strays on the canals

[christyc]

The furthest back I have is Thomas Wood who marrid Lois Daniel and then Hannah Somner (round about 1790-1810).

The I have a gap until Benjamin Wood (1835) who married Harriet Harrison in Jan 1856.

But I also have Thomas Wood (another one), born in 1869 who married a Hannah Blackhurst. So i'm a bit confused and could do with the gaps filling in because one of these trees is obviously not directly related to me.

They're all from the Staffordshire/ West Midlands area.

I don't know if that made sense.

Christy

[canal woman]

Hi.
my great grandmother was Eliza Wood and she was born in Worsley about 1834/6
she had a brother called benjamin.  she had a lot of brothers and sisters.
 The reason i asked which Wood family it was is because there are Wood families on the canals here in the middlewich/stoke on trent area!

I think I need to look under the stairs tomorrow and get back to you if I find anything............................

My Wood married a Southall........................[the christian names escape me! ]

ps,  family history never makes sense  not until you make a connection and then you are so pleased you move on and start the process all over again

Sallie
 

[kerry1212]

hi christy i have tree for thomas and lois just let me know what you need

kerry

[canal woman]

Hi  Christy.

 My Great Grandmother was Eliza Wood. she married John Turton in Wolverhampton in 1851.
 She was baptised in July 1832  and her parents were Henry WOOD and Esther SOUTHALL. He was a  Canal Boatman of Bugpool.
 They in turn were married in Oldbury near to Dudley.
 

 Sallie

[christyc]

Thanks so much, that's helped piece it together a bit more  lol

Christy

[canal woman]

Glad to be of use. but you don't say if the people are connected??

[christyc]

They should all be from the same Wood family but I'm not sure whether they're directly related or are cousins, uncles etc. That's what I'm trying to find out.

Christy

[Jonah777]

Hi, I am looking for info on Henry Jones 1893/1896 Cheshire, father Thomas Jones 1850 Tipton...Thomas is shown as either master or captain boatman...Thomas was married to Elizabeth (maiden name unknown) could have been his second marriage with the first being to one Ann E (maiden name unknown) in 1907 he is shown as being the captain of the canal boat "BEECH" on the marriage cert of one of his daughters Sarah Ann Jones to an Edward Bannister of the canal boat "SWINDON" all are from the Black Country area and worked the canals around Liverpool, Derby, Rochdale, Warwick, Runcorn ect....I have henry's marriage cert, death cert and army records and medal cards, but no birth cert that would help me with his mother Elizabeths maiden name.....s there anywhere I can get info also on the boat Thomas and Henry were on? now I know the name of the boat is it any easier to trace? could there have been more than one boat of that name with different companies ect?....many thanks for any help....Paul

[jane harrison]

hello jonha
having a look through my records of historical boats the only beech i could find was orig a felows morton & clayton  fleet no 328(now in private ownership)if you google morton & clayton historic narrow boats club it has a little detail on it. do you have a hilda harrison  who was the second wife of a ted bannister i think they married in the 50s both of canal famlies  if so they appear in my tree i have 3 relatives  who are closer linked than myself, kerry if you are reading this no doubt you have more info than me on the banister side.
jeannette