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26 November 1848 |
Born at
Shevington, Lancashire |
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12 March 1849 |
Baptised at
Wigan, Lancashire |
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1851 Census |
Living with parents and family at
Standish,
Lancashire. |
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1871 Census |
Living at
Oldham,
Lancashire. Coal Miner. |
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04 January 1874 |
Married
Isabella
Smethurst (nee Hulme) at Manchester Cathedral |
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1881 Census |
Living with wife
Isabella
and family at Manchester, Lancashire. Coal Miner.
Isabella's three children (James,
Hezekiah and
Thomas) from her first marriage
seem to have taken the Close surname. They may have been
formally adopted, but they are not related to the Close
family, other than by the marriage of their mother. |
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1891 Census |
Living with wife
Isabella
and family at
Farnworth, Lancashire. Coal Miner. |
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11 August 1898 |
Died at
Rock Springs, Sweetwater, Wyoming, America |
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