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From: David Walley <>
Subject: Re: [CHESHIRE-L] Wirral as birth place
Date: Wed, 06 May 1998 01:17:18 +0400


Hi Allan & Chris,
Can't help with your birth places but noticed your Mary Walley. Do you
have any more info. on her and her relatives? My family are a long line
of Baptists from the Tarporley area of Cheshire.
How's beautiful Perth? I have family there and I'm well overdue for a
visit.
Regards
Dave
Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

A & C DODS wrote:
>
> Hi to everyone on the list.
> I need a little help on birth places. I'm researching the GOOCH family of
> Chester. The parents William Gooch & Mary Walley were married at St Oswald
> 7 Oct 1829. The first census of 1841 I have them at Backford. William was
> a Toll Keeper. There are now 6 children all born in Cheshire. As yet I'm
> still trying to find the parents in 1851. In the 1851 Census for St John
> the Bap Parish HO107/2171 F 718. I have 2 sons. John Gooch unm 19
> Cabinetmaker born Haltirn Heath, Cheshire. George Gooch Unm 17
> Cabinetmaker Born Wirral, Cheshire.
>
> I know these are 2 of the children as in 1841 there is a John 9yrs & George
> 7 yrs.
> >From watching the list I realize Wirral is the name of the Peninsula. The
> film was hard to read and the other birth place does not seem to extant.
> Maybe it could be Halkyn, but what about the Heath. I have found a sister
> Mary Ann Gooch has said her birth place as Mold Flint on the 1871 census
> after her marriage. I have found a Mary Ann Gooch reg Holywell Flint in
> 1838 which I think is her but the brothers are born before 1837.
> By 1881 Census the parents are still on the Census in Chester. But any
> sons have moved to another county or have died as there are two Gooch widows.
> Any advice on birth places.
>
> Chris Perth W. Aust
> Allan & Chris Dods
>
> Perth, Western Australia.
>
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