Celia's Rake Lane + burial.look up

[slightlyfoxed]

Thank you very much for all your efforts! My Pom cousin will be most interested as well.
Im a bit baffled by Augustus Poms perambulations. After his wife died he seems to have moved about for several years before settling in Fountains Lodge with his widowed daughter in law and grandsons!
 I shall hunt around to see if there are any old photios of the area hiding on the www somewhere??

 I wonder if you'd have any idea how I could locate an auction catalogue from 1968-1969 ish.
Another relative, one with oodles of boodle, also lived in Birkenhead and when the family died out with the death of his remaining daughter there was an auction of the house and contents.
He was Joseph Wilson , the house was the rather pretentiously names Stokesay Hall ( also now demolished) He was a sucessful miller and corn merchant and his son Frank Campbell Wilson  was Lord mayor of Liverp'l in 1922 23 . After his daughter Margaret Florence Wilson died in about 1968 or 69 everything was sold.There was a catalogue for the sale. Id love to know if one survives.
 I have yet to find Josephs or Margarets death record. Not in Cheshire BMDs and not on line but I am going to the local probate office in Exeter at some point!.

 Many thanks .
Best wishes for the Festive season!
annie

[celia]

Hi Annie, I cant  Help you with Auction Catalog,s i am afraid it,s a bit off Topic for me. You could have a scout round on the net and find the history of Stokesey Hall.
I am not sure if you would find an Auction Catalog without knowing the name of the Auctioneer's.
Do you know who the Mrs Pomeroy was that lived in Queensway. On the next fine day( it's freezin here ) i will take a photo of the House for you if it's yours. Also one of 9, Warwick Drive. Let me know if you want anything else looking up,burials,addresses.Will be glad to help

Celia 

Note, Between us we found the Auction Catalog By Chance,recently.
Mission compleated Aug 2005

[celia]

Hi Annie, I found more on your Pomeroy’s than I told you. (I Just had to type it out) I worked back through the years from Wallasey where the Pomeroy’s last lived. To Liverpool in 1868. (I can go a long way back till I run out of the name) Where they seem to have lived before moving to Wallasey when Augustus Retired. There were no Pomeroy mentioned in the Directory for
1882 or 1884 the 1881 is missing. So from 1883 back to 1868 I found.


In 1883. Mrs. James Pomeroy. 11, Mount view (House name I would say) Clwyd St New Brighton.

Mrs Lizzie Pomeroy. Fountain Lodge, Rake Lane, Liscard, (Wallasey

1878. Pomeroy       Augustus. S.J. Princ/gen/office.
               “              Charles.      Marina.  30 Leeds Street.   1877 still at that address.

1876. Pomeroy.     Agustus. S.J. Princ/Gen/Office/
                “              Charles       Grocer & provision Dealer. 48 Leeds St. 1875 same.

1874. Pomeroy.      John, Master Marina 79, White Rock st. E

1873. Pomeroy.      John. Master Marina, Devonshire Terrace, 39, Brook Road, Bootle, N

1872. Pomeroy         “         “           “              “                                 “

1871. Pomeroy.      Augustus,    Book Keeper, 3,Canning St Waterloo, W
               “               Harrison, A. (Albert Dock offices) Albert Dock west
               “               John            Master Marina. 39, Brook road, Bootle. W
               “               Walker, W. (Albert Dock offices) Albert Dock . W

1870. Pomeroy.      Augustus,  Bookeeper.  22, Wavertree Vale. E
               “               Walker, W, same as 71

1868. Pomeroy.      Alfred Augustus. Bookeeper, Church Road, Much Woolton. E.
               “               Augustus, S.J. Principal Clerk Albert dock, Warehouse. W.
                                 Miss Eliza, School Mistress South View, Allerton View, much Woolton, E

Now that you know that your Pomeroy’s were living in Liverpool in 1871. You will now be able to request the 1871 Census for Lancashire, (Liverpool) One each for Harrison, John, Walker, & Mrs. Lizzie Pomeroy (Cheshire) oh yes and Mrs. James Pomeroy census place Cheshire.

Celia

Did you know ther are  1,400 + Pomeroy's & Pomery' dating back to 1583 in Cornwall
Annie i have just been on your Pomeroy website, wow, so of course you know about cornwall.Thats some history have i given you information you already have.I wouldnt think so though unless you have been to Cheshire

Mission Compleated last edit Aug 2005

[celia]

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Celia

[celia]

Hi Andrea & Karen,you remember Karen you asked Andrea if she knew anything about the outbreak of Spanish flu?I have never stopped trying to find information about this.Now thanks to a relative who today suggested where to look. I have found the information and was shocked.I will put the website address on so others can read more about it, a truly terrible occurrence.

http://www.stanford.edu/group/virus/uda

Celia

 The influenza pandemic of 1918-1919 killed more people than the Great War (1914-18), at somewhere between 20 and 40 million people. It has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in recorded world history. More people died of influenza in a single year than in four-years of the Black Death Bubonic Plague from 1347 to 1351. Known as "Spanish Flu" or "La Grippe" the influenza of 1918-1919 was a global disaster. In the fall of 1918 the Great War in Europe was winding down and peace was on the horizon. The Americans had joined in the fight, bringing the Allies closer to victory against the Germans. Deep within the trenches these men lived through some of the most brutal conditions of life, which it seemed could not be any worse. Then, in pockets across the globe, something erupted that seemed as benign as the common cold. The influenza of that season, however, was far more than a cold. In the two years that this scourge ravaged the earth, a fifth of the world's population was infected. The flu was most deadly for people ages 20 to 40. This pattern of morbidity was unusual for influenza which is usually a killer of the elderly and young children.

[kiwi]

Hi Celia,

The Spanish 'flu hit hard out here in NZ too, huge numbers of people died, I know 'disinfecting' stations were set up in various points around town to help combat infection, all to no avail, no penicillin or antibiotics in those days!

Keep up the good work,
regards,
kiwi.

[celia]

Kiwi      thank you for your feedback it's much appreciated, it makes my research  all the more worth while RootsChat has done wonders for my History, and Geography

Celia

[celia]

Andrea thank you for your personal reply, much appreciated.I thought i would make a suggestion on here in case anyone has  any view's.
In the light of discovering the global impact of the Spanish flu. I was wondering if it might be a reason why i never found any burial's for you family. I would imagine with so many people dying of this flue the cemeteries would i am sure not have been able to cope.Could they have been cremated that would be one reason. The other one is they were buried in  churchyard. I don't know if records are kept of cremations, Just a thought

Celia

[celia]

Sandraanne

Hello Sandy
Maybe it would be easier for you as a newbie to put your first post on here rather than to follow my instuctions on the personal mail. To post a mail on here is done the same way as you did on the personal mail.(The personal mail is like a email, only i can see it). Just click on The topic name then press reply at the top of the page. Give me as much information as possibe then send. When i reply to your mail RootsChat will advise you of this. Would i be right in saying you are From Australia ???You joined yesterday the 18th it's the 18th today here in England

Celia