BOAT FAMILIES

of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and connected waterways

1830 -

Generation: 1

John Wright was born on 4 Oct 1830 in Shevington (son of James Wright and Ann Green).

John married Margaret Gaskell on 12 Nov 1860 in St Thomas the Martyr, Upholland. Margaret (daughter of Robert Gaskell) was born in 1822 in Upholland; died in 1867 in Upholland; was buried on 6 Sep 1867 in St Thomas the Martyr, Upholland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Richard Wright was born on 31 Aug 1861 in Upholland.
Margaret Elizabeth Wright was born in 1863 in Upholland.

John married Ann Barton about Aug 1869 in St Mary, Kirkdale, Liverpool. Ann was born on 24 Dec 1830 in Pemberton; died in 1894 in Upholland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Peter Wright was born on 4 Aug 1870 in Upholland; died in May 1880 in Upholland; was buried on 4 May 1880 in Upholland.
Alice Wright was born on 11 Apr 1873 in Upholland.

Generation: 2

James Wright was born in 1786 in Scarisbrick; died in Sep 1869 in Upholland; was buried on 15 Sep 1869 in St Thomas the Martyr, Upholland.

James married Ann Green on 12 May 1823 in All Saints, Wigan. Ann was born in 1797 in Upholland; died in 1880 in Orrell; was buried on 2 Jul 1880 in St Thomas the Martyr, Upholland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ann Green was born in 1797 in Upholland; died in 1880 in Orrell; was buried on 2 Jul 1880 in St Thomas the Martyr, Upholland.

Children:

Margaret Wright was born in 1824 in Shevington; died in Dec 1846 in Shevington; was buried on 25 Dec 1846 in St Wilfrid, Standish.
Elizabeth Wright was born on 30 Jan 1826 in Shevington.
James Wright was born on 11 May 1828 in Shevington.
1. John Wright was born on 4 Oct 1830 in Shevington.
Peter Wright was born on 16 Feb 1833 in Shevington.
Richard Wright was born on 19 Dec 1835 in Shevington; died in 1898 in Adlington.
Lydia Wright was born in 1838 in Shevington.