FAMILY HISTORY RESEARCH
YOUR FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS
Our thanks go to Diane Law for providing this webpage with a photo of her Great Grandmother, Mary Gertrude Tafe (nee Devaney) in her Wardens Uniform (obviously taken during the 2nd World War). Mary was born in 1866 at Waterloo Road, but spent most of her married life in Conway Street with her husband James and 4 children, Selina (aka Ann), James, Thomas and Joseph.
We welcome hearing from readers who may have family photos they’d like to have featured on this webpage.
FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS AND MEMORABILIA
Our thanks go to Terry Baines for sending to this webpage a selection of family photographs and memorabilia. We hope that readers may find them useful when tracing members of their family tree. If you have any family photographs etc that you think would be useful for this webpage please contact ronformby@scottiepress.org
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JOHN OWENS
Our thanks go to Anthony Hogan for send to this webpage a pohoto of his Great Grandfather with some information.
This is my Great Grandfather John Owens. This Clipping is from The Liverpool Echo dated 11th June 1915 . John married Sarah Ann Cain at St Anthony's Church on 26th August 1905. They had 2 children, a Son Austin and a Daughter Ellen (my Grandmother) John had served in India and South Africa . He left the Army and remained on the Reserve list. John was working as a Coal heaver when he was called up for service with the 1st Battalion of the East Lancashire Regiment during the1st World War. Sadly John was killed at Ypres and is remembered on the Menin Gate.
LIVERPOOL'S OLDEST CATHOLIC CHURCH
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A link with Liverpool in days when courageous priests fought and endured for Catholic liberty and progress, and memories of the cosmopolitan nature of a part of the city where seafarers and immigrants have made their homes were provided by St Peter's (Seel Street) - Liverpool's oldest Catholic Church. The church, which was built by Father McDonald, was opened on 7th September 1788. The first baptism is recorded to have taken place on September 21st of the same year. The marriage register, although incomplete, records the first wedding at the church on February 8th 1812.
A new sanctuary was built in 1845 by a Father Appleton who had to cope with the appalling over-crowding of the starving fugitives of the Irish famine. The congregation of St Peter's was largely Irish for many years, but the church also had Scandinavian, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Greek parishioners. Most of who were sailors. By the end of the 19th century St Peter's had among its congregation residents of Liverpool originally from the Philippines, China and Africa. Obviously the church records could be very useful for people trying to trace their family tree.
Lying between the chief shopping streets and the river, the church was often over-run by successive waves of civic development. It withstood this upheaval and the two Great Wars and went quietly about its business. St Peter's Church stood, as a symbol for all that is good and kind until it closed in 1976. Thereafter the church was used by the Nuns of Mother Teresa Order, up to the early 1990s. It was then closed completely and its fixtures and fittings removed. Some of these have been given to churches in the Catholic Liverpool and Merseyside area. The benches from the church are now in St Anthony's Church on Scotland Road.
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Currently St Peter's Church is undergoing redevelopment. It is being converted into a 'Wine Bar and Restaurant' and will be renamed 'PAX'. The outside of the church is pictured as the redevelopment work takes place.
PHOTOGRAPHS OF INTEREST
Our thanks go to Terry Baines for sending the Scottie Press a mix of photographs we feel sure will be of great interest to readers.
Terry tells us that this photo of people in a pub on Scottie Road pictures Mary Graham who is his wife's Aunty. Also photographed is Lilly Murray who lived in Hopwood Street, Lilly was a Florist who later had he own shop. Terry's wife's Uncle, Billy Upton, is also pictured holding the cigarette. No names are given by Terry for the other two men but perhaps readers will recognise a face and advise us. Terry thinks that the man standing up was the manager of May Donohues facing St Anthony's church, next door to Harry's ice cream shop.
The photo taken in The Newsham Pub shows Lizzie Graham and Maggie Rice and her husband.
The wedding photograph pictures Mary Graham who married Harry Day. The photo taken outside St Anthony's Church in 1950. All the guests pictured lived in the Scotland Road area.
Pictured in Dryden Street in either late 1950s or early 1960s are a group of children. Billy has no names and once again readers might be able to help identify those photographed.
Terry's wife's father, Billy Upton, and his brother Sammy are pictured with shipmates celebrating the end of the second-world-war. Terry says the photo was taken in Benledi Street.
Terry also sends two photos of old rent books that were once his grand mothers.
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THE CAMPBELL FAMILY OF ROSE PLACE
Our thanks go to Teresa Chadwick who sent us these two photographs of members of the Campbell family who lived in Rose Place before moving to Everton Brow.
The first photograph shows all of the family except the youngest, Ellen, who was not born at the time the photo was taken. Pictured are; Mr & Mrs Campbell and their children, Thomas, Colin, Robert, John, Peter, James, Kate, Margaret, Mary, Josephine.
The second photograph shows Mr & Mrs Campbell with 4 of their sons; Robert, John, Peter and Colin.
Teresa has also provided the Scottie Press with a Boxing Programme (29th January 1929) featuring members of the St Joseph's ABC. Among the members are Robert and John Campbell.
Teresa's father, John Campbell, who was born in 1920, went on to win the Military Medal for Bravery. He was awarded the medal just months before the second world war ended for an amazing act of bravery in Burma.
All descendants of the Campbell family are very proud of the family history.
We welcome receiving other family history information and photographs for inclusion on this webpage. We also welcome hearing from readers who may have useful hints and tips that can help fellow readers trace their family tree etc.
MY DAD’S MEDALS
We thank Maria Bennett for sending us two photographs, which picture two medals that her father, George Caldwell won.
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One was won for the Catholic Schools Cup Final while he was at St Sylvester’s school in 1922 when he would have been 14 years old.
The other medal was for the W J. Sawyer Cup, which he won a runners-up medal in 1927 when he would have been 19years old.
Maria tells us that her dad won quite a few medals, which have unfortunately been lost over the years. These photographed medals were kept safe by Maria’s uncle, Thomas Caldwell and when he died they were passed on to Maria’s father and then onto her.
Maria would very much like to know more about the W J. Sawyer Cup. Readers who may have information on this can contact ronformby@scottiepress.org and will pass on the information we receive to Maria on your behalf.