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I'm afraid not, although I was told that both ...

2011-11-15T10:12:45.113+08:00

I'm afraid not, although I was told that both father and son worked on the ferries as pilots. So, if that's never happened, then I'm clearly barking up the wrong tree

Sorry it took so long to reply,i have been away on...

2011-11-06T15:38:39.481+08:00

Sorry it took so long to reply,i have been away on holiday Have you any more information about your Bennet ,more is needed to be able to place him and his decendants.

Sorry to be a rather vague but I'm trying to t...

2011-10-14T19:25:14.802+08:00

Sorry to be a rather vague but I'm trying to trace descendants of a Mersey ferry pilot with the surname BENNET.BENNETT. He'd have probably worked on the ferries around the 1940's, 1950's or 1960's. Any info would be helpful

Anybody in Liverpool may be able to access the Liv...

2010-07-09T06:27:22.299+08:00

Anybody in Liverpool may be able to access the Liverpool Watermen's Club records, if they still exist. They are referred to in Jim Sullivan's book, the Liverpool Lifeboat Disaster of 1891. As well as port duties, the Liverpool watermen also acted as lifeboatmen, operating from the Pier Head and four other stations. The Mersey Docks and Harbour Board lifeboats were taken over by the RNLI in 1895 and the Pier Head lifeboat station closed. Thanks to the webmaster for pointing out the Bramhill record: I had seen it and, undoubtedly, they're linked in somewhere further back.

In response to the person researching Samuel, Sara...

2010-06-09T23:58:48.156+08:00

In response to the person researching Samuel, Sarah, John & Joseph Hulse have you managed to find anything further? I too am researching them as I believe John to be my Gt Gt Grandfather. I know that John was born at 10 Tamworth Street in 1859 and his father Samuel was a flatman, as was John. If you look at this site http://www.toxtethparkcemetery.co.uk/years/consecrated%20section/1859.htm
you will see a burial record in 1859 for a 67 year old Samuel Hulse at 10 Tamworth Street. So I'm pretty sure there will be no 1861 census record for Samuel, but Sarah doesn't appear to have died until possibly 1864 so she should appear somewhere. John did marry in 1856 but by the 1861 census his wife Ann (nee Ledsham)was listed as a widow. Have you found any more out, and what is your connection to them?

Hello Brian I have found a couple of things . Plea...

2010-05-28T19:25:19.423+08:00

Hello Brian
I have found a couple of things . Please let me know if they are the ones you are looking for.
Baptisms: 13 Mar 1816 St Peter, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Thorley Lester - Child of Thorley Lester & Catharine
Abode: Plumbe Street
Occupation: Pilot
Baptised by: John Fish officiatg. Minisr.
Register: Baptisms 1815 - 1816, Page 116, Entry 923
Source: LDS Film 1656378

Marriage: 18 Aug 1864 St Mary, Walton on the Hill, Lancashire, England
Thorley Lester - of full age Pilot Bachelor of Everton
Catherine Ann Williams - minor Spinster of Everton
Groom's Father: Thorley Lester, Pilot
Bride's Father: John Williams, deceased, Master Mariner
Witness: Harriet A Glevin; William Atherton
Married by Banns by: Thomas Hornby Vicar
Register: Marriages 1863 - 1866, Page 97, Entry 193
Source: LDS Film 1647986

hi i am searching for a thorley lester, he was a p...

2010-05-28T16:21:27.932+08:00

hi i am searching for a thorley lester, he was a pilot working the river mersey , owned a boat called irlam , lived around bootle , everton area 1861-1891, with thanks, brian

Hello Martyn, I have found a possible link for yo...

2010-05-26T19:23:14.757+08:00

Hello Martyn,

I have found a possible link for you. Look on the main page of your ancestors free.

Hi does anybody have any information about Richard...

2010-05-26T07:55:54.738+08:00

Hi does anybody have any information about Richard HUNT or his brothers James HUNT and John HUNT who were apparently flatmen on the Mersey/Dee river from possibly 1780 onwards? I am not sure where they were from (possibly Northwich) as I have BDM records from there for those names but I cannot connect them. regards martyn_s28@hotmail.com

I have found a record for Samuel and Sarah in the ...

2010-03-31T10:18:12.193+08:00

I have found a record for Samuel and Sarah in the 1861 census.
Sarah is 18 born in Warton, Samuel is 20 birth year aroound 1841.Samuel is listed as a Waterman on the census,so i think it is the same family.
There is also a Soloman Hulse 10 and a Louisa Hulme
They are all living in Witton at 87 Church lane.
They are living with a Robert Bromley and a Sarah Bromley who are in their 20's. The have a 9 month old baby Mary. Sarah and Samuel are listed as son and daughter to Robert and Sarah although with ages given this could not be so. If you would like to e-mail me at janetcatmaylim@yahoo.com.au
i will see what else i can find for you.

I am trying to locate ancestors who I believe wher...

