Family tree for you News letter March Issue

Hello all

The weeks and months do pass by we are now into the March edition news letter it does seem to long since we were doing the Christmas one.The last month has been quiet for look ups and emails we do need to keep the group going with people writing in if it’s only to say how you are and what you have been doing as Christine and myself do like to hear from you all.

We have not had any new members but hope for a few new ones when I write next month. 

MARCH   NEWSLETTER                                                 Well, March has been a good month for new members.  The following joined the Group:-

Family surnames are BOWER and HILL.

Brian, 14th March     Brian is 72 and lives on the Wirral.  He is eager to start his family tree.  But not knowing a lot about them but he has found a marr cert so perhaps we can take it from there

Larry /Laurence 11 march                               

Larry is a distant cousin of Vera through the family name of tribe they found one another on genes united

Still no posting from Larry as yet - please write in!!!  We are all eager

                               Julie, 14th March      Julie was lucky enough to inherit and

established family tree froma relative on her mother's side called ORVIN. Her tree

Has over 500 people on it already, dating from before 1710. Julie has

Added 120 relatives herself but would like more info on both her

Mother’s grandfathers, Harry John KNOTT and WILLIAM THOMAS

COOK. Also has been given info from a relative called Rodney on

Her father's side - that branch is the STARMER family. We started the month off with helping Brian on his way to tracing his family tree.  A marriage certificate of his parents revealed that his father was a JOHN BOWER a bar man and his mother ELIZABETH EVELINE HILL, also a local girl working as a stores assistant. Brian's grandfather was a JOHN BOWER  Born circa 1883 who worked as a stoker at the local soap works, probably Lever Brothers at Port Sunlight.   His mother's father was EDWARD ROWLAND HILL, a general labourer.  That is as far as he has got at the moment so any help with more info would be good. His family are from Birkenhead on the Wirral (Cheshire).Grace now needs info on 'the other side' of her tree.  She is interested in finding the names of brothers and sisters of WILLIAM JONES B1817 who married FRANCIS TURNER on 24/5/1846. See message number 3797.Pat (Wareing) discovered that part of her tree was incorrect and was now looking for JOHN (or Jacky) SUMNER B1856c Liverpool. John was living in Leigh, Lancs. in 1881, having married in Leigh in 1879.Brian happened to mention that he was looking for some photos of Holt Hill Convent in Upton on the Wirral, now demolished to make way for pensioner's bungalows, one of which he occupies.  Vera and Christine sent Brian quite a lot of info for him.Melissa over in Ontario, Canada has been quite busy lately. The e-mails have been backwards and forwards between extended family members called Anita (from the BAILEY side of her family tree).   Anita sent Melissa a copy of a letter on her grandmother sent to her mother. It contained a lot of interesting info on other relatives. Anita wanted info on her grandfather, DIGBY SAMUEL COX born 27/5/1876 in London.  Vera sent info from the 1911 census. Now Anita really wants info on her grandfather's siblings. Again Vera has found out lots of info and sent them to Melissa.  Waker side of her family also researched by Vera.18th March and Helen in Wales found the family tree research she had started and was looking though it again to see where she was up to.  Let us know Helen, if you need any help with this!Just to let everyone know that (I, Christine) will be AWOL from the group for about 5 days or so from the 26th March.  I am

going into hospital to have one very badly worn out left knee replaced. A little worried about getting a DVT (clot/thrombosis) afterwards as it us quite common.  My dad had this operation 4 weeks ago and he had a mini-stroke afterwards which affected his speech but is OK now.  So, I intend to be home within 3-5 days afterwards and take it easy for a while. I hope to spend a lot of time at my computer and catch up on my family tree work and also anything else that I can help members with. So this is, just to recap on March's activity.  Great input from the more active members but Vera and I would really think it would be great if those members who have not popped in to say Hi for a while, would do so and let us know how you are getting on with your family tree research.  We are so eager to help you.  So, looking forward to seeing a few different names??.

