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Esther Shipley

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Esther was born on August 17th, 1902 in Birkenhead and her baptism took place there on September 3rd, 1902.¹²

Birth Notes
- Name: Esther Shipley
  Year of Registration: 1902
  Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
  District: Birkenhead (1861-1998)
  County: Cheshire, Merseyside
  Volume: 8a
  Page: 529
  
  Esther was 8 in 1911
  
  Name:    Esther Shipley
  Gender:    Female
  Record Type:    Christening (Baptism)
  Baptism Date:    3 Sep 1902
  Baptism Place:    Birkenhead Holy Trinity, Cheshire, England
  Residence Place:    St. Mary, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England
  Father:    Joseph Shipley
  Mother:    Ada Shipley

Esther's father was Joseph Shipley and her mother was Ada Brereton. Her paternal grandparents were William Shipley and Sarah Hunt; her maternal grandparents were John Brereton and Eliza (Lizzie) Batho. She had two brothers and three sisters, named Joseph, Norman, Nancy, Winnie and Ada. She was the oldest of the six children. She died at the age of 79 on October 18th, 1981 in Southampton.³

Death Notes
- Name:    Esther Graham
  Death Age:    79
  Birth Date:    17 Aug 1902
  Registration Date:    Q4 1981
  Registration district:    Southampton, Hampshire
  Volume:    20
  Page:    1297
  
  Probate:
  GRAHAM, Esther of 9 Vellan Ct, Millbrook, Southampton died 18 October 1981. Administration with Will Newcastle 7 December not exceeding £25,000

General Notes
- Esther was probably named after her grandmother, Esther Eddowes.
  
  She married Sidney GRAHAM in 1924 at St Mark's in New Ferry. They lived at 14a King's Lane, Bebington. They had one son and one daughter.

Occupation Details
- From before 1939 Esther's occupation was Senior Clerk for Soap manufacturers, in Bebington.
  - Occupation Notes
    - Probably working at Lever Brothers, Port Sunlight

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- William Shipley
  - b.28 Jun 1840 in London d.20 Jan 1910 in Lichfield
  
  Joseph Shipley
  - b.25 Mar 1875 in Lichfield d.Mar 1952 in the Wirral
  
  Sarah Hunt
  - b.1851 in Lichfield d.Mar 1916 in Lichfield
  
  Esther Shipley
  - b.17 Aug 1902 in Birkenhead d.18 Oct 1981 in Southampton
  
  William Brereton Jnr ^*
  - b.Apr 1775 in Barnhill d.17 Oct 1866 in Tattenhall
  
  George Brereton
  - b.11 Apr 1810 in Harthill d.Sep 1893 in Birkenhead
  
  Mary Tomlinson ^*
  - b.1767 in Barnhill d.19 Dec 1834 in Harthill
  
  Richard Brereton
  - b.28 Sep 1833 in Horton d.08 Jun 1904 in Birkenhead
  
  Robert Hopley ^*
  - b.Jan 1764 in Shocklach d.Jan 1847 in Shocklach
  
  Jane Hopley
  - b.1810 in Shocklach d.Dec 1867 in Birkenhead
  
  Margaret Richards ^*
  - b.Jun 1770 in Shocklach d.Feb 1814 in Worthenbury
  
  John Brereton
  - b.19 Mar 1854 in Wrexham d.26 Dec 1913 in Birkenhead
  
  John Eddowes
  - b.1767 d.Jan 1834 in Wrexham
  
  John Eddowes
  - b.1797 in Worthen d.09 May 1852 at Beast Market
  
  Elizabeth Jones
  - b.~ 1770
  
  Esther Eddowes
  - b.1835 in Holt d.28 Feb 1917 in Birkenhead
  
  John Whitfield
  - b.1769 in Is-y-Coed d.28 Nov 1852 in Wrexham
  
  Mary Whitfield
  - b.20 Aug 1804 in Gresford d.Oct 1868 in Birkenhead
  
  Mary Tomlinson ^*
  - b.09 Mar 1761 in Holt d.Jul 1842 in Gresford
  
  Ada Brereton
  - b.14 Mar 1878 in Birkenhead d.Mar 1951 in the Wirral
  
  George Batho
  - b.~ 1777 in Malpas d.1845 in Ellesmere
  
  George Batho
  - b.1815 in Malpas d.09 Jan 1882 in Birkenhead
  
  Martha Cartwright
  - b.1788 in Malpas
  
  Eliza (Lizzie) Batho
  - b.Jun 1855 in Birkenhead d.10 Oct 1935 in Birkenhead
  
  Elizabeth Kirkham
  - b.1822 in Chester d.Jun 1857 in the Wirral
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

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¹ Individual - Elizabeth Rose (nee Barr)
² Cheshire Parish Records (1538-2000)
³ England & Wales BMD Index (1916-2007)