Canal Boatmen and Women

[kerry1212]

Hi all hoping to find any people with canal boatmen or women in their trees, mine come from the harrison line, in tipton but being boatmen they travelled all over so have a lot elsewhere too, if anyone has any let me know

thanks kerry

For reasons and circumstances that have happened today i would like to add that the contents and photo's on my webite are from family members, the information is from numerous family members and years of searching with help also from family members and numerous geneaology sites including rootschat without them i would never have found the family members who have helped me, the cover of my website is my husbands grandmother emily harrison wife of jack/john harrison.
If your family do appear on the website and you are not happy with it being there please let me know and i will delete it

thank you all kerry

[willow154]

Hi Kerry,
You might find this thread interesting:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,319181.0.html
Although Greg's ancestor was not from Staffs he moved many Tipton/Bilston/Staffs people up from there to Derbyshire (including mine ).
Hope you get some more responses - good luck.
Paulene

[kerry1212]

thanks willow

kerry

[ann cooper]

Hi

I have a few boatmen in my Husbands tree, from the Cheshire and Staffordshire area.

Regards
Ann

[willow154]

Hi Ann,
Welcome to rootschat - I hope you find it interesting, and helpful.
I'm curious to know what your ancestors (and Kerry's) went on to do later - I know the Bonser family, on the Erewash Canal at Ilkeston, moved on to doing pleasure trips in the 1920s. (see thread on post).
Paulene
I recently visited St.John's Chruch, Kate's Hill, Dudley, to find the grave of my ancestor - William Perry, also known as the Tipton Slasher, is buried there.
http://nelldixonrw.blogspot.com/2007/12/friday-fun-20.html

[jacquelineve]

Kerry

 I have Whitehouse.

Names assoc.by marriage.
Hodgetts
Williams
Woodward
Smith
Fletcher
Asson
                  All boatmen.
                 Jackie

[ann cooper]

Hi All

Surnames of Boatmen in Family Tree

Wood - Stafffordshire
Fradley - Stone, Staffordshire and Middlewich, Cheshire
Leese - Middlewich, Cheshire
Hollinshead - Cheshire
Dewis - Cheshire
Moore - Tipton,  West Midlands and Cheshire
Leeson - Cheshire
Hough - Cheshire
and other boatmen related by marriage

Regards
Ann

Regards
Ann

[kerry1212]

hi ann i have john fradley married eliza harrison in 1880 in my husbands tree is john your relative?

kerry

[Arnie991]

Hi everyone

As Willow has said I have boatman from Derbyshire area, They are Thomas Bonser and some of his sons also in my tree there is a John Bradley he is from Derbyshire and a couple of his sons. If anybody has seen these names in there research let me know and I will keep a look out for yours.

Thanks
Greg