Critchley Family

Thomas Abel Critchley and Mary Pennington

married on 5 June 1876

Their children are the following:

1-Annie Elizabeth Critchley born c.1877 in Bold, Lancashire.

She married John William Rowbotham on 6th June. They had 3 girls

2-Charles Critchley born 22 Sept 1878 in Thatto Heath, Lancashire; d.25 March 1925 Holy Cross Hospital, Salt Lake City Utah. Buried Mt Calvary Cemetery, SLC

Married Sarah Sephton in June 1904

3-Lilian Mary Critchley born 15th August 1880 in Thatto Heath, Lancashire

married George Richardson on 2nd September 1905 at Portico Chapel Eccleston, Lancashire

4-Thomas Pennington Critchley born 16th October 1881 in Rainhill, Lancashire

Married Maude Webster on 15th August 1912 in Salt Lake City

5-Alice Critchley born 1883 in Rainhill, Lancashire

Married John Stanton Sherlock in 1903

6-Mary Margett Critchley born 1887 in Rainhill, Lancashire

7-Agnes Hilda Critchley born 1890 in Rainhill, Lancashire

8-William Reginald Critchley born 17 june 1893; d.29 Aug 1967 in Santa Clara,CA

Married Doris Upson who he eventually divorced

Charles Critchley and Mary Sephton's Children are:

1-Charles Critchley (28 Jan 1905- 7 Feb 1980)

2-Esther Mary Critchley (30 Jan 1909- 4 feb 1936)

3-Alice Louise Critchley (23 Sept 1911- 10 Oct 1955)

4-Freda Margaret Critchley (9 march 1916- 13 Jan 1984)

5-Frances Critchley (9 March 1916- 21 sept 1994)

William Reginald Critchley b. 17 Jun 1893

Youngest child of Thomas Critchley and Mary Pennington Critchley. He emigrated to the USA via Canada. He sailed on the SS Megantic on 17 Aug 1912 arriving in Canada on 24th August 1912. He paid for the passage and his final destination was to his brother Thomas Critchley, Salt Lake City, Utah. He returned to England on 4th October 1957 on the SS Sylvania as a tourist from Montreal, Canada, to spend 3 months there. He stayed in the Stork Hotel in Liverpool.

He married Doris Upson and in 1920 they were living with Thomas and Maude Critchley in Salt Lake City, Utah with their son Lawrence. He eventually divorced and moved to San Francisco California, as worked as a clerk at a warehouse. He was naturalized on 6th November 1939 by the US District Court at San Francisco, California, Petition No. 44695. he was 47 years old and lived at 2910 Anza St, San Francisco. He died on 29th August 1967 in Santa Clara, California.

Bill Critchley's wife, Doris

Doris and daughter Virginia

"Bill, Ernest, Jack

Maude, Rachel, Mary

abt 1910"

William Reginald Critchley, Ernest(aka:Ernie) Webster, Jack?

Maude Webster, Rachel(Ernest's wife), Mary (Possibly Tom Critchley's sister)

This photo must have been taken in England as Maude did not leave for the United States until 1912. Thomas Critchley immigrated in 1909. If the date of 1910 is correct, he would not have been around when this photo was taken.

Thomas Pennington Critchley

Born 16th October 1881/died 31st January 1974

He was the second son of Thomas Abel Critchley and Mary Pennington

Immigrated to the United States in 1909. Arrived here on 8th March 1909 on the SS Celtic from Liverpool to be with his brother Charles.

The ship's manifest shows:

Thomas Pennington Critchley, Age 26, He had a ticket for his final destination. He had 50 dollars in his possession. The relative he was going to was his brother Charles Critchley at West South Temple St, Salt Lake City Utah. His health was good. He had no deformities.

Height 5'8" (this is to be disputed!! Those who knew him claim he never hit 5'4"!)

Complexion medium, hair medium, colour of eyes grey. No marks of identification. He came from Rainhill, Lancashire. He was single and age 26 years. In England his last address was with M.E. Critchley, Roby's Cottage, Rainhill, Lancashire and she was his next of kin. (This is either his mother or his sister Mary). His destination was Salt Lake City, Utah.

Thomas married Maude Webster ont he 15th of September 1912 in Salt Lake City. She was born on 29th of June 1886 in St Helen's, Lancashire and immigrated to be with Thomas.

She died on 9th Feb 1935 at the age of 48 after battling a long illness.

4 years later, Tom sent for Maude's sister, Alexandra May Critchley to come to the US to marry him and help raise his children. They wed on the 1st of January 1939 in Salt Lake City. My mom remembers going to her grandparents house every year to celebrate the new year and their wedding anniversary. May was born on 17th June 1902 and died in October of 1989.

Thomas Pennington Critchley

Thomas Pennington Critchley was drafted for WWI on September 12th 1918. His occupation is given as Station Engineer, unemployed. Address 78 Russet Avenue, Salt Lake City. Age 37.

Medium height, build and hair. Gray eyes. Nearest relative, Charles Critchley of South 11th East, SLC.

Tom and Maude Critchley 1931

Maude Webster and Thomas Pennington Critchley knew each other in England. Tom left for the US in 1909 and Maude followed him to America in 1912. They were apart for 3 years. On her way to her "intended husband" she called in on her brother Ernest Webster who left England for Canada in 1909.

Tom and Maude Critchley

Maude Webster Critchley 1931

Annie Elizabeth Critchley, Thomas Pennington Critchley's oldest sister, and her family

Annie was born about 1877 in Bold, Lancashire.

She married John William Rowbotham on 6th June at Christ Church, Eccleston, Lancashire

They had 3 daughters:

Harriet Hilda Rowbotham born in 1902 in Somerset.

She was named after John's mother

Lilian Mary Rowbotham born in1904 in Macclesfield.

She was named after Annie sister

Dorothy Vivian Rowbotham born in 1910

The 1911 census shows Annie's sister Agnes Hilda Critchley living with them. She was 21.

John William Rowbotham's Probate details are on Ancestry.com. He died 11th July 1932 in Clayton, Manchester. Probate was granted on 8th August 1932 to Annie Elizabeth widow and Ellen Rowson [wife of Walter Rowson] to the effect of £1,389.41s.9d. Ellen was John William's sister and was a Silk Weaver, born in Macclesfield, Cheshire - she married Walter Rowson in 1906. She must have been in straitened circumstances for him to leave something to her. He must have been a very good, kind man

Tom and Maude's kids, Tommy and Olive; Billie Critchley (Bill and Doris' son?)

Thomas Critchley family

Olive (oldest child), Elsie (aka Elsa: youngest child), Tommy, Maude, Thomas, and Kathleen

Maude was very sick at the time of these photos. She would pass away just a couple of years later

Kathleen Marjorie Critchley

with Alexander May Webster Critchley (Gramsie)

Kathleen Marjorie Critchley Peirce