Frederick James CROTTY

1865 - 1939  (74 years)   Has 4 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

Maurice CROTTY

Abt 1831 - 1905  (74 years)

Birth	Abt 1831	Cork, Ireland
Died	Between Apr 1905 and Jun 1905	Bury, Lancashire, England
	Age: 69y
Family	Ann BOOTH,   b. Abt 1837, Bury, Lancashire, England
Married	Between Oct 1854 and Dec 1854	Bury, Lancashire, England
	Address: Bury Register Office
Children	+ 1. Frederick James CROTTY,   b. Between Apr 1865 and Jun 1865, Bury, Lancashire, England   2. Maurice CROTTY,   b. Between Oct 1867 and Dec 1867, Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, England   3. Maurice CROTTY,   b. Between Apr 1868 and Jun 1868, Burnley, Lancashire, England

Ann BOOTH

Abt 1837 - 1912  (75 years)

Birth	Abt 1837	Bury, Lancashire, England
Died	Apr 1912	Bury, Lancashire, England
	Age: 71y
Father	Unknown BOOTH
Mother	Unknown [BOOTH]
Family	Maurice CROTTY,   b. Abt 1831, Cork, Ireland
Married	Between Oct 1854 and Dec 1854	Bury, Lancashire, England
	Address: Bury Register Office
Children	+ 1. Frederick James CROTTY,   b. Between Apr 1865 and Jun 1865, Bury, Lancashire, England   2. Maurice CROTTY,   b. Between Oct 1867 and Dec 1867, Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, England   3. Maurice CROTTY,   b. Between Apr 1868 and Jun 1868, Burnley, Lancashire, England

Sarah Lucy MACKNEY

1875 - 1964  (89 years)

Birth	19 Jun 1875	Heywood, Lancashire, England
Died	18 Sep 1964	Bury, Lancashire, England
	Age: 89y
	Address: Bury General Hospital
Father	Thomas MCNAIR,   b. 22 Sep 1840, Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Mother	Margaret LOMAS,   b. 17 Aug 1846, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England
Married	23 Jun 1863	Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
Family	Frederick James CROTTY,   b. Between Apr 1865 and Jun 1865, Bury, Lancashire, England
Married	1909	Dysart, Fife, Scotland

• Name	Frederick James CROTTY
  Birth	Between Apr 1865 and Jun 1865	Bury, Lancashire, England   [1]
  	Fact Flags: Preferred
  Gender	Male
  Census	2 Apr 1871	Bury, Lancashire, England   [2]
  	Age: 5y
  	Address: 36 George Street
  	Relation to Head of House: Nephew Scholar
  Census	3 Apr 1881	Walsall, Staffordshire, England   [3]
  	Age: 16y
  	Address: 23 Newhall Street (back of)
  	Relation to Head of House: Son Father is comedian, Fred is a Silver Plater
  Occupation	3 Apr 1881	Walsall, Staffordshire, England
  	Silver Plater
  	Age: 16y
  Attested	11 Aug 1886	Brynmawr, Brecon, Wales   [4]
  	Age: 18y
  	Grocer's assistant to Mr Morgan Discharge by purchase after less than 2 years Gives age as 18y 3m
  Census	31 Mar 1901	Bury, Lancashire, England   [5]
  	Age: 30y
  	Address: 14 Sidney Street
  	Actor
  Occupation	31 Mar 1901	Bury, Lancashire, England
  	Actor
  	Age: 30y
  Census	2 Apr 1911	Bury, Lancashire, England   [6]
  	Age: 40y
  	Address: 14 Sidney Street
  	General Labourer Married 2 years, no children Living with his widowed mother
  Census	19 Jun 1921	Bury, Lancashire, England   [7]
  	Age: 53y 11m
  	Address: 14 Sydney Street
  	Relation to Head of House: Head Theatrical - Northern Theatre Co - Not Working As Fred Annie Clegg visiting them, but I don't know which Annie
  Ancestor Count	4
  Reference Number	BR 0031b
  _UID	CAA45AFA9E644ACFBE1CA352127DD0394471
  Death	Between Apr 1939 and Jun 1939	Bury, Lancashire, England   [8]
  	Age: 74y
  	Fact Flags: Preferred
  Person ID	I229	Dave
  Last Modified	8 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	Maurice CROTTY,   b. Abt 1831, Cork, Ireland d. Between Apr 1905 and Jun 1905, Bury, Lancashire, England (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Ann BOOTH,   b. Abt 1837, Bury, Lancashire, England d. Apr 1912, Bury, Lancashire, England (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	Between Oct 1854 and Dec 1854	Bury, Lancashire, England   [9]
  	Address: Bury Register Office
  	FreeBMD has transcribed it as Crothy
  Family ID	F593	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Lucy MACKNEY,   b. 19 Jun 1875, Heywood, Lancashire, England d. 18 Sep 1964, Bury, Lancashire, England (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	1909	Dysart, Fife, Scotland   [10, 11]
  	He is a Showman She is a Show woman His address: Parliament Street, Edinburgh Her address: Pottery Street, Gallatown, Dysart
  Family ID	F807	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Nov 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Between Apr 1865 and Jun 1865 - Bury, Lancashire, England Census - Age: 5y,Address: 36 George Street - 2 Apr 1871 - Bury, Lancashire, England Census - Age: 16y,Address: 23 Newhall Street (back of) - 3 Apr 1881 - Walsall, Staffordshire, England Occupation - Silver Plater,Age: 16y - 3 Apr 1881 - Walsall, Staffordshire, England Attested - Age: 18y - 11 Aug 1886 - Brynmawr, Brecon, Wales Census - Age: 30y,Address: 14 Sidney Street - 31 Mar 1901 - Bury, Lancashire, England Occupation - Actor,Age: 30y - 31 Mar 1901 - Bury, Lancashire, England Marriage - 1909 - Dysart, Fife, Scotland Census - Age: 40y,Address: 14 Sidney Street - 2 Apr 1911 - Bury, Lancashire, England Census - Age: 53y 11m,Address: 14 Sydney Street - 19 Jun 1921 - Bury, Lancashire, England Death - Age: 74y - Between Apr 1939 and Jun 1939 - Bury, Lancashire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Maureen originally told me that Lucy married William (Bill) Crotty. I could never find this combination. However in the 1911 census we have Lucy married to Fred Crotty. So I believe that my mum got it wrong. Couldn't find a marriage for them. [30/10/2014]

  
  

• Sources

  [S3242] BMD - Birth Index, 1865 AMJ Bury 8C 424. GRO Checked [S817] 1871 Census - RG 10/3954 F73 P30 - Crotty, Frederick James. [S1220] 1881 Census - RG 11/2828 F28 P05 - Crotty, Frederick. [S1219] Military Record - Crotty, Frederick. [S816] 1901 Census - RG 13/3639 F161 P29 - Crotty, Frederick James. [S815] 1911 Census - RG 14/23481 SN398 - Crotty, Frederick James. [S3817] 1921 Census RG15-18719-0323 - Crotty, Frederick. [S3241] BMD - Death Index, 1939 AMJ Bury 8C 485. [S60] BMD - Marriage Index, 1854 OND Bury 8C 581. Indexed as CrotHy [S3415] Marriage Cert - Crotty, Frederick, Mackney, Sarah Lucy.jpg. [S1987] Marriage Index - Crotty, Fred - Mackney, Lucy.