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William ENTWISTLE

William ENTWISTLE

Male 1873 - 1933  (59 years)

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  • Name William ENTWISTLE  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12] 
    Born 20 Oct 1873  Robin Barn, Eccleshill, Darwen, Lancashire Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13] 
    • (Twin) The family was living at Robin Barn Farm, Eccleshill when William and Mary were born. Brothers were Thomas (20), Charles (18), Joseph (8), James (5) and sisters Betty (14), Sarah (10) and Alice Ann (3).
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 25 Dec 1873  St James Church, Darwen, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    Residence 1881  Robin Barn, Eccleshill, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Joseph and Sarah were still living at Robin Barn with children Charles (25), Betty (21), Sarah (18), Joseph (16), James (12), Alice Ann (10) and twins William & Mary (7) 
    Residence 1891  Brookside Farm, Lower Darwen, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Joseph and Sarah were living at Brookside Farm, Lower Darwen with children Alice Ann (20), twins Mary and William (17) and a grandson Ernest Entwistle (5). 
    Residence 1896  2 Dandy Row, Darwen, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married from 2 Dandy Row, Darwen where his aunt Betty lived with her husband Andrew Heap. His father Joseph had died. 
    Residence 1897  Sunnyhurst Woods, Darwen, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    William and Margaret lived for a time at the cottages in Sunnyhurst Woods where he worked as a woodsman. Their first children were born there. These cottages were demolished to make space for the Kiosk which was built in Sunnyhurst Woods. 
    Residence 31 Mar 1901  Lower Day Eye Farm, Blacksnape, Darwen,Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    The family was living and farming at Lower Day Eye Farm, Blacksnape, Darwen with children Mary (3), William (2) and Florence (2 months). 
    Residence Apr 1904  Day Eye Farm, Blacksnape, Darwen, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    Residence 1905  Day Eye Farm, Blacksnape, Darwen, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [16] 
    Occupation 04 Apr 1908  Top o' Hag, Higher Wood Farm, Darwen, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    William and Margaret were living at Higher Wood Farm by the time Doris was born in 1908.  
    Entwistle family Higher Wood Farm orchard Darwen -1.jpg    		 Entwistle family Higher Wood Farm orchard Darwen -1.jpg
    Residence 02 Apr 1911  Top o' Hag, Higher Wood Farm, Darwen, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Doris (2) lived with her parents William (37) and Margaret (36) and her 7 siblings - Mary (13), William (12), Florence (10), Elizabeth Anne (8), Margaret Alice (6), Norman (4), Ellen (7 months). There were 6 rooms in the house (including kitchen). 
    Residence 1912  Top o'th'Hag, Darwen, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [17] 
    Higherwood Farm, Darwen, Lancashire, England another name for Hagg Farm and Higher Wood Farm 
    Entwistle children at th Hagg Farm Darwen Lancash-1.jpg    		 Entwistle children at th Hagg Farm Darwen Lancash-1.jpg
    Think that's my mum on the right, peeping from behind her sister Margaret! She would have been about 7 years old. It could also be Auntie Nellie (Ellen)aged about 6. The other sibling missing from the photo was Uncle Bill, aged about 17 - had he already gone to enlist for WW1? My mother used to say she remembered him walking down the track from…
    Residence 1919  Woodside Bank, Darwen, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1919  Woodside Bank, Darwen, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [18, 19] 
    In about 1919 they moved from the farm down the track to Woodside Bank where they stayed for the rest of William's life. This had been the manse for Duckworth Street Church, Darwen and was converted into 2 houses. 
    Woodside Bank    		 Woodside Bank
    Residence 1926  Woodside Bank, Darwen, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [20] 
    Residence 1930  Woodside Bank, Darwen, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [21] 
    Will 22 Jun 1933  Woodside Bank, Darwen, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Sons William and Norman were appointed executors. Everything to wife, Margaret. If predeceased, then all in equal shares to children. 
    Died 19 Oct 1933  Darwen, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11] 
    Buried 24 Oct 1933  sec 1 plot 3102, Darwen Old Cemetery (Western), Darwen, Lancashire,England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    William & Margaret Entwistle gravestone-2    		 William & Margaret Entwistle gravestone-2
    Probate 16 Nov 1933  Woodside Bank, Darwen, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gross value of estate was £1197-12-6 
    Person ID I1899  Eileen's Family Tree
    Last Modified 11 Aug 2018 

