William Melling

1900 - 1913  (12 years)

• Name	William Melling
  Born	1 Jan 1900	Burscough   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	28 Jan 1900	St John the Baptist, Burscough   [2]
  Died	1913	Blackburn
  Buried	11 Aug 1913	St John the Baptist, Burscough   [3]
  Person ID	I10472	Canal Family 1
  Last Modified	20 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Thomas Melling,   b. 1857, Downholland ,   d. 28 Mar 1900, Salford  (Age 43 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Hornby,   b. 9 Mar 1872, Lathom ,   d. 20 Jun 1952, Bank Houses, Gregson's Bridge  (Age 80 years)
  Married	30 Dec 1889	St John the Baptist, Burscough   [4]
  Family ID	F01831	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  He was known to be working on the canal, and the burial record states: "Died at Blackburn from an accident." An anonymous inquest report in the Ormskirk Advertiser states: "The inquest on a Burscough boy killed last month in the town of Blackburn has revealed that he died of blood poisoning. The lad fell beneath a crane as it loaded a barge on the cotton wharf at Port'o'Blackburn on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. Apparently the deceased was assisting his father in the loading of a canal barge when the accident occurred. He was taken to the Blackburn Infirmary where two operations were carried out - one for the amputation of his foot. It was heard that the lad died despite the efforts of the surgeons to maintain life."

  
  

• Sources

  [S010072] Lancashire Online Parish Clerks. [S010055] Parish records, Bow Lane, Preston. [S010080] Burial register for St John the Baptist, Burscough Bridge. [S010069] MC.