop's Transcripts, Page 104, Entry 830
Source: LDS Film 1040305

groom's name: Thomas Ralph Gawith
groom's birth date:
groom's birthplace:
groom's age:
bride's name: Hannah Gould
bride's birth date:
bride's birthplace:
bride's age:
marriage date: 1862
marriage place: Dalton In Furness, Lancashire, England
groom's father's name: Thomas Gawith
groom's mother's name:
bride's father's name: Edward Gould
bride's mother's name:
groom's race:
groom's marital status:
groom's previous wife's name:
bride's race:
bride's marital status:
bride's previous husband's name:
indexing project (batch) number: M00516-4
system origin: England-VR
source film number: 1471899
reference number: 2:3ZT6R2V

1891 census transcription details for: Ormskirk Road, Rainford

It does say William A aged under 1 month on original, but shouldn't this be Richard Taylor? No William A/William on bmd in right RD

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National Archive Reference:
RG number: RG12
Piece: 3027
Folio: 6
Page: 5
Reg. District: Prescot
Sub District: Rainford
Parish: Rainford
Enum. District: 1
Ecclesiastical District: All Saints
City/Municipal Borough:
Address: Ormskirk Road, Rainford
County: Lancashire
Name Relation Condition Sex Age Birth Year Occupation , Disability Where Born
SWIFT, Richard Head Married M 32 1859 Coal Miner Ormskirk, Lancashire
SWIFT, Mary Wife Married F 28 1863 Dalton in Furness, Lancashire
SWIFT, James R Son M 3 1888 Skelmersdale, Lancashire
SWIFT, Hannah I Daughter F 1 1890 Rainford, Lancashire
SWIFT, William A Son M 0 (UNDER1M) 1891 Rainford, Lancashire
GAWITH, Margaret Sister In Law Single F 17 1874 Broughton-In-Furness, Lancashire

thank ;you to all my friends for your help, I've now received all the details for Richard Taylor Swift and Mary Gawith

thank you
dee
:-)

thank ;you to all my friends for your help, I've now received all the details for Richard Taylor Swift and Mary Gawith

thank you
dee
:-)

thanks to all my friends for their help. really appreciate all your help you have given lme. have now enought info for Richard Taylor Swift and Mary Gawith <3

thank you to every one who helped me I'm now looking for my mothers granddad William Brown 1870 approx to 1952

thank you Dee :-)