Cornelius Lezenby and Eliza Wilson, Immigrants
and some of their Ancestors
and Descendants

JOHND LAZENBY (RichardC, DorothyB, WilliamA) was baptized at Saint Mary the Virgin Church, Blackburn, Lancashire, England, on 3 April 1816, a son of Richard Lazenby and his wife Jane Seed.[1] He died possibly at Blackburn on October-December 1881.[2] He married at Saint Mary church, Blackburn,on 30 October 1844 MARY JANE WILSON.[3] She was born at Preston, Lancashire, about 1820-1, a daughter of William Wilson.[4] She died sometime after the 1881 Census.

Mary Jane's birthplace, Preston, was another community impacted by the Industrial Revolution, about 10 miles west of Blackburn. The 1851 and 1881 cesnsuses record John's birthplace as Balderstone, a small village about 5 miles northwest of Blackburn.

John Lazenby worked as a blacksmith, like his father. In 1851, John, Mary Ann, and their first two children were living with John's parents at Blackburn. Louisa died in 1853.[5]

The 1861 Census reported the family at 13 Jackson Street, Blackburn, as follows:[6]

Name relationship marital status Sex Age occupation birthplace
John Lezenby head married male 42 blacksmith Lanc. Blackburn
Mary Lezenby wife married female 38 blacksmith Lanc. Blackburn
Nancy Lezenby daughter unmarried female 11 scholar Lanc. Blackburn
John Lezenby son unmarried male 7 scholar Lanc. Blackburn
Jane Lezenby daughter unmarried female 4 scholar Lanc. Blackburn
James Lezenby son unmarried male 6 mos. child Lanc. Blackburn

I have not found John Lazenby in the 1871 Census. Mary Jane Lazenby was reported at 4 Adelaide Street, Blackburn, with her four children. Mary Jane Lazenby, married, born Preston, housekeeper, was reported as 46 years of age. The chidren, all unmarried and born at Blackburn, were:

The 1881 Census reported Mary Jane Lazenby living at a different location in Blackburn, with her two yougest children and a boarder. Mary Jane was described as married, age 63, a cotton weaver, born at Preston. Her two children at home, both unmarried and born at Blackburn, were: Jane, 22, cotton weaver, and James, 20, butcher. Their lodger was also a young butcher.[8] John Lazenby, age 67, blacksmith, born Balderstone, was living in Blackburn with his widowed sister, Jane Cook.[9] Son John, now calling himself John Richard Lazenby, still unmarried, age 27, born Blackburn, painter, was living at another location in Blackburn.[10] I have no further information on Daughter Nancy.

The 1881 Census was taken on 3 April. The John Lazenby who died at Blackburn in the last quarter of that year is possibly the person described on this page, in spite of the difference in age.[11] Nevertheless, I have found no further record of this John Lazenby. I also have found no further record for Mary Ann Lazenby or their daughter Jane.

John Richard Lazenby probably married twice, as he had an eight year old daughter in the 1901 Census,[12] and he and wife Fanny reported having been married eleven years in the 1911 Census.[13] I have no information on this first wife. His second wife, Fanny, had been married to James Dagnall, and brought two children to her second marriage.

James Lazenby, born Blackburn, age 27, butcher, was living in 1891 with his wife Catherine, age 22, born Worcester. He was described as a "visitor" in the home of Joseph and Ann Lawton, Walsall, Staffordshire. The large household included two other boarders who were butchers. Joseph Lawton and two of his sons were carters. Another boarder was a leather currier.[14] I have no further record on James Lazenby.

John Lazenby and his wife Mary Jane Wilson had the following children:

  1. LOUISAE LAZENBY b. at Blackburn about 1847-8;[15] d. at Darwen, Lancashire, on 24 November 1853.[16]
  2. NANCYE LAZENBY b. at Blackburn on 8 September 1850; bp. at St Paul's, Blackburn, on 29 October 1850;[17] living 1871.
  3. JOHN RICHARDE LAZENBY b. at Blackburn about 1853-4;[18] d. there on July-September 1915;[19] m(1). probably before 1892 __[20]______ ________; m(2) about 1899-1900 FANNY (________) DAGNALL, b. at Broomsome, Worcestershire about 1864-5; she m(1). JAMES DAGNALL. Child of John Richard by first wife:
    1. Ellie Lazenby b. at Rishton, Lancashire, about 1892-3.[21]
    Children of John Richard and Fanny Lazenby
    1. Mary Lazenby b. at Blackburn about February 1901;[22] d. before 1911.
    2. Richard John Lazenby b. at Blackburn about 1903-4.[23]
    3. Amy Lazenby b. at Blackburn about 1905-6.[24]
    Children of Fanny and James Dagnall:
    1. Fanny Dagnall b. at Runcom, Cheshire, about 1890-1.[25]
    2. Elisabeth Dagnall bp. at Blackburn on 8 February 1895.[26]
  4. JANEE LAZENBY b. at Blackburn about 1856-7;[27] living 1871.
  5. JAMESE LAZENBY b. at Blackburn about September-October 1860;[28] m. before 1891 CATHERINE ________, b. at Worcester, Worcestershire, about 1868-9.[29]

NOTES

1"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, Family Search (familysearch.org : accessed 18 December 2011), St Mary the Virgin, Blackburn, Lancashire, John Lazenby, 1816
2General Register Office, Southport, England, "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, Find My Past (findmypast.com : accessed 2 July 2018), John Lazenby, 1881.
3"England Marriages, 1538–1973," index, Family Search (familysearch.org : accessed 18 December 2011), Blackburn, Lancaster, Lazenby-Wilson, 1844.
4Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851, Piece: 2258; Folio: 328; Page: 1, Richard Lezenby family; digital images, The National Archives of the UK: Public Record Office, Kew, Surrey, England, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 18 December 2011).
5Ibid.
6Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861, Class: RG 9; Piece: 3095; Folio: 55; Page: 18; GSU roll: 543077, John Lezenby family; digital images, The National Archives of the UK, Public Record Office, Kew, Surrey, England, Ancestry (ancestryr.com : accessed 27 June 2018).
7Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871, Class: RG10; Piece: 4179; Folio: 121; Page: 45; GSU roll: 846938, Mary Jane Lazenby family; digital images, The National Archives of the UK: Public Record Office, Kew, Surrey, England:, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 27 June 2018).
8Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881, Class: RG11; Piece: 4187; Folio: 78; Page: 18; GSU roll: 1342003, Mary Jane Lazenby family; digital image, The National Archives of the UK: Public Record Office, Kew, Surrey, England, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 27 June 2018).
91881 Census, Class: RG11; Piece: 4194; Folio: 16; Page: 26; GSU roll: 1342005, Jane Cook family.
101881 Census, Class: RG11; Piece: 4192; Folio: 9; Page: 11; GSU roll: 1342004, John Richard Lazonby.
11"England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, Find My Past, John Lazenby, 1881.
12Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901, Class: RG13; Piece: 3915; Folio: 28; Page: 8, John Rd Lazenby family; digital images, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey, England, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 29 June 2018).
13Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911, Class: RG14; Piece: 25043, no. 243, Richard John Lazenby family; digital images, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey, England, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 1 July 2018).
14Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891, Class: RG12; Piece: 2253; Folio: 76; Page: 14, Joseph Lawton household; digital images, The National Archives of the UK: Public Record Office. Kew, Surrey, England, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 28 June 2018).
151851 Census, Piece: 2258; Folio: 328; Page: 1, Richard Lezenby family.
16"England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991," index, Family Search (familysearch.org : accessed 29 June 2018), Louisa Lazenby, 1853
17"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," Nancy Lazenby, 1850.
181861 Census, Class: RG 9; Piece: 3095; Folio: 55; Page: 18; GSU roll: 543077, John Lezenby family.
19"England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, Find My Past, Richard J. Lazenby, 1915.
201911 Census, Class: RG14; Piece: 25043, no. 243, Richard John Lazenby family.
211901 Census, Class: RG13; Piece: 3915; Folio: 28; Page: 8, John Rd Lazenby family.
22Ibid.
231911 Census, Class: RG14; Piece: 25043, no. 243, Richard John Lazenby family.
24Ibid.
251901 Census, Class: RG13; Piece: 3915; Folio: 28; Page: 8, John Rd Lazenby family.
26"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," Elizabeth Dagnall, 1895.
271861 Census, Class: RG 9; Piece: 3095; Folio: 55; Page: 18; GSU roll: 543077, John Lezenby family.
28Ibid.
291891 Census, Class: RG12; Piece: 2253; Folio: 76; Page: 14, Joseph Lawton household.

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