Catholic boys orphan asylum - Everton Crescent
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 This is outside of Toxteth but is included for family tree purposes.

A trade directory for 1860 places a 'Catholic Boys Orphan Asylum' at 9 Everton Crescent - Everton Crescent although not shown on many maps is simply a separately numbered portion of Everton Brow, set back from the road and clearly crescent-shaped, even on those maps where it is not named (is 1905 series). The birth of John Matthew Jared (to Sarah nee McGrevy and George Jared) on 1st April 1860 is at 9 Everton Crescent, which is a portion of Everton Brow set back off the road and separately numbered. This is the Catholic boys orphan asylum of which George Jared was Governor in 1861.

In the 1861 census, George Jared is governor at the Boy's Orphan House (Catholic). This is not numbered, nor is an address given however examination of the ennumerator's route places it close to Everton Brow and the entry is after No 71, which is at the junction with Netherfield Road South.

In the 1861 census Sarah Jared, (nee McGrevy) wife, 33 (b. 1828) b. Harrington, Cumberland is Matron, George Jared (3), 42, (1819), b. Liverpool, is Governor. The couple have two children Elizabeth 14, (b.1847) Lancashire, Kirby and John, 1, (b.1860) Lancashire, Everton.  As George and Sarah were only married in 1857, Elizabeth is assumed to be George's daughter by an earlier marriage, John is assumed to be George and Sarah's child.
The census entry (RG 9/2710) runs to four pages.
. Significant (second icon of the four) is Mathew Tyson, 10, b. Liverpool, in the home - as Sarah's sister Catherine has a son Mathew Tyson (same spelling) b. 1852, Liverpool. who is otherwise missing from the 1861 census and not with his parents.

Within a short time this institute moved and as there are a plethora of Orphan homes and training institutes in the area around Everton Brow and Shaw Street at this time, (and later) the history of this exact institution is difficult to trace. It is certainly NOT the St George's Roman Catholic Industrial School which was at 29 Everton Terrace as which has a separate census entry in 1861.  

It is probable that it was the earliest incarnation of the Liverpool Orphanage
Industrial School for Roman Catholic Boys. (a.k.a. Orphanage Industrial School for Roman Catholic boys, Beacon Lane, Liverpool, and  Beacon Lane Roman Catholic Industrial School for Boys, Beacon Lane, Liverpool). This institution was, for some years, in operation on the voluntary footing, under the management of Sisters of Charity, superintended by the Rev. Canon Fisher.  As managed by the ladies, the school was adapted for the reception of the younger class of boys.  The ages of admission was from 4 to 14 years.  The school was certified 21st July 1868 for 200 boys but it is on record as having been founded before 1862. It is said to have been probably started in 1862 at Everton Crescent, however there is a census entry for 1861 which names it. This is staffed by my relatives as above and as they are at the same address in April 1860 it seems likely that this pushes back the suggested date of foundation at least two years.


The later history of the instituion does not involve my own family however http://www.missing-ancestors.com shows the following:-

An institutional building which had been built around.  Became an Approved School for 150 juniors from 1933.

STAFF
1869 - Sister Myddleton and seven sisters of charity, advising director Rev. Canon Fisher.
1872 - Miss Middleton and Sisters of the Order of Charity.
1891 - Sister Superior, Sister Vincent Morrogh, and 11 sisters of the Order of St. Vincent de Paul.
1893 - Sister Superior, Sister Vincent Morrogh, and 11 sisters of the Order of St. Vincent de Paul.  The inspector also added that the boys camped out for a month in the summer at Meols on the coast, near Hoylake.
1900 - Sister Superior, Sister Vincent Morrogh, and 12 sisters of the Order of St. Vincent de Paul.
1903 - Sister Superior, Sister Vincent Morrogh, and 11 sisters of the Order of St. Vincent de Paul.  Sister Agnes (Catherine) Waldron left 4th November 1902.