BOAT FAMILIES

of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and connected waterways

Abt 1807 - 1864 (57 years)

Generation: 1

Joseph Smith Lyon was born about 1807 in Bickerstaffe; died in 1864 in Burscough; was buried on 7 Mar 1864 in St John the Baptist, Burscough.

Other Events:

Occupation: Farmer, beer-seller, carter, boatman

Notes:

Age given as 30 in 1841, 46 in 1851, 54 in 1861 and 54 at burial in 1864.
Apparently changed surname between 1841 and 1842. In 1841 census as Smith, 1851 Lyon, 1861 Smith Lyon. Fathered at least one of his widow's sister Ann's children. Buried as Joseph Smith Lyon.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. Alice Seddon was born in 1850 in Bickerstaffe.

Joseph married Sarah Seddon on 30 Apr 1838 in St Thomas, Melling. Sarah (daughter of Richard Seddon and Margaret Mawdsley) was born on 30 Jul 1818 in Burscough; died in 1842 in Bickerstaffe; was buried on 2 Nov 1842 in St Peter and St Paul, Ormskirk. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

3. Alice Smith was born in 1839 in Bickerstaffe.
4. Mary Lyon was born in 1842 in Bickerstaffe.

Family/Spouse: Ann Seddon. Ann (daughter of Richard Seddon and Margaret Mawdsley) was born in 1826 in Burscough. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

5. Sarah Smith-Lyon was born in 1864 in Burscough.

Generation: 2

2. Alice Seddon (1.Joseph¹) was born in 1850 in Bickerstaffe.
Notes:
No baptism record found. In 1851 census as Joseph's illegitimate daughter, thought to be child of widow's sister Ann Seddon
3.
Alice Smith (1.Joseph¹) was born in 1839 in Bickerstaffe.
Other Events:
Baptism: 12 May 1836, St Thomas, Melling

Notes:
In 1851 census as Alice Lyon.
4.
Mary Lyon (1.Joseph¹) was born in 1842 in Bickerstaffe.
Other Events:
Baptism: 14 Aug 1842, St Peter and St Paul, Ormskirk

5.	Sarah Smith-Lyon (1.Joseph¹) was born in 1864 in Burscough. Other Events: Baptism: 17 Feb 1864, St John the Baptist, Burscough Notes: Sarah Smith, mother's maiden name Seddon, in birth record on Lancs BMD, Sarah Lyon in Baptism record.