MY FATHER WAS FOSTERED BY HIS FATHERS MOTHER , EMILY MCKAY IN THE 1901 CENSUS MILL ST TRANMERE AND TOOK THAT NAME, HIS MOTHER WAS KATHLEEN FARRELL NEVER MARRIED ,WHAT I AM AT A STANDSTILL WITH IS KATHLEEN, SHE LIVED IN WARWICK ST 1897 WERE MY FATHER WAS BORN, NO TRACE OF HER SINCE, MY FATHER THEN LIVED IN BOROUGH RD AND WAS AN ALTER BOY, IN ST WERBURGHS CHURCH, AND EMILY LEFT £126 TO THE CHURCH, SHE DIED 1926, AS I NOW LIVE IN N/E SCOTLAND IM UNABLE TO GET TO BIRKENHEAD , I DID GO LAST TIME , AND COULDN'T FIND HIS BAPTISTM THE LIBRARY ONLY HAS C OF E AN Y INFO WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR, ALICE

Listers, I would appreciate some guidance here. For background, my great grandmother was an orphan left on the church steps of St. Catherine's Church in Bebington on 20 June 1850. She was Christened on 21 June 1850 as Mary BEBINGTON (named after the town). She is listed in the 1851 census for BEBINGTON as a nurse child in the family of Thomas and Hannah GREEN. In the 1861 census, she is listed as Mary BEBINGTON in the GREEN family. In 1871, she is working for another family and is listed as Mary BEBINGTON. She married my great grandfather - John FARRALL - in 1873, and the marriage certificate has a blank space for the father. Her name is listed as Mary BEBINGTON. The death certificates for two of her sons - John and Samuel- (California) listed the mother's maiden name as GREEN. No official document show that she legally used the name GREEN. My question concerns the adoption/non-adoption procedures in Cheshire/UK in the later half of the century. Were families expected to pay extra monies to the county? Mary did receive a congratulatory letter and cablegram from King George VI on her 100 birthday in 1850. Palace regulations state that proof must be provided. The only proof provided was the christening record of 20 June 1850. She had no birth certificate. What were the adoption procedures like in the 1850 timeframe? Why would the GREEN family not give her the GREEN name? Puzzled. John Farrall Burke, Virginia USA

Hello David Looks as though Jackie may have hit the nail right on the head. The IGI has a marriage in Liverpool St Nicholas on 28 November 1848 between Thomas LEWIS and Mary MAYNARD, and the Little Sutton Post Office manager's wife from the 1861 Census would have been the right age (around 14/15) for a reading & writing prize in 1834? Regards Gordon >I have been clearing the house of a recently deceased member of our family >in Wallasey. I found there a bible with the inscription: >"Presented by Rev Wm Taylor to Mary Maynard for her rapid improvement in >reading and writing, Feb16 1834" >A later inscription is: >"Mary Lewis, Little Sutton, Mar 13 1862" >I have no idea why this bible was in the house. We have ancestors in the >Little Sutton area but don't know of any with the surname Lewis or >Maynard. >I have looked in the 1841, 1851, 1861 and 1871 census and can't find >anyone >that I can be sure is them. >Does anyone have any ideas who these Marys might be? >David

I have been clearing the house of a recently deceased member of our family in Wallasey. I found there a bible with the inscription: "Presented by Rev Wm Taylor to Mary Maynard for her rapid improvement in reading and writing, Feb16 1834" A later inscription is: "Mary Lewis, Little Sutton, Mar 13 1862" I have no idea why this bible was in the house. We have ancestors in the Little Sutton area but don't know of any with the surname Lewis or Maynard. I have looked in the 1841, 1851, 1861 and 1871 census and can't find anyone that I can be sure is them. Does anyone have any ideas who these Marys might be? David

Hi David - there is a Mary Lewis - wife to a post office official (or keeper) in Little Sutton on the 1861 census. She was born in Sowerby, Yorkshire. Don't know if it's any help, I live in Little Sutton so was interested - Jackie

-----Original Message----- From: John [mailto:miljohn@ntlworld.com] Sent: 31 July 2006 15:08 To: BIRKENHEAD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [BKHD-Wirral] Look-ups on 1915 Directory Dear List Due to the state of my Win98, things are not going to plan and I will have to withdraw my offer. However I will endeavour to reply to all enquiries received to this time. Please note that only Heads of Households are listed. Apologies John -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.5/403 - Release Date: 28/07/06 ==== 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: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.5/403 - Release Date: 28/07/06 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.5/404 - Release Date: 31/07/06

Dear List Due to the state of my Win98, things are not going to plan and I will have to withdraw my offer. However I will endeavour to reply to all enquiries received to this time. Please note that only Heads of Households are listed. Apologies John -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.5/403 - Release Date: 28/07/06

