Dave's Family History
Maria BESTWICK
1851 - Has 2 ancestors and 19 descendants in this family tree.-
Name Maria BESTWICK Birth Between Apr 1851 and Jun 1851 Bury, Lancashire, England [1, 2] Gender Female Census 2 Apr 1871 Oldham, Lancashire, England [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 Play Actor Age: 28y Census 3 Apr 1881 Oldham, Lancashire, England [4] Age: 28y Address: Tommyfield, Caravan - Relation to Head of House: Wife
Actress
Occupation 3 Apr 1881 Oldham, Lancashire, England Actress Age: 28y Census 5 Apr 1891 Oldham, Lancashire, England [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 [6] Age: 46y Address: 43 Lord Street - Dressmaker
Occupation 31 Mar 1901 Oldham, Lancashire, England Dressmaker Age: 46y Census 2 Apr 1911 Oldham, Lancashire, England [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 [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 Mother Maria BARRETT, b. Abt 1810, Bury, Lancashire, England Marriage 8 Jan 1828 Prestwich, Lancashire, England [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 d. 8 May 1889, Oldham, Lancashire, England (Age 37 years) Marriage 14 Mar 1871 Bury, Lancashire, England [10, 11, 12] Address: St. Pauls, Bury Children + 1. Robert LOMAS, b. 17 Dec 1871, Bury, Lancashire, England d. 6 Nov 1939, Southend, Essex, England (Age 67 years) 2. Annetta (Anita) LOMAS, b. 28 Feb 1874, Kirkstall, Leeds, Yorkshire, England d. Between Jan 1917 and Mar 1917, Oldham, Lancashire, England (Age 42 years) + 3. Richard Revele LOMAS, b. 5 Dec 1876, Accrington, Lancashire, England d. Between Jul 1924 and Sep 1924, Fulham, London, England (Age 47 years) 4. William Barratt LOMAS, b. Between Apr 1879 and Jun 1879, Pendlebury, Lancashire, England d. 14 Jun 1935, Oldham, Lancashire, England (Age 56 years) + 5. Mary Elizabeth LOMAS, b. 9 Oct 1881, Radcliffe, Bury, Lancashire, England d. Between Apr 1959 and Jun 1959, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (Age 77 years) + 6. Agnes LOMAS, b. 24 Mar 1884, Manchester, Lancashire, England 7. Thomas LOMAS, b. 4 Nov 1887, Oldham, Lancashire, England Family ID F84 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 15 Mar 2022
Family 2 Peter BROADBENT, b. Abt 1852, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England d. Between Oct 1892 and Dec 1892, Oldham, Lancashire, England (Age 40 years) Marriage 4 Dec 1889 Oldham, Lancashire, England [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 d. Between Apr 1918 and Jun 1918, Oldham, Lancashire, England (Age 61 years) Marriage Between Oct 1894 and Dec 1894 Oldham, Lancashire, England [14] Family ID F101 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Sep 2017
- Relation to Head of House: Lodger
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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.
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Sources - [S3242] BMD - Birth Index, 4 Jul 2015, 1851 AMJ Bury 21 341.
GRO Checked - [S1237] Birth Index - Bestwick, Maria, 4 Jul 2015.
- [S329] 1871 Census - RG 10/4095 F015 P24 - Lomas, Richard, 1 Jan 1980.
- [S37] 1881 Census - RG 11/4068 F108 P41 - Lomas, Robert, 1 Jan 1980.
- [S330] 1891 Census - RG 12/3301 F040/041 P02/03 - Broadbent, Maria (nee Lomas), 1 Jan 1980.
- [S71] 1901 Census - RG 13/3806 F035 P12 - Lomas - Ratcliffe, 1 Jan 1980.
- [S742] 1911 Census - RG 14/24480 SN061 - Ratcliffe, Jonah, 30 Dec 2009.
- [S3844] 1921 Census RG15-19814-0203 - Lomas, William B, 4 Nov 2022.
- [S1238] Marriage Cert - Bestwick, George, 4 Jul 2015.
- [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 - [S1236] Marriage Entry - Lomas, Richard John, 4 Jul 2015.
- [S60] BMD - Marriage Index, 4 Jul 2015, 1871 JFM Bury 8C 464.
Richard is recorded as Lomax - [S60] BMD - Marriage Index, 20 Nov 2016, 1889 OND Oldham 8D 932.
- [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!
- [S3242] BMD - Birth Index, 4 Jul 2015, 1851 AMJ Bury 21 341.