Mercy Laycock

Mercy Laycock 

Born: 1842, Skipton

Father: Joseph Laycock (b. 1798)

Mother: Margaret Laycock (b. 1801)

Brothers: Joseph Laycock (b. 1835), Levi Laycock (b. 1840)

Sisters: Margaret Laycock (b. 1837)

Marriage:        11 January 1870, Blackburn 

Husband:         Henry Robinson Hartley 

                        b. 1838

                        Coal Merchant, Scripture Reader, Tea Dealer & Baker

Issue – 

#1 Margaret Fanny Hartley (b. 1871)

#2 William Frederick Hartley (b. 1874)

#3 Dora May Hartley (b. 1876) (d. 1876)

#4 Joseph Hartley (b. 1881) (d. 1882)

#5 Mary Gladys Hartley (b. 1883) (d. 1885)

In 1851 – 

She is at Skipton, Yorkshire. Her mother and father are listed as ‘Sailor’. Her siblings (Joseph and Margaret) are listed as ‘Factory’. Mercy and her brother, Levi, are unlisted. 

In 1861 – 

She is at Gargrave, Skipton. Her brother, George, is listed as ‘Tailor’. Her brother, Levi, is listed as ‘Journeyman Tailor’. Her mother is listed as ‘Housekeeper’. Her nephews, George & Joseph, and niece, Emma, are unlisted. Margaret is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’. 

In 1871 – 

She is at Coppenhall Church, Cheshire. Mercy is listed as married and ‘Schoolmistress’.

In 1881 – 

She is at 22 Adelaide Street, Monks Coppenhall. Her husband is listed as ‘Coal Merchant’. Mercy is listed as ‘Schoolmistress’. Their children, William and Margaret, are unlisted.         

In 1891 – 

She is at Jersey Street, Lancashire. Her husband is listed as ‘Scripture Reader’. Mercy is unlisted. Her daughter, Margaret, is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’. Her son, William, is listed as ‘Chemists Assistant’. 

In 04/95 - 

Address is St. Anne's School, Bishop Auckland.

In 1901 – 

She is at 11 Timson Street, Failsworth. Her husband is listed as ‘Tea Dealer’. Her daughter, Margaret, is listed as ‘School Mistress’. Her son, William, is listed as ‘Shipping Clerk’. Mercy is unlisted. 

In 1911 – 

She is at 47 Bradley Road, Towbridge. Her husband is listed as ‘Retired Baker’. Mercy is listed as ‘Retired School Mistress’. Her daughter, Margaret, is listed as ‘Head Teacher Elementary School’. 

d. 1917, Melksham