Hi to all, My gt-grandfather John Abrahams moved the family from Liverpool to 'Fir Grove', Park Road West, Claughton in early 1918, or thereabouts. Park Road West is easy enough to find but I can't identify ' Fir Grove'. I had hoped to visit last year but had to cancel the trip. Would anybody know whether this house is still known by this name and naturally where it is, or have an idea as to directories that may contain a modern reference. Failing this an old directory that might help to identify it. Many Thanks Andrew

Is this Bull family related to Jens Andersen Bull who was bishop of Meldalen, Norway in circa 1580? If so, I'd love to hear from you. Jens was my 10th-g-grandfather. Jon Raymond St. Paul Park, MN http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~raymond

Hi Margaret, Margaret LEE 1827-1880 married Henry BIRD 1826-1868 and were my 2 x Gt Grandparents on my mothers side,I will send you more to your email address, Best wishes,wendy

Hello Wendy Please tell me more as I know very little of the Lee family or should I say until to-day!! Alice was my gt grandmother not my 2xgt grandmother as I said. Look forward to hearing from you. Regards Margaret == BIRKENHEAD Mailing List ==== >Our list Web site with links useful for Wirral genealogy >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~liverpool/BIRKENHEAD-WIRRAL.html > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN Search Toolbar now includes Desktop search! http://toolbar.msn.co.uk/

Caryl Re your BULL posting, there were certainly BULLs in Staffordshire in the 1950's. I served in the South Staffs with one in 59/60. May help if your friend needs to widen the search. Dave Cpwill5@aol.com wrote: Is anyone here researching the BULL family from Birkenhead? This is for a friend of mine etc --------------------------------- Yahoo! Cars NEW - sell your car and browse thousands of new and used cars online search now ---------------------------------

Is anyone here researching the BULL family from Birkenhead? This is for a friend of mine They have the family on census, first showing in the Birkenhead 1891 census Brook street with birthplaces of Middlesex, London, Norwich, Huntingdon 1918 Absent Voters List for Birkenhead lists the following for Brook Street: 202410 Private Joseph Bull, 1st/4th Cheshires (killed 14th October 1918) 359600 Private George Bull, 806th Company, Labour Corps (and we now know Royal Welsh Fusiliers) 844816 Fireman John Bull, HMS Duke of Clarence, Royal Navy (Died young, sometime between the wars. I have the date but it is packed away c1929.) 24776 Driver William Goodman Bull, 25th (AT) Company, Royal Engineers Sarah Bull was born in April 1898. She went to work in London in WW1. She married Alexander Newman c1921 and lived the rest of her life in the south. "Lizzy", married a man who worked for Cammell Lairds as some sort of a tradesman. He was known within the family as "Billy Mac" as his name was William McLaughlin. Not sure if his surname is correctly spelled, Once again just "family history", but family legend has it that before WW2 he worked on the "HMS Thetis" and that it was just the "luck of the draw" that he wasn't one of the men from the shipyard who went to sea still working on the boat, and were drowned. He was also supposed to have been one of the men that was involved in refurbishing this submarine when it was raised from Liverpool Bay. I'll pass on the e-mail address of the researcher to anyone who is also researching this family Caryl

Hi List Could the James Lee have a connection with my family of Lee's. My James Lee had a son Thomas who married Ellen Randles on 10th July 1844 at West Kirby. Thomas was a blacksmith. Thomas & Ellen Lee had a son Joseph born 1846 at West Kirby, then daughter's all born at Woodchurch, Margaret born 1848, Jane born 1854, Alice born 1862, my 2xgt grandmother, Alice married William Maddock from Irby. Margaret _________________________________________________________________ Are you using the latest version of MSN Messenger? Download MSN Messenger 7.5 today! http://messenger.msn.co.uk

Hi Margaret, yes they are the same ones.Alice is my 1st cousin 3 x removed,Thomas and Ellen lee are my 2 x Gt Grand Uncle&Aunt!Lee are on my Maternal side of the family Wendy(nee Hughes)

Hi Ros, yes the 1841 Census of Little Meolse shows that James LEE was the Lighthouse Keeper. See the details below. Kind Regards, Anne. 1841 Census of Little Meolse. LIGHTHOUSE James LEE 40 Lighthouse Keeper Y Margaret LEE 40 Y John LEE 15 Shoemaker Y Margaret LEE 10 Y James LEE 15 Y Betty LEE 10 Y Joseph LEE 5 Y Isabella LEE 5 Y Martha LEE 3 Y Jane LEE 1 Y -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.8/260 - Release Date: 2/14/2006

Hi To Sue and All, yes I too had problems getting on to the familysearch.org site. I tried at about eight different times during the day and night yesterday before giving up. Anne in Australia. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.7/259 - Release Date: 2/13/2006

I am inclined to think its either high internet traffic at the site, or, more likely server problems. I got four 404 messages and the fifth consecutive time I got in. That was yesterday, GMT. Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne Nazari" <hoylake5@bigpond.net.au> > Hi To Sue and All, yes I too had problems getting on to the familysearch.org > site. I tried at about eight different times during the day and night > yesterday before giving up. > > Anne in Australia.

