BOAT FAMILIES

of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and connected waterways

1852 - Abt 1902 (49 years)

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Name	William Sherman
Born	1 Dec 1852	Liverpool Canal Basin, aboard No 17 Boat [1]
Gender	Male
Baptism	13 Dec 1852	All Saints, Wigan [2]
Occupation	Boatman, collier
Died	Abt May 1902	Wigan [3]
Person ID	I44177	Canal Family 1
Last Modified	21 Apr 2024

Father	Thomas Sherman, b. Abt 1825, d. Bef 1864 (Age < 38 years)
Mother	Margaret Worthington, b. 1827, Lathom
Married	9 Apr 1849	St Nicholas, Liverpool [4]
Family ID	F00518	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Cicely Baldwin, b. Abt May 1850, Lathom , d. Feb 1891, Ashton in Makerfield (Age 40 years)

Married 15 Feb 1873 St Thomas and St James, Poolstock [2]

Children

	1. Thomas Sherman, b. 21 May 1873, Pottery, Wigan
	2. Henry Sherman, b. 15 Apr 1875, Pottery, Wigan
	3. John Sherman, b. 25 Oct 1877, Pottery, Wigan
	4. Cicely Sherman, b. Abt Feb 1880, Ashton in Makerfield
	5. Margaret Sherman, b. 12 Jun 1883, Ashton in Makerfield
	6. William Sherman, b. 26 Sep 1886, Bryn, Ashton in Makerfield , d. Jul 1888, Long Lane, Ashton in Makerfield (Age 1 years)
	7. William Sherman, b. Abt Feb 1889, Bryn, Ashton in Makerfield , d. 15 Jul 1916 (Age 27 years)

Last Modified 21 Apr 2024

Family ID F03381 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

Birth registered twice, as Sharman in Dale Street, Liverpool on Dec 27 1852, and as Sherman in Q4 1852 Wigan, where he was baptised.
Sherman in censuses (age given as 32 in 1881) and in marriage record.Shearman in 1891 marriage record. Age given as 49 in death record.
In 1871 census as a boarder with James Turner and Catherine nee Sherman (qv, b1834 Scarisbrick, daughter of William Sherman and Ellen nee Bridge) - possibly her nephew.