William Gill

1832 - 1900  (68 years)

• Name	William Gill
  Born	1832	Burscough
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	18 Mar 1832	St Mary the Virgin, Rufford   [1]
  Occupation	Boatman, coal agent, labourer
  Died	1900	Lower Ground, Standish
  Buried	1 Feb 1900	Shevington   [2]
  Person ID	I00536	Canal Family 1
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	Richard Gill,   b. 1794, Burscough ,   d. 1858, Burscough  (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Cicely Kershaw,   b. 1798, Upholland ,   d. Aft 1871  (Age > 74 years)
  Married	6 Aug 1821	St Peter and St Paul, Ormskirk   [1]
  Family ID	F02737	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ann Gregson,   b. 1831, Lathom ,   d. 1889, Standish  (Age 58 years)
  Married	Bef 1861
  Notes	No marriage record found, but Ann's identity established by the presence of her father in the 1871 census. There is a marriage on June 30 1856 at St Nicholas, Liverpool, between a William Gill (minor?), son of Richard, boatman, and an Ann Jackson(?), father Richard, boatman. No such Ann Jackson found in birth/baptism records or censuses.
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2025
  Family ID	F09393	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Marriage record has William as a minor, so it's possible that this William died (there's a burial in Ormskirk,.age 4, in 1835) and that Richard and Cicely had a younger William, but no birth record can be found.

  
  

• Sources

  [S010072] Lancashire Online Parish Clerks. [S240146] Lancashire Deaths and Burials (Ancestry).