BOAT FAMILIES

of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and connected waterways

1878 -

Generation: 1

1.	Eleanor Crank was born in 1878 in Liverpool (daughter of James Crank and Eleanor Hignett). Eleanor married John Joseph Robinson on 13 Aug 1905 in St Catherine, Edge Hill, Liverpool. John (son of William Robinson) was born in 1882 in Liverpool; died before 1911. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Generation: 2

2.	James Crank was born in 1840 in Runcorn (son of William Crank and Frances Kay). James married Eleanor Hignett on 3 Dec 1862 in Holy Trinity, Liverpool. Eleanor (daughter of William Hignett and Jane Halewood) was born in 1838 in Runcorn. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eleanor Hignett was born in 1838 in Runcorn (daughter of William Hignett and Jane Halewood).

Children:

William Henry Crank was born in 1864 in Liverpool; died before 1911.
James Herbert Crank was born in 1867 in Liverpool.
George Darnley Crank was born in 1873 in Liverpool; died about Feb 1921 in Liverpool.
1. Eleanor Crank was born in 1878 in Liverpool.
Alfred Crank was born in 1881 in Toxteth Park.

Generation: 3

4. William Crank was born in 1803 in Runcorn.
William married Frances Kay on 7 Jul 1839 in St John, Liverpool. Frances was born in 1814 in Warrington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5.
Frances Kay was born in 1814 in Warrington.
Children:

2. James Crank was born in 1840 in Runcorn.

Edmund Crank was born in 1855 in Runcorn.
6. William Hignett
William married Jane Halewood. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7.
Jane Halewood
Children:

3. Eleanor Hignett was born in 1838 in Runcorn.