Hello I am trying to find as much info as I can on the family of LIGHTFOOT who came from the Toxeth area of Liverpool. Robert John Lightfoot was born appoz 1887 not too sure, I do know he married a Martha Elizabeth Clark about 1911. His son called also Robert Arthur Lightfoot was born 29th June 1913 at 29 North Hill Street, Toxeth Park, Liverpool, I have his birth certificate which gives his parents' names, so I know they are right. I am stuck as I need to get further back but cannot find Robert John in 1911 , so I presume he married after the 1911 census was taken. Anything any one can share will be a great help in my research, thank you to you all for taking the time to read my mail. Sandy

Hi there everyone, I have a Mary Foster b 1824 Rainford (she says this consistently on all census) father William (1851 census and two marriages) but I can't find her baptism on lan-opc or the IGI (only a member-submitted stab at 1827 Widnes) She lived variously in Whiston, Bold and Widnes, was an ag lab and charwoman and was married (1) to Robert Whitfield and (2) to John Unsworth. Any ideas about how to find out who her mother was? I think that the Sarah Foster on the census is William's second wife and her siblings seem to be the children of Mary but to be honest its all a bit circumstantial. I am trying to prove beyond reasonable doubt that Mary was the sister of my 2x g-grandfather Samuel Foster. Best wishes, Marian ______________________________________________ This email has been scanned by Netintelligence http://www.netintelligence.com/email

"Hi"' Any Aussie readers who can obtain BIO programme on cable television, can view a programme called Back To Our Roots, on Wednesday at 7.30 pm [Melbourne time} on BIO. The advertisement I have just seen states that it is about "fampus"people tracing their roots back to Wales Regards Ann

Message from my cousin. Hi again Audrey -- I knew your friends would come up with some good information! I am 99% sure it's the Liverpool school. I have many of his papers including an obituary-like document that gives details of his career. I will try and get a scan of it sent from home or else do it myself at Christmas. I also have a silvered watch back (unfortunately not the watch itself) which says something like "To Mr Cook from the Boys of Marlborough College" Best, Sam Will send his email address to those who have contributed information. Audrey NZ

Thanks Gordon, very impressive! Marian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordon Evans" <gordon.w.evans@btinternet.com> To: <eng-merseyside@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2010 7:27 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-MERSEYSIDE] Marlborough > Hi Marian > > Marlborough College in Marlborough Road, Tuebrook was a private school in > 1911. > Headmaster Frederick John WILKINSON was born c1863 in Travancore, Madras, > India - his father Frederick WILKINSON c1833 in Trinidad, West Indies. > > Frederick John was registered with the Teachers' Registration Council on 1 > February 1921, professional address Marlborough College, Tuebrook, > Liverpool. > He attained Intermediate Examinations in Arts at the Universities of both > London and Victoria. > He listed his experience as (i) assistant master at the School for Sons of > Missionaries in Blackheath (1880-1882); (ii) Berkhempstead School, > Hertfordshire (1884-1891) and (iii) Head Master of Marlborough College, > Tuebrook from 1892. > > Audrey's great-uncle was the reverend John Hamilton COOK, who doesn't > feature under that name in the Teachers' Register 1870-1948. > > Regards > Gordon > > From: "Marian Foster" <marianfoster@mypostoffice.co.uk> > To: <eng-merseyside@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2010 6:46 PM > Subject: [ENG-MERSEYSIDE] Marlborough > >>Hi, according to the historical directories website, Marlborough College >>is at the same address (8&10 Marlborough Rd) and with Wilkinson Frederick >>John and Frederick in the 1890s (Kelly's 1894) and 1900 (Gores) but there >>is also a Marlborough School (ladies) at 24 Marlborough Rd. Do either of >>these establishments still exist? And I've lost my notes, can someone >>please remind me of the name and date of the Reverend I'm looking for? >>(sorry!), Marian > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-MERSEYSIDE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ______________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by Netintelligence > http://www.netintelligence.com/email > > ______________________________________________ This email has been scanned by Netintelligence http://www.netintelligence.com/email

