Alice Westwell ~1816-1872
2 Baptisms -FS- Blackburn - ~ 7 k W of Accrington & only ~ 3 k W of Oswaldtwistle, her birthplace in 1871C
8/6/1811 to Benjamin & Mary Westwell and 17/7/1812 to Samuel & Mary Westwell . Both these ~4 years too early to be consistent with Census data and her death age- but still possible!. No baptisms on FMP . Thus end of research for Alice Westwell
1836. Alice Westwell marries Thomas Barnes, printer, on 12/11/1836 in the Chapelry of Accrington- Ancestry
1841C. Alice Barnes, 25, is living Brick Houses Whalley, Haslingden
| Thomas | Barns | Male | 25 | 1816 | Lancashire, England | |
| Alice | Barns | Female | 25 | 1816 | Lancashire, England | |
| John | Barns | Male | 1 | 1840 | Lancashire, England |
1851. Edwin Barnes born Holme Street, Old Accrington on 25/6/1851 to Thomas Barnes, warper, & Alice Westell . Haslingden Sep 1851 . Haslingden includes Accrington - I got this b.c. to find his mother's maiden name . b.c. on Edwin's page
1851C. Mistranscribed on FMP .Thomas Barnes, 25, cotton warper, is living Blackburn Road, Old Accrington with wife Alice, 4 children and a lodger
| Thomas | Barns | Head | Married | Male | 35 | 1816 | Warper Cotton | Accrington, Lancashire, England | |
| Alice | Burns | Wife | Married | Female | 35 | 1816 | - | Accrington, Lancashire, England | |
| John | Burns | Son | Unmarried | Male | 11 | 1840 | Scholar | Accrington, Lancashire, England | |
| Eliza | Burns | Daughter | - | Female | 7 | 1844 | Scholar | Accrington, Lancashire, England | |
| Joseph | Burns | Son | Unmarried | Male | 4 | 1847 | Scholar | Accrington, Lancashire, England | |
| George | Burns | Son | - | Male | 1 | 1850 | - | Accrington, Lancashire, England | |
| Mary | Hirst | Lodger | Unmarried | Female | 32 | 1819 | Power Loom Weaver Cotton | Whalley, Lancashire, England |
1861C. Mistranscribed on FMP .Thomas Barnes, 45, cotton warper, is living 24 Hynbourn Road, Old Accrington with wife, Alice, 6 children & Alice's mother : she seems to be Mary Lord -certainly not Westwell!!
| Thomas | Borms | Head | Married | Male | 45 | 1816 | Cotton Warper | Accrington, Lancashire, England | |
| Alice | Borms | Wife | Married | Female | 45 | 1816 | - | Accrington, Lancashire, England | |
| John | Borms | Son | Unmarried | Male | 21 | 1840 | ... | Accrington, Lancashire, England | |
| Elizabeth | Borms | Daughter | Unmarried | Female | 17 | 1844 | Cotton Weaver | Accrington, Lancashire, England | |
| Joseph | Borms | Son | - | Male | 14 | 1847 | Cotton Weaver | Accrington, Lancashire, England | |
| George | Borms | Son | - | Male | 11 | 1850 | Warehouse Boy | Accrington, Lancashire, England | |
| Edwin | Borms | Son | - | Male | 9 | 1852 | Warehouse... | Accrington, Lancashire, England | |
| Mary Alice | Borms | Daughter | - | Female | 3 | 1858 | - | Accrington, Lancashire, England | |
| Mary | Burns | Mother In Law | - | Female | 66 | 1795 | House Keeper | Hopton, Lancashire, England |
1871C Thomas Barnes, 55, a Calicoe Block Printer, is living Frederick Street, Old Accrington . Not down as blind in this census- could his father have been 'Blind Tom' ?
| Thomas | Barnes | Head | - | Male | 55 | 1816 | - | Accrington Lancashire, England | |
| Alice | Barnes | Wife | - | Female | 55 | 1816 | - | Ostwaldtwistle Lancashire, England | |
| Elizabeth | Barnes | Daughter | - | Female | 27 | 1844 | - | Accrington Lancashire, England | |
| George | Barnes | Son | - | Male | 21 | 1850 | - | Accrington Lancashire, England | |
| Edwin | Barnes | Son | - | Male | 19 | 1852 | - | Accrington Lancashire, England | |
| Mary Alice | Barnes | Daughter | - | Female | 13 | 1858 | - | Accrington Lancashire, England |
1872. Alice Barnes, 56, dies Haslingden Mar 1872.