The Over Wyresdale Remington family.

I am typing this at 00.15 because I cannot sleep and I did not get time today to sit at the computer. I have been trying to think of the best way to describe the various families on here in a clear fashion. I don't know about you but I easily get confused as to which person goes with which family and which William is which. So I am going to try colour coding and see how that goes.

Isabel sent me, via David the Remington tree which she has worked so hard on (although it arrived on A4 sheets which I am still trying to piece together). A big thank you to Isabel, I am not going to try and replicate it here but the information Isabel supplied has been used.

Get on with it Elizabeth, stop chattering on..............

So I will begin, not with the beginnings of the Remington family but with the family living in Over Wyresdale. I am going to colour this family green - I hope it shows up. I am also going to use capitals, yes I know it is frowned upon and regarded as shouting by some in the cyberworld but I want the names to stand out.

JOHN REMINGTON b. 1835
ISABELLA REMINGTON (nee LEECH) b. 1843
children:
-WILLIAM ROBERT REMINGTON b. 1867
-JOHN REMINGTON b. 1868
-RICHARD SLINGER REMINGTON b. 1870
-ANNE AGNES REMINGTON b. 1873
-HENRY LEECH REMINGTON b. 1875
-ISABELLA REMINGTON b. 1877
-BEATRICE MARY REMINGTON b. 1880
-THOMAS REMINGTON b. 1882

Using information from the census returns John Remington and his family moved to Over Wyresdale sometime between 1871 and 1873.

In the 1891 census the whole family was living at Dowholme farm. The details are:-

John Remington 52 farmer born Ellel
Isabella 49 born Yorks. Clapham
William Robert 24 farmers son born Ingleton
John 22 Estate Labourer Ingleton
Richard Slinger 20 Estate Labourer Ingleton
Ann Agnes 17 Farmers Daughter Over Wyresdale
Henry 15 Farmers Son Over Wyresdale
Isabella 13 scholar Over Wyresdale
Beatrice Mary 11 scholar Over Wyresdale
Thomas 9 scholar Over Wyresdale
Richard Slinger 72 visitor retired Clitheroe
Isabella 77 aunt Yorks. Clapham

(Census ref: RG12 piece 3462 folio 13 page 6, Lancaster, Ellel district 2)

But by the next census in 1901 the family had split up.

Three marriages had taken place :

Sep 1896 Lancaster 8e 1447 John Remington + Hannah Mason
(Lancaster Friends Meeting House, Preston AP49/1/68)

Jun 1899 Lancaster 8e 1441 Ann Agnes Remington + John Taylor

Sep 1899 Lancaster 8e 1537 Henry Leech Remington + Esther Wilcockson Dilworth

References are GRO index taken from the freeBMD site, the month refers to the quarter within which the marriage was registered.

William Robert, Henry and Isabella had moved to Wildboarclough. Along with Henry's wife Esther.

Richard Slinger was living on the Abbeystead estate where he worked.

Ann Agnes was living in Lancaster with her husband.

John and Hannah were living on another farm in Wyresdale with their two little ones ; Ruth and Isabella.

Beatrice Mary and Thomas were still living at home on Dowholme with parents John and Isabella.