Thomas Henry PICKUP = Anne SMITH

Married Thursday 6 August 1891, Christ Church, Blackburn

Thomas Henry PICKUP:

Born Wednesday 28 December 1864, Ewood, Lower Darwen
Died Wednesday 12 February 1947, 129 Haslingden Road, Blackburn
Buried Saturday 15 February 1947, St Stephens, Tockholes, Plot O45¹
literate

religious and over careful with money according to Miriam Pickup

weaver/cotton power loom overlooker at a mill on site of Jepsons? lost money on investment in business

lived at Ewood 1871
54 Hollin Bank Terrace in 1881
1891(same?)
98 Waler Street, Blackburn 1901 Census
then on Audley Range and other streets in the area. May have lived at Brothers Street after c.1911
lived at 68 Queens Park Road then in 1930's 122 Shorock Lane.

b,2m,d certs
Doctor P. witness 1st marriage, James P.(brother?) the 2nd.
Father died when TH only 9 years old .
Electoral Roll Records
1911- 68 Queens Park Road
1908-1911 210 Pringle Street
1908-1908 6 John Thomas Street
1903-1908 20 Nottingham Street
1903-1903 155 Walter Street
1901-1903 98 Walter Street (also on 1901 Census)
1900-1901 4 Randolf Street
1896-1900 153 Audley Range
1893-1896 118 Audley Range
Died of heart failure and senility.


Thomas Henry Pickup c 1891


Thomas Henry Pickup (right) c 1911


Anne SMITH:

Alias Anne PICKUP
Born 1867, Preston²
Died Sunday 20 March 1927
Buried St Stephens, Tockholes³
literate
daughter of a farmer from thte Knuzden area
worked as a weaver
Husband Thomas Henry later interred in the same grave


Ann Pickup nee Smith c 1891

Fred PICKUP⁴ = Ethel BUTLER > Family

Fred PICKUP:

Born 1892
Died Tuesday 25 December 1962, Queens Park Hospital, Blackburn
Buried Pleasington Cemetery⁵
Served during WW1 in Army Vetinary Corps as 17677 Pte F Pickup and later as a Driver in the Royal Field Artillery 92187. Medal Index - Victory and British War RFA229B 25771, Medal Roll WO329/121
possibly served in Salonika or Mesopotamia and Western Front. Contracted malaria which recurred through rest of life.
No children probably because of state of health of wife
lived at 31 Winchester Street Blackburn at d.
died of heart failure and anaemia
Grave inscription Pleasington Cemetery, Blackburn
______________________________________________________________________________
Treasured memories of Ethel
The dearly beloved wife of Fred Pickup
who died 9th Nov 1956 aged 65 years
also Fred her dearly beloved husband
who died 25th Dec 1962 aged 70 years
(there are no inscriptions for Frank Pickup (brother) whose ashes are scattered on the grave)
______________________________________________________________________________


Fred Pickup c 1917


Fred Pickup and friends c 1908


Ethel BUTLER:

Alias Ethel PICKUP
Born 1891
Died Friday 9 November 1956⁶
no issue

suffered from arthritis and bed ridden

card addressed from Ethel to Fred from Glossop House 26 Albert Road Blackpool, work or holiday address?

Frank PICKUP = Miriam HERBERTS > Family

Married Saturday 20 October 1928, St. Peter's, Blackburn⁷

Frank PICKUP:

Born Tuesday 19 April 1898, 153 Audley Range, Blackburn⁸
Died Tuesday 26 April 1966, Blackburn Royal Infirmary⁹
Buried cremated Pleasington Cemetery

Lived at 98 Walter Street 1901 Census. Lived at 68 Queens Park Road Blackburn from age 13
Age 16 at outbreak of WW1, Military service K.O.Yorkshire Light Infantry, WW1, 37287 Pte F Pickup. Medal Index Victory and British War 0/2/103 B16 1941. Medal Roll (WO329/1461) shows 9th Battalion KOYLI. War Diary 9th Bn KOYLI WO95/2162. 9th KOYLI arrived Western Front with 64th Brigade, 21st Division. Sailed 11th Sept 1915 Southhampton to Boulogne. Action at Loos Sept-Oct 1915, First Battle Somme 1st July 1916 9th KOYLI at Fricourt, Passchendaele July-Nov 1917. Contracted TB in trenches, time in Wrightington Hospital.
Became a Power Loom Overlooker, Audley Hall Mills , Eli Heyworth's and othe mills

Died of undiagnosed peritonitis after perf ulcer. Cremated at Pleasington Cemetery and ashes scattered on grave of brother Fred.
Rumour of female cousin who married a Pickup also other cousins not living in area.
mil service cert
Medal Roll

Research need: 9th Bn KOYLI esp july -Nov 1917 war diary


Frank Pickup 1930


Frank Pickup c 1918


Frank Pickup c 1930


Miriam HERBERTS:

Alias Miriam PICKUP
Born Sunday 1 December 1907, 3 Morton Street, Blackburn
Died November 1988, 68 Queens Park Road, Blackburn, Lancashire
Buried cremated Pleasington Cemetery, Blackburn
see Herberts tree for details


Miriam Pickup nee Herberts 1982

Thomas Henry married at age 26, widowed at age 60

1 : ; Primary evidence
MI at St Stephens, Tockholes, Plot O45 at far right hand corner.

In loving memory of Ann Pickup who died March 20th 1927 aged 60 years also Thomas Henry Pickup who died February 12th 1947 aged 82 years

Burial receipt misspelled Pickop
2 :
1901 Census says Preston but this is questionable
try
FreeBMD ref Ann Smith Mar 1868 Blackburn 8e 314
FreeBMD ref Annabella Smith Mar 1868 Preston 8e 477
3 : ; Primary evidence
MI at St Stephens, Tockholes, Plot O45 at far right hand corner.

In loving memory of Ann Pickup who died March 20th 1927 aged 60 years also Thomas Henry Pickup who died February 12th 1947 aged 82 years
4 :
probabl;y named after uncle Alfred
5 : ; Primary evidence
MI Pleasington Cemetery, Blackburn

Treasured memories of Ethel
The dearly beloved wife of Fred Pickup
who died 9th Nov 1956 aged 65 years
also Fred her dearly beloved husband
who died 25th Dec 1962 aged 70 years

(there are no inscriptions for Frank Pickup (brother) whose ashes are scattered on the grave)
6 : ; Primary evidence
MI Pleasington Cemetery, Blackburn

Treasured memories of Ethel
The dearly beloved wife of Fred Pickup
who died 9th Nov 1956 aged 65 years
also Fred her dearly beloved husband
who died 25th Dec 1962 aged 70 years
7 :
mar cert
8 :
b cert
9 :
d cert