Canary banana king? Ferguson Liverpool

[PeterFerguson]

The Paul family tree for Edith Paul which I've seen on Ancestry leads to Renfrewshire, Scotland in the 1760s: I don't see any obvious Portuguese connection

[garstonite]

The reason I asked is I live in Garston,Liverpool and my neighbour is Samuel Paul and he told me his ancestors the Paul family came to Liverpool from Portugal and he was born in the area the Ferguson / Paul marriage was in....no problem ...just a chance he may have been connected....

[Humphpaul]

Hello Peter Ferguson. Yes still doing tree and  delighted to hear from you and see your tree on Ancesty where mine is also - under the name Alan Williams.

The info re the banana king came from my cousin Jean who knows  more about the Fergusons  as her mother passed on the info. Her Mother was Isabella Paul and she  was close to Mary Paul who was the youngest sister of Edith. When the children were split up after their parents early deaths Mary became  a part of the family of my grandparents John Paul and Elizabeth and became a  sister of the family who was always known as Polly. She lived with them in Dunluce St. Walton and after their deaths continued to live with Isabella. i.e. Jeans mother.

I have two photos which Jean let me copy: one is a family group at the  christening of the twins in 1952, which you probably have and the other is  of their mother with the twins at Warwick show about 1960 which was taken by Jean. Purely by coincidence she met her there as Jean was working as matron at a school near there and they knew each other via the family. I have avoided using names as these people are probably still living

I will be phoning Jean on Monday evening and she will be pleased to  hear all about this.

May I take some info. from your tree just on the Paul side. You are quite right about there being no Portuguese conection.

I will be in  touch and glad to answer any queries if I can. Cheers Alan Williams (Humphpaul)

   

[PeterFerguson]

Hi, Alan: many thanks for the information and do help yourself to anything from the tree. I'm working through my late father's collection of photographs and I'll ley you know if anything else turns up. Best wishes, Peter

[PeterFerguson]

Just added date of death for William Holmes Ferguson (1937) and residence for John Paul Ferguson and his mother in 1937 (in Coventry)