LANCASHIRE FAMILIES:

Sedgwicks of Wigan

One main family found

Sedgwicks of Cartmel

Origins mainly in Westmorland

Sedgwicks of Manchester

Several groups

Sedgwicks of Preston

Two distinct families

Joseph Sedgwick of Bury

circa 1793 outside Lancashire

John Sedgwick of Blackburn

A teacher formerly from Yorkshire

Samuel Sedgwick of Bolton

b. 1806, Liverpool, Lancashire

Sedgwicks of Oldham

Varied origins

John Sedgwick of Blackpool

b. circa 1854 Burnley, Lancashire

IGI ENTRIES: 1550 (Births 1057, Marriages 408, Deaths 85)

1841 CENSUS: 211 Resident Sedgwicks

1851 CENSUS: 210 Resident Sedgwicks, 39 families, 28 'strays'

1861 CENSUS: 271 Resident Sedgwicks, 52 families, 62 'strays'

1871 CENSUS: 334 Resident Sedgwicks, 68 families, 34 'strays'

1881 CENSUS: 349 Resident Sedgwicks, 81 families, 92 'strays'

1891 CENSUS: 538 Resident Sedgwicks, 101 families, 44 'strays'

1901 CENSUS: 684 Resident Sedgwicks, 152 families, 40 'strays'

(Sedbergh included in Lancashire in 1901!)

CIVIL REGISTRATION DISTRICTS:

Ashton under Lyne, Barrow-in-Furness, Barton upon Irwell, Blackburn, Bolton, Burnley, Bury, Chorley, Chorlton, Clitheroe, Fylde, Garstang, Haslingden, Kendal, Lancaster, Leigh, Liverpool, Liverpool North, Liverpool South, Lunesdale, Manchester, Manchester North, Manchester South, Oldham, Ormskirk, Prescot, Preston, Prestwich, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Todmorden, Toxteth Park, Ulverston, Warrington, West Derby, Wigan, Worsley

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