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It is a long while since I was on this site so I do not know what you are answering but I can give you the Nixon connections in my family.
My Grandparents were John Palin b.1879 Tunstall, Staffordhire & Isabella Cresswell. My Gran's sister was Jane Cresswell and she married Benjamin Slater Nixon on 7th Jun 1897, Parish Church, Alrewas, Staffordshire. They had 11 sons and 1 daughter Ann Matilda Jane. Sons names Eli, Jim, Bill, Frank, Elijah, Charles, Edwin & Edmund. 3 sons died. They lived in the Northampton area but I did not track them any further.
Elizabeth Palin married Edward Slater Nixon b. 18 Aug 1878 & Thomas Palin married Eliza Slater Nixon on 30th May 1898, Parish Church, Alrewas, Staffordshire. It was a double marriage. Thomas & Elizabeth Palin were my Grandad's  brother & sister. Edward Slater Nixon & Elizabeth Palin's children were Emily Slater Nixon, Ethel Slater Nixon & Cyril Nixon. There may be more children.
Ellen Slater Nixon married David Wood 19th Oct 1891 St Mary's, Tunstall, Staffordhire. David Wood related to my Gt. Grandma Hannah Wood b. abt. 1851 West Bromwich, Staffs.
The Nixon tree is William Nixon & Sophia Slater married 16th Mar 1852 , Parish Church, Tettenhall, Staffordshire.
Edwin Nixon Slater & Emma Wilkes married 17th May 1873, St. Mary's, Stafford. Their children became Slater Nixon's.
Ellen Slater Nixon b. abt. 1874 Penkridge, Staffordshire, Benjamin Slater Nixon b. abt. 1876 Manchester, Edward Slater Nixon b. 18th Aug 1878, Preston Brook Cheshire, Eliza Slater Nixon b. abt. 1880 Preston Brook, Cheshire, Emily Slater Nixon b. abt. 1885 Wolverhampton and Mary Jane Slater Nixon b. abt. 1888 Shardlow, Derbyshire.
The canal route went from Ellesmere Port, threw Cheshire & Staffordshire and on to Derby & Nottingham.
It may not link up with your tree but they were a closed community marrying other canal boat families.
Good Luck finding your Nixon family tree.
 

My Granddad John Palin  worked for Fellows and Morton. My Dad was born on a boat called 'The Maple'. It is quite likely that Paling or Pailing are my folks. Gran & Granddad could not read or write and ages and names would alter. What are Milners records?
 I have found a census for 1881 at Canal Sutton, Macclesfield, Cheshire. It has William Pailing b.1853 Little Leigh, Cheshire. His wife Mary has the wrong age b.1843 instead of b.1850 at Tunstall, Staffordshire. His children are Mary W b.1872 Birmingham, Margaret b.1877 Derby, Elizabeth b.1880 Derby and Stephen b.1881 Runcorn, Cheshire. I also found a marriage 31st Mar 1873 at Acton Trussell, Stafford for William Palin father Thomas Palin Labourer and Mary Willcocks a widow father James Turner Boatman. On the 1911 census they have a niece Mary Turner b.1887 Walsall, Stafford so this links up.
My Grandparents John & Isabella Palin had a cottage by the canal at Weston, Stafford. It used to be called Weston-on-Trent. Nearby there was a family of Hollinsheads and I think they were cousins to my Dad. Are these your folks?
Jane Nixon's sister Harriet Cresswell m. John Green father Henry Green 9th Mar 1901 St Michaels, Brierley Hill, Dudley. I noticed there was Green in your family line.
The other Cresswells are Phoebe Cresswell m. Edwin Beckett, Selina Oram Cresswell m. John Hodson White, second husband Selina Oram White m. Harry Redwood, Florence Cresswell m. Benjamin Goode, Elizabeth Cresswell m. Thomas Jones known as Tom Coffee, James Cresswell m. Charlotte Evans.

Hi Jane,
A few marriages on the Woods side. I need to do a family tree. My line is Thomas Wood m. Lois Daniel, Joseph Wood m. Mary Ann Atkins 31st Oct 1850 at Tunstall, Staffs, Hannah Wood m. Thomas Palin 26th Sept 1870 at Christchurch, Tunstall, Staffs.
Hannah Wood's sister Mary Wood m. Thomas Jenkinson Hollinshead father Moses Jenkinson Hollinshead 24th Dec 1872 at Christchurch, Tunstall, Staffs.
Ellen Slater Nixon father Edwin Nixon m. David Wood father Peter Wood 19th Oct St Marys, Tunstall, Staffs
Chris

jane,
I have not been able to find Jane Creswells mother Ann Matilda Guest. She is on the census as being born at Manchester and Macclesfield, Cheshire. Isabelle Cresswell was christened at Ellesmere Port. She married at St. Pauls Tipton 21st May 1877 to James Cresswell. Her father is John Guest a boatman. Also John Cresswell married Ann Taylor on the same day. The family though that Ann Matilda Cresswell was a Smallwood. My Uncle Dan Withers mother was Mary Smith and she was friends with Ann Matilda Cresswell.
Chris

Chempat,
The last one was about Thomas Palin b. abt. 1871 and his two brothers Joseph and John in 1901. A sister is at Alrewas in 1901. Phoebe m. Arthur Johnson. She is on her own with two children. She is down as Cober A. Johnson b.1875 Sandbach, Cheshire. Her children are Harry and Pheobe. I think she could be Seria or Sarah A. There is also a Mary Ann who marries a Joseph Hollinshead.
Chris