1. | Daniel Ashcroft was born in 1828 in Preston; died on 29 May 1892 in Preston. Other Events:
Daniel married Elizabeth Beesley on 25 Dec 1847 in St John, Preston. Elizabeth (daughter of William Beesley and Margaret) was born in 1825 in Preston. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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2. | Ann Ashcroft ![]() Ann married Joseph Hampton on 24 Jul 1869 in St John, Preston. Joseph (son of Joseph Hampton and Jane Bond) was born in 1843 in Savoy Street, Preston. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. | Joseph Ashcroft ![]() Other Events:
Joseph married Lucy Jenkinson on 29 Dec 1870 in St John, Preston. Lucy (daughter of Thomas Jenkinson and Nancy Lancaster) was born on 7 Aug 1851 in Canal Street, Preston; died in 1907 in Preston. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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4. | Margaret Ashcroft ![]() Margaret married Robert Tickle in 1877 in Preston Register Office. Robert was born about May 1856 in Heywood, nr Bury; died in 1899 in Preston. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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5. | Charles Ashcroft ![]() Other Events:
Charles married Mary Jane Roe on 21 Sep 1881 in St Peter, Preston. Mary was born in 1862 in Preston. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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6. | Jane Ashcroft ![]() |
7. | Eliza Ashcroft ![]() |
8. | Daniel Hampton ![]() Other Events:
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9. | James Hampton ![]() Other Events:
James married Margaret Agnes Raby on 26 Mar 1894 in St Luke, Skerton. Margaret was born on 22 Jul 1871 in Skerton, nr Lancaster. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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10. | Charles Hampton ![]() Other Events:
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11. | Daniel Hampton ![]() Other Events:
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12. | Joseph Hampton ![]() Other Events:
Joseph married Frances Magill on 5 Jun 1897 in St Mark, Preston. Frances (daughter of William Magill and Mary Jane Marsden) was born in 1878 in Preston; died before 1918. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Joseph married Dorothy Shuttleworth about Feb 1918 in Christ Church, Preston. Dorothy was born on 24 Aug 1887 in Preston. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
13. | Elizabeth Hampton ![]() Other Events:
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14. | Ellen Ashcroft ![]() Other Events:
Ellen married Edward Carr on 28 Mar 1891 in St Peter, Preston. Edward (son of William Carr and Nancy Bickerstaff) was born in 1864 in Preston; died in 1917 in Preston. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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15. | Elizabeth Ashcroft ![]() Other Events:
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16. | Nancy Ashcroft ![]() Other Events:
Nancy married Cuthbert Catterall on 1 Apr 1899 in St Peter, Preston. Cuthbert (son of Matthew Catterall) was born in 1878 in Preston. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
17. | Ann Ashcroft ![]() Other Events:
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18. | Daniel Ashcroft ![]() Other Events:
Notes: Daniel and Alice aboard canal boat Kenneth at Lancaster in 1939 census, with two following entries redacted. Daniel married Alice Goodier on 7 Oct 1899 in St Peter, Preston. Alice (daughter of Leonard Goodier and Fleetwood Hardman) was born on 10 Sep 1881 in Aboard canal boat. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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19. | Thomas Ashcroft ![]() Other Events:
Thomas married Fleetwood Hardman about Aug 1902 in St Peter, Preston. Fleetwood (daughter of John Hardman and Sarah Ann Smalley) was born on 23 May 1880 in Back Canal Street, Preston. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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20. | Charles Ashcroft ![]() Other Events:
Notes: Birth date given incorrectly as Oct 29 1884 in 1939 census. Charles married Mary Jane Robinson on 10 Aug 1907 in St George, Preston. Mary (daughter of James Robinson and Alice Ann Crompton) was born on 11 Jun 1885 in Ladywell Street, Preston. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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21. | James Ashcroft ![]() Other Events:
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22. | John Ashcroft ![]() Other Events:
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23. | Mary Tickle ![]() Other Events:
Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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24. | John Tickle ![]() Other Events:
John married Elizabeth Ellen Magill about Nov 1907 in Christ Church, Preston. Elizabeth (daughter of William Magill and Mary Jane Marsden) was born in 1888 in Preston. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
25. | Annie Ashcroft ![]() |
26. | Elizabeth Ashcroft ![]() |
27. | George Ashcroft ![]() Other Events:
Notes: Private George Ashcroft of Preston, commemorated at the Thiepval Memorial. |
28. | William Ashcroft ![]() Other Events:
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29. | Mary Jane Ashcroft ![]() |
30. | Alice Hampton ![]() |
31. | James Hampton ![]() Other Events:
James married Ellen Farnworth about Feb 1920 in St Peter, Preston. Ellen (daughter of Edward Farnworth) was born on 6 Aug 1897 in Preston. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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32. | Benjamin Hampton ![]() |
33. | Joseph Hampton ![]() Other Events:
Joseph married Mary Elizabeth Walsh in 1929 in St Peter, Preston. Mary (daughter of Edward Walsh) was born on 30 Jan 1898. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
34. | Harold Hampton ![]() Other Events:
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35. | Alice Hampton ![]() Notes: In 1901 census age 6, so born before parents married, but no birth or baptism record found. |
36. | Joshua Hampton ![]() Other Events:
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37. | Ann Hampton ![]() Other Events:
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38. | James Hampton ![]() |
39. | Joseph Hampton ![]() |
40. | William Hampton ![]() |
41. | Margaret Hampton ![]() Other Events:
Notes: Birth registered 1904 (Lancs BMDs) |
42. | Lilian Hampton ![]() |
43. | Frances Hampton ![]() |
44. | Elizabeth Hampton ![]() |
45. | Joseph Hampton ![]() Notes: Birth registered Q1 1913 as John (GRO Index). |
46. | Nancy Carr ![]() |
47. | John Ashcroft ![]() Other Events:
John married Helena Browett about Nov 1918 in St George, Preston. Helena was born on 7 Oct 1898 in Preston. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
48. | Joseph Ashcroft ![]() Other Events:
Notes: In her book 'The Lancaster Canal in Focus' Janet Rigby writes: "It was Joe who carried the last load to Storey's Mill in Lancaster in 1947. Storey's were the last firm to run on coal but after the bad winter that year, when the canal was fozen and deliveries by boat were impossible for several weeks, they switched to oil, thus ending a long tradition heralding the end of commercial carrying on the canal.' Joseph married Evelyn Heskin about Aug 1923 in St Peter, Preston. Evelyn (daughter of James Heskin) was born on 16 Jul 1903 in Preston. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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49. | Leonard Ashcroft ![]() |
50. | Ellen Ashcroft ![]() Notes: Drowned in the canal (family records - death registered in Kendal). |
51. | Daniel Ashcroft ![]() Other Events:
Notes: In her books on the Lancaster Canal Janet Rigby writes: "Dan was born aboard the 'Prince of Wales' at Crooklands" . . . and that "Dan and Mary Jane started their married life on 'May' and worked both the Lancaster and the Leeds & Liverpool Canals." Daniel married Mary Jane Robinson in 1931 in Preston Register Office. Mary (daughter of Thomas Robinson and Janet Slater) was born on 11 May 1914 in Preston; died in 2002. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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52. | Alice Ashcroft ![]() |
53. | Elizabeth Ashcroft ![]() |
54. | May Ashcroft ![]() Other Events:
Notes: In her book 'The Lancaster Canal in Focus' Janet Rigby writes: 'May used to regularly take the horses to the blacksmith for shoeing, which cost about 12 shillings in the 1930s. She left the canal in 1939 for factory work.' May married John Sharp in 1942 in St Thomas, Preston. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
55. | Beatrice Ashcroft ![]() |
56. | Alice Ann Ashcroft ![]() |
57. | Joseph Ashcroft ![]() Other Events:
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58. | John Tickle ![]() Other Events:
Notes: Adopted by Joshua Robinson (qv, b 1864) and Jane nee Hampton. John's history and reminiscences form an 18-page chapter of Janet Rigby's book "Life on the Lancaster Canal" (Landy Publishing 2006). She writes: "His mother died five days after giving birth at the age of 23 and his father (unnamed), unable to bring him up on his own, asked Joshua Robinson and his wife Jane, who had no children, to look after him . . . They treated him like their own son." John married Gertrude Fletcher in 1931 in Preston Register Office. Gertrude (daughter of Moses Fletcher and Catherine Walsh) was born on 28 Aug 1904 in Preston. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |