Cheshire Memories: Family tree appeal

By Chester Chronicle on Jun 29, 09 08:01 AM in 1800-1899

Letter from Mrs B Marshall, Broughton, Chester

I AM WRITING in the hope that someone out there may be able to help me.

I am researching my family tree and I am trying to trace descendants/relatives of my Gt Uncle George Williams who married a Sarah Lloyd approx 1890's.George was born in about 1868, in Whitchurch, where his father worked as a boatman on the Canals.

He himself also worked on the barges from the age of 12 and then he was employed as a coal miner at St Martins, Oswestry, Shropshire, from about 1891 to 1901.

On the 1901 census he is shown working as a boatman again on the Canals and living at No 8 Queen Street, Chester, with his wife Sarah and their family as shown:

Emily - 10 - born in Nantwich 1891.
Susan A - 8 - born in Chirk 1893.
Fred - 6 mths - born in Chester 1900.

George and his family may well have remained living in the Chester area and I would very much like to trace any descendants/relatives who recognise these names from their own family history and may still be living in this part of the world. Any help or information would be appreciated.

My telephone number is: 01244 534395 and my e-mail address is: Muggins348@aol.com.