hambridge family on there canal boat.

[jane harrison]

 Kirsty
 the two films that i know about where a large portion was filmed in Brentford
are Here come the boats & Take to the boats  will dig my copies out later in the week & have a close look @ them.

[kirsty.foreman]

hi jane thank u it be nice to no as i dont no the names of my grandads family boats or my nans family boats my nans family name was walker i have no idea if they owed there boats or what happen to the boat as it be nice to no thank u for your help and just one more thing be i go where would i buy the film from as i would love to have one thank you again from kirsty foreman

[keyboard86]

Hi again Kirsty, I believe at least one of the barges/ boats owned by William Hambridge, was called "Providence" in the family name Hambridge, I found a "Queen of the Ocean" & "Ethel"
Punch Bowl Wharf gets a mention?
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[jane harrison]

Hello Kirsty
 I have records for
 Doris Eveline Walker daughter to George Herbert & Ada Baptised in Brentford May 9th 1928 name of Boat is unclear but look like forward.
 Jack son of John & Anne Walker baptised March 9th or 19th 1915 on boat Prosper
 Agnes daughter to john & Anne baptised 19th jan 1913. this states the boat as Walkers boat & fathers occupation as boat owner so this clarifies that at this stage this family where no 1s (owned their own boat)
 Edward also son to John & Anne baptised on a barge in Brentford on Jan 11th 1911.with all these Baptisms happening in Brentford around the time that my family spent a lot of time in Brentford im sure your family must have known mine
around this time a lot of the Brentford boatmen inc my gG Grandad worked for a man called manny (Emanuell) Smith he had his own wharf you can find a lot about him if you google Emanuell Smith boatman Brentford.
 

[jane harrison]

 Kirsty sorry have had 4 attempts to post copys of these baptism records but it says file to large will get my daughter to try when she is here later on in the week. both of the mentioned films are archive footage that i have & where copied for me by a friend who has them if you contact Elsmere Port Museum im told they have them in their archive collection

[keyboard86]

Hi Jane/Kirsty, were John/Ann Walker married c 1899 with a Daughter Elizabeth b 1903 Keyford/Kayford Northants, a John b 1905 Banbury, Anne  b 1907 Rickmansworth Herts, Rose b 1909 Leighton Buzzard and Edward b 1911 b Birmingham
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[jane harrison]

  Hello Keyboard
 This could well be the family i dont have a lot of birth records on them only parish records & have since last post found the baptism of rose who was also baptised @ Brentford on feb 18 1909

[keyboard86]

Hi Jane, may be worth looking for a John Walker b c 1879 Oldbury Worcestershire for any earlier Walker's, unless you know this already!?

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[keyboard86]

Hi both of you, this looks like John Walker in 1901:-

John Walker 22 occ Canal Boatman & Steerer b Oldbury
Ann 22
John 18 months
Sarah Ann 2 months
Thomas 10
All born Oldbury, Worcs.
Residing at Canal Boat,   Chancis Basin, Oldbury
Census ref RG13/2717/157/1
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