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Malley familiy from Wigan

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Redrover

Redrover Report 4 Nov 2011 12:32

Thanks everyone for your replies.

Cynthia

Cynthia Report 3 Nov 2011 18:49

When you have a little more information about your family, it may be useful to contact the Wigan History Shop. They hold many records for Wigan including parish registers/businesses/organisations etc. They may well hold something about boatmen.

Click on this link for further info:


http://www.wlct.org/heritage-services/heritage-services.htm


Cx

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mgnv

mgnv Report 3 Nov 2011 18:22

Using http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk/

Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1862
Surname Forename(s) Sub-District Registers At Mother's Maiden Name Reference
MALLEY Ellen Wigan Wigan & Leigh PORTER WIG/65/471


As far as I'm aware, there is no special site for Wigan boatmen.
There is a nice general Wigan site that has cemetery info as well as modern pics of 83% of streets:
http://www.wiganworld.co.uk/stuff/cemetery.php?opt=cemetery
http://www.wiganworld.co.uk/streets/

There's also a general pic site which often has modern canal pics, e.g.:
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/833660

lancashireAnn

lancashireAnn Report 3 Nov 2011 17:20

these are the ones I could see on lan-opc where the man was a boatman

Baptisms: 2 Jun 1862 All Saints, Wigan, Lancashire, England
Ellen Malley - Child of William Malley & Ann
Born: 11 Mar 1862
Abode: Pottery
Occupation: Boatman
Baptised by: C. H. Newbold Clerk in Orders
Register: Baptisms 1861 - 1865, Page 104, Entry 825
Source: LDS Film 1885682

Burial: 28 Oct 1862 St John the Divine, Pemberton, Lancashire, England
Ellen Malley -
Age: 7 months
Abode: Pottery Wigan
Buried by: J. T. Wilson Curate
Register: Burials 1832 - 1866, Page 189, Entry 1528
Source: LDS Film 1885639

Researching:
Liverpool (Cartwright, Chambers, Miller), Todmorden (Sutcliffe, Mallison), Abergavenny (Watkins, Prosser)

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 3 Nov 2011 17:04

To find if your family is connected it's best to work backwards from your family.

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

Redrover

Redrover Report 3 Nov 2011 16:24

Anyone got information on the Malley family who were canal boatmen? 1871 Census shows them living in the Pottery area of Wigan and then they moved to New Springs near Aspull. My family is connected somehow and I`m trying to find this connection via marriage surnames.
Ormskirk Family History has a wonderful website on Burscough boatmen and I`m wondering if there is something similar for Wigan.
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