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 > >______________________________