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Facts and Events
William Ralston was born in 1848 at Birkenhead in Cheshire. He was the second of six children of a stone mason called William Ralston and his wife Ellen Coghlan. When William was about six years old his father William died in New York. Just under four years later his mother Ellen died at home in Birkenhead of typhus, leaving William and his five siblings orphaned. Their grandmother (also called Ellen Coghlan) was still alive and looked after the six children, although had to resort to placing some of them in the care of the Liverpool Orphan Asylum. It is not known whether William spent any time in the orphanage as the boys' register is lost, but two of his three sisters spent time there.
In the 1861 census all six children were at home with their grandmother at 5 St Anne Street. William has not been traced after 1861.
References
- ↑ Births index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).
b. William RALSTON, September Quarter 1848, Wirral Registration District, Vol. 19, page 315
- ↑ England. 1851 Census Returns for England and Wales. (
Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
Class HO107; Piece 2175; Folio 499; Page 51, 30 Mar 1851.
Address: 3 St Ann Street, Birkenhead, Cheshire
Ellen Coghlan, Head, widow, f, 69 [1781/2], Nurse, b. Ireland
William Ralston, Son in law, married, m, 26 [1824/5], Stone Mason, b. Scotland
Ellen Ralston, Daughter, married, f, 26 [1824/5], Wife, b. Ireland
Catherine Ralston, Granddaughter, f, 5 [1845/6], b. Cheshire Birkenhead
William Ralston, Grandson, m, 3 [1847/8], b. Cheshire Birkenhead
Ellen Ralston, Granddaughter, f, 18m [1849], b. Cheshire Birkenhead
John Ralston, Grandson, m, 3m [1850/1], b. Cheshire Birkenhead
Bartholomew Coghlan, Grandson, unmarried, m, 17 [1833/4], Labourer, b. Ireland
John Murphy, Visitor, unmarried, m, 19 [1831/2], Tailor, b. Ireland
John Spink, Visitor, married, m, 27 [1823/4], Stone mason, b. Yorkshire Skipton
Mary Ann Spink, Visitor, married, f, 21 [1829/30], Wife, b. Yorkshire Skipton
- ↑ England. 1861 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
Class RG9; Piece 2642; Folio 73; Page 64, 7 Apr 1861.
Address: 5 St Ann Street, Birkenhead, Cheshire
Ellen Coglan, widow, married [sic], female, 84 [1776/7], Midwife, b. Ireland
Catherine Ralston, daughter, unmarried, female, 16 [1844/5], Midwife daughter, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
William Ralston, son, unmarried, male, 14 [1846/7], Midwife son, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
Ellen Ralston, daughter, unmarried, female, 12 [1848/9], Midwife daughter, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
John Ralston, son, unmarried, male, 10 [1850/1], Midwife son, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
Constance Ralston, daughter, unmarried, female, 8 [1852/3], Midwife daughter, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
Joseph Ralston, son, unmarried, male, 6 [1854/5], Midwife son, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
Michael Mooran, lodger, single, male, 24 [1836/7], Labourer, b. Ireland
Philip McMalan, lodger, single, male, 28 [1832/3], Labourer, b. Ireland
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