Below I have put some Parish registers of marr for Derbyshire

You find your self lucky with one of your ancestors

Below I have put some links in for you I hope you enjoy them

African-American Cemeteries OnlineCemetery & Genealogy Photography Service get photographs taken (from only 10.00) of tombstones of your ancestors in West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, & Washington, DCTombstone Transcription Project search USGenWeb's Tombstone database of over 300,000 recordsCemeteries of the United States large colection records at Interment.net People of German origin buried in US/Canadian   Cemeteries Cemeteries from the German-Russian Genealogical Library

Emigrants from Scotland to America, 1774-1775 Irish Immigrants: New York Port Arrival Records, 1846-1851 over 600,000 entries: includes Surname, Given Name, Age, Gender, Literacy, Native Country, Residence, Destination, Transit Type, Compartment, Port of Embarkation, Ship, Number of Passengers on the ship, Arrival Date, and Occupation Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild one of the largest colllection of ships lists on the net, indexed and cross referenced Index to Mennonite Immigrants on United States Passenger Lists 1872-1904 indexed by surname and by ship Immigrant Passenger Arrivals at the Port of New York Vol 1-6 by Immimgrant Ships Transcribers Guild Irish Passenger Lists 1803-1854 (over100 ships passenger lists mostly with New York   as destination) Mayflower Passenger Index New York City to California passenger lists published in the New York Times-searchable index of names Ships Passenger Lists on the Internet a review of websites containing links to over 4,200 passenger lists complete with passengers names from 1700s to 1890s. Ship Arrivals of German immigrants in US ports indexed by ship

American Marriages Before 1699 (Ancestry.com)United States Genealogy Links over 35,000 links to censuses, cemeteries, military records and other online databases also here at the Genealogylinks.net siteU.S. Marriage Notices, 1785-1794 (Ancestry.com)

Cemeteries on the Internet a review of websites containing links to cemeteries representing the resting places of more than 4,000,000 people, as well as much information about cemeteries in general. Churches and Graveyards in Dumfries and Galloway Scottish Burials in Buenos Aires, Argentina 1822-1833 Scotland Cemeteries & Tombstones ScottishGraveyards.org no online records here but a huge amount of information on recording and conservation of Scotland's historic graveyards

Emigrants from Scotland to America, 1774-1775 Highland and Island Emigration Society Passenger Lists Scotland to Australia circa 1850s; over 20 passenger lists here

Ships Passenger Lists on the Internet a review of websites containing links to over 4,200 passenger lists complete with passengers names from 1700s to 1890s.Scotland; ships passenger lists (by Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild) Ship Passenger Lists Scots and Irish Passenger lists from from Scotland to Australia 1852-1857 The Bounty Scheme; twenty ships that brought 4000 Scots to Australia between 1837-40 1772..Greenock to Prince Edward Island, Canada on "Alexander " 1773..Scotland to Nova Scotia, Canada on "Hector"1774..Galloway area,   to Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada on "Lovely Nelly" 1790..Drimindarach to Prince Edward Island, Canada on "Jane " 1790..Drimindarach to Prince Edward Island, Canada on "Lucy " 1790..Arisaig to Quebec, Canada on "British Queen" 1801..Scotland to Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada   on "Dove" 1801..Scotland to Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada on "Sarah"1803..from Perthshire to Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada on "Commerce" 1813..from Stromness, Orkney to Canada on "Prince of Wales" 1853..Liverpool to Hobart, Tasmania, Australia on "Sir Allan McNab"; Coigach, Rothenshire & Argyle Emigrants 1861..Greenock to Otago, New Zealand on "Lady Egidia" 1881..from Glasgow to Halifax on "SS Manitoban"

A List of Deported Convicts and Vagabonds c1737-1743 indexed by county A Little Bit of Ireland good Irish genealogy siteBirths Marriages and Deaths; an index to names extracted from "Anthologia Hibernica" 1793-1794.CMC Record Project is compiling a database of christenings, marriages and cemeteries searchable by county Cromwellian Adventurers 1642-46 Deaths in Ireland 1856, taken from the New York   newspaper "The Irish- American" Executions of Irish in England from 1606 Fáilte Romhat an excellent site by John Hayes with many databases for Ireland and it's counties Fianna Guide to Genealogy Female Irish Potato Famine Orphans to Sydney, Melbourne & Adelaide 1849-1850 Flaxgrowers of Ireland 1796 The Irish Linen Board published a list of nearly 60,000 individuals in 1796. Spinning wheels were awarded based on the number of acres planted. People who planted one acre were awarded 4 spinning wheels and those growing 5 acres were awarded a loom From Ireland very useful site maintained by Jane LyonsGenealogical Society of Ireland Genuki's pages for IrelandGolden Pages Online telephone and email directory Griffiths Valuation 1848-1864 records online for this county

