The Cropper Family
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The Cropper Family

History

This family was a surprise addition! They 'turned up' quite unexpectedly and first appeared whilst I was searching for 2xgt. grandparents George and Ann Lord. Who, along with Ann Lord, was the 85 year old Mary Cropper in grave B61, interred in Bacup cemetery on 29th. July 1865 ? Once again the St.Nicholas' Parish church registers came to the rescue.

Our 3xgt. grandparents, Joshua Cropper and Mary Lord, were maried at St.Nicholas' Parish church on 27th January 1799. Of their four sons and four daughters, just Ann and her sister Alice were involved with our family.- Ann you will recall had married George Lord on 27th. Oct., 1828 (a Cropper/Lord reversal). The 1861 census revealed that Mary Cropper was living with her widowed daughter, Alice Mills, at Higher Change; she was already at the remarkable age, for those days, of 82 years. However, she probably became a 'handful' and was put in the care of the workhouse at Mitchell Field Nook (Tunstead area); she lived for another 3 years.

On a visit to cousin Edna at Cleveleys during November 1999, she mentioned that, when her mother and father (aunt Ethel and uncle John L. Stott) retired to live at Thornton-Cleveleys in 1954, there was a chemist's shop by the name of 'Cropper' and her mother told her that they were 'related to us'.

Census Returns

Address: Higher Change, Bacup, Lancs.
NameRelMarAgeOccupationBirthplace
Joshua Cropper -65Coal MinerLancashire
Mary Cropper -60 Lancashire
James Cropper -15(poss. Gson - son of James)Lancashire
Census: 1841 PRO Reference: HO107 Piece: 509 Folio: 11 Page:  

Address: Change, Bacup, Lancs.
NameRelMarAgeOccupationBirthplace
Joshua CropperHeadM79Retired Coal MinerWhalley, Lan
Mary CropperWifeM72 Whalley, Lan
John LordGSon 19WeaverWhalley, Lan
Census: 1851 PRO Reference: HO107 Piece: 2248 Folio: 348 Page: ??

Address: Higher Change, Bacup, Lancs.
NameRelMarAgeOccupationBirthplace
Alice MillsHeadW39WinderBacup, Lancs.
John MillsSon-12 Bacup, Lancs.
James MillsSon-4 Bacup, Lancs.
Mary CropperMothW82 Bacup, Lancs.
Census: 1861 PRO Reference: RG9 Piece: 3052 Folio: 5 Page: ??

Parish Registers

St. Nicholas, Newchurch-in-Rossendale, Marriages
Married  Name  Surname  Abode  
07.01.1799Joshua  Cropper  Greens  
MaryLordChange  

Burial Registers

Bacup Cemetery Grave No: B61.
NameAgeInterred
Mary Cropper85 years14.12.1863

Bacup Cemetery Grave No: B62.
NameAgeInterred
Alice Mills42 years29.07.1865

They had adjoining graves.


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