Childe of Hale (17 Oct 2000)

I am looking for information of one of my great-cousins, the childe of hale, any information you can find of him would be wonderful, i am from the USA and so far am having no luck.
Liz Gonzalez, Aurora, Colorado, USA

Kirkdale/Bankhall (7 Oct 2000)

I was born in Kirkdale, near Bankhall and I am trying to find out what life was like there in the 19th century. My Father was a sailor on the Elder Dempster Line and I would also like to know more about this.
Margaret Jones

Kirkdale/19thc Shipping (6 Oct 2000)

I enjoyed your web page very much, especially about the castle. I am trying to find out about Kirkdale and the shipping in Liverpool from the 19th century.
Margaret Jones, Waterloo

Druids Cross, Calderstones (5 Oct 2000)

This is an excellent site, I have not yet downloaded and articles or images. I certainly will do so as I continue my research on the history of Liverpool, as newcomer/novice to researching Liverpool's history I find this site a brilliant source and very easy to navigate, in fact just what I need.

At this time I am looking for information on Druids Cross, I am sure it was an old convent around the Allerton area of Liverpool.
If you have any information or know of anyone could you please let me know via Email. Thanks and keep up the excellent work.
John Lee

Mother Redcaps (9 Sep 2000)

Many thanks for so much interesting reading, your pages are a delight and will keep me happy for a long time. Do you by any chance know of the history of "Mother Redcaps" which was in egremont (I think). thanks again, Margaret
Margaret Parker, Liverpool

Patrick Burke/Belinda Carroll of Garston (9 Sep 2000)

Only a flying visit this time but I'll be back for sure - it looks like a great site! I like the layout, very easy to get around! My connection to Liverpool is through my mother - she was born & bred there but it is my great-grandparents Patrick & Belinda Burke (nee Carroll) who we are trying to trace. They lived on Granville Road, Garston but where are they buried??? I have a date of death for Belinda so has anyone any ideas as to where I should start looking? All advice is welcome as I'm very much a new-comer.
Anne-Marie Farrell, Co. Wiclow, Ireland

Norris Green - new web site (30 Aug 2000)

A wonderful site! I was particularly impressed with The article about the origins of Norris Green, which I knew very little of. I lived on Townsend Avenue from 1973 until 1995, when after gaining a place at university to study History, I moved to London. I regularly visit Norris Green to see my family and friends. I am intending to create a web page for the area and I am currently gathering photographs and illustrations of the area. Can you help?
Steven Wright, Muswell Hill, London

Sutton of Speke Hall estate/Oglet (8 Aug 2000)

Great homepage, I am at present doing my wifes family tree, found your site very informative, we have visited the area very recently and travelled down to oglet farm. My wifes ancestors were tenant farmers on the site of Speke hall and it is believed they signed the coming of age book given to Adelaide Watt at the age of 21 There names were Sutton and were in the area around 1750 to 1860's. Any info appreciated.
David Williams, Wigan

Duffin/Liverpool Workhouse (29 Jul 2000)

I have an interest in the workhouse Hospital because my mother Louise Duffin or Rogers may have began her life in Workhouse Hospital. She was born 29 September 1889, as an illegitimate child, or all indications seem to point me in that direction. I also believe that she was an indentured New York City Child because she was not on any records in NYC between 1900 and 1914 when she returned from a four year stay in England. I further believe her mother was very poor and worked as a domestic. She may have had a sister and both came to the United States in 1900 her sister the older maybe as a mother's assistant because she was only 11 years old. Her mother maiden name was Mary Rawlinson but in later life was using the name of Duffin and a Frank Rogers/ Duffin her father. She may or may not have been a Barnardo's child I have an application with this organization that is nearly four months in existent.
I have been told that you are knowledgeable in the workings of the hospital and you might be able to tell me how I may go about searching for this person? I appreciate that I maybe asking a lot from a busy man but I'm presently up against a brick wall and your help would be greatly appreciated.
Charlie in USA

James Wood/Ferns/Barlow/Crook of Garston (14 July 2000)

My great grand father james wood was, i believe, a timber merchant.He has two street's named after him in Garston (James st and Wood st) i am intrested in any other imformation about this man. Also the Johnson family who were my great great grandparent's.Their daughter married James Wood.
Joyce May Ferns(nee Barlow)

Brown Family of Upper Mann Street (12 July 2000)

Does anybody have imformation on an old Garston family by the name of Wood (under the bridge) Also the Brown family of Mann or Upper Mann St Dingle. The Brown family married into the Ferns family who moved to Elwy St Dingle then to Garston.
Arthur Ferns, Garston

Mossley Hill (2 July 2000)

Hi All, Is there a history of Mossley Hill?
Tom Ockleshaw, Melbourne

Toxteth Workhouse/Sefton General (2 July 2000)

