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Travelling People / Re: information needed of two bargee families please
« on: Wednesday 14 June 23 10:12 BST (UK) »I have ancestors who lived on the Canal in Wombourne, nr Wolverhampton.Hi I have parish records for Wombourne and the surrounding areas, and am doing research on all the families of Wombourne for a History room that will be opened hopefully late 2023. So please get in touch and I will help where I can. I am also going to be doing a folder on the Canal/Boat families of Wombourne so any info which I could put into the folders would be of help thanks
Steven Underhill (1799-1838) married Sarah Bowater (1799-1825). He was a boatman and the Bowater's were also a canal family.
They had a daughter Mary Ann Underhill in 1821, who married William Rushbury and then lived in Wolverhampton.
Also a son Edward, who stayed on the canal and is captured in Census's living at Crescent Wharf in Birmingham in 1851 and at "No. 14, Boat on the Canal" in Wombourne in 1881.
If anyone knows anything about the Underhill's or Bowater's please get in touch.