Joseph Ashcroft

1901 -

• Name	Joseph Ashcroft
  Born	26 Jul 1901	Preston, on the canal   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	4 Aug 1901	St John, Preston   [2]
  Occupation	Canal bargeman
  Person ID	I00562	Canal Family 1
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	Daniel Ashcroft,   b. 30 Mar 1879, Preston
  Mother	Alice Goodier,   b. 10 Sep 1881, Aboard canal boat
  Married	7 Oct 1899	St Peter, Preston   [3]
  Family ID	F02255	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Evelyn Heskin,   b. 16 Jul 1903, Preston
  Married	Abt Aug 1923	St Peter, Preston   [4]
  Children	1. Joseph Ashcroft,   b. 6 Jun 1935, Preston  (Age 90 years)
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2025
  Family ID	F15250	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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.'

  
  

• Sources

  [S242709] 1939 Census. [S010072] Lancashire Online Parish Clerks. [S010069] MC. [S010057] Cheshire BMDs.