BOAT FAMILIES

of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and connected waterways

Matches 1,201 to 1,250 of 10,141

#	Notes	Linked to
1201	Appears as Hannah Eaves in 1901 census, Thompson in 1911, married as Thompson	Thompson, Hannah (I10616)
1202	Appears as Hannah Snape in 1841 census.?fter mother's marriage to James Snape. Birthplace given as Halsall after marriage to William Berry.	Spencer, Hannah (I11363)
1203	Appears as James Robinson in 1841 census after mother married Henry Robinson.	Forshaw, James (I12111)
1204	Appears as John Ashcroft in 1881 & 1891 censuses	Grimshaw, John (I11138)
1205	Appears as John in 1871.	Gore, Thomas (I07680)
1206	Appears as John Lamb in 1871 census, Miry Lane, Wigan, age 27, ship's carpenter, b Newburgh, with wife Mary, 25, b Burscough, and daughters Margaret, 2, b Burscough and Elizabeth, 1wk, b Wigan.	Lamb, Robert (I02717)
1207	Appears as John Mawdsley ion 1901 census.	Prescott, John (I11802)
1208	Appears as Joseph in 1901 census	Walker, James (I04405)
1209	Appears as Josiah in 1891 census, but Simon in 1901 which tallies with birth record on Cheshire BMD.	Hallsworth, Simon (I18281)
1210	Appears as Mary Aspinall in 1861 census	Draper, Mary (I03172)
1211	Appears as Mary Gregson in 1881 census.	Harrison, Mary (I12859)
1212	Appears as Richard Gregson in 1871 census after mother married John Gregson.	Denton, Richard (I05252)
1213	Appears as Richard in 1861 census, but Robert elsewhere.	Barrow, Robert (I01773)
1214	Appears as Thomas Snape in 1841 census after mother's marriage to James Snape. News report in the Ormskirk Advertiser, dated July 4 1901, repeated in issue 70 of the ODFHS magazine The Ormskirk and District Family Historian, headed "Sudden death at Halsall" reads: "Thomas Spencer, 63 years of age, boatman of Cheapside, Halsall, died suddenly on Sunday morning last. Deceased had not enjoyed good health duriong the past four years, having been troubled with his heart and bronchitis, for which he had been medically attended from time to time. He rose at about 7.30 a.m. on Sunday and asked his daughter Annie, who kept house for him, to make him a cup of tea, which she did. He sat down on a chair, drank the tea and was making an effort to put the cup on the table when he fell back on the chair and died in the presence of his daughter. An inquest is unnecessary."	Spencer, Thomas (I05774)
1215	Appears as William Hill in 1881 and 1901 censuses but Walter in 1891.	Hill, William Arthur (I03983)
1216	Appears in 1841 census with Henry Hesketh and three of her Fazackerley children, but no marriage record found. [Confusingly there is a marriage in 1833 of a Jane Fazackerley (spinster) to a Peter Aspinwall, also a marriage in 1835 of a Jane Aspinwall (spinster) to a Henry Hesketh. But these are red herrings as Jane and Peter Aspinwall appear elsewhere in the 1841 census.]	Bridge, Jane (I11716)
1217	Appears in 1841 census, Scarisbrick, as Henry Fazackerley with Henry and Jane Hesketh and step-siblings. There is a possible (Fazackerley) baptism at St John, Preston 25.5.1836, mother Jane Fazackerley. Henry Hesketh in 1851 census, Bootle, as son of Henry, 47, widower b Halsall.	Hesketh, Henry (I17634)
1218	Appears in 1871 and later censuses as a Sarah Ann Saxton, widow, though her (remarried) husband was still alive.	Pickersgill, Sarah Ann (I14304)
1219	Appears in 1871 census as Ann Fazackerley.	Cave, Ann (I17607)
1220	Appears in 1881, 1891 and 1901 censuses as Richard Hunter.	Baybutt, Richard (I09457)
1221	Appears in 1891 census as Hannah, 44, wife of John. Remarries in 1899 as Christiana Vickers.	Miller, Christiana (I08261)
1222	Appears in 1901 census as William Adams, 1911 as William Fairclough	Fairclough, William (I10491)
1223	Appears in early censuses as Eaves, but baptised as Alice Hartley, daughter of Mary Hartley, six months before her mother's marriage to William Eaves (named as father in her marriage record).	Eaves, Alice (I02894)
1224	Appears in some records as Ellen Longton.	Langton, Ellen (I03049)
1225	Appears in some records as Laughton.	Langton, Edward (I03001)
1226	Appears to have abandoned wife Mary, leaving her pregnant with Harriet, at about the time he married (presumably bigamously) Martha Ann Chadwick in 1876. In 1891 John and Martha have sons Benjamin, 5, and George, 2, in Keighley. Martha is a widow in 1901 but no death record found for John.	Greaves, John (I15875)