To break the monotony, anyone require a look-up on the above? Covers Birkenhead, Tranmere, and up to Spital. Not Wallasey. Shows all Streets, heads of households only and their trades & professions. Off list enquiries only please. John -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.5/403 - Release Date: 28/07/06

Have come across the occupation of 'Lathrender' in the Victorian censuses of E&W. Took a look at a few sites about old occupations but there seems to be a difference of opinion viz 1. A plasterer of walls of lath construction 2. An installer of laths prior to plastering 3. A maker of laths (in 1851 he was a hurdle maker!) Any thoughts on which might be right? Thanks, Gil Upton

This is my SIMMONS family. I don't know anything else about Rev R.A. Simmons. If anyone has any suggestions about how I could get information about him I would be very grateful. Anne Family Group Record for Rev R. A. SIMMONS Husband Rev R. A. SIMMONS Born Died Marriage JAN 1946 St John's Church, Egremont, Birkenhead, Cheshire Wife Dr Joan McARA Born Abt 1925 Wallasey, , Cheshire, England Christened Died Abt 1963 National Hospital, Queen's Square, London, England. Cause of Death 38 years Buried Watford - St Andrew's, , England. Father Samuel Lawson McARA (1879- ) Mother Ethel Mary DARLINGTON (1874- ) Children 1 F Margaret SIMMONS Born Abt 1956 Christened Died Buried Spouse 2 F Katherine SIMMONS Born Abt 1957 Christened Died Buried Spouse General Notes (Wife) WAR:SERVICE: Three years with the Royal Army Medical Corps QUALIFICATIONS: Qualified in medicine at the Liverpool University in 1940. JOAN MACARA daughter of Mrs E.I. Macara (only sister of Miss Margaret Macara) Born in Wallasey Cheshire. Graduated in medicine at Liverpool University in 1940. Joined Royal Army Medical Corps and served three years including a period in India. Married in January 1946 to Rev R. A. Simmons. She met her husband at St John's Church Egremont where he had been a curate some years previously and moved to St Andrew's Watford in November 1946. She had 2 daughters Margaret and Katherine. She died on 10th October aged 38 years. Her children were Margaret 7 and Katherine 6. Notes (Marriage) St John's Church, Egremont, opened May 19, 1833 Last Modified: 23 FEB 2006 Anne Hollingshead wrote: > This is my SIMMONS family. I don't know anything else about Rev R.A. > Simmons. > > If anyone has any suggestions about how I could get information about > him I would be very grateful. > > Anne > > Family Group Record for Rev R. A. SIMMONS > Husband Rev R. A. SIMMONS > Born > Died > Marriage JAN 1946 St John's Church, Egremont, Birkenhead, Cheshire > Wife Dr Joan McARA > Born Abt 1925 Wallasey, , Cheshire, England > Christened > Died Abt 1963 National Hospital, Queen's Square, London, England. > Cause of Death 38 years > Buried Watford - St Andrew's, , England. > Father Samuel Lawson McARA (1879- ) Mother Ethel Mary DARLINGTON (1874- ) > Children > 1 F Margaret SIMMONS > Born Abt 1956 > Christened > Died > Buried > Spouse > 2 F Katherine SIMMONS > Born Abt 1957 > Christened > Died > Buried > Spouse > General Notes (Wife) > > WAR:SERVICE: Three years with the Royal Army Medical Corps > > QUALIFICATIONS: Qualified in medicine at the Liverpool University in > 1940. JOAN MACARA daughter of Mrs E.I. Macara (only sister of Miss > Margaret Macara) Born in Wallasey Cheshire. Graduated in medicine at > Liverpool University in 1940. Joined Royal Army Medical Corps and > served three years including a period in India. Married in January > 1946 to Rev R. A. Simmons. She met her husband at St John's Church > Egremont where he had been a curate some years previously and moved to > St Andrew's Watford in November 1946. She had 2 daughters Margaret and > Katherine. She died on 10th October aged 38 years. Her children were > Margaret 7 and Katherine 6. > Notes (Marriage) > St John's Church, Egremont, opened May 19, 1833 > Last Modified: 23 FEB 2006 > > > > David Railton wrote: > >> Repeat of a query posted about 4 years ago. >> >> >> >> Does anyone have any connection with the following: >> >> >> >> Henry Simmons, Master Rigger of Liverpool who was living at East >> View, Rice >> Lane, Liscard in 1881 and at Myrtle Grove, Seacombe in 1891. >> Children, all born in Liverpool, of Henry and his wife Jane nee Jones >> who >> had died sometime before 1881: >> >> Richard, born 1837 >> >> Henrietta born 1839 >> >> Elizabeth, born 1845 who eventually became a theatrical landlady >> boarding >> performers at the Irving Theatre, Seacombe >> >> John born 1847 >> >> Henry born 1848 >> >> Eliza Jane born 1853 who married Captain George Miller Treadwell of New >> Brunswick, master of the vessels "Senator Weber" and "Regent". >> >> >> David Railton >> >> >> >> >> >> ==== BIRKENHEAD Mailing List ==== >> Our list Web site with links useful for Wirral genealogy >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~liverpool/BIRKENHEAD-WIRRAL.html >> >> >> ============================== >> View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find >> marriage announcements and more. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx >> >> >> >> >> > > > ==== BIRKENHEAD Mailing List ==== > Our list Web site with links useful for Wirral genealogy > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~liverpool/BIRKENHEAD-WIRRAL.html > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your > ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. > Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > > > >

This is my SIMMONS family. I don't know anything else about Rev R.A. Simmons. If anyone has any suggestions about how I could get information about him I would be very grateful. Anne Family Group Record for Rev R. A. SIMMONS Husband Rev R. A. SIMMONS Born Died Marriage JAN 1946 St John's Church, Egremont, Birkenhead, Cheshire Wife Dr Joan McARA Born Abt 1925 Wallasey, , Cheshire, England Christened Died Abt 1963 National Hospital, Queen's Square, London, England. Cause of Death 38 years Buried Watford - St Andrew's, , England. Father Samuel Lawson McARA (1879- ) Mother Ethel Mary DARLINGTON (1874- ) Children 1 F Margaret SIMMONS Born Abt 1956 Christened Died Buried Spouse 2 F Katherine SIMMONS Born Abt 1957 Christened Died Buried Spouse General Notes (Wife) WAR:SERVICE: Three years with the Royal Army Medical Corps QUALIFICATIONS: Qualified in medicine at the Liverpool University in 1940. JOAN MACARA daughter of Mrs E.I. Macara (only sister of Miss Margaret Macara) Born in Wallasey Cheshire. Graduated in medicine at Liverpool University in 1940. Joined Royal Army Medical Corps and served three years including a period in India. Married in January 1946 to Rev R. A. Simmons. She met her husband at St John's Church Egremont where he had been a curate some years previously and moved to St Andrew's Watford in November 1946. She had 2 daughters Margaret and Katherine. She died on 10th October aged 38 years. Her children were Margaret 7 and Katherine 6. Notes (Marriage) St John's Church, Egremont, opened May 19, 1833 Last Modified: 23 FEB 2006 David Railton wrote: >Repeat of a query posted about 4 years ago. > > > >Does anyone have any connection with the following: > > > >Henry Simmons, Master Rigger of Liverpool who was living at East View, Rice >Lane, Liscard in 1881 and at Myrtle Grove, Seacombe in 1891. > >Children, all born in Liverpool, of Henry and his wife Jane nee Jones who >had died sometime before 1881: > >Richard, born 1837 > >Henrietta born 1839 > >Elizabeth, born 1845 who eventually became a theatrical landlady boarding >performers at the Irving Theatre, Seacombe > >John born 1847 > >Henry born 1848 > >Eliza Jane born 1853 who married Captain George Miller Treadwell of New >Brunswick, master of the vessels "Senator Weber" and "Regent". > > > >David Railton > > > > > >==== BIRKENHEAD Mailing List ==== >Our list Web site with links useful for Wirral genealogy >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~liverpool/BIRKENHEAD-WIRRAL.html > >============================== >View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find >marriage announcements and more. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > > > >

Repeat of a query posted about 4 years ago. Does anyone have any connection with the following: Henry Simmons, Master Rigger of Liverpool who was living at East View, Rice Lane, Liscard in 1881 and at Myrtle Grove, Seacombe in 1891. Children, all born in Liverpool, of Henry and his wife Jane nee Jones who had died sometime before 1881: Richard, born 1837 Henrietta born 1839 Elizabeth, born 1845 who eventually became a theatrical landlady boarding performers at the Irving Theatre, Seacombe John born 1847 Henry born 1848 Eliza Jane born 1853 who married Captain George Miller Treadwell of New Brunswick, master of the vessels "Senator Weber" and "Regent". David Railton

Hi Dave your mail reminds me we had a tent on moreton shore and i allways remember sleeping in it on school holidays and weak-ends some other members of my family said we were never allowed to stay overnight but I'm shore we did. The ring saying reminds me when we were evacuated to North wales Clubmoor to Rhudllan they opened an old school long closed for us in Castle St. just down from the Castle very old and delapidated the toilets were 2 large rooms with a long bench down one side with one drainage chanel the boys room was upstream and some bright spark used to light paper boats and send them down the chanel until he was caught and caned Happy days Cheers George Dave Greenly <adg532@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: Hello List There was a family joke amongst the Greenlys that always mystified us younger members of the family. If anyone was spoken of as coming from Moreton someone was bound to say " I bet they had a ring around their posterior!" (although they did not usually use the polite word!) Apparently, I learnt later, Moreton Shore and Kerrs Field was a favourite venue for Sunday School trips, family picnics etc, so the Field was provided with rudimentary toilet facilities. Legand has it that the toilet seats were just rough holes sawn in a plank, unsmoothed or polished, hence the afore mentioned ring around the posterior. Apologies to the more sensitive members of the list! :-) Not really of Fam Hist interest but useful background? Dave Ravenssylv@aol.com wrote: Hi List Does anybody know anything about Kerrs Field ................. --------------------------------- Try the all-new Yahoo! Mail . "The New Version is radically easier to use" – The Wall Street Journal ==== 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 Cheers George

