Elizabeth BENNETT was baptised in 1834 in Lowton, Lancashire.
Her parents were Samuel BENNETT (shoemaker, 1808 - 1883) and Jane
CROUCHLEY (1805-1842).
Elizabeth married Edward CRITCHLEY
in 1855 at Newton-in-Makerfield (now Newton le Willows, Lancashire).
They moved to Bolton and had 8 sons and 2 daughters - the daughters
died young, but the sons all married, though not all had children.
Edward died in 1880 and Elizabeth in 1912.
Samuel was baptised in 1808 in Lowton. He married Jane CROUCHLEY and they had
7 children before she died aged only 36. With so many young children
to look after, 10 months later Samuel married a young widow Mary
CANE (nee WILLIAMSON) and they had a further 6 children. Unfortunately
only 3 (or maybe 4) of Samuel's children married and 7 died before
the age of 10.
The furthest I have got is with Elizabeth's grandfather, William,
who was born about 1773 in Preston Brook, Cheshire. He was a shoemaker.
He married Elizabeth, who came from Chester according to the 1851
census, but I do not know her surname or their marriage. They
had 10 children
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I also have an unrelated BENNETT family who also lived in Newton-in-Makerfield,
headed by James and Mary. James was born about 1811 in Didsbury,
south of Manchester, but seems to have moved to Newton before
1838 when their eldest son (and second child), Richard, was baptised.
