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1840 (approx) Susan
was born to Samuel and Ann Baker. She appears to have been born in Liverpool, based on subsequent census data
(excluding 1841 census which is still uncertain). however her
birth remains to be established firmly.
1841
census, the only people found so far are tentative. There is
a possible Susan, aged 1, appears to be living with her mother Ann in Over,
Cheshire. This is part of what is now Winsford but in 1841 it
was a parish in its own right and considered the best
part of the town, which had a thriving Salt industry. Note
in this census that Susan's father, Samuel is not with the family
although he was born in Over.
Efforts to find him have been hindered by the fact that the
are several Samuel Bakers amongst a host of Baker families all
in Over Lane all in Over, which is but a small village! Clearly there are
relationships between many of these people, however this has
not yet been investigated. This family grouping has a Susan
with the correctly named mother, Ann and siblings who match
those in the 1851 census. The 1851 family are surely mine suggesting
that the 1841 people are, in turn, correct.
1841 Over Lane, Over, Cheshire.
Ann
Baker, 30, Cheshire
James, 8, Cheshire,
John,
6, Cheshire,
Mary, 4, Cheshire,
Susan,
1, Cheshire
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1851 A
family who appear to be mine are in Liverpool living in School Lane,
close to Church Street and to St
Peter's Church. The 1860
Gore's directory for School Lane (the closest, in date, examined)
shows number 13 to be directly opposite the Bluecoat School, on
the corner of School lane and Church Alley (the latter is a short 'one-sided' street facing
the church), their dwelling or building may just be visible in one
of the St Peter's Church
files but it now seems more likely that their original dwelling
has been replaced by the building in that photograph. A much earlier
Herdman engraving shows what is almost certainly their abode at
this junction.
The family is led by Samuel Baker, b. Cheshire, 'Over'
is written in the margin. Note that Ann is claiming Liverpool as her
place of birth (unlike 1841). Susan is over the page and there are
two visitors, who may be lodgers. The census district
is a very small one, in the very centre of the City and unusually
the census has appended a
small map of the limits. A view of the building in which they
lived (or its site) are just possible
in the various files of St Peter's church.
It may also be noted
that the 1858 PO directory for Liverpool shows 'James Baker and
Son, ship-owners, sail makers and ship chandlers' at 6 Hanover Street.
This is very close to where they are living and reflects the trades
that the family subsequently followed both in the UK and in NZ either
as Bakers or as McGrevys. '
There are
a sufficient number of small discrepancies with places of birth,
to make it worth checking the 1841 census entry again but these 1851
people are a close fit for my relatives. The 1851 census shows several
other families of Bakers in Over and again a confusing numbers of Samuel
Bakers all within a small area, mostly Over Lane.
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1851 13 School Lane, Liverpool
Samuel,
head, 44 (or 46), Grocers Assistant, b. Cheshire, Over.
Ann
Baker, wife, 43, b. Liverpool.
John Baker, son, 17
b. Cooper's apprentice, b. Birkenhead.
Mary (J?)
Baker, daug. 14, Scholar, b. Liverpool
Susan Baker,
daug, 11, Scholar, b. Liverpool
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I1861
there are very few Susan Bakers in the census and Susan
is found with her parents at 155 Upper Frederick Street, an address
which also figures when she marries and for the first two children
of Susan and Thomas McGrevy. Note that John Baker is not now with
the family, yet he is shown as living at this address the previous year
in Gore.
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1861 155
Upper Frederick Street
Samuel Baker,
head, married, 55, grocer, parish of Over
Ann Baker,
wife, married, 52, b. Lancashire, Liverpool
Mary
Baker, daug, unmarr, 23, dressmaker, b. Lancashire,
Liverpool
Susan Baker, daug, unmarr, 21, dressmaker,
b. Lancashire, Liverpool
three
boarders with no seeming connection are not transcribed
here.
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(note also in
1861, Catherine Tyson (
nee McGrevy) nearby at 38 Norfolk Street. With
her is her brother Thomas
McGreivy (indexed as McGrieog), lodger, unmarried, 24, sail maker, b. Cumberland.
This Thomas marries Susan
the following year). (n.b.
next door is another family of Tysons, with the wife, Elizabeth
b. Cumberland, they may be related and will be checked).
1862
Thomas married Susan Baker in Liverpool on November 16th (Dec 1862, Liverpool, 8b 392). (Thomas is
wrongly shown as McGrery in some indexes). The marriage is at St. Philip Neri (in Catherine Street, a Catholic church confirming
what is known). They both give
155 Upper Frederick Stree6 as their addresst. Thomas is a batchelor aged 25 (b. 1836), a sail
maker. Susan is 22 (b.1840) a spinster. No occupation. Susan's father is Samuel
Baker a Grocer, Thomas's father is John McGrevy a blacksmith. Both bride and
groom were able to sign their names. The marriage was by Banns. Although Susan's parents were thought to have been James and Ann it
appears that they are actually Samuel and Ann. Witnesses were John Baker and Mary Jane
Baker. Mary Jane is assumed to be Susan's sister (see 1851 census above). John is thought to be
brother to Susan (again see 1851 census). Gore's directory for
1860 shows John Baker, grocer's assistant, living at 155 Upper Frederick Street
(though no other occupants).
No 155 is on the east side at the Kent Street junction (map 0a).
1863
Thomas and Susan are still at 155 Upper Frederick Street for the birth of their
first child, Clara Louisa on 18th August 1863.
1868
on 18th June, for the birth of their daughter Helena Jane, the couple are living
at 90 Beaufort Street.
Thomas is a sailmaker. (n.b. 90 Beaufort Street is next door to the Bethel Chapel,
which co-incidentally (?) began life in Greenland Street, as previous
residence of the family).
1871
for the census the
family are at 6 Collins Street (off Park Road,
very close to where the rest
of his relations are living and close to St Peter's Methodist
church which was to open within a few years and adjacent to where
later McGrevys and Christians (by marriage) were born).
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1871
Thomas McGrevy, head, marr, 34, sail maker,
Cumberland
Susan McGrevy, wife, marr, 30, Lancaster, Liverpool
Clara McGrevy,
daug, 7, scholar, Lancaster, Liverpool
Helena McGrevy, daug, 3, scholar,
Lancaster, Liverpool
Mary McGrevy, daug, 5 months, Lancaster, Liverpool
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They
are sharing the house with Matthew Dirst (?Hirst), married, 37, sail maker,
Lancaster Liverpool and his wife Sarah, 36, Lancaster, Liverpool. These people
may or may not be related although the shared occupation suggests a work association.
1871
on 22nd June, Thomas's father, James, died in Kew Street, north
Liverpool
1875 Thomas
died of pneumonia on 6th January 1875 in Liverpool (Mar qtr. W. Derby 8b 240)
aged 37, two months before his wife gave birth to their fifth and last child, James McGrevy
(1875). Thomas is said to be buried in Anfield Cemetery in the same plot as his daughter
Mary Jane who died as a child.
1876 The
now widowed, Susan McGrevy (nee Baker) emigrated to New Zealand. She
left with her parents 'James and Ann Baker' (however her father is Samuel, a grocer,
on her marriage certificate) and James Baker's brother. Susan took
her four children.
They headed for the gold rush town of Thames some 100 miles from Auckland.
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Susan
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