Ainscough burials _ Our Lady & All Saints, Parbold

Once again, many Ainscoughs can be seen buried at Parbold and I think I can place most of them in our tree - most are likely to be descendants of Richard Ainscough (1770-1849) & Elizabeth Livesey (1781-1849), who are themselves buried at St Peter & Paul's RC church, Mawdesley. Richard was a 2nd cousin of my 4x Greatgrandfather Thomas Ainscough 1778-1861, also buried at Mawdesley.
However, there are still a few gravestones that I am unsure about. If anybody can offer any further information or detail on these I would love to hear from you. Again,I am hazarding a guess at most of this but here goes.....please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

H&R Ainscough
Hugh Ainscough d.Oct.12th 1894 age 78 & his wife Susan (Fairclough) Ainscough d.Nov 24th 1923 age 94 + Richard Ainscough d. July 17th 1877 age 59 & his wife Hannah (Liptrot) Ainscough d.9th March 1910 age 82
This is the shrine of Hugh & Richard Ainscough of H&R Ainscough, prosperous corn merchants of Burscough and benefactors of this church in Parbold. Hugh & Susan had 12 children - see blog for detail, but Richard & Hannah had no children.
Hugh & Susan (Fairclough) Ainscough


Hugh Ainscough d. 29th May 1945 aged 86 & wife Maria Ainscough
Hugh was one of the 12 children of Hugh d.1894 & Susan (Fairclough) Ainscough d.1923. He was their 4th child and married Maria. We also know from evidence in photographs that Hugh was a keen cricketer!
Hugh & Susan (Fairclough) Ainscough


Richard son of Hugh and Susan Ainscough b. 1856-d.20th February 1921 age 65
The 2nd child of Hugh & Susan (Fairclough) Ainscough. Im not sure if Richard did marry.


James Ainscough b.25th March 1858 – d.14th March 1933, his wife Mary Helen b. 22nd July 1861 – d.23rd April 1950
& Hugh b. 20th March 1889- d.18th February 1947
Im not sure if this is James, 3rd child of Hugh & Susan (Fairclough) Ainscough, married Mary Helen?? (I have it down as James marrying Lillian Smith and they had a son - Captain Cyril 1893-1915. Hugh mentioned here (1889-1947) is probably the son of James & Mary Helen. Can anybody help me out with this James please?


John Ainscough d.3rd August 1937 age 74 & Martha Teresa Whitwell Ainscough d.30th June 1958 age 90 and their youngest child Paul d.31st May 1989 age 77
The 6th child of Hugh & Susan (Fairclough) Ainscough, married Martha Whitwell. Paul (1911-1989) was the youngest of 6 children.


Thomas Ainscough d.20th November 1927 age 62 & Jane Agnes Ainscough d.23rd April 1947 age 75
The 7th child of Hugh & Susan (Fairclough) Ainscough, married Jane Agnes. Thomas was a professional cricketer, playing for Lancashire - see earlier blog for detail.
Hugh & Susan (Fairclough) Ainscough


Susannah Ainscough b.1867-d.1937 age 70
Francis Ainscough d.27th December 1896 age 21
Joseph Ainscough d.1st March 1902 age 30
These are 3 of the youngest children of Hugh & Susan (Fairclough) Ainscough.

Francis John Ainscough d.24th December 1989 age 87 and his son John Christopher Ainscough d.1974 age 35
Francis John was the eldest of the 6 children of John & Martha (Whitwell) Ainscough

Oswald Ainscough b. 5th December 1906 - d. 16th January 1995 and 2nd wife Mora Catherine Beryl Ainscough b.28th April 1929– d.26th August 2000
Major Oswald was the 4th child of John & Martha (Whitwell) Ainscough - see earlier blog for detail. His 1st wife, Mary Gabriel (Finch) Ainscough (1925-1951)is buried at St Peter & Pauls RC church, Mawdesley.


John Whitwell Ainscough b.1908 - d.27th October 1992 age 84 & Margaret Mary (nee Kevill) Ainscough b.1916-d.18th March 1999
The 5th child of John & Martha (Whitwell) Ainscough.


