Person:James Ainscough (1)

James Ainscough was born on 3rd April 1843 and christened on 21st April 1843 in Wigan. He was the son of William Ainscough (1816) and Fanny Holding. In 1851 he was aged 7 and was living at Canal Row in Haigh. In 1861 he was aged 18 and living at Farm House in Blackrod and was working as a coal miner. On 13th June 1863, in St. Katherine’s church, Blackrod, he married Mary Ann Waring, who was the daughter of Margaret Waring, his father's second wife. In 1871 he was aged 28, was working as a collier and was living in Cock Tavern Yard, Blackrod. In 1881 he was aged 39, still a coal miner and living in Little Scotland, Blackrod. In 1891 he was aged 48 and living at 384 Manchester Road in Blackrod. By 1901 he had retired from coal mining, was aged 57 and was living at 278 Atherton Road in Hindley.