Henry Hopwood Ormrod 1845-1922

1845. Henry Hopwood Ormrod was born on 9/9/1845 at Chancery Street, Burnley Burnley Sep 1845 to Henry Marsden Ormrod & Mary Jane Lewis . His father an Attorney's Clerk

1851C. Henry H Ormrod, 5, is living South Parade, Hagerham East, Burnley., with his parents and 2 brothers, plus a servant . Original could well read Ormrod

Henry M	Omrod	Head	Married	Male	34	1817	Slaters Managing Clerk	Burnley, Lancashire, England
Mary Kaae	Omrod	Wife	Married	Female	36	1815	-	Liverpool, Lancashire, England
John F	Omrod	Son	-	Male	12	1839	Scholar	Burnley, Lancashire, England
Henry H	Omrod	Son	-	Male	5	1846	-	Burnley, Lancashire, England
James D	Omrod	Son	-	Male	0	1851	-	Burnley, Lancashire, England
Betty	Sanderson	Servant	Unmarried	Female	38	1813	House Servant	Waddington, Yorkshire, England

1861C. Henry Hopwood Ormrod, 15, ironmongers apprentice, is living 19 Eliza Street Burnley, with his parents, 2 brothers & a sister, plus servant . Original could well read Ormrod . Also reads James Dixon

Likely 1865-1870. Henry Hopwood Ormrod, goes out to Mississippi to work on the reconstruction of the railway after the American Civil War. Historians say that workers were recruited from the north of England for this work - see end of page

1867. Henry Ormand (I'm sure he is our Henry H Ormrod- the birth dates are right) immigrated to New York from Liverpool onboard the Denmark. Arrival 4 May 1867.-Babs

1870AC. Henry H Ormrad, 24, b.England, boarder, is a stationary engineer, living Township 4, Hinds County, Mississippi . Census taken August - Ancestry

An engineer who operates industrial machinery and equipment that provide energy in various forms

I think he would have met Mary Murphy in Mississippi : Adam thinks they eloped from Burnley and Durham to evade Henry´s father disapproval of an Irish bride!!

1871. Henry Hopwood Ormrod married Mary Murphy in Copiah County, Mississippi on 22/4/1871

~1872. Henry Lewis Ormrod was born to Henry & Mary in Mississippi - the Lewis came from his grandmother Mary Jane Lewis who had married Henry Marsden Ormrod in 1837 . No births recorded in Copiah until 1912!

1872-1881. Came back to Lancashire

1881C. Henry H Ormrod, 35, cabinet maker, b. Burnley, is living 2 Lloyd Street, Everton, W. Derby, Lancs with his wife and son . Everton is part of Liverpool .-map . His wife's birthplace would seem to be fiction, in comparison to the other 3 censuses she appears in

Henry H	Ormrod	Head	Married	Male	35	1846	Cabinet Maker Employing 1 Man (Master)	Burnley, Lancashire, England
Mary A	Ormrod	Wife	Married	Female	35	1846	-	Ireland
Henry L	Ormrod	Son	Single	Male	9	1872	-	United States

1891C. Henry H Ormond, 45,lodger, electrical engineer, b.Burnley, is living Crampton Street, Horton, Bradford with his wife, 46, given as born Newcastle upon Tyne . Ormond is a mistranscription on FMP - entry clearly states Ormrod!

John Wm	Mellor	Head	Married	Male	25	1866	Teamer	Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England
Annie	Mellor	Wife	Married	Female	25	1866	-	Haxby, Yorkshire, England
Henry H	Ormond	Lodger	Married	Male	45	1846	Electrical Engineer	Burnley, Lancashire, England
Mary Hannah	Ormond	Wife	Married	Female	46	1845	Upholstress	Newcastle on Tyne

Likely still around Bradford in 1894 when their 'daughter in law' Florence Bannister/Ormrod gives birth in Thackley-map

1901C. Henry H Osmond, 56, electrician, b.Burnley, is living 18 Albert Street, Fleetwood, Fylde , Lancs with his wife, son and son's 'wife' and child , Marjory born N. Bierley Yorks Dec 1894 : seemingly Thackley,~6-8 k N of Bradford . He has adopted his son's stage name of Osmond- probably made life simpler!

Henry H	Osmond	Head	Married	Male	56	1845	Electrician	Burnley, Lancashire, England
Mary A	Osmond	Wife	Married	Female	55	1846	-	Crook, Durham, England
Henry L	Osmond	Son	Married	Male	29	1872	Theatre Manager	-
Florence	Osmond	Daughter-In-Law	Married	Female	26	1875	-	London, Middlesex, England
Margery F	Osmond	Grand Daughter	Single	Female	6	1895	-	Thackley, Yorkshire, England
John A	Ottley	Visitor	Single	Male	24	1877	Musician	Hoyland, Yorkshire, England

1911C. Henry H Osmond, 66, joiner & carpenter, b.Burnley, is living 9 Sunderland Street, Houghton le Spring, Durham with his wife, 2 grandchildren, Marjorie F & Agnes M and a boarder, a music hall professional . Think original is written as Osmond . Houghton le Spring ~15 k NE of Durham, in Tyne & Wear today

His son, Henry Lewis Osmond, had had a theatre company in Houghton le Spring which had been dissolved in January 1910

Henry H	Osmand	Head	Married	Male	Joiner And Carpenter	66	1845	Lanc Burnley
Mary A	Osmand	Wife	Married	Female	-	66	1845	Co Durham Not Known
Marjorie F	Osmand	Granddaughter	Single	Female	Book Keeper	16	1895	Thackley Yorks
Agnes M	Osmand	Granddaughter	-	Female	School	10	1901	Lanc Fleetwood
Sam	France	Boarder	Single	Male	Music Hall Professional	25	1886	Cardiff Wales

1912. Another grandchild is born, Doris Ethel Osmond, Why did Henry and his wife not take her in alog with Marjory & Agnes??

1916. His son gives them another child to take care of - Irene May Osmond, born 1916

1918. Seems to have been living at Bipsham when "daughter in law" Ethel Osmond/Beard died . This is also where his granddaughter, Irene Osmond 1916, was thought to have lived 1916-~1925, being brought up by him and his wife

1921C. H H Ormrod, 76, no occupation, born Burnley, is living with his wife in his son´s unorthodox! family at 12 Church Road Bipsham

1922. Henry Hopwood Ormerod, 77, Architect!, dies 23/4/1922 Fylde Jun 1922 at 6 Church Lane,Blackpool . Informant Henry Lewis O Ormerod, same address. No grave on Findagrave or on Gravestone photos. No probate

His wife died in 1932, having moved to Houghton le Spring to live with their granddaughter Marjory in 1928 or earlier.

P.S. ~1865-1870

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