BOAT FAMILIES

of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and connected waterways

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1864 - 1910 (46 years)

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Generation: 1

Eliza Isabella Cottier was born in 1864 in Douglas, Isle of Man; died in 1910 in St Helens (see note).

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Baptism: 12 Jun 1864, Douglas, Isle of Man

Notes:

Two baptism records give mother's name Margaret, two Mary.
Eliza and her son Philip appear as Hollingsworth in the 1901 census for Douglas, Isle of Man, where apparently she was jailed, and her children (including Philip) sent to Canada as 'Home Children'.
A death is recorded in St Helens, 12.12.1910, of an Eliza Hollingsworth, 'widow of Thomas Hollingsworth, captain of sailing ship of 21 Peel Street, St Helens', informant Jenny Hollingsworth, daughter, of 34 Hall Street, St Helens.

Family/Spouse: Robert Owen Hampson. Robert (son of James Hampson and Jane Owen) was born in 1853 in Runcorn; died in 1932 in Runcorn. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. Owen Hampson was born about Aug 1891 in Runcorn.
3. Jane Hampson was born about Aug 1893 in Runcorn.
4. Philip Hampson was born on 23 May 1895 in Canal Street, Runcorn.

Generation: 2

2. Owen Hampson (1.Eliza¹) was born about Aug 1891 in Runcorn.
3. Jane Hampson (1.Eliza¹) was born about Aug 1893 in Runcorn.

Philip Hampson

(1.Eliza¹) was born on 23 May 1895 in Canal Street, Runcorn.

Notes:

Birth registered Q3 1895, but date given by Barnardo's Records Counselling and Support Service in Ilford, which states that he was admitted to the Liverpool Sheltering Home in May 1909, naming his mother as Isabella Hollingsworth and siblings as Owen and Jane. It adds that he left the UK aboard SS Corsican on May 20 1909. Other records show that the Corsican departed Liverpool on May 26 and arrived in Quebec on May 28.