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Alice Ashcroft

Female 1932 -  (92 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Alice Ashcroft was born on 23 Apr 1932 in Preston (daughter of Daniel Ashcroft and Mary Jane Robinson).

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Daniel Ashcroft was born on 22 Nov 1908 in Crooklands, nr Milnthorpe (son of Daniel Ashcroft and Alice Goodier); died in 1980.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Boatman, coal merchant

    Notes:

    In her books on the Lancaster Canal Janet Rigby writes: "Dan was born aboard the 'Prince of Wales' at Crooklands" . . . and that "Dan and Mary Jane started their married life on 'May' and worked both the Lancaster and the Leeds & Liverpool Canals."

    Daniel married Mary Jane Robinson in 1931 in Preston Register Office. Mary (daughter of Thomas Robinson and Janet Slater) was born on 11 May 1914 in Preston; died in 2002. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mary Jane Robinson was born on 11 May 1914 in Preston (daughter of Thomas Robinson and Janet Slater); died in 2002.

    Notes:

    Janet Rigby gives a colourful account of Mary and Dan Ashcroft's careers in 'Life on the Lancaster Canal' (Landy Publishing, 2006).

    Children:
    1. 1. Alice Ashcroft was born on 23 Apr 1932 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. 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. 2. Daniel Ashcroft was born on 22 Nov 1908 in Crooklands, nr Milnthorpe; died in 1980.

  3. 6.  Thomas Robinson was born on 19 Nov 1884 in Preston, on the canal (son of Thomas Robinson and Mary Jane Crompton).

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Canal boatman (coal trade), dock labourer
    • Baptism: 15 May 1885, St John, Preston

    Thomas married Janet Slater in 1906 in Preston Register Office. Janet (daughter of George Slater and Mary Ellen Highfield) was born on 1 Oct 1883 in Preston. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Janet Slater was born on 1 Oct 1883 in Preston (daughter of George Slater and Mary Ellen Highfield).

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 23 Dec 1883, St John, Preston

    Notes:

    Several Robinson births in Preston between 1912 and 1926 are in the GRO Online Register with mother's maiden name Slater, who could belong either to Janet and Thomas, or to her sister Elizabeth Slater and Thomas's brother Joshua Robinson.

    Children:
    1. William Robinson was born about Nov 1906 in Preston.
    2. Alice Robinson was born about Nov 1907 in Preston.
    3. Thomas Robinson was born on 6 Mar 1910 in Preston.
    4. 3. Mary Jane Robinson was born on 11 May 1914 in Preston; died in 2002.
    5. Sarah Robinson was born about Feb 1917 in Preston.
    6. Lily Robinson was born on 12 Sep 1919 in Preston, on canal boat Webger.


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.

  5. 12.  Thomas Robinson was born in 1856 in Lancaster, on the canal (son of James Robinson and Nancy Swarbrick).

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Boatman
    • Baptism: 27 Jan 1856, St John, Preston

    Notes:

    Baptised as William Thomas, but plain Thomas thereafter. Age given as 28 in 1891 census.

    Thomas married Mary Jane Crompton on 21 May 1877 in St John, Preston. Mary (daughter of Thomas Crompton and Sarah Parker) was born in 1858 in Ratcliffe Street, Preston. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Mary Jane Crompton was born in 1858 in Ratcliffe Street, Preston (daughter of Thomas Crompton and Sarah Parker).

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 28 Feb 1858, St John, Preston

    Children:
    1. Nancy Robinson was born in 1878 in Salwick, on the canal.
    2. Thomas Robinson was born in 1879 in Preston, on the canal; died about Aug 1880 in Preston.
    3. Joshua Robinson was born in 1882 in Preston, on the canal; died about Aug 1928 in Preston.
    4. Sarah Robinson was born in 1883 in Edward Street, Preston.
    5. 6. Thomas Robinson was born on 19 Nov 1884 in Preston, on the canal.
    6. Joseph Robinson was born in 1886 in Preston, on the canal; died in 1887 in Preston.
    7. William Robinson was born in 1887 in Preston, on canal boat 'Anne'.
    8. Mary Robinson was born in 1891 in Preston, on the canal.
    9. Joseph Robinson was born in 1897 in Preston.
    10. Elizabeth Robinson was born in 1899 in Green Street West, Preston.

  7. 14.  George Slater was born in 1858 in Preston; died in 1926 in Broughton.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Engine tenter, ship's stoker, cotton mill fireman

    Notes:

    Recorded as crippled in 1921 census.

    George married Mary Ellen Highfield in 1880 in Preston Register Office. Mary was born on 18 Apr 1863 in Croston. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 15.  Mary Ellen Highfield was born on 18 Apr 1863 in Croston.

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 31 May 1863, St Michael and All Angels, Croston

    Children:
    1. Thomas Slater was born in 1880 in Preston.
    2. Elizabeth Ann Slater was born on 1 Nov 1881 in Preston.
    3. 7. Janet Slater was born on 1 Oct 1883 in Preston.
    4. Mary Lena Slater was born in 1885 in Preston.
    5. Ellen Slater was born in 1887 in Preston.
    6. Ada Slater was born in 1889 in Preston.
    7. Alice Slater was born in 1893 in Preston.
    8. George Slater was born in 1898 in Preston.
    9. Albert Slater was born on 22 Mar 1900 in Preston.
    10. Sarah Slater was born in 1902 in Preston.
    11. John Slater was born on 9 Aug 1904 in Preston.



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