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Emigration of Welsh-speaking people to Argentina in the 19th century founding of the Patagonian Welsh Colony, 1865 England & Wales, Birth Index: 1837-1983 England & Wales, Marriage Index: 1837-1983 search by name or by year of marriage England & Wales, Death Index: 1837-1983 England & Wales, Birth Index: 1984-2005 England & Wales, Death Index: 1984-2005 England and Wales Visitations 18th & 19thC over

Index to "Paupers in Workhouses 1861" (10% sample) for England and WalesJewish Genealogy Links (here at genealogylinks.net) has many online databases for UK Jewish genealogy research Kellys Directory of South Wales, 1920 Lighthouse Personnel in England and Wales and the Channel Islands 1841-1910 Includes Table of  Keepers; Table of Stations by county Message Boards read and post messages with other genealogy researchers of Wales counties Mid Wales Lookup Exchange list of volunteers offering free lookups of documents. Name Index to the Book "Wales and the Drovers" Name Index to the Book; "The Welsh Cattle Drovers"

Paper-Mills and Paper-Makers in Wales 1700-1900 Pigot's Directory of South Wales, 1835

United Kingdom Genealogy has a large collection of online data including "returns of owners of land", Heralds Visitations and Trades Directories Historical Directories is a digital library of local and trade directories for England and Wales, from 1750 to 1919. It contains high quality reproductions of comparatively rare books, essential tools for research into local and genealogical history Welsh Cattle Drovers

Welsh Mormon Immigrants to the US it is estimated that approximately twenty percent of the population of Utah is of Welsh descent Welshmen at the siege of Caerphilly Castle in 1327 Welsh & Scotch-Irish Settlers of Pennsylvania & Virginia Welsh Shipping; includes

This Month I have enclosed a bit about the canal boats as some of you may find it of interest.

Ashton, Oldham & Stockport Canal

James Meadows, agent for the Company.

Wharfingers,B. Brooke, Manchester.

R. Scott, Stockport.J. Ronksby, Ashton-under-line.

 

This Canal joins the Rochdale, the Duke of Bridgewater’s, the Huddersfield, and the Peak Forest canals, by which means goods are conveyed every day, (Sundays excepted) to and from the Canal warehouse near Piccadilly in Manchester; between Hull, Mellor, Chapel-en-le-Frith, Saddle worth, Stockport, Oldham, and all the intermediate places. Respectable connections are formed for the conveyance of goods, to places at a distance from the termination of the Canals.An elegant Boat to convey Passengers and their luggage: leaves Piccadilly Manchester, on Sunday and Wednesday Mornings, at 8 o’clock, for Ashton; returns at 4 o’clock, and arrives in Manchester at 6 o’clock the same evening. Leaves Manchester on Friday Mornings, at 8 o’clock, for Stockport; returns at 4 o’clock, and arrives in Manchester at 6 o’clock the same evening. Passage Boats also leave Ashton and Stockport, for Manchester, on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Mornings, at 8 o’clock, and returns from thence during winter at 4 o’clock, and in the summer at 5 o’clock in the Evening. The same Boats also leave Ashton and Stockport, for Manchester, on Sunday Mornings at 9 o’clock, from whence they return at half past 4 o’clock in the Evening, during winter; and in the summer at 5 o’clock.

Fares

Front Room Back Room

  s  d   s  d

To Ashton - 1  0 -  -  -  -  -  - 0  8

To Return - 0  6 To Return 0  4

To Stockport - 1  0 -  -  -  -   -   - 0  8

To Return - 0  6 To Return 0  4

In 1820 there were two mills, the older Park Corn Mills in Warren Street, Stockport, and Albion Flour Mills on Lancashire Hill, Stockport. The latter was on the present site and was built in 1820 on the bank of the Stockport Branch of the Ashton Canal. In 1868 the Park Corn Mills were destroyed by fire, after which Albion Flour Mills on Lancashire Hill were enlarged to take the whole trade. In 1893 the Albion Flour Mills were themselves destroyed by fire and the present mill erected and fitted with the latest milling technology. One of the main cargos transported by the canal was wheat from Liverpool Docks to the Nelstrop Albion Corn Mill at the top of Lancashire Hill.  The flour produced was transported to Marple, Macclesfield, Stoke on Trent and many other places. The Albion Mill continues to produce flour today and is pushing on towards its 200 year anniversary.

