Liverpool & South West Lancashire FHS - Forum

Thank you Bert!

I don't have access yet, how do I sign up for that?

I am working on digging out some interesting connections between the families and I'm curious to see if it connects to my grand uncle James Shuttleworth.

In my family tree, my 2x great grandparents are Henry Ribton Hoskins and Mary Seaman Dawson daughter of Richard Dawson 1783-1850. Mary's brother Richard Pudsey Dawson married Louisa Elizabeth Shuttleworth daughter of Thomas Starky Shuttleworth of Preston. Could these Shuttleworth's be related to Jam...

I am researching a dramatic change in circumstance for one of my family lines during the 1800's in Liverpool. It appears there were a series of significant changes in the local economy as certain financial situations showed a series of downturns. What was the economic history of the city in that cen...

In my family history research, I came across someone who found a photo album belonging to the family of my 3x great grandfather Richard Dawson 1783-1850. In the album were photos taken by Willoughby Pudsey Dawson in 1902 as captain of the SS Penguin in the rescue of survivors of the shipwreck Elegam...

Happy Easter everyone! I have been able to make good use of the free Ancestry weekend and have been busy! I have been able to add a great deal of information. I've also been able to confirm through several sources that Pudsey Dawson Esq. the former mayor of Liverpool from 1799-1800, was my great gre...

This is the church where my grandfather James Holden was baptised on Apr. 2 1871!

Thanks! This marriage was one of the next pieces I was looking for. I spent some time on findmypast last weekend and uncovered a number of census records on several branches of the family. When Jane Holden and James Shuttleworth married they moved into 57 Guelph St. next door to her parents James an...

I'm looking for information on a family member.

Mrs. Shuttleworth 85 Everton Terrace is all that is listed in the records I have. I am looking for other information sources that will tell me more.

It seems my family sometimes have the habit of having children in between censuses and then moving!

I am in Hamilton Ontario and have a wide range of family across Canada and the U.S. as well as some in England and Scotland.

Good golly miss Molly! Information has been coming in fast and furious. I have received a package from western Canada that contained various pieces of information including copies of several family trees current up to 1999. I have found numerous minor errors but a treasure of new information on the ...

I have uncovered a modern research bias on some of the research on home children stories. They were not always "on their own" nor were they always forced to leave England. In researching 10 home children in three lines of my family and another four who were assisted by Barnardo's and stayed in Engla...

Hi all! I've uncovered some interesting news regarding Liverpool emigration to Canada. In researching two generations of my family that came to Canada from Liverpool, I went to a family history society that is in St. Catharines Ontario. They have a nice archive of local history and family history fr...

Not to worry about the excitement. It's hard to keep myself from getting excited, but I know from past experience that not all stories result in a connection so no worries. I've made more progress in the last six months than I have in a long time. I have been searching for the Holden line earlier th...

When I saw my name mentioned in a post with someone looking for Holden ancestors, my heart jumped! I was hoping to find a connection myself but unfortunately not. The only Sarah Holden I have in our tree is my great great grandmother Sarah Holden (nee Walker). I've heard Liverpudlians are friendly f...

I'd have to look again but I'm pretty sure that Cecil, Harold and Pudsey, were all placed on farms in Biggar Saskatchewan by 1911. They came over along with their sister Lucy when their parents Cecil Dawson Hoskins and Marion Pugh had passed away. Lucy Hoskins was placed in St. Catharines, and marri...

I found a copy of the Kelly's Directory for Liverpool in 1894. http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p16445coll4/id/112382/rec/296 There are matches to several of the names of Hoskins and Holden family members in my search, including addresses. You might find it useful for...

Jsugnall+215: Thank you as well. I have some of this information. The information that you and Bertieone has shared is helping to not only confirm details that I have but also clear us some spelling. Also to let us know some more details of the story of the Holden children who came to Canada when th...

Thank you again!

A bit of news for follow up. Sometimes timing is everything. When I shared Harold's story with family out in Western Canada that we had lost touch with, they were able to share it with all of the cousins and my uncle Wilfred, who was Harold's nephew. I am told that he was the story teller on that si...

I had a suspicion they would be able to help, but their speed and results far exceeded anything I expected.

Thank you so much for your help.

I'm writing a new biography on this tree branch for the family!