Hi there, This information was sent to me some time ago, but I recall someone asking about Bossoms and thought it may be useful. >Just a few boatman names from the 1841 Oxford census: >Richard Edwards >Joseph Lewis >Richard Baker >Edward Fisher >John Giddons >Joseph Glover >Charles Kirtland >Stephen Judd >1851 >John Copson (boatbuilder) >Benjamin Bossom (boatbuilder and major boat family) >Further info: >Stephen Davis (Boatbuilder 1802) >William Gardner (Boatbuilder 1742) >John Gardner (Boatman 1756) >Samuel Beesley (Bargeman 1832; major boat family) >Other families associated with the canals and the Thames in the 18th >century included Ashely, Lewis, Farmer, Fishers, Bakers, Judd, Skinner. >With best wishes. >Graham Thomas >www.grahamthomas.com/fshx.html >(Web-site includes family tree of the Bossoms.) Sylvia [email protected] ==