Joseph Pickering [1780-1839], Bradley, Frodsham Parish
  
  
  
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  Grave of Joseph and Ann, William, James, and Edward. Photo taken at St. Laurence churchyard by Connie Pickering Stover, April 2011.
b: 26 Dec 1780 Frodsham Parish, Bradley
  
  c: 25 Jan 1781, Frodsham 
  
  m: 25 Feb 1802 Frodsham Parish (age 22)
  
  d: 31 Jan 1839 Frodsham (age 49)
  
  b: 04 Feb 1839, St. Laurence
             


Pallot’s Marriage Index for England: 1780-1837
+ Ann "Nancy" Hayes
             b: 16 May 1782 
             d: 21 Aug 1862 (age 80)
             b: 25 Aug 1862 Frodsham, St. Laurence
 
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Notes for Joseph Pickering and Ann Hayes:
Death and burial records from St. Laurence, Grave research: Grave no. OGE/08/23,24:
  "In memory of Joseph Pickering of Frodsham Obit 31, Jan 1839 Aetat 59 years. Also of Ann his wife Obit 21 Aug. 1862 Aetat 80 years.” 
  
  Children of Joseph Pickering and Ann Hayes
  
  William Pickering 
b: 07 Mar 1804 Frodsham Parish 
o: Coal, Lime and Tile Merchant, Railway Station 
            (Worral's directory of Warrington, Wigan, St Helenes, 1876)
d: 26 Jun 1845
(age 41)
b: 01 Jul 1845 Frodsham, St. Laurence 
             + Elizabeth Howard - b: abt. 1810 d: 10 Feb 1854 b: 13 Feb 1854 Frodsham, St. Laurence 
  
Only son of William and Elizabeth Howard
                          William Hayes Pickering
                          b: 31 May 1833, Runcorn
                          o: 1851 Not Employed
                          o: 1861 Coal & Lime Merchant
                          o: 1871 Coal Agent
                          o: 1881 Coal Lime & builders Merchant 
                          o: 1891 Coal Lime  Merchant
                          o: 1901 Coal & Lime Merchant Retired 
                          d: 09 Nov 1906, Runcorn (age 73)
                          b: 12 Nov 1906 Frodsham, St. Laurence
                          lived: 1841 Main Street, Frodsham (age 8)
                          lived: 1851 Main Street, Frodsham (age 17)
                          lived: 1861  Salt Works, Bridge Quay, Frodsham (age 27) 
                                      Unmarried, living with Grandmother Ann (Widow)
                          lived: 1871 Main Street, Rock View, Frodsham (age 37)  [1 servant, Alice Shallcross] 
                          lived: 1881 Main Street, Frodsham (age 47) [1 servant, Alice Shallcross] Unmarried 
                          lived: 1891 Main Street, Frodsham (age 57) [1 servant, Alice Shallcross] Unmarried 
                          lived: 1901 Main Street, Frodsham (age 67) [2 servanst, Alice Shallcross (age 71)] 
              Died Unmarried with no Children
Sons of Joseph Pickering and Ann Hayes
James Pickering
b: 12 Oct 1805
o: 1841 Salt Merchant 
d: 27 May 1860 (age 54)
b: 
   30 May 1860 St. Laurence, Frodsham Parish
lived: 1841 Salt Works, Frodsham (age 35) 
[in home of Elizabeth Hayes, Grandmother (age 87), with Ann Pickering, Mother]
Presumed Unmarried with no children 

Edward Hayes Pickering
   + Anna Maria Stephenson 
b: 18 Feb 1807
c: 
  22 Sept 1807
m: 26 Dec 1834 
o: 1841 Salt Merchant 
d: 03 Mar 1848 (age 41)
b: 
  08 Mar 1848 St. Laurence, Frodsham
lived: 1841 Salt Works, Frodsham (age 30)
  [in home of Elizabeth Hayes (age 87)]
  [in home of Elizabeth Hayes, Grandmother (age 87), with Ann Pickering, Mother]
  