    Father Joseph ENTWISTLE,   b. 22 Apr 1832, Haslingden Grane, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jun 1894, Lower Eccleshill Farm, Darwen, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Mother Sarah HOLDEN,   b. 30 Jun 1834, Haslingden Grane, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Q1 1900, Darwen, Lancashire,England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Married 15 Oct 1853  Shorrockfold, Yate & Pickup Bank, Lancashire Joseph aged 22 and living Pickup Bank, Sarah aged 21/St Mary's Parish Church, Blackburn, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [22, 23, 24] 
    Joseph & Sarah Entwistle M1853    		 Joseph & Sarah Entwistle M1853
    St Mary's Parish Church, Blackburn, Lancashire,England Joseph aged 22 and living Shorrockfold, Yate & Pickup Bank, Lancashire, Sarah aged 21, Yate & Pickup Bank, Lancashire
    Family ID F492  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret GARNER,   b. 05 Mar 1875, Tottering Temple, Tockholes, Blackburn, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 07 Jul 1937, Blackburn and East Lancashire Royal Infirmary, Blackburn, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Married 02 Sep 1896  William's address was 2 Dandy Row, Darwen. Margaret's address was 6 Preston Street, Darwen Witnesses were Isaac Garner and Nancy Clegg. Isaac was Margaret's older brother. He and Nancy married during the same quarter of 1896./Belgrave Square Independent Meeting House, Darwen, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Children 
     1. Mary ENTWISTLE,   b. 09 Jul 1897, Eccleshill, Darwen, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Dec 1974, 12 Anyon Street, Darwen, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     2. William ENTWISTLE,   b. Dec 1898, Darwen, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1970, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 71 years)
     3. Florence ENTWISTLE,   b. 30 Jan 1901, Lower Day Eye Farm, Blacksnape, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jul 1994, Ajax, Durham, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years)
     4. Elizabeth Anne ENTWISTLE,   b. Jul 1902, Lower Day Eye Farm, Blacksnape, Darwen, Lancashire, Englan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Mar 1963, Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 60 years)
     5. Margaret Alice ENTWISTLE,   b. 25 Apr 1904, Day Eye Farm, Darwen, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jun 1980, Darwen, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     6. Norman ENTWISTLE,   b. 17 Apr 1906, Darwen, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jan-Feb-Mar 1980  (Age 73 years)
     7. Doris ENTWISTLE,   b. 04 Apr 1908, Higher Wood Farm (or Th'Hagg Farm), Darwen, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 07 Jan 1989, Queen's Park Hospital, Blackburn, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     8. Ellen ENTWISTLE,   b. 08 Aug 1910, Top o' Hag, Higher Wood Farm, Darwen, Lancashire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jun 1998, Cheshire, Lancashire Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     9. Frank ENTWISTLE,   b. 21 Mar 1912, Top o'Hag, Higher Wood Farm, Darwen, Lancashire,England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Feb 1996, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital,,, Nedlands, Western Austalia,Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     10. Elsie ENTWISTLE,   b. 17 Oct 1914, Top o' th Hag, Higherwood Farm, Darwen, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1988, Blackpool & Fylde, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
     11. Norah ENTWISTLE,   b. 18 Sep 1919, Darwen, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar 1997, Blackburn, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
    Family ID F428  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Darwen Tower, Woodside Bank & Th'Hagg    		Darwen Tower, Woodside Bank & Th'Hagg
    Ellen Entwistle Walter Bibbys wedding    		Ellen Entwistle Walter Bibbys wedding
    Hagg Nursery, Darwen postcard    		Hagg Nursery, Darwen postcard
    1932 Entwistle Family holiday in Brighton     		1932 Entwistle Family holiday in Brighton
    Entwistle family Higher Wood Farm orchard Darwen -1.jpg    		Entwistle family Higher Wood Farm orchard Darwen -1.jpg
    Entwistle children at th Hagg Farm Darwen Lancash-1.jpg    		Entwistle children at th Hagg Farm Darwen Lancash-1.jpg
    Think that's my mum on the right, peeping from behind her sister Margaret! She would have been about 7 years old. It could also be Auntie Nellie (Ellen)aged about 6. The other sibling missing from the photo was Uncle Bill, aged about 17 - had he already gone to enlist for WW1? My mother used to say she remembered him walking down the track from…
    Sunnyhurst Cottages     		Sunnyhurst Cottages
    Sunnyhurst Cottages colour    		Sunnyhurst Cottages colour
    William and Margaret Entwistle and family    		William and Margaret Entwistle and family
    Margaret, Annie, Ellen, Norman, Norah, Elsie,with parents    		Margaret, Annie, Ellen, Norman, Norah, Elsie,with parents
    Annie Entwistle & Harry Haworth's wedding    		Annie Entwistle & Harry Haworth's wedding
    Sunnyhurst Cottages again    		Sunnyhurst Cottages again
    Sunnyhurst about 1908    		Sunnyhurst about 1908
    Florence Entwistle Percy Bartons wedding-1.jpg    		Florence Entwistle Percy Bartons wedding-1.jpg
    Woodside Bank    		Woodside Bank
    Sunnyhurst Cottages-1.jpg    		Sunnyhurst Cottages-1.jpg
    Sunnyhurst Wood    		Sunnyhurst Wood
    William and Margaret Garner Entwistle    		William and Margaret Garner Entwistle
    Woodside Bank    		Woodside Bank
    Grandad William Entwistle about 1932    		Grandad William Entwistle about 1932
    William Entwistle B1873    		William Entwistle B1873
    William & Margaret Entwistle    		William & Margaret Entwistle
    Woodside Bank and Th Hagg postcard    		Woodside Bank and Th Hagg postcard
    Shows Darwen Tower, Woodside Bank and th'Hagg (Higherwood Farm) Darwen
    Margaret Entwistle abt 1930    		Margaret Entwistle abt 1930
    Entwistle grandparents grave    		Entwistle grandparents grave
    The Woodsman's Hut, Sunnyhurst Woods, Darwen    		The Woodsman's Hut, Sunnyhurst Woods, Darwen
    View from Hagg Nursery c1907    		View from Hagg Nursery c1907
    William Entwistle - abt 1930    		William Entwistle - abt 1930
    William Entwistle of Woodside Bank abt 1930    		William Entwistle of Woodside Bank abt 1930
    Woodside Bank    		Woodside Bank
    Doris & Bill Entwisle with Doris' father.    		Doris & Bill Entwisle with Doris' father.
    On holiday in Brighton in 1932

