Thanks Anne I have a lot of this information you've kindly tracked down. It is so frustrating, as my grandmother lived with us when I was a girl - I so wish I had listened better to her stories! Thanks so much for your help. Marion ---- Anne Peat <anne.peat@bigwindows.demon.co.uk> wrote: > Hi Marion. > > It may be that Annie was mistaken about her father's name ( if he had > died when she was very small ) or about where or even which year > exactly she was born. > > But in 1891 there is an Ann Boyce with her mother Hannah, born Ireland > living with cousins called Doherty in the Scotland area of Liverpool > in one of the courts , who may be your one. Her mother is a widow. > > > 1891 England Census > about Ann Boyce > Name: Ann Boyce > Age: 14 > Estimated Birth Year: abt 1877 > Relation: Cousin > Gender: Female > Where born: Liverpool, Lancashire, England > > Civil parish: Liverpool > Ecclesiastical parish: St Matthias > County/Island: Lancashire > Country: England > > Street Address:3 House 6 Court. > > > Registration district: Liverpool > Sub-registration district: St Martin > ED, institution, or vessel: 34 > Neighbors: View others on page > Household Members: > Name Age > John Doherty 20 > Jane Doherty 19 > Hannah Boyce 40 charwoman > Ann Boyce 14 maid > > > Source Citation: Class: RG12; Piece: 2904; Folio 93; Page 10; > > There's another Annie E Boyce who is visiting the Stephen family > ( head is a dock labourer) in Kirkdale. > > I think this might be the Annie Ellen Boyce on the 1881 census who is > living on a barge with her father William Henry a barge master and her > mother Matilda. > > there is a Hugh Boyce in Liverpool in the 1881 with two daughters. > Perhaps one of them had Annie as a second name > > 1881 England Census > about Margaret A. Boyce > Name: Margaret A. Boyce > Age: 9 > Estimated Birth Year: abt 1872 > Relation: Daughter > Father's Name: Hugh > Mother's Name: Margaret > Gender: Female > Where born: Liverpool, Lancashire, England > > Civil parish: Everton > County/Island: Lancashire > Country: England > > Street Address: 25 Wye St > > View image > Occupation: Scholar > > Registration district: West Derby > Sub-registration district: Everton > ED, institution, or vessel: 45 > Neighbors: View others on page > Household Members: > Name Age > Hugh Boyce 26 labourer born Scotland > Margaret Boyce 27 born Ireland > Margaret A. Boyce 9 > Mary T. Boyce 5 > > Source Citation: Class: RG11; Piece: 3662; Folio: 115; > > HTH > Anne > On 31 Jul 2009, at 11:01, <marion.charlesworth@ntlworld.com> <marion.charlesworth@ntlworld.com > > wrote: > > > Hello all > > > > I'm new to the list but am hoping someone can assist with my > > research into > > my grandmother's history. I have been to Liverpool Records Office > > furing a brief > > visit to the Pool last Oct, but was still unable to locate any > > record of her birth. > > > > Her name was Annie Boyce, born 1876, married 1899 to John Lewis. > > The marriage certificate gives her father's name as HUGH BOYCE > > (deceased). I know from her > > that her father was born in Ireland, but there was never any mention > > of her mother. I have copy of her marriage certificate, and have > > tracked down some > > WW1 records that show the famiy living in several different > > addresses but > > I can't find census records of the family, and no trace of her birth > > records, although I believe she was born in Liverpool. > > > > Annie is buried in Yew Tree Cemetery (died 1962). Her husband John > > is reported > > to have committed suicide (by hanging) in or around 1932, but I can > > find no record of this either. > > > > Does anyone have any ideas as to where I can go from here to trace > > Annie's birth > > (the family was R.C., the last address I remember her living was in > > Field Street. > > > > Any help or suggestions would be much appreciated. > > > > Thanks > > > > Marion > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > > > Admin Message - List guidelines: > > http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections/AdminMessage.htm > > > > The list admin can be contacted at > > Eng-Liverpool-admin@rootsweb.com > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LIVERPOOL-request@rootsweb.com > > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > > the body of the message > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > Admin Message - List guidelines: > http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections/AdminMessage.htm > > The list admin can be contacted at > Eng-Liverpool-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LIVERPOOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message