2010-03-31T01:23:06.245+08:00

I am trying to locate ancestors who I believe where Mersey Flatmen/mariners and sailors. They came from Over, Cheshire, Wharton and Penketh (both in cheshire). They lived in Upper Mann Street at the time of the 1851 census. Their names where Samuel, John, Joseph and Sarah Hulse. I cannot find any trace of them (with the exception of a marriage of John in 1856) before or after 1851. Please help me.

have you seen this record Baptism: 13 Sep 1846 St...

2009-08-26T14:11:13.246+08:00

have you seen this record

Baptism: 13 Sep 1846 St Peter, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
John Bramhill - Child of James Bramhill & Mary
Abode: Milk St
Occupation: Railway Porter
Baptised by: Thos. Halton Curate
Register: Baptisms 1846 - 1847, Page 226, Entry 1803
Source: LDS Film 93885
It may be the same family,let me know what you thi

I have found a Betsy Cheetham born 1816,have you c...

2009-08-26T09:45:16.816+08:00

I have found a Betsy Cheetham born 1816,have you checked this one out?

I've also found a will for John Cheetham the E...

2009-08-26T05:26:08.489+08:00

I've also found a will for John Cheetham the Elder, Yeoman, of Witton Stocks, 1798 Blackburn, Lancs, 1791-1800. Cost of £40 from http://www.geocities.com/fountalnpen/wlls2.html

Caution needed here as Cheetham is a more common name over towards Manchester. My theory is that the family came over to Liverpool via the Leeds-Manchester canal in the late 1700s, early 1800s; Cheetham appears to have been a canal name.

My Cheetham link is further back: My gt gt grandmo...

2009-08-26T05:15:30.669+08:00

My Cheetham link is further back: My gt gt grandmother was Elizabeth Bramhill (various spellings!) nee Cheetham, b 3 Dec 1815 in Liverpool, the daughter of William Cheetham and Mary Weaver. Elizabeth Cheetham's 1845 marriage certificate gives William's job as a flatman. Censuses indicate different ages for Elizabeth with birth years of 1818 or 1826, though IGI has this baptism: Eliz Cheetham bapt 3 Dec 1815, St Peter's Church, parents William Cheetham and Mary.

The 1861 census has two Cheetham flatmen, Henry Cheetham, 45, master of Flat born in Downholland and James Cheetham, 21, master of flat, born Lydiate.

In 1816, Hall Lane Liverpool was known as Cheetham's Brow.

Fazakerly.net also records that a Sarah Jackson was witness to the marriage of Elizabeth Ann Cheetham, father James Cheetham, flatman, to Thomas Snape, tailor, in 1880. Sarah later married a Robert Fazakerley, flatman.

I believe one of the Liverpool libraries/museums has the records of the Liverpool Watermen's Sailing Club which may give more info. If you do access it, please let me know beforehand: I ahve a favour to ask ;-)

I have no record of any siblings.

Hi Liz Sarah may have married his brother.You do ...

2009-08-12T07:47:30.671+08:00

Hi Liz

Sarah may have married his brother.You do not say what church records you have, have you looked on this site for parish records. Also you will find a link on here to a British forum,they are very helpfull

i have been trying to find records of my great gra...

2009-08-12T02:25:19.801+08:00

i have been trying to find records of my great grandfather who was a river pilot , i think his nane was david jones as that is what it says on his marriage certificate that i have for his son , but i have been sent church records that say his father was william jones , . in 1851 his widow sarah was dependant on the pilots club , can anyone help. his children were elizabeth, william.thomas and david , the latter only being 2 months old on the 1851 census . i have been to liverpool to the museum but could find no records

There was also this record Baptisms: 21 Sep 1884 ...

2009-08-03T14:45:20.068+08:00

There was also this record

Baptisms: 21 Sep 1884 St Martin in the Field, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
John Cheetham - Child of John Cheetham & Mary Jane
Born: 22 Aug 1884
Abode: 143 Athol St
Occupation: Waterman
Baptised by: T Richards, Curate
Register: Baptisms 1876 - 1901, Page 435, Entry 1100
Source: LDS Film 1656205

Are you sure his father was called John as i found...

2009-08-03T13:51:22.051+08:00

Are you sure his father was called John as i found this record
Baptisms: 10 Mar 1886 St Matthias, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
James Cheetham - Child of Thomas Cheetham & Margaret
Born: 20 Dec 1885
Abode: Boat
Occupation: Flatman
Baptised by: J McConwell
Register: Baptisms 1834 - 1926, Page 231, Entry 1890
Source: LDS Film 1656207

Hi John was your father born in West Derby july/a...

2009-08-03T07:45:10.831+08:00

Hi John

was your father born in West Derby july/aug/sept 1904?
You can e-mail me on
janetcatmaylim@yahoo.com.au

My Father worked and lived on a sugar barge, takin...

2009-08-03T06:24:39.514+08:00

My Father worked and lived on a sugar barge, taking sugar cane from Liverpool to The Sankey Sugar Works Earlstown, around the 1920s to the late 1930's? He's name was James Cheetham born 1904. We think His father (John) worked on the river mersey aswell, I have tried to find him in the liverpool censurs on other ancestor sites throwing money at them in these years but have drawn a blank each time, if anyone could help or advise me, I would be very greatful. John Cheetham