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Some Special Interests => Travelling People => Topic started by: kerry1212 on Sunday 14 July 19 04:28 BST (UK)

Title: canal boatmen and women
Post by: kerry1212 on Sunday 14 July 19 04:28 BST (UK)

Hi all hoping to find any people with canal boatmen or women in their trees, mine come from the harrison line, in tipton but being boatmen they travelled all over so have a lot elsewhere too, if anyone has any let me know, i have now started a family group on facebook if anyone is related to the families in the tree and would like to join and share stories and photo's please let me know, the families are harrison, holt, ward, wood, humphries, brookes, etc if you are linked

thanks kerry

Title: Re: canal boatmen and women
Post by: GreyAus on Wednesday 02 March 22 06:26 GMT (UK)

Hi there,

I have Canal Boat people in my tree too. My Edgingtons originally came from Bidford Upon Avon, WAR but moved to Dudley. They seemed to live part of the time on their boats and part of their time in Bidford / Dudley.

They married into the Houghton family of Bidford also Canal Boat people. They seem to move to Rowley.