Person:Susannah Southwell (1)

Susannah Southwell was born in 1866 at Padiham in Lancashire. She was the daughter of Elizabeth Southwell, formerly Hardacre, and her husband William Southwell, who worked in the cotton industry. The 1871 census finds Susannah living with her parents and siblings at Hall Hill in Padiham. By 1881 they had moved to 9 Bright Street, and Susannah was working as a cotton creeler.

In 1888, aged 22, Susannah married Frederick Wright, who seems to have been known as Fred. He was originally from Wheathampstead in Hertfordshire, over 180 miles to the south-east, but had recently moved north. They went on to have twelve children together between 1888 and 1908, although their third child died when only one year old.

The 1891 census finds the family living at 9 Back Manchester Road in Hapton, a village just south of Padiham. By 1901 they were living at Stone Moor in Padiham, and in 1911 they were at 97 Hapton Road in Padiham. Fred worked in a chemical works.

Some time between 1911 and 1938 Susannah and Fred left Padiham and moved to Wythenshawe in Manchester, where a large housing estate was being built by Manchester Corporation. They lived there at 16 Wynyard Road.

Susannah died in Manchester in 1938, but was buried back at Padiham on 5th July 1938. She was 72 years old. Fred survived her by just under three years.

1. ↑ Births index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   Presumably one of:
   b. Susannah SOUTHWELL, June Quarter 1866, Burnley Registration District, Volume 8e, page 217, mother's maiden name Hardacre
   b. Susannah SOUTHWELL, September Quarter 1867, Burnley Registration District, Volume 8e, page 213, mother's maiden name Hardacre

   There were clearly two Susannah Southwells born in Padiham around the same time, both of whom had a mother whose maiden name was Hardacre. Both appear in the 1871 census living at Hall Hill in Padiham with their parents - one was daughter of Silas Southwell and Sarah Hardacre, the other was daughter of William Southwell and Elizabeth Hardacre. Both were said to be four years old in that census. The daughter of Silas and Sarah died unmarried on 13th February 1942, and newspaper notices were placed trying to trace her next of kin, making explicit that she was the daughter of Silas and Sarah (Burnley Express, 12th December 1942). Presumably therefore it must have been the other Susannah, the daughter of William and Elizabeth, who married Frederick Winch.
   
   It is also worth noting that the Susannah who died unmarried in 1942 appears in the 1939 Register in Padiham , giving her date of birth as 17th July 1868. Whilst the year is clearly wrong, it is more likely that the day and month are correct. That being the case, it is considered more likely that her birth would be the one registered in the July to September quarter of 1867, and not the one whose birth was registered between April and June 1866. We therefore conclude that the Susannah who was daughter of William and Elizabeth was the one born in 1866.

2. ↑ England. England and Wales. 1871 Census Schedules. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG10; Piece 4153; Folio 103; Page 5, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Hall Hill, Padiham, Lancashire
   William Southwell, head, married, male, 40 [1830/1], Operative Cotton, b. Keighley, Yorkshire
   Elizabeth Southwell, wife, married, female, 39 [1831/2], House Keeper, b. Halifax, Yorkshire
   Emma Southwell, daughter, female, 12 [1858/9], Weaver Cotton, b. Padiham, Lancashire
   James Southwell, son, male, 10 [1860/1], Scholar, b. Padiham, Lancashire
   William Southwell, son, male, 8 [1862/3], Scholar, b. Padiham, Lancashire
   Susannah Southwell, daughter, female, 4 [1866/7], Scholar, b. Padiham, Lancashire
   Ellen A. Southwell, daughter, female, 1 [1869/70], b. Padiham, Lancashire
   Luke Southwell, brother, male, 30 [1840/1], Mill Jobber, b. Keyley [sic], Yorkshire

3. ↑ England. 1881 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands: . (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG11; Piece 4157; Folio 35; Page 23, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: 9 Bright Street, Padiham, Lancashire
   W[illia]m Southwell, head, married, male, 48 [1832/3], Cotton Seutcher[?], b. Bingley, Yorkshire
   Eliz[abeth] Southwell, wife, married, female, 47 [1833/4], b. Halifax, Yorkshire
   James Southwell, son, married, male, 21 [1859/60], Cotton Spinner, b. Padiham, Lancashire
   Mary Southwell, daughter in law, married, female, 18 [1862/3], Cotton Rover, b. Lead Side, Nottinghamshire
   W[illia]m Southwell, son, male, 17 [1863/4], Cotton Spinner, b. Padiham, Lancashire
   Susan Southwell, daughter, female, 16 [1864/5], Cotton Creeler, b. Padiham, Lancashire
   Ellen A. Southwell, daughter, female, 11 [1869/70], Scholar, b. Padiham, Lancashire
   John Southwell, son, male, 9 [1871/2], Scholar, b. Padiham, Lancashire
   Tho[ma]s Southwell, son, male, 5 [1875/6], Scholar, b. Padiham, Lancashire
   May Southwell, daughter, female, 3 [1877/8], b. Padiham, Lancashire
   Jonathan Harman, father in law, widower, male, 71 [1809/10], Printer unemploy[e]d, b. Long Preston, Lancashire
   Thomas Ogden, boarder, male, 27 [1853/4], Cotton Spintter, b. Padiham, Lancashire

