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I would love to look at the ER for Wirral for about 1960.  Think that was Cheshire then, not Merseyside.

Does anyone know where I could see them?  Chester Archive?

Alternatively I would like to see a Kelly's or similar Directory for around that time.  Chester Archive, maybe?

Ideally it would be good to search online but so far I haven't found any digitised copies.

Thanks,

Pam

Until 1964 my grandfather, Lorenzo Williams, had a Tailor and Outfitter shop in The Crescent, Spalding.

Does anyone have access to a Kelly's Directory (or similar) to see when he started business there?

In 1934, newspaper adverts show that he was holding a Closing Down Sale of a business with the address 17 Station Street, Spalding. 

I would also like to know when that business started/closed from a directory.

Thanks,  Pam

I am going round in circles on this one so wonder if a fresh brain would help!!!  It's a little involved, so I will do my best to explain.   Complicated by alternative spellings BAINS/BAINES etc.

In Crowland - 1841 - we have these families:

North Street, Crowland
•   Sarah BAINS, 50, Publican;      <<< nee GILBERT   >>>   *
•   Jonathan BAINS, 26, carpenter;
•   Mary BAINS, 24;           <<<  nee Mary Dobson HARKER, wife of Jonathan  >>>
•   Benjamin BAINS, 22, shoemaker;
•   Mary Ann BAINS, 18, Milliner;     <<<<  my g3 grandmother >>>
•   Susannah BAINS, 15. 

* Sarah's husband Jonathan BAINS(e)S had died in 1830, they had been married in May 1808, neither had been married before.

There is also a family

North Street, Crowland
•   George PARKER, 35, Publican  : <<< dies 1841 >>>
•   Sarah PARKER, 30                    <<<  dies 1844  >>>  **
•   Jonathan PARKER, 8
•   George PARKER, 6
•   Elizabeth PARKER, 5
•   Sarah PARKER, 3
•   William PARKER, 2

** from baptismal records she appears to be Sarah BAINES, daughter of Johnathan and Susannah BAINES: Sarah and George married in Feb 1832, witness included John GILBERT  I think John might have been Sarah GILBERT's brother.

Moving to 1851 we now have the orphaned children of George and Sarah with relatives:

North Street, Crowland:
•   Sarah BAINES, 63, widow, annuitant  <<< nee GILBERT>>>
•   John BAINS, 30, son, widower, cordwainer   <<<  assume wife Mary died 1841-51
•   Sarah PARKER, 13, granddaughter  <<< dr of George and Sarah nee BAINES PARKER
•   Joseph PARKER, 8, grandson <<< son of George and Sarah PARKER

North Street, Crowland, 
•   Jonathan BAINS, 36, Miller and Farmer of 55 acres
•   Mary Dobson BAINS nee HARKER, 34, born Bermondsey, London
•   George PARKER, 16, Nephew, Tailor      <<< son of George and Sarah PARKER
•   Elizabeth PARKER, 14, Niece                <<< dr of George and Sarah PARKER
•   William PARKER, 11, Nephew               <<< son of George and Sarah PARKER

BUT - my problem is that I cannot clarify the relationship between Sarah BAINES nee GILBERT widow of Johnathan BAINES (grandmother) and Sarah PARKER nee BAINS (dr of Johnathan and Susannah) mother of Sarah and Joseph.

I want to infer that Sarah PARKER nee BAINS was actually a child of Jonathan BAINS and Sarah nee GILBERT; there is a gap in the family at the right time, but this would mean that the Parish Register got the wrong mother's name.  John GILBERT being a witness  at her marriage is interesting...

I cannot find a marriage of Johnathan BAINS and Susannah.

Perhaps I am completely wrong and missing something obvious, would love to be helped to sort this puzzler out.

Thanks,  Pam

I am trying to discover a bit more about this gentleman whose death was reported in the Sydney Morning Herald in 1878, giving his birth as 1820:

GORDON - April 16, at his late residence, Cook's River Road, near Cook's River,.  Arthur Helsham Gordon aged 58 years, native of county Tipperary, Ireland.

Not to be confused with a (possible) relation of the same name, born 1785 in Ireland, whose mother was Sarah Helsham and wife was Anne Bilton.

I cannot find any more about the Australian inhabitant, wondering if he had been transported from Ireland?  Does he appear in any census or other records?

It's a really unusual name, not one you would make up.

Any ideaa?  Thanks, Pam.

Advice please:

I am seeking the OWNER (not occupier) of a house in Spalding in about 1917, 1934, 1939 and 1964.

Would I get this information from the Land Registry?  If not, can anyone suggest where I could look, please.

Thanks

Pam