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LiverpoolMy ancestors moved from Shropshire to Leicester, living in Livingstone Street and later at Bolton Road. My family arrived in Liverpool
from Leicestershire in the early 1900s, my great grandfather William and
wife Martha, and their children, Elizabeth, Alice, Emma, Henry, Bertram, Ethel,
John and Herbert. Their address in 1911 was in Chapel Street, Garston and
then later they moved down towards the docks and the River
Mersey. Where they moved to had the railway at one end
and the River Mersey and docks at the other cut off a tight small community from
the rest of Garston. There was a thriving community serviced by lots of
employment, good housing stock and numerous public houses, the area was and
still is fondly called 'under East Liverpool
1903
In April 1911, my great aunt Elizabeth at the
age of 24 married Henry Avery at St Michaels Parish Church on 17th April.
Elizabeth was recorded as living at 2 Chapel Street, and Henry at 46 Argyle
Street, both in Garston. In July 1911, Bertram enlisted for the army in
Liverpool and joined the 1st Liverpool Regiment aged 15, not long after Henry
enlisted at Cannock and joined the 7th South Staffordshire
Regiment. As of March 1920 the family were living at 28
Dale View in Garston. On the 15th April 1922 my grandfather
John aged 22 married Winfred Kerr also 22 at St Michaels Parish Church, my
family were then living at 28 Dale View in Garston and the Kerrs at 5 Dale View.
My grandfather trade was a Tanner possibly working at the Garston Tanning
Company. On the 30th October 1926, my great uncle Herbert aged 23 married Ethel Fisher aged 19, the family were still living at 28 Dale View and the Fishers lived at 8 Dale View. Herbert’s trade was a boot repairer possibly working for Timpsons in Great Homer Street, Liverpool. They had Ronald (1927) Herbert (1933) Marion (1935) In 1937, Herbert and his family moved to Kettering, Northamptonshire to work for Timpsons, their family extended with the birth of Alan (1942) and Christine (1948).
 Garston C of E School 1931
Garston 1949
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