Slaidburn Family

Note : General records for Slaidburn are at the end of this section

It was thought that this branch of the family descends from Richard Crombleholme [Cro0103] of Crombleholme Fold, Goosnargh but this now appears to be incorrect and more research is required !!

The earliest family member found to date is John Crombleholme [Cro0838] who was born about 1700 and when married to Ellen (nee Bond) [Cro0839] in 1727 is recorded as "of Lickhurst in parish of Chipping". It would therefore appear that this branch descends from the Loudmytham family

Provisional Slaidburn Family Tree

- At Feb2020, Mike Murtha has set out our thoughts to date.

Any relationship or descent from other Crombleholme families has not been found as yet.

My thanks to my co-researcher Mike Murtha for the following (Feb 2020) :

Known Relationships :

John Crombleholme [844] , son of John C [838] and Ellen (nee Bond) [839] of Slaidburn, is known from his baptism record in 1739; no records of marriage or children have been found

John C’s [838] relationship to his assumed sons George C [260] and John C [844] is based on indirect information

John C’s [844] oldest brother George C [260] died in 1808 in Slaidburn; he was about 78 years old

George C’s [260] will names nephews and nieces and clearly indicates he is a sibling to Jane (Skirrow) and Margaret (Bannister) and therefore the son of John C [844] and Ellen (nee Bond) [839]; he is thus a brother of John C [844]

There are no children mentioned in the will

His executor is nephew George C [851], grocer in Leeds (and formerly in Preston); nephew GeorgeC’s [851] brother John C [811] is a beneficiary

The suggested relationship between George C [260] and his nephews via John C [843] is based on property records and a process of elimination

Property Records :

George C [260] owned properties in Dunsop and Slaidburn; land tax records indicate he occupied one property; another was occupied by William C [845]. – possibly his brother; in 1794 one property is identified as Woodhouse

George C’s [260] will made monetary bequests to various nieces and nephews; his wife Hannah (nee ?? ) [839] was given an annuity, all his personal estate and lifetime occupancy of a cottage or house

All real estate (Dunsop is mentioned) was devised to his nephew George [851], who received the bulk of the value of the estate

In 1809, in an Inquisition Post Mortem, property in Dunsop was transferred to George C ’s [260] brother JohnC [843]; it is not known when John C [843] died but it is likely that the property then passed to his sons

Nephew John C [811] died about 1816, leaving underage children William C [584] and Jane C [853]; his widow Esther (nee Slater) [812] re-married in 1817, to George Briggs; nephew George C [851] was evidently named as trustee of the children’s inheritance (his nephew and niece)

Nephew George C [851] died in 1820 whilst on a business trip to New York (USA) - he was noted as merchant.

Court litigation in the mid-1820s on behalf of William C [584] and Jane C [853] resulted in an award that included income from property at Woodhouse; presumably this was their entitlement via their father John, paid to them when they were in their later teens

Process of Elimination :

George C [260] had four brothers

Joseph C [841] of Higher Salter, died in Dec 1780 at about age 50; his will does not mention a wife or children

William C [845] and his wife Betty (nee Chapham) [846] lived initially in Melling and later Slaidburn; they had sons George C [855] who married Jemima (nee Harrison) [856] and John C [854] ; George C 855] died about 1810 and was described as a yeoman living in Dunsop

Richard C [847] and his wife Agnes (nee Wildman) [848] lived in Melling; they had two daughters - Ellen C [857] & Agnes C [860] and a son John C [858], who married Elizabeth (nee Wilson) [859], he was described as a “Gent” and lived for many years in Burton in Lonsdale

Consequently the fourth brother, John C [843] , must be the father of George C [851] and John C [811]

In 1807 they were recorded as grocers in Preston; John C [811] was declared bankrupt in Preston in 1808

