Manchester Births and Baptisms Cathedral and Parish Church
Baptism Sunday December 16, 1855, John Henry Bagnall, born January 24, 1854, son of Edward and Mary Bagnall, father is a smith and farrier, abode Manchester.

In the 1861 census 60 Pilling St, Manchester.
Head Edward Bagnall, age 31, shoeing smith, born Salford, Lancashire.
Wife Mary Bagnall, age 29, born Manchester.
Son John Bagnall, age 7, scholar, born Manchester.
Daughter Fanny Bagnall, age 2, born Manchester.
Boarders John Grimshaw, age 19, shoeing smith, and Margaret Bell, widow, age 66, shirt maker.

In the 1871 census 9 Cawdor St., Hulme, Manchester.
Head Edward Bagnall, age 40, blacksmith, born Manchester.
Wife Mary Bagnall, age 39, born Manchester.
Son John H. Bagnall, age 17, blacksmith, born Manchester.
Daughter Fanny Bagnall, age 12, scholar, born Manchester.
Daughter Ann Bagnall, age 9, scholar, born Manchester.
Son Levi Bagnall. age 5, born Manchester.
Daughter Mary Bagnall, age 2, born Manchester.

This entry is based on the assumption that since his parents lived on 7 Church Street and this John H. Bagnall is the same age as their son, this is the correct person. 1881 census 21 Church Street, Hulme, Lancashire.
Head John Hy. Bagnall, age 27, maker-up, born, Manchester, Lancashire.
Wife Hannah Maria Bagnall, age 27, born Manchester.
Daughter Bertha Bagnall, age 3, scholar, born Manchester.

Also in the 1891 census 23 Church Street, Hulme, Manchester, Lancashure.
Head John H. Bagnall, age 37, maker-up [added later cotton], employed, born Manchester, Lancashire.
Wife Hannah M. Bagnall, age 37, born Manchester.
Son Joseph E. Bagnall, age 9, school, born Manchester.
Son Herbert Bagnall, age 6, school, born Manchester.

In the 1901 census, 23 Forest Park Road, Newton, Bradford, Manchester.
Head John H. Bagnall, age 47, maker up Calico Finishers? [added later cot.], employed, born Manchester.
Wife Hannah M. Bagnall, age 47, born Manchester.
Son Joseph E. Bagnall, single, age 19, born Manchester.
Son Albert Bagnall, age 16, born Manchester.

In the 1911 census 94 Greenside Lane, Droylsden, Manchester, Lancashire.
Head John Henry Bagnall, age 57, maker up, bleed and dye works, born Manchester.
Wife Hannah Maria Bagnall, age 57, married 29 years, 5 children born alive, 2 still living, born Manchester.
Son Joseph Edward Bagnall, age 29, maker up, shipping agent, born Manchester.
Daughter in law Hannah Bagnall, age 34, born Manchester.

In the October to December 1931 death index John H. Bagnall, age 77, Ashton, Lancashire, volume 8d, page 839

In the 1871 census 7 Cawdor Street, Hulme, Lancashire
Head Joseph Gregory, age 50, unemployed packer, born Manchester
Wife Elizabeth Gregory, age 50, born Manchester.
Son William Gregory, unmarried, age 20, warehouse man, born Manchester.
Daughter Anna M. Gregory, unmarried, age 17, cotton weaver, born Manchester.
1 boarder.
[In this census the Gregory family lived next door to the Bagnall family. ie John Henry Bagnall and Hannah Maria Gregory were next door neighbours 5 yearsw before they were married.]

In the July to September 1876 marriage index John Henry Bagnall and Hannah Maria Gregory, Chorlton, Lancashire, volume 8c, page 908.

Manchester Marriages and Banns St. Mark, Hulme, Lancashire
Marriage August 26, 1876 John Henry Bagnall, age 22, bachelor, maker up, residence 9 Garner Street, father Edward Bagnall, farrier and
Hannah Maria Gregory, age 22, spinster, residence 114 Leaf Street, father Joseph Gregory occupation packer
after banns by Samuel M. Carney, Curate
In the presence of James Aspen and Fanny Bagnall [probably her sister Francis]

In the July to September 1922 death index Hannah M. Bagnall, age 68, Ashton, Lancashire, volume 8d, page 392.