Died
Thomas Ormandy 6th? May 1827
Aged 77
Born
c1750
Sources
Ancestry
Lancashire Parish Clerk online
Cumbria Archive Service
Place
Walks
Thomas Ormandy and family
Initially, I thought that this gravestone was commemorating Rev. Thomas Ormandy, Curate at Aldingham for many years. The earliest date for him that I found was 22 Jan 1826; the last 27 Dec 1848. (Lancashire Parish Clerk online)
Another Thomas Ormandy, aged 43 from Wigan, was buried at Aldingham on 4 May 1852. Some relation surely?
From a brief look on Ancestry, it appears that all male Ormandy’s were called Thomas or William. For example, a search for Thomas produced:
Born 1760 - Thomas Ormandy
- Baptism 27/09/1760 Lowick
- Death 07/1858 Ulverston
- Death 04/1855 Liverpool
- Death 04/1859 Wigan
- Death 07/1858 Ulverston
- Death 04/1852 Ulverston
Born 1750 Thomas Ormandy
- Baptism 18/08/1751 Dalton
- Birth 1752; Death abt 1824
- Baptism 11/06/1749 Broughton-in-Furness
- Death 04/1855 Liverpool
- Death 04/1852 Ulverston
There are plenty of Ormandy families listed in Dalton, Ulverston, Wigan and Liverpool.
There are also plenty of references to Ormandy’s in the Cumbria Archive Service catalogue (CASCAT), both at Barrow and Whitehaven, showing connections with the Schollick family (see Schollick page), and links with Broughton in Furness.
SACRED
to the Memory of
DOROTHY, the Wife of
THOMAS ORMANDY of Baycliff
who died the 9th day of March
1821 Aged 61 Years.
Also of THOMAS ORMANDY
who died the 6th? day of May 1827
Aged 77 years.
Also of ANN their Daughter
who died the 4th day of January
1855 Aged 68 Years.
Also of WILLIAM their Son
who died the 16th day of April 1856
Aged 68 Years
Also of HANNAH SYKES
Daughter of the last named
who died the 19th day of January 1855
Aged 27 Years
And was interred at Pilling Church
Also of THOMAS his Son
who died the 23rd? day of June 1859
Aged 35 Years.
Also of MARY, Relict
of the above WILLIAM ORMANDY
who died March 12th 1868
Aged 71 Years.
NB Ann’s abode is listed as Urswick; William’s (& Thomas’s & Mary’s) as Gleaston Castle.
Hannah Sykes’s abode in given as Liverpool.
Burial dates:
Dorothy 13 March 1821.
Thomas 8 May 1827.
Ann 8 Jan 1855.
William 21 April 1856.
Thomas 25 June 1859.
Mary 16 March 1868.
(Lancashire Online Parish Clerk)
I found a brief entry for Thomas Ormandy marrying Dorothy Bolton in Lancashire on 26 June 1785. This gave me a link to a marriage bond dated 23 July 1785 but wrongly listed under Armandy (sic) whereby “Thomas Ormandy of the Parish of Aldingham, Husbandman, and William Boulton of the Parish of Dalton, Husbandman, both in the County of Lancaster”, enter into an agreement whereby “Thomas Ormandy aforesaid, Husbandman, and Dorothy Boulton of Aldingham in the Archdeanery of Richmond, spinster” get married. Lancashire Parish clerk online records the marriage as 26 JUNE 1785, and spells Dorothy’s surname as Bolton.
Back in Ancestry Dorothy Boulton had been baptised in Dalton on 19 April 1760.
Another Thomas Ormandy baptised 4 AND 11 Jan 1795 (both dates appear on Ancestry) at Urswick; parents William and Mary, who may be the William & Mary on the gravestone.
I found Ann Ormandy on the 1851 Census living at Skells Lodge, Urswick, where the household consisted of Joseph Ormandy (60), Head, born Aldingham, Farmer of 47 acres; Ann Ormandy (64), Sister, Houskeeper (sic), born Aldingham; Thomas Ormandy (18), Nephew, Farm Servant, born Liverpool; Thomas Watson (42), Widower, General Farm Servant, born Broughton; Ann Wilkinson (15), Servant; born Penington (sic).
