Hi Elizabeth
Thanks you so much for the help regarding parents of David Petrie - will order this weekend and see what we get! He had 4 children with Mary (David b 1881, Mary b1882, Joseph b1884 and Robert b1885 but we lose track of them after 1901.
About John Garra[e]tt and his awful death. Yes it was a hawser not a hauser. I came across the Inquest on one of the "old mersey/liverpool" sites but couldn't find it again last night - fortunately I have a print out somewhere. But what I did find was another recording of the Inquest on
www.old-merseyside but it is definately a different report (the one I have listed the fact that he left a widow and children behind and that he lived in Birkenhead)The one I found last night though lists him as Garnett not Garrett (transcription problem I think). I am not a hundred percent sure but think my sister has a copy of his death certificate so will check the info from that. Mary ahd 3 children with John - Grace b 1872, Abigail b 1874 and John b1876/7.
She then had 3 children with my GGF - phew! what a housefull.
Thanks again,
Sharon Plumb