 

Although some canals serving agricultural communities fell into disuse during the nineteenth century, those in industrial areas continued to provide a useful service. They continued to carry their established traffic, but rarely expanded into new markets which were usually served by railways. Consequently, money for improvement and renewal of facilities was unavailable for all but the most successful of canals and river navigations. Once again, it was the geography of the country which influenced development. Canals in England have large numbers of locks, with a national average of one lock every 2 kilometres. Some canals had far more than this, for example the recently re-opened Rochdale Canal has a lock every 570 metres. There were also some 5000 bridges, 60 tunnels and 400 aqueducts on the system. With such a large number of structures to alter, often surrounded by large concentrations of industry and housing, it is small wonder that the English canal system was never extensively improved. The cost would have been prohibitive. It was only river navigations, with their comparatively small number of locks, regular water supply and simplicity in increasing navigable depth and width which were improved to any great extent. The most

important improvements at this time were on the Aire & Calder Navigation, the Weaver Navigation and the Severn Navigation.

Despite their disadvantages, canals continued to provide a useful service throughout the nineteenth century. There was even increased interest in water transport, following the opening of the Manchester Ship Canal in 1894. Several further ship canals were proposed, with both the Aire & Calder Navigation and the Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation having plans. However, the First World War was to reduce optimism dramatically. The increasing use of road transport, resulting from the purchase by businesses of surplus military lorries after the war, and government's failure to provide adequate compensation for maintenance arrears suffered during the war, led to a rapid decline in canal transport on smaller canals. Even fairly successful companies, such as the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, had to sell their fleets of boats in order to reduce overheads. Small, private carrying businesses took over these fleets, but they operated with small profit margins and always had problems in replacing old boats and improving cargo handling facilities. The depression of the 1930s only added to these problems, even though the Government did provide money for some improvements. The Grand Union Canal, linking London to Birmingham was widened at this time, though its locks were only doubled in width to 4.3 metres so that two narrow boats could pass through at the same time.

The first Sutton that appears in our records is Thomas (? to 1814). He is in the village in 1775 recorded in the Town Book receiving expenses as a village official. His earliest known project is building the Navigation Inn 1788-9. In the early 1790's he also builds the two houses which adjoin the warehouse (no. 34 on the 1852 plan) and the butchers shop which adjoined the Navigation Inn. Between 1792 and 1817, together with his son James (1767 - 1830) he builds a large cottage, a small cottage and a salt warehouse on the triangle of land between the river Trent,  the canal and the turnpike road (number 7 on the 1852 plan). This James Sutton (nicknamed 'old bag' by the villagers, after a scandal) is reputed to have started his working life as a simple boatman (George Gilbert memoirs) - he was later to possess considerable wealth, including ownership of Shard low Hall as a result of his business success especially in the salt trade. In 1795/6 James is in occupation of the Navigation Inn and a lease in 1818 shows that he had a riverside wharf on the Derbyshire bank upstream of Cavendish Bridge, where the river runs close to the turnpike road. By then he has a teenage son, another James (1801-

1868).  There are records of Upper Trent Boats being built by the Shardlow Boat Company for their own use from 1774 to 1785, the most recent of these was sold in 1796. We do not have evidence of a connection between this company and the Sutton's at that time.  Thomas Sutton was a regular supplier of coals to the Shardlow Overseer of the Poor as early as January 1803 which implies that he was carrying then. James the elder purchased Trent sailing boats from 1808 and by 1820 was trading as 'James Sutton and the Shardlow Boat Company'. However the name James Sutton and Co. continued to appear after 1820, presumably as an abbreviation. With the competition from the railways the family fortunes decline and James Sutton the younger, faced with a re-evaluation of his property for assessing the amount of poor rates he must pay, bemoans in 1851 that '....we think the Property over rated and if he [John Bromley 1852 surveyor] used Sanders [1837 surveyor] (in dear times) valued at certain rates it will influence him in valuing in these very low times.' [Letter from Sutton to Soresby Nov 4 1851 - Derbyshire Record office 1326A/P057]  By 1850 the Suttons have stopped building boats. By 1858 they had closed their wharf in Derby, and the 1860 Directory for Shardlow no longer lists them as Canal Carriers - although James Clifford, close friend and former partner is then listed as a general carrier. 

