William James Cross 
Birth Notes
Assuming Elizabeth Eddowes mentioned her grandchildren in date of birth order in her will, William was the one born in 1908
The 1911 census confirms this assumption. He was Aged 3 in 1911
Births Jun 1908 (>99%)
Cross William James Birkenhead 8a 465
Death Notes
William joined the merchant marine and in 1926, died from drowning when he fell into the cold waters of the Montreal harbour while hanging below a ship, painting it.
William Cross
DEATH: 26 Oct 1926
BURIAL: Cimetière Mont-Royal, Outremont, Montreal Region, Quebec, Canada
PLOT G 393 Sailors' Institute
MEMORIAL ID 108128974
General Notes
With no mother to look after them, John, Mary, Willian and James were sent to St. Vincent's, a Poor Law School in Fulwood, Preston, and subsequently all except John sent to Canada as "British Home Child" through the Catholic Emigrating Association.
In about 1924, William joined the merchant marine and just two years later, in Oct 1926, died from drowning when he fell into the cold waters of the Montreal harbour while hanging below a ship, painting it.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.01 Oct 1880 in Liverpool d.1943 in Birkenhead
- b.Jun 1908 in Birkenhead d.26 Oct 1926 in Canada
- b.1767 d.Jan 1834 in Wrexham
- b.1797 in Worthen d.09 May 1852 at Beast Market
- b.~ 1770
- b.Apr 1843 in Wrexham d.26 May 1884 in Birkenhead
- b.1769 in Is-y-Coed d.28 Nov 1852 in Wrexham
- b.20 Aug 1804 in Gresford d.Oct 1868 in Birkenhead
- b.1733 in Bangor-Is-coed (on-Dee) d.May 1824 in Abenbury (Fawr & Fechan)
- b.09 Mar 1761 in Holt d.Jul 1842 in Gresford
- b.1732 in Wrexham d.> 1824 in Abenbury (Fawr & Fechan)
- b.Mar 1882 in Birkenhead d.17 Nov 1910 in Birkenhead
- b.1845 in Birkenhead d.02 Sep 1911 in Birkenhead
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