Thank you for this transcription of the MI of Henry Ritson and family. The John Moore Ritson who died at Hinning House, Bootle on 6 June 1909 must be the John Henry Moore Ritson referred to in family papers. I had no information on him previously. I was a little confused by the wording of the MI which seems to say that Henry was only son born c. 1846 died 1849 and later that John Moore was their only son born 1847 before Henry had died. It seems likely that John Moore Ritson added the Henry to his name in respect of his deceased brother, perhaps unofficially. John Ritson's wife was Sarah Grice of the Grice family of Australian Import/Export Merchants. Sarah was the granddaughter of the founder William Grice and daughter of one of the partners, Thomas Grice. Her unmarried uncle James Septimus Grice, also a major partner, died in August 1889 at Millholme, the family seat in Bootle. Sarah was baptised on 5 Oct 1850 at Bootle. Her uncle J. S. Grice left her £10,000 and his silver coffee pot (known as Mr. Knight's silverware) and silver teapot with their respective stands. . In 1888 Sarah is referred to as "poor Sarah" and it sounds as if she is either very delicate or sickly. It was thought that she would take her uncle's impending death hard. I have no record of any children of John and Sarah. Her three surviving brothers each inherited a great deal of property from their uncle plus a substantial amount of money. Amongst that left to the youngest, Richard Grice, was Hinning House, Bootle still lived in by his descendants. It appears therefore that John H. M. Ritson was living with his brother-in-law when he died. I have on family charts that Richard Grice was married to Mary Muriel and I had assumed these to be her first names. However, in light of the MI it appears that Muriel might be her maiden name as John Ritson's sister was married to G. J. Muriel of Whitehaven. >From the 1901 census (index only) Richard Grice is living in Bootle as a Retired Wool Merchant. Looking for John and Sarah Ritson I found nothing under that spelling but JOHN KIRSTON 54 born Whitehaven, living at Bootle, Farmer SARAH KIRSTON 50 born Bootle, living at Bootle Without a pay to view session I am unable to tell if this is the right couple so will have to save this until I have enough entries to query for the minimum amount. Incidentally I found this spelling by asking for a "Sarah" born Bootle 2 years either side of her baptism date then examined the result for any likely mistranscription. This has certainly given me much food for thought and leads to follow. Jill Coulthard