Sutton Employees  

Names of boat masters on Trent boats were: Thos CraneWoolley, James White, and John Tomlinson. There will be more names in the portion of Trent Navigation Tables that we have yet to review.   We know of more than 40 names of narrow boat captains working for James Sutton from the 1830's to 50's of whom just a handful have been identified in the Shardlow census records. The family of whom we know most is that of Samuel Till senior and junior, Joseph Woolly, Josh.

     

Sutton Employees    

Names of boat masters on Trent boats were: Thos Crane, Joseph Woolley, Josh. Woolley, James White, and John Tomlinson. There will be more names in the portion of Trent Navigation Tables that we have yet to review.   We know of more than 40 names of narrowboat captains working for James Sutton from the 1830's to 50's of whom just a handful have been identified in the Shardlow census records. The family of whom we know most is that of Samuel Till senior and junior:     

Till, Samuel junior   [died 14 Nov 1872 aged 51, buried in Shardlow churchyard with his wife and daughter Diana]   Schedule76   1851 census   Shardlow Lock     

NAME AGE OCCUPATION BORN

Samuel Till

29Canal Carriers Boatman

Middlewich

Catherine 26   Shardlow

Edward 5   Shardlow

Joseph 3   Shardlow

Diana10 months

  Shardlow

Samuel Till is listed in the 1852 Poor Rate Survey living at plot 179 owned by Holden [no. 7 on our 1852 plan]            We think built by Thomas Sutton (photo much enlarged background of small snapshot from 1930's)  

  

Till, Samuel junior   [died 14 Nov 1872 aged 51, buried in Shardlow churchyard with his wife and daughter Diana]   Schedule76   1851 census   Shardlow Lock     

NAME AGE OCCUPATION BORN

Samuel 29 Canal Carriers Middlewich

Till Boatman

Catherine 26   Shardlow

Edward 5   Shardlow

Joseph 3   Shardlow

Diana10 months

  Shardlow

Samuel Till is listed in the 1852 Poor Rate Survey living at plot 179 owned by Holden [no. 7 on our 1852 plan]            We think built by Thomas Sutton (photo much enlarged background of small snapshot from 1930's)  

 Canalside - Plot 179 on 1852 plan1861 census -  Boats on the Canal - 'Swift'  

Edward Till

15 captains son Shardlow

Joseph Till

13 captains son Shardlow

from Cargo records  

Samuel Till senior

Feb 12 1844

1 truss hosieryLeicester to Middlewich

Samuel Till junior

July 29 1850

40 loads malt in 48 sacks

Shardlow to Middlewich

Samuel Till junior

Aug 3 1850

1 box starch,   1 hogshead sugar,   1 chest tea,   1 bag coffee,   1 tin molasses

Liverpool to Middlewich

 

                                   The 1816 list of inhabitants in Shardlow who were not parishioners include the following people who have been brought in to work for the Suttons:  

Joseph Cubley from Swarkestone

a clerk in Mr Sutton's office

Joseph Gilbertfrom Loughborough

a warehouseman

Jonathan Glasbyfrom Yorkshire

a clerk to Mr Sutton

George Wilkinsonfrom Gainsborough

ropemaker to Mr Sutton

Sam Shepherd from WestonMr Sutton's blacksmith

           We also know from the Will of Sarah Cantrell 1855 that her son in law and executor was John Hinkley Williams, Accountant and Clerk to Mssrs Sutton and Co... Interestingly the Witnesses included Thomas Sephton of Shardlow who was a boatbuilder.     The 1832 Cholera epidemic had dreadful consequences for one of James Sutton's boat families. The Derby Mercury of 12 Sept 1832 reports:   'We understand a case of cholera occurred at Shardlow on the 2nd. The person afflicted was the wife of a boatmaster in the employ of Messrs Sutton & Co. A meeting of the inhabitants was convened on the following Sunday, James Sutton Esq. in the chair, when it was resolved to fit up a vessel as a temporary hospital afloat on the river Trent.'  