Martin Ainscough b.1898-d.5th March 1973 age 75 and wife Beatrice Mary b.1897–d.10th December 1992 age 95
On 3 Sep 2007, at 08:31, JOHN COBHAM wrote:
"Martin Ainscough (d1973) was the son of James Ainscough mentioned here. He was a landowner & farmer. Also the main shareholder & chair of Lion Brewery, Blackburn.
In 1963 Martin bought the Croston Hall estate (formerly belonging to the De Trafford family) from the Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool.
Cyril Ainscough was Martin's son & took over the running of the Brewery, He lived at Priorswood Hall, Lees lane. He has a brother Peter who still runs the Parbold farms.
Cyril's widow is still living in Parbold & there are 4 sons & a daughter. Mark Ainscough(2nd son) is a friend of mine.
Peter Ainscoughs son Martin owns several good pubs & restaurants one of which the Eagle & Child is in Bispham Green.
The Croston Hall estate has recently been sold by Mark Ainscough but Martin owns about 300 acres of it including the site of the demolished Croston Hall.
All for now,
Regards
John"



Cyril Ainscough b.1925–d. 27th October 1980 age 55
Cyril Ainscough was Martin's son (above), and lived at Priorswood Hall, Lees lane.

Cyril Ainscough (1893-1915)
Inside the church there is a beautiful memorial to Cyril Ainscough (1893-1915). Captain 5th Battalion Manchester regiment died 7th August 1915 at Gallipoli on Active Service. Cyril was my 5th cousin 3 times removed. His parents were James Ainscough (1858-1933), (son of Hugh of H&R) and his mother Lillian Smith. He lived at Fairhurst Hall, Parbold, Lancashire, Commonwealth War Dead. Panel 158 to 170. HELLES MEMORIAL
- see earlier blog for detail.

Ainscough burials _ St Joseph's RC Church, Wrightington

On my most recent trip to the area I decided to stop off at Wrightington to make a short trip to the churchyard of St Joseph's RC in Wrightington. Recent correspondence with Jo Horridge and John Cobham had made me curious... as you can see there are a number of Ainscoughs buried here and I think I can place most of them in our tree - many are likely to be children of John (1838-1916)and Ellen (Smith) (1837-1892) Ainscough of Rutters Farm, Mawdesley and grandchildren of John (1794-1872) & Margaret(Wignall)(1797-1866)Ainscough of Reynolds Farm, Mawdesley. John Ainscough (1794-1872) was the brother of my 4x Great-grandad Thomas(1778-1861) who married Betty Whitehead (1797-1879) which makes John Ainscough(1838-1916) who married Ellen (Smith) (1837-1892) Thomas' nephew.
However, there are still a couple of graves that I am unsure about. If anybody can offer any further information or detail on these I would love to hear from you. I am hazarding a guess at most of this but here goes.....please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

William Ainscough (1880-1946) & Jane Ainscough (1883-1959)
William was the youngest of 8 children, his parents were John (1838-1916)and Ellen (Smith) (1837-1892) Ainscough. He married Jane Garlin. William & Jane are Joseph, Gerald & Thomas's Parents.

Thomas Ainscough (1907-1995) & Alice Ainscough (1904-1997)
Thomas was the eldest son of William & Jane above. Alice's maiden name was Kitching.


Vincent John Ainscough (1901-1963) & Elizabeth Ann Ainscough (1901-1977)
I have no information on Vincent or Elizabeth Ann, but John Cobham thinks that perhaps Vincent is his Uncle Wilf's brother - he had a brother Vin, as he called him but thinks he lived later than that - awaiting further information.
Christina Uduwerage-Perera (cmuperera@me.com) adds the following:
"I believe this is Vincent John Ainscough, son of Hugh Ainscough and Elizabeth Darwin. He married Elizabeth Ann Turner in 1928 and they had a son also called Vincent J. born 1933. The only sibling I can see for Vincent Snr is called Joseph (b 1899) whilst the only sibling for Vincent Jnr is Pauline (b 1936) ".

Adrian Rigby also adds the following:
"I'm contacting you after finding your blog on Ainscough family history. My Grandad was Vincent Ainscough who is buried with my Grandma Elizabeth Ainscough in the Catholic church at Wrightington, the grave you could not identify. Very briefly it was Vincent who's brother Billy founded Ainscoughs' business empire from his scrap yard at Mosseylea. My granddad worked down the pit during the day and drove Billy's lorry (Billy could not drive) back from where ever he had been buying bomb damaged goods from.
Liverpool dock was a favourite from what I have been told.
I will be seeing my mum over Christmas and will tell her about this contact. Her name is Pauline Ainscough who was married to a Derek Rigby (my father)."


