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From: Graham Price <>
Subject: Re: [ENG-LIV] West Derby or Liverpool?
Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2004 08:58:37 +1100
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At 02:01 AM 5/03/2004, Ian Beattie wrote:
>Hi all,
> Please excuse my asking what may appear to be a stupid question,
> but not being familiar with the area, I am a bit confused.
> I have my GGrandfather on 1881/1891/1901 census where it is
> stated he was born in Liverpool. The only possible references in BMD
> (both 1837online, and double checked at library) were born in W. Derby.
> My question is this: would a person born in W, Derby, in later years
> just say he came from Liverpool? I realise it is possible that he may not
> have been registered at all, and I have checked for variations on surname
> on BMD. Also some of these references have a middle name but no mention
> on census of a middle name!
>Could I ask someone for a lookup on 1871 census for a Robert Beattie,
>about 13 years old, mother Jane about 50 years old, father John age
>unknown as deceased in 1881, may have a brother also called John age about
>16 years old, last address in 1881 for Robert and Jane was at Williams Terrace,
>Many Thanks
>Ian

Ian, I live in Elwood, which is a suburb of Melbourne, so if anyone asks
where do I come from, I would say Melbourne, not Elwood. West Derby is the
same thing, part of Liverpool. Naturally as the conversation progresses,
one would then say, Elwood, or West Derby. Simple as that, naturally your
ggf would say Liverpool!

cheer
Graham
Melbourne
Oz

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