BOAT FAMILIES

of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and connected waterways

Robert Kendrick

Male Abt 1850 - 1935  (84 years)


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  • Name Robert Kendrick 
    Born Abt Aug 1850  Whitford, nr Prestatyn, Flintshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Storekeeper, lock-keeper Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 1 Feb 1935  42 Chapel Street, Ormskirk Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I10976  Canal Family 1
    Last Modified 26 Mar 2024 

    Father Gomer Kendrick,   b. 1825, Whitford, Flintshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt Feb 1892, Wigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Mother Maria Jones,   b. 1827, Holywell, Flintshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt Nov 1892, Wigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Married 1846  St James, Holywell Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F10400  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret Ellen McKie,   b. Abt Nov 1848, Wigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt Aug 1917, Skipton Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Married 1875  Wigan Register Office Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Children 
     1. Henry Kirkwhite Kendrick,   b. 1876, Wigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt Nov 1891, Bramley, Leeds Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 15 years)
     2. Dora Kendrick,   b. 1879, Wigan Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Nellie Kendrick,   b. 1879, Wigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1879, Wigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     4. Lilian Kendrick,   b. 21 Jan 1881, Wigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt Nov 1964, Ormskirk Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
    Last Modified 26 Mar 2024 
    Family ID F01993  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Family moved from North Wales in the early 1850s to Ince in Makerfield, where Gomer was a collier. Robert was a schoolteacher and agent in 1871 census, time and storekeeper for brass finisher in 1881 (Wigan), lock-keeper at Wortley, Leeds 1891, Top Locks, Lathom, 1901, and Bank Newton, Gargrave 1911.
      Mike Clarke, President of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal Society, records in a document on canal maintenance: "During and after the First World War, Robert Kendrick was lock-keeper at the top of Bank Newton, and his diary gives details of how ice was dealt with. From 1st to 16th February 1917 he noted that they were icebound, but then with nine horses and 13 men managed to break the ice as far as Ulber (Hulber), about a mile, before giving up.\they finally broke through on 20th, allowing three boats to pass.
      "Later that year on Dec 4 they set off with ice boat No 9 for the first time after nine hard nights of frost. The ice was three-eighths of an inch thick and they used one horse with three men. By 23rd the ice was too thick and the steamer had to come to assist in keeping the canal open. 1925 was also a bad year as on Nov 12 he noted five-eighths of an inch of ice, with one of the local carpenters, Richard Turner, coming to remove the washboards at Hulber and the second lock, presumably so they could act as ice shoots. He described Dec 4 as the worst day he had had at Bank Newton for snow, ice and boats, with 30 boats passing on 8th after the canal reopened,.
      "He retired at the end of that year on a pension of 10/- a week, after 40 and a half years working for the Canal Company."
      Probate record (1935, Liverpool) cites Christopher Nevison, company director and Lilian Kendrick, spinster (daughter). Effects ?659 2s 10d.

  • Sources 
    1. [S010065] England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index.

    2. [S242746] Probate record.

    3. [S010070] North Wales BMD.

    4. [S010071] Lancashire BMDs.




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