1. | Joseph Ashcroft was born in 1852 in Preston; died on 27 Apr 1912 in Hanson Square, Preston. 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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2. | 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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3. | Elizabeth Ashcroft ![]() Other Events:
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4. | 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] |
5. | Ann Ashcroft ![]() Other Events:
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6. | 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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7. | 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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8. | 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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9. | James Ashcroft ![]() Other Events:
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10. | John Ashcroft ![]() Other Events:
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11. | Nancy Carr ![]() |
12. | 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] |
13. | 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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14. | Leonard Ashcroft ![]() |
15. | Ellen Ashcroft ![]() Notes: Drowned in the canal (family records - death registered in Kendal). |
16. | 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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17. | Alice Ashcroft ![]() |
18. | Elizabeth Ashcroft ![]() |
19. | 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] |
20. | Beatrice Ashcroft ![]() |
21. | Alice Ann Ashcroft ![]() |
22. | Joseph Ashcroft ![]() Other Events:
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23. | Joseph Ashcroft ![]() |
24. | Alice Ashcroft ![]() |