Married at St. Saviour's, Liverpool 1 Aug 1887
She was my Great Grandfather Walter's mother, and died when he was only 14, she was 40.
Email from David Abernethy:
Phil,
Received your e-mails of 24/01/2002 and 3/02/2002. As stated in my initial
e-mail reply Charlotte Helena Abernethy was my grandfather's sister of whom I
know very little.Despite my endeavours over the past few years to find out
further information on Charlotte my efforts were less than fruitful.
The Margaret Abernethy on the e-mail referred in fact to my wife.
Charlotte was one of 5 known children as follows:-
John born 1854 - died 1912
Margaret born 1855 died 1926
Emily birth date unknown - died 1919
Walter (my grandfather) born 1862 - died 1918
Charlotte Helena born 1866 - died 1906.
Their parents were David Fawcett Abernethy died 1903 and Charlotte Mathers
(who originated from Dublin) died 1904. Both died in Dublin.
The family appeared to have been brought up in Kings County, Tipperary,
Dublin and England. They were of the Church of Ireland/Protestant faith and
seemed to have had some military connections. The family seem to have been
fairly fragmented and little contact appears to have been maintained prior to
their relatively early deaths. Charlotte's father David is believed to have
travelled on a number of occasions to Canada, but always returned. His
occupation in records has been given at various times, as a gentleman, a
farmer and also a milk dealer.
I do believe that there were other siblings born but despite extensive
searching have not been able to ascertain the name of any of these. I also
believe that emigration played a significant part in the families dispersion
and that Charlotte had at least two children, Walter ( your ancestor) and
possibly one called Charles. Charlotte was known to have been in service in
Bootle, Liverpool in 1881 ( 1881 Census), but I was not aware that she spent
time at Little Bray, South Dublin before arriving at Liverpool.
Being born in 1942, I was brought up with the knowledge that Charlotte Helena
Dalrymple nee Abernethy had been married to a cabinet maker, but this was all
I was aware of until about 2 years ago. My grandfather, Walter Abernethy,
whom I never knew died at 57 of sclerosis of the liver (Bright's Disease).
In reference to Charlotte Helena Dalrymple's death certificate, it shows that
her death in 1909 was caused by the same condition when aged just 40. You
mentioned in your e-mail that perhaps Walter Dalrymple was named after my
grandfather Walter. I think that this was would be the case, as other
members of the Abernethy family have continued the name.
I was pleasantly surprised to see a picture of my father's Aunt, 93 years
after she had died and presume that further information and images of her
family i.e. Abernethys do not exist as far as you know.
I would also be interested to learn how you became aware of the Little Bray
information as this may assist me in further research which has for the past
18 months - 2 years, as far as the Abernethy family members are concerned,
been unfruitful. With regards your query as to whether there is anything you
could/should look for at Little Bray I cannot assist at all, as this was an
area as stated that until your contact, was unknown to me.
I may in the near future take the opportunity of speaking to your grandmother
prior to the pending cessation of my family tree research.
Hope this information is useful to you.
Regards,
David and Margaret Abernethy
Possible match...?
Charlotte Leana Abernethy
Age in 1881: 15
Age months: 0
Estimated birth year: abt 1866
Relationship to head-of-household: Servant
Household: View other family members
Family and neighbors: View neighbors
Gender: Female
Where born: Ireland
Address: 5 Cranworth St
Civil parish: Bootle Cum Linacre
County/Island: Lancashire
Condition as to marriage: Unknown
Occupation: Domestic Servant
Education: View Image
Employment status: View Image
Source information: RG11/3691
Registration district: West Derby
Sub-registration district: Walton