Thompson Family Widnes

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Hi, could you post the picture of the "Raliway Inn" up here ? My gggrandfather Henry Guttridge was recorded as staying there in 1861. The family later lived in Water St. Then in 1901 my ggrandfather (also Henry) is recorded as lodging with John Thompson (who appears to be the son of Samuel Thompson) in James St.

[jogscry]

your grandfather james 1869-1920 was one of 12 children.william 1870,mary 1873, john1874 my grandfather,reuben 1876, george 1877, samuel 1878, edith  jane 1879, elizabeth 1881, joseph 1883,harry 1885, thomas lunt 1858.  parents sam  1843-1909 and ann jane penney. brother james and sister ellen. sams parents were william 1814-1890 and mary burrows. they had 11 children , william 1, john 1809, jane 1 1813,william 2 1814, jane 2 1816, james 1819, samuel 1820, anne 1823, reuben 1826, ellen 1828, mary 1830.  williams father was john, cotton spinner, of macclesfield married to ellen lowe 1808at st peters prestbury

[jogscry]

line  4 of previous message for 11 children read siblings
sam thompson 1843-1909 became landlord of the victoria vaults 1 water st in 1879and is recorded as such 1881 and 1891 census returns. in 1897 licence  passed to john thompson. 1901 census shows sam as a fitter residing at 144 mersey rd.
later in the same year he became the landlord of the railway inn , sadler st , called the addled egg, situated on st helens gap railway. the junction was another railway  hotel also called the ditton junction hotel on the main  london liverpool line.
sam died in 1909 leaving jane ann  274 pounds 10 slillings .she became landlady until1912 when the brewery closed the pub paying ann 130 pounds compensation.james  1869-1920had the george hotelin1897in pitt st until his death where his 2nd wife elizabeth remained untin 1924.can find no connection with any other widnes pubs