BOAT FAMILIES

of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and connected waterways

John Wareing

Male 1841 - 1906  (65 years)


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  • Name John Wareing 
    Born 1841  Burscough Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 15 May 1841  St John the Baptist, Burscough Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Occupation Boatman Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 1906  Blackburn Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 5 May 1906  St John the Baptist, Burscough Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I03268  Canal Family 1
    Last Modified 26 Mar 2024 

    Father James Wareing,   b. 1819, Burscough Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1885, Lathom Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Mother Jane Snape,   b. 10 Feb 1822, Halsall Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1867, Lathom Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years) 
    Married 7 Oct 1839  St Peter, Liverpool Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F03194  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Ann Howard,   b. 1837, Burscough Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1875, Ormskirk Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 38 years) 
    Married 27 Oct 1862  St John the Baptist, Burscough Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Last Modified 26 Mar 2024 
    Family ID F03193  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary Culshaw,   b. 1839, Burscough Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Mar 1891, Lathom Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years) 
    Married 6 Jun 1876  St Thomas, Melling Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Children 
     1. Jane Wareing,   b. 1877, Melling Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Thomas Wareing,   b. 6 Feb 1879, Burscough Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. John Wareing,   b. 6 Feb 1883, Lathom Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 26 Mar 2024 
    Family ID F03192  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Baptism date also given as May 9 on Lancs OPC.
      Likely entry in 1901 census on the canal at Dubb Bridge, Bingley, though age given as 63, and married rather than widowed. He is mate on boat Olive with Thomas Ascroft, 36, and son Adam Ashcroft, 14, of Burscough Bridge (qv).
      A report in the Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 3.5.1906, read: 'John Waring (sic) of Burscough, captain of a boat on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, has died in the East Lancashire Infirmary from injuries sustained through a bale of cotton falling on him at Rishton.'

  • Sources 
    1. [S010056] Parish record.

    2. [S010080] Burial register for St John the Baptist, Burscough Bridge.

    3. [S010069] MC.

    4. [S010055] Parish records, Bow Lane, Preston.

    5. [S010072] Lancashire Online Parish Clerks.




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