Descendants of Joshua CROOK

Notes

1. Joshua CROOK

Marriage: Yorkshire: Waddington - Parish Registers, 1599-1812
Joshua Crook, from the Parish of Bolton le Moors Co. Lancaster, and Ann Tipping of the Monastry of Sawley married by Licence, 20 Jul 1808 by Robert Smith officiating Minister - signed: Jos Crook, Ann Tipping. Witnesses: James Kayley, Maria Page, and John Turner

According to the 1841 census Joshua was a cotton spinner aged 60.

Joshua Crook (1779-1849) founded the cotton spinning firm of Joshua Crook & Son, in Blackburn Street. It was to become the second largest employer of labour in the town. He married Anne Tipping and they built the house "White Bank" in Deane. His son Joseph (the Liberal MP born in 1809) took over the firm and steered it through all the turbulent economic and political crises of the 19th Century. By resigning as MP in 1861 and 'taking the Chiltern Hundreds' he was able to find alternative cotton suppliers to the Southern American states' plantations. The American civil war had blocked the supply of cotton and brought about a deep recession in the cotton trade. He was also able to manage the reconstruction of the mills when they were badly damaged by fire in 1879 at a cost of Ð20,000.

The Crook family made a key civic, industrial and social contribution to the history of Bolton and this is reflected in the fact there is still a street with the family name in the town.
Ref: http://www.irdp.co.uk/JohnCrook/john.htm

The Bolton Chronicle advises that Joshua died in his 70th year on 8 July 1849.

Death: Joshua Crook
Year of Registration: 1849
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Bolton
County: Greater Manchester, Lancashire
Volume: 21
Page: 113

Ann TIPPING

Marriage: Yorkshire: Waddington - Parish Registers, 1599-1812
Joshua Crook, of the Parish of Bolton le Moors Co. Lancaster, and Ann Tipping of the Monastry of Sawley marrried by Licence, 20 Jul 1808 by Robert Smith the officiating Minister- They signed as Jos Crook, Ann Tipping. Witnesses were: James Kayley, Maria Page, and John Turner

In the 1851 and 1861 census Ann was consistently shown as being born around 1788 in Sawley, Yorkshire.  This aligns with the IGI reference to William and Ann Tipping having a daughter Ann on 29 Jun 1787 in Sawley.

Possible Death:
Name: Crook, Ann
Age at death: 83
Quarter: December
Year: 1870
District: Bolton  
County: Lancashire
Volume: 8c
Page: 165

4. Richard Livesey CROOK

Death: Richard Livesey Crook
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1812
Year of Registration: 1884
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
Age at Death: 72
District: Ormskirk
County: Lancashire
Volume: 8b
Page: 599

5. George Clayton CROOK

It would appear from the 1861, 1871 and 1881 census that George did not marry.

 

5. Mary Ann CROOK

Marriage: 1848 CROOK Mary A, BOWMAN Charles, Bolton Register Office or Registrar Attended Bolton RO/4/43

Marriage: Mary Anne Crook
Spouse: Charles Bowman
Year of Registration: 1848
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Bolton
County: Greater Manchester, Lancashire
Volume: 21
Page: 119

In 1861 Mary Ann and Charles Bowman are living with Mary Ann's sister Sarah Tipping Higgin (nee Crook).

In 1871 Mary Ann and Charles Bowman are living with Mary Ann's brother Richard Livesley Crook and his wife Caroline.

Death: Mary A Bowman
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1823
Year of Registration: 1911
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
Age at Death: 88
District: Bolton
County: Greater Manchester, Lancashire
Volume: 8c
Page: 238