Canal Boatmen and Women

[meaney1955]

sorry kerry i forgot my name is john

[kerry1212]

hi john nice to hear from you, we are from the harrison line, the lady on front of website is emily harrison she married john/jacky harrison, she drowned in 1943 at the age of 43, we have been told she is buried with her best friend clara stokes in uxbridge, i am now trying to find out if the woman in the picture who is sitting down is clara? if anyone had a clara stokes in their tree please let me know


kerry

[Doomkittycleo]

Hello to all involved in discussions about Fradleys. I am ANB14's youngest daughter Sarah. I am really looking forward to visiting Stone next week with my mum and dad. Does anyone have any more information about Fradley's from Stone. Names of boats they might have owned/worked on, places they might have been to, photographs or locations of Graves etc.
from Sarah Fradley

[jane harrison]

hello meaney 1955
moses jenkins hollingshead born in penkridge staffordshire died 21 nov 1908 in wolsanton staff. married 19 june 1848 in penkridge.eliza fradley born stone & died in 1899 in wolstanton moses was the son of thomas & sarah (heath) hollinshead. eliza was daughter to benjamin & elizabeth (hassal) fradley.
if this is your family they seem to have links also with woods,,james,jinks.bunn,nixon & bannister.all canal famlies . some of these also link at some stage to the nixon & banister in my harrison family tree,but there again most canal famlies married into each other
jeannette

[jane harrison]

hello all fradley linked people visiting stone
children of benjamin & elizabeth (hassal) fradley
benjamin born in stone
sarah. born in stone christened @st michael stone 5/8/1836
mary ann born in stone
harriet born in stone 1st marrige @ stone
eliza born in stone
alice born in stone
benjamin born in stone
anne born in stone 4/11/1819 christened there 3 days later
charles born stone christened same day
so that should give you a days work hunting out these.
happy hunting
jeannette

[jane harrison]

john fradley 1859 married eliza jane harrison 1859, eliza janes father george harrison was my gg grandads brother
jeannette

[canalbabe]

Hollinshead & Fradley also appear in my tree and have links to James, Chater, Jinks & Wenlock who are my blood rellies.

[meaney1955]

hello jane it was good of you to get in touch yes my familes are deffo james hollinsheads and fradleys i am bold over with the info on this site you are all brill with the hard work that you do also canalbabe yes we deffo have family links all the best meaney1955

[t20racerman]

Hi again

I asked for some info on the Barlow's earlier and also posted this picture - wondering if anyone recognised the barge:



Since then I've met an expert on the Barlows, who also has contacts to identify boats. He has told me that:

The barge is the HAROLD and it was built in 1911 and registered at Coventry No. 365 on the 13th February 1911 for John Ensor, proprietor of the Midland Quarry Company of Tuttle Hill, Nuneaton. Her master was Thomas Bromage at first, but in later years John Finch then Charles Ward worked her.

Although I can't see a direct link to my family, someone else might find this information useful.