NameHannah Turnbull, Step GGG Grandmother
Birthabt 1820, Penketh, Lancashire
Deathaft 1883
Spouses
Birthabt 1802, Queens County, Ireland
Death1 Jan 1883, Runcorn, Cheshire
OccupationSoap Maker Labourer, Soap Boiler, Chemical Works Labourer
Notes for John (Spouse 1)
Name and birth year from Susan Smith. Also lived in Runcorn.
In the 1841 census Mill Brow, Halton, Runcorn, Cheshire.
John Locker, age 35, labourer, born Ireland.
Ann Locker, age 40, born Ireland.
Ann Locker, age 10, born Cheshire.
Jane Locker, age 10, born Cheshire.
John Locker, age 5, born Cheshire.
Mary Locker, age 4, born Cheshire.
Ellen Locker, age 1, born Cheshire.
[There is a soap maker and several other labourer’s on the same page.]
In the 1851 census Mill Brow, Halton, Cheshire.
Head John Locker, age 48, soap maker, born Ireland.
Wife Ann Locker, age 50, born Ireland.
Son John Locker, age 19, agricultural labourer, born Ireland.
Daughter Mary Locker, age 15, nurse girl, born Ireland.
[There is a discrepancy with their children in the birth location. of John and Mary as well as John’s age.]
In the 1861 census Farrels Row, Mill Brow, Halton, Cheshire.
Head John Locker, age 57, labourer at soap works, born Queens County, Ireland.
Wife Hannah Locker, age 41, born Penketh, Lancashire.
[John seems to have remarried.]
[Queen’s County is now called County Laois]
A possible entry in the 1871 census 8 Old Soaping Gate, Runcorn, Cheshire.
Head John Locker, age 67, labourer, born Runcorn, Cheshire.
Wife Sarah Locker, age 48, born Penketh, Cheshire.
Nephew David Francis Murphy, the age has 1 month, born Runcorn.
Niece Martha Colleran?, unmarried, age 27, no occupation, born Liverpool, Lancashire.
[Now John’s birth location is listed as Runcorn and Hannah is called Sarah?]
[Runcorn is in the Borough of Halton.]
[It would seem the niece and nephew are from Hannah/Sarah’s side of the family]
[David Francis Murphy is listed in the 1871 January to March birth index, born Runcorn and in the 1871 July to September death index, age 0, at Runcorn]
In the April to June 1860 marriage index John Lockar [as transribed] and Hannah Turnbull are listed on the same page Runcorn Cheshire, volume 8a, page 290
In the 1881 census 32 Granville Street, Runcorn, Chesire.
Head John Locker, age 82, chemical labourer, born Ireland.
Wife Hannah Locker, age 52, born Penketh, Lancashire.
Boarder Thomas Knowles, age 24, labourer chemical, born Runcorn.
Wife Jessie Knowles, age 23, born Liverpool, Lancashire.
[More inconsistencies with John’s age and Sarah/Hannah’s age.]
In the January to March 1883 death index John Locker, age 85, Runcorn, Cheshire, volume 8a, page 161
[The age would be consistant with the 1881 census, but not with previous census.]
Death Certificate
John Locker, chemical works labourer, died January 1 1883, age 85 at 32 Granville Street, Runcorn, Cheshire. He died of natural decay certified by John Robinson M. B.. Informant the mark of Hannah Locker widow of the deceased, present at the death.