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
Alice, I have been following your search for Kathleen Farrell. I find it interesting that my great great grandfather, George Farrall, also lived on Bromborough Road in Tranmere in the mid 1850's. I will let you know if I find anything. Kind regards, John Farrall Burke, Virginia ----- Original Message ----- From: <Alicerawley@aol.com> To: <BIRKENHEAD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 8:41 AM Subject: Re: [BKHD-Wirral] Searching for Information on Orphans and Adoptions c. 1850 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 ==== 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: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.7/409 - Release Date: 8/4/2006