Children of Giles and Sarah Pilkington

01. Annie Louisa Pilkington

1850-01-31 b. Haslingden, Lancashire GRO index; censuses (TNA: RG 15/19502 RD467 SD2 ED4 SN25 says Crawshawbooth); Find a Grave
1851 living with her parents and a house servant in Blackburn Road, Haslingden TNA: HO 107/2250 f130 p6
1861 scholar, of Highfield House, Hopwood, Lancashire, living with her widowed mother, her siblings, and her maternal grandmother RG 9/2843 f138 p43
1871 no occupation, living at Gooden House, Heywood, Heap, Lancashire, with her family and a general servant RG 10/3952 f26 p45
1873 Q2 m. James Spens Torrop, MD, (1843–1902, b. St Mary, Edinburgh, s. of James Smith Torrop and his wife Marion Edward), in Bury RD GRO index; censuses; Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms
Children: Marian Hamilton (1874–1918), b. Haslingden; Jessie (1876–1961), Catherine Spens (1879–1948), both b. Heywood; and Margaret Spens (1882–1964), b. Haslingden GRO index; censuses
1881 living at 19 York Street, Heywood, Heap, with her family, a nurse, a cook, and a housemaid RG 11/3856 f44 p12
1891 living at Sandon House, Hind Hill St, Heywood, with her family, a cook, a housemaid, a kitchenmaid, an assistant GP, and her brother-in-law as a visitor RG 12/3133 f41 p5
1901 living at 4 Hind Hill St, Heywood, with her family, a cook, and a housemaid RG 13/3642 f17 p25
1902-02-20 husband of Sandon-house, Heywood, at the date of his death National Probate Calendar
1902-04-10 co-executor of her husband's will
1911 private means, living in 10 rooms at Wood Bank, Prestwich Park, Prestwich, Lancashire RG14PN24208 RG78PN1389 RD467 SD2 ED4 SN147
1911-10-14 of Prestwich Park Derbyshire Courier
1921 home duties; living in 9 rooms at 'Wood Bank', Prestwich Pk, Prestwich, with her daughters Jessie and Katharine, and a general domestic servant, with her daughter and son-in-law Marian and Frederick Dearden as visitors RG 15/19502 RD467 SD2 ED4 SN25
1926-03-22 of Woodbank, Prestwich Park, Prestwich; d. Manchester North RD GRO index; National Probate Calendar
  bur. Heywood cemetery, Rochdale, Lancashire Find a Grave
1926-04-19 admon at Manchester to Katharine Spens Torrop, spinster; effects £598 16s. 9d. National Probate Calendar


02. Adeline Binns Pilkington

1851 Q4 b. Haslingden, Lancashire GRO index; censuses
1861 scholar, of Highfield House, Hopwood, Lancashire, living with her widowed mother, her siblings, and her maternal grandmother TNA: RG 9/2843 f138 p43
1871 staying with her uncle and aunt Richard and Elizabeth Edleston, and their family, at 7 Devonshire Terr., Audley Road, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, Hampshire RG 10/1169 f132 p69
1872 Q3 m. George Edleston (1847–1899, stockbroker, b. Leeds, Yorkshire), in Bury RD GRO index; censuses
Children: Alfred Edward (1873–1962), Elizabeth Aline (1875–1946), and William Edgar (1876–1931), all b. Manchester, Lancashire
1881 living with her family at 4 Brideoak St, Cheetham, Lancashire, with a cook and a nurse/housemaid RG 11/4024 f91 p7
1891 living with her family, a cook, and a kitchen maid, at 12 Halliwell Lane, Cheetham, Manchester RG 12/3265 f28 p51
1895-02-23 with her husband, among the mourners at the funeral of Mrs Walkden, at St Luke's, Cheetham Hill Blackburn Standard, 1895-03-02
1899-03-06 husband of Corrie-lodge, Polygon-road, Higher Crumpsall, Manchester, at the time of his death National Probate Calendar
1899-03-06 executor of her husband's will
1901 widow, living with her family and a general domestic at 28 St Mary's Rd, Crumpsall, Manchester RG 13/3771 f30 p51
1911 living in 9 rooms at 37 Rectory Road Tce, Crumpsall, with her daughter, a housemaid, and a cook RG 14/24199 RD467 ED29 SN26
1921 not found in census  
1923-11-22 of 36 Albert-road, Withington, Manchester, formerly of Oakley, Wilmslow, Fallowfield, Manchester; d. Chorlton RD GRO index; National Probate Calendar; Great Western Railway shareholders
1924-02-22 will proved at Manchester by John Edgar Pilkington, surgeon, Alfred Edward Edleston, engineer, William Edgar Edleston, bank manager, and Elizabeth Aline Edleston, spinster; effects £15,403 8s. 2d; net personalty £15,284 National Probate Calendar; Leeds Mercury, 1924-03-12