Joseph Ainscough (1898-1975) & Mary Ainscough (1897-1979)
I have no information on Joseph or Mary.

Elizabeth Ainscough (1862-1907) & Hugh Ainscough (1863-1935) & sister Ellen ? (1875-1945)
This looks like it might be Hugh & his wife Elizabeth, eldest son John (1838-1916)and Ellen (Smith) (1837-1892) Ainscough and brother of William also mentioned above. Sister Ellen could be Hugh's sister Ellen b.1875 who married a Glover??? - not sure....
Christina Uduwerage-Perera adds the following: "Yes I agree. Rod (the grandson of Ellen Ainscough Glover says that she was buried with her brother. Ellen married John Glover in 1904 and was cut off from the family because she married against their wishes."


James Ainscough (1870-1931) & Ruth Ainscough (?-?)
James was the 5th child of John (1838-1916)and Ellen (Smith) (1837-1892) Ainscough, brother of Hugh and William also mentioned.
Christina Uduwerage-Perera adds the following:"I believe Ruth was nee Harrison, b abt 1873, Wrightington. Ruth and James married in 1910 so you can see the beginnings of family and Ruth's brother in the 1911 census."


Joseph Ainscough (1918-1975) & Mary Ainscough (1917-2006)
This looks as though it is Joseph married Mary Horridge, 3rd child of William & Jane Ainscough mentioned above. Grandson of John & Ellen (Smith) Ainscough.

Teresa Ainscough (1872-1921), John Ainscough (1866-1942), Mary Ainscough (1866-1942) and Oswald Thomas Ainscough (1905-1969)
This really is guess work at the moment but I think this could be William John Ainscough of Higher Barn Farm, 3rd child of John (1838-1916)and Ellen (Smith)(1837-1892) Ainscough.
Nancy Engelhardt has left a comment below - many thanks Nancy, so Ive now updated the Teresa b.1872 & John b. 1866 info. as follows: John W Ainscough 1866 married (1897 Wigan) Teresa(Theresa) Valentine b. 1872. However, Nancy thinks that Mary Ainscough b.1868? (1866) on the Headstone is probably John's sister, but Mary 1866? married (1897 Wigan) a Joseph Valentine (1869-1899). If this is Mary, sister of John Ainscough why isn't her married name on the stone??
My theory is that Mary b.1866? (thats my calculation from the age she died and year of death on the gravestone), is a 2nd marriage. Teresa died in 1921 aged 49 but Mary (1866-1942) is born and died in the same year as John Ainscough (1866-1942) both age 76.
As for Oswald Thomas?? a son of John and Teresa?? If anybody else can help us to be more specific about this please contact me.
Christina Uduwerage-Perera adds the following; "I believe that John Ainscough married first Teresa Valentine with whom he had 6 children including Oswald Thomas. Teresa died in 1921 and in 1927 John remarried, to Teresa's sister, Mary B Valentine. And yes the 2 women's brother, Joseph Valentine married John Ainscough's sister, Mary. The Valentines seem to have been another quite large family!"

births, deaths & marriages- St Elizabeth's Catholic Church, Scarisbrick

More Ainscough births, deaths & marriage information, this time from St Elizabeth's Catholic Church, Scarisbrick, thanks to Andrew Scarisbrick for forwarding the information (andy_scarisbrick@hotmail.com)

"Hi Barbara
I have found some more Ainscough information.....and church records from St Elizabeth's Catholic Church in Scarisbrick. Hope you find these useful and/or interesting.
Best Regards
Andy"

Ainscough Births - 1773-1824
Forename/Surname -Hugh Ainscough
Born-14/2/1817
Christened-16/2/1817
Father-Henry
Mother-Margaret
Witness 1-James Whalley
Witness 2-Catherine Whalley

Forename/Surname -Margarite Ainscough
Born-10/6/1821
Christened-10/6/1821
Father-Thomas
Mother-Margarite
Witness 1-James Voss
Witness 2-Helen Voss

Forename/Surname -Ann Ainscough
Born-25/3/1824
Christened-23/4/1824
Father-Henry
Mother-Margarite
Witness 1-John Ainscough
Witness 2-Elizabeth Ainscough

Ainscough Deaths 1826-1856
Forename/Surname - Alice Ainscough
Date of Death- 8/11/1838
Date of Burial- 11/11/1838

Ainscough Deaths 1856-1956
Forename/Surname - George Ainscough
Date of Death- 28th September 1941
Date of Burial- 1st October 1941
Age 2