Thank you for all the responses, it would seem that the problem is only with a small handfull of providers and these are slowly addressing the problem Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: <JJWENDY@aol.com> To: <BIRKENHEAD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 6:58 PM Subject: Re: [BKHD-Wirral] family search > Hi Sue,I have been having trouble with it up until yesterday,the page took > ages to come up and when it did it was blank except for the top. > Wendy(in England!) > > > ==== BIRKENHEAD Mailing List ==== > Our list Web site with links useful for Wirral genealogy > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~liverpool/BIRKENHEAD-WIRRAL.html > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.7/259 - Release Date: 13/02/2006 > >

That's me I think. My ancestor Ellen Lee (1802-1886) was James Lee's sister. Am I correct in thinking that James Lee was a lighthouse keeper? Ros Dunning -----Original Message----- From: Mike Hayes [mailto:mikeljan1@yahoo.co.uk] Sent: 14 February 2006 18:25 To: BIRKENHEAD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [BKHD-Wirral] James Lee Hi List someone on Ancestry.co.uk is interested in James Lee from West Kirby they have him on One World Tree. James is my 4 x Great Uncle his father & mother Thomas Lee & Elizabeth Gaskin(e). Please get in touch as I have just found these ancestors today regards Mike Hayes --------------------------------- Yahoo! Photos - NEW, now offering a quality print service from just 8p a photo. ==== BIRKENHEAD Mailing List ==== Our list Web site with links useful for Wirral genealogy http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~liverpool/BIRKENHEAD-WIRRAL.html ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx

Hi List someone on Ancestry.co.uk is interested in James Lee from West Kirby they have him on One World Tree. James is my 4 x Great Uncle his father & mother Thomas Lee & Elizabeth Gaskin(e). Please get in touch as I have just found these ancestors today regards Mike Hayes --------------------------------- Yahoo! Photos – NEW, now offering a quality print service from just 8p a photo.

We all live in england and are with various internet providers Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: <Citizenuk@aol.com> To: <BIRKENHEAD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 3:38 PM Subject: Re: [BKHD-Wirral] family search > No Problems here........... > I'm sure living in America does not make any difference.......... do you. > > Bryan....... Colorado Springs, Colorado. > > > ==== BIRKENHEAD Mailing List ==== > Our list Web site with links useful for Wirral genealogy > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~liverpool/BIRKENHEAD-WIRRAL.html > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.7/259 - Release Date: 13/02/2006 > >

Is anyone having trouble getting on the familysearch.org site. I seem to be the only one who can access the site among my group of friends and one of my friends who is very techinallly minded is trying to found out which isp addresses are having the problems. thanks Sue

Hi Mike, Thomas & Elizabeth were my 3 x Gt Grandparents,their son James was my 3x Gt Grandfather.Lee is on my maternal side,my Gt Grandparents were Betty Steens Bird & James Dodd, wendy(nee Hughes) BEW BIRD DODD ECCLES HUGHES VARLEY

Hi Sue,I have been having trouble with it up until yesterday,the page took ages to come up and when it did it was blank except for the top. Wendy(in England!)

No Problems here........... I'm sure living in America does not make any difference.......... do you. Bryan....... Colorado Springs, Colorado.

As a matter of interest, my folk, David KIRKPATRICK and Mary SILLERS, or SELLERS were married on 10th May 1818. I got a copy of the Marriage Licence in the hope of finding more information about them, the parents of David KIRKPATRICK, but there was only one other KIRKPATRICK with just an initial and no address. They also used a finger print as well as a very nicely written signature. David KIRKPATRICK was described as a Master Mariner at the time of his marriage, but found in 1823 at 130 Park Lane, Liverpool, as a Surgeon. He died in 1837. Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Hayes" <mikeljan1@yahoo.co.uk> > Hi List > Thanks to all who replied to this question, it seems there were a variety of reasons > for our ancestors to have married in Liverpool if they lived in Wirral. > > Regards > > Mike Hayes