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Robert Tickle

Male Abt 1856 - 1899  (42 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Robert Tickle was born about May 1856 in Heywood, nr Bury; died in 1899 in Preston.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Carter

    Notes:

    In 1861 census as Robert Tickles with grandparents James and Letitia Grundy. In 1881 with wife Margaret and children Elizabeth and Daniel using surname Grundy.

    Robert married Margaret Ashcroft in 1877 in Preston Register Office. Margaret (daughter of Daniel Ashcroft and Elizabeth Beesley) was born in 1854 in Myerscough; died about Feb 1891 in Preston. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Mary Tickle  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1882 in Edward Street, Preston; died about Nov 1905 in Preston.
    2. 3. John Tickle  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1887 in Edward Street, Preston.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Mary Tickle Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) was born in 1882 in Edward Street, Preston; died about Nov 1905 in Preston.

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 2 Jul 1882, St John, Preston

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

    Children:
    1. 4. John Tickle  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Oct 1905 in Preston; died in 1988 in Preston.

  2. 3.  John Tickle Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) was born in 1887 in Edward Street, Preston.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Coal bagger
    • Baptism: 10 Jul 1887, St John, Preston

    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]



Generation: 3

  1. 4.  John Tickle Descendancy chart to this point (2.Mary2, 1.Robert1) was born on 16 Oct 1905 in Preston; died in 1988 in Preston.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Boatman, dock labourer, haulage driver

    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]




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