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Maria BESTWICK

Maria BESTWICK

Female 1851 -    Has 2 ancestors and 19 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name Maria BESTWICK 
    Birth Between Apr 1851 and Jun 1851  Bury, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Census 2 Apr 1871  Oldham, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Age: 28y 
    Address: 13 Wood St 
    • Relation to Head of House: Lodger
      Written as Lomax
      Play Actor
    Occupation 2 Apr 1871  Oldham, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Play Actor 
    Age: 28y 
    Census 3 Apr 1881  Oldham, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Age: 28y 
    Address: Tommyfield, Caravan 
    • Relation to Head of House: Wife
      Actress
    Occupation 3 Apr 1881  Oldham, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Actress 
    Age: 28y 
    Census 5 Apr 1891  Oldham, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Age: 39y 
    Address: 45 Lord Street 
    • Relation to Head of House: Wife
      Remarried - Peter Broadbent
      Children living with them
    Census 31 Mar 1901  Oldham, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Age: 46y 
    Address: 43 Lord Street 
    • Dressmaker
    Occupation 31 Mar 1901  Oldham, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Dressmaker 
    Age: 46y 
    Census 2 Apr 1911  Oldham, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Age: 58y 
    Address: 40a Barker Street 
    • With husband Jonah and Agnes Lomas and Mary Elizabeth Lomas
      Wardrobe Dealer
      She declares 7 children, all living. Crossed out because not of current marriage.
    Census 19 Jun 1921  Oldham, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Age: 68y 2m 
    Address: 40a Barker Street 
    • Relation to Head of House: Head
      Widow
      Second Hand Clothes Dealer

      Son, William Barratt Lomas in same house

      Also has an Alfred Leigh in the house:
      He is obviously part of the Pender Troupe as he gives his employer as "Robert Pender, Music Hall Artist"
    Reference Number BR 0076b 
    Person ID I314  Simpson
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2023 

    Father George BESTWICK,   b. Abt 1808, Sutton, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Maria BARRETT,   b. Abt 1810, Bury, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 8 Jan 1828  Prestwich, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Address: St Mary's Church 
    Family ID F808  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Richard John LOMAS,   b. 30 Nov 1851, Salford, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 May 1889, Oldham, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years) 
    Marriage 14 Mar 1871  Bury, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11, 12
    Address: St. Pauls, Bury 

    Children 
    +1. Robert LOMAS,   b. 17 Dec 1871, Bury, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Nov 1939, Southend, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
     2. Annetta (Anita) LOMAS,   b. 28 Feb 1874, Kirkstall, Leeds, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between Jan 1917 and Mar 1917, Oldham, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years)
    +3. Richard Revele LOMAS,   b. 5 Dec 1876, Accrington, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between Jul 1924 and Sep 1924, Fulham, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years)
     4. William Barratt LOMAS,   b. Between Apr 1879 and Jun 1879, Pendlebury, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jun 1935, Oldham, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)
    +5. Mary Elizabeth LOMAS,   b. 9 Oct 1881, Radcliffe, Bury, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between Apr 1959 and Jun 1959, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    +6. Agnes LOMAS,   b. 24 Mar 1884, Manchester, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Thomas LOMAS,   b. 4 Nov 1887, Oldham, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F84  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Mar 2022 

    Family 2 Peter BROADBENT,   b. Abt 1852, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between Oct 1892 and Dec 1892, Oldham, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years) 
    Marriage 4 Dec 1889  Oldham, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    • Her husband, Richard, had only died 6 months before.
    Family ID F204  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Dec 2019 

    Family 3 Jonah RATCLIFFE,   b. Between Apr 1857 and Jun 1857, Glossop, Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between Apr 1918 and Jun 1918, Oldham, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years) 
    Marriage Between Oct 1894 and Dec 1894  Oldham, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [14
    Family ID F101  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Sep 2017 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Between Apr 1851 and Jun 1851 - Bury, Lancashire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Address: St. Pauls, Bury - 14 Mar 1871 - Bury, Lancashire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Age: 28y,Address: 13 Wood St - 2 Apr 1871 - Oldham, Lancashire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Play Actor,Age: 28y - 2 Apr 1871 - Oldham, Lancashire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Age: 28y,Address: Tommyfield, Caravan - 3 Apr 1881 - Oldham, Lancashire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Actress,Age: 28y - 3 Apr 1881 - Oldham, Lancashire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 4 Dec 1889 - Oldham, Lancashire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Age: 39y,Address: 45 Lord Street - 5 Apr 1891 - Oldham, Lancashire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Between Oct 1894 and Dec 1894 - Oldham, Lancashire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Age: 46y,Address: 43 Lord Street - 31 Mar 1901 - Oldham, Lancashire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Dressmaker,Age: 46y - 31 Mar 1901 - Oldham, Lancashire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Age: 58y,Address: 40a Barker Street - 2 Apr 1911 - Oldham, Lancashire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Age: 68y 2m,Address: 40a Barker Street - 19 Jun 1921 - Oldham, Lancashire, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Marriages
      Maria married at least three times.
      The first, as far as I know, was to Richard Lomas. After he died in 1889 she married Peter Broadbent the same year. After Peter's death in 1892 she married Jonah(s) Ratcliffe in 1894.

  • Sources 
    1. [S3242] BMD - Birth Index, 4 Jul 2015, 1851 AMJ Bury 21 341.
      GRO Checked

    2. [S1237] Birth Index - Bestwick, Maria, 4 Jul 2015.

    3. [S329] 1871 Census - RG 10/4095 F015 P24 - Lomas, Richard, 1 Jan 1980.

    4. [S37] 1881 Census - RG 11/4068 F108 P41 - Lomas, Robert, 1 Jan 1980.

    5. [S330] 1891 Census - RG 12/3301 F040/041 P02/03 - Broadbent, Maria (nee Lomas), 1 Jan 1980.

    6. [S71] 1901 Census - RG 13/3806 F035 P12 - Lomas - Ratcliffe, 1 Jan 1980.

    7. [S742] 1911 Census - RG 14/24480 SN061 - Ratcliffe, Jonah, 30 Dec 2009.

    8. [S3844] 1921 Census RG15-19814-0203 - Lomas, William B, 4 Nov 2022.

    9. [S1238] Marriage Cert - Bestwick, George, 4 Jul 2015.

    10. [S329] 1871 Census - RG 10/4095 F015 P24 - Lomas, Richard, 18 Apr 2010, 1871 JFM Bury 8C 464.
      Note that he is listed as LomaX

    11. [S1236] Marriage Entry - Lomas, Richard John, 4 Jul 2015.

    12. [S60] BMD - Marriage Index, 4 Jul 2015, 1871 JFM Bury 8C 464.
      Richard is recorded as Lomax

    13. [S60] BMD - Marriage Index, 20 Nov 2016, 1889 OND Oldham 8D 932.

    14. [S60] BMD - Marriage Index, 15 Feb 2017, 1894 OND Oldham 8D 1008.
      Jonah's wife had only died in the first quarter of the same year!