The 1832 Cholera epidemic had dreadful consequences for one of James Sutton's boat families. The Derby Mercury of 12 Sept 1832

reports:   'We understand a case of cholera occurred at Shardlow on the 2nd. The person afflicted was the wife of a boatmaster in the employ of Messrs Sutton & Co. A meeting of the inhabitants was convened on the following Sunday, James Sutton Esq. in the chair, when it was resolved to fit up a vessel as a temporary hospital afloat on the river Trent.'    

Sutton's cargo   Entries in the 1827 and 1850 Directories show the extent of the trading network:   

                                Details of James Sutton’s cargoes are known from 1831 - 1850. The earliest, from the records at the Derbyshire Record Office, list goods from Red Bull Wharf to Liverpool and Shardlow but do not list the contents of the bags, chests, crates, casks and hampers.   From the records at Ellesmere Port Boat Museum which cover 1842 - 1850 (with gaps) the total variety of goods is fascinating but those from Shardlow are confined to malt, beans, oats, barley, flour, timber and the odd 1/2 hogshead of vinegar.   Examples of other shipments are as follows:  

1842 1 box of hats from Manchester to Middlewich

18435 bundles of spades

from Preston to Middlewich

18433 sacks of seeds

from Etruria to G. Geesby, Middlewich

1843 1 cask of ale from Stoke to Mr Greatbatch, Middlewich6 Mar 1847

1 box of candles

from Leek to James Wall of Chester - landed there (9 Mar 1847)

1847    

60 bags of malt    

from Shardlow to R. Longton of Winsford - note several bags   in a very wet  state 

                                       The records for the second half of 1850 seem to be complete and some idea of journey and turn-around times for individual boatmen can be given.   

5 July 1850 James Drakefield travels to Middlewich from Stoke with vinegar. On the 13th he is in Middlewich again with a cargo of matches from Manchester, he returns to Middlewich from Liverpool on the 22nd, from Shardlow with malt on the 25th and from Liverpool with tea and flour on the 29th.  

In September of 1850 he is in Middlewich from Manchester with candles on the 21st, from Leicester with 1 truss on the 26th and from Liverpool with molasses on the 30th.

                                We also know that in the Staffordshire Record Office there are vouchers  for the transport for James Wardle of Leek brook (a dying company), 1830 - 1845 which we will be looking at soon

.I have added this as I think its good reading you never know you may find some of your family on here

Entries found for Births and Marriages of Wolverhampton Boatpeople St.PetersChurch Baptism Register. 7/ 56 refers to page 7 of the Register entry number 567 / 56 September 10 th. 1827Mary Ann daughter of James & Elizabeth Perches Wolverhampton boatman11 / 86 September 23 rd. 1827Isaac son of Thomas & Elizabeth Ashley Wolverhampton boatman23 / 178 October 21 st. 1827Ellen daughter of William & Ellen Pool Wolverhampton boatman27 / 210 November 2 nd. 1827Martha daughter of Benjamin & Phobe Crofs Wolverhampton boat builder41 / 327 December 12 th. 1827William son of William & Elizabeth Mackferson Wolverhampton boatman41 / 328 December 12 th. 1827John son of Thomas & Sarah Bowers Wolverhampton boatman49 / 392 January 4 Th. 1828Ann daughter of James & Ann Worrall Wolverhampton boat builder57 / 453 January 22 nd. 1828Ann daughter of John & Sarah Beaton Wolverhampton boatman59 / 467 January 27 th. 1828

Elizabeth daughter of John & Elizabeth Thacker Wolverhampton boatman60 / 478 January 30 th. 1828William son of John & Sarah Bate Wolverhampton boatman66 / 523 February 17 th. 1828Ann daughter of George & Lucy Hanshaw Wolverhampton boatman69 / 547 February 24 th. 1828Sarah daughter of Richard & Ann Taylor Wolverhampton boatman70 / 555 February 26 th. 1828Joseph son of Samuel & Ann Mincher Wolverhampton boatman81 / 644 March 27 th. 1828William son of James & Mary Emberton Wolverhampton boatman103 / 819 May 24 th. 1828George Pool son of Thomas & Jane Turner Wolverhampton boatman103 / 824 May 25 th. 1828Henry son of Benjamin & Elizabeth Bowater Wolverhampton boatman

1Names of Boats found in the list of Baptisms and Marriages.

