| Description | DOB: 3rd March 1820
DOD: 1905
Emmanuel was born at the back of the Bailiffs row, Danington Wood, on 3rd March 1820.
Moved to a house in the Danington Barrick, where his father died when Emmanuel was 30 years old.
His mother died at Tipton in South Staffordshire.
At 13 he broke his thigh and was on bed rest for 13 weeks, and felt a stong desire to learn to read. Started going to night school.
Went to Wrockmerdine Wood Primitive Methodist Sunday School.
Riots began in 1842 in serval countries, one very large on in Staffordshire, or the potteries, and one in shropshire. Resulted in getting a few imprisoned.
Sent down a coal mine at 7 years old, after a time was promoted to drive a donkey.
Self educated in his teens during his recovery from a mining accident, Lovekin became a navigator (on canals), a chartist (he was arrested at one stage) and eventually a mining engineer, sinking many mines in the black country and potteries, a proprietor and finally an inspector of mines.
Methodist
Married Edna, who died in 1881 after being married 36 years.
14 children, 8 boys and 6 girls
He had a life of many nearly fatal accidents, and also of travel: to the continent and at least twice to the United States to visit his children.
At eighty he started to write some memories of his life. Other journals - of his voyage also existed. He completed about nine thousand words before he died in 1805.
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