BOAT FAMILIES

of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and connected waterways

Matches 8,901 to 8,950 of 9,318

#	Notes	Linked to
8901	Transcribed as Sittler in some records. Marriage record has her as both Betty and Elizabeth.	Littler, Elizabeth (I42946)
8902	Transcrobed as Johnathon in baptism record.	Hough, John Newall (I25024)
8903	Twice named in Quarter Sessions maintenance orders (1803 and 1806) as reputed father of daughters of Margeret Lowe, presumably Catharine bapt 16.5.1802 Ormskirk and Ann bapt 11.8.1805 Wigan (Lancs OPC).	Baybutt, Evan (I01542)
8904	Twin of George, but oddly absent in 1841 census, though they are together in 1851.	Tarbuck, James (I44397)
8905	Twin of Mary, but oddly absent in 1851 census.	Allcock, James (I22865)
8906	Twin of Sarah, but died before her baptism.	Gill, Henry (I30210)
8907	Two baptism dates recorded, with a note stating that the second, Jan 5 1812, "is possibly the received into the Church date". He does not appear in the 1841 census, and there are two possible deaths recorded, in 1814 age 3, or in 1819 age 8, both burials at St Mary the Virgin, Rufford.	Forshaw, Robert (I07532)
8908	Two baptism records a month apart, both by J H Bailey: the first as Margaret Tasker Gibbins, abode New Lane, the second as (Robert deleted) Margaret Gibbins, abode Burscough Bridge.	Gibbons, Margaret Tasker (I03633)
8909	Two baptism records found.	Gill, Ellen (I08546)
8910	Two baptism records give mother's name Margaret, two Mary. Eliza and her son Philip appear as Hollingsworth in the 1901 census for Douglas, Isle of Man, where apparently she was jailed, and her children (including Philip) sent to Canada as 'Home Children'. A death is recorded in St Helens, 12.12.1910, of an Eliza Hollingsworth, 'widow of Thomas Hollingsworth, captain of sailing ship of 21 Peel Street, St Helens', informant Jenny Hollingsworth, daughter, of 34 Hall Street, St Helens.	Cottier, Eliza Isabella (I48636)
8911	Two baptism records, same church, same date, same father: one gives mother's name as Mary, the other Betsy.	Inglesfield, Sarah (I39873)
8912	Two baptisms recorded on same day by John Bowman, one 'at St John, Lathom' in the Ormskirk register for St Peter and St Paul gives parents as William and Margaret, the other at St John the Baptist, Burscough, has parents as John and Margaret. (Possible confusion in Lancs OPC records with the 1837 Wigan record for another Elizabeth Rother(h)am with parents John and Margaret.) Licensed victualler in Chisenhale St, Liverpool, in 1881 census, listed as widow.	Rotheram, Elizabeth (I08325)
8913	Two baptisms recorded, three months apart, by ther same minister, Richard Battersby.	Pedder, Elizabeth (I06337)
8914	Two baptisms: first gives abode as Burscough, second as Lathom.	Melling, Alice (I07437)
8915	Two birth records on Lancashire BMD, as Atherton and as Edge, both with mother's maiden name Atherton (father named as William Edge in family records).	Atherton, Jane (I03000)
8916	Two Cheshire Parish baptisms are recorded to Ann and Thomes (a porter) on both Ancestry and Findmypast: 23.3.1844 Daresbury; and 21 4 1844 Aston by Sutton. No GRO birth record found.	Hussey, Eleanor (I60957)
8917	Two consecutive 7-day sentences in HMP Wakefield, October 7-20 1903, for stealing hatch covers.	Worfolk, Ben (I55228)
8918	Two descriptions are given on the Hall Genealogy Website for occupation 'waller' ;- 1 - Brick or dry stone wall builder; or (more likely in this case) - 2 - In the Cheshire salt-works, makers of coarser grades of salt used in industrial processes, chemicals, fisheries and potteries.	Blease, Thomas (I46469)
