1. | George Slater was born in 1858 in Preston; died in 1926 in Broughton. Other Events:
Notes: Recorded as crippled in 1921 census. George married Mary Ellen Highfield in 1880 in Preston Register Office. Mary was born on 18 Apr 1863 in Croston. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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2. | Thomas Slater ![]() Other Events:
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3. | Elizabeth Ann Slater ![]() Other Events:
Notes: In her book 'Life on the Lancaster Canal' Janet Rigby quotes Arthur Harry Griffin, writing in the Lancashire Daily Post in 1934 of Elizabeth Ann Robinson as "strong, weather-beaten and buxom and well equipped to do the rough work of the boats" describing her as "the skipper of the boat in which she lives with her family, and is the only woman navigator on the Canal, and whose daughter May was born on the Canal and christened after the name of the boat." Elizabeth married Joshua Robinson about Nov 1902 in Emmanuel, Preston. Joshua (son of Thomas Robinson and Mary Jane Crompton) was born in 1882 in Preston, on the canal; died about Aug 1928 in Preston. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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4. | Janet Slater ![]() Other Events:
Notes: Several Robinson births in Preston between 1912 and 1926 are in the GRO Online Register with mother's maiden name Slater, who could belong either to Janet and Thomas, or to her sister Elizabeth Slater and Thomas's brother Joshua Robinson. Janet married Thomas Robinson in 1906 in Preston Register Office. Thomas (son of Thomas Robinson and Mary Jane Crompton) was born on 19 Nov 1884 in Preston, on the canal. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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5. | Mary Lena Slater ![]() Mary married John Higham in 1905 in St Luke, Preston. John was born in 1881 in Preston. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
6. | Ellen Slater ![]() |
7. | Ada Slater ![]() |
8. | Alice Slater ![]() |
9. | George Slater ![]() |
10. | Albert Slater ![]() Other Events:
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11. | Sarah Slater ![]() |
12. | John Slater ![]() Other Events:
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13. | James Robinson ![]() Other Events:
James married Mary Crompton in 1929 in Preston Register Office. Mary was born on 20 Jun 1910 in Preston. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
14. | Elizabeth Robinson ![]() Other Events:
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15. | Edith Robinson ![]() Other Events:
Edith married Albert Fazackerley about Feb 1927 in St George, Preston. Albert (son of William Fazackerley and Susannah Hardman) was born on 4 Jan 1906 in Preston. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
16. | Joshua Robinson ![]() Other Events:
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17. | Ada Robinson ![]() Ada married Ernest Parkinson about Feb 1933 in St George, Preston. Ernest (son of John Parkinson and Alice Ann Proctor) was born on 16 Mar 1910 in Barnacre, nr Garstang. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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18. | Thomas Robinson ![]() Other Events:
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19. | May Robinson ![]() |
20. | Joseph Robinson ![]() |
21. | William Robinson ![]() |
22. | Alice Robinson ![]() Notes: Birth registered in Lancaster. |
23. | Thomas Robinson ![]() Other Events:
Notes: Birth registered in Lancaster, Q2 1910. Thomas married Edith Langstrath about May 1932 in St George, Preston. Edith was born on 23 Oct 1911 in Preston. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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24. | Mary Jane Robinson ![]() Notes: Janet Rigby gives a colourful account of Mary and Dan Ashcroft's careers in 'Life on the Lancaster Canal' (Landy Publishing, 2006). Mary married Daniel Ashcroft in 1931 in Preston Register Office. Daniel (son of Daniel Ashcroft and Alice Goodier) was born on 22 Nov 1908 in Crooklands, nr Milnthorpe; died in 1980. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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25. | Sarah Robinson ![]() |
26. | Lily Robinson ![]() Notes: Age 1yr 9mo in 1921 census; birth year wrongly given as 1920 in 1939. |
27. | John Parkinson ![]() Other Events:
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28. | Jean Parkinson ![]() |
29. | Thomas Robinson ![]() |
30. | Alice Ashcroft ![]() |