Liverpool & South West Lancashire FHS - Forum

Thank you Mary and DS. I thought this would be the case. I wonder how she explained it all away to people - but as you say it wasn't a unique case so I guess people either turned a blind eye or believed whatever story she told. It obviously didn't stop her being buried in a Catholic cemetary, with p...

Thank you again for helping me find information about Elizabeth/Lizzie Byrne/Perkins/Gaskill. The marriage cert. arrived today showing, as you rightly said, that Elizabeth & Henry Gaskill were married at Liverpool Register Office on 17 August 1915. Elizabeth is absolutely the correct person - her fa...

Hi, and thank you again for your help. Hopefully the death cert for John Silvey should be a first step in confirming whether he can or can't be Mary Ellen's father. Although that still raises the question, as you point out, of whether the name has been spelt correctly at all. If he can be ruled out ...

Thank you all for going to so much trouble. The census record is very interesting. I had pulled up a different one - Book 14/Folio 33 which shows Henry Johnson as an ag lab in 1841, living in Walton on the Hill with Ellen and family but no member of the Silva family. I will look further into this. B...

Thank you both. Yes - that is the marriage record I found. The Johnsons, who are much easier to track, do seem to be linked to St Nicks. I also have the birth certificate for their daughter Elizabeth which shows Mary Ellen as 'formerly Silvey.' Again it's a bit difficult to read. I'm glad I haven't ...

Hi everyone, I was pleased to see the name Silvey cropping up in our family tree as I thought it was so unusual that it would be easy to find people - wrong again! Can anyone help me with a date of birth for Mary Ellen Silvey or Silvy born either in Liverpool about 1822 or Walton about 1824 (accordi...

Yes, absolutely. I will definitely enjoy it and look forward, one day, to being able to help others. I may need some help again soon. I've discovered a new line today with the name of Silvey in Liverpool or Walton which I'm having some problems finding out information about. I need to try and do a l...

Thank you both again for your comments.

Mary, I will let you know what is said once I receive the certificate.

Dickiesam, so far everything has been 'above board' in my trees so it's exciting to have a whiff of scandal!

I'm so glad I joined the society - you've been so helpful.

Sandra

Thank you Mary. Elizabeth/Lizzie was Catholic but had married Samuel in Bebington Parish Church under the rites of the Established Church. I wonder if that made a difference to her thinking about the marriage? Not sure I want to think about what that means for the children but .... Thank you again, ...

Thank you so much, DickieSam for your help with this. Yes, that's definitely them going to the USA. I've had a quick look at the National Archives and no record re divorce but I will check again and definitely order that marriage cert. I had made the mistake of just checking between 1906 and 1911 - ...

I would be really grateful for any help with the following: Samuel Perkins (son of Joseph Perkins & Emma Smith) born Olney, Bucks in 1864 married Elizabeth Anne Byrne (or Burns), born County Wicklow, in June 1888 at St. Andrew's Bebington. They had 5 children: Lily May (1889) and William Joseph (189...