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Thomas Burrows

Male 1824 - Abt 1886  (62 years)


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  • Name Thomas Burrows 
    Born 1824  Davenham Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 6 Feb 1825  Davenham Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Occupation Waterman Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died Abt May 1886  Runcorn Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I39923  Canal Family 1
    Last Modified 26 Mar 2024 

    Father Thomas Burrows,   b. 17 Dec 1782, Davenham Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1835, Davenham Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years) 
    Mother Mary Worrall,   b. 1783,   d. Abt Aug 1849, Northwich Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Married 17 May 1805  St John, Liverpool Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Family ID F12708  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hannah Oakes,   b. Bef 1827,   d. 20 Feb 1848, River Mersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 21 years) 
    Married 23 Jun 1847  Manchester Cathedral Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Last Modified 26 Mar 2024 
    Family ID F12710  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Master of Vine when it sank off Runcorn on Feb 20 1848 and his wife, brother Ralph, and two brothers-in-law drowned. He told the inquest that he saved himself by seizing a handspike and clinging on to net stakes for four hours until the waters subsided.Not found in censuses after 1841.

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

    2. [S292362] Liverpool BMDs 1659-1812 (Ancestry).

    3. [S010069] MC.



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