Marriages and obituaries Liverpool Mercury December 8 1815

 

On the 23rd ult. At Manchester, Rooke FLEMING Esq to Miss Mary WHITTAKER both of that place

 

On the 27th ult Mr Thomas DAVIES, soap manufacturer of Chester, to Miss GORST of Croughton in that county

 

On the 28th ult. The Hon Captain KING of the Royal Navy, to Caroline, second daughter of the archbishop of Dublin

 

On Thursday sen’night  at St Anne’s Church, Mr Arthur CLEGG, joiner to Miss Catherine CUBBIN late of the Isle of Man

 

Same day at St John’s Church, Mr Charles GRACE of Eccleshall near Chester, to Miss Rebecca THOMAS, of the same place

 

On Sunday last, at St Nicholas Church, Mr James TOWNE, mariner, to Miss A COYLE

 

DIED

 

On Friday last aged 71, Mr WOODS of Penketh, brewer – after a lingering illness, which he bore with manly fortitude

 

On Friday morning last, or the preceeding evening, Mr Joseph SMITH, aged 58, agent in this town to Messrs.HUSTLER and Co collieries, and a member of the Society of Friends. He was found drowned in the Prince’s Dock about five o’clock on Friday morning into which it is supposed he must have fallen in the fog on Thursday evening, as the place is entirely unguarded. No evidence as to the unfortunate event appeared on the inquest, and the Jury returned a verdict of “found drowned”

 

On the 22nd ult at Hutton, near Preston, aged 100, Mrs Margaret MOSS widow

 

Same day aged 33, Mr Samuel Cooper CREWDSON Virgil-street

 

Same day at Oxon Cheshire, Mr William GROOM aged 66

 

On the 28th ult.aged 13 after a protracted and most severe illness, Leonora, only daughter of Mrs PRICE Hunter-street

 

Same day at her mother’s house in Nile-street, Miss Ann Currie CAIRNCROSS, aged 22, daughter of the late A CAIRNCROSS Esq. of London

 

On the 29th ult.James NORTANY Esq (looks like) mayor of Stckport

 

On the 29th ult.at her so-in-law’s house, Hill-top near Ulverston, Mrs JAMES relict of the late Wm JAMES surgeon in this town

 

On Thursday se’nnight aged 60, Mrs Ann COLLIER OF Harrington-street

 

On Monday last, after a long disposition, aged 45, Mr John GRUNDY cooper

 

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