Hi Syl, None of my Bate's wandered as far as Liverpool!!! at least it would seem not before 1881. Even the 1901 census has them mainly in Rainhill, Sutton area. I would be interested to know the name of the Bate who married Ellen Hughes. Strangely enough Ellen is quite a Bate name! If you have any further details plese do not hesitate to write me again. John M. Bate ----- Original Message ----- From: "sylvia hughes" <sh001k2186@blueyonder.co.uk> To: <ENG-MERSEYSIDE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 6:15 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-MERSEY] Re-posting Interests > Hi John, hope you don't mind me corresponding with you but I have a Bate > in my tree but I don't know anything about him other than he married Ellen > Hughes in Liverpool. Ellen would have been the granddaughter of Elizabeth > Thompson and William Hughes both from Liverpool. > > If you think you have a connection, I would love to hear from you. > > Syl - UK > > ==== ENG-MERSEYSIDE Mailing List ==== > You can search or browse the archives of this list and also change > membership - move from digest to normal mail mode, or vice versa and sub > and unsub at this link > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/ENG/ENG-MERSEYSIDE.html > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >

When my dad's brother James Hughes died in 1991 he left a will in which the living children of his brothers would received a sum of money. One of the recipients was Ellen Bate (nee Hughes). Ellen was the daughter of Leonard Hughes and she was living in Mossley Hill, Liverpool at that time. Does any of this mean anything to you? Syl - UK