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Herefordshire Lookup Requests / Re: Hereford Gaol 1911 census
« on: Saturday 12 March 11 18:58 GMT (UK)  »
Dear Skylark,

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

Thank you again

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Lancashire / Re: Isaac Grace - where have you gone??
« on: Friday 21 January 11 23:09 GMT (UK)  »
Hey, what super sleuths you folks are!!

I had been toying with the idea that IG may have been illegitimate, following the discovery of the baptism certificate and the 1891 census data.

On the 1891 census, there is also a brother in law to the Head named John Heyes,
so that would fit the name change.

Obviously something to chew over regarding the name changes but as Man Ram says there is a lot of intermingling of names in the 1871 C

Thanks to you both for your interest and input.

I think a birth certificate is the way to go.

BL

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Lancashire / Isaac Grace - where have you gone??
« on: Friday 21 January 11 17:25 GMT (UK)  »
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

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Lancashire / Re: The Liver Building, Liverpool
« on: Thursday 13 January 11 22:02 GMT (UK)  »
The Liver Birds

The one facing out to the river is the female.
She is watching for the sailors returning from the sea.

The male is watching over the city  - - to see if the pubs are open yet!!!!

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Lancashire / Re: Cazaneu Street Liverpool, Fruit Market,Goodwins
« on: Tuesday 11 January 11 04:53 GMT (UK)  »
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

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Lancashire / Re: Little Crosby St. Mary's 1800
« on: Monday 10 January 11 21:03 GMT (UK)  »
Trawling old posts again . . .

The last post prompted me to note that St Helen's Church at Sefton is very close to Little Crosby
AND there are several burials of RC's in the churchyard from Little Crosby

The other possibility would be St Michael' at Altcar

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Lancashire / Re: Ormskirk during WW1
« on: Saturday 08 January 11 00:08 GMT (UK)  »
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

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Lancashire / Re: where would Methodists be buried in Rufford?
« on: Friday 07 January 11 23:42 GMT (UK)  »
If you need any checks on St John's, then drop me a pm and I'll see what I can do.
We are members of St John's fellowship.

Regards

BL

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The Common Room / All at Sea - - SS Potaro
« on: Friday 07 January 11 15:53 GMT (UK)  »
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

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