8919	Two likely baptism records: 3.11.1799 St Nicholas, Liverpool, to William and Mary nee Williams; or 29.11.1801 Lower Walton (Warrington) to William and Mary.	Jones, William (I59732)
8920	Two possible baptism records: 11.7.1802 Middlewich (b22.6.1802 - qv, in this file) to John and Sarah Cottrell; or 28.6.1807 Davenham (b10.6.1807) to Thomas Cotterall of Bostock, and Sarah nee Bentley (Cheshire Parish Baptisms, Findmypast). The various ages given for Mary in census and death records average at a birth date of 1804.	Cotterell, Mary (I54369)
8921	Two possible baptisms at Rufford: 6 5 1787 to Henry and Jane; or 26 9 1890 to John and Elizabeth.	Culshaw, John (I12303)
8922	Two possible baptisms at St Mary, Tarleton: 8.12.1769 to Thomas; or (at age 3) 29.5.1774 to Thomas and Anne. Apparently listed twice in 1841 census: as Betty, 65, in Gorse Lane, Tarleton, with daughter Alice next door to daughter-in-law Mary, wife of Henry; and as Elizabeth, 65, with daughter Mary, wife of Richard Iddon. Age 95 in 1866 death and burial records, giving lilely birth year as 1771, though age given as 79 in Tarleton Lane in 1851 census, and 87 in Shoreside, Hesketh with Becconsall, with son Hugh and family in 1861.	Wignall, Betty (I06668)
8923	Two possible baptisms on IGI: 1.3.1799 Middlewich, mother Hannah; or 15 9 1799 Great Budworth, parents Peter and Ellen.	Webb, John (I36009)
8924	Two possible baptisms on Lancs OPC at Ebenezer Particular Baptist Chapel, Bacup: 25 10 1804 (b 22 9 Top of Bank) to John and Betty; or 14 9 1806 (b 11 8 Broadclough, Rochdale) to John and Matty. Age unclear in 1851 census, given as 48 (widower) in 1853 marriage record. First marriage not identified - possibly 18 9 1837 to Nancy Goodall (widow nee Johnson) in Manchester, where son William born in 1845. Daughters with Mary Goodall born before they married (Ann's BC confirms mother as Mary Goodall). Absent in 1861 census, when Mary listed as canal labourer's wife.	Maden, John (I18183)
8925	Two possible baptisms:- 22.3.1797 St Peter and St Paul, Ormskirk, b Lathom, to William and Margaret (unknown); or 17.3.1797 St John the Evangelist, Burscough (RC) b14.3.1797.to William and Mary (Trustram).	Lea, Mary (I08684)
8926	Two possible Davenham burial records: 28.10.1827 age 54, or 11.2.1830 age 58. There are baptisms 20.6.1770 St Chad, Over, to John and Jane Oaks (IGI), or 24 10 1771 Davenham to Thomas and Mary Oakes (Cheshire BTs).	Oakes, John (I35615)
8927	Two possible parents: Thomas and Mary (bapt 29 9 1809, Weaverham); or William and Ann (bapt16 7 1809, Witton).	Mills, William (I28723)
8928	Two records on IGI, one giving baptism date as June 15.	Varley, Mary Ann (I14034)
8929	Two weeks old in 1921 census (taken on June 19th; birth registered Q3). No baptism record found.	Gibbons, Thomas (I61748)
8930	Tyler in 1871 census. Birthplace appears to be given as Colne in 1861.	Tyrer, Thomas (I08351)
8931	Tyrrell in death record on Lancs BMD.	Terrell, Christopher (I11075)
8932	UK Calendar of Prisoners (Ancestry) records that Mizpah Holt, age 23, keel master, was charged on 29.7.1919 at Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, that 'being the bailee of about 120 tons of sand, the property of Matthew John Armstrong, did fraudulently take and convert the same to his own use and thereby feloniously did steal the same.' Verdict: Not Guilty - Discharged.	Holt, Mizpah (I62293)
8933	Unable to confirm maiden name in GRO Online Index as the expected birth records for daughters Rachel (1837) and Mary (1840) not found in England and Wales BMD index, despite baptism records on Lancashire BMDs.	Tidensor, Elizabeth (I36590)
8934	Unclear 1851 census appears to list her as Margarett.	Holmes, Mary Ann (I60085)
8935	Unclear entry in 1871 census (looks like Phonias).	Jones, Thomas Herbert (I59763)
8936	Unclear entry in 1881 census, transcribed on Ancestry as Jimmy, 9, but no birth or baptism record found.	Swift, Jimmy (I48571)
8937	Unclear middle name given in 1901 census, probably Caroline.	Pierce, Elizabeth (I21398)
8938	Unconfirmed baptism on IGI, 31.10.1802, Croston, but not in Lancs OPC records for St Michael and All Angels. Family in Heath Charnock in 1841 census as Tindsley.	Tinsley, Thomas (I00777)
8939	Under the headline "Inquest on Lathom boatman's daughter" the Lancashire Evening Post reported on Aug 14 1931:- Mr S Brighouse, the West Lancashire County Coroner, returned a verdict of ?Found drowned? at an inquest held, to-day, at the Council Offices, Burscough, on Mary Melling, 28, a single woman, daughter of Ralph Melling, a boatman, of Lord Street, Lathom, who was found drowned in the canal yesterday afternoon. The evidence showed that she left home at half past 10 on Monday morning last, saying she was going to look for domestic service. She had been somewhat depressed of late. A farm labourer named John Wilshaw stated that he saw her go towards the canal and then walk along the bank. She was not wearing a hat and it was raining hard at the time. Her body was recovered not far from where he had seen her.	Melling, Mary (I10900)
8940	Under the headline: "Lydiate child's fatal burns" the Lancashire Evening Post reported on Dec 20 1932:- A verdict of death from misadventure was returned by Mr S Brighouse, the West Lancashire Coroner, st an inquest last night at Ormskirk on Gladys Webster, 6, daughter of Mr Thomas Webster, a bargee employed on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, living at Canal Bank, Jackson's Bridge, Lydiate. The child died of burns in hospital at Ormskirk. Mrs Webster, who had a fire in her bedroom because she suffered from asthma, went downstairs on Saturday morning just before eight o'clock. Hearing screams, she ran updtairs and found her daughter in flames The child said that she had gone to warm herself at the fire in her mother's room. Mr Brighouse said that no blame could be attached to anyone.	Webster, Gladys (I26579)
8941	Unemployed in 1921 census but 'Ex-Navy'.	Barley, Isaac (I63078)
8942	Unlikely, but a John Haddock (father John) married a Maria Wilson 22.2.1852 Etchingham, Sussex.	Maria (I45926)
8943	Unmarried in 1871 census, widowed in 1881. Possibly marriage to Mary Frankland, 1875 Holbeck, Leeds.	Varley, William (I13926)
8944	Unmarried in 1881 so John and Mary, 14 and 12 in 1891 census, may be Ellen Prescott's children. No marriage record found.	Adams, John (I10314)
8945	Unmarried in 1911 census.	Brown, Florence Emily (I29223)
8946	Unnamed child In 1911 census, but only female birth registered in Sandbach on Cheshire BMDs is Alice.	Preston, Alice (I26482)
8947	Unnamed infant,six days old, in 1871 census (April 2).	Hill, Edward (I24183)
8948	Unnamed male, mother's maiden name Dyson, b Q4 1843 Thorne (GRO Online Index).	Hastings, John (I41497)
8949	Unnamed, one week old in 1861 census.	Disley, Alice (I08532)
8950	Unusual to call second son Harry when first son Harold still alive. In crew list of Rowanmore (reg. Liverpool) as engineer/steward on 29.8.1911	Royle, Harry (I28021)

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