>> Thanks Marian, The Merseyside list is certainly coming up trumps. I have always enjoyed following it. Get messages in duplicate so I must have been there originally Margred - don/t worry easy to delete. >From NZ Audrey Thanks Rachael. Cousin Sam will be able to follow this link. > > Hi, Rachel does list Marlborough College in a 1926 Gor'es Directory as >> Wilkinson, Frederick J (Principal) at 8&10 Marlborough Road, Old Swan and she >> notes that teacher registrations are available on Origins.net. Hope this >> helps, Marian >> >> ______________________________________________ >> This email has been scanned by Netintelligence >> http://www.netintelligence.com/email >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ENG-MERSEYSIDE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-MERSEYSIDE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

> Thanks Rachael. Cousin Sam will be able to follow this link. Hi, Rachel does list Marlborough College in a 1926 Gor'es Directory as > Wilkinson, Frederick J (Principal) at 8&10 Marlborough Road, Old Swan and she > notes that teacher registrations are available on Origins.net. Hope this > helps, Marian > > ______________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by Netintelligence > http://www.netintelligence.com/email > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-MERSEYSIDE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Marian Marlborough College in Marlborough Road, Tuebrook was a private school in 1911. Headmaster Frederick John WILKINSON was born c1863 in Travancore, Madras, India - his father Frederick WILKINSON c1833 in Trinidad, West Indies. Frederick John was registered with the Teachers' Registration Council on 1 February 1921, professional address Marlborough College, Tuebrook, Liverpool. He attained Intermediate Examinations in Arts at the Universities of both London and Victoria. He listed his experience as (i) assistant master at the School for Sons of Missionaries in Blackheath (1880-1882); (ii) Berkhempstead School, Hertfordshire (1884-1891) and (iii) Head Master of Marlborough College, Tuebrook from 1892. Audrey's great-uncle was the reverend John Hamilton COOK, who doesn't feature under that name in the Teachers' Register 1870-1948. Regards Gordon From: "Marian Foster" <marianfoster@mypostoffice.co.uk> To: <eng-merseyside@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2010 6:46 PM Subject: [ENG-MERSEYSIDE] Marlborough >Hi, according to the historical directories website, Marlborough College >is at the same address (8&10 Marlborough Rd) and with Wilkinson Frederick >John and Frederick in the 1890s (Kelly's 1894) and 1900 (Gores) but there >is also a Marlborough School (ladies) at 24 Marlborough Rd. Do either of >these establishments still exist? And I've lost my notes, can someone >please remind me of the name and date of the Reverend I'm looking for? >(sorry!), Marian

Hi, according to the historical directories website, Marlborough College is at the same address (8&10 Marlborough Rd) and with Wilkinson Frederick John and Frederick in the 1890s (Kelly's 1894) and 1900 (Gores) but there is also a Marlborough School (ladies) at 24 Marlborough Rd. Do either of these establishments still exist? And I've lost my notes, can someone please remind me of the name and date of the Reverend I'm looking for? (sorry!), Marian ______________________________________________ This email has been scanned by Netintelligence http://www.netintelligence.com/email

I'll have a look and see if you are registered under two e-mail addresses Audrey - I had to re register you because your mail bounced as unregistered. But yes, I think you have been on this list before and again yes, it is a VERY helpful list with a lot of knowledgeable people on it who love to help. Marged The Merseyside list is certainly coming up trumps. I have always enjoyed following it. Get messages in duplicate so I must have been there originally Margred - don/t worry easy to delete. >From NZ Audrey Thanks Rachael. Cousin Sam will be able to follow this link. > > Hi, Rachel does list Marlborough College in a 1926 Gor'es Directory as >> Wilkinson, Frederick J (Principal) at 8&10 Marlborough Road, Old Swan and she >> notes that teacher registrations are available on Origins.net. Hope this >> helps, Marian >> No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.869 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3269 - Release Date: 11/20/10 19:34:00

