Abraham Houghton

1822 - 1898  (76 years)

• Name	Abraham Houghton
  Born	25 May 1822	Hardshaw, St Helens (see note)
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	21 Jul 1822	St Helens
  Occupation	Waterman
  Died	12 Dec 1898	Drowned in the Mersey
  Buried	14 May 1899	St Michael, Garston   [1]
  Person ID	I46097	Canal Family 1
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	James Houghton
  Mother	Elizabeth
  Family ID	F14653	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Ford,   b. 1825, Sankey
  Married	5 Aug 1844	St Luke, Farnworth (Widnes)   [2]
  Children	1. Edmund Houghton,   b. 1845, Widnes ,   d. Bef 1911  (Age < 65 years)   2. Peter Houghton,   b. 1847, Widnes   3. Ellen Houghton,   b. 1849, Widnes   4. Isaac Houghton,   b. 1852, Widnes ,   d. 1925, Garston  (Age 73 years)   5. Thomas Houghton,   b. 1854, Widnes   6. Sophia Houghton,   b. 1856, Widnes   7. Alfred Houghton,   b. 1860, Widnes   8. Emanuel Houghton,   b. Abt Nov 1861, Widnes ,   d. 1914, Garston  (Age 52 years)   9. Enoch Houghton,   b. 1864, Garston   10. Solomon Houghton,   b. 1866, Garston ,   d. Abt Nov 1956, Liverpool  (Age 90 years)   11. Selina Houghton,   b. 1868, Garston
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2025
  Family ID	F14649	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Parents' abode given as 'Hardshaigh' (Hardshaw) in baptism record; birthplace given as Runcorn in 1851 and 1871 censuses, Frodsham in 1861 and 1881. Probate record says he died 'in the river Mersey', which if there was an inquest may explain the four-month delay before burial; abode Wainwright Grove, Garston.

  
  

• Sources

  [S287103] Liverpool Church of England Burials (Ancestry). [S010072] Lancashire Online Parish Clerks.