Mary Pendlebury (1791 - 1865)
Mary Pendlebury was born on 20 Mar 1791 in Over Hulton in the parish of Deane, Lancashire. She was the eighth and youngest child and only daughter Henry Pendlebury and Mary Higson. Mary lived all of her early life in Over Hulton, where here father is noted as a Yeoman.
On 6 January 1814 Mary married James Higson at the Deane parish church - St Mary the Virgin - in Rumworth. James was the son of Richard Higson and Ellen Seddon
James and Mary had at least 11 children (eight boys and three girls) - six of whom lived to adulthood
- Richard Higson Born 1814 ; Married Margaret Ormrod ; Died 1854
- Henry Higson Born 1816 ; Died Jan 1821 (Aged 4)
- James Higson Born 1818 ; Died Feb 1821 (Aged 3)
- Mary Higson Born 1819 ;
- Henry Higson Born 1821 ; Married Elizabeth ? ; Died ?
- Gerard Higson Born 1823 ; Died 1838 (Aged 15)
- Bold Higson Born 1824 ; Died 1824 (Aged 10 days)
- Margaret Higson Born 1825 ; Married John Hayes ; Died 1887
- Hannah Higson Born abt 1825 ; Died 1829 (Aged 4)
- Ralph Pendlebury Higson Born 1831 ; Married (1) Elizabeth Heaton (1829 - 1 Jan 1856) Married (2) Ann Taylor ; Died 1900
- James Higson Born 1833
It appeared that lived in Over Hulton until about 1830 where James worked as a Weaver until 1817 and then became a shop keeper through until about 1830 when the family moved to Daubhill, Rumworth and James went back to Weaving.
The family are found in Daubhill in the 1841 ; 1851 and 1861 census as follows:
- 1841 - James & Mary - Mary ; Margaret ; Henry ; Ralph ; James
- 1851 - James & Mary - Mary ; Ralph ; James
- 1861 - James & Mary -
Daubhill - pronounced Dobble - was centred on the raised area close to the Stag Public House on St Helens Road. The Hill of Clay (Daub) was adjacent to the the railway crossing. Daubhill extends from Adelaide Street to Morris Green Lane.Rumworth measured about 2½ miles from east to west and average breadth was a little over a mile, its area was 1,244 acres (5.03 km2). The Church Brook flows down Deane Clough to join the River Croal which forms the northern boundary. To the west of the township is the Rumworth Lodge Reservoir. The Bolton to Wigan road passes Deane Church and to the east the Bolton to Leigh passes through Daubhill.
Rumworth Mill was established in Daubhill in 1884
Morris Green Lane in 1949
