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Name	Martin SWINDELLS II [12],[48]
Birth	Male; 1814
Death	20 Sept 1880, age about 66; Cambridge, UK
Burial	St John's Church, Bollington, Cheshire UK
Occupation	Cotton mill owner and operator, company director
Religion	Anglican
Residence	Rock Bank House, Clarence Road, Bollington, Cheshire, UK
Father	Martin SWINDELLS I (1784 - 1843)
Mother	Hannah SHEPLEY (1782 - 1839)

Spouses:

1	Married
Name	Frances BROOKE [12],[48]
Birth	Female; 1813
Death	4 Sept 1846, age about 33
Burial	St John's Church, Bollington, Cheshire UK
Religion	Anglican
Residence	UK
Father	BROOKE
Mother	Not recorded

Marriage

1834, Leeds Parish Church, Yorkshire UK

Children (4):	Martin SWINDELLS (1836 - 1880)
	Hannah SWINDELLS (1845 - )
	Frederick SWINDELLS (1845 - )
	Ellen SWINDELLS


2	Married
Name	Charlotte ROWLEY [12],[48]
Birth	Female; 1824
Death	25 May 1909, age about 84
Burial	St John's Church, Bollington, Cheshire UK
Religion	Anglican
Residence	UK

Marriage

Details not recorded

Children (6):	Charlotte 'Tarlie' SWINDELLS (1850 - )
	Bertha SWINDELLS (1853 - 1940)
	Walter SWINDELLS (1855 - )
	Janet SWINDELLS (1856 - 1937)
	Ethel SWINDELLS (1860 - )
	Edna SWINDELLS

Notes for Martin SWINDELLS II

After the death of his father, Martin Swindells I, this son, Martin II, together with Joseph Brooke Open in new tab , carried on the business as partners together. But they gave up all the mills except the Clarence.
[Ed. This would have been before they built Adelphi

18 July 1855: lost a leg in a serious accident at the mill when a pile of metalwork fell on him.

Built Adelphi mill with his brother George, opening in 1856.

13th January 1869: retired and left the mills; son Frederick took over.

1872: moved to Cambridge; Rock Bank sold to Fred Wilkinson, director of Brooke, Swindells & Co.

Grave inscription includes: XX September MDCCCLXXX Aged LXVI

Notes for Frances BROOKE

Grave inscription includes: IV September MDCCCXLVI Aged XXXIII

Sources

12.	Book, 1973, reprinted 1986, Cotton Town, Wilmslow Historical Society
48.	Email, Fred Rowley, 03 January 2011

Person record last updated: 23 May 2025

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