BOAT FAMILIES

of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and connected waterways

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1848 - 1877 (25 years)

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Generation: 1

James Longton was born in 1848 in Aspull, Wigan; died between 1873 and 1877.

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Occupation: Boatman
Baptism: 28 Mar 1848, St David, Haigh

Notes:

No death record found, which presumably would be between birth of daughter Elizabeth and birth of wife's illegitimate son James Thomas Davies, but another possibility is that he abandoned Margaret: there is a James Longton of the right age, a flagger and slater, b Whittle, living in Wheelton with "wife" Margaret and children but no obvious marriage record.

James married Margaret Tinsley on 1 Apr 1867 in St George, Wigan. Margaret (daughter of Thomas Tinsley and Mary Hesketh) was born in 1849 in Heath Charnock, Adlington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. Margaret Ann Longton was born in 1867 in Whittle-le-Woods.
3. Mary Alice Longton was born in 1869 in Whittle le Woods.
4. Elizabeth Longton was born in 1873 in Adlington.

Generation: 2

2.	Margaret Ann Longton (1.James¹) was born in 1867 in Whittle-le-Woods. Notes: Margaret Ann Prescott in 1881 census Margaret married John Hodkinson about Feb 1886 in St John the Evangelist, Whittle le Woods. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

3. Mary Alice Longton (1.James¹) was born in 1869 in Whittle le Woods.
Notes:
Mary Alice Prescott in 1881 census

4.	Elizabeth Longton (1.James¹) was born in 1873 in Adlington. Elizabeth married James McGoldrick in 1896 in Oldham Register Office. James was born in 1871 in Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]