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Albert Boswell

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  • Name Albert Boswell 
    Born 6 Oct 1908  Barbridge, Cheshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Bargeman, transport worker Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I67489  Canal Family 1
    Last Modified 3 Jan 2026 

    Father Thomas Boswell,   b. Abt Nov 1874, Tipton, Staffordshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Annie Carman,   b. 1877, West Bromwich Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt Feb 1910, Nantwich Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 33 years) 
    Married 16 Feb 1898  St James, Wolverhampton Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Family ID F21615  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Edith Burley,   b. 28 Sep 1905, Weston-on-Trent Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 1930  St Thomas, Kidsgrove Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Children 
     1. Thomas Boswell,   b. 12 Nov 1931  (Age 94 years)
     2. Albert Boswell,   b. 3 Oct 1933, Wolverhampton Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)
    Last Modified 3 Jan 2026 
    Family ID F21692  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • In 1911 census with uncle and aunt, Joseph John Carman and Mary Ann, as an adoped son.
      Born on canal boat 'Frisk' (? - unclear on BC) at Barbridge, given as Stoke RD on BC but Cheshire in 1921 census. (Barbridge Junction is where the Middlewich Branch leaves the Shropshire Union Canal main line.)
      In 1921 aboard his father's boat Kimberley at Cow Lane Wharf, Chester, with mate Frederick Jones, b1900 Bucknall, Stoke-on-Trent.

  • Sources 
    1. [S010049] BC.

    2. [S010069] MC.

    3. [S494313] Staffordshire Marriages (Ancestry).



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