1227	Appears to have been abandoned (pregnant with Harriet) by husband John at about the time he married (presumably bigamously) Martha Ann Chadwick in January 1876. In 1881, John is in Keighley with son John Henry, 17, and wife Martha, while Mary (married) and Harriet are in Ridgeway Street, Manchester.	Gaynor, Mary (I15942)
1228	Appears twice in 1911 census, once with husband Thomas Baldwin at 22 Hurtley St, Burnley, also as Maggie Marsden (married) with parents at 13 Hurtley St.	Marsden, Margaret (I04033)
1229	Appears with Luke Hunter in 1911 census, as daughter-in-law of Thomas and Margaret, but no marriage record found. Space for number of years married filled with an X	Cavanagh, Sarah Ann (I00453)
1230	Applications for relief in the Shardlow Union Minute Book (on Ancestry) read:- Aug 13 1838: "Mary Theobald, 39, residing at Draycott. Widow . . . submits bills to the amount of 3/6 . . .orders for her daughter, Martha, being ill. Has 3 children, viz John, 13, earns 6/- boating, Martha, 9, Samuel, 5. Bill 3/6 allowed." Jan 14 1839: "Mary Theobald, 40, widow. earns 1/6 washing, applies for relief on account of her son's illness. Has 4 children, viz John 14 (ill), Martha, 9, earns 1/5, Saml illegitimate 5, Sarah, an infant illegitimate . . . Has a son Thos, 18, boating, Mary 19 in service. Medical order approved, further relief refused."	Castledine, Mary (I26620)
1231	Apprentice boatbuilder in 1841 census.	Abram, Thomas (I60712)
1232	Apprentice shoemaker in 1871 census. Not found in 1881. Widower in 1883 marriage record but earlier local marriage not found, though there is one in 1878 at St Ives, Huntingdonshire, to an Emma Gathard.	Clark, Jabez (I62582)
1233	Arabella Veronica in 1911 census.	Whitby, Veronica Arabella (I37475)
1234	Arden Ireland in marriage record.	Ireland, Hawarden (Hand) (I46650)
1235	Arlam in marriage record. Children's surnames variously transcribed as Earlam, Herleum, Ellam, Irlams, Ellison, Harlem and Harlson.	Irlam, Richard (I08864)
1236	Arlington in baptism record.	Harlington, James (I51522)
1237	Arlington in baptism record.	Harlington, Nancy (I51524)
1238	Arlington in baptism record.	Harlington, Elizabeth (I51527)
1239	Arlington in baptism record.	Harlington, Jane Hannah (I51528)
1240	Arlington in baptism record.	Harlington, Ellen (I51534)
1241	Arlington in baptisn and burial records.	Harlington, Nancy Bateman (I57973)
1242	Army pensioner in 1851 and 1861 censuses.	Fairclough, Lawrence (I24794)
1243	Aron in baptism record.	Aaron, John (I46341)
1244	ARP Demolition Squad in 1939 census.	Wilding, Stanley (I15738)
1245	ARP warden at Dobson Locks, Apperley Bridge, in 1939 Census. Credited with saving 22 people from drowing in the canal.	Pemberton, James (I01379)
1246	ARP warden in 1939 Census. Mike Clarke, President of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal Society, records in a document on canal maintenance: "Daniel Forshaw Turner, started as half-timer at Tom Wilkinson's Apperley Bridge boatyard in March 1911. Taken on as apprentice, then firm closed. Joined Ramsey's boatyard at Shipley in Feb 1913 but found it too far to travel, so joined ther Company in June 1913 at Apperley Bridge, where his father was foreman. He worked there for 49 years. He became chargehand in 1928, then foreman for Leeds-Kildwick in place of his father in 1932, and then District Foreman for Leeds-Barnoldswick, ending up as engineer (inspector?) after nationalisation, taking over from F W Bateman. His great-grandfather was the 2nd lock-keeper on the Rufford line. His grandfather started work in 1867 and worked with Dan's father on construction of Winterburn reservoir."	Turner, Daniel Forshaw (I08988)
1247	ARP warden in 1939 census.	Salmon, Robert Fletcher (I09410)
1248	ARP Warden in 1939 census.	Dunbavand, Ernest (I49783)
1249	ARP warden in 1939-45 War. Retirement on 20.10.1968 recorded in Inland Waterways Executive house journal.'Lock and Quay'.	Draper, Thomas (I11053)
1250	Arrived in Australia aboard "Persia", 10.5.1863, with wife and daughter, also brother John and family. No further waterways connection known.	Jarrett, William Henry (I35456)

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