George C [851] must have moved to Leeds; in his uncle George C’s [260] will of 1808 will he was residing in Leeds. In the 1810 settlement for Jemima (nee Harrison) [856], widow of his cousin George C [855]. He was described as a shopkeeper in Leeds; he died in New York in 1820 and David Crowther, presumably a lawyer acting on his behalf, became the guardian of William C [584] and Jane C [853], who also received proceeds from George C’s [851] U.S. property. In the final settlement of George C's [851] estate in 1830, he was described as formerly of Slaidburn

Records in Date order :

1546 - 20th December : John Crombol.. [Cro1293] was among several witnesses to an Indenture between Raufe Grenacres of Salley, Yorkshire and George Shotylworthe of Whalley for a tenement called Black House Farm in the township of Easington, parish of Slaidburn. (Source : Lancs CRO DDKW Box 1 King-Wilkinson family of Whiteholme, Slaidburn)

1666 - 13th July : Burial - Margaret [spurius] f. Stephen Atkinson & Eliz. Crumbleholme [Cro0 ][Cromblholme] de S (Source : Register of St Andrew Church, Slaidburn transcribed by C J Spencer & R H Postlewaite for Slaidburn Archive p197)

Note : Alice Crombleholme [Cro0425] married John Atkinson in April 1663 in Mitton

1676 - 27th January : Elizabeth Crombleholme [Cro0518] of Slaidburn married Edward Ash at Ribchester (Source : Par reg extract History of Ribchester p 190)

1700 - .........? : Johannes Crumblehome [Cro0837 ?? ] baptised at Slaidburn. (Source IGI) To be checked !

1720 - John Crombleholme [Cro0446] (senior) and John Crombleholme [Cro0837] (junior) of Bowland with Leagram charged with trespass. (Source : )

1727 - 10th March : John Crombleholme [Cro0446] (senior) married Ann (nee Walker) [Cro0506] spinister - both of Leagram at St Mary Magdalene, Clitheroe (Source : Par Reg St Mary Clitheroe via Ancestry ref PR1859) Note John C [1114] second wife)

1727 - 1st April : Marriage Bond between - John Crombleholme [Cro837] (junior) of Bolland, husbandman and Ellen (nee Bond) [Cro838] of the same parish, spinister; bondsmen were John Crombleholme [Cro0446] (senior) and Thomas Stanhope of Preston (clockmaker); marriage permitted at Whitewell or Slaidburn. Witnesses : Sam Peploe & Anne Peploe (Source : Lancs Marriage Bonds Pt III 1723-28 Vol 80 p150)

1727 - 4th April : Johannes Crumbleholme [Cro0837] married Helen (Ellen) nee Bond [Cro0838] at St Andrews Church Slaidburn. (Source : IGI + Ancestry Select marr 98540 Below = same record but from P Reg )

1727 - April 4 : Johannes Crumbleholme [Cro0837] de Lickhurst par Chippen & Helena Bond [Cro0838] par Slaidburn netrix. (Source : Register of St Andrew Church, Slaidburn transcribed by C J Spencer & R H Postlewaite for Slaidburn Archive p152)

Below : Location and photographs of Lickhurst Farm (thanks to Mike Murtha Dec 2020) - this is in the parish of Chipping (Chippen) on the west side of the River Hodder a little north of Loudmytham. The farm in the distance at the end of the lane shown in the right hand photograph is Cloo (Clough) Farm where William Crombleholme [Cro0584] was a tenant.

John Crumbleholme [Cro0837] (b ±1700 - d 1788 ??) married Helen (Ellen) (nee Bond) [Cro0838] (b 1702 in Slaidburn - d 1767)

They had a family of 9 children :

George [Cro0260] (1730-1818) married Hannah (nee ??) [Cro0839] in 1763 - no children ? d±1808 (Hannah rec'd bequests in husbands will).

Margaret [Cro0840] (±1730-1792) married John Bannister in 1753, d±1792

Joseph [Cro0841] (±1730's -1782) not married - Will NR11 lived at Higher Salter.