4. ↑ England. 1891 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG12; Piece 3374; Folio 132; Page 19, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: 9 B[ac]k Manchester R[oa]d, Hapton, Lancashire
   3 rooms occupied
   Frederick Wright, head, married, male, 26 [1864/5], Gas & Boiler Stoker, employed, b. Folby, Herefordshire [sic]
   Susannah Wright, wife, married, female, 25 [1865/6], Cotton Winder, employed, b. Padiham, Lancashire
   Charles W. Wright, son, male, 2 [1888/9], b. Padiham, Lancashire
   Christiannah Wright, daughter, female, 1 [1889/90], b. Padiham, Lancashire

5. ↑ England. England. 1901 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG13; Piece 3878; Folio 119; Page 22, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: 10 Stone Moor, Padiham, Lancashire
   3 rooms occupied
   Fred Wright, head, married, male, 36 [1864/5], Stoker Chemical Worker, worker, b. Folly, Hertfordshire
   Susannah Wright, wife, married, female, 35 [1865/6], b. Padiham, Lancashire
   Charles W. Wright, son, single, male, 12 [1888/9], Joiner's Errand Boy, worker, b. Padiham, Lancashire
   Christian Wright, daughter, single, female, 11 [1889/90], b. Padiham, Lancashire
   Annie Wright, daughter, single, female, 6 [1894/5], b. Padiham, Lancashire
   Alice Wright, daughter, single, female, 5 [1895/6], b. Padiham, Lancashire
   Thomas Wright, son, single, male, 4 [1896/7], b. Padiham, Lancashire
   Fredy Wright, son, single, male, 2 [1898/9], b. Padiham, Lancashire
   Elizabeth Wright, daughter, single, female, 11mo [1900], b. Padiham, Lancashire

6. ↑ England. 1911 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom: The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), (formerly the UK General Register Office.))
   Class RG14; Piece 24870; Schedule 117, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: 97 Hapton Road, Padiham, Lancashire
   5 rooms occupied
   Fredrick Wright, head, male, 45 [1865/6], married, 12 children born to marriage, 11 children still living, Labourer - Chemical Works, worker, b. Folly, Hertfordshire
   Susannah Wright, wife, female, 44 [1866/7], married 23 years, b. Padiham, Lancashire
   Charles William Wright, son, male, 22 [1888/9], single, Labourer - Chemical Works, worker, b. Padiham, Lancashire
   Christiana Wright, daughter, female, 21 [1889/90], single, Cotton Weaver - Cotton Manuf., worker, b. Padiham, Lancashire
   Annie Wright, daughter, female, 16 [1894/5], single, Winder Cotton - Cotton Manuf., worker, b. Padiham, Lancashire
   Alice Wright, daughter, female, 15 [1895/6], single, Laundry, worker, b. Padiham, Lancashire
   Thomas Wright, son, male, 13 [1897/8], Cotton Weaver - Cotton Manuf., worker, b. Padiham, Lancashire
   Fredrick Wright, son, male, 12 [1898/9], School, b. Padiham, Lancashire
   Elizabeth Wright, daughter, female, 10 [1900/1], School, b. Padiham, Lancashire
   James Wright, son, male, 8 [1902/3], School, b. Padiham, Lancashire
   Clara Wright, daughter, female, 7 [1903/4], School, b. Padiham, Lancashire
   Phyllis Wright, daughter, female, 5 [1905/6], School, b. Padiham, Lancashire
   John Edward Wright, son, male, 2 [1908/9], b. Padiham, Lancashire

7. ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Susannah WRIGHT, September Quarter 1938, Manchester South Registration District, Volume 8d, page 1, aged 73 [1864/5]

8. ↑ Lancashire Online Parish Clerks.

   Burial: 5 Jul 1938 St John's Rd Cemetery, Padiham, Lancs.
   Susannah Wright
   Age: 73 years [1864/5]
   Abode: 16 Wynyard Road Wythenshawe
   Grave: 3704A
   Plot: 21
   Registrar: Walter Helm
   Buried by: G ? Brigg
   Register: Burials 1930-2016, Page 30, entry 7223
   Source: Original Register held at Burnley Cemetery