I am trying to reasearch the follow people:- Smith, New Brighton Clowes, New Brighton Okell, Liscard & St Helens Mills, Liscard I started about a year ago then had a lapse and am starting again!! Many thanks Vicky ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert Tennant <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 11:45 AM Subject: Re: [BKHD-Wirral] ADMIN Roll Call, COX > This is far out but as I know it, so I pass it on to you for your > reference. > I have in my house a pocket watch and photograph of a Gentleman known only > to me as Mr Cox. He was a sea captain and lived in a very large house in > Bedford Road Rock Ferry Birkenhead. This house became a Baptist Church with > a hall built on for the worshipping area pre WWII. The house part was > demolish in the late 1960's or early 1970's and new houses now stand there > but the hall was taken over as a workshop/warehouse and although re-clad > with new roof and sides still stands to-day. Capt. Cox was looked up to by > my father, who I suspect ran errands for him and he influenced my dad to > join the Royal Navy at the age of 14 years he was still employed as a > civilian employee when he died in 1973. My dad was born in 1911, so the > seagoing member of the Cox family you seek may just be the old man my dad > befriended. Sorry if I have rambled on. > Bob Tennant > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "ray jones" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 2:06 PM > Subject: Re: [BKHD-Wirral] ADMIN Roll Call, COX > > > > I am researching the COX Family of Birkenhead.I have researched > > parents,William and Mary COX but son,Thomas and his wife Mary COX are > > proving difficult.Both families were living in Birkenhead in 1841. > > I am trying to find the marriage of Thomas and Mary COX in Cheshire or > > Liverpool circa 1822 and the whereabouts of Thomas COX in the 1851 > > Census.There is a Thomas COX on the Bebington Workhouse in 1851 but he was > > born in Liverpool and my Thomas COX was born in Cheshire.I suspect that my > > Thomas COX may have been at sea in 1851 or living in Liverpool. > > Any help appreciated. > > Ray.Jones,Ontario > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 6:27 AM > > Subject: [BKHD-Wirral] ADMIN Roll Call > > > > > > > I would just like to welcome new subscribers to this list and also to > > thank > > > all of the subscribers and posters. This list has evolved into a great > > > resource with a good spirit of helpfulness and friendly co-operation. > > > > > > It would be nice once more for us to know exactly what names and lines > are > > > being researched in the Birkenhead Wirral area from our subscribers so > > that new > > > connections can be made and any lurkers can join in and take part in > this > > > community. > > > > > > Any listers who object to roll calls and the extra mail these posts > > generate > > > into their mail box is welcome to unsubscribe and rejoin at a later > date > > > once the roll call has taken place. Please do not complain on list > > > > > > When posting a 'Roll Call' message please put Roll Call and the surnames > > you > > > are researching in the subject line and the dates and other information > > > about your ancestors in the body of the message. > > > > > > Best Wishes > > > > > > Caryl Williams > > > List Admin > > > BIRKENHEAD-L > > > ENG-MERSEYSIDE-L > > > UK-NEWS-EXTRACTS-L > > > > > > > > > ==== BIRKENHEAD Mailing List ==== > > > Our list Web site with links useful for Wirral genealogy > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~liverpool/BIRKENHEAD-WIRRAL.html > > > > > > ============================== > > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > ==== BIRKENHEAD Mailing List ==== > > Our list Web site with links useful for Wirral genealogy > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~liverpool/BIRKENHEAD-WIRRAL.html > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > ==== BIRKENHEAD Mailing List ==== > Our list Web site with links useful for Wirral genealogy > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~liverpool/BIRKENHEAD-WIRRAL.html > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >