BOAT FAMILIES

of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and connected waterways

1881 -

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Name	William Cheetham
Born	21 Apr 1881	Downholland, aboard 'Alice'
Gender	Male
Baptism	1 May 1881	St Matthias, Liverpool [1]
Occupation	Boatman, foreman manure dealer
Person ID	I00280	Canal Family 1
Last Modified	28 Nov 2025

Father	Thomas Cheetham, b. 1852, Haskayne , d. 1897, Downholland (Age 45 years)
Mother	Margaret Ashton, b. 1855, Downholland
Married	12 Jul 1880	St Nicholas, Liverpool [2]
Family ID	F02218	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Ada Ellen Stock, b. 1882, Liverpool

Married 1909 West Derby Register Office [3]

Children

1. Ethel Margaret Cheetham, b. 1910, Kirkdale, Liverpool

Last Modified 28 Nov 2025

Family ID F03305 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

There is a confusing baptism entry at St Matthias of a second William, 27.12.1885, born to Thomas and Margaret on 18.12.1885 aboard "David" on the canal, for whom no further record found. The first William is in the 1891 census, age 10, with his sister Elizabeth living with their aunt Mary (nee Ashton) Winstanley in Downholland.