Jane [Cro0842] (1736-1782) married Robert Skirrow in 1763

Jennet [Cro0849] (1741-c1780) unmarried ? died before 1781

John [Cro0843] (1738 - ) married but details not known, children George C [851] & John C [811] inherited Dunsop property from brother George [260] in 1809. Churchwarden at Slaidburn in 1796.

William [Cro0845] (1743 - ) married Betty (nee Clapham) [Cro0846] in 1781: children John C [854] & George C [855]

Jemima [Cro0850] (1744 - c1780) unmarried ? died before 1781

Richard [Cro0847] (1747 - ) married Agnes (nee Wildman) [Cro0848] in 1783; children Ellen C [857]; John C [858] & Agnes C [860]

1727 - 24th May : John Crumbleholme [Cro0837] of Parke Style. (near Lickhurst - see map above)

Let it be remembered that on 24th May 1727 John Bond (Ellen C [838]'s brother) of Dunsopp within the Manor aforesaid (Slaidburn), yeoman, for and in consideration of the natural love and affection which he has and bears towards John Crumbleholme [Cro0837] of Parke Style in the county of Lancaster, the younger, yeoman, and Ellen [Cro0838] his wife, sister of the aforesaid John Bond, surrendered into the hands of the Lady of the Manor aforesaid, by the hands of John Burkett, a customary tenant there and sworn etc., a barn and 3.5 acres of land, or more or less, situated, lying and being in a certain place called Lanehead and commonly called by the name of Seed Hole; and also 4 acres 3 roods of land or more or less lying and being in a certain place called Mean Field; and also a close or meadow nearby adjoining the Mean field aforesaid containing by estimation 2 acres of land or more or less and commonly called Shuttleworth Inge; and also 1.5 acres of land nearby adjoining the barn aforesaid on the west side and commonly called Moor Close; and also all the premises aforesaid are situated, lying and being in Woodhouse within the township and manor of Slaidburne aforesaid and in the tenure or occupation of the aforesaid John Bond or his assigns. To the use and behoof of the aforesaid John Crombleholme [Cro0837] and Ellen [Cro0838] his wife, immediately after the death of Janet Moor wife of John Moor (and mother of him John Bond), their heirs and assigns according to the custom of the Manor aforesaid forever. Admitted. Fine 4s 2d. (Source : The Court Rolls of the Manor of Slaidburn Vol 1 1724-33 - transcribed by C J Spencer BSc ARCS - p34)

c1730 - George Crombleholme [Cro0260] born in Slaidburn, son of John C [837] & Ellen (nee Bond) [838] (Source : MM Dr19)

1736 - 3rd May : John Crumbleholme [Cro0837] of Dunsop yeoman - Manor of Slaidburn surrender by John Bond of Dunsopp yeoman and John Crumbleholme [Cro0837] of Dunsop yeoman and Ellen [Cro0838] his wife, for £60, to James Hill of Newton, linen weaver. {i.e. John C is the tenant.} (see premises etc in article below) (Source : Lancs CRO Ref DDKW Box 4 King-Wilkinson of Whiteholme Slaidburn) (see 1736, 1738, 1740, 1745 & 1749)

See 1736, 1738, 1740, 1745 & 1749 below

1737 - 20th March : Jane C [Cro0842] daughter of John Crumblam [Cro0837] of Dunsop baptised at St Andrews Slaidburn (Source : Register of St Andrew Church, Slaidburn transcribed by C J Spencer & R H Postlewaite for Slaidburn Archive p90)

1738 - 12th October : John Crumbleholme [Cro0837] of Dunsop yeoman - Manor of Slaidburn surrender by John Bond of Dunsopp yeoman and John Crumbleholme [Cro0837] of Dunsop yeoman and Ellen [Cro0838] his wife, for £40, to James Hill of Newton, linen weaver. Same premises as 1736. (Source : Lancs CRO Ref DDKW Box 4 King-Wilkinson of Whiteholme Slaidburn) (see 1736, 1738, 1740, 1745 & 1749)