  Children of Edward Hayes Pickering and Anna Maria Stephenson [1851 Census, Eton]
  Edward H Humperville Pickering b: 1839
  Gilbert Percy Humpresville Pickering b: 1841
  Anna Francis Pickering b: 1843
  Edith Mary Pickering b: 1844
Katharine Maude Pickering
  b: 1846, Eton, Buckinghamshire
  m: 18 Oct 1870, Parish Church, Addington, Kent, Eng.
  d: 13 Jan 1892 Little Hinton, Wilshtire (age 45)
  died of
  a ruptured gall-bladder and broncho-pneumonia. Buried at
  b: 
Ardamine Cemetery, Gorey, county Wexford, Ireland
        + Robert Edward Richards [SOURCE]
        b: 21 Jan 1832, Roebuck, Dublin, Ireland
        d: 18 Oct 1902, Beckley, Oxon
        Occupation: Clergyman - Robert was ordained deacon (Salisbury) in 1856 and priest in 1857. He      was curate of Corfe Castle, Dorset, from 1856 until 1861, then curate      of Tormoham, Devon, from 1861 until 1869, and again curate of Corfe      Castle from 1869 until 1871. He was Principal of the St Matthias Church      of England Teacher Training      College in Fishponds, Bristol, from 1871 until 1890, then rector of      Little      Hinton, Wiltshire, from 1890 until his retirement in 1898. 
        
Children of Katharine Maude Pickering and Robert Edward Richards
        Robert Charles Pickering Richards [1873-1947] 
                o: Bankers Clerk (1891); International businessman (1947)
        Kathleen Louisa Vere Richards [1875-1950] m: Berkley William Fairthorne 18 Apr 1897 
        Arthur Francis Ward Richards [1877-1946] m: Muriel Ward Jan 1903
        George Hamilton Richards [1879-1962] m. Katherine Winifred B. Garrard 1905
        Walter Hayes Pickering Richards [1881-1915] m: Mary Florence Clarges Pearson 
                         5 Jul 1911, Cork, Ireland
In the Ardamine churchyard, near Gorey, county Wexford,      Ireland is a gravestone that reads:
To  the        glory of God
  and in loving        memory of
  Walter Hayes Pickering Richards
  Captain and Adjutant of        the
  Royal Marine Light Infantry (Chatham)
  aged 33 years
  who        was killed in Action in the
  Dardanelles on May 3rd 1915
  whilst        gallantly leading his men 
  he was the fourth son of the
  Reverend        Robert Edward Richards
  
  1851 Census [same household] 27th house Keats Lane, Eton
  Marianne Stephenson (widow) visitor to household b: 1784
  George H Stephenson (Stock Broker) visitor to household b: 1820 
  
  
 
1841 Census - Runcorn, Budworth, Salt Works, Frodsham
| Name | Born | Age | Status | Occupation | Born | 
| Elizabeth Hayes | 1754 | 87 | Head | Independent | Frodsham | 
| William Pickering | 1786 | 55 |  | Independent | Frodsham | 
| James Pickering | 1805 | 35 | G-Son | Salt Merchant | Frodsham | 
| Edward [Hayes] Pickering | 1807 | 33 | G-Son | Salt Merchant | Frodsham | 
  | Mary Parker |  | 35 |  | Domestic Servant |  | 
  | (Unreadable) |  | 20 |  | Domestic Servant |  | 
1851 Census - Runcorn, Budworth, Salt Works, Frodsham
| Name | Rel | Age | Status | Occupation | Born | 
| Ann Pickering | Head | 68 | Widow | Farmer of 103 acres employing 11 laborers | Frodsham | 
| James Pickering | Son | 40 | Unm | Merchant, Salt, Timber, Coals, Bricks | Frodsham | 
| Mary Parker | Serv | 42 | Mar | Dairy Servant | Kingsley | 
| Alice Shalcross | Serv | 26 | Unm | House Servant | Anderton | 
 
