RobDaniels

Yes I gathered that lol. I only followed this link because I found that Joseph, Harriet's brother lived in Grange Road, directly over the road from my junior school and when I posted this on the Longford FB page, someone mentioned Joe and Rose. I may delve a little more into Harriet's brothers and sisters, but need to work more on my mums side. Incidentally, both my dads cousin, who has been working on the Daniels tree for many years and myself, can only get back as far as Edwin Daniels 1800.

So as I delve deeper into my boating family I now find that my dads auntie Elizabeth Daniels married William Gibbons who's auntie Harriet Gibbons married Abel Skinner who's son of course was Joseph Skinner who married Rose, The Last Number Ones. I used to swim in the canal where their boat was moored in the early 70s and never knew they were related to me (albight distant). Thank you all for helping me along this journey.

Brilliant, just found them. I went to school with and was friends with Jacks grandsons. They are my second cousins. The daughter in the photos used to live in rooms behind a shop right by Sutton Stop in the 1960s and 70s.

Thank you for that. I'll see if I can find them.

I went to see my 92 year old aunt the other day, Phyllis Caress (Daniels) . She enjoyed her chat about the old days. She remembers going to see her grandad George Daniels at his house in Bedworth. It appears left the boats in the 30s I think. She never met her grandma Mary Jane Daniels (Mander). She also mentioned Georges daughter Ethel was still working the boats in the 30's/40s. Ethel married a Jack Griffiths. I'm not sure if he was a relation to the John Griffiths boating family, does anyone know? Researching the Daniels family has got me as far as Edwin Daniels B.1800. There the trail runs cold, other than he married someone with the same surname, Mather Daniels. I have one more person to visit, a cousin of my dads who I know was researching the family tree a good number of years ago. Hoping I can find something interesting.

Thank you very much for that, its all a very interesting to read. My mother bought my dad that book for Christmas last year. I must have a good look through it. Unfortunately my dad passed away in May, but I did get quite a lot of info from him over the years and my mother remembers quite a bit. I need to go and see my dads sister, who is 92 and get her quite vivid memories documented. Thank you for all your help. I was very pleased that the latest edition of Narrowboat magazine shows a picture of my great grandad Georges boat, together with what could be a photo of him and their horse.

Interesting. I'm descended through James's sister Mary Jayne, who married George Daniels, my great grandad.

From the Boatmen. Robert and Mary Manders were my great great grandparents. Their boat was the Worcester back in 1871.

Thank you

Captain Pegg. I would be interested in any info you would like to share on the Daniels family. Thanks Rob

Thank you Captain Pegg. I've just made the Smith connection this evening via Elizabeth Daniels.

Jeanette Our surname is Daniels. Yes I have all of those three records for Thomas, Joseph and Ethel Rose thanks. Joseph was my grandad. I have just been clearing up a small issue with Mary Jane Manders, as there was one born in 1861 and my one that was born in 1866. If you find the 1871 electrol roll, both Manders and Daniels, were moored at the same stretch of canal in Wolverhampton when Mary Jane was 5 and Joseph's dad George, was 10. Thanks for your help. Do you think that the name of the boat "Clements" was really the name of their boat, given that they are listed as being on the Thames in both 1900 and 1911?

Hello all. I, like many over lockdown, have started to trace my family tree. I always knew that my family used to work the canals, so I have been concentrating my efforts there. Apparently my great grandfather (George Daniels) and mother (Mary Jane) are both mentioned in the summer edition of Narrowboat magazine. I have ordered a copy. My father told me that his dad Joseph (George Daniels son) worked for Samual Barlow, but I have found no connection there. He also said that grandad Joseph worked for John Griffiths. My grandad was baptised in Brentford and finally bought a house and left the boats at Bedworth in 1922, so the John Griffiths connection looks sound. My great Grandma's maiden name was Mary Jane Mander who, together with her father Robert were at Tipton in 1871, as was Georges dad Edwin Daniels. Robert Mander's boat is listed as being named Worcester and Edwin Daniels as Warwick. George Daniels is listed as being on the boat "Thames" in New Brentford in 1900 and again on the Thames in 1911, this time with the Butty "Tees". Both these are listed as being both owned by John Griffith's. Incidentally, my grandad Joseph Daniels is listed as living on the boat "Clements" at the time he was baptised, but this may have been the warf, or yard that George and Mary Jane were working from, or moored at. From memory, my grandad Joseph's sister Rose was the last person to live on the boats. I vaguely remember my dad going to visit her at Sutton Stop when we were walking there in the late 1960's If anyone can help me fill in any of the many gaps, or even share stories or pictures of my family, or their boats, I would appreciate it. Thank you