BOAT FAMILIES

of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and connected waterways

1833 -

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Father	William Fairhurst, b. 1804, Scarisbrick , d. 1849, Scarisbrick (Age 45 years)
Mother	Margaret Meadow, b. 1808, Scarisbrick , d. 1843, Scarisbrick (Age 35 years)
Married	3 Jan 1831	St Peter and St Paul, Ormskirk [1]
Family ID	F02944	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Robert Prescott, b. 1835, Burscough , d. 1865, Scarisbrick (Age 30 years)

Married 15 Jan 1855 St John the Baptist, Burscough [2]

Children

	1. Henry Prescott, b. 1855, Burscough
	2. William Prescott, b. 1856, Burscough
	3. Thomas Prescott, b. 1859, Burscough
	4. John Prescott, b. 1862, Burscough

Last Modified 26 Mar 2024

Family ID F02942 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 2 Richard Hesketh, b. 1833, Scarisbrick

Married 8 Oct 1866 St John the Baptist, Burscough [3]

Children

1. Alice Hesketh, b. 1874, Burscough

, d. 1875, Burscough

(Age 1 years)

Last Modified 26 Mar 2024

Family ID F04100 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

Thought to be the Ann Prescott (wid) who married boatman Richard Hesketh at St John the Baptist, Burscough, in 1866 (listed in the Burscough Boatmen book) - but the Bow Lane microfilm is unreadable. Richard and Ann Hesketh are in the 1871 census in Stanley Dock, Liverpool, with sons Thomas, 12, and John, 9, both b "Boscastle" (Burscough?): These are thought to be Ann's (Prescott) sons from her first marriage. Richard and Ann are also in the 1881 census on the canal at Melling, ages given as 50, with a niece Alice Forshaw, 13, b Burscough.