Crabtree_Fry_Rigg_Ancestry

Margaret Alice Rigg (Doris’s Grandmother) Born 1866, Todmorden, Lancashire, England.

1871 Census:  Address: 5 Commercial Street, Todmorden. MAP

  1. John Rigg Head, 28 - Stonemason (Doris’s Great Grandfather)
  2. Esther Rigg Wife 26 - Cotton Spinner (Doris’ Great Grandmother
  3. Margaret Alice age 5 (Doris’s Grandmother)
  4. Betsy Rigg age 3 Doris’s Aunt)
  5. William Rigg age 7 Doris’s Unclle

1881 Census Address: 14 Lineholm Yorkshire MAP

  • John Rigg - 38 Father:- Stonemason, Born 1843 Yorkshire
  • Esther Rigg Mother 36 - Born 1845 Yorkshire
  • William 17 - Cotton Weaver. Born 1864,
  • Margaret A. Rigg 15 - Cotton Spinner Born 1866 (Doris’s Grandmother)
  • Betsy 13 - Cotton Doffer. Born 1868, (working at age 13)
  • Sam 9 - Scholar Born 1872,
  • John A 6 - Scholar Born 1875,
  • Esther A. 3 - Scholar Born 1878,
  • Jessie 1 - Born 1880,

1890 Margaret Alice marries Luke Crabtree between December. Todmorden Volume 9a Page 385

1891 Census Address: MAP. The handwritten Census said they were living at 24 Pollard Street Nelson Ecclesiastical District of St. Phillips.

  1. Margaret Alice [Rigg] Crabtree age 25 Cotton Weaver (Doris’s Grandmother)
  2. Luke Crabtree age 24 Insurance Agent (Doris’s Grandfather)
  • 1893 James Crabtree Registration date: between October and December. Burnley District, Lancashire, Yorkshire West Riding. Volume 8e page 219
  • 1894 Raymond Crabtree registration date: Between July and September. Registered in Burnley, Lancashire, Yorkshire- West Riding. Volume 8e Page 176
  • About four years after Raymond was born, Luke Died .
  • 1898: Death Index for Luke Crabtree in 1898 April-May-June, age 31 at Death. Volume 9a page 180. Luke died when Raymond Crabtree was 3-4 yrs old.
  • 1901 Margaret Re-Married to John Pickup. Jan- March. Todmorden. Volume 9a Page 337

    Raymond Crabtee Boy SM

    Raymond Crabtree

1901 Census Address: MAP Number 9 Fair View, Todmorden: I couldn’t find Fair View on mapquest. But the people listed just under them on the 1901 Census lived at Knotts, which I was able to find. Also Knotts is very close to Pollard where they lived in the 1891 Census

  1. John Pickup: 29 Labourer at Bobbin Works
  2. Margaret Alice 34 (Doris’s Grand Mother)
  3. Raymond Crabtree 6 (Doris’s Father)
  4. James 9 (Doris’s Uncle)