Hi Eric and list, My g grandfather, Samuel LLOYD, was a Canal Rope Maker and in 1857 he was in Salford, Manchester. He was in Halifax later in life and I would assume that it was canal work that fetch him over the "hills". would any of the list know what a Canal Rope Maker was. Maybe he worked alongside or near to Thomas HEEDS in Eric's posting? John in Doncaster UK ----- Original Message ----- From: Eric H Millward <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2000 7:59 PM Subject: [CANAL-PEOPLE] HEEDS, BURGESS etc. New member > I have just joined the list and post my first offering of people on my > interests list. > > Thomas HEEDS,waterman, b about 1800 (perhaps 1804, IGI). He lived at > Chesterfield up to about 1834 when he moved with his family to the Ancoats > area of Manchester where he lived until at least 1864. > > Francis HEEDS, waterman, b about 1790, also of Chesterfield. The brother of > Thomas above. > > John HEEDS, waterman, canal carrier, b Manchester 1834, son of Thomas above. > > George BURGESS, waterman, b about 1820, son-in-law of Thomas HEEDS above. > George's father, George, was also a waterman. George BURGESS and Martha > HEEDS married at Manchester Cathedral in 1844. > > Robert HEEDS, waterman, son of John above, b Manchester, 1865. > > Thomas HEADES (sic), b Liverpool abt 1846 and living at Witton-cum > Twambrooks (Northwich) in 1881 > > Thomas HELPS (possibly HEEDS), b abt 1839. He was the mate of the boat > "Richard" at Hawley Quay, Warrington at the 1881 census. He may be the son > of Francis but is recorded as having been born at Stone, Staffs. With him on > the Richard were two boat boys William Henry HEEDS and David HEEDS who were > 14 and 12 and born at Runcorn and Barnton respectively. I suppose this is > entirely possible given the nature of their work. > > I also have MOORE(S) flatmen on the Weaver at Northwich about 1800 but they > are very unlikely to be related to the HEEDS family. > > It is interesting to note that several of the HEEDS watermen became > publicans in Manchester when their canal work ended. > > If these people are of interest to anyone or if you have more information > about > them please contact me. The Chesterfield/Manchester migration is a little > tenuous and I would be glad to have comments on the connection in canal > work between the two locations at that time. > > The following names are not all connected with canals. > > Regards, > Eric MILLWARD of Marple, Cheshire > [email protected] > Interests in Cheshire, BRUCKSHAW,BUCKLEY, CHARLESWORTH, DALE, HANSON, > JOHNSON, LEA, LEE, LEIGH, LEWIS, LITTLER, MILLWARD, MOORES, MOSES, NIELD, > PODMORE, STREET, WASHINGTON, WILLIAMSON, > in Derbyshire, MILLWARD, RADFORD, > in Lancashire, GROOM, HEEDS, MORGAN, MURPHY, ROBERTS, > in Staffordshire, DALE, HODSON, JOHNSON, MILLWARD, SIMCOCK > in Shropshire, JOHNSON > in WR Yorkshire, WHITEHEAD > and coming to UK from America before 1820, HOLDEN. > > > ============================== > The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > 12.8 million individuals and counting. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > >