BOAT FAMILIES

of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and connected waterways

1837 - Abt 1861 (24 years)

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Name	Mary Gill
Born	31 Jan 1837	Newburgh
Gender	Female
Baptism	19 Feb 1837	Douglas Chapel, Eccleston (Parbold) [1]
Died	Abt Nov 1861	Lathom [2]
Person ID	I03945	Canal Family 1
Last Modified	14 Nov 2025

Father	Thomas Gill, b. 1799, Lathom , d. 1859, Newburgh (Age 60 years)
Mother	Elizabeth Downs, b. Abt 1804, Liverpool
Married	20 Jul 1821	St Nicholas, Liverpool [3]
Family ID	F02698	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family James Robinson, b. 1831, Lathom

Married 5 Jul 1854 St Nicholas, Liverpool [4]

Children

	1. Henry Robinson, b. 1853, Lathom
	2. Thomas Robinson, b. 29 May 1855, Lathom
	3. Elizabeth Robinson, b. 1858, Newburgh , d. Abt Nov 1861, Lathom (Age 3 years)
	4. John Robinson, b. 27 Apr 1861, Newburgh , d. 4 Jul 1861, Newburgh (Age 0 years)

Last Modified 14 Nov 2025

Family ID F09374 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

Father's occupation recorded as 'boilermaker' in marriage record - one theory is that 'boatman' was initially abbreviated to BM, which was then misinterpreted.
A son Henry Robinson, age 8, is listed with this family in the 1861 census, who could be Mary's child before marriage, though she would have been only 15-16. No birth or baptism record found under either surname, though there is a Henry Gill, boatman of the right age, born Newburgh, in the 1871-1891 censuses.