BOAT FAMILIES

of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and connected waterways

1802 -

Generation: 1

Alice French was born in 1802 in Sankey, nr Warrington (daughter of Shadrach French and Elizabeth Leather).

Alice married James Hurst on 9 Feb 1840 in St Peter, Liverpool. James (son of William Hurst and Margaret Harrison) was born in 1809 in Bebington, Wirral. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Elizabeth Hurst was born in 1841 in Liverpool; died in 1879 in Sankey; was buried on 9 Apr 1879 in Sankey Chapel, Great Sankey.
William Hurst was born in 1843 in Liverpool; died in 1870 in Liverpool.

Generation: 2

Shadrach French was born in 1767 in Aston by Sutton, nr Runcorn (son of Thomas French and Mary Finney); died in 1843 in Sankey, nr Warrington; was buried on 31 Dec 1843 in Sankey Chapel, Great Sankey.

Shadrach married Elizabeth Leather on 20 May 1794 in St Mary the Virgin, Prescot. Elizabeth died before 1841. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth Leather died before 1841.

Children:

Mary French was born in 1795 in Sankey, nr Warrington; died about Nov 1872 in Warrington.
John French was born in 1796 in Sankey, nr Warrington.
Thomas French was born in 1798 in Sankey, nr Warrington.
Joshua French was born in 1800 in Sankey, nr Warrington; died in 1869.
1. Alice French was born in 1802 in Sankey, nr Warrington.
Betty French was born in 1805 in Sankey, nr Warrington; died before 1840.

Generation: 3

4. Thomas French
Thomas married Mary Finney on 5 Feb 1747 in All Saints, Runcorn. Mary died in 1776. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary Finney died in 1776.

Children:

2. Shadrach French was born in 1767 in Aston by Sutton, nr Runcorn; died in 1843 in Sankey, nr Warrington; was buried on 31 Dec 1843 in Sankey Chapel, Great Sankey.