1739 - 24th February : John Crumbleholme [Cro0843] baptised son of John Crumbleholme [Cro0837] at of Dunsop at St Andrews, Slaidburn. (a note : not in BT) (Source : Register of St Andrew Church, Slaidburn transcribed by C J Spencer & R H Postlewaite for Slaidburn Archive p92)

1740 - 9th February : John Crumbleholme [Cro0837] of Dunsop yeoman - Manor of Slaidburn surrender by John Crumbleholme [Cro0837] of Dunsop yeoman and Ellen [Cro0838] his wife, for £25, to William Bathurst of Windyates, serge weaver and Nicholas Clough of Newton, linen weaver. See premises as above. (Source : Lancs CRO Ref DDKW Box 4 King-Wilkinson of Whiteholme Slaidburn) (see 1736, 1738, 1740, 1745 & 1749)

1741 - 24th May : Jenet Crumbleholme [Cro0849] daughter of John Crombleholme [Cro0837] of Dunsop baptised at St Andrews Church Slaidburn (Source : IGI + Ancestry Select bap 0098539 0098540 + Register of St Andrew Church, Slaidburn transcribed by C J Spencer & R H Postlewaite for Slaidburn Archive p95)

1743 - 3rd July : William Crumbleholme [Cro0845] son of John Crombleholme [Cro0837] of Dunsop baptised at St Andrews Church, Slaidburn (Source : IGI + ancestry Select Bap 0098540 + Register of St Andrew Church, Slaidburn transcribed by C J Spencer & R H Postlewaite for Slaidburn Archive p96)

1744 - ........? : Jemima Crumbleholme [Cro0850] baptised at Slaidburn (Source IGI) Note : No further records of her so may have died as a child ?

1745 - 15th January : Manor of Slaidburn surrender by William Hayhurst, Nicholas Clough, Mary Hill (widow of James Hill), Joshua Hill, together with John Crumbleholme [Cro0837] and Ellen [Cro0838] his wife, for £199 10s. to William Harrison of Foulscales, yeoman. Amount now owing is £177 7s. Same premises as before , (Source : Lancs CRO Ref DDKW Box 4 King-Wilkinson of Whiteholme Slaidburn) (see 1736, 1738, 1740, 1745 & 1749)

1747 - 2nd August : Richard Crumbleholme [Cro0847] son of John Crombleholme [Cro0837] of Dunsop baptised at St Andrews Church, Slaidburn (Source IGI + Ancestry Select Bap + Register of St Andrew Church, Slaidburn transcribed by C J Spencer & R H Postlewaite for Slaidburn Archive p101)

1749 - 10th June : Attornment .{Transfer of tenant's dues after death of previous landlord} John Crumbleholme [Cro0837] to Joshua Hill of Newton, cordwainer, eldest son of James hill deceased, and William Hayhurst and Nicholas Clough. Mortgages have run in arrears and ejectment sought. Amount owing is £155 5s. Attornment of Crumbleholme as tenant to Joshua Hill and others, and he will pay £7 15s 3d yearly rent. Signed by John Crombleholme. [Cro0837] (Source : Lancs CRO Ref DDKW Box 4 King-Wilkinson of Whiteholme Slaidburn) (see 1736, 1738, 1740, 1745 & 1749)

1752 - 11th February : Jenet Crombleholme [Cro0849] daughter of John Crumblam [Cro0837] of Dunsop buried at St Andrews Slaidburn. (Source : Register of St Andrew Church, Slaidburn transcribed by C J Spencer & R H Postlewaite for Slaidburn Archive p275)

1753 - 21st June : Margaret Crumbleholme [Cro0840] married John Banister at St Andrews Church Slaidburn (both of Slaidburn) - no parents noted (Source : Borthwick Works Bishops transcripts + Ancestry Select Bap98540 + Register of St Andrew Church, Slaidburn transcribed by C J Spencer & R H Postlewaite for Slaidburn Archive p160)

