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STIRRUP, Betsy
1860 - Aft 1939 (> 80 years) Has no ancestors but 5 descendants in this family tree.
1854 - Aft 1911 (> 58 years)-
Name STIRRUP, Betsy Birth 26 May 1860 Burton Wood, Lancashire, England 
Gender Female Death Aft 1939 Person ID I5141 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family RATCLIFFE, Thomas, b. 1854, Crayford, Kent, England d. Aft 1911 (Age > 58 years) Marriage 1887 Chorley Registration District, Lancashire Children 1. RATCLIFFE, Florence May, b. 1888, Chorley, Lancashirel, England d. 1980, Beverley Registration District, Yorkshire (Age 92 years)2. RATCLIFFE, Thomas, b. 1892, Chorley, Lancashirel, England d. Yes, date unknown3. RATCLIFFE, John Louis, b. 1895, Chorley, Lancashirel, England d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F1892 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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BETSY RATCLIFFE née STIRRUP 1860-1940
The birth of Betsy STIRRUP was registered in 1860. According to the 1939 Register, her date of birth was 26 May 1860.
(GRO June 1860 Warrington 8c 127)
The marriage between Thomas RATCLIFFE and Betsy STIRRUP was registered in 1887.
(GRO September Q 1887 Chorley 8e 721)
1891 census of 2 Lapton Street, Chorley, Lancashire:
Thomas RATCLIFFE, head, aged 36, (illegible) printer's labourer, born at Craford, Kent;
*Betsy RATCLIFFE, wife, aged 41, housewife, born at Burton Wood, Lancashire;
Florence May RATCLIFFE, daughter, aged 2, born at Chorley.
(RG12/3425/10/13)
The 1901 census of 16 weldbank Lane, Chorley, Lancashire:
Thomas RATCLIFFE, head, aged 45, (illegible) labourer, born in London (Kent crossed out);
*Betsy RATCLIFFE, wife, aged 41, born at Burton Wood, Lancashire;
Florence RATCLIFFE, daughter, aged 12, cotton weaver, born at Chorley;
Thomas RATCLIFFE, son, aged 9, born at Chorley;
John L. RATCLIFFE, son, aged 5, born at Chorley.
(RG13/3938/19/30)
The 1911 census of 59 Moor Road, Chorley, Lancashire:
*Thomas RATCLIFFE, head, aged 50, motor stoker above ground for colliery company, born at Woolwich, London;
Betsy RATCLIFFE, wife, aged 48, married 24 years, 5 children of whom 3 living, born at Newton-le Willows, Lancashire;
May RATCLIFFE, daughter, aged 22, single, café waitress for caterer & confectioner, born at Chorley, Lancashire;
Lewis RATCLIFFE, son, aged 15, single, office boy (grocer) in co-op soc.,
born at Chorley, Lancashire.
(RG14/25217)
From the 1939 Register for 365 Whitegate Drive, Blackpool C. B., Lancashire.
* May F (Florence M) HOLMES, born 6 July 1888, unpaid domestic duties, widowed;
Hilda ONLEY-WILDE (HOLMES), born 11 April 1916; typist doctor's secretary, single;
*Betsey RATCLIFFE, born 26 May 1860, unpaid domestic duties, married;
Arthur A. ROBERTS, born 17 November 1880, schoolmaster, married.
(RG101/4256G/019/17)
The death of a Betsy RATCLIFFE aged 79 was registered in 1940.
(GRO March Q 1940 Blackpool 8e 1894)
(revised 31.03.2017)