Little Crosby Church 

St. Mary's

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This is me  

Anna Tumilty aged 15

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Introduction                                                                                                                 

Hi,

My name is Anna Rosemary Tumilty. I am 15 years old and I started this project in September 2001 then aged 13 with the help of my dad on the people who lived and those who are buried in Little Crosby Village, Liverpool UK.

Dad is researching our family name and we have found new relatives in Brampton, Ontario, Canada which is quite near to Toronto. Cousin Tom Tumilty and family are related to us, back to 1880's in Liverpool. Tom's granddad (also called Tom) was my great, great granddad's (Bernard Tumilty) brother. Bernard died in 1914 when the Empress of Ireland sank in the St Lawrence River, Canada. This is just the tip of the iceberg you can visit Tom's site at http://www.acad.humberc.on.ca/~tumilty/ and you can see a handwritten letter that Bernard wrote when on the ship just before it sank at http://www.acad.humberc.on.ca/~tumilty/tgt15.htm

In January 2002 I was awarded best site of the month by the Golden Gate Genealogy Forum on AOL.

Our local paper the Crosby Herald did a small piece about this site in January 2002. Also BBC Radio Merseyside did an interview with me and broadcast it at the end of February. You can read a transcript of the tape by clicking on me typing, it took ages!   

You can use this search box to search this site.

This is a picture of the church

I started this on September 10th 2001 and each week I will be adding more pictures, information from the local census records and possibly Church records. Lets see how long it takes me to finish it. 

This is a picture of me at the church gate

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People have started to contact me from over the world and some have specifically asked for me to look for names in the graveyard. So what I have decided to do is collect all the names from the headstones and post them on my site. If you see someone you think is a relative you can ask me and I will go to that grave first and copy the text, putting it on the internet. This way you won't have to wait ages for me to record all the headstones. I will then get the photographs and try and locate people in the 1881 census.

Please E-mail me  and let me know if you find any useful information on my site. Or just tell me what you think about it or how I can improve it. If you find any faults such as broken links, wrong links or duplicated information please let me know.

We have had to start another guest book, you can read archive guest book entries here

Please visit my guest book and tell me if you have found anything useful on the site. Just click on the book. Please also tell me what part of the world you live in as I find it very interesting to know how far away the site is being looked at .

If you want to post information about your family research, even if it's not related to Little Crosby, or start a conversation then please use my bulletin board. Maybe someone who reads it will link into your family.

  Just click on the skeletons to start talking about them.

This link takes you to the full 1881 census records of Little Crosby Village, thanks to the Latter Day Saints. In time I will get the other census years from the library. 

This link takes you to all the people who are in Lancashire with surnames names starting A to J who where born in Little Crosby These people where not in Little Crosby on the night of the census.

This link takes you to all the people who are in Lancashire with surnames names starting K to Z who where born in Little Crosby These people where not in Little Crosby on the night of the census.

These are a few of the E-mails that you have kindly sent to me have a look though and try and spot yours!

Eileen Hunt of Ontario, Canada has kindly supplied information taken from Little Crosby church records of Baptism 1801 to 1856, Confirmations 1821 to 1831, Marriages 1835 to 1856 and Deaths 1812 to 1856. Many thanks to Eileen for all her hard work transcribing the information. The links are below.

This new hyperlink takes you to information regarding Ince Blundell Church which is closely linked with Little Crosby. Follow the links to Ince Blundell Church baptisms, marriages and burials.

This new link takes you to the 1851 census record for Little Crosby. Many thanks to George Turner in Australia for all the hard work transcribing the 407 records.

This new link takes you to a list of all Priest's who served at the church many thanks to Edmund Crighton.

This new link takes you to the Baptism records for Little Crosby 1801 to 1839.

This new link takes you to the Baptism records for Little Crosby 1839 to 1856.

This new link takes you to the Little Crosby Confirmations 1821 to 1831. 

This new link takes you to the Marriages at Little Crosby 1835 to 1856.  

This new link takes you to the Deaths at Little Crosby 1812 to 1856.

John Quirk has kindly supplied the following information from Sefton and Little Crosby church records. Click here (further Roman Catholic burials are recorded in the registers of Sefton Church from the surrounding area i.e. Lydiate, Maghull, Crosby, Ince Blundell and also Sefton Hall.)

Ron Rainford in Queensland, Australia came across the history of the Pheasant pub which is just outside Little Crosby. It's printed here. Thanks to Ron and the Landlord of the pub who gave him the information. The text contains many local names.

This new link takes you to a page containing links to other sites you may find interesting

This is a picture of George Turner and me. George lives in Australia he called to see me after going on this site and while over here visiting relatives. It was very nice meeting George.

Now to the church information. I have also listed the names of people, 606 so far, in alphabetical order here.

Headstone Numbers

All names are surname first and the hyperlink from the name takes you to the text on the headstone and picture if available I have also attempted to locate the people in the 1881 census records for the UK. Any Latin inscription I have written in italics, I have highlighted the peoples names on the further information page to help you locate the person/person's, but you must do your own research to confirm it is the person you are looking for!

Please do not hold me responsible for any mistakes I will try my best to be accurate.