BOAT FAMILIES

of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and connected waterways

1876 - 1920 (44 years)

Generation: 1

Harold Dearman was born on 2 Feb 1876 in Hull (son of William Dearman and Annie Cowling); died on 6 Feb 1920 in Sheerness, Kent.

Other Events:

Occupation: RN fitter & turner, artificer engineer

Notes:

In the 1901 census Harold is an RN engine room artificer at Gillingham, Kent
In 1911 he is an artificer engineer on HMS Black Prince in Gibraltar, but was not on board in 1916 when she sank losng all hands in the Battle of Jutland.

Harold married Gertrude Florence Bird Cook about Nov 1908 in Ipswich. Gertrude was born in 1880 in Westerfield, nr Ipswich. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Geoffrey Harold Dearman was born about Aug 1909 in Ipswich.

Generation: 2

2.	William Dearman was born in 1842 in Stainforth (son of George Dearman and Sarah Langfield). Other Events: Occupation: Shipowner's managing clerk William married Annie Cowling about Aug 1873 in Hull Register Office. Annie was born in 1847 in Wildsworth, Lincolnshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

3.
Annie Cowling was born in 1847 in Wildsworth, Lincolnshire.
Children:

1. Harold Dearman was born on 2 Feb 1876 in Hull; died on 6 Feb 1920 in Sheerness, Kent.

Generation: 3

George Dearman was born in 1815 in Fishlake, nr Stainforth (son of Richard Dearman); died before 1866.

Other Events:

Occupation: Waterman, ship broker, coal merchant
Baptism: 1 Feb 1815, Fishlake, nr Stainforth

George married Sarah Langfield on 4 Jan 1837 in Sheffield Cathedral. Sarah was born in 1815 in Yorkshire; died in 1855 in Hull; was buried on 15 Jul 1855 in Thorne. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

5.
Sarah Langfield was born in 1815 in Yorkshire; died in 1855 in Hull; was buried on 15 Jul 1855 in Thorne.
Children:

2. William Dearman was born in 1842 in Stainforth.

Generation: 4

8.
Richard Dearman
Other Events:
Occupation: Shoemaker

Children:

4. George Dearman was born in 1815 in Fishlake, nr Stainforth; died before 1866.