canal boatmen from Tipton

[shelleyfamilyhist]

Hi guys

new to this,so you'll have to bear with me

i have 4 generations of boatmen in my family tree,by the name 'Wright', and all have links to Tipton, Toll End Road.

William Wright 1875-1918, Boatman, married Mary-Ann Bailey in 1892, Tipton
daur Bertha Wright (my great grandmother)
       
      -Son of-

John Wright 1845-abt 1918 Boatman, Married Elizabeth Ralph (father John Ralph, Boatman)
John was born in Stanton, Derbyshire. Censuses show him living in Toll End 1881-1901

     -son of-

William Wright 1823-1889 Boatman, Married Maria Currey Wagstaff in 1846, Tipton (Parents James Wagstaff and Mary Currey, Boatman)
William was born in Stourport in 1823, along with 5 other siblings,yet none are shown on familysearch.com- i have copies of baptisms.
Both are buried in Tipton Cemetery, Spent their later lives at Toll End again

   -son of-

Thomas Wright and Sarah.....

This is where i hit my dead end.All 6 children are baptised in Stourport
John Wright, 1821
William Wright, 1823
Benjamin Wright, 1825
Sarah Wright, 1827
Elizabeth Wright, 1829
Samuel Wright, 1834
All are extremely patchy on cesuses, but i cannot get the wright line in Stourport any further back.I know there are another 5 Wright families Baptised in Stourport, But none are Boatmen, and none seem related.Can you or anyone else help??

If not, i hope some of the info i have collected can help others.Other Boatman names i have linked to my Wrights are:
Ashley
Ralph
Diggory
Beresford
Nixon
Whitehouse
Broughton
Hope i can help someone, even if they cant help me

thanx

Stuart

[canalboatman]

Hello Stuart.
                  I am the owner of the canalboatmen.co.uk site . I also have a direct liniage family of Green that settled in tipton, and also the Harrison family. I would love to share information with you if you wish to do so.

                                                                                  GC

[kerry1212]

Hi stuart, my husband is an harrison, if you look at my website under my name you will find your family there.

There are also other people on here (rootschat) who are related to me and who have helped also with information.

good luck in your search
kerry

[Stoke B]

Hi Shelley family History
James Wagstaff and Mary Curry/Cory where my 3 X great grandparents I come down from thier daughter Ann Wagstaff who married George Savage and thier daughter Elizabeth married George Yarnall my great grandfather who lived in Toll end Road on the 1881 census.
There is another connection not a blood line though through the marriage of John Wright to Annie George nee Nixon at St Gabriels Church Birmingham 03/11/1907 Annie's Daughter Pheobe Ann George Married James Yarnall son of George  Yarnall (above)
On the 1911 census John Wright is Wharfinger for Fellows Morton and Clayton Canal Carriers at Fazeley Street Deritend Birmingham.Most of my family worked for FMC at one time or another from the start of the company at Tipton in 1837 by James Fellows through to when they finished in 1848
Regards
Lorna

[Bargee girl]

Hi Stuart and Lorna,

Maria Curry WAGSTAFF and her husband William WRIGHT  are my 3x Great Grandparents.

Lorna I would love to correspond with you further about this. I'm at work at present but will log on again tomorrow and send you a Personal Message. I have tried to contact Stuart but not heard back from him yet.

Am very excited about this!

Regards
Bargee Girl

[Stoke B]

Hi Bargee Girl
Look forward to hearing from you and swopping info
Lorna

[jeffpmitchell]

I suspect that my great grandmother was Mary Wright daughter of William and Maria. If so, she married William Rush and they had a son James in 1888, who is my grandfather. Can anyone confirm this?

[Bargee girl]

Hi Jeff, Yes I can confirm that. Mary was born on 19 Feb 1853 at Watery Lane, Tipton. Do you want a copy of the birth cert or any more info?

I'd love more info on Mary's marriage please. Send me a privaet message and I'll respond.

[verawatkins2007]

My Grandfather was Thomas Beresford, wife Sarah Ann Dutton they were Canal Boatmen in Birmingham any Ideas