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Thomas Baybutt

Male 1902 -


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  • Name Thomas Baybutt 
    Born 19 Dec 1902  Burscough Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Boatman Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I15547  Canal Family 1
    Last Modified 28 Nov 2025 

    Father Edward Carrington Baybutt,   b. 15 Apr 1879, Wigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Ellen Glover,   b. 14 Aug 1881, Burscough Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 21 Jan 1901  St Nicholas, Liverpool Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Family ID F02649  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • First Captain of Kennet, the L&L Canal Society's exhibition boat. Built in 1947, restored by British Waterways in 1985 and since 2011 by the Canal Society.
      Birth date given as Nov 24th in 1939 census. According to the Burscough Boatmen book by Robert Cheetham-Houghton, he was Captain of Canal Transport's iron boat Irwell in the 1930s and '40s.

  • Sources 
    1. [S010076] Canal Transport Ltd papers at The Waterways Archive, Ellesmere Port.

    2. [S010069] MC.



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