On 9/9/2012 9:00 AM, south-africa-cape-town-request@rootsweb.com wrote: Carrie sent the following reply re Sarah Jane Berry. I have now learnt that she lived in Bootle and, together with 2 sisters, was working in the match factory there. Carrie, can you remember the name of the Factory? Regards, Walter > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Thomas Kydd GREIG (husband) Sarah Jane BERRY (wife) > (Wally And Elrine Greig) > 2. Re: Thomas Kydd GREIG (husband) Sarah JaneBERRY (wife) (laing) > 3. Re: Thomas Kydd GREIG (husband) SarahJaneBERRY (wife) (laing) > 4. Re: Thomas Kydd GREIG (husband) Sarah JaneBERRY (wife) (Richard) > 5. Re: Thomas Kydd GREIG (husband) Sarah Jane BERRY (wife) > (Heather MacAlister) > > > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2012 17:13:39 +0100 > From: "laing" <laings4@blueyonder.co.uk> > Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN] Thomas Kydd GREIG (husband) > Sarah JaneBERRY (wife) > To: <south-africa-cape-town@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: > <20120908161414.QCSO26256.mtaout03-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@know-smtpout-1.server.virginmedia.net> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hi Walter > > Had a quick look on Ancestry.co.uk for you and didn't find any births for > Thomas Kydd Greig. I only found a birth for Thomas King Greig in 1879 in > Marylebone, London - but he died in 1931 in London - so definitely not your > ancestor if he emigrated to SA. > > There are a lot of entries for Sarah Jane Berry from all over the UK. The > Lion Match factory is interesting, as before WW2 there was a match factory > not far down the road from us in Bootle, Liverpool. It was pulled down and > now has a block of flats on the site with a monument to the match works. > There is a birth for a Sarah Jane Berry in West Derby (Liverpool) in Sept > 1884. But not 100% sure there isn't much to go on. > > Regards > Carrie > > >