Other Events:

• Occupation: Canal labourer and boatman

Thomas married Margaret Ellen Morris on 24 Oct 1903 in St Chad's Chapel, South Hill, Whittle-le-Woods. Margaret (daughter of John Morris and Elizabeth Walmsley) was born on 18 Aug 1882 in Whittle-le-Woods; died on 18 Sep 1947 in Whittle-le-Woods. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Marriage listed at Chorley Register Office on Lancs BMD.

1. John Thomas Prendergast was born on 13 Apr 1904 in Whittle-le-Woods; died in Apr 1985 in Preston and South Ribble.
2. William Prendergast was born in 1906 in Whittle-le-Woods; died in Mar 1968 in Chorley.
3. Elizabeth Prendergast was born on 12 Jun 1908 in Whittle-le-Woods; died in Jun 1978 in Chorley.
4. Harold Joseph Prendergast was born about May 1911 in Whittle-le-Woods; died in Dec 1969 in Amounderness.
5. Mary Prendergast was born on 9 May 1913 in Whittle-le-Woods; died in Jul 1988 in Chorley.
6. Edith Ellen Prendergast was born on 25 Dec 1914 in Whittle-le-Woods; died in May 1988 in Preston and South Ribble.
7. Margaret Prendergast was born on 13 Jun 1916 in Whittle-le-Woods; died in 1980 in Preston and South Ribble.
8. Agnes Prendergast was born about Nov 1919 in Whittle-le-Woods; died in Mar 1965 in Chorley.
9. Thomas Augustine Prendergast was born on 30 Dec 1921 in Whittle-le-Woods; died in Oct 1995 in Chorley.

Other Events:

• Occupation: Navvy, calico print works labourer

Notes:

Plain Thomas in all records until death, when he is recorded as Thomas Joseph Prendergast. (Prendergas in marriage record).Age and occupation vary wildly in censuses.

Thomas married Ellen Haydock on 26 Jul 1894 in St Chad's Chapel, South Hill, Whittle-le-Woods. Ellen was born in 1845 in Manchester. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Acknowledged in children's birth records as Ellen Prendergast, formerly Haydock, though she did not marry Thomas until 1894.