Ainscough Marriages - 1856-1956
Date-23rd July 1938
Groom-Forename/Surname -Edward Ainscough
Father-Edward from Scarisbrick
Bride-Margaret Abram
Father-George from Scarisbrick
Priest- J Cuthbert Griffin
Witnesses: George Balshaw, Haskayne & Helen Culshaw, Scarisbrick

A place called Ayscogh?? 1199-c1230

The Cartulary of Burscough priory - text reads:
Aykescogh_1
41. …also the land which Roger son of Alan Prentut held of the grantor and Roger of Harleton below Aykescou, with common rights of the vills of Harleton and Scarisbrick and all of the movables of the grantor’s son Adam and his heirs and of 3 men under them living on the land. [1245-c.1260]

For those of you interested in finding out more about early Ainscough history and origins in the Ormskirk region you might like to read the following deeds taken from The Cartulary dated 1199-c1230. - 'the place called Ayscogh'
Andrew Scarisbrick has unearthed this information while researching his own family history based around Scarisbrick. It's interesting that already the spelling of the name is changing, the earliest reference in 1199 is 'Ayscogh', but then changes just 50 years later to 'Aykescogh' in the mid thirteenth century.....
Many thanks Andy for forwarding this.....I have uploaded the files to the black box widget for easy download should anybody want to read the detail- there are 3 pages 'Ayscogh 1,2 & 3'.

Hi Barbara
I have found some more Ainscough information. More deeds referring to the place Ayscogh, in the cartulary of Burscough priory, and church records from St Elizabeth's Catholic Church in Scarisbrick. Hope you find these useful and/or interesting.
Best Regards
Andy


Ayscogh_3
The Cartulary
III. Grant in free alms by Robert son of Ulf of Harleton for the soul of King John etc. of a ‘land’ next to Ayscogh’ in Harleton; from the syke on the west side, following the oak wood to Green Syke, following Green Syke to the road from Aspinwall, following that road to the dike on the south side, and following that dike to the syke; with common rights pertaining to Harleton. [1199-c.1230]


Aykescogh _2
50. Grant in free alms with warranty by Roger of Harleton of part of his land in Harleton at the head [of Aykescogh], from the syke in the west, along the ditch towards the barn to the boundary of Aspinwall saving an egress as the road goes from Litherland to Harleton, along the ditch of Aspinwall to the end towards the south and thence by the ditch to the syke. [Mid thirteenth century]

more Cowley links- descendant Margaret Eaton (Aus)

A message from Margaret Eaton (mamarg@git.com.au), also in Australia and keen to make contact with other members of the Cowley family - Sylvia Wilcox, John Cobham & Joanne Horridge who have strong "Cowley" & "Wright" links.....Margaret I would love to have more information about Edward so I can add it to this blog for others to see & use- any images you have is always useful too.....Edward Cowley's grandparent's - Richard Cowley 1798 - 1881 & Alice Swift 1798 - 1879 are my 4x grandparents.

"Dear Barbara,
I came across your address whilst browsing the web the other night. My mother's maiden name was Cowley, her father was Edward Cowley son of James ( born Lancashire 1842 ) and other than that James had sisters named Everilda, Matilda and Gemima, we had no other knowledge of our roots. You can imagine how delighted I was to come across an email from you to Sylvia Wilcox pin pointing our connections. I am writing hoping that you may have even more information on this subject and I am very happy to share the Cowley history from Edward's point of view with anyone who may be interested. Edward came to Australia in 1911, followed by his wife, Margaret ( nee Halton of Parbold) returning only once to England again in his lifetime at the conclusion of the Great War when he stayed with a Mrs Wright in Wigan. Any pointers that you can pass on to me to help trace our tree would be greatly appreciated.
Kind regards, Margaret Eaton."