Hi, Rachel does list Marlborough College in a 1926 Gor'es Directory as Wilkinson, Frederick J (Principal) at 8&10 Marlborough Road, Old Swan and she notes that teacher registrations are available on Origins.net. Hope this helps, Marian ______________________________________________ This email has been scanned by Netintelligence http://www.netintelligence.com/email

Gordon, I did check out the Liverpool Marlborough School on Rachel Rick's Liverpool Schools list, but it wasn't there, unfortunately. Marj >Definitely Liverpool. Thanks.Audrey Would be interested to know what evidence you have that your reverend great-uncle was a teacher at a Marlborough College in Liverpool rather than at the more-famous one in Wiltshire (which specialises in Divinity) suggested by Marged? Are you perhaps aware of this excellent site, hosted by a local lady who has a vast knowledge of Liverpool educational establishments? :- http://liverpool-schools.co.uk/index.html Sadly, she doesn't subscribe to this list, but her contact address is :- info@liverpool-schools.co.uk Good luck Gordon From: "Audrey Jones" <jopaw@paradise.net.nz> To: <eng-merseyside@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2010 7:04 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-MERSEYSIDE] Marlborough College, Liverpool . Einstein in Liverpool1930 >Definitely Liverpool. Thanks.Audrey >it did occur to me to wonder if his school Marlborough, was not the >little school in Marlborough Road, Liverpool, but the prestigious >Marlborough >in Wiltshire. >Marged >Can anyone help with this query from my cousin >The first is any information at all about Marlborough College, >somewhere in >Liverpool. My great uncle Rev. John Hamilton Cook was a teacher there, >presumably of Divinity. >The second is any information about a trip made by Einstein to >Liverpool >University c. 1930. He definitely made one in 1921, but the c.1930 trip >is >proving hard to find details of. I first saw details in a book, the >extract >of which is below. >I'd be very grateful if you could pose these items to your friends to >see if >anyone has any in-formation at all on either. >Many thanks, >Sam >For advancement of learning: the University of Liverpool, 1881-1981 >Thomas Kelly, Liverpool University Press, 1981, p242 >"Actually Einstein visited the University on a second occasion, about >1930, >when he was on his way to the United States. This time, in >Wilberforce's >absence, he was received by Rice, who, since there was nothing to be >seen in >the Physics Department, enlisted the help of Wil-liam Doran of Organic >Chemistry (a fluent German speaker) to show him round the Chemis-try >Departments." >(William Doran was married to my Great Aunt) >Audrey Nww Zealand ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-MERSEYSIDE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.869 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3269 - Release Date: 11/20/10 19:34:00 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.869 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3269 - Release Date: 11/20/10 19:34:00

