Forwarding ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2000 4:50 PM Subject: {not a subscriber} fullwood > trying to trace ggrandfather harry/harold fullwood worked on canal in > wolverhampton around 1915-25 lived in bricklin street wton wifes name poss > mary had three sons > any help greatly appreciated > > thanks > lorraine > >

Does anyone have any information on William COX, a boatman from northern Staffordshire/Cheshire, who was married to a woman named Louisa. I found a baptism in the Christ Church, Tunstall records for a Sarah COX daughter of William COX and Louisa. Abode was listed as Tunstall and his occupation was Boatman. I think he may have been brother to my great great grandfather, John COX, and engineer. Thank you for any information. Laura Bradley Groton Connecticut USA

If anyone responded or sent anything to me via the list I had a mega computer problem this morning and lost the lot! So please resend. Regards Julie Goucher [email protected]

Hi list, My g grandad, Samuel LLOYD, has his occ on his daughters marriage cert as Canal Rope Maker licfone Has anyone any idea what " licfone " is, was,does?? John in Doncaster UK

Hello Listers Has anybody come across a Daniel Rockingham born about 1770. Died in Potterspury workhouse 1843 age 73. He has brickwalled a few of us so am attempting to if his parents were canal people. He was a labourer building the Grand Union canal between Yardley Gobion and Wolverhampton. A few ROCKINGHAMS have been mentioned as boatmen but that does not necessarily mean that they lived on boats. Would appreciate any suggestion. Regards Pete

There have been lots of bounced messages and consequently Rootsweb unsubscribes after 4 bounces. If that happens please resubscribe. I have set the digests to release every 12 hours so you should be able to see if you have missed messages. This, it appears is a mixture of ISP problems, people not collecting mail. Regards Julie Goucher [email protected]

Seen on the Staffordshire list. >From: Peter [email protected] on 02/23/2000 02:48 PM >I am looking for information on John Godfrey born around 1881 >on a smallholding at Clayhanger Lane near Walsall. > >This is all of the information I have on him: > >John worked on the canal as a bargee when horses were used to pull the barges. >One night a little girl fell into the canal while he was grooming the horses. >John >jumped in and rescued the girl and then returned to finish grooming the horses >instead of changing out of his wet clothes. He caught pneumonia and died at >age 47 i.e., about 1928. He is buried at Key Hill Cemetary, Hockley, Birmingham. > >Any further information would be appreciated. > >Thanks > >Pete > >______________________________

Forwarding ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 5:07 PM Subject: Smith > INterested in Smith family in New Orleans who worked on the canal and came > from Ireland. > > [email protected] > >

You may be able to find something on the Web. Here are a few sites. http://www.british-waterways.org/ http://www.canals.com/index.htm http://community-1.webtv.net/NeptuneGrpLLC/CANALSINLAND/ http://www.waterways.org.uk/iwa/ This last being the Inland Waterways Association that I have been a member of for 40 years. All have links to other useful and interesting pages. Hope you enjoy these. James Barlow ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Healey" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 2:40 PM Subject: Re: [CANAL-PEOPLE] Boatmen/women. > Goodday from Campbellford (On the Trent canal) Ontario. My g.grandfather & > grandfather both were bargemen& watermen in the Mirfield/Goole area in > circa 1800 /1850 Is there any listing books or other informtion thah could > be checked to find more details of their lives --Henry Healey?Heley > 1807 --1845 & EdwardHealey/Heley 1834 1845 --when they both came to Canada . > Perhaps others in the family worked on the canals during & after that time?? > Also are there maps available on the Yorkshire canal system?? I was in > England back in 1979 pursuing my hobby of antique gas & steam engines & did > wonder at the small size of some canals !! (didn't know about my canal > connection at that time) ----- Any help is allways appreciated Larry > Healey > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 3:10 AM > Subject: Re: [CANAL-PEOPLE] Boatmen/women. > > > > Hi, > > I have no Brandreth family on the canal boats, but have Slater's from the > > Tettenhall & Compton areas. (Nr. Wolverhampton.) > > One of the Slater's marries a Nixon and they eventually end up in > Penkridge. > > I am willing to exchange what info I have on the Slater family. > > Regards Mo > > [email protected] > > > > > > ============================== > > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > > > > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > >

Goodday from Campbellford (On the Trent canal) Ontario. My g.grandfather & grandfather both were bargemen& watermen in the Mirfield/Goole area in circa 1800 /1850 Is there any listing books or other informtion thah could be checked to find more details of their lives --Henry Healey?Heley 1807 --1845 & EdwardHealey/Heley 1834 1845 --when they both came to Canada . Perhaps others in the family worked on the canals during & after that time?? Also are there maps available on the Yorkshire canal system?? I was in England back in 1979 pursuing my hobby of antique gas & steam engines & did wonder at the small size of some canals !! (didn't know about my canal connection at that time) ----- Any help is allways appreciated Larry Healey From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 3:10 AM Subject: Re: [CANAL-PEOPLE] Boatmen/women. > Hi, > I have no Brandreth family on the canal boats, but have Slater's from the > Tettenhall & Compton areas. (Nr. Wolverhampton.) > One of the Slater's marries a Nixon and they eventually end up in Penkridge. > I am willing to exchange what info I have on the Slater family. > Regards Mo > [email protected] > > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi >

In a message dated 23/02/00 08:12:01 GMT Standard Time, [email protected] writes: << I have no Brandreth family on the canal boats, but have Slater's from the Tettenhall & Compton areas. (Nr. Wolverhampton.) >> Hello Mo, I was about to respond by asking about the Slater's for my Australian friend and then realised you have already been in contact with her: Maureen in Queensland. Yes? Incidentally, I believe I wrote Brandrick not Brandreth? She wrote to say how very helpful you are!! There's an Internet accolade for you! Do you possess any records of Ayars/Ayers or Pearson? Thank you. Tony Conolly (in Wales).

