BOAT FAMILIES

of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and connected waterways

George Wright

Male 1847 -


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  • Name George Wright 
    Born 11 Oct 1847  Top Locks, Runcorn Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Boatman Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I62854  Canal Family 1
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2024 

    Father Thomas Wright,   b. 1814, Melling Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jan 1884, Salford Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Ann (Hannah) Davies,   b. Abt 1820, Liverpool Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Feb 1898, Salford Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Family ID F18187  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary Ellen Wheeldon,   b. 1850, Salford Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1891  (Age < 40 years) 
    Married 1 Nov 1868  St Bartholomew, Salford Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. Mary Jane Wright,   b. Abt May 1869, Manchester Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Elizabeth Ellen Wright,   b. Abt Feb 1871, Manchester Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt May 1874, Manchester Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 3 years)
     3. Hannah Wright,   b. 1874, Manchester Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. John Wright,   b. 1874, Manchester Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt May 1874, Manchester Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F20051  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Margaret,   b. 1856, Heaton Norris, nr Stockport Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1911  (Age < 54 years) 
    Married Bef 1891 
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F20053  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • In 1891 census with wife Margaret and son John Thomas, 9, born Salford for whom no birth/baptism record has been found: he could be from George's first marriage, or be Margaret's son using George's surname.
      In 1910 George is on a canal boat (?Prynne) at Castlefield Wharf on the Bridgewater Canal, married but wife absent. (He is widowed by 1911.)

  • Sources 
    1. [S010049] BC.

    2. [S010072] Lancashire Online Parish Clerks.




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