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Joseph Ashcroft

Male 1935 -  (88 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Joseph Ashcroft was born on 6 Jun 1935 in Preston (son of Joseph Ashcroft and Evelyn Heskin).

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Joseph Ashcroft was born on 26 Jul 1901 in Preston, on the canal (son of Daniel Ashcroft and Alice Goodier).

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Canal bargeman
    • Baptism: 4 Aug 1901, St John, Preston

    Notes:

    In her book 'The Lancaster Canal in Focus' Janet Rigby writes: "It was Joe who carried the last load to Storey's Mill in Lancaster in 1947. Storey's were the last firm to run on coal but after the bad winter that year, when the canal was fozen and deliveries by boat were impossible for several weeks, they switched to oil, thus ending a long tradition heralding the end of commercial carrying on the canal.'

    Joseph married Evelyn Heskin about Aug 1923 in St Peter, Preston. Evelyn (daughter of James Heskin) was born on 16 Jul 1903 in Preston. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Evelyn Heskin was born on 16 Jul 1903 in Preston (daughter of James Heskin).
    Children:
    1. 1. Joseph Ashcroft was born on 6 Jun 1935 in Preston.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Daniel Ashcroft was born on 30 Mar 1879 in Preston (son of Joseph Ashcroft and Lucy Jenkinson).

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Boatman
    • Baptism: 10 Dec 1879, Holy Trinity, Preston

    Notes:

    Daniel and Alice aboard canal boat Kenneth at Lancaster in 1939 census, with two following entries redacted.

    Daniel married Alice Goodier on 7 Oct 1899 in St Peter, Preston. Alice (daughter of Leonard Goodier and Fleetwood Hardman) was born on 10 Sep 1881 in Aboard canal boat. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Alice Goodier was born on 10 Sep 1881 in Aboard canal boat (daughter of Leonard Goodier and Fleetwood Hardman).

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 21 Sep 1881, St Mark, Preston

    Children:
    1. John Ashcroft was born on 2 May 1900 in Preston.
    2. 2. Joseph Ashcroft was born on 26 Jul 1901 in Preston, on the canal.
    3. Leonard Ashcroft was born about Aug 1902 in Preston; died about Aug 1902 in Preston.
    4. Ellen Ashcroft was born about Nov 1903 in Preston; died on 7 Sep 1907 in City o' Pinch Wharf, Preston.
    5. Daniel Ashcroft was born on 22 Nov 1908 in Crooklands, nr Milnthorpe; died in 1980.

  3. 6.  James Heskin was born in 1866 in Preston.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Carter

    Children:
    1. 3. Evelyn Heskin was born on 16 Jul 1903 in Preston.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Joseph Ashcroft was born in 1852 in Preston (son of Daniel Ashcroft and Elizabeth Beesley); died on 27 Apr 1912 in Hanson Square, Preston.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Boatman

    Joseph married Lucy Jenkinson on 29 Dec 1870 in St John, Preston. Lucy (daughter of Thomas Jenkinson and Nancy Lancaster) was born on 7 Aug 1851 in Canal Street, Preston; died in 1907 in Preston. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Lucy Jenkinson was born on 7 Aug 1851 in Canal Street, Preston (daughter of Thomas Jenkinson and Nancy Lancaster); died in 1907 in Preston.
    Children:
    1. Ellen Ashcroft was born in 1871 in Pottery Hill, Preston.
    2. Elizabeth Ashcroft was born in 1874 in Preston.
    3. Nancy Ashcroft was born in 1876 in Preston.
    4. Ann Ashcroft was born in 1878 in Canal Street, Preston.
    5. 4. Daniel Ashcroft was born on 30 Mar 1879 in Preston.
    6. Thomas Ashcroft was born on 4 Jan 1882 in Preston.
    7. Charles Ashcroft was born on 13 May 1884 in Back Canal Street, Preston.
    8. James Ashcroft was born in 1890 in Preston.
    9. John Ashcroft was born in 1893 in Bolton Street, Preston.

  3. 10.  Leonard Goodier was born in 1858 in Preston (son of William Goodier and Alice Anderton).

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Carter, labourer, boatman
    • Baptism: 4 Apr 1858, St John, Preston

    Leonard married Fleetwood Hardman on 19 Nov 1876 in All Saints, Preston. Fleetwood (daughter of Robert Hardman and Fleetwood Whiteside) was born in 1858 in Preston; died in 1899 in Preston. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Fleetwood Hardman was born in 1858 in Preston (daughter of Robert Hardman and Fleetwood Whiteside); died in 1899 in Preston.

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 10 Oct 1858, St John, Preston

    Notes:

    Flets or Fleta in baptism record on Lancashire OPC, Flety in BMD records, Fleetwood in children's baptism records, death record and marriage record, mistranscribed as Hutwood on Lancashire OPC.

    Children:
    1. Mary Goodier was born in 1877 in Aboard canal boat.
    2. Ellen Goodier was born in 1879 in Preston.
    3. 5. Alice Goodier was born on 10 Sep 1881 in Aboard canal boat.
    4. Annie Goodier was born in 1884 in Aboard canal boat.
    5. William Goodier was born in 1886 in Preston.
    6. Leonard Goodier was born in 1888 in Canal Street, Preston; died before 1889 in Preston.
    7. Jane Goodier was born in 1890 in Preston.
    8. Leonard Goodier was born in 1892 in Preston.



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