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SWAN, Louisa
1862 - 1940 (77 years) Has 5 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
1866 - 1939 (73 years)-
Name SWAN, Louisa Birth 26 Jan 1862 Longton, Staffordshire, England 
Gender Female Death 1940 Liverpool North Registration District Person ID I5317 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Mother SWAN, Jane, b. 1839, Brinsley, Nottinghamshire d. 1906, Basford, Nottinghamshire, England (Age 67 years) Relationship natural Family ID F1493 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family BARKE, John George, b. 1866, Somercoates, Derbyshire, England d. 1939, Liverpool South Registration District (Age 73 years) Marriage 24 Dec 1888 Brinsley, Nottinghamshire Family ID F2176 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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LOUISA SWAN or SWANN 1862-1940
Louisa, the illegitimate daughter of Jane SWAN of John Street, Longton, Staffordshire, was born at John Street on 26 January 1862.
(GRO March Q 1862 Stoke T. 06b 210)
The 1871 census returns for Aldercar Lane, Heanor, Derbyshire, list the following:
Thomas SWAN, head, 49, coalminer, born Aldercar.
Mary SWAN, wife, 49, born Brinsley.
Thomas SWAN, son, 16, coalminer, born Longton, Staffordshire.
Mary SWAN, daughter, 13, born Longton, Staffordshire.
Eliza SWAN, daughter, 10, born Longton, Staffordshire.
*Louise SWAN, granddaughter, 9, born Longton, Staffordshire.
John EDGOOSE, visitor, 30, born Boston, Lincolnshire.
Hannah EDGOOSE, visitor, 26, born Brinsley, Nottinghamshire.
(RG10/3480/29/10)
From the 1881 census of Wharf Row, Brinsley, Nottinghamshire:
Thomas SWANN (sic), head, aged 63, coal miner, born at Loscoe, derbyshire;
Mary SWANN, wife, aged 63, coal miner's wife, born at Brinsley, Nottinghamshire;
*Louisa SWANN, granddaughter, aged 18, machinist, born at Longton, Staffordshire.
(RG11/3322/95/14)
Her mother Jane SWAN's husband William HOUSLEY witnessed the marriage between John George BARKE and Louisa SWANN at Brinsley Parish Church, Nottingham, on 24 December 1888.
(GRO December 1888 Basford 7b 194)
The 1891 census return for 36 Park Road, New Brompton, Kent:
John Geo. BARKE, head, aged 24, mechanic shaper, born at Somercoates, Derbyshire;
*Louisa BARKE, wife, aged 27, born at Longton, Staffordshire;
Reginald W. BARKE, son, aged 6 months, born at New Brompton, Kent.
(RG12/660/77/8)
The 1901 census of 34 Park Road, New Brompton, Kent:
John George BARKE, head, aged 34, metal grinder in torpedo works, born at Somercoates, Derbyshire;
*Louisa BARKE, wife, aged 36, born at Longton, Staffordshire;
Reginald William BARKE, son, aged 10, born at New Brompton;
George Clarebert BARKE, son, aged 9, born at New Brompton.
(RG13/735/84/8)
The 1911 census of 95 Richmond Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire:
*Louisa BARKE, wife, married, aged 44, born at Longton, Staffordshire;
Reginald William BARKE, son, single, aged 20, general engineer's clerk, born at New Brompton, Kent;
George Claribert BARKE, son, single, aged 19, gas works clerk, born at New Brompton, Kent.
(RG14PN19742 RG78PN1182 RD418 SD2 ED23 SN247)
Her husband John G. BARKE died aged 73 in 1939.
(September Q 1939 Liverpool South 8b 116)
From the 1939 register of 56 Fulwood Road, Liverpool C.B., Lancashire:
*Louisa BARKE, born 5 June 1863, unpaid domestic duties, widowed.
(RG101/4344B/016/26 NHKB)
The death of Louisa BARKE was registered in 1940 aged 73.
(GROMarch Q 1940 Liverpool North 8b 695)
(revised 12.05.2018)