Hi, I have no Brandreth family on the canal boats, but have Slater's from the Tettenhall & Compton areas. (Nr. Wolverhampton.) One of the Slater's marries a Nixon and they eventually end up in Penkridge. I am willing to exchange what info I have on the Slater family. Regards Mo [email protected]

Forwarding! ----- Original Message ----- From: Lois Watts <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 6:45 PM Subject: Hardesty > Please kindly let me know any Email of P & O Canal near Youngstown and > Niles where I believe my husband's generation used to be a canal boat > maker. Their last names were Hardesty and Sechler. Thank you, Lois E. > Watts >

Hello Listers, Just to introduce myself. My name is Barbara Terrace and some of my ancestors were flatmen/bargees/watermen. My main surname in this field is HOLDEN and they were from the Great Sankey area of Lancashire. They obviously thought it was worthwhile changing their occupation from cordwainer to flatman/waterman when the Sankey Canal was built. Of course having these sort of people in your family does make life difficult especially when, as mine did, crossed over the River Mersey into Cheshire to marry whilst they were travelling up and down the waterways. Whilst looking for another branch of my family in Runcorn in Cheshire on the 1861 census I came across some watermen tied up at the quays in Runcorn and duly wrote them down and posted them to the Cheshire Mailing List (and others) where Helen kindly linked it to the Geocities for Cheshire. So if you think that you have "lost" ancestors in this period try looking on this site to see if they are in Cheshire. It is surprising how far these Canal People travelled. Happy Searching. Barbara http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/8555/bargees.html

Thanks James, it seems you are quite right. Norm Holt also answered me and said that it was simply a somewhat meandering canal following the contours at 300 feet above sea level. Cheers Geoff in Helsinki

I have an idea that when a contour canal was built it would follow the contours wherever possible, rather than having cuttings, tunnels, locks etc. Early surveyors/engineers such as Brindley would have built his canals in this way. However, I eagerly await someone else answering your question, in case I am wrong. Having been a member of the Inland Waterways Association for over 40 years, I ought to be able to answer questions like this!!! James Barlow ----- Original Message ----- From: "geoff white" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2000 4:07 PM Subject: [CANAL-PEOPLE] Contour Canal? > I have just read that the Coventry canal is a '300ft contour canal'. > Could someone explain to a dumb road user what this means? > Cheers, > Geoff in Helsinki > > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > >

Hoping the following might be of interest : Oxford St. Thomas Parish Registers Microfiche Transcripts Vol II 1841 - Baptisms 05.09.1824 Mary Sophia ASHLEY dau of Joseph and Lydy High (Hythe) Bridge; boatman Tippon, Worcs; Bat(?) 30.04 13.12.1902 James CROCKETT son of Thomas and Ann boatman; Canal Barge Birmingham; dob 24.02.1889 17.07.1907 Lucy Elizabeth BEAUCHAMP dau of George Peter and Clara boatman; Canal Boat; dob 29.04.1907 27.10.1907 Queenatrion Rosina GOSTLOW dau George and Florence Edith of Kingston on Thames Surrey lighterman; dob 27.09.1907 Burials 22.12.1894 Edward Chapman WEBB aged 40 Canal Barge 25.03.1899 William MILLER aged 61 Canal Barge 10.04.1899 Alice CURTIS aged 68 Pink Hill Lock, Berkshire Regards, Rosie and Chris Plymouth UK [email protected] Searching for more about Charles COOK(E) 1830-1911 his brother Mark and nephew Randolph (who was a rower and coached rowing crews) All watermen around Folly Bridge, Oxford Charles was also a Thames Commissioner (we think) and University Policeman

Hi, Any information please re: Calloway and Ayars/Ayers. Hemel Hempstead to Oldbury. For none lister/computer friend in Australia: Brandrick. Slater. Boatmen probably Wolverhampton area. More details for anyone who thinks they may a connection or any available info. Regards. Tony Conolly.

I have just read that the Coventry canal is a '300ft contour canal'. Could someone explain to a dumb road user what this means? Cheers, Geoff in Helsinki

1841 Census, Kingswinford, HO 107/996 Kingswinford District 27. Nine Locks DARBY Joseph 45 Boatman yes born this county DARBY Elizab'th 40 Not born this county DARBY Daniel 20 Boatman yes born this county DARBY Mary 14 yes. DARBY Sarah 11 yes DARBY Matilda 8 yes DARBY Martha 5 yes DARBY Joseph 3 yes at "Level" DARBY Daniel 30 Boatman all born this county DARBY Mary Ann 30 DARBY Sarah 10 DARBY Mary 10 DARBY Daniel 8 DARBY Emma 1 I thought these might be of interest to others on the list Regards Pat looking for Allport, Bourne & Pearson boatmen