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Harry Drinkwater

Male 1884 - 1997  (112 years)


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  • Name Harry Drinkwater 
    Born 28 Sep 1884  Middlewich Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 1 Jun 1885  St Peter ad Vincula, Stoke-on-Trent Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Died 31 Jul 1997  Wheelock Wharf (drowned) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I67559  Canal Family 1
    Last Modified 6 Oct 2025 

    Father Alfred Drinkwater,   b. 15 Feb 1841, Newton, Middlewich Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Jane Fereday,   b. Abt Feb 1845, Oldbury, nr Dudley Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 9 Dec 1865  St Mary, Wolverhampton Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Family ID F15982  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • No GRO birth record found.
      Inquest held 2.9.1897 - verdict: Accidental Death.
      A press report (unsourced) on Ancestry states: 'Harry Drinkwater, 13, of Middlewich, drowned in the Shropshire Union Canal. Alfred Driinkwater, captain of the boat Alaska, said the deceased was his son, and after they arrived at Wheelock Wharf the boy got out and went forward to get the lock ready. As he did not return, witness shouted but got no response. He could not find the boy and concluded that he must have fallen into the water. A search was made and the body was recovered.'

  • Sources 
    1. [S404352] Staffordshire Births and Baptisms (Ancestry).

    2. [S010069] MC.



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