Isaac Bamber

1837 - 1879  (42 years)

• Name	Isaac Bamber
  Born	1837	Burscough
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	11 Jun 1837	St John the Baptist, Burscough   [1]
  Occupation	Publican, boatman, farmer
  Died	6 Aug 1879	Rose Bridge (Lock No 15), Ince
  Buried	12 Aug 1879	St John the Baptist, Burscough   [2]
  Person ID	I02139	Canal Family 1
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	John Bamber,   b. 1794, Liverpool ,   d. 1872, Ormskirk  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Alice Highfield,   b. 1797, Burscough ,   d. 1860, Lathom  (Age 63 years)
  Married	19 Oct 1819	St Peter and St Paul, Ormskirk   [1]
  Family ID	F00701	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alice Aspinall,   b. 7 Dec 1849, Burscough ,   d. 1910, Standish  (Age 60 years)
  Married	28 Mar 1866	Holy Trinity, Southport   [3]
  Children	1. Sarah Alice Bamber,   b. 1867, Lathom   2. John Lawrence Bamber,   b. 1869, Burscough ,   d. 1873, Hindley  (Age 4 years)   3. Ann Bamber,   b. 1872, Lathom   4. John Lawrence Bamber,   b. 1875, Lathom ,   d. Abt May 1938, Ince  (Age 63 years)   5. Elizabeth Bamber,   b. 1878, Lathom
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2025
  Family ID	F02957	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Death registered in Wigan, Q3 1879, age given as 38; abode Lathom in burial record. After returning from his brother William's burial in Burnley (q.v.) Isaac drowned when his boat Catherine partly capsized in Rose Bridge Lock, Ince, and was flooded after his wife and children escaped. (See Documents section for press report and transcript of the inquest, when an Open vedict was recorded.)

  
  

• Sources

  [S010056] Parish record. [S010080] Burial register for St John the Baptist, Burscough Bridge. [S010069] MC.