BERNARD PICKERING & Descendants

Descendants of Bernard Pickering of Norley: 1712-1775

4 Generations

 1. Barnet (Bernard) Pickering of Norley (from gravestone) / Father: Bernard
… Born: 4 Dec 1712, Frodsham
… Died: 20 Dec 1775 / St. Lawrence Graveyard, Frodsham, age 63
… Married: 6 Apr 1738, Weaverham / LYDIA BANCROFT (B: 1724 / D: 27 Aug 1804, age 80)

5 Children born of Bernard and Lydia Bancroft

1.1 Bernard, Yeoman: born 1 Jan 1742, Frodsham
…… Married: Hannah 2 May 1770, Frodsham
…… Died: 16 Aug 1817 / Utkinton Tarporley (10 mi. S of Frodsham)
……  (between 1775-1781 Bernard and Hannah moved from Frodsham to Weaverham)

………  7 Children born of Bernard (1742-1817) above, and Hannah

………1.1.1 Mary: 17 Mar 1771, Frodsham
………1.1.2. Lydia: 25 Apr 1773, Frodsham
………1.1.3. William: 19 Mar 1775, Frodsham / Died: 11 Aug 1776, age 1
………1.1.4. Nancy: 28 Mar 1777, Weaverham
………1.1.5. Bernard: 7 Feb 1779, Weaverham / Died: age 1
………1.1.6. Bernard: 5 May 1781, Weaverham
……… Married: 25 Sep 1811, Wybunbury, Sarah Clough / Parents: James & Ellen Clough
……… Died: 16 Aug 1817, Utkinton, Tarporley

 …………..   7 Children born of Bernard (1781-) above and Sarah Clough

…………………. 1.1.6.1 John: 24 Jul 1812, Tarporley, Allostock, Denomination: Baptist
…………………. 1.1.6.2. Betsey Pickerin: 7 Jun 1814, Allostock
…………………. 1.1.6.3. Sarah: 18 Dec 1815, General Baptist, Tarporley
…………………. 1.1.6.4. Bernard: 17 Jun 1818, Presbyterian, Allostock
…………………. 1.1.6.5. James: 30 Jul 1820, General Baptist, Tarporley
…………………. 1.1.6.6. William: 10 Sep 1822, General Baptist, Tarporley
…………………. 1.1.6.7. Samuel: 3 Jan 1827, General Baptist, Tarporley

……… 1.1.7. Elizabeth: 5 Sep 1784, Tarporley

1.2. Thomas: born: 21 Dec 1748, Frodsham / Died: 25 Apr 1813, Frodsham, age 64

1.3. Elizabeth: born: 4 Oct 1753 / Married: Samuel Frith (1754-1826 / Died: 4 Mar 1826, age 72

1.4. William of Norley: Born: 18 May 1751, Frodsham / Died: 11 Aug 1776, age 14, Frodsham (Kelsall ?)

 1.5. John of Norley: bap: 2 Jan 1759, Frodsham / Married: 19 Jan 1775, Frodsham / Mary Gibson of Crowton

Bernard Pickering of Norley

1851 Census, Runcorn, Budworth

age: 17 (born abt. 1834)
Father: James, farming 50 acres / Mother: Margaret
Living with: brothers and sisters
Occupation: Apprentice / Chemist

NOTES: Bernard, the youngest of seven children, was born on the farm of James, his father, on the Weaver near Frodsham. He was apprenticed as Chemist & Druggist. He married Alice Rawland from Acton, and thus cementing his links to the Weaver. In 1881 he was still a practicing chemist in London and living in Kensington with his wife and daughter, Ada. He moved back to Action Bridge in 1891 (age 57). They were still in Acton Lodge in 1901, about 15 minutes from nearby towns of Tarporley, Northwich and Frodsham. Acton Lodge is within 2 miles of Pickerings ‘O the Boat. Ada lived there alone in 1911, so we assume her parents, Bernard and Alice, had between 1901 and 1911. Possibly Bernard kept his hand in and did some chemistry work for the Weaver Refining Company.

1871 Census, London, Kensington

Head of household: Action, Northwich, St. Mary Weaverham
age: 37 / Head of household
Occupation: Chemist
wife: Alice Rawland, age 32, of Acton
child: Ada Pickering, age 2, scholar, Born: 1 Nov 1868, Chelsea Holy Trinity, London, Kensington
living with one domestic servant, Chemistry Assistant, and border

1881 Census, London, Kensington

Head of household: Action, Northwich, St. Mary Weaverham
age: 47
Occupation: Chemist
wife: Alice Rawland, age 42, of Acton
Daughter: Ada Pickering, age 12, scholar
living with one domestic servant and Chemistry Assistant

1891 Census, Runcorn, Budworth

Head of household: Action, Northwich, St. Mary Weaverham
age: 57
Occupation: Retired Chemist
Wife: Alice Rawland of Acton
Daughter: Ada, age 22
Residence: Acton Lodge, Cheshire & London
Died: about 1910

1901 Census, Cheshire, Acton, Weaverham

Head of household: Action, Northwich, St. Mary Weaverham
age: 67
Physical condition: Paralysis
Occupation: Retired Druggist / Chemist
Wife: Alice Rawland of Acton, age 62
Daughter: Ada Pickering, age 32 (no occupation)
NOTE: Was a next-door neighbor of John and Ann Lightfoot