Yvonne wrote (on 18 November) :- >my elusive William SWIFT, born ca 1829 Liverpool, son of Joseph >SWIFT, Butcher; can't find him in either 1841 or 1851 census..... Hi Yvonne The IGI of course has these baptisms in Liverpool St Peter, all children of Joseph & Anne SWIFT :- 9 April 1820 Mary 28 April 1822 Jane 20 Sept 1824 Thomas 18 Oct 1826 William In the 1841 Census :- HO 107/127/9 folio 4 page 13 Frankby, Cheshire William Bloor DAVIES, 25, farmer, Y George MASON, 20, ag lab, Y William MINSHULL, 15, ag lab, Y William SWIFT, 15, ag lab, Y Mary WILLIAMS, 20, Y Abegail PARRY, 15, N Thomas BLOOR, 40, Ind, Y Elizabeth ROBERTS, 30, N Emma ROBERTS, 1, N Ann TWIST, 15, Frankby is less than 5 miles from Little Meols, which is where William SWIFT's future wife Alice HUGHES (b1828 Liverpool) was living in the 1841 & 1851 Censuses ? Regards Gordon From: "Yvonne Purdy" <von@yvonnepurdy.free-online.co.uk> To: <eng-merseyside@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 1:32 PM Subject: [ENG-MERSEYSIDE] Names >Hi all, >I'd like to add some names too. Gordon and I are blood related, so I'm >alsointerested in >FELL(S) (Liverpool 1500's, Bidston/Arrowe 1500/1600's) >BENNETT (Neston 1500's, Woodchurch 1500/1600's) >SHERLOCK (Oxton 1500/1700's, Raby/Upton-in-Overchurch 1700's) > >I hope you don't mind me 'pinching' a bit of your message, Gordon:-)) >Also researching: >SILCOCK from Greasby >SWIFT (my elusive William SWIFT, born ca 1829 Liverpool, son of >Joseph >SWIFT, Butcher; can't find him in either 1841 or 1851 census) >HUGHES and JONES, (inevitably), from West Kirby (another link with >Gordon) >CARROLL (Dundalk, Ireland) >WILSON (I think my earliest, so far, is John Wilson of Woodchurch, who >married Ann MASON of Greasby in 1741, Woodchurch). >WALL (Jane who married William Wilson in 1769, Bidston) >Best regards, >Yvonne Purdy (nee Sherlock)