03. John Edgar Pilkington, MRCS

1853 Q4 b. Crawshawbooth, Lancashire GRO index; censuses
1861 of Highfield House, Hopwood, Lancashire, living with his widowed mother, his siblings, and his maternal grandmother TNA: RG 9/2843 f138 p43
1871 scholar, living at Gooden House, Heywood, Heap, Lancashire, with his family and a general servant RG 10/3952 f26 p45
1877-10-04 MRCS, registered 1913 Medical Register
1877-11-30 one of two residential medical officers at St Mary's Hospital and Dispensary for the Diseases of Women and Children, Quay-street, Manchester Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser
1881 officer (medical) MRCS, of St Mary's Hospital, Quay St, Deansgate, Manchester, Lancashire, one of two boarders with Arthur Winterbottom, house surgeon RG 11/3989 f42 p23
1882-01-12 gave evidence concerning a stabbing, at the Salford Police Court:

John Edgar Pilkington, the surgeon at the Salford Royal Hospital, who attended to the deceased upon his admittance to that institution, said that through the wound in his abdomen about a foot of his entrails was protruding. Witness had to enlarge the wound before he could return the bowel. The lad died at the hospital on Friday.

Manchester Times, 1882-01-14
1883-09-10 "one of the surgeons of the Salford Royal Hospital"; gave evidence in an assault case at Salford Police Court Manchester Times, 1883-09-15
1884-07-05 gave evidence in a stabing case at Salford Police Court:

Mr. John Edgar Pilkington, district surgeon, stated that the prosecutrix was found to be suffering from an incised wound, three-quarters of an inch long, and not very deep, on the arm, near the shoulder. The injury might have been inflicted by an ordinary pocket-knife. A slight graze was found on the elbow.

Empire News & The Umpire, 1884-07-06
1885-09-10 at the revision court:

Herbert Binns Pilkington and John Edgar Pilkington claimed on behalf of property with a rental of £130 per year. The Conservatives objected to one of the claimants, on the ground that both of them could not claim an ownership vote on one holding. Mr. S.J. Harrison contended that 17 persons could claim if necessary, there being 17 tenements. Mr. Baldwin characterised the statement as rubbish. Only the vote of John Edgar Pilkington was allowed.

Burnley Express, 1885-09-12
1885-09-11 surgeon, of the Royal Hospital, Salford, Lancashire; co-executor of his mother's will National Probate Calendar
1886-12-06 gave evidence at an inquest into a death from a gas explosion:

The first witness called was Mr. John Edgar Pilkington, acting house surgeon at the Salford Royal Hospital, who said the deceased was brought to that institution on the afternoon of Monday last, suffering from a compound fracture of the left leg, a transverse and vertical fracture into the knee-joint of the same leg, and compound fracture and dislocation of the bones of the right leg. After consultation, the left leg was amputated at the knee-joint, and the bones of the right leg were re-sected. The woman died on Tuesday afternoon from loss of blood and consequent exhaustion. Replying to Mr. Holmes, witness said the loss of blood from which deceased died resulted from the injuries she had received. He did not think she lost an ounce of blood during the operation at the hospital.

