Hi,
Might anyone be able to help with this long-standing mystery of mine please?
I have been trying, without success to trace the ancestry of one of my x3 Great grandfathers –
William Alexander for a number of years, and am just coming back to with a fresh fair of eyes, yet still seem to be drawing a blank.
He married my x3 Great grandmother Elizabeth Pearson in
St. Peter’s (Pro-Cathedral) Church, Liverpool on the 4th April 1858 with the marriage record stating that he was a painter by trade and that his father was one,
John Alexander – a Gilder by trade. William and Elizabeth were living (presumably together) in Northampton Street.
I only have him on one census return, this being the 1861 Census (Source Citation: Class: RG9; Piece: 2696; Folio: 16; Page: 28; GSU roll: 543014), where he is living with his wife Elizabeth and their young son, William Thomas at
No. 5 Torbock Street, Everton. William’s age on the 1861 Census, at 24, gives an
inferred year of birth of 1837, and it states that he was born in
Manchester, Lancashire.
His wife appears on the 1871 Census, with a son and a daughter John and Sarah (William Thomas having died in 1862), and is now stated as being a Widow, yet I can find
no obvious death record for William between 1866 and 1871 (1866 being the birth year of his daughter – my Great, great grandmother) although I have considered that he may have had to travel to get work, none seem to tie in.
I have also searched, yet have been unable to find any record of William (with his parents) on any of the preceding census returns for 1851 and 1841 – based on his approximate birth year of 1837…
Any assistance with this would be much appreciated!!!
Regards
Paul
