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Eva Thompson

Female 1930 -  (93 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Eva Thompson was born on 17 Sep 1930 in Blackburn (daughter of Harold Thompson and Annie Greenwood).

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Harold Thompson was born on 15 Feb 1897 in Town Lane, Whittle le Woods (son of James Thompson and Margaret Reed).

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Weaver, boatman, chemical worker

    Notes:

    Mother's maiden name Reid in birth record.
    Reminiscences of Harold's life as a boatman appear in a 'Looking Back' item in Clogs & Gansey, the Leeds and Liverpool Canal Society newsletter (No 57, Autumn 2023) - including a whimsical tale about the origin of his mother-in-law's pub name in Grimshaw Park (see notes in her record, Sarah Alice Greenwood, nee Halstead).

    Harold married Annie Greenwood on 1 Mar 1921 in Christ Church, Blackburn. Annie (daughter of George Greenwood and Sarah Alice Halstead) was born on 13 Jul 1897 in Blackburn. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Annie Greenwood was born on 13 Jul 1897 in Blackburn (daughter of George Greenwood and Sarah Alice Halstead).
    Children:
    1. Kenneth Thompson was born on 10 Mar 1927 in Blackburn.
    2. 1. Eva Thompson was born on 17 Sep 1930 in Blackburn.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  James Thompson was born on 14 Mar 1869 in Liverpool (son of Edward Thompson and Mary Carrington).

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Canal boatman
    • Baptism: 23 Jun 1869, St Paul, Liverpool

    Notes:

    Baptised in Liverpool (abode Canal Bank) but listed as b Lathom in 1871, Burscough in 1881 and Rufford thereafter. Birth date given in baptism record but no GRO birth registration found, and no entry on Lancashire BMDs.

    James married Margaret Reed in 1889 in St John the Evangelist, Whittle le Woods. Margaret (daughter of John Reed and Ellen Morris) was born on 30 Jan 1871 in New Springs, Aspull. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Margaret Reed was born on 30 Jan 1871 in New Springs, Aspull (daughter of John Reed and Ellen Morris).

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 20 Feb 1871, All Saints, Wigan

    Notes:

    Read in baptism record, with birth year wrongly recorded as 1870.

    Children:
    1. Edward Thompson was born in 1890 in Blackburn.
    2. Elizabeth Thompson was born in 1894 in Whittle le Woods.
    3. 2. Harold Thompson was born on 15 Feb 1897 in Town Lane, Whittle le Woods.

  3. 6.  George Greenwood was born in 1869 in Blackburn; died about May 1917 in Blackburn.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Weaver, striker, carter

    George married Sarah Alice Halstead on 25 Dec 1889 in Christ Church, Blackburn. Sarah was born in 1868 in Blackburn. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Sarah Alice Halstead was born in 1868 in Blackburn.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Public house landlady

    Notes:

    Widowed landlady/licencee of public beer house in Grimshaw Park, Blackburn in 1921 and 1939 censuses - apparently known as the Who Would O' Thowt It.
    A 'Looking Back' item in Clogs & Gansey, the Leeds and Liverpool Canal Society newsletter (No 57, Autumn 2023) says the pub's name may have come from a Director of Dutton's Brewery who, looking for new sites, called at a clogger's shop in Park Road, Blackburn. The clogger was somewhat disgruntled because he sold under-the-counter ale, to which the Director replied 'Who would o' thowt it?'

    Children:
    1. George Greenwood was born on 19 May 1891 in Blackburn.
    2. 3. Annie Greenwood was born on 13 Jul 1897 in Blackburn.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Edward Thompson was born in 1834 in Lathom (son of Edward Thompson and Ellen Roby); died before 1898.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Boatman
    • Baptism: 20 May 1834, St Nicholas, Liverpool

    Edward married Mary Carrington on 17 Dec 1855 in St Nicholas, Liverpool. Mary (daughter of William Carrington and Mary Meadows) was born in 1834 in Newburgh. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Mary Carrington was born in 1834 in Newburgh (daughter of William Carrington and Mary Meadows).

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 17 Aug 1834, Lathom Chapel

    Children:
    1. Mary Thompson was born in 1857 in Liverpool.
    2. Ellen Thompson was born in 1861 in Lathom.
    3. William Thompson was born in 1862 in Lathom.
    4. 4. James Thompson was born on 14 Mar 1869 in Liverpool.
    5. Henry Thompson was born in 1872 in Lathom; died in 1872 in Lathom.
    6. John Thompson was born in 1875 in Wigan.

  3. 10.  John Reed was born about 1845 in Liverpool (son of Thomas Reed); died in 1891 in Blackburn.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Boatman

    Notes:

    Reade in 1871 census.
    The family is recorded twice in the 1881 census, on the canal at Bootle cum Lineacre and in Cross street, Wigan. The parents' ages differ - 38 and 29 on the canal but 33 and 32 at home, though the five children's ages are identical. Another difference is that Ellen's birthplace is given as Burscough on the canal and the children's as Aspull or Wigan, whereas at home they are all given as Springs.

    John married Ellen Morris on 12 Apr 1870 in St Thomas, Wigan. Ellen (daughter of John (Ingleby) Morris and Margaret Rothwell) was born on 23 Nov 1850 in Burscough. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Ellen Morris was born on 23 Nov 1850 in Burscough (daughter of John (Ingleby) Morris and Margaret Rothwell).

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 8 Dec 1850, St John the Baptist, Burscough

    Notes:

    Helen on BC. Baptism record names parents as [John Ingleby and Mary] Morris, but BC confirms mother as Margaret.

    Children:
    1. 5. Margaret Reed was born on 30 Jan 1871 in New Springs, Aspull.
    2. Catherine Reed was born on 1 Dec 1871 in Aspull.
    3. Mary Ann Reed was born on 25 Oct 1874 in Aspull.
    4. Elizabeth Reed was born on 25 Jan 1877 in Driving Lane, Wigan.
    5. John Reed was born on 3 Dec 1878 in Wigan.
    6. Ellen Reed was born on 5 Jan 1881 in Cross Street, Wigan; died in 1883 in Hindley.
    7. Thomas Reed was born on 18 Jul 1884 in Ince.
    8. Ellen Reed was born on 30 Sep 1886 in Higher Ince.
    9. James Reed was born in 1891 in Blackburn.



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