Richard Nuttall, the son of Richard and Sally, was born in 1826 or 1827, probably at Terracotta Buildings,Water, where they were sill living at the time of both the 1841 and 1851 censuses. At the time of the 1841 census, when Richard was 13, he was already working as a Cotton Doffer, removing the full bobbins from the cotton spinning machine and replacing them with empty bobbins.

On October 19th 1867, Richard married Mary Gregory. At this time, Richard already had a daughter, Sarah, who was born in 1857 and was therefore 10 years old when her father married Mary Gregory. This may indicate that Richard had been married before, or else Sarah had been born out of wedlock. The former is quite likely as he was 41 at the time of his marriage to Mary.

Mary was born in 1839, in Higher Booths, Lancashire, and was the daughter of John and Eliza Gregory. She had a sister, Emily, born in 1849, and in the 1851 census they are recorded as living in Barton under Irwell.

Richard and Mary had six children: 

James, who bought Adam’s ‘cello

John

Richard, who played Adam’s ‘cello

Nellie (1811 – 1833) who, aged 13, sang solo “But thou dids’t not leave his soul in hell” (from Handel’s Messiah), standing on a stool at the dedication of the organ at St John’s church, Bacup, in 1824

Adam, a ‘cellist, who married Betty Hargreaves. They had three children: John, Ann, and Margaret Alice

Sally