1861 Census - 144 Salt Works, Frodsham
| Name | Rel | Age | Status | Occupation | Born | 
| Ann Pickering | Head | 78 | Widow | Farmer 54 Acres employ 1 man and 12 boys | Frodsham | 
| William H Pickering | G-Son | 24 | Unm | Coal and Lime Merchant | Frodsham | 
| Alice shalcross | Son | 33 | Unm | House Servant | Kingsley | 
| Mary Atherton | Serv | 29 | Unm | Dairy Maid | Barrow | 
 
Notes for William Pickering and Elizabeth:
From Grave records of St. Laurence, Grave No: OGE/08/23,24: "In memory of William Pickering of Frodsham Obit 26 June 1845 Aetat 41 years. Also of Elizabeth his wife Obit 10 Feb, 1854 Aetat 44 years. Also of William Hayes Pickering only son of the above Obit 9 Nov. 1906 Aetat 73 years.” 
 
1841 Census - Main Street, Frodsham
| Name | Rel | Age | Occupation | Born | 
| William Pickering | Head | 36 | Merchant | Frodsham | 
| Elizabeth Pickering | Wife | 30 |  |  | 
| William Pickering | Son | 8 |  | Frodsham | 
| Mary Atherton | Serv | 40 |  |  | 
| Mary Kirkham | Serv | 20 |  |  | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    
  
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   Directory of Frodsham residents of 1874: William Hayes Pickering is listed as coal, lime and tile merchant. In 1892 William Hayes Pickering was a coal and lime merchant at the Railway Station, which is up in the town center.
   
  
  
  Cheshire Electoral Registers 1842-1900, Frodsham Polling District - Hundred of Eddisbury: Frodsham, William H Pickering, freehold house and garden, Own occupation and tenants.
1851 Census - 94 Main Street, Frodsham, Runcorn Parish
| Name | Rel | Age | Status | Occupation | Born | 
| Elizabeth Pickering | Head | 40 | Widow | Annuitant | Cheshire Hutton | 
| William  Pickering | Son | 17 | Unm | Merchant, Salt, Timber, Coals, Bricks | Frodsham | 
| Elizabeth Caldwell | Serv | 27 | M | House Servant | Frodsham | 
1871 Census - 95 Main Street, Frodsham, Runcorn Parish
| Name | Rel | Age | Status | Occupation | Born | 
| William H  Pickering | Head | 37 | Unm | Coal Agent | Frodsham | 
| Ellen Atherton | Serv | 24 | Unm | Charwoman | Frodsham | 
1881 Census - 136 Main Street, Frodsham, Runcorn Parish
| Name | Rel | Age | Status | Occupation | Born | 
| William H  Pickering | Head | 47 | Unm | Coal, lime and Builders Merchant | Frodsham | 
| Alice Shalcross | Serv | 49 | Unm | General Servant | Kingsley | 
1891 Census - 65 Main Street, Frodsham, Runcorn Parish
| Name | Rel | Age | Status | Occupation | Born | 
| William H  Pickering | Head | 57 | Unm | Coal, lime and Builders Merchant | Frodsham | 
| Alice Shalcross | Serv | 59 | Unm | General Servant | Kingsley | 
1901 Census - 68 Main Street, Frodsham, Runcorn Parish
| Name | Rel | Age | Status | Occupation | Born | 
| William H  Pickering | Head | 67 | Unm | Coal, lime and Builders Merchant | Frodsham | 
| Alice Shalcross | Serv | 69 | Unm | General Servant | Kingsley | 
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    Notes for Edward  Pickering:
      Cheshire Electoral Registers 1842-1900  Frodsham Polling District - Hundred of Eddisbury: Frodsham, occupier of house, warehouse, salt works, and lands, Salt works, Quay, and Marsh.