Hi Margaret, from information provided from Sylvia Wilcox & Tony Brown & various more recent sources (Jo Keenan, John Cobham) this is what I know of the Cowley family.
PARENTS:
RICHARD COWLEY, Upholland (b.1797-1881) m (17 April 1820) ALICE (SWIFT b.6 Nov 1798?-1879, Wigan) - my 4x Great grandparents
CHILDREN
Richard Cowley d.1881 and Alice d. 1879 had at least 9 children, although Sylvia's records indicate 14 children!! Farmers at Bannister House, Bispham.
3.1. Edward Cowley b. abt 1822-1887, Mawdesley (see image)

3.2. Ann Cowley, b. 21 March 1821 and perhaps died before 1851. She is not listed on the census. Then again she may have just been out visiting.
3.3 Elizabeth (Ellen) b. 11 Dec 1826- 1886 (my 3x Great grandmother - Barbara Ainscough & Tony Ainscough Brown's ancestor)
3.4. Thomas b. 21 Dec 1828 - 1912, Bispham married twice, both were called Margaret Ainscough – see blog detail Sept 25th 06
- (Gerard Swarbrick's ancestor)
3.5. Everilda b. 14 Sept 1830, Bispham married John Southworth 1833, Mawdesley - (Sylvia Wilcox’s ancestor)
3.6. Alice b. 1836-1898, Eccleston married Richard WRIGHT - (John Cobham & Jo Horridge's ancestor)
3.7. Matilda b. 1838 Eccleston
3.8. Jemima b. 1840 Eccleston married William Wright (Richard Wrights brother)
3.9. James b 1842 Eccleston (Margaret Eaton's ancestor)

On 14 Aug 2007, at 08:49, Anthony Brown (tonybrow@westnet.com.au)wrote:
"Hi Barbara, Margaret & others
I am also very interested in finding more of Edward and his descendants as Edward's grandparents , Richard Cowley 1798 - 1881 & Alice Swift 1798 - 1879 are my gt.gt.gt.grandparents. I know nothing of Edward's family but would love to receive any details you can provide. I migrated to Australia with my parents in1927
Anthony Ainscough Brown"

On 14 Aug 2007, at 08:40, JOANNE KEENAN (joanne@keenan9076.freeserve.co.uk)wrote:
"Hi Margaret
The Alice Cowley you mention married a relative of mine Richard Wright they had a son Thomas Richard Wright b 1872 in Mawdesley.
The Cowleys and Wrights feature alot in my family tree, the Mrs Wright you mention may be my father in laws grandmother! Let me know if you'd like any more info.
Jo"

On 15 Aug 2007, at 12:57, Margaret Eaton (mamarg@git.com.au)wrote:
"Thank you Barbara for all your help, the information was wonderful and I am amazed at the amount of it. I will forward a brief outline now and more when I am back on track again. I do have some photos that you may be interested in. In the meantime here is a brief summation on Edward Cowley.
Briefly, from the 1881 census I know that Edward (b.1875 died 30th April1952, Perth Western Australia) is the son of James ( Richard, Richard, John, John, page 11 of your blog) and had a sister and two brothers: Matilda, b. 1873, John b.1877 and James b. 1880. They lived at the time of the census in the Farmhouse at Parbold but the eldest were born in Wrightington. Edward married Margaret Halton in Parbold in 1903 and we think her father's name was Thomas. Edward came to Australia in 1911. They had three girls: Alice, Elizabeth and Margaret , I am descended from Margaret, and have three brothers. There are currently seven descendants of my generation and 25 or so of the next and even more of the one after. Edward Cowley, known as Ted had rather a sad life in many ways, he enlisted in the Australian Infantry Forces in 1916 and was sent to fight in France . He was taken a prisoner of war at 1st Bullecourt and although he lived to 77 years of age his health never recovered enough for him to work again. Now I realise that all this needs plumping out and adding to and I will do my homework in this regard and collate to the 10th generation of Edward's descendants.
This is a whole new experience for me, I have not ever compiled family tree information. My husband and I were in Parbold in 2000 and I wish I knew then the information that you have given me. I can feel another visit coming on!
(I have just had a closer look and realised that Edward had another younger sister Elizabeth.) Thanks again, I will be in touch in the near future.
Margaret"

On 15 Aug 2007, at 11:36, John Cobham wrote:
Hi All,
My Great Grandmother on my mothers side was Alice Cowley, who married Richard Wright, Her Sister Jemima Cowley married Richard Wrights brother William, they were sons of Peter & Mary (Pope) who farmed at Mawdesley, Lancashire. Richard Cowley & his family were at Bannister House, this is a big farmhouse at Bispham, nr Mawdesley & still virtually the same. Richard Cowley & his wife are buried in the churchyard of SS Peter & Pauls Catholic church in Mawdesley.
The Cowleys still reside in Mawdesley, some of them married Horridges- Alice Horridge (b1897) married Frank Cowley, & Eveline Horridge (b1892) married Justin Cowley ……it’s the family of Justin & Eveline that are still in the area.
Regards
John