BOAT FAMILIES

of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and connected waterways

1875 - 1900 (25 years)

Generation: 1

Catherine Collins was born in 1875 in Astley Green, Cheshire; died in 1900 in Halsall; was buried on 6 Oct 1900 in St Cuthbert's, Halsall.

Catherine married Peter Gibbons on 19 Jun 1897 in St Nicholas, Liverpool. Peter (son of Richard Gibbons and Elizabeth Langton) was born in 1871 in Lathom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. Richard Collins Gibbons was born on 6 Aug 1895 in Musker Lane, Burscough; died on 4 Sep 1916 in The Somme; was buried in UK/Commonwealth War Graves, France (Somme).
3. Mary Gibbons was born on 11 Dec 1897 in Liverpool.
4. Catherine Gibbons was born in 1899 in Moss Bridge, Lathom.

Generation: 2

Richard Collins Gibbons

(1.Catherine¹) was born on 6 Aug 1895 in Musker Lane, Burscough; died on 4 Sep 1916 in The Somme; was buried in UK/Commonwealth War Graves, France (Somme).

Other Events:

Occupation: Farm servant, soldier
Baptism: 18 Sep 1895, St Matthias, Liverpool

Notes:

Born before parents married. Richard Collins Gibbins in GRO birth record, with Collins struck through - no father named, registered 11.9.1895 Ormskirk.
Baptised as Richard Gibbons, son of Peter and Catherine Collins.
Lance Corporal Richard Collins Gibbons, 14749, 12th Bn The King's Liverpool Regt, in War Graves records (Ancestry). On Thiepval and Halsall, War Memorials.

3.
Mary Gibbons (1.Catherine¹) was born on 11 Dec 1897 in Liverpool.
Other Events:
Baptism: 26 Dec 1897, St Cuthbert's, Halsall

4.	Catherine Gibbons (1.Catherine¹) was born in 1899 in Moss Bridge, Lathom. Other Events: Also Known As: Katie Baptism: 9 Apr 1899, Lathom Park Chapel or Hoscar Mission Room Notes: Known as Katie.