    Documents
    ENTWISTLE DORIS 1911 census-1.jpg    		ENTWISTLE DORIS 1911 census-1.jpg
    Top o' Hag, Higher Wood Farm, Darwen. Doris (2) lived with her parents William (37) and Margaret (36) and her 7 siblings - Mary (13), William (12), Florence (10), Elizabeth Anne (8), Margaret Alice (6), Norman (4), Ellen (7 months).
    Bill & Margaret Entwistle M1896    		Bill & Margaret Entwistle M1896
    Independent Meeting House,Belgrave Square ,, Darwen, Lancashire, England
    William's address was 2 Dandy Row, Darwen. Margaret's address was 6 Preston Street, Darwen.
    Witnesses were Isaac Garner and Nancy Clegg. Isaac was Margaret's older brother. He and Nancy married during the same quarter of 1896.
    Hag Nursery planting from book re Ancient Highway    		Hag Nursery planting from book re Ancient Highway
    Hagg Farm 1911map    		Hagg Farm 1911map
    Hag Nursery planting plan from book re Ancient Highway    		Hag Nursery planting plan from book re Ancient Highway
    Woodside Bank disease    		Woodside Bank disease
    Hagg Farm OS 2004    		Hagg Farm OS 2004
    Joseph & Sarah Entwistle 1881 i    		Joseph & Sarah Entwistle 1881 i
    Joseph and Sarah were still living at Robin Barn with children Charles (25), Betty (21), Sarah (18), Joseph (16), James (12), Alice Ann (10) and twins William & Mary (7)
    William Entwistle B1873    		William Entwistle B1873
    Robin Barn,, Eccleshill, Darwen, Lancashire, England
    (Twin) The family was living at Robin Barn Farm, Eccleshill when William and Mary were born. Brothers were Thomas (20), Charles (18), Joseph (8), James (5) and sisters Betty (14), Sarah (10) and Alice Ann (3).
    William Entwistle sr. will 1933    		William Entwistle sr. will 1933
    Sons William and Norman were appointed executors. Everything to wife, Margaret. If predeceased, then all in equal shares to children.
    William Entwistle sr. will probate 1933    		William Entwistle sr. will probate 1933
    Gross value of estate was £1197-12-6
    Woodside Bank Hagg 1911 enumerators page    		Woodside Bank Hagg 1911 enumerators page
    William Entwistle sr will 1933    		William Entwistle sr will 1933
    William Entwistle sr will probate 1933    		William Entwistle sr will probate 1933