This is an excellent website and will recommend it's reading to all. How can we obtain views of the pictures that are not showing... they'd be really interesting. (constantly uploading - up soon hopefully)
Is there a photograph of Toxteth Park Workhouse, Sefton General Hospital? Can anyone help?
Maureen, Queensland, Australia

Blackburne's of Hale (1 July 2000)

Brilliant Site. Would love to see anything about The Blackburn's of Hale Hall.
Patricia Blackburne, Wigan

Childe of Hale (1 July 2000)

Enjoyed your site. Will be back. Question: CHS email list seems to be the busiest on the net - many Irish and English seem to have emigrated from Cheshire, my wife's family included. But it seems that most of them had to board ships in Liverpool. Do you have any knowledge of the existence of lists of ship departures and passenger lists from Liverpool to the Colonies?
Henry L Dye, Holbrook, Ma 02343

Sherriff Family (1 July 2000)

Great site. I am looking for the info on the Sherriff family of 20 Mount Pleasant Rd. Liverpool.
Ron Furman, Newmarket Ontario Canada

Mill St/Liverpool Maps (01 Jul 2000)

My grandfather lived in Liverpool after his father moved there from Amlwch in Wales. g'father owned two cobblers shops, reputed to have been in Parliament Street and Alt Street (sp?). However, my father's birth cert. shows place of residence as 40 Devonshire Place, and birth place as 147a Mill Road. The problem with this is that my mother and half brother disagree on the location of the shops. The only consistency is thta mother said they lived above one of the shops in Alt St., however, the birth cert shows them living above the shop in Devonshire Place.
I am guessing that all these streets are close to each other in one way or another.
Do you know where I could find street maps of Liverpool for a) present day, b) pre-WWII, and c) circa 1910. I live in the USA right now, so I can't amble down to a high street store you see :(
Any advice you might have would be gratefully received :)
Kindest regards,
Richard A. Williams, CEng MBCS
Chartered Engineer (Information Systems)
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Liberty Stone, Castle St. (July 2000)

Do you know where I can find information on the liberty (or freedom) stone that is in Castle St? People that I have spoken to have no knowledge or recollection of the stone.
Regards
John Elston

I've just started a course on Liverpool history and we have been learning about the 1911 general strike. Can you help?
Tony Heron

Liverpool Workhouse (30 June 2000)

I am chasing staff names at BROWNLOW HILL 1876-ish.
Barry Maidment, Oldham

Fawcett, Preston, & Co. (12 June 2000)

I just found your web site describing your interest in Liverpool.
I'm going to be in Nevis, St. Kitts, and St. Croix for the next two weeks. I am trying to learn more about Alexander Hamilton's mother's family, the Fawcetts. I discovered that in Liverpool in the 18th century, a company named Fawcett, Preston, & Co. made sugar plantation equipment for the West Indies, and made steam powered mills in the 19th century.
Although all Hamilton biographers say that his father came to Nevis as a Huguenot in 1685 after the revocation of Nantes, is it possible that he is related to the Fawcett who ran this company? There weren't many Europeans on Nevis and it is likely that the company had a representative on Nevis. If a link were to be made, it would link Hamilton's family to part of the plantation/slavery machinery, a culture which Hamilton detested.
Do you know anything about Fawcett, Preston, & Co,?
Jacqui Horwitz

de Lahaye-Parker Family (24 May 2000)

I have been trying to find records of my great grandmother one Caroline Parker Married to Louis de Lahaye in 1890's and the birth of my grandfather James Dawson de Lahaye-Parker He was born in Liverpool,England was raised in Jamaica and later moved to Cuba where he Married my grandmother Rosa Torres Miranda. I have been trying to find any information that can point me to checking records and where to find them. If you can help me I would be eternaly grateful. Thank you for any assistance you can offer.
Doris Salazar

Liverpool Churches (21 May 2000)

Do you have a list of churches from the Liverpool/Merseyside area past and present Anglican and Roman Catholic from 1700 till now or is there a book on Merseyside churches?
Francis Newall

St Davids church history (17 May 2000)

I am in the early stages of researching my father's family history. I am interested to know if you can tell me anything about St David's Church in Liverpool. My great great grandparents were married there on 15 May 1853. (I have the original marriage certificate). I have not been able to find out anything about the church although I have tried many other sites, but obviously not the right one! Could you please direct me? I am particularly interested in its history and where it is situated.

My great great grandparents were William Hill of Mary Anne Street and El(l)inor Martha Grindley(?) of Rupert Street. I think the streets are right! The minister appears to be W Hughes.
Many thanks!
Joanne Murphy Dubbo, NSW, Australia

Liverpool Docks (9 May 2000)

I have been trying hard to determine the truth of an item mentioned in my great-great-grandfather's obituary. It claims he was "at Liverpool in 1851 and saw Prince Albert and the Duke of Wellington lay the corner stone of the Victoria and Albert Dock."

