----- Original Message ----- From: "Hazel Fuller" <hazel@fullerh.freeserve.co.uk> To: "John Farrall" <jfarrall@cox.rr.com>; <BIRKENHEAD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 27 November 2001 22:15 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 > > > > ______________________________ >