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Dear Skylark,

Thank you for this info.
I will visit the records office in Preston armed with it

Thank you again

I am attempting to track down the above, who appears to have gone AWOL in 1881!!!

I have a BIRTH in Q4 1871 in Widnes (Registered in Prescot under 8b 567), so after the 1871 census.

There is also a BAPTISM at All Saint's Church, Runcorn, Cheshire on 12th August 1872  Reg 1839 - 1886; Film 1656553 Mother's name : Elizabeth

I then have him in 1891 living at 68 Lugsdale Road, Widnes, Lancashire, England
By now, he is 19 and an Alkali labourer. Unmarried and staying with John & Jane Foster and family as a nephew.  Not sure if he is the nephew of the wife or the husband (Was wife's maiden name Grace?? or is husband's sister's married name Grace??)

By 1901 he is married with three children and living in Terrace Road, Widnes; the youngest child being my wife's mother.

Until I found the baptism info a couple of weeks ago, I had thought his mother was a Mary Ellen Davison, but the the baptism records Elizabeth as being the mother.

Unfortunately, there is a host of IG's, but I just cannot find a suitable IG born in Widnes in the 1881 census, when he should still be with his parents.

Any help &/or guidance would be  much appreciated

Just trawling old posts and saw this . . .

Just so that you are not led down a cul-de-sac, Auntie San the location for the Strand you mention is not accurate.

I was attracted by the Cazneau Street header. My father was also in the greengrocery and fruit trade. His last shop, before he retired, was in Knowsley Road; on the corner with Scott Street, directly opposite the Gainsborough picture house. 
As a kid, he would take me to market on a Saturday morning. What an experience, seeing all the market stalls and the farm produce in the big yard at the rear.

I can remember being taken into the Strafford Donning banana rooms in a nearby street on a couple of occasions and seeing the hands of fruit hanging in the warmth getting them ripe before sale.   

Another memory is the smoking rooms at McAvoy & Pinnington, down on Vauxhall Road, with huge sides of bacon hung up and the acrid smoke from the oak sawdust.

The Strand shopping centre is further away from Knowsley Road and is limited by the Leeds - Liverpool canal, Stanley road and Marsh lane. I think the western limit is the bus station and the Liverpool to Southport railway line.

It's a long time since I was down there, as it's not on a direct route into Liverpool and now there are restrictions for vehicles along Stanley Road - buses and taxis only I think.

Hope this helps

Was it Mrs Leatherbarrow from Scarisbrick Cottage in New Lane?

We knew her - - quite some time ago now; but she was here when we first moved in.

BL

Stanley Orritt was an engineer on the SS Potaro when the ship was captured by the German ship Kronprinz Wilhelm on 10 January 1915.
I understand that he may have been the Chief Engineer, which was the rank which he held on the SS Brecknockshire, which was torpedoed by the German Commerce Raider Moewe in January 1917.

Never done maritime checks before, so would appreciate some help.

Need to understand this process, as I have similar exercises to fill in gaps for my father, who went to sea in his teens / early twenties (1925 - 35), and mine and my wife's grandfathers.

Thanks

BL