FOURTH GENERATION

8. William Firth was born on 12 Jan 1830 in Townsend Fold. He was baptized on 7 Apr 1833 in Rawtenstall, Ramsbottom. Occupations: Grocer. Joiner He was married to Mary Ann Taylor on 15 Dec 1875 in Longholme Weslyan Chapel, Rawtenstall. ⁽⁹⁾ Marriage cert shows:
William as a widower.
Mary as a spinster.
Occupations:
1 William - Joiner.
2 Mary - Cotton weaver.
Mary's age as 34.
Residences at time of Marriage:
1 William - Townsend Fold, near Rawtenstall.
2 Mary - Holme, near Rawtenstall.
Celebrant: Walter Boscombe, Weslyan Minister.
Witnesses: Abraham Taylor (her father?)
Frances Burdett Taylor (her mother?)

9. Mary Ann Taylor was born in 1843 in Holme, near Rawtenstall.. Children were:

4 i. Wilfred Taylor Firth.

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