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

In the 1915/16 Birkenhead Directory No 74 Park Rd West is shown as being occupied by three tenants/owners. Robert Thomson, Wm Stewart Balfour (ship-owner) (Fir Grove)and by Parish Church of St Bede. Dont know the present situation but a lot of large houses in the area have been demolished and dozens of new houses built on the plot. The church may have survived, however. HTH Dave Andrew Abrahams <andrewabrahams@usa.net> wrote: 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 ==== 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 Dave Greenly adg532@yahoo.co.uk (Please note my new address) --------------------------------- To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre.

Dear Andrew, Firstly "Fir Grove" sadly no longer exists, the very large house in extensive grounds has made way for 'modern' houses. Indeed the area occupied by the property was so extensive that three new roads were built across it. If you look on a modern map or on multimap etc. look for St. Albans Road, St.David's Road & St Ives Road , join the three roads together and it will give you a rough guide to the area of "Fir Grove" . I have it clearly marked on a map of 1909. In a directory of 1916 it is described as thus: 74, Park Road West "Fir Grove", Robert Thomson, Shipowner & William Stewart Balfour. The next property along was St.Bede's Church, which was damaged in the 1941 Blitz. Hope this helps you. I drove home along the road tonight, and right opposite what would have been "Fir Grove" you guessed it two enormous Pine Fir Trees :-) Regards Colin. Member of the Family History Society of Cheshire http://www.fhsc.org.uk/index.php Member of the Clwyd Family History Society http://www.clwydfhs.org.uk/ Member of the Guild of One Name Studies http://www.one-name.org/ gronow@one-name.org Gronow Worldwide macord@one-name.org Macord England ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Abrahams" <andrewabrahams@usa.net> To: <BIRKENHEAD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 9:51 PM Subject: [BKHD-Wirral] Abrahams' in Claughton > 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 > > > > > > > > > > ==== 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 > >