Liverpool & South West Lancashire FHS - Forum

This is in response to John 'lancsman'. My query to the Merseyside Docks and Harbour Board was many years ago so their procedures may have changed. I wrote directly to the Company. Unfortunately, I no longer have the original correspondence. They sent me a photocopy of the 'Marine Surveyor's Departm...

A question for Dickiesam: Where did you find the information on Andrew N Jones and the other members of George Fosbery Jones's family? I have used Ancestry and Familysearch but can't find them even when I know the DOB's. Any tips or hints? Thanks again, Barry ps: I have ordered the birth certificate...

Presumably there are more children than the 2 mentioned. Do you have their names as well or know what happened to them. I saw Edward in the 1861 census with a son Edward a baby. What happened to him? This Edward, the son of Edward the lighthouse keeper and the brother of George Fosbery and Thomas E...

Wow! You all have been exceptionally helpful. Your information about Edward is correct. He was a mariner serving on several Mersey Bar lightships before becoming the lighthouse keeper of the Bootle North Wall Lighthouse in 1877. The Mersey Docks and Harbour Board sent me his complete employment reco...

Thank you for your helpful interest and prompt reply. - The date of birth information for Thomas came from the LDS FamilySearch.org web site but I made an error. It's actually a christening date so your Dec Q 1874 birth date could fit. The Ernest christian name is from this LDS record. The census re...

I am seeking descendants of Thomas Ernest Jones, born Jan 20, 1875 in Liverpool to parents Edward and Elizabeth Jones. Edward was the Crosby lighthouse near Southport from 1877 to 1894. Before that, he was the keeper of the Bootle North Wall lighthouse. He is buried in St Martins and All Saints, Alc...