The surgeon, Keith Monsarrat listed in Gore's Directory 1906, operated some years later to relieve the burst stomach ulcer of my grandfather Samuel STOCK. He had refused to be admitted to hospital and the surgery was carried out on the kitchen table at the patient's home in Rainford, St Helens, followed by a complete recovery. Can anybody confirm the plaque? Donald STOCK Auckland NZ ----- Original Message ----- From: Marged <marged@btinternet.com> To: <ENG-LIVERPOOL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 10:20 AM Subject: Re: [ENG-LIV] Old Ordnance Survey Maps - Central Liverpool 1906/Gore's Directory > This is interesting because it shows, at number 11, Keith Monsarrat, the father of Nicholas Monsarrat. I think there may be a plaque over the door to commemorate this? > > Marged > > > > RODNEY STREET - LIVERPOOL (about 1906) > > 11. Monsarrat Keith W., M.B., F.R.C.S. Edin. Surgeon > Mountford Edwin Henry, L.D.S. Eng. dental surgeon > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.280 / Virus Database: 147 - Release Date: 11/09/01 > > > ==== ENG-LIVERPOOL Mailing List ==== > Interested in Modern Newspaper Indexes? > Try http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections >

Sorry, I should have said that Nicholas Monsarrat was the man who wrote the book "The Cruel Sea". I can't confirm the plaque, but may be able to go and look one day. Marj > The surgeon, Keith Monsarrat listed in Gore's Directory 1906, operated some > years later to relieve the burst stomach ulcer of my grandfather Samuel > STOCK. He had refused to be admitted to hospital and the surgery was > carried out on the kitchen table at the patient's home in Rainford, St > Helens, followed by a complete recovery. Can anybody confirm the plaque? --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.280 / Virus Database: 147 - Release Date: 11/09/01

In message <01c901c13f56$f6045160$a2027ad5@tinypc>, Marged <marged@btinternet.com> writes >Sorry, I should have said that Nicholas Monsarrat was the man who wrote the >book "The Cruel Sea". > >I can't confirm the plaque, but may be able to go and look one day. > >> The surgeon, Keith Monsarrat listed in Gore's Directory 1906, operated >some >> years later to relieve the burst stomach ulcer of my grandfather Samuel >> STOCK. He had refused to be admitted to hospital and the surgery was >> carried out on the kitchen table at the patient's home in Rainford, St >> Helens, followed by a complete recovery. Can anybody confirm the plaque? > I have to pass that way tomorrow - I'll look. Incidentally, re. the name - I thought it showed French extraction, but I've been looking at a map of the area north east of Wigan, between Bolton and Horwich, and there's an area called MONTSERRAT up there. -- David Long Sankey Canal Restoration Society http://www.scars.org.uk/ Updated June 2001 - another issue of our magazine CANAL CUTTINGS - illustrated

Re: Nicholas Monsarrat/Montserrat The following is taken from Nicholas Monsarrat's autobiography "Life is a four-letter word": "...owing to a long-standing caprice of my mother, my birth had been registered in the wrong name. For certain interior reasons, Mother had always favoured a fancier spelling of our surname, which was sufficiently odd in any case; there was, she assured me many years later, A French nobleman, the Marquis de Montserrat, who was 'definitely related', and that was the way she was going to spell it,'whatever your father says'. So there my birth-certificate lies, and will lie forever, recording my name as 'Montserrat' in plain, unvarnished misinformation, although my father,and his before him, and all the family trees ever climbed by the inquisitive, has never waivered from 'Monsarrat'." David Guy Chichester but born and raised in West Derby. ----- Original Message ----- From: David Long <David@scars.org.uk> To: <ENG-LIVERPOOL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 9:43 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-LIV] Old Ordnance Survey Maps - Central Liverpool 1906/Gore's Directory > In message <01c901c13f56$f6045160$a2027ad5@tinypc>, Marged > <marged@btinternet.com> writes > >Sorry, I should have said that Nicholas Monsarrat was the man who wrote the > >book "The Cruel Sea". > > > >I can't confirm the plaque, but may be able to go and look one day. > > > >> The surgeon, Keith Monsarrat listed in Gore's Directory 1906, operated > >some > >> years later to relieve the burst stomach ulcer of my grandfather Samuel > >> STOCK. He had refused to be admitted to hospital and the surgery was > >> carried out on the kitchen table at the patient's home in Rainford, St > >> Helens, followed by a complete recovery. Can anybody confirm the plaque? > > > I have to pass that way tomorrow - I'll look. Incidentally, re. the name > - I thought it showed French extraction, but I've been looking at a map > of the area north east of Wigan, between Bolton and Horwich, and there's > an area called MONTSERRAT up there. > -- > David Long > Sankey Canal Restoration Society > http://www.scars.org.uk/ > Updated June 2001 - another issue of our magazine CANAL CUTTINGS - illustrated > > > ==== ENG-LIVERPOOL Mailing List ==== > Interested in Modern Newspaper Indexes? > Try http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections >

In message <03c601c14070$a832c960$1aea7ad5@tinypc>, David Guy <David.Guy1@btinternet.com> writes >Re: Nicholas Monsarrat/Montserrat > >The following is taken from Nicholas Monsarrat's autobiography "Life is a >four-letter word": > >"...owing to a long-standing caprice of my mother, my birth had been >registered in the wrong name. > >For certain interior reasons, Mother had always favoured a fancier spelling >of our surname, which was sufficiently odd in any case; there was, she >assured me many years later, A French nobleman, the Marquis de Montserrat, >who was 'definitely related', and that was the way she was going to spell >it,'whatever your father says'. > Presumably she didn't know they were simple hill-folk from the back end of Bolton, then?! -- David Long Sankey Canal Restoration Society http://www.scars.org.uk/ Updated June 2001 - another issue of our magazine CANAL CUTTINGS - illustrated