James
Winward was born in 1822 in Rumsworth and christened on 14th April
at Westhoughton. He was the son of William Winward (1777) and Margaret
Green. In 1841 a silk weaver named James Winward was listed as living
at Chew Moor, Lostock. He married Mary Taylor on 11th May 1842 at
the Parish Church, Bolton-le-Moors. In 1851 he was living in Caldwell
Cottages, Westhoughton and working as a silk weaver. In 1852 he was
living at White Horse, Westhoughton and was working as a silk weaver.
In 1861 and 1871 he was working as a silk weaver and living in Chapel
Lane, Westhoughton. In 1876 he was working as a beamer in a silk mill.
He died on 8th January 1881 in Church street, from heart disease.
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