Samuel Horrox
(1796-1872)
Mary Ann Dawson
(1796-1855)
John Horrox
(1815-)
Mary Schofield
(Abt 1819-Bef 1880)
Samuel Horrox
(1846-1927)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Martha Riley

Samuel Horrox 1 2 3 4

  • Born: 10 Aug 1846, Hopwood, , Lancashire, England 1 3 4
  • Christened: 13 Aug 1846, Heywood, Lancashire, England 3
  • Marriage (1): Martha Riley
  • Died: 3 Feb 1927, Saint Clair, Schuylkill, PA at age 80 2 4 5
  • Buried: 7 Feb 1927, Freeland, Luzerne, PA 4 5

   FamilySearch ID: G9W9-7MS.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Residence: on 10 Aug 1846 in Heywood, , LAN, ENG. 3

2. Baptism on 13 Dec 1846 in St Luke, Heywood, Lancashire, England. 6

3. 1851 England Census census in 1851 in Hopwood, , Lancashire, England. 7 The 1851 census recorded on Gooden Lane in Hopwood: John Horrox, coal miner, 36, living with wife Mary, 32; son Henry, 6; son Samuel, 4; and daughter Sarah Jane, 2. Mary was born in Oldham, and all others in Heap.

4. Cause of Death: evidently caused by a heart attack, 3 Feb 1927, Saint Clair, Schuylkill, PA. 5

5. Obituary: Standard-Speaker on 5 Feb 1927 in Hazleton, Luzerne, PA, United States. 8 Samuel Horrox, aged 84, died on Thursday at 11 p. m., at his home in St. Clair following an illness of some time due to advanced years. Mr. Horrox formerly resided at Jeddo where he was employed in the mines and located in St. Clair 20 years ago. Besides his widow, three children survive. They are all of St. Clair.
Mrs. Emma Mather, ol Jeddo, is a surviving sister. A brother, Henry Horrox of Jeddo, died a year ago. Funeral services will be held at the residence in St. Clair Monday morning and the cortege will proceed to Freeland, arriving between 1 and 2 o'clock.
Burial will be made in the Freeland cemetery.


Samuel married Martha Riley. (Martha Riley was born in 1854 in England,9 died in 1930 9 and was buried in Freeland, Luzerne, PA 9.)

Sources

1 Ancestry.com, "1841 England Census" (1841 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.), Class: HO107; Piece: 539; Book: 2; Civil Parish: Bury; County: Lancashire; Enumeration District: 6; Folio: 44; Page: 11; Line: 2; GSU roll: 306923.

2 The Plain Speaker (Hazleton, PA), 13 Feb 1925, page 16.

3 Ancestry.com, Manchester, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915 (Anglican Parish Registers. Manchester, England: Manchester Libraries, Information and Archives. Images produced by permission of Manchester City Council.), Samuel Horrox b. 10 Aug 1846 bapt. 13 Aug 1846 parents John & Mary abode Heywood, father's occupation miner.

4 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/200643887.

5 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1971 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Certificate 20897 Samuel Horrocks age 80 born England d. 3 Feb 1927 father John Horrocks in England mother unknown informant Miss Sarah Horrocks.

6 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch," database, FamilySearch (http://new.familysearch.org : accessed 7 Nov 2024), entry for Samuel Horrox, person ID G9W9-7MS.

7 Ancestry.com, 1851 England Census (Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1851. Data imaged from the National Archives, London, England.), John Horrox, Hopwood, Lancashire.

8 Hazleton Standard-Speaker, Hazleton, PA (Hazleton, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania), 5 Feb 1927, page 22.

9 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/200643847.


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