Occupations of the Crompton Family 1841 Blackburn

[BridgetM]

What kind of weavers are the Cromptons:

__ L Weaver
Cott P L Weaver

(In 1851 two of the daughters are Power Loom Weavers.)

Could Cott PL be Cotton Power Loom Weaver?  And is their father an H. L. (Hand Loom) Weaver?

Also, why did James and Nancy name their son Crompton Crompton?  In the same line I've found a son called Bury Bury.  Initially, I thought it must be a transcription error, but then I found marriage and death records.

[MonicaL]

I think you are right in all counts 

Hand Loom Weaver and Cotton Power Loom Weaver.

Regarding son's name, does look to be Crompton Crompton (never forget his name  ). He shows with mother Nancy in 1851 HO107; Piece: 2261; Folio: 72; Page: 5

Monica
 
Added: Just realised you are asking why parents named son Crompton Crompton.... Unusual but can happen....

[acrompton]

just wondering about your interest in this crompton family. I am a descendant of crompton crompton and am curious about james crompton the dad.

Andrew Crompton, Vancouver Canada

[slam]

Perhaps it was something to do with a tradition of naming after kin, and with families often being closely inter-related?  If they all lived in a small community, perhaps it's possible the mother had an uncle or brother with 'Crompton' as his first name? (Yeah I know, another guess).

Families higher up the social scale seem to have been using maternal-kindred surnames as first names from even earlier in time.  There's an anecdote about a 17th c. gent called 'Bulstrode Whitlock', whose mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Bulstrode.  At the christening his godfather had the privilege of choosing the baby's name, and said he was absolutely determined to honour the child's mother in so doing - so they could either name the boy 'Elizabeth' or 'Bulstrode', it was all the same to him.  They chose Bulstrode.

[BridgetM]

Andrew,
Crompton Crompton's sister, Betsy, was my gg grandmother.  She married Walmsley Bury in 1872 in Darwen. 

Their son, Elias Bury, born 1874, married Lotty Rigby in 1896 in Darwen. 

My grandmother, Ethel Bury, was born in 1907 in Blackburn.  My father was born in 1929, also in Blackburn.

Bridget

[acrompton]

thank you Bridget,

Crompton Crompton and Mary Morris had a son Crompton Crompton (would you believe) who married Eleanor Wilding.
Their son Percy Crompton was my Great Grandfather. Their daughter Doris Crompton never married but had a son Kenneth Crompton my father.

I am trying to pin the earlier generation down - James Crompton and his wife Nancy.

[BridgetM]

Hi Andrew,
I don't know a lot about the Cromptons; I've been spending most of my time reseaching my father's paternal line, the Machells of Westmorland.

I do know that James Crompton married Nancy Ainsworth 3 January 1819 in Blackburn.  They were both born about 1801, and Nancy was a widow in 1861.

Bridget

[acrompton]

I think I am at the same point as you in this regard, James died in 1848 from "mortification of the leg by a crush in a machine" and Nancy is shown as a widow in 1851. I am going to try to find a copy of their marriage certificate.

HAve a great day

Andrew

[BridgetM]

Hi Andrew, civil registration didn't start until the third quarter of 1837, so you won't be able to find a marriage certificate, but you can probably get a copy of the parish record.

Thanks for the info from James's death certificate!
Bridget