Hello,
I have two sets of great-great-grandparents who ended up living in
Liverpool, England, but I can't find out where they were living while they
were having their children:
Evan and Elizabeth (QUAYLE??) CORKILL (b~1827)
married 1852, Liverpool, England
probably lived on the Isle of Man at the time
or possibly .. Wales or someplace else.
John and Isabella (HUGHES) LEWIS (b~1820 ?)
married 1841, Liverpool, England
probably lived ..someplace else at the time.
I am told by the people on the Liverpool List that both couples are not
showing up on the Census forms in Liverpool at the time of their marriages.
One small fact I found out is that the father of John LEWIS was William
LEWIS, and the father of Isabella HUGHES was Thomas HUGHES.
Evan CORKILL's parents were John and Esther CORKILL from the Lezayre Parish
on the Isle of Man. I have not yet discovered the parents of Elizabeth
QUAYLE; nor do I have proof that that is her surname.
Both couples married in Liverpool, England, and I believe that their
children were baptised in Liverpool; but, I do not know whether they were
living in Liverpool when their children were born.
John and Isabella LEWIS were married in 1841 (there is a hint that John was
an educated man, and possibly in the accounting or legal fields).
I don't know of any children born to them between 1841 and 1859 when their
son, John Stanley LEWIS, was born. They also had a daughter, possibly,
Josephine. And, they had a son born to them in 1864. ??
Evan and Elizabeth CORKILL were married in 1852, and he was a Mariner. I
don't know of any children born to them between 1852 and 1860 when their
daughter, Mary Elizabeth CORKILL was born. They then had ..Julia, Esther,
John, and Robert .. up till 1871.
I believe that Mrs. Elizabeth CORKILL died in 1873 in West Derby, England;
Evan CORKILL remained in the area and remarried. The above five children
went to live in the Liverpool Sheltering Homes when it opened in 1873.
I can't find anything on the deaths of John and Isabella LEWIS. But,
their two teen-age children went to live in the Liverpool Sheltering Homes
when it opened in 1873. (I don't know what happened to youngest child.)
The five CORKILL children and the two LEWIS children were "sent to Canada"
in 1874, and each went to live in a different home in Nova Scotia.
I was wondering if anyone on the Wales List had ever come across one of
these families. I've been on the Liverpool List for almost 3 years, and
the Isle of Man List for 2 years, so I'm thinking that both couples were
living .. in other parts of the U.K. during the 1840's or 1850', or the
1860's.
Thank you for your time.
Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA)
"There are two lasting bequests we can give our children;
one is roots, the other is wings."
Hodding Carter, Jr.
"What does Jesus want in his "stocking" on Christmas morning?
Loving kindness, a warm heart, and the stretched out hand of tolerance!"
The Bishop's Wife (1947)