William Hough

1840 - 1923  (83 years)

• Name	William Hough
  Born	1840	Wigan
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Canal legger, waterman
  Died	10 Dec 1923	Winnington, Cheshire   [1]
  Buried	13 Dec 1923	Barnton   [2]
  Person ID	I27996	Canal Family 1
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	John Hough,   b. 25 Mar 1811, Newton, Middlewich ,   d. 22 Jan 1856, Middlewich  (Age 44 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Taylor,   b. 1815, Middlewich ,   d. Abt Oct 1882, Northwich  (Age 67 years)
  Married	Abt 1838
  Notes	Not known if John and Elizabeth formally married, though there is a possible record on 14.3.1836 in Cheadle (Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts, Ancestry). This is some distance from their known residences, but would have been seven months after John deserted the Army and he may have deliberately chosen an unlikely location There is no evidence of another John or Elizabeth Hough around Cheadle in the 1841 census.
  Family ID	F08722	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Betsey Astles,   b. 1839, Barnton, Cheshire ,   d. 1893, Barnton  (Age 54 years)
  Married	8 Oct 1860	St Mary, Great Budworth   [3]
  Children	1. Mary Ellen Hough,   b. 1861, Barnton   2. William Hough,   b. 1863, Barnton   3. Elizabeth Ann Hough,   b. 1865, Barnton ,   d. Bef 1869  (Age < 3 years)   4. James Hough,   b. 1867, Barnton ,   d. 1871, Barnton  (Age 4 years)   5. Elizabeth Ann Hough,   b. 1869, Barnton   6. Minnie Hough,   b. 1874, Barnton   7. Emily Ann Hough,   b. 1876, Barnton ,   d. 1964  (Age 88 years)
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2025
  Family ID	F08727	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  No birth or baptism record found. Censuses consistently give birthplace as Wigan.

  
  

• Sources

  [S010062] Family records. [S010067] IGI. [S010069] MC.