BOAT FAMILIES

of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and connected waterways

1873 -

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Name	Ann Reynolds
Born	1873	Burscough
Gender	Female
Baptism	13 Jul 1873	St John the Baptist, Burscough [1]
Person ID	I08407	Canal Family 1
Last Modified	21 Apr 2024

Father	John Reynolds, b. 1843, Lathom , d. 1904, Scarisbrick (Age 61 years)
Mother	Ann Hilton, b. 1851, Tarleton , d. 1878, Lathom (Age 27 years)
Married	21 Mar 1869	St John the Baptist, Burscough [2]
Family ID	F02066	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1	Henry Baldwin Mather, b. Abt Feb 1863, Liverpool
Married	6 Jan 1890	St Thomas, Wigan [2]
Last Modified	21 Apr 2024
Family ID	F01456	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 2 Thomas Ashcroft, b. 15 Mar 1865, Burscough

Married Abt Aug 1901 Ormskirk Register Office [3]

Children

	1. Thomas Ashcroft, b. 6 Nov 1901, Appley Bridge , d. Bef 1903 (Age < 1 years)
	2. Thomas Ashcroft, b. 4 Jun 1903, Victoria Street, Burscough , d. 1903, Burscough
	3. Ellen Ashcroft, b. 13 Mar 1909, Mart Lane, Burscough
	4. Florence Ashcroft, b. 5 Feb 1912, Mart Lane, Burscough

Last Modified 21 Apr 2024

Family ID F00805 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

Birthplace given as Netherton in 1881 census. Age given as 20 in 1890 marriage record.
The 1901 marriage record of Thomas Ashcroft names his bride as Ann Reynolds, 38, widow, daughter of boatman John Mather, but no such people have been traced.
The 1911 census record has her aged 41, and her daughter Ellen's 1909 birth record gives mother's maiden name as Reynolds, so it seems more likely that her married and maiden names were transposed in the marriage record and that she was Ann Mather, daughter of boatman John Reynolds - except that her first husband, Henry Mather, is listed in the 1911 census as a widower.
In the 1901 census Ann was living in Chorley with her brother John Reynolds while her husband Henry was on a barge in Skipton with Charles Patman of Blackburn. They appear to have had no children, so it may be that they had long been separated.