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1837 (approx) Thomas
was born in Harrington based on subsequent census data.
1861
Thomas is with his sister, Catherine Tyson (this is Catherine
nee McGrevy 1828) aged 32, at 38 Norfolk Street. Catherine is head of house, married
(not widowed), b. Cumberland. No occupation is
shown. Catherine's four children are with her also in the household. With
her is Thomas
McGreivy (indexed as McGrieog), lodger, unmarried, 24, sail maker, b. Cumberland.
This Thomas fits perfectly on age (b. 1837), occupation, place of birth supported
by the fact the fact that he is unmarried (he marries
the following year).
1862
Thomas McGrevy marries 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. Philips
Church (in Hardman Street.. They are both shown as living at
155 Upper Frederick Street. 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, figured simply as Mary in the
1861 census one year before. John is thought to be
a brother to either Susan or Samuel. Gore's directory for
Upper Frederick Street in 1860 shows John Baker, grocers assistant, living at 155 Upper Frederick Street
(though no other occupants).
Number 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.
1875 Thomas
died of pneumonia on 6th January 1875 in Liverpool (Mar qtr. W. Derby 8b 240)
aged 37, two months before Susan 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 his widow, 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 (perhaps this is
James ?). Susan took
her four children.
They headed for the gold rush town of Thames some 100 miles from Auckland.
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Thomas Samuel
McGrevy