Manchester Times, 1886-12-11
1891 registered surgeon, employer, living at 1 Hulme Place, Salford, with a housekeeper and a general servant RG 12/3220 f41 p16
1901 surgeon, living at 24 Crescent, Greengate, Salford, with a cook and a housemaid RG 13/3728 f11 p14
1902-04-10 co-executor of the will of his brother-in-law James Spens Torrop National Probate Calendar
1911 surgeon, own a/c, living in 10 rooms at 24 The Crescent, Salford, with a housekeeper and a housemaid RG 14/24018 RD465 ED5 SN183
1913 of 24 The Crescent, Salford 1913 Medical Register
1913-07-01 surgeon; co-executor of the will of his brother Herbert National Probate Calendar
1921 not found in census  
1924-02-22 surgeon, of 24 The Crescent, Salford; co-executor of the will of his sister Adeline Edleston National Probate Calendar; Great Western Railway shareholders
1928-07-11 of 24 The Crescent, Salford; d. 196 Wilmslow-road, Fallowfield, Manchester GRO index; National Probate Calendar
1928-08-29 will proved at Manchester by Barclays Bank Limited; effects £32,994 18s., resworn £33,163 10s. 7d. National Probate Calendar


04. Herbert Binns Pilkington

1856 Q3 b. Crawshawbooth, Lancashire GRO index; censuses
1861 of Highfield House, Hopwood, Lancashire, living with his widowed mother, his siblings, and his maternal grandmother TNA: RG 9/2843 f138 p43
1871 scholar, living at Gooden House, Heywood, Heap, Lancashire, with his family and a general servant RG 10/3952 f26 p45
1881 draughtsman (mechanical), son of the head (absent on census night), living at 237 Waterloo Road, Cheetham, Manchester, Lancashire, with a general servant RG 11/4022 f36 p20
1885-09-10 at the revision court:

Herbert Binns Pilkington and John Edgar Pilkington claimed on behalf of property with a rental of £130 per year. The Conservatives objected to one of the claimants, on the ground that both of them could not claim an ownership vote on one holding. Mr. S.J. Harrison contended that 17 persons could claim if necessary, there being 17 tenements. Mr. Baldwin characterised the statement as rubbish. Only the vote of John Edgar Pilkington was allowed.

Burnley Express, 1885-09-12
1885-09-11 engineer, of 237 Waterloo-road, Cheetham, Lancashire; co-executor of his mother's will National Probate Calendar
1891 mechanical engineer, boarding with Eliza Tompkins and her family, in Algernon Rd, Hendon, Middlesex RG 12/1049 f113 p11
1901 retired mechanical draughtsman, living in 2 rooms at 34 Talbot St, Southport, Lancashire RG 13/3537 f197 p25
1903-04-22 of Southport; for the wedding of Marian Hamilton Torrop and Rev. F. Cawood Dearden, at St Luke's, Heywood, gave a present of a painted screein Heywood Advertiser, 1903-04-24
1911 engineer, patient at Haydock Lodge private lunatic asylum, Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire; lunatic at 47 RG 14/23117 RD459 ED16 SN
1912-06-04 of Haydock Lodge, Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire; d. Warrington RD GRO index; National Probate Calendar
1913-07-01 will proved at London by John Edgar Pilkington, surgeon, William Edgar Edleston, and John Clowes Wild, buyer; effects £18,313 3s. 11d. National Probate Calendar

Mr. Herbert Binns Pilkington, of Haydock Lodge, Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire, and late of Southport, left estate valued at £18,313 gross. Subject to bequests totalling about £10,000, he left the residue of his property to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.

Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 1913-07-05

A legacy of about £7,000 for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution is provided in the will of Mr. Herbert Binns Pilkington, of Haydock Lodge, Newton-le-Willows, and late of Southport, who left £18,313. The will was lately the subject of the action, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution versus Pilkington and others, in which Mr. Justice Bargrave Deane pronounced for the force and validity of the will. Subject to bequests totalling about £10,000 he left £500 and the residue of his property to the Lifeboat Institution.

Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 1913-07-05


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