Jane If you want background research in connection with canals, barge (narrowboat) builders and boatmen I suggest you start with the following web sites www.nwn.demon.co.uk (national waterways museum) www.canaljunction.co.uk www.jim-shead.com All the best John Carrington ----- Original Message ----- From: "jane rea" <jane@chapel1111.fsnet.co.uk> To: <CANAL-PEOPLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2002 9:20 PM Subject: [CANAL-PEOPLE] Widows > Being new to the list - I have to admit that I know very little about bargees and the way of life. Hoping someone can help. > > My g.grandmother became a widow in 1901 - at Wrenbury and was probably left the barge that her family lived on. She had 4 young children but remarried in 1914 in Oldham, Lancs, (no longer on the waterways). Would this have been usual practice - for 13 years before she remarried? Or would she have sold it? I'm trying to connect Wrenbury & Oldham. (She was from Runcorn) > > Thanks > Jane > > > ==== CANAL-PEOPLE Mailing List ==== > Have you used Tree Tops? > The Free FAMILY TREE & WE'LL MEET AGAIN SERVICE > http://freespace.virgin.net/tree.tops > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >