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Robert French

Male 1823 - 1901  (78 years)


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  • Name Robert French 
    Born 1823  Northwich Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 1 Feb 1824  Witton cum Twambrooks Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Occupation Waterman Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 1901  Warrington Union Workhouse Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 5 Oct 1901  Sankey Chapel, Great Sankey Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I27307  Canal Family 1
    Last Modified 5 Mar 2026 

    Father Joshua French,   b. 1800, Sankey, nr Warrington Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1869  (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Betty Cook,   b. 1801, Northwich Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1862  (Age 61 years) 
    Married 28 Jul 1822  St Peter, Liverpool Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Family ID F08493  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Davies,   b. 1820, Flixton, nr Irlam Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between 1881 and 1891  (Age 61 years) 
    Married 1845  St Paul, Warrington Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Children 
     1. Ann French,   b. 1846, Sankey, nr Warrington Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Richard French,   b. 1848, Sankey, nr Warrington Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1876, Penketh, nr Warrington Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 28 years)
     3. Elizabeth French,   b. 1850, Sankey, nr Warrington Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1873, Widnes Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 23 years)
     4. Mary French,   b. 1853, Sankey, nr Warrington Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Robert French,   b. 1853, Sankey, nr Warrington Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Margaret French,   b. 1861, Penketh, nr Warrington Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 5 Mar 2026 
    Family ID F08489  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • In Warrington Union Workhouse from 1891 census.

  • Sources 
    1. [S010113] Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts (Ancestry).

    2. [S010072] Lancashire Online Parish Clerks.

    3. [S010056] Parish record.

    4. [S010057] Cheshire BMDs.



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