Well, sly old Doris ha ha!
Yup, haven't got time for this (!
but this is what I have in an email about the Bootle one. Don't know where the date of birth came from (sorry!!)
Birth registered Jan-Mar 1883 West Derby, Lancs Vol 8b p.501 (Birth certificate available from
http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/login.asp )
Born 24th March 1882 Bootle, Liverpool? a year earlier??
he was eight years old when living at 44 Brasenose Rd, Bootle in 1891 Census with
father Dormill born Germany in 1846
mother Carstine born Germany in 1846
and sister Caldrice born 1872
he was a general carter at Gartin(?) Dock living in 1901 Census with
father Daniel born Dorchester - a dock labourer
mother Caroline born Guernsey
Married Maria Thoms in Liverpool 26th Sept 1904
On 6th June 1912 he and his family arrive in Sydney on the TSS Themistocles from London
William - a carter
Maria
Mary aged 6
Emily aged 5
Gladys aged 1
Daniel aged 3
In 1930 he is a coal lumper living at 117 Kent Street, Darling Harbour, Australia with
Emily a stenographer and
Maria (home duties)
This is the only appearance of them in the Electoral Rolls from 1911 onwards as published on Ancestry.co.uk so far
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Well Sue, if you have time in the next week or so to look at William's siblings then it would be fantastic if you would. (I used probate records a lot to find out about the spinsters.) (NB George E, Alwyn H and Gertrude E are not the same family despite also being Chubbs from Islington.)