1757 - John Crumbleholm [Cro0837] recorded as a church warden of St Andrews Slaidburn for Dunsop (Source : Register of St Andrew Church, Slaidburn transcribed by C J Spencer & R H Postlewaite for Slaidburn Archive p295)

1767 - (Easter session) Ellen Crombleholme [Cro0838] : surrenderor (person conveying property); surrendereee (person receiving the property) George Crombleholme [Cro0260] her son. Inquistion : Location of property : Dunsop; Court Session : Easter in manorial court for Slaidburn. (Source : LCRO Ref DDHCL/5/268 Assheton of Downham; index of surrenders; 35 - Manor of Slaidburn)

1769 : Dunsop Farm built by Thomas Crumbleholme [Cro0584] (date & initials over front porch) (Source : Above information & photos below - Slaidburn Archives - original photos from Pat Rushton)

1778 - 12th May : George Crombleholme [Cro0863] married Ann or Nanny (nee Shaw) [Cro0864] of Quernmore at Lancaster (Source : IGI)

1782 - 10th October : George Crombleholme [Cro0851] (age 21) of Slaidburn parish married Hannah (nee Brennand) [Cro0852] (age 21) of Slaidburn parish at Slaidburn parish church. (Date is licence date) (Source : Borthwick Inst Archbishop of York Marr licences 1613-1839; p73 No 3)

1781 - Will of Joseph Crumbleholme [Cro0841] of Higher Salter,(see above right - sketch) Melling (husbandman) (my will ref NR 11)

Will made 9th November 1780; Proved 1781.

My father John C [Cro0837] , eldest brother George C [Cro0260]

Joint executors : Brothers John C[Cro0843], William C [Cro0845] & Richard C. [Cro0847]

Sister : Margaret [Cro0840] widow of Mr Bannifter & nephew Henry Bannifter.

Sister : Jane [Cro0842] wife of Robert Skirrow of Middle Salter.

1782 - George Crombleholme [Cro0851] born. (probably s/o John C [Cro0843]

1796 - 18th September : George Crombelholm [Cro0 ] recorded as a church warden of St Andrews Slaidburn with a crimson cloth being bought by Mrs Wigelsworth of Townhead for the use of the churchwardens... and was laid on the tabel on Sunday 18th September 1796. (Source : Register of St Andrew Church, Slaidburn transcribed by C J Spencer & R H Postlewaite for Slaidburn Archive p296)

1803 - 10th October : George Crombleholme [Cro0851] married Hannah (nee Brennan) [Cro0852] at Slaidburn PC Licence both aged 21 years both living in parish. (Source Yorks Arch of York Marriage Licences 1613-1839 p73 No 3) (note IGI has 15th Oct)

Note : Prior to this marriage Hannah Brennan had married William Haythornwaite in Slaidburn in January 1801. A daughter Jennet H was born in October 1801. She was then presumably widowed and married George C [851] in 1803.

1806 - 21st September : George Crombleholme [Cro0855] married Jemima (nee Harrison) [Cro0856] at Slaidburn (Source : IGI & Borthwick - Yorks Bishops transcripts)

1806 - 21st December : John Crombleholme [Cro0811] married Esther (nee Slater) [Cro0812] . John C listed as a grocer.

1806 - William Crombleholme [Cro0584] * born s/o John [Cro0811] and Esther (nee Slater). [Cro0812]

Note : He lived in Dunsop and married Mary* (nee Cottam) [Cro0590] in 1834. A daughter Jane also born later (both feature in Court Case of 1824-7)

1808 16th August - George Crumbleholme [Cro0851] of Dunsop in the parish of Slaidburn.

Will (Source : Nat Archives Ref IR 26/430/31)

Notes George C [Cro0 ??] of Leeds Nephew & one of executors; Hannah [Cro08852] his wife; John Bannister, nephew; John & George C See Other Wills No 7 for full copy :

1811 - 19th June : Jemima Crumbleholme [Cro0856] married John Bond at Slaidburn (Source : IGI) + Ancestry Select marr 919158 (daughter of George C ??)

