BOAT FAMILIES

of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and connected waterways

Charles Dale Preston

Male 1857 -


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  • Name Charles Dale Preston 
    Born 11 Oct 1857  Middlewich Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 27 Oct 1858  Middlewich Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Occupation Boatman Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I26470  Canal Family 1
    Last Modified 6 Oct 2025 

    Father William Preston,   b. 1836, See note Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Jane Dale,   b. 1835, Middlewich Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 21 Jun 1858  St Mary, Oldham Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Notes 
    • Marriage details:-
      William Preston, 22, Bachelor, Labourer, Residence Northmoor, father Chas Preston, Boatsman (sic)
      Jane Dale, 23, Spinster, Residence Northmoor, Father John Foden, Farmer
      Witnesses Abram Jackson & William Morris.
    Family ID F08198  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Alice Hickson,   b. 11 Dec 1860, Anderton, Cheshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 17 Oct 1881  St Michael and All Angels, Middlewich Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Children 
     1. Charles Preston,   b. Abt Feb 1883, Runcorn Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. William Preston,   b. 1885, Middlewich Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Alice Preston,   b. 1887, Middlewich Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Elizabeth Preston,   b. 1889, Middlewich Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Isaac Preston,   b. 1892, Middlewich Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1895  (Age 3 years)
     6. John Preston,   b. 24 Feb 1895, Runcorn Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Hannah Preston,   b. 26 Feb 1902, Newton, Middlewich Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 6 Oct 2025 
    Family ID F08197  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Oddly in 1881 census as Charles Scragg, master of a canal boat in Burslem, with other Scragg boatmen alongside.
      Family all born as Preston, but appear in 1901 census as Scragg (reason unknown). Most revert to Preston in 1911, apart from William (see note in his entry).

  • Sources 
    1. [S242709] 1939 Census.

    2. [S010113] Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts (Ancestry).

    3. [S010069] MC.




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