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Staffordshire Lookup Requests / Re: Canal Boatmen in Wolverhampton
« on: Monday 28 February 11 22:25 GMT (UK)  »
Hi...
Think that I could agree with you on that one.

Parrish spent  her valuable time yesterday afternoon looking for my Turton family and was not very successful.[it must have been so so frustrating]
She found 2 children  but the others of the family were not forthcoming................... very difficult.
 I know they were on the canals but WHERE...[speak to me !! wave your hand and stop hiding!!!]   maybe they are with your Whitehouses!!
 Sallie
 

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Staffordshire Lookup Requests / Re: Canal Boatmen in Wolverhampton
« on: Sunday 27 February 11 20:10 GMT (UK)  »
Just thanks.

They were Boatmen from the beginning until my Grandfather , who had a coal Wharf... all very uncivilised!! and then they became Publicans.

I will continue in my search for the early famillies............ just thanks for your help.

Sallie

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Staffordshire Lookup Requests / Re: Canal Boatmen in Wolverhampton
« on: Sunday 27 February 11 18:21 GMT (UK)  »
ThanKyou so much for spending your sunday afternoon looking for them.
Sarah and Joseph were married in 1829 you were right,
and they spent about 20 years having babies.
 I have the later years of their life but it is the earlier years I am missing hence this 1841 bussines.
         I think that a visit to Wolverhampton Archives is now in order.

 It is so difficult when you are looking on the canals.. they could be just anywhere!
Thankyou again ................

sallie

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Staffordshire Lookup Requests / Re: Canal Boatmen in Wolverhampton
« on: Sunday 27 February 11 16:48 GMT (UK)  »
Hello Again.............

 Thankyou so much for replying to me and showing so much interest..................greatly appreciated.............

 Sarah was Sarah Cartwright....................
 Joseph  is just Joseph Turton.

Their Children until the 1841 census were

  John                     Worsley           1829
  William                Tettenhall        1831
 Joseph                 Tettenhall        1833 
  Mary                      Tettenhall         1835

  Thomas              Mitton                 183???       


 The Churton bit is not suprising as Turton is often miss spelt and can cause problems..........

 Sallie   

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Staffordshire Lookup Requests / Re: Canal Boatmen in Wolverhampton
« on: Sunday 27 February 11 14:49 GMT (UK)  »
Hello.
 
Yes, you assume correctly.
The first indication that Joseph was a Boatman was on his sons baptismal entry in Tettenhall Parish Church in 1831.
and from then onwards he and his Family always gave their occupation as Boatmen .........
 They moved about a lot  Mitton, Tipton, Worsley and Tettenhall. [although to settle is not really what they did  , they sort of holed up for ???? the night/day  and then carried on moving.]

I have them as a family on the 1851 Census in Tipton,  but have not found them there in 1841...so wondered if they were in the Wolverhampton area.

sallie


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Staffordshire Lookup Requests / Canal Boatmen in Wolverhampton
« on: Sunday 27 February 11 14:16 GMT (UK)  »


 Please can anyone help me?

I am looking for   Sarah and Joseph TURTON in the 1841 census   and their children
John 11/12 --- William 9---Mary 5/6---Thomas 4.
 I feel sure they ought to be in the Wolverhampton / Tettenhall areas ...........

any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Cheshire / Re: Canal Boatmen
« on: Friday 27 August 10 10:26 BST (UK)  »
Hi John.

 Cannot be of great help as the definition of waterman,, boatman,, flat man can get totally confusing.
 from my experience and thats not a lot.... I have Canal Boatmen in my family.They lived and worked on canal barges and they used the canal system as their highway.

 In the Northwich area we have the River Weaver. and the men that used that river had boats that were called River flats......design I expect ... the men that used those boats on the River Weaver were called Weaver flat-men. they didn't usually go on the canal and the canal men didn't usually go on the river...and until the Anderton Boat lift there was no connection between the two unless you went to the sea. [ think I am right in saying this?][ even after the connection the men didn;t redefine their names...canal was canal and flat was flat ]

The Manchester Ship canal was built in the 1800's to transport ships from the Mersey River  to the centre of Manchester.  it is like a wide Canal that first of all runs alongside the Mersey and then makes it own way to the centre of Manchester.
The ships that used it were much bigger than canal barges.[ In fact in later years huge Ocean going ships used it ... but thats another story]

surfice to say that your Thomas might well have used the Manchester Ship canal and that when asked what his occupation was on Census night he could have said that he was a Waterman [ because he worked the water system ] and that he was in charge of a Barge.....

 I don't think there is any underlying secrets about what he was or did..................he was a man that worked on the waterways of Cheshire/Lancashire and he was termed as a waterman or a flatman ...what he doesn't appear to be is a Canal Boatman.
Maybe this is some help ????
Sallie

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Cheshire / Re: Canal Boatmen
« on: Monday 16 August 10 11:22 BST (UK)  »
Success

Big standing stone. [ but grave Stones are in a shocking state....]

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Cheshire / Re: Canal Boatmen
« on: Sunday 15 August 10 11:29 BST (UK)  »
Thanks Odessa.

Narrows search somewhat,
as you say just hope the stone is still standing upright.........we will see!!


Sallie

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