I know somebody with a DODD connection who is not subscribed here. I've asked if she would like to give me her names. When I hear from her I will be in touch again. Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Yvonne Purdy" <von@yvonnepurdy.free-online.co.uk> To: <ENG-MERSEYSIDE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 10:10 AM Subject: [ENG-MERSEY] James Dodd > Hi Wendy, > > Yes, I'm keeping well, thank you. Hope you are too. You wrote: > >>> > I am still trying to get > past my Gt grandad James Dodd 1862,if anyone is following the Dodd line from > Birkenhead I would be interested! > Best Wishes,Wendy > << > > Can you post what information you have so far on James Dodd. Do you know > who his dad and mam are? > > I have Thomas Dodd, famous coxswain of the Hoylake Lifeboat, married to Mary > Jane Sherlock on April 25 1879 at Holy Trinity, Hoylake. She is my 2 x gt. > aunt, sister to my great-grandfather, *Peter Sherlock. > > Thomas Dodd's parents were Peter Dodd and Alice Hughes. Alice Hughes is > daughter of Richard Hughes and Nancy (Anne) Silcock. Richard Hughes is son > of Richard Hughes and Alice Eccles (my 4 x great grandparents). Richard > Hughes died in the 1810 Lifeboat disaster, along with his son Thomas, and > brother Joseph. > > Nancy (Anne) Silcock was the sister of my 3 x gt. grandmother, Jane Silcock, > who was married to Peter Sherlock on 15 May 1825 at St. Nicholas, Liverpool > (grandparents of the above *Peter Sherlock).