John Angus, Sr.
Abt 1779 - Abt 1857 (~ 78 years)
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Name John Angus [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10] Suffix Sr. Born Abt 4 Apr 1779 Quarmore, Lancashire, England 
[7, 9, 10] Gender Male Occupation 1841 General Labourer Residence 1841 Castle District, Lancaster, Lancashire, England [10] Occupation 1851 General Labourer Residence Lancaster, Lancashire, England [2] Residence Lancaster, Lancashire, England [11] Marital Status: Widowed Residence 1851 Castle District, Lancaster, Lancashire, England [9] Relationship: Father Died Abt 5 Aug 1857 Lancaster, Lancashire, England [1, 7, 12] - King Street
Buried 5 Aug 1857 Lancaster, St Mary, Lancashire, England [7, 12] Person ID I397 Brown Genealogy Last Modified 22 Aug 2024
Father Thomas Angus, Sr. in Quernmore, b. Abt 20 Nov 1737, Over Wyresdale, Lancashire, England , d. 19 Mar 1795, Caton, Lancashire, England (Age ~ 57 years) Relationship natural Mother Jane Bleazard, b. 4 Sep 1743, Quernmore, Lancashire, England , d. UNKNOWN Relationship natural Married 25 May 1765 Saint Mary, Lancaster, Lancashire, England Married 25 May 1765 Lancaster, St Mary, Lancashire, England [13] Family ID F100 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary Shaw, b. 1784, Anwoth, Kirkcudbrightshire, Galloway, Scotland , d. Between 1823 and 1841, Lancaster, Lancashire, England (Age 39 years) Married 31 Dec 1807 St. Mary's, Lancaster, Lancashire, England [3, 4] Children 1. Thomas Angus, b. 1809, Anwoth, Kirkcubrightshire, Scotland , d. Abt 9 Feb 1825, Lancaster, Lancashire, England (Age 16 years) [natural]2. Elizabeth Angus, b. Abt 14 Feb 1810, Anwoth, Kirkudbright, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN, Lancaster, Lancashire, England [natural]3. Jane Angus, b. 21 Mar 1813, Lancaster, Lancashire, England , d. Abt 9 Feb 1825, Lancaster, Lancashire, England (Age 11 years) [natural]4. John Angus, Jr., b. 21 May 1815, Lancaster, Lancashire, England , d. UNKNOWN [natural]5. David Angus, b. 12 Sep 1817, Lancaster, Lancashire, England , d. 9 Apr 1853 (Age 35 years) [natural]6. Mary Ann Angus, b. 3 Feb 1820, St. Mary's, Lancaster, Lancashire, England , d. UNKNOWN, Lancaster, Lancashire, England [natural]7. Eleanor Angus, b. Abt 13 Jul 1823, Lancaster, Lancashire, England , d. Abt 12 Jun 1825, Lancaster, Lancashire, England (Age ~ 1 years) [natural]Last Modified 22 Aug 2024 Family ID F107 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - John Angus' story is a tragic one. He and his wife and children lived in such a state of poverty that they were forcibly removed from the town of Lancaster as a social burden and returned to their home parish of Over Wyresdale to be placed in the care of the church wardens there. Three of their children died young. Of their surviving children, only two married, neither of whom had children of their own. Thus the line of John Angus ended with his children's generation.
John Angus/Angions/Angious was baptized on 4 Apr 1779 in St Mary's parish church in Lancaster, Lancashire, England, as the son of Thomas and Jane Angions in Quarmore.
John Angious was only 15 years old at the time of his father's death in 1795. The date of his mother's death is unknown. It seems likely that he would have come under the care of one of his older siblings at this point.
On 31 Dec 1807, at age 28, John Angious, a husbandman* residing in Skerton, Lancashire, England, married in St. Mary's parish church, Lancaster, Lancashire, England to 23-year-old Mary Shaw from Anwoth, Kirkubrightshire, Scotland. His brother, William Angious, also a husbandman in Skerton, is named in the guarantee for the banns. John's siblings, William Angious and Betty Angious witnessed the marriage.
