Liverpool & South West Lancashire FHS - Forum

any of you very helpful people out there know of a firm of decorators
in liverpool called fincher and ? 1900
thank you kathleen

Hi Kathleen,
Do you mean 'painters and decorators' as in house/premises painting/papering etc?
Dickiesam

Hi Kathleen
Couldn't find any decorators in 1911 Directory.
Only one Fincher, Charles, wood carver Mulberry St with a shop in Seel St.
Chas and family in Mulberry St in 1901, a wood carver bn Shepherds Bush.

1894 Sorry no Finchers under Painters & Decorators.
Another Fincher, John also a wood carver.

Tina

You can search directories for the 1890's and 1900's online at http://www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/ but I see only the same Finchers as Tina has found.

thank you all for your help, i have been looking for information on Richard hughes but because he was illegitimate i have not got very far. so i am doing his wife side ,harriet fincher .she and her father (frank) came to live in liverpool 1900.she was born in aston Derbyshire, 1892 why come to liverpool? so thank you all for your time.kathleen

Hi Kathleen

Could this be your Harriet Fincher on the 1901 census?

RG13 piece 1246 folio 119 p.51

FINCHER, Francis widower age 45 painter b. Tottenham, Middx
FINCHER, Harriet M. dau. age 9 b. Stoke Newington, London

living at 6 Arthur Street, (West Side), Tottenham.

Hi Kathleen

Further to my above post, the Harriet Fincher born in Aston (part of Birmingham) was Harriet Catherine Fincher and she was married in Kings Norton (Birmingham) to a Frank Gittins Sept Qtr 1918. There is a marriage for Harriet Fincher to Richard Hughes June Qtr 1915 West Derby, Vol 8b p.970.

On the 1891 census the Francis Fincher in London was a House Decorator and was married to Harriet. Their daughter Harriet Margaret was born Dec Qtr 1891, Edmonton, 3a, p.281. Wife Harriet appears to have died Mar Qtr 1893 age 32, Islington, Vol 1b, p.279.

There is a likely marriage for them Dec Qtr 1890, Hackney, Vol 1b, p.928- her maiden name is Durrant.

Perhaps Francis came to Liverpool to visit relatives and decided to stay. There is a death for Francis Fincher age 57 Sept Qtr 1912, Liverpool, Vol 8b, p.58.

Hope this is helpful to you.

Marchbird

yes thank you marchbird it is very helpful kathleen

Hi Kathleen
I looked in 1911 census with no luck for Frank & Harriet.
Then I just put in Francis, age from death listed by marchbird bn London in Lpool.
Francis FINSHER bn 1856 in Lpool
There's Harriet too aged 19yrs
If you need to know more, it's a pay per view site.

Best wishes
Tina

Good one Tina, I'd been putting "starting with" Finc, should have reduced it to the three letters instead.

I had a look at the transcript for the 1911.

40 Clare Street Liverpool (RG14PN22162 RG78PN1312 RD453 SD2 ED14 SN60

Francis Finsher Head Widower age 55 Licenced Hawker born Tottenham
Dau Harriet Finsher 19 house keeper born Tottenham

They had 18 Boarders!!

It is not listed in the 1911 Directory.

Hope that helps.

Jan

dear jan 44 thank you for that,i didnt know that at all.did it mean thay own a boarding house in clare street. also licenced hawker? what did he sell i would love to know. thank s.kathleen

Hi Jan
And how many credits did you use to look at 1911?
If I know Jan, she won't say, she's a good 'un

Tina

jan44 wrote: I had a look at the transcript for the 1911.

Transcript so hopefully only the one! Yep she is a good un!

As a thought - I wonder if anybody knows if he had to get a licence - are any details of hawkers still available?

Hi ladies,

Thanks for your kind comments.

I did only use a few credits to get the 1911, I had 13 left so not much I could do with them.

I was reading over the post again and the marriage of Harriet Fincher to Richard Hughes.

There are 3 births registered surname Hughes MMN Fincher.

Name: Francis Hughes
Mother's Maiden Surname: Fincher
Date of Registration: Apr May Jun 1916
Registration district: Liverpool
Registration county: Lancashire
Volume Number: 8b
Page Number: 148


Name: Richard Hughes
Mother's Maiden Surname: Fincher
Date of Registration: Oct Nov Dec 1917
Registration district: Liverpool
Registration county: Lancashire
Volume Number: 8b
Page Number: 94

Name: Elizabeth Hughes
Mother's Maiden Surname: Fincher
Date of Registration: Apr May Jun 1920
Registration district: Liverpool
Registration county: Lancashire
Volume Number: 8b
Page Number: 152

Jan

hi jan44 i know i got so much help that afternoon i cannot say thanks to you all enough, but please dont spend your money on me.just tell me what to do and i will try. i can not trace richards mother and i have try and tryed so that why i am doinr the finchers. kathleen.

Hi Kathleen,

Do you have the marriage cert for Richard and Harriet? what is Richard's age and the address he married from?
Also names of witnesses might help.

Maybe a search of the 1911 census will help maybe find him with his mother.

Jan

dear jan yes i do have a marriage cert for richard and harriet but because he was a pauper there is no mother or father name on it.
he was born in 1891 we think islington -st anne street way.but i have sent for 4 birth cert and all were wrong,so i give up.
he was married 1915 from sringfield, Harriet from clare st .

but thanks for getting back.kathleen

Hi Kathleen,

Was Richard's address Springfield?

I looked in 1914 directory and there was Springfield and Springfield Street, in the St Anne's area, Clare Street was off Springfield Street.

Nobody Hughes listed in them in 1914, and mainly lodging houses in the area.

Jan

hi jan it just said springfield. kathleen