Do you know if this would be what is called the Albert Dock today? From what info I am able to gather from the internet, the Albert Dock was opened by Prince Albert in 1846...(don't know if that would be the same dock, or if it would include laying any cornerstones). The dates are important to me because I am trying to research the man's real whereabouts, not just the stories (and already have found he had a first marriage in Dec. 1851 in Boston he never told his later family about, so he would've had to move fast if he'd been in Liverpool the same year...)

Any information or guidance you can offer would be very helpful and much appreciated, even if only the address of where I might write in Liverpool to ask these questions.
Many thanks and best wishes,

Michelle Stone in Marietta, Georgia, USA

Street Maps on the Net? (17 Mar 2000)

I was born in Liverpool in 1957 and left for the States with family in 1970 I am returning for a visit to Liverpool in mid April with my daugter and will hopefully walk her through my memory lane. However I cannot seem to find any good street maps on the net. I have a pretty good memory but after 30 years I need to study a map in order to visualise some things. Any help would be appreciated. thanks
Pat Henley, Rochester, New York USA

Catheral family (6 Feb 2000)

I was surfing on the internet, wanting to trace the Catheral family back from the 1300s, when they came to Chester. John Catheral came to Cheshire from Lancastershire, from a place called Catheral. I am mostly interested in geneaologic links in Lancastershire, but I REALLY enjoyed your web pages, with the family pages, the old bands, etc. I was born in 1954 and have a husband and three sons, live on a farm in east Tennessee, near the Smokey Mountains...thanks so much for any help, and keep the good work.
Jackie Kittrell, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

Kinsey/Crothers/ Hankinson (23 Jan 2000)

Nothing I can say would signify how impressed I am with your website,Mike & family.Came upon it through a search for L.Pool where I was born (Garston) Been a bit emotional looking at the photos. Anyone know any Kinsey, Crothers, Hankinson ? Thanks Mike for bringing me 'home.'
Jacquie Bambery, Australia

St Georges Hall (15 Jan 2000)

Just to say what an excellent site Mike! I was wondering if you had any pages on St Georges Hall that I could view?
None at present, may upload soon, can anyone else help?
Alex McKie, West Derby
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Robinette Family (1 Jan 2000)

Searching for Robinette (Robinett-Robnet) family members. Any info would be appreciated. Happy 2000!!!
Joan M. Robinette, Boston, MA USA

Ireland Family (Hale) (24 Nov 1999)

I've just come across your pages dealing with Hale and wonder if you can point me in the right direction of info on the Ireland family. In particular 16th century. When Richard Risley was eighteen his father died and his guardian, Sir Thomas Botelier granted the guardianship to Sir John Ireland, 20 May, 9 Hen. VIII. At some point Richard married Alicia, daughter and heir of Sir John Ireland. She was divorced 17 June 1536, having herself sought the divorce on the pleas that she had married Risley during the lifetime of her husband Thomas Stanley. It is possible that Alicia's previous husband was the Revd Thomas Stanley, a relative of the Earls of Derby, who was allowed by papal bull to hold other livings while he was minister at Winwick in 1558. Do you know of any sources where I could find for instance the date of their marriage or of the the birth of their son Thomas Risley who was declared base born in 1543 ? Any pointers would be very welcome.
regards
Dave Risley

Thomas & Elizabeth Power/Harry Bailey (24 Nov 1999)

You appear to have done a good job of the Work Houses. I am looking for my ancestors, Thomas Power (1819-90) and Elizabeth Power (1818-1888) who are buried in Section A Right No 911 in Toxteth Park. Neither they nor their children appear in the 1881 Census for some unknown reason. The main curious one I am looking for is Harry Bailey Power who died at 18 years of age in the September Quarter of 1875, in Liverpool. It is strange that he should die at that age, having grown up.
Warren C.O.Power, Ballarat, Australia.

Childe of Hale (24 Nov 1999)

Do you know of any websites where I can get good info, like the size of the bed (and the size of the Childe too) I'd be very grateful. I know I found one once some time ago, read about the modern medical view of him, what the condition was that made him grow so big....there are faint (very!) bells ringing about a ?sister...or maybe just a female person? Thanks in advance.
Pam Turnbull in Melbourne (Formerly from Childwall and Woolton. Left UK 1973)

Brownbill Family (15 Mar 1999)

I spend a great deal of time looking for information about the Liverpool/Lancashire area. My Brownbill family lived in Aintree for many years before they set out across the sea.I have been studying the church records from Sefton, St. Nicholas, and Walton on the Hill to find more family. I share a site with Tom Brownbill of Chester. My page is called Brownbill abroad in America.Your pages are great!

Sally Otto, Bay Village , Ohio, USA.
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