BOAT FAMILIES

of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and connected waterways

1821 - 1858 (37 years)

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Father	Henry Abram, b. 1791, Rufford , d. 1834, Burscough (Age 43 years)
Mother	Ann Ashcroft
Married	18 Sep 1818	St Mary the Virgin, Rufford [1]
Family ID	F01599	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Richard Moss, b. 1822, Burscough , d. 24 Aug 1868, Great Howard Street, Liverpool (Age 46 years)

Married 2 Dec 1843 St Philip, Liverpool [3]

Children

	1. Alice Moss, b. 20 Oct 1844, Bretherton, nr Tarleton
	2. Henry Moss, b. 5 Dec 1846, Bridge Street, Wigan
	3. John Moss, b. 7 Nov 1848, Aspull
	4. Ellen Moss, b. 24 Nov 1850, Haigh , d. Bef 1853 (Age < 2 years)
	5. Ellen Moss, b. 1853, Hare Street, Liverpool , d. 22 Jan 1922, Sibberings Farm, Charnock Richard (Age 69 years)
	6. James Moss, b. 1853, Chester
	7. Ann Moss, b. 12 Jan 1855, Vauxhall Road, Liverpool

Last Modified 6 Oct 2025

Family ID F01759 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

Abraham in marriage record.
Unusually, two death certificates were issed for Margaret: the first, on the day of her inquest, August 7th, by W Clements, Registrar, giving cause of death as 'Angina Pectoris, Certified', Informant Richard Moss, in attendance. The second was issued an September 24 by John Simpson, Deputy Registrar, giving cause of death as 'excessive drinking' - information received from P J Curry, Coroner for Liverpool.
An inquest report in the Liverpool Mercury, 11.8.1858 'on the body of Margaret Moss, 38, the wife of a beer-house keeper, living at 362 Vauxhall Road', states: 'The deceased, in consequence it was said of her husband's ill-usage, had been lately in the habit of getting drunk. The servant in the house said she was scarcely ever sober. She was found dead in bed on Saturday morning, having been exceedingly drunk on the previous night. On a post-mortem examination being made, it was found thet the deceased had died from excessive drinking, and the jury returned a verdict accordingly.'