BOAT FAMILIES

of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and connected waterways

William Farnill

Male 1800 - Abt 1874  (74 years)


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  • Name William Farnill 
    Born 1800  Knottingley Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 16 Jan 1800  St Giles, Pontefract Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Occupation Mariner Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died Abt Feb 1874  Knottingley Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I55105  Canal Family 1
    Last Modified 6 Oct 2025 

    Father Paul Farnill,   b. Knottingley Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Mary 
    Family ID F17590  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary Rhodes,   b. 1802, Knottingley Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1848, Knottingley Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years) 
    Married 10 Aug 1823  Pontefract Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Children 
     1. Ann Farnill,   b. 1824, Knottingley Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. William Rhodes Farnill,   b. 1826, Knottingley Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1827, Knottingley Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
     3. Kezia Farnill,   b. 1828, Knottingley Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Mary Moody Farnill,   b. 1832, Knottingley Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. William Paul George Farnill,   b. 1835, Knottingley Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt May 1873, Rawmarsh, nr Rotherham Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 38 years)
     6. Uriah Farnill,   b. 1837, Knottingley Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1840, Knottingley Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 3 years)
     7. Uriah Farnill,   b. 1842, Knottingley Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 6 Oct 2025 
    Family ID F17587  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Elizabeth Hall,   b. 1814, Knottingley Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 23 Aug 1853  Pontefract Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Last Modified 6 Oct 2025 
    Family ID F21241  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Age 51 in 1851 census, 71 in 1871 and 74 in 1874 death record, which seems to rule out another William, bapt 20.4.1796 Pontefract, father William.

  • Sources 
    1. [S307023] West Yorkshire Baptisms, Marriages and Burials (Ancestry).

    2. [S260077] GRO Online Index.

    3. [S240186] England Select Marriages (Ancestry).




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