* (A husbandman was a person who cared for livestock, however, in Northern England the term also referred to a tenant farmer.)
In 1809, their son Thomas was born, although no record of his birth has been found. The only record of his existence is his death record in 1825 at the age of 14. He does not appear in any census so the location of his birth is unknown. His sister Elizabeth was born a year later in Anwoth, Kirkubrightshire, Scotland. It is presumed that Thomas was also born in Anwoth, although no record of his birth exists there either.
The remainder of John's children were born in Lancaster.
On 29 Jan 1818, John and his family were removed by writ from Lancaster to Over Wyresdale and placed in the care of the Overseers of the Poor. (see full text below) However, at some point they managed to return to Lancaster, as three of John's children, Thomas, Jane and Eleanor, all died in Lancaster in 1825 and he was residing in Lancaster in 1841.
In 1841, at the age of 62, a widowed John Angus was residing at 72 Castle Hill in Castle Ward, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, with his daughters Betsy and Mary. He was employed as a husbandman. Residing with them was 15-year-old Jane Gardner, like the daughter of his neighbour James Gardner.
In 1851, at the age of 72. a widowed John Angus was residing at 71 Castle Hill in Castle Ward, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, as a widower with his daughters Elizabeth and Mary Ann. He was employed as a general labourer.
John Angus was residing on King Street in Lancaster, Lancashire, England at the time of his death in 1857.
John had seven children, none of whom married and had children of their own. Most of his children died young or disappear from record, not long after they were removed by writ from Lancaster to Over Wyresdale as paupers. John's family became extinct with the generation of his children.
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From the Borough and Township of Lancaster, in the County of Lancaster, To Wit.
To the Churchwarden and Overseers of the Poor of the Borough and Township of Lancaster, in the said County.
Whereas you have made complaint unto us whose names are hereunto set and seals affixed, being two of His Majesty’s Justices of the Peace, in and for the said Borough of Lancaster, and one of us of the Quorum: That, John Angus and Mary, his wife, and their five children, namely Thomas, aged ten years, Betsy, aged eight years, James (sic, Jane), aged five years, John, aged two years, and David, aged sixteen weeks or thereabouts, have come to inhabit in your said Borough, not having gained a legal settlement there, nor produced any certificate, owning them or any of them to be settled elsewhere; and that the said John Angus, Mary his wife, and their said five children, are actually chargeable to your said Borough and Township; We the said Justice, upon due Proof made hereof, upon Oath, and likewise, upon due Consideration had of the Premises, do adjudge the same to be true; and we do likewise adjudge, that the lawful Settlement of them, the said John Angus, Mary his wife, and their said five children is in the Township, Parish, or Place of Over Wyersdale in the County of Lancaster. We do therefore require you the said Churchwarden and Overseers of the Poor, or some or one of you, to convey the said John Angus, Mary his wife, and their said five children from and out of your said Borough and Township, to the said Township, Parish, or Place of Over Wyersdale and them together with this Order or a true Copy thereof, to deliver to the Churchwardens and Overseers fo the Poor there, or to some or one of them, who are hereby required to receive and provide for them according to the Law.
Given under our Hands and Seals, in Lancaster, aforesaid, the twenty eighth Day of January in the Year of our Lord one Thousand eight Hundred and eighteen.
Samuel Gregson, Mayor
(Handwritten in the margin: Delivered the paupers to John Pye, overseer, Upper Wyersdale, 29th January, 1818. Thomas Franklin.)
(A separate similar order was issued on the same day for Ann Blezard, widow.)
- John Angus' story is a tragic one. He and his wife and children lived in such a state of poverty that they were forcibly removed from the town of Lancaster as a social burden and returned to their home parish of Over Wyresdale to be placed in the care of the church wardens there. Three of their children died young. Of their surviving children, only two married, neither of whom had children of their own. Thus the line of John Angus ended with his children's generation.
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Sources - [S50] England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915, FreeBMD, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;).
Record for John Angus
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Record for Jane Bleazard
https://search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2576&h=14582453&indiv=try
- [S50] England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915, FreeBMD, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;).