1813 - 8th Feb : William Crombleholme [Cro0584] aged 21, birth date 1813 married Mary Cotom [Cro0590] at Slaidburn (Source : Ancestry Select Marr 1469721)

1816 (or before) John (1) Crombleholme [Cro0811] died ??? (His wife Esther [Cro0812] remarried in 1817 - see below).

1817 - 20th January : Esther (nee Slater) Crombleholme [Cro0812] married George Briggs in Preston St John (Source : CFI & Soc of Gen London Boyds Marriages Ref 497 Lancs 1801-37) Note : Esther Briggs* who died aged 91 years on 25th March 1877 and is buried in Slaidburn churchyard

1820 - January : George Crombleholme [Cro0851] died in New York in North America (see above) formerly of Slaidburn Lancs. The York Probate lists mention all children of his brother John C [Cro0837] who had died in 1816. -JohnC’s [837] wife Esther (nee Salter) [Cro0812] remarried to George Briggs in 1817)

5th June 1820 : George Crumbleholme [Cro0851] (deceased) Adminstration (above right) : It appears that having died in Pennsylvania, George C's [Cro0851] business colleagues William C Cardwell of the city of Philadelphia Merchant, Reuben M Whitney of the said city, Merchant and Richard Roe became his administrators in America. They “are held and firmly bound unto the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the sum of Six thousand Dollars to be paid to the said Commonwealth.

...William C Cardwell administrator of all and singular the Goods, Chattels and credits of George Crumbleholme, late of the city of New York, Merchant deceased .......just account of his administration to be made at of before 5th June 1821. (Source : Pennsylvannia , Wills & Probate Records 1683-1993 Admin files No 81-149 : 1820; No 130 Book M page 220)

1824 - 1828 - William [Cro0584] & Jane Crumbleholme [Cro0853] late infants (Plaintiffs) v George Briggs and Esther [812] his wife. Subject : Children / litigation personal estate (Source : Nat Archives Chancery ref C 101/6622 - RC photographed in full Nov 2018 at NA.)

Background : George Crumbleholme appears to have been an uncle to the two children noted in this case with his brother John C having married Esther (nee Slater) in December 1806. George had married Hannah (nee Brennan) in 1803 and married again in Sept 1806 to Jemima (nee Harrison). John C died in 1816 and his widow Esther married George Briggs in 1817. George Crombleholme had gone to New York in North America at some point and died there in January 1820 being noted as a merchant . Jemima appears to have married John Bond in 1811 - ??? A Jemima Bond is noted as receiving an annual annuity in the accounts of the case and it is presumed that Jemima had remarried before 1824. Her last annuity was paid in 1826 - did she die then ?? The accounts had been agreed in 1829 and the advert (see above) in 1830 was presumably to find any other claimants to the intestate estate.

Brief summary of case : William & Jane Crumbleholme are described as late infants but now of full age (William would have been 18 in 1824 & Jane ??? ) A receiver (William Gibson) was appointed & receipts from rents (from 1824 to 1828) from the real estate at Woodhouse, Slaidburn amounted to £322 10s 0d and proceeds of intestate's (ie George Briggs) property in America with interest £1766 13s 3d giving a total of £2089 3s 0d. In 1829, an account of payments made from 1824 to 1829 was drawn up and included many items of maintenance (ie clothing, hats, boots & medicine) for William & Jane Crumbleholme during this period. Other payments were made in connection with maintenance of the estate, rent collection and debts of Esther Briggs. An annuity of £13 was paid to Jemima Bond from 1824 with the last being in November 1826. A single annuity of £2 10s was also paid to a John Bannister in 1825. Total payments in this period amounted to £2000 17s 7d. The balance left was £88 5s 8d.

The final report and balance was agreed and signed in Manchester on the 26th June 1833 by William Gibbons.