> Definitely Liverpool. Thanks.Audrey - it did occur to me to wonder if his school Marlborough, was not the > little school in Marlborough Road, Liverpool, but the prestigious Marlborough > in Wiltshire. > > Marged----- Original Message ----- > > > Can anyone help with this query from my cousin > : > The first is any information at all about Marlborough College, somewhere in > Liverpool. My great uncle Rev. John Hamilton Cook was a teacher there, > presumably of Divinity. > The second is any information about a trip made by Einstein to Liverpool > University c. 1930. He definitely made one in 1921, but the c.1930 trip is > proving hard to find details of. I first saw details in a book, the extract > of which is below. > I'd be very grateful if you could pose these items to your friends to see if > anyone has any in-formation at all on either. > Many thanks, > Sam > For advancement of learning: the University of Liverpool, 1881-1981 > Thomas Kelly, Liverpool University Press, 1981, p242 > "Actually Einstein visited the University on a second occasion, about 1930, > when he was on his way to the United States. This time, in Wilberforce's > absence, he was received by Rice, who, since there was nothing to be seen in > the Physics Department, enlisted the help of Wil-liam Doran of Organic > Chemistry (a fluent German speaker) to show him round the Chemis-try > Departments." > (William Doran was married to my Great Aunt) > > Audrey Nww Zealand > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-MERSEYSIDE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.869 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3265 - Release Date: 11/18/10 > 19:34:00 > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.869 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3265 - Release Date: 11/18/10 > 19:34:00 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-MERSEYSIDE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Audrey Jones wrote :- >Definitely Liverpool. Thanks.Audrey Would be interested to know what evidence you have that your reverend great-uncle was a teacher at a Marlborough College in Liverpool rather than at the more-famous one in Wiltshire (which specialises in Divinity) suggested by Marged? Are you perhaps aware of this excellent site, hosted by a local lady who has a vast knowledge of Liverpool educational establishments? :- http://liverpool-schools.co.uk/index.html Sadly, she doesn't subscribe to this list, but her contact address is :- info@liverpool-schools.co.uk Good luck Gordon From: "Audrey Jones" <jopaw@paradise.net.nz> To: <eng-merseyside@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2010 7:04 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-MERSEYSIDE] Marlborough College, Liverpool . Einstein in Liverpool1930 >Definitely Liverpool. Thanks.Audrey >it did occur to me to wonder if his school Marlborough, was not the >little school in Marlborough Road, Liverpool, but the prestigious >Marlborough >in Wiltshire. >Marged >Can anyone help with this query from my cousin >The first is any information at all about Marlborough College, >somewhere in >Liverpool. My great uncle Rev. John Hamilton Cook was a teacher there, >presumably of Divinity. >The second is any information about a trip made by Einstein to >Liverpool >University c. 1930. He definitely made one in 1921, but the c.1930 trip >is >proving hard to find details of. I first saw details in a book, the >extract >of which is below. >I'd be very grateful if you could pose these items to your friends to >see if >anyone has any in-formation at all on either. >Many thanks, >Sam >For advancement of learning: the University of Liverpool, 1881-1981 >Thomas Kelly, Liverpool University Press, 1981, p242 >"Actually Einstein visited the University on a second occasion, about >1930, >when he was on his way to the United States. This time, in >Wilberforce's >absence, he was received by Rice, who, since there was nothing to be >seen in >the Physics Department, enlisted the help of Wil-liam Doran of Organic >Chemistry (a fluent German speaker) to show him round the Chemis-try >Departments." >(William Doran was married to my Great Aunt) >Audrey Nww Zealand

Possibly a bit of a long shot... but does anybody have this person in their family tree, or have any links with/knowledge of the family? James was born in Rock Ferry in 1872, the elder son of John (b 1845) and Ellen Janet (b 1848) whose maiden name was McKenzie. He married Elizabeth Clokie (from Yorkshire) in 1900 and they had at least four children - Elsie Jeanette, John Alexander, Hugh McDowall and Jessie Clokie. If anybody has any connections with the family... I have a photo of James taken in 1873 (bought for 2 Euro at a collectors' fare in Holland this afternoon). I'd love to find a good home for it (and maybe learn a bit more about the family in the process) Angelika

Hi Audrey, Do you have a date for the Rev ? Marian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Audrey Jones" <jopaw@paradise.net.nz> To: <eng-liverpool@rootsweb.com>; <eng-merseyside@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2010 9:31 AM Subject: [ENG-MERSEYSIDE] Marlborough College,Liverpool . Einstein in Liverpool1930 > Can anyone help with this query from my cousin > : > The first is any information at all about Marlborough College, somewhere > in > Liverpool. My great uncle Rev. John Hamilton Cook was a teacher there, > presumably of Divinity. > The second is any information about a trip made by Einstein to Liverpool > University c. 1930. He definitely made one in 1921, but the c.1930 trip is > proving hard to find details of. I first saw details in a book, the > extract > of which is below. > I'd be very grateful if you could pose these items to your friends to see > if > anyone has any in-formation at all on either. > Many thanks, > Sam > For advancement of learning: the University of Liverpool, 1881-1981 > Thomas Kelly, Liverpool University Press, 1981, p242 > "Actually Einstein visited the University on a second occasion, about > 1930, > when he was on his way to the United States. This time, in Wilberforce's > absence, he was received by Rice, who, since there was nothing to be seen > in > the Physics Department, enlisted the help of Wil-liam Doran of Organic > Chemistry (a fluent German speaker) to show him round the Chemis-try > Departments." > (William Doran was married to my Great Aunt) > > Audrey Nww Zealand > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-MERSEYSIDE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ______________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by Netintelligence > http://www.netintelligence.com/email > > ______________________________________________ This email has been scanned by Netintelligence http://www.netintelligence.com/email

Audrey - it did occur to me to wonder if his school Marlborough, was not the little school in Marlborough Road, Liverpool, but the prestigious Marlborough in Wiltshire. Marged----- Original Message ----- Can anyone help with this query from my cousin : The first is any information at all about Marlborough College, somewhere in Liverpool. My great uncle Rev. John Hamilton Cook was a teacher there, presumably of Divinity. The second is any information about a trip made by Einstein to Liverpool University c. 1930. He definitely made one in 1921, but the c.1930 trip is proving hard to find details of. I first saw details in a book, the extract of which is below. I'd be very grateful if you could pose these items to your friends to see if anyone has any in-formation at all on either. Many thanks, Sam For advancement of learning: the University of Liverpool, 1881-1981 Thomas Kelly, Liverpool University Press, 1981, p242 "Actually Einstein visited the University on a second occasion, about 1930, when he was on his way to the United States. This time, in Wilberforce's absence, he was received by Rice, who, since there was nothing to be seen in the Physics Department, enlisted the help of Wil-liam Doran of Organic Chemistry (a fluent German speaker) to show him round the Chemis-try Departments." (William Doran was married to my Great Aunt) Audrey Nww Zealand ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-MERSEYSIDE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.869 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3265 - Release Date: 11/18/10 19:34:00 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.869 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3265 - Release Date: 11/18/10 19:34:00

Can anyone help with this query from my cousin : The first is any information at all about Marlborough College, somewhere in Liverpool. My great uncle Rev. John Hamilton Cook was a teacher there, presumably of Divinity. The second is any information about a trip made by Einstein to Liverpool University c. 1930. He definitely made one in 1921, but the c.1930 trip is proving hard to find details of. I first saw details in a book, the extract of which is below. I'd be very grateful if you could pose these items to your friends to see if anyone has any in-formation at all on either. Many thanks, Sam For advancement of learning: the University of Liverpool, 1881-1981 Thomas Kelly, Liverpool University Press, 1981, p242 "Actually Einstein visited the University on a second occasion, about 1930, when he was on his way to the United States. This time, in Wilberforce's absence, he was received by Rice, who, since there was nothing to be seen in the Physics Department, enlisted the help of Wil-liam Doran of Organic Chemistry (a fluent German speaker) to show him round the Chemis-try Departments." (William Doran was married to my Great Aunt) Audrey Nww Zealand

There is evidently some trouble on various Rootsweb lists at the moment, this one included. AOL subscribers are being unsubscribed. I am doing my best to stop this happening. If you are an AOL subscriber perhaps it would be a good idea to subscribe with another address for a while. Marged List Admin No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.869 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3258 - Release Date: 11/15/10 07:34:00

-----Original Message----- From: eng-merseyside-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-merseyside-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Gordon Evans Sent: 15 November 2010 08:26 To: eng-merseyside@rootsweb.com I now find that about a quarter to a third of all my Rootsweb messages are filtered out as Spam by BT Yahoo. This is only a recent problem. For some reason this started after the Rootsweb server was down for maintenance a few days ago! David Subject: Re: [ENG-MERSEYSIDE] BT Mail Filters Hi Will I check my BT Ya-boo spam folder at least twice a day, and yes you're right - every now and again I've found a few 'genuine' messages which have been mistakenly shunted there. But never any of my posts to the RootsWeb Merseyside list, which have simply 'gone missing'. Regards Gordon