Wolverhampton Church recordsSurnameBoat name Boatman / Boatwoman year in use page in listJersey W. Davies 1882 24Pelican J. Bannister 1883 25Nelly J. Johnson 1883Fanny S.u.r. J. Wood 1884William R. Hammonds 1884George Bannister 1884 / 5Margaret Barrett 1884 / 5Barlaston Johnson 1885Conqueror Patrick 1885Emily Wilday 1885 26Elgin Ashton 1886

Maude Curtis 1886Burton Sid wells / Nicholls 1886Carp Nightingale 1888 27Prince Stokes 1888Tench Poate / Fletcher 1888William Clarke 1888Marton Branson 1889 28Bella Clegg 1889Perseverance Merchant 1889Ceres Guest 1889Plassey Rowbotham 1889Conqueror S.U.R. Baker 1889Florence Clegg 1889Clara Davis 1889Helen Doughty 1890Chesham Hunting 1890Lea Morris 1891 29Herald Smith 1891Horace Hoskins 1891Fairy Ward 1891York Hodgkin 1891Albia S.U.R. Doughty 1892Una Ralph 1893Blanche Rae 1893Phillip Dateford 1894 30Leah Sidwell 1894Sidney Davis / Walters 1894Fairy S.U.R. Griffin 1895 30Paris Dukes / Green 1895 31Herald S.U.R. Lloyd 1896Corsair Hodgkiss 1897Beston Wood 1897Albion Tyler 1899 32Marvel Patrick 1869 46Don Blower 1879 49Leicester Hodson 1882 51Maggie Carman 1882Julia Stokes 1883Liverpool Meredith 1883Violet Goode 1883 52Madras Edwards 1883Amy Hillman 1883

Nellie Patrick 1883Tench Morris 1884Burdin

1 / 1 July 9 Th. 1843George William son of George and Jane Webster Boatbuilder2 / 15 October 6 Th. 1843Caroline dau.of William and Ann Downs Bilston Street Boatman4 / 26 February 9 Th. 1845Alfred son of George and Jane Webster Albion Street Boatbuilder7 / 51 January 22 nd. 1846William son of William and Sarah Yardley Horsley Fields Boatman7 / 52 January 23 rd. 1846Harriet dau.of William and Mary Boaz Walsall Street Boatman8 / 57 March 13 Th. 1846Charles son of John and Emma Collins Walsall Street Boatman11 / 88 February 16 Th. 1847Jane dau.of Thomas and Mary Perry Boatman18 / 138 April 7 Th. 1848Caroline dau.of Richard and Elizabeth Meredith Bilston Street Boatman21 / 164 November 12 th. 1848Elizabeth Emma dau.of John and Emma Collins Walsall Street Boatman21 / 165 November 12 th. 1848Emma Jane dau.of George and Jane Webster Albion Street Boatbuilder22 / 176 January 7 Th. 1849James son of Frank and Eliza Fitchett Horseley Fields Boatman26 / 204 March 25 Th. 1849Jane dau.of Matthew and Sarah Greenwood Mundy's Buildings Boatman27 / 211 April 15 Th. 1849Jane dau.of John and Eliza Beaton Horseley Fields Boatman

32 / 254 June 13 Th. 1849Thomas son of George and Mary Downes Swan Garden Row Boatman40 / 318 October 14 Th. 1849Joseph Walter son of Thomas and Hannah Webster Horseley Fields Boatbuilder43 / 338 November 4 Th. 1849Mary Jane dau.of William and Elizabeth Williams Walsall Street Boatman43 / 339 November 11 th. 1849Henry son of William and Elizabeth Meacher Horseley Fields Boatman

Thank you for reading the monthly news letter I hope it will be ok for you again this month

Vera and Christine