    Headstones
    Darwen Western Cemetery    		Darwen Western Cemetery
    William & Margaret Entwistle gravestone    		William & Margaret Entwistle gravestone
    William & Margaret Entwistle gravestone-2    		William & Margaret Entwistle gravestone-2

  • Sources 
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    2. [S64] 1881 England Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. 1881 British Isles Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the;), Class: RG11; Piece: 4208; Folio: 127; Page: 14; Line: ; GSU roll: 1342008.
      Birth date: abt 1874
      Birth place: Eccleshill, Lancashire, England
      Residence date: 1881
      Residence place: Eccleshill, Lancashire, England

    3. [S67] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Trees.

    4. [S66] 1891 England Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1891. Data imaged from The National;), Class: RG12; Piece: 3412; Folio 25; Page 1; GSU roll: 6098522.
      Birth date: abt 1874
      Birth place: Darwen, Lancashire, England
      Residence date: 1891
      Residence place: Over Darwen, Lancashire, England

    5. [S376] 1911 England Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA), 1911. Data imaged from the National Archives, London, England.;).
      Birth date: abt 1874
      Birth place: Eccleshill, Lancashire, England
      Residence date: 02 Apr 1911
      Residence place: Darwen, Lancashire, England

    6. [S68] 1901 England Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1901. Data imaged from the National;), Class: RG13; Piece: 3924; Folio: 137; Page: 31.
      Birth date: abt 1874
      Birth place: Darwen, Lancashire, England
      Residence date: 1901
      Residence place: Darwen, Lancashire, England

    7. [S127] Marriage certificate.

    8. [S146] Birth certificate Doris Entwistle 1908, (Name: copy issued Mar 1920 for purposes of Factory and Workshops Act, 1901;).

    9. [S145] marriage certificate William Entwisle/Doris Entwistle 1932.

    10. [S365] England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1861-1941, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.Original data - Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England. Londo;).
      Death date: 19 Oct 1933
      Death place: Lancashire, England

    11. [S58] England & Wales, Death Index: 1984-2007, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.Original data - General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. Published by permission of the Cont;).
      Birth date: abt 1874
      Birth place:
      Death date: Dec 1933
      Death place: Blackburn, Lancashire, England

    12. [S34] England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915, FreeBMD, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. Published by permission of the Cont;).
      Birth date: Dec 1873
      Birth place: Lancashire, United Kingdom

    13. [S119] birth certificate William Entwistle 1873.

    14. [S229] Parish records St James', Darwen.

    15. [S134] Frank Whittaker, Birth of daughter Margaret (Frank's mother).

    16. [S241] Kelly's Directory 1905.

    17. [S156] Barrett's Directory of Blackburn and District 1912.

    18. [S377] Conversation with Aunt Norah, born art Woodside Bank 1919.

    19. [S232] Electoral Register 1919.

    20. [S137] death certificate William Garner, (Name: GRO;).

    21. [S157] Barrett's Directory of Blackburn and District 1930.

    22. [S48] England & Wales Marriages, 1538-1940, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2008.Original data - Genealogical Society of Utah. British Isles Vital Records Index, 2nd Edition. Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, copyright 2002. Used by permission.Original d;).
      Marriage date: 15 Oct 1853
      Marriage place: Blackburn, Lancashire, England
      Residence date:
      Residence place: England

    23. [S171] Marriage certificate Joseph & Sarah Entwistle 1853.

    24. [S247] Marriages index - Oct-Dec 1853 Blackburn 8e 339.



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