My, what a helpful and sympathetic list! Many, many thanks to all who replied, especially Ruth and Daphne. Both brothers listed their occupations as builders labourers/bricklayers in their first traceable census. Ralph FERRIE (my great-grandfather) later bought a fruitiers in Stone, Staffordshire (apparently after he had deserted his first family, and started a second family). I wouldn't have thought that there were many Italians in Stafford & Stone - he must have stuck out like a sore thumb! :-) Dominick, his brother in Liverpool, was still a labourer on the day he died (through drink, according to his death cert - probably trying to trace his family tree, goodness knows its driving me to drink!). I am almost sure that my researcher only looked for naturalisation records, and nothing else. Daphne - I would love a copy of the article about the Boulogne records as I cannot find it. I have tried RC churches in Liverpool (well as many as I can, and the most likely - there are an awful lot) with no trace of any marriage. The 1871 census for Liverpool isn't indexed, either, so although I've checked the most likely 'Italian Quarter' addresses, I might be missing them. FERRIE is pronounced 'Ferry' so I think it most likely - and unfortunate - that I should be looking for a family originally named FERRI (although it does seem odd that both brothers, living fairly far apart, maintained the spelling of FERRIE, unless they both agreed to it beforehand). Thanks once again - you are a lovely bunch. A Williams [email protected]

If the two brothers arrived together obviously they would be using the same Surname and that could be the reason for the same mispelling. Ruth ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 8:11 PM Subject: [Anglo-Italian] My FERRIE brick wall > My, what a helpful and sympathetic list! Many, many thanks to all who > replied, especially Ruth and Daphne. Both brothers listed their occupations > as builders labourers/bricklayers in their first traceable census. Ralph > FERRIE (my great-grandfather) later bought a fruitiers in Stone, > Staffordshire (apparently after he had deserted his first family, and started > a second family). I wouldn't have thought that there were many Italians in > Stafford & Stone - he must have stuck out like a sore thumb! :-) Dominick, > his brother in Liverpool, was still a labourer on the day he died (through > drink, according to his death cert - probably trying to trace his family > tree, goodness knows its driving me to drink!). I am almost sure that my > researcher only looked for naturalisation records, and nothing else. Daphne > - I would love a copy of the article about the Boulogne records as I cannot > find it. I have tried RC churches in Liverpool (well as many as I can, and > the most likely - there are an awful lot) with no trace of any marriage. The > 1871 census for Liverpool isn't indexed, either, so although I've checked the > most likely 'Italian Quarter' addresses, I might be missing them. FERRIE is > pronounced 'Ferry' so I think it most likely - and unfortunate - that I > should be looking for a family originally named FERRI (although it does seem > odd that both brothers, living fairly far apart, maintained the spelling of > FERRIE, unless they both agreed to it beforehand). > Thanks once again - you are a lovely bunch. > A Williams > [email protected] > > > ==== ANGLO-ITALIAN Mailing List ==== > NEW One Name Study ORLANDO > All material gratefully received > [email protected] > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >