14 Lily Grove was in 1912 the registered birth place of John Egbert Stevenson . John & Mary Ellen Stevenson certainly moved around a bit every child seems to have been born at a different house. Lily Grove no longer exists but it was a located where Lybro Way now is, halfway down Dorothy Drive…
Stevenson Family
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Cheswardine 1800 – 1850’s
Cheswardine was home to our ancestors the Forresters. It has changed little since James Forrester and his family left sometime in 1851. Harriet Forrester (Hugh Grant Stevenson’s mother) was born there and her father James was a regular visitor to the local “beak”. The gravestone of James’s father Thomas Forrester can still be found in…
This time we really got him!!
Contrary to the post “We got him” it seems that not Hugh Grant but Mark Grant (Hugh’s son) was the father of Hugh Grant Forrester. Susan Mc Gowan has managed to locate St. Peters Liverpool baptism details for Hugh Grant Forrester dated 22nd of July 1872. These show that Mark Grant recognized Hugh as his…
Brownlow Hill workhouse – (1863 – 1877)
The Brownlow Hill workhouse and infirmary was was one of the largest workhouses in England and became notable for its role in advancing the training of nurses. The workhouse was demolished in 1931, and the site is now occupied by the Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral. The first record we have for an admittance is that of Mark…
Vernon street – 1877
Prior to their admittance on the 2nd of May 1877 to the Brownlow Hill Workhouse Infirmary Harriet Forrester lived with her son Hugh Grant Forrester in Vernon street. Vernon street still exists today but all Victorian housing disappeared a long time ago. The Vernon Arms pub on the corner of Vernon Street and Dale Street…
Bidder Street (1872)
When Hugh Grant Forrester was baptized at St. Peter’s church Mark Grant was noted as the father. Mark Grant was married to Maria Wycherley at the time and probably living with Maria in Bidding street. The birth record (a month later) for Hugh Grant Forrester note that Harriet was living in or nearby Cheapside. A…
Wellington
Hugh Grant Forrester’s grandmother Mary Ann Martin was born in Wellington on the
Drayton in Hales
Now part of Market Drayton.