Other Events:

• Occupation: Boatman, barge discharger

Notes:

Thomas is known from his marriage certificate to be son of Thomas Yates, boatman, who is absent in the 1841 census when Thomas, 6, and his assumed sister Elizabeth, 3, are in Rip Row, Whittle le Woods, with their (assumed) grandmother Margaret Yates, 60, and two uncles, Hugh, 30, boatman, and James, 30, labourer.
In 1851 Thomas and an Ellen (possibly an error for Elizabeth) are listed as son and daughter of James Yates, unmarried, boatman, their (assumed) uncle. Also present is Margaret Taylor, 43, an unmarried housekeeper, b Whittle.

Thomas married Frances Felton on 5 Mar 1859 in St Bede's Chapel, Clayton le Woods. Frances (daughter of Thomas Felton and Alice Ditchfield) was born in 1836 in Whittle le Woods; died before 1891. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Marriage listed at Chorley Register Office on Lancs BMD.

1. Mary Yates was born in 1859 in Whittle le Woods.
2. Ellen Yates was born in 1861 in Whittle le Woods.
3. Thomas Yates was born in 1863 in Whittle le Woods; died in 1868 in Leyland.

Other Events:

• Occupation: Boatman

Notes:

Not found in censuses (see note for son Thomas).

Other Events:

• Occupation: Weaver

Hugh married Margaret Ditchfield on 7 Aug 1797 in St Andrew, Leyland. Margaret was born in 1780 in Lancashire; died before 1851. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Several possible death records, most likely buried 6.2.1848 St Laurence, Chorley, age 67.