1826 - William Crumbleholme [Cro0584] another (ie Jane [Cro0853]) (plaintiffs) v George Briggs & wife (defendants) Doc type : examination. Court of Chancery Six Clerks Office Pleadings 1801-1842 Div 2. Litigation (Source : Nat Archives Ref C 13/1477/44)

1833 - 7th October : Jane Crombleholme [Cro0853] married George Dixon at Slaidburn (Source : IGI) + Ancestry Select Marr 919158)

1834 - 10th February : William Crumbleholme [Cro0584] married Mary (nee Cottam) [Cro0590] both of Slaidburn) at Slaidburn Church (Source : Letter to RC from Oliver Crumbleholme June 1980 with copy of parish reg entry) + Ancestry Select marr 919158)

1835 - 15th January : George Crombleholme [Cro0621] s/ o William C [Cro0584] & Mary [Cro0590] baptised (from parish reg) Married Margaret (nee Briggs ??)[Cro0871 ] and lived at Ramsclough Farm, Slaidburn, Lancs and was a game keeper. Also noted as Landlord of the "Hark to Bounty" pub at Slaidburn ?? (Source : Information from Rev George Gaze of St Andrews Slaidburn - letter to Oliver C 1975 + ancestry select Bap 919158)

1836 - 13th November : John Crombleholme [Cro0622] s/o William C [Cro0584] & Mary [Cro0590] (Source IGI + Ancestry Select Bap 919158)

1838 - 22nd April : Eliza Crombleholme [Cro0623] baptised at Slaidburn father William C [Cro0584] at Slaidburn (Source : IGI + ancestry Select bap 919158) Note : My index card showed this as 9/1/1838.

1841 - 20th January : Mary Crombleholme [Cro0590] wife of William C [Cro0584] died aged 35 years - buried in Slaidburn churchyard*. (Grave No 216 - 35 years old)= b 1806)

1841 Census : William Crumbleholme [Cro0584] at Dunsop, Slaidburn, Lancs (no occupation given) aged 33 (b1808); George C [Cro0621] aged 6; John C [Cro0622] 4; Eliza C [Cro0623] aged 3; Esther Briggs [Cro0812] 1791) aged 50 & John Sanderson aged 23. No wife noted as she died in January of the same year. Note : William C appears to have married again as he has wife (another) Mary C [Cro0585] in the 1851 census below.

1851 Census : William Crumbleholme [Cro0584] Dunsop, Slaidburn aged 41 (b 1810in Preston) occupation : copyhold farmer. Mary C [Cro0585] wife aged 50 (b 1801 in Slaidburn); George C [Cro0621] aged 16; John C [Cro0622] aged 14 & Eliza C [Cro0623] aged 13. Note : This appears to be the same William C as the 1841 census - he has remarried but children are the same. He married Mary Hartley (widow) (nee Seed)[Cro0585]; she was born in 1801 in Slaidburn and married William[Cro0584] in 1842

1856 - 4th September : John Crombleholme [Cro0622] s/o William [Cro0584] & Mary [Cro0590] died aged 20 years - buried in Slaidburn churchyard*. (Grave No 216 - 20 years old = b1836)

1861 Census - see below (along with Census Return extracts for 1841 to 911)

1871 - Census : George Crumbleholme [Cro0621] of Ramsclough, Slaidburn aged 36 (no occupation given); wife : Margaret (nee Briggs) [Cro0871] aged 26 (b Cumberland); Mary Ann [Cro0 ] aged 3 & Edith Adelaide [Cro0 ] 0 yrs.

1871 - May Half-yearly rental paid to William Wilkinson : Tenant William Crumbleholme [Cro0 ]; Farm/Property : Cloo; Half Year rent £9 10s. (Source : History of the King-Wilkinson family & Slaidburn Estate by Chris Spencer p229 [DDKWBox 300]) Note : by custom, the rent day was held either in the Hark to Bounty or the Black Bull inns.

