James Abernethy (1847)

Born 1847 in West Derby, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Biography

James Abernethy (1847- ?) was born in 1847 in the West Derby District of Liverpool. He was the eldest son of shipwright, James Abernethy and Isabella Sewell. ^[1]

By 1851 they were living in Grafton Street, Toxteth Park where they stayed until 1853. He had a younger brother Thomas. ^[2]

Sadly Thomas and 2 other younger brothers would die before brother Charles came along in 1856 and then a sister, Jane, in late 1858 when they had moved to Coburg Street, Toxteth Park. His mother died about a month after Jane's birth in January 1859.

In the summer of 1860, his father remarried and by 1861, James & his siblings are living in Coburg with his father & stepmother. ^[3]

He followed in his father's footsteps and became a shipwright. In 1860, giving an address on Gerard Street, Liverpool, he married Grace Bibby at St Peter's church on the 6th March 1860. ^{[4] [5]}

He seems to be living in Toxteth Park for the next few years and has 2 sons, James & John there. Maybe work was scarce but next child, Charles is born in the Prescot district in 1877 (and sadly died there in 1878 before his first birthday)

His next child, a daughter, Jane Grace, was born in Richard's Place, Cotter Street in Toxteth Park in mid 1879. (This address was likely that of his mother-in-law, Mary Bibby) ^[6]

His wife Grace died a few months later at her mother's address in Richard's Place and was buried in Toxteth Park Cemetery.
It seems baby Jane and her 2 older brothers were taken in by Grace's older sister, Mary Isaac, in Adelaide Place, Everton and it was there that little Jane died 2 months later. She was buried in St Mary's Cemetery.

James seems to have then left his son's with his sister-in-law, Mary whilst he went looking for work. The boys are in Everton in 1881 but James is possibly found in Cuerdley near Warrington, lodging at Moss End Farm and working as a carpenter. ^[7]

I cannot find what became of him from there.

Sources

1. ↑ Birth Registration: "England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915"
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 8912 #42734454 (accessed 22 January 2022)
   Name: James Abernethy; Registration Date: 1847; Quarter of the Year: Apr-May-Jun; Registration Place: West Derby, Lancashire, England; Volume: 20; Page: 1172.
2. ↑ 1851 Census: "1851 England Census"
   Class: HO107; Piece: 2186; Folio: 191; Page: 18; GSU roll: 87193
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 8860 #12943635 (accessed 22 January 2022)
   James Abernethy (3) son in household of James Abernethy (27) in West Derby registration district.
3. ↑ 1861 Census: "1861 England Census"
   Class: RG 9; Piece: 2700; Folio: 83; Page: 30; GSU roll: 543015
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 8767 #8882272 (accessed 22 January 2022)
   James Abernethy (13) son in household of James Abernethy (37) in West Derby registration district.
4. ↑ Marriage Registration: "England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915"
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 8913 #203954 (accessed 22 January 2022)
   James Abernethy marriage Jan-Feb-Mar 1870 in Liverpool volume 8b page 231.
5. ↑ Marriage: "Liverpool, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1935"
   Liverpool Record Office; Liverpool, England; Reference Number: 283-PET-3-77
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 2197 #3275276 (accessed 22 January 2022)
   James Abernethy (Full Age) marriage to Grace Bibby on 6 Mar 1870 in Liverpool, St Peter, Lancashire, England.
6. ↑ Child Christening: "Liverpool, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1919"
   Liverpool Record Office; Liverpool, England; Liverpool Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: 283 BRB/2/1
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 2196 #151762108 (accessed 22 January 2022)
   Name: James Abernethy; Gender: Male; Spouse: Grace Abernethy; Child: Jane Grace Abernethy.
7. ↑ 1881 Census: "1881 England Census"
   Class: RG11; Piece: 3790; Folio: 55; Page: 2; GSU roll: 1341906
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 7572 #9706960 (accessed 22 January 2022)
   James Abernethy (33) lodger, Carpenter, in household of James Haney (38) at Moss End Farm in Warrington registration district.