So sorry the address of the website came out wrongly. I checked it before sending the message and was sure I had got it right! However, here it is correctly: http://www.mimas.ac.uk/~mfscprdb Hazel ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Farrall" <jfarrall@cox.rr.com> To: <BIRKENHEAD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 28 November 2001 01:23 Subject: Re: [BKHD] BEBINGTON Surname > Hazel, > The URL does not work. Cheers, John > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Hazel Fuller" <hazel@fullerh.freeserve.co.uk> > To: <BIRKENHEAD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 5:15 PM > Subject: Re: [BKHD] BEBINGTON Surname > > > > I don't know if this young man is related to Mary Bebington but on the > > Mimas site (online parish records for the Wirral) there is a christening > > of a James Bebington in 1847. His parents are given as Elizabeth and > > James Bebington and the father's occupation is Publican in Liverpool. > > > > The Mimas site is extremely helpful to all seekers of family in a large > > area of the Wirral and if you haven't already found it the address is: > > www.mimas.ac/~mfscprdb > > > > Hazel Fuller > > Researching in and around Bebington: Ledsome/sham; Williams; Rimmer; > > Dodd; White; Go(u)ldson; Roberts; Owens > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "John Farrall" <jfarrall@cox.rr.com> > > To: <BIRKENHEAD-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: 26 November 2001 20:49 > > Subject: [BKHD] BEBINGTON Surname > > > > > > > Greetings Birkenhead Members, > > > I would greatly appreciate learning any information about my great > > grandmother Mary BEBINGTON Farrall. The only information I have is from > > news articles celebrating her 100th birthday and receiving a telegram > > from King George VI. The articles state that Mary BEBINGTON was born on > > 6 June 1850, in Lower Bebington. (She died 11 October 1950 in Oxton, > > Birkenhead). Since Mary was born before births had to be registered, I > > am at a loss to find her birth parents. I asked one of your members to > > do a search of the 1851 census for Bebington, from that period and this > > is what she found: > > > I had a look for your Mary > > > Bebington on the 1851 and this came to light:- > > > > > > Thos Green, Head Married 36 Agricultural Labourer born Bebington > > > Hannah Green, married 40 born Stockport > > > Ellen Green daughter age 7 born Bebington > > > Robert Green son age 4 born Bebington > > > Thomas Green son age 2 born Bebington > > > John Langley stepson age 18 Agricultural labourer born Birkenhead > > > Ann Langley stepdaughter age 12 born Lancashire Liverpool > > > MARY BEBINGTON nurs(e) child age 9 months. On the line above for Ann > > > Langley place of birth is Lancashire Liverpool. For Mary the > > enumerator > > > has put a ditto under Lancashire and then a capital R? Not sure what > > that > > > means. > > > > > > There are only two Bebington names on the census - the other a > > > George is lodging in Birkenhead. > > > > > > Also what is interesting is that this family is at the same reference > > and > > > page number as your Whitehead family so must have lived very close. > > The > > > Greens are at the bottom of page 111a and top of 111b then one house > > > uninhabited, a Davies family and then the Whitehead family. No > > address as > > > such is given except for Bebington Township. > > > > > > For the record, Mary BEBINGTON is my paternal great grandmother and > > Alice WHITEHEAD (above) is my maternal great grandmother, who lived > > three residences apart. > > > > > > Obviously, my questions are many. First and foremost is who were > > Mary's parents. Since she grew up in Lower Bebington, perhaps she was > > baptized at St Andrews (CofE). What is significance of a "nurse child"? > > If she is an orphan would she be given the name of the town for record > > purposes - is this normal? > > > > > > As one can see from the above, it is difficult to decipher there > > information. I cannot locate the birth parents of either my great > > grandfather John FARRALL (from Manley) or my great grandmother Mary > > BEBINGTON (FROM Bebington) John and Mary were married in 1872: > > > > > > Cheshire Marriage indexes for the years: 1871 to 1875 > > > FARRALL John - BEBINGTON Mary Tranmere, St. Catherine WR BK16/1/364 > > > > > > Any information the readers may find is greatly appreciated. Thanks > > again. > > > > > > Cheers and regards, > > > John Farrall > > > Burke, Virginia > > > > > > Researching: FARRALL, DAWSON, BEBINGTON, BRAITHWAITE, WHITEHEAD, > > SWINDLES, WHITE, HALL > > > > > > ______________________________ > > > > > > ============================== > > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 > > > > ______________________________