Maiden Lane, Liverpool (Clubmoor) - trying to determine property age...

[PabloC]

Morning.

No joy with the online directories etc. I think I'll have to just spend a day at the record office at some point, and work back through the electoral rolls to see if the father of the deceased soldier I suspect the penny may belong to makes an appearance on the roll at our old house at some point.

[ShaunJ]

What's the name on the penny?

[PabloC]

Joseph Parker

I've only found two Joseph Parker's who died from Liverpool, both in the Kings (Liverpool) Reg. There's a Joseph Parker who died in Greece in 1916 (Reg No. 25433), with no details of next of kin. Then there's a Joseph Parker who was killed in France on 16 April 1917 (Reg No. 31695) and the entry states 'Son of Mr. G. Parker, New Road, Tuebrook, Liverpool.

New Road is less than a mile away from Maiden Lane.

As I say, I could be completely on a bum steer here, but just wondering whether his family may have moved after the war to Maiden Lane.

My uncle, who was helping during the renovations says he found it inside an internal studded wall, however, my Mum says she remembers him finding it in the loft!

[PabloC]

Just to add, I have located a George and Frances Parker with a few children, including a 3 year old Joseph at 92 New Road, Tuebrook on the 1901 Census.

[ShaunJ]

The one who died in Greece is listed in the register of soldiers' effects. His mother was a Mrs Elizabeth Parker.

Per "Soldiers Died" he was born in Whitby, Cheshire and enlisted at Ellesmere Port.

[PabloC]

That's a new set of records isn't it? I'm currently on an ancestry trial so will take a look... 

[PabloC]

Pte. Joseph Parker (Reg no. 31695)
KIA: France, 9th April 1917
20th Battalion Kings (Liverpool) Regiment

Has the name Francis written in the 'Authorised to' column, which would seem to tie in with the George/Frances Parker family on the 1901 Census.