Edward Ellison Williams

1803 - 1881  (77 years)

• Name	Edward Ellison Williams
  Born	25 Mar 1803	Preston
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	27 May 1803	St John, Preston   [1]
  Occupation	Farmer, innkeeper, boatman
  Died	1881	Burscough
  Buried	9 Apr 1881	St John the Baptist, Burscough   [2]
  Person ID	I12299	Canal Family 1
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2025

  
  

  Family	Mary Gore,   b. 1802, Ormskirk ,   d. 1872, Burscough  (Age 70 years)
  Married	5 Nov 1828	St Peter and St Paul, Ormskirk   [1]
  Children	1. Helen Williams,   b. 1829, Burscough   2. Thomas Williams,   b. 1831, Burscough   3. Margaret Williams,   b. 1833, Burscough   4. Ann Williams,   b. 1835, Burscough   5. Jane Williams,   b. 1837, Burscough ,   d. 1905, Liverpool Road, Maghull  (Age 68 years)   6. William Brandreth Williams,   b. 1839, Burscough ,   d. 1916, Scarisbrick  (Age 77 years)   7. Alice Williams,   b. 1842, Burscough ,   d. 1842, Burscough  (Age 0 years)   8. John Williams,   b. 1846, Lathom
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2025
  Family ID	F03719	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  No direct evidence that he was a boatman but his wife's entry in the 1861 census has a note saying: "Boatman absent with no family on the canal". There is an Edward Williams, 58, ag lab b Preston, across the Mersey in Windy Harbour, Poulton-cum-Spital, Bebington, boarding with the family of William Jones, a farm bailiff.

  
  

• Sources

  [S010072] Lancashire Online Parish Clerks. [S010080] Burial register for St John the Baptist, Burscough Bridge.