Liverpool & South West Lancashire FHS - Forum

Thanks Bert. Loved the pictures. When I was at the top of the tower the closeness of a RN ship was a little disconcerting!

Richard

I managed to get to Birkenhead this week (though not on Tuesday) and the Birkenhead Archives dept. were extremely helpful, but although they had a record of William Harbord's burial at St Mary's, they had no record of the grave's removal. They said that if the gravestone was illegible, then it would...

Thank you both once again for all this effort you've gone to on my behalf. Mary, - my next port of call is the shop to get that CD!! I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I will be able to get away in May and get to meet you and thank you both in person very best wishes Richard I expect there will be ...

My Canadian cousin was delighted with the inscriptions you supplied and wants me to thank you on her behalf. Is the information direct from headstones that I can see and photograph for her when I come to Liverpool, or is there a site where the information is stored?

Thank you so much, Mary - I will certainly try and schedule my trip around a Tuesday pm visit to you.

Thanks Karen - I'm always an optimist, so they will be there!!

Mary, you are wonderful!! These are the ancestors of my (distant - literally as well as genealogically) cousin (she lives near Vancouver, Canada). Would it be OK if I forwarded you post to her? She isn't a member, so I won't do it without your permission. I am hoping to come to Liverpool in May on m...

Fantastic to get replies so quickly - thanks Bert. I haven't tried to get records checked at Birkenhead Central Library. How does one do that?

Thanks for the newspaper clipping. He was also reported in the Mersey Times!
Sadly neither of them mentioned a burial!

Richard

William Harbord died in 1853 in Birkenhead. I cannot find out where he is buried. He was a customs officer and worked at the customs house in Liverpool, so he may possibly be buried in Liverpool. He started out life in Norfolk. Is it possible his body would have been taken all the way down there to ...