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When – 8th June 1880
Where – Trinity Wesleyan Methodist Reedyford Chapel
Groom – Samuel Greenwood, 24yrs, Bachelor, Grocer of Scotland Road, Nelson
Bride – Mary Jane Howorth, 21yrs, Spinster, Milliner and Dressmaker of Scotland Road, Nelson
Grooms father – John Greenwood (Deceased), overlooker in a mill
Brides father – Howorth Howorth, cotton weaver
Witnesses – John Higgin and Susannah Greenwood

1871 Census - RG10; Piece: 4134; Folio: 69; Page: 6
Ropell? Street, Newchurch
John Greenwood, Head, Mar, 47yrs, Loom overlooker in a cotton mill, b. Bacup
Margaret Greenwood, Wife, Mar, 47yrs, b. Bacup
Elizabeth Ann Greenwood, Daughter, Unm, 24yrs, Cotton Operative, b. Bacup
Margaret Greenwood, Daughter, Unm, 20yrs, Heal Knitter, b. Bacup
Mary Greenwood, Daughter, Unm, 18yrs, Cotton Weaver, b. Bacup
Samuel Greenwood, Son, Unm, 15yrs, Cotton Weaver, b. Bacup
Susannah Greenwood, Daughter, 12yrs, Scholar, b. Bacup
Bethseda Greenwood, Daughter in law, widow, 26yrs, Weaver Cotton, b. Bacup
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec/?htx ... d=18307989

1881 Census - G11; Piece: 4127; Folio: 50; Page: 15;
Goosehill, Newchurch
Samuel Greenwood, Head, Mar, 25yrs, Grocer’s shopman, b. Bacup
Mary J. Greenwood, Wife, Mar, 22yrs, b. Bacup
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec/?htx ... d=11351036

1891 Census - RG12; Piece: 3345; Folio 121; Page 26
24 Dale Street, Newchurch
Samuel Greenwood, Head, 35yrs, Grocer Assistant, b. Bacup
Mary J. Greenwood, Wife, Mar, 32yrs, b. Bacup
Maggie E. Greenwood, Daughter, 9yrs, b. Bacup
Hilda Greenwood, Daughter, 2yrs, b. Bacup
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec/?htx ... d=22297791