Missing Friends-Updated 15th April 2012

[Katie]

Courier 6th January 1917

Soldiers seeking relatives

BEDDOWS:- Wanted to know the whereabouts of John and Ellen Beddows, formerly of Athol Street, Liverpool. Inquirer their brother R. Beddows, co No 4, Y.M.C.A, Rolleston Camp, Salisbury Plain, Wilts.

HULSMANN:- Wanted to know the whereabouts of the relatives of Thomas Hulsmann (deceased) Who are believed to reside in Liverpool. Inquirer Private W.T. Hulsmann. No 2238, C Company 6th Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade Australian Expeditionary Force, All Saints Convalesent Camp, Pembroke, Malta.

Missing friends

HULME:- Wanted to know there whereabouts of Jane Hulme, of Netherton Green, near Liverpool, daughter of James and Jane Hulme, last heard of in London 24 or 25 years ago. Inquirer her sister Mrs. Ellen Horton of the above address; born Dec 1st 1861. - London papers please copy.

LAWLESS:- Wanted to know the whereabouts of Joseph Sutcliffe Lawless, last heard of in Liverpool about seven years ago, and is supposed to have since gone to Canada. Inquirer his widowed mother, Mrs. Lawless, 57, Pugin STreet, off Walton Road, Liverpool

Courier 2nd June 1917

CLARK- Wanted to know the whereabouts if George Robert Clark, who 18 years ago was employed as a clerk in the rates and fares department N.E.R, at Tork. Left Scarborough for Liverpool January 23rd 1899. Inquirer his son George Reginald Clark, 17, Cornwallis Street, off Duke Street, Liverpool

MAYES- Wanted to know the whereabouts of Florrie Mayes, of Newcastle, Staffs, who was in service in Liverpool in 1893. Inquirer George Hanley 20a, Brunswick Road, Liverpool.
Nellie,
PARTON- Private R.E. Parton 5078, serving with Australian Imperial Force, is anxious to discover near realtives believed to be in the Liverpool district. His father Mr. Edward William Parton, who worked in the drapery trade in Liverpool went to Australia about twenty years ago, and died on March 6th last. It is believed that his brother, Mr. Alfred Parton is still in Liverpool. Private Parton's address is No 2 Australian Command Depot, Weymouth.

Courier 12th June 1915

McCALL:- Wanted to know the whereabouts of Nellie, Eddy and Edward McCall. Last heard of in Liverpool eight or nine years ago. Inquirer Bridget McCall, 64, Islington, Liverpool.

WOODS:- Wanted to know the whereabouts of Alice Woods (daughter of Mary Woods deceased), who left Gateacre, near Liverpool about 15 years ago. Inquirers her uncle and her brother Nathaniel B Woods, Liverpool Road, Hough Green, near Widnes

[dickiesam]

Hi Katie,
Strange the way a little snippet can catch the eye and provoke interest....

The item concerning Pvt Parton made me wonder if he survived the war. An Australian R Parton was killed in July 1916, so because the item is dated 1917 I hope he made it through to meet his Liverpool relatives.

[stephenb2684]

BEDDOWS:- Wanted to know the whereabouts of John and Ellen Beddows, formerly of Athol Street, Liverpool. Inquirer their brother R. Beddows, co No 4, Y.M.C.A, Rolleston Camp, Salisbury Plain, Wilts.

I am John's direct descendant g,g grandson.

i am intrigued if this really is there brother? did he post in the newspaper that he wanted to know their whereabouts?

In 1891 census - in fact post 1881 I cannot find him at all. His brother and sister yes. I was under the impression that he has died?

[MaryA]

Hi and welcome to the forum. Thank you for adding to this post, however Katie posts "Strays" that she comes across during her monumental task of indexing all entries of soldiers wounded or lost from the newspapers. I'm sure she will be able to check her database to see if there is any further mention, but the original post was picked up from the newspaper entry.

[Katie]

The Liverpool Weekly Courier published a column titled "Missing friends" I just transcribed what was published.

[Katie]

BEDDOWS:- Wanted to know the whereabouts of John and Ellen Beddows, formerly of Athol Street, Liverpool. Inquirer their brother R. Beddows, co No 4, Y.M.C.A, Rolleston Camp, Salisbury Plain, Wilts.

I am John's direct descendant g,g grandson.

i am intrigued if this really is there brother? did he post in the newspaper that he wanted to know their whereabouts?

In 1891 census - in fact post 1881 I cannot find him at all. His brother and sister yes. I was under the impression that he has died?

I can find no evidence that he had died. May need to consult other records to see what happened to him. He was baptised twice C of E and Catholic.

[Katie]

I thought I would do a little research into Robert and find out what happened to him. I have Mary and her 3 children recorded in Liverpool Workhouse several times from 1880-1885. The last entry was for the 3 Children John, Robert and Ellen Beddoes being admitted to Liverpool Workhouse 6th May 1885 as having been found on Scotland Road. The address at this time was 6/4 Newsham Street. They are all recorded as being Roman Catholic. The children were all sent to Kirkdale Industrial School.I looked up their entry in the Admission and discharge register for Kirkdale and there was no discharge date. I will follow it up when I next go the Archives.

[MaryA]

Thanks Katie, very good of you, it's very interesting to follow through some of your postings.