George PICKFORD

Abt 1835 - 1879  (44 years)

• Name	George PICKFORD
  Birth	Abt 1835	Macclesfield, Cheshire
  Christening	28 Aug 1839	Macclesfield, Cheshire   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	64D775594DEF4188B927FD8F31B4B6859A5A
  Death	Jun 1879	Macclesfield, Cheshire   [2]
  Notes	Most records for this individual show his name as just George (and that's how he appears here) but his death seems to have been registered as George William. Although George appears to have been born about 1835 or 1836, it seems he wasn't baptised until 1839: his baptism appears in the Cheshire Database as George son of James (publican) & Catherine Pickford 28 August 1839. 1861 census: at 4 Duke Street, Macclesfield (all PICKFORD), George (head, 25, spirit dealer, born Macclesfield), Elizabeth (wife, 21, born Macclesfield) and John C (son, 1, born Macclesfield). 1871 census: at 12 Duke Street, Macclesfield (all PICKFORD), George (head, 34, foreman, born Macclesfield), Elizabeth (wife, 30, born Macclesfield), John Cooke (son, 11, born Macclesfield), Catherine M (daughter, 9, born Macclesfield), Annie (daughter, 6, born America), Tom J (son, 4, born America) and Ada M (daughter, 1, born Macclesfield). 1881 census (1): at 2 Court 4 Duke Street, Macclesfield (all PICKFORD), Elizabeth (head, widow, 41, silk knitter, born Macclesfield), Catherine M (daughter, 19, silk piecer, born Macclesfield), Annie (daughter, 16, silk picker, born America, British Subject), Ada M (daughter, 11, scholar, born America, British Subject *), Frederick J (son, 6, scholar, born America, British Subject) and Alice M (daughter, 3, scholar, born America, British Subject). * Ada M, Frederick and Alice M are shown as born in America but in 1871, Ada M was shown as born in Macclesfield. It looks as if George and Elizabeth were in America from the early to mid 1860s but it's not clear when the family returned to England. 1881 census (2): At the Macclesfield Certified Industrial School, Brook Street, Macclesfield, Thomas PICKFORD, 15, scholar, born America. establishment is described in the UK National Archives as follows. It's unclear why Thomas was there. The school, also known as the Ragged School and the Certified Industrial School, originated in 1858 when the Vicar of S. Paul's collected about a hundred vagrant or orphaned children and provided a school for them. New premises were opened in Brook Street in 1866. In 1868 places were made available for children from the rest of the county. The school continued to provide care, education and industrial training for neglected children until the 1920s. C.S. Davies, A History of Macclesfield. ]
  Person ID	I1430	Folkestone, Kent
  Last Modified	26 Jul 2016

  
  

  Father	James PICKFORD,   b. 22 Nov 1810, Macclesfield, Cheshire d. Bef 21 Nov 1839, Macclesfield, Cheshire (Age 28 years)
  Mother	Catherine CHALLINOR,   b. Bef 18 Oct 1809, Macclesfield, Cheshire d. Dec 1860, Macclesfield, Cheshire (Age 51 years)
  Marriage	3 Jun 1829	Astbury, Cheshire   [3]
  Family ID	F568	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth JONES,   b. Abt 1840, Macclesfield, Cheshire d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	26 Dec 1858	Parish Church, Stockport, Cheshire   [4, 5]
  	Married by licence. George Pickford, full age, bachelor, commercial traveller of No 108 Higher Hillgate, Stockport, father James Pickford, inn keeper. Elizabeth Jones, full age, spinster of No 174 Newtown, Macclesfield, father John Cooke, manufacturer of silk. Both signed full names. Witnesses James Cartledge and Susan Bullock.
  Children	1. John Cook PICKFORD,   b. Mar 1860, Macclesfield, Cheshire d. Yes, date unknown   2. Catherine Maria PICKFORD,   b. Mar 1862, Macclesfield, Cheshire d. Yes, date unknown   3. Annie PICKFORD,   b. Abt 1864, America d. Yes, date unknown   4. Tom James PICKFORD,   b. Abt 1867, America d. Mar 1950, Woodfall Road, Finsbury Park, London (Age 83 years)   5. Ada Mary PICKFORD,   b. Sep 1869, Macclesfield, Cheshire d. Yes, date unknown   6. Frederick Jones PICKFORD,   b. Mar 1875, Macclesfield, Cheshire d. Yes, date unknown   7. Alice Maud PICKFORD,   b. Jun 1877, Macclesfield, Cheshire d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F486	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Jan 2013

  
  

• Sources

  [S226] Cheshire Database, July 2016, (http://cgi.csc.liv.ac.uk). [S36] BMD index, aged 44, Q2 1879 Macclesfield 8a/96. (Reliability: 3). [S227] Diocese of Chester Bishop's Transcripts of Marriages c1600-1910 Image at findmypasy.co.uk, Jul 2016. [S36] BMD index, Q4 1858 Stockport 8a/108. (Reliability: 3). [S183] Chester parish registers of Marriages c1538-1910 at FindMy Past, Jan 2013.