Thomas Palin b.1850/51 married Hannah Wood on 26th Sept. 1870 at Christ Church

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Chempat,
Thomas Palin b.1850/51. In 1901 Thomas Palins brothers Joseph and John are on the boats at Barnton, Cheshire. John Palins mate is Herbert Wood b.1881 Tunstall. Joseph Palins mate is Saml Palin b.1858 Marston, Cheshire. Is this the Samuel Palin b.1860 Little Leigh, Cheshre on the palinfamily tree? Also James Atkins is at Newton, Cheshire in 1871. There are three brothers missing on the family tree Thomas Palin 1851, William Palin b.1853 and Samuel Palin b.1860.

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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

[jane harrison]

Jane,
Did not know this story. Its quite romantic. It is Benjamin Slater Nixon on the marriage certificate so we must be from this family and it goes back to a William Nixon and Sophia Slater.
Chris

yes it is on his certificate also his father was called Eli Slater Nixon .This story was told to me many times as a child by my Grandad I come from 8 generations of working boat family's on Grandad's side & 4 on my Nanny's side none of them could read or write so the normal childhood reading of bedtime fairy tales was not possible instead I was told stories of their life & customs ect
 50 odd years later all these tales & memories are written down this is my heritage to pass on to my Grandchildren & the canal world some day  as a matter of interest Joe Hollingshead is also in my family tree.

[jane harrison]

sorry so as not to confuse I have benjamine slater Nixon who married  Jane creswell they had a son eli slater Nixon who married lizzy monk they had a son benjamine slater Nixon who married violet Harrison  also to make your head spin I have woods as well = Ronnie wood from the rolling stones shares the same gg grandparents as myself he is from working boatmen stock although he was born on the bank when his parents retired off the boats they settled in Cowley his dad often went fishing with my granddad

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Jane,
Thanks for the family tree. I'm pleased you have recorded these stories & customs as it is all being lost. My Uncle Dan Withers from Tipton has his canal boat 'The Ferret' in the Ellesmere Port Boat Museum. He did the ropework on the boat.
I had heard we are related to Ronnie Wood and I watched a programme about Ronnie Wood.
Chris

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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

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Hi Jane,
The family tree on palinfamily.tribalpages.com seems to be the right one. Thomas Palin b.1818 Kinderton, Cheshire m. Margaret Wood. Two of their sons became boatmen. 1. Thomas Palin b.1851 Newton Heath, Cheshire m. Hannah Wood at Tunstall, Staffs. He dies in 1882 at Stafford. 2. William Palin b.1853 Little Leigh, Cheshire is on the 1911 census at The Canal, Etruria Lock, Hanley, Staffs. His wife is Mary b. abt. 1851 Clay Hill, Shropshire and there is a niece Mary Turner b. abt.1887 Walsall, Staffs. Also on the boats at The Canal, Etruria are Frank & Beny Goode. Jane Nixon's sister Florence Cresswell m. Benjamin Goode 25th Dec 1913 at Weston- on-Trent, Stafford. A possible link to you is John & Sarah Palin. Sarah Ann's father is Thomas Harrison & first husband is John Lowe. There are several surnames I recognize.
Many thanks for the Nixon family tree which made it a lot clearer. Jane Nixon's parents were James Cresswell b.17th Jan 1854 Little Lane, Wolverhampton and Ann Matilda Guest b.1857. James Cresswell's parents were John Cresswell & Jane Horton m.3rd Oct 1847 St Matthews, Walsall, Staffs. John Cresswell's parents maybe William & Mary Cresswell. John Cresswell christened 16th May 1824 St Matthews, Walsall all boatmen.
Chris

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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

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Hi Jane,
I missed the year off the David Wood & Ellen Slater Nixon marriage it was 19th Oct 1891.
Jane Creswell's mother Ann Matilda Guest seems to be just Matilda Guest. I think I have found her on a census in 1871. She is at 6 Canal Side, Park Lane, East Canal Side, Tipton, Dudley, Staffordshire.
James Dollar widower, boatman b.1816 at Tipton, Staffordshire.
Hannah Guest housekeeper widow, boatwoman b.1835 at Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire.
Isabella Guest daughter b.1856 at London, Middlesex.
Matilda Guest daughter b. 1858 at Manchester, Lancashire.
John Guest son b.1860 at Staffordshire.
There is also a family of Thompsons.
I mixed up the generations and it was Isabella Palin not her mother Matilda Cresswell/Guest who was friends with Mary Smith.
Matilda Cresswell died on her 83rd birthday in 1940 at Wolverhampton and is buried at St Andrews, Weston, Stafford.
I think this is as far as I will be able to trace. I hope your stories and customs are published someday.
Chris