1872 - 24th December : William James Crumbleholme [Cro1300] born son of George Crombleholme [Cro0621] Margaret (nee Briggs) [Cro0871] (baptised later on 15th January 1873 - parish reg) at Ramsclough, Slaidburn. Father George C occupation : gamekeeper (Source : Rev George Gaze of St Peters Slaidburn - letter to Oliver C 1975)

1873 - October : George Crumbleholme [Cro0 ] married Eva Ellen (nee Wood) [Cro0 ] (from Looe in Cornwall) in October 1873 and farmed at Fox Hill Farm Darwen. Later, it appears that he farmed at Lock Gate farm, Haslingden, Lancs. Also noted as Landlord of the "Hark to Bounty" pub at Slaidburn . He died at Longton in Preston in 1941

1877 - 25th March : Esther Briggs [Cro0812] died aged 91 years - buried in Slaidburn churchyard*. (Source : Grave No 216 - aged 91 years b=1786) Note Esther (nee Slater) [812] was the wife of John C [ ] who died in 1816. She remarried to George Briggs in 1817.

1877 - 2nd June : William Crombleholme [Cro0584] (1) died at Dunsop Farm and was buried in Slaidburn churchyard*. (Source : grave No 216 - 71 years of Dunsop b = 1806) Note : Mary [Cro0590] wife of William [Cro0584] and their son John C [Cro0622]

* All above family members and relationships are recorded on the gravestone below at Slaidburn

1879 - 17th July : John Victor George Crumbleholme [Cro0 ] b 17/7/1879 He died October 1956 - (married with 6 girls & 5 boys) son William (3) C see below

Census for Dunsop, Slaidburn : 1841 - 1911 (Source : Slaidburn archive transcriber unknown)

Note : From record below, it would appear that George C [ ] was forced to sell Dunsop Farm. In the Census returns above he is noted as a farmer of 75 acres in 1881 but just as a farmer in 1891 - it would seem that the family stayed in the area perhaps as a tenant of the farm ? By 1901, the Littlefair family occupied it.

1889 - October : George Crumbleholme [Cro0 ] sold Dunsop Farm at Woodhouse in Slaidburn. In October 1889, William King Wilkinson purchased Dunsop Farm at Woodhouse in Slaidburn and which lay between Proctor’s farm which he had purchased in 1883 and Clough farm purchased in 1865. Dunsop farm consisted of about 58 statute acres, being fields marked 550-555 on the tithe map of 1838. The vendor George Crumbleholme [Cro0 ], had heavily mortgaged the farm, so that of the £1550 purchase price paid by William, £1163 5s 8d was owing to John Brennan of Highfield, Slaidburn, the mortgagee and a balance of £386 14s 4d was paid to the vendor. (Source : History of the King-Wilkinson family & Slaidburn Estate by Chris Spencer p248 [DDKWBox 79])

1910 - Norman Oates Crumbleholme [Cro0 ] born in Glen Street, Colne son of William James & Eva. He married Annie (nee ???) on 4th November 1939 at Newchurch (Unitarian) Rossendale, Lancs He was a foreman at the Calico printers at Loveclough Rossendale.

1915 - 19th May : Oliver Cressy Crumbleholme [Cro0 ] born at Lockgate farm Haslingdon son of William James & Eva. He married Eunice (nee Peel) on 23rd December 1916 at Rossendale. Superintendent of Masonic Home in Bury East Lancashire. (brothers noted : Norman, Victor, George, Jim and William (Bill). Oliver C and myself corresponded during the early 1980's.

1945 - 11th June : Oliver Cressy Crumbleholme [Cro0 ] married Eunice (nee Peel) [Cro0 ] (b 23/12/1916)

1945 - 30th December : Oliver's sons twins Victor [Cro0 ] & Harry [Cro0 ] born.

1949 - 20th October : Oliver C’s son Philip [Cro0 ] born

William (3) James Crombleholme s/o John Victor George C