Garston, Lancashire

[Mr. Tibbs]

Hello Cal
Sorry there was no date: I don't think things through properly.  William R was certainly in Garston in 1891.  Thank you for responding so quickly. 
Pat

[Mr. Tibbs]

Jane, thank you for adding information on William R for Cal - a great help. 
Pat

[Mr. Tibbs]

Hello Allan
I've just sent you a really long reply expressing my gratitude and delight in the two websites and the message didn't send!  I'm not good at doing this but here we go again.
William Reveley TENCH (mother Elizabeth REAVELEY) was born in Winlaton, Co. Durham in 1848 (father Anthony).  He married Margaret KELLET in Sunderland in 1871.  From there: 1871 an unemployed florist and gardener in Darlington; 1881 a clerk in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire; moved on to Ipswich, Suffolk; 1891 a mechanical engineer and manager in Garston; 1901 a pier erection engineer in Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne.  Known in the family as a bridge builder-that would fit in with the firm you mentioned in Garston- and seems to have been abroad quite a lot.  At least three sons became engineers: John Anthony was an associated member of mechanical engineers in India; Richard and James Renwick were engineers in Canada.  Mary BELL was William's second wife (maybe that's why it has Mary BELL and WILKINSON on the Yorkshire bmds.  Formerly, she was the housekeeper.
with grateful thanks
Pat

[garstonite]

Hiya Pat.,so William Reveley b 1871 is Williams son ?  his 1st born
...there is a small chance...and I mean small.....go to www.ancestral-villages.co.uk and put garston in the village search box....garston , liverpool will show amongst others....click on this and you will find a list of people who came to Garston and the year they came....sometimes the address is there as well.....good luck...it is a free site...just register....it is quite a long list so read through it slowly ....allan

[Mr. Tibbs]

Allan 
I have moved forward more in one day than I have done for weeks. This third site that you have shown me is just as exciting as the other two and although I cannot find my TENCHs, I can add my information and hopefully someone will know something.  On 1891 census, William et al lived at 18 Island Road.  I saw on the old map of Garston, an Island Farm.  I surmise that their home would be somewhere near.  Interestingly, the situation and occupations of Garston in 1891 were very similar to our area of the northeast: heavy industry in country villages near or on the side of the river Tyne.
Many, many thanks
Pat

[garstonite]

Wow...Island Road in 1891 ...Well, 18 Island Road is still there...Want a picture ??...I can take one on my mobile and forward it to your mobile....3 Storey Red Brick houses which were for the rich large families...they are all now divided into Flats....typical large house with 2 flats on each floor / or a load of bedsits...if you go to www.mapquest.co.uk and put in 18 Island Road , Liverpool . L19 you will see that Island rd leads to Seddon Rd which leads to the Dock Rd...where all the ships came in...Garston Dock is there furthest Dock on the South of the Mersey...Garston wasn`t part of Liverpool until 1902....so for convenience , ship owners / Captains / Bankers /and anyone involved with the shipping trade had a house around this area....I would be interested to know if William was there with his family only...or was he a lodger there...if he was a top class Metallurgical Engineer / Bridge Builder , he probably was rich.......allan

[Ringoroses]

I'm sure you've seen the William Reveley Tench, Postmaster in Hale (not far from Garston) in 1905 in the Blachsheep index?
http://www.blacksheepindex.co.uk/BSI-TchTiz.pdf

Just making sure.

Ann

[ainslie]

Ann
'Hale, Cheshire' probably means the one near Altrincham, as the one on the Mersey near Speke only 'moved' to Cheshire in 1974.
A

[Ringoroses]

Really? Didn't know that.

Still, it's a pretty distinctive name, perhaps they're related.