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Research in Other Countries => United States of America => Topic started by: firthview on Wednesday 12 November 14 22:15 GMT (UK)
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Can anyone help me find John Sherlock/Phoebe Lyon with children George b 1856 Liverpool,John b 1858 Liverpool,Mathew b 1860 Boston.I cant find them going to America or coming back to Liverpool by 1862 when Agnes was born thank you.
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Is his birthplace from the 1891 census? Do you have him with his parents on an earlier census?
I can't see the family in 1871 and the only Matthew Sherlock in 1871 was b 1858 Liverpool and was a an apprentice coal miner living in Bingley Yorkshire (see 1891 entry below)
In 1881there is an entry aged 21 b Liverpool and living in Liverpool but not with family
In 1891 a Matthew A Sherlock is living in Bingley Yorkshire shown as b Boston USA
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Hi
According to the Births Registered in Boston USA Mathew Allen SHERLOCK born 1860, his father John SHERLOCK born Ireland, a Steward ( possibly on a ship?? ) and his mother Phoebe born Scotland.
So if John was working aboard ship then he may well not turn up on Passenger Lists.
Cheers
Karenlee
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Thank you for your help,i have Phoebe in Glasgow 1851 then in Boston with 3 of the children in 1860 with John, then in Liverpool 1862 when Agnes was born.I knew John was a ships steward on Georges marriage cert but what I cant find is when they went or when they came back.
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what I cant find is when they went or when they came back.
They obviously went sometime between John's birth in 1858 and Matthews birth in 1860 and returned between 1860-1862
Do the precise dates really matter? Given he was a ships steward you may struggle to find that type of info for the reasons above