William Joseph Churm

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Birth

William Joseph Churm was born on the 22nd of June 1859 in Manchester. His parents were Richard Churm and Eliza Maria O'Reilly. He was probably born at 17 New York Street, Chorlton On Medlock, Manchester, as he was recorded there at the age of 1 by the 1861 census.

By the 1871 census William (Willie J.) was a scholar and the family had moved to 40 Clifford Street, Chorlton On Medlock.

He was 21 for the 1881 census when he was a clerk in the cotton industry (his father was a cotton merchant) and he still lived with his widowed father at 62 Ducie Grove, Chorlton On Medlock.


Marriage

On the 14th September 1887 he married Annie Stoppard.

Children

They had 6 children:

  • Richard Oscar Churm
  • William Stanley Churm
  • Ethel Handforth Churm
  • Victoria Ida Churm
  • Jessie Louisa Churm
  • Winifred Annie Churm.

By 1891 he has his own house at 24 Alexandra Grove, Chorlton-on-Medlock where he lived with Annie and their first two children, Richard (1 year old) and newborn William.

By 1901 the family has moved to 65 Palatine Road, Northenden, Manchester, Cheshire.

Death

He died in 1937, aged 77 years.


Other References

Birth Registration William Stanley Churm, March quarter, 1891, Chorlton, Lancashire, Vol 8c, Page 883