Born in Darwen.1

Recorded in census in Darwen (Lower Darwen).2

Occupation Pupil.3

Recorded in census in Hendon (Mill Hill).3

At boarding school with Alexander Eccles

Occupation Cotton spinner & manufacturer & Coal merchant.14

Recorded in census in Altringham (Ashton Lane, Ashton upon Mersey).14

Head of household - Christopher Shorrock
Annotated as "nephew"

Married Elizabeth Ann ASHTON in Blackburn.19

Birth of son Harold ECCLES in Blackburn.16

Birth of daughter Mabel ECCLES in Blackburn.10,9,17

Occupation Cotton Spinner.4

Employing 600 hands

Recorded in census in Blackburn (Park Road, East West Wood).4

Head of household
Staff x 3

Executor.5

Of the will of William Eccles
Annotated as "of Westwood East-Park-road Blackburn, the nephew"
Joint Executor with :-
Christopher Shorrock
Ellen Eccles

Executor.6

Of the will of Thomas Eccles
Annotated as "of Westwood, Blackburn, cotton spinner, the son"
Joint executor with :-
Alexander Eccles
Eccles Shorrock Eccles
The sons

Occupation Spinner & Manufacturer.15

Recorded in census in Blackburn (18 East Park Road).15

Head of household
Staff x 4

Death of Elizabeth Ann ASHTON in Blackburn.18

Occupation Cotton Spinner & Manufacturer.1

Recorded in census in Blackburn (Cross Hill, Long Row).1

Head of household
Widower
Staff 5
Visitor - Amy Ashton, 30, single, b. Blackburn

Attended the funeral in Bamber Bridge, St Saviour.7

Of William Eccles (1830-1892)

Directories.8

Kelly's Handbook - 1901
Eccles, Thomas Mitchell, J.P. (1884) Lancashire : Crosshill, Blackburn

Occupation Cotton Spinner & Manufacturer.9

Recorded in census in Blackburn (Quarry Bank).9

Head of household
Widower
Staff x 4

Occupation Private means.10

Recorded in census in Blackburn (Quarry Bank).10

Head of household
Widower
Staff x 6
Rooms x 23
Census former signed "P.P. Harold Eccles, his attorney"

Died in Blackburn.12,13

Probate in London.13

Of Qarry Bank Blackburn
Effects - 176,209. 11s. 10d.
Jpint Executors .-
Harold Eccles, cotton spinner
Charles Collins, retired solicitor

Partnership.11

With his brother Richard Eccles running mills in Bamber Bridge and Blackburn