Hello List There was a family joke amongst the Greenlys that always mystified us younger members of the family. If anyone was spoken of as coming from Moreton someone was bound to say " I bet they had a ring around their posterior!" (although they did not usually use the polite word!) Apparently, I learnt later, Moreton Shore and Kerrs Field was a favourite venue for Sunday School trips, family picnics etc, so the Field was provided with rudimentary toilet facilities. Legand has it that the toilet seats were just rough holes sawn in a plank, unsmoothed or polished, hence the afore mentioned ring around the posterior. Apologies to the more sensitive members of the list! :-) Not really of Fam Hist interest but useful background? Dave Ravenssylv@aol.com wrote: Hi List Does anybody know anything about Kerrs Field ................. --------------------------------- Try the all-new Yahoo! Mail . "The New Version is radically easier to use" – The Wall Street Journal

How strange my Aunt passed away a week ago and it came to light that she was born in a field in Moreton and all anyone could remember is that the field had a man,s name in it. We have been trying to find out more and then I get the e mails from the site. I would love to know more about Kerrs field and if someone was born there at what address would they be registered does anyone have any thoughts on this. I always knew there were houses on stilts at moreton but not the name given to the field. Ray

Hi Ray I have a birth at Kerrs Field in 1926 its the Registration district of Wirral/Sub district of Woodchurch in the County of Chester. But it did change to Wallasey in 1928 The books Moreton Wirral a Pictorial History by Frank Biddle and Alan Fellowes there are 4 in the series has some pictures of Kerrs field .I went to the library to few them after Cassandra emailed me Reading some of the captions people where allowed there after WW1 as there was a shortage of houses they built there own houses on stilts or old railway carriages it was known as "Shanty Town" at one point there where thousands living there.they lived there up to the 60's Hope this helps you Sylvia (Wirral)

If you have a digital camera, take a close up digital image of it. It works. I am taking my album photographs that way to store on CD. "Better than tearing apart an album that is bound and tied with satin cord that is ageing", I thought. Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "sandra casson" <sandra188@blueyonder.co.uk> > Sylvia, I have three of the series of 4 books on Moreton Wirral a Pictorial History by Frank Biddle and Alan Fellowes and, as an ex Barnston Laner, find them very interesting. > Thought I`d look through them to see if I could find anything and, on the first page of Vol 1, is a picture of Kerr`s Field in flood, 1927. > > I`ll send a copy of this picture to you immediately. I suspect it won`t be very clear as, being 1927, the picture reproduced in the book is not particularly clear. I`ll look through and see if there are any more. > Cassandra

Sylvia, I have three of the series of 4 books on Moreton Wirral a Pictorial History by Frank Biddle and Alan Fellowes and, as an ex Barnston Laner, find them very interesting. Thought I`d look through them to see if I could find anything and, on the first page of Vol 1, is a picture of Kerr`s Field in flood, 1927. I`ll send a copy of this picture to you immediately. I suspect it won`t be very clear as, being 1927, the picture reproduced in the book is not particularly clear. I`ll look through and see if there are any more. Cassandra

Hi All My mother used to live in one of the 'stilt' houses built on land near to the shore at Moreton. She was born in 1914 and I have seen photos of her in one of these houses when she must have been around 12-14 years old. Before the sea wall was reinforced with concrete and laid with anti tank defences during the second world war, the entire area used to be flooded so regularly so to avoid homes being destroyed they were built up on stilts. Hope this helps Cath b. Greasby, Wirral

Hi List Does anybody know anything about Kerrs Field of Pasture Road/Leasowe Road in the 1920's I have this address for 3 deaths on 1 death cert it says of Henry's Bungalows on another "Hazlehurst" and "The Jimmy "and a birth at "Uncle Tom's Cabin" All Kerrs Field, Moreton Wallasey. So was this a field with cabins or houses on or could it be caravans, or was it a road? I have found Uncle Toms Cabin on the 1901 census after 19 Leasowe Road I would really love to Know exactly where this was and a photo if at all possible as this is where my Father In Law was born in 1926 Any help appreciated Sylvia (Wirral)