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NOTE 1./ e-mail: Subject: Uncle Ab from Cousin Lynne : 7-28-2006

The only story I have about Uncle Ab is he always asked Nan when he dropped in if she had any mouldy ten dollar bills or diamonds laying around she didn't need and then he would just smirk and go on talking in his slow steady way. He was a real character and it was hard to believe he was Nan"s baby brother.

NOTE 2./ New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957

Name Arrival Date Estimated Birth Year Gender Port of Departure Place of Origin Ship Name
Albert Lizmore 21 May 1908 abt 1893 Male Southampton Welsh Majestic
Frederick Lizmore 21 May 1908 abt 1885 Male Southampton Welsh Majestic
Jennie Lizmore 21 May 1908 abt 1883 Female Southampton English Majestic
Record Thomas Lizmore 21 May 1908 abt 1876 Male Southampton English Majestic

Albert married Gertrude D. UNKNOWN. Gertrude was born in 1883; died on 19 Jun 1963 in London, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 22 Jun 1963 in Woodland cemetery, Middlesex, London, Ontario (MX-152-1). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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NOTE 1./ Historical Perspective: The Year Was 1873

The year was 1873 and much of the world was entering into a long period of economic depression. The beginning of the Long Depression is typically marked by the crash of the Vienna stock market, which sent ripples across Europe and eventually the United States with the fall of Jay Cooke & Company. The Cooke investment bank was heavily invested in the overbuilt railroad system which was beginning to fail. With the fall of this prominent company, a financial panic ensued and the New York Stock Exchange had to close for ten days. Railroads, factories, banks, and businesses had to close their doors resulting in skyrocketing unemployment rates. The Long Depression would last into the 1890s.

There were other smaller scale disasters in 1873. The British SS Atlantic out of Liverpool (with a stop at Queenstown) hit a submerged rock en route to New York and was wrecked in heavy seas off Nova Scotia. It is estimated that 545 of the 952 passengers perished.

In Baltimore, Maryland, a fire began in the factory of Joseph Thomas and Sons and spread over ten acres of the city. Photos of the fire and aftermath can be found online at the Maryland Historical Society.

A cholera epidemic swept through Birmingham, Alabama. Below is an interesting excerpt from a report from Mortimer H. Jordan, who was secretary of the Jefferson County Medical Society of Birmingham, Alabama, at the time of the epidemic (found on the website of the Reynolds Historical Library at the University of Alabama at Birmingham).

The treatment adopted was the opium and mercurial. When the stomach seemed so inactive that nothing made any impression upon it, an emetic of mustard, salt, ginger, and pepper, suspended in hot water, in many cases produced a warm glow over the surface of the body in a few moments. . . . Diuretics produced no good results. No condition in life, sex, or age escaped. The sucking babe and those of extreme age suffered alike from its ravages.

Before closing this paper, justice demands that we should briefly allude to the heroic and self sacrificing conduct, during this epidemic, of that unfortunate class who are known as 'women of the town.' These poor creatures, though outcasts from society, anathematized by the church, despised by women and maltreated by men, when the pestilence swept over the city, came forth from their homes to nurse the sick and close the eyes of the dead. It was passing strange that they would receive no pay, expected no thanks; they only went where their presence was needed, and never remained longer than they could do good. While we abhor the degradation of these unfortunates, their magnanimous behavior during these fearful days has drawn forth our sympathy and gratitude.

Further north and west, Jesse James and the James- Younger gang robbed a Rock Island train near Adair, Iowa. This first train robbery netted the gang more than $2,300, but was most likely a disappointment for the gang. They were expecting a $100,000 gold shipment, but that shipment had been switched to another train at the last moment.

North of the border in Canada, the Dominion Parliament had more lawful goals in mind when it established the North-West Mounted Police, the predecessor of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Canada was growing and in 1873 Prince Edward Island joined the federation as Canada's smallest province.

In music, the song Home on the Range was born (Daniel Kelly & Brewster M. Higley). The tune went on to become the state song of Kansas and is known around the world.

Philip married Annie EVERARD. Annie (daughter of John William EVERARD and Susanna STOKES) was born in Mar 1847 in Strood of Finsbury, North Aylesford, Kent, England; died on 24 Dec 1928 in London, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Mt Pleasant, Middlesex, London MX-144-CS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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NOTE 1./ 1861 South Shoebury Essex census

Name Estimated Birth Year Birthplace Relationship Civil Parish County/Island
John Everard abt 1822 Writtle, Essex, England Head South Shoebury Essex
Thos Everard abt 1842 Essex, England Son South Shoebury Essex
Eliza Everard abt 1844 Essex, England Daughter South Shoebury Essex
Ann Everard abt 1847 Finsbury, Kent, England Daughter South Shoebury Essex
George Everard abt 1850 Finsbury, Kent, England Son South Shoebury Essex
James Everard abt 1854 Hoo, Kent, England Son South Shoebury Essex
Jane Everard abt 1856 Hoo, Kent, England Daughter South Shoebury Essex
Simon Collings abt 1845 Hoo, Kent, England Lodger South Shoebury Essex

NOTE 2./ 1911 London Ontario census

Lizmore Fred M Head S Sep 1886 24
Lizmore Ann F Mother W Dec 1845 85
Lizmore Ester F Daughter S Sep 1891 20
Kennard Christopher M Lodger S Nov 1885 25

Notes:

NOTE 1./ Per Kevin Church: The General Records Office Index (GRO) details all registered births, deaths and marriages in the UK between 1837 and 1908, from the index references copies of the original documents. These original documents can then be purchased from the Central Records Office. There are many "local" reference offices in the UK that have a complete copy of the GRO index.

NOTE 2./ Deaths Dec 1870 (Free BMD Index)
Surname Given Name Age District Volume Page Transcriber
Lizmore Robert 70 Dartford 2a 220 bmc

Robert married Elizabeth RUST on 07 May 1820. Elizabeth (daughter of Robert RUST and Margaret UNKNOWN) was born about 1800 in Strood, Kent; was christened on 13 May 1804 in Strood, near Rochester, Kent; died on 09 Sep 1854 in Union Workhouse, Isleworth. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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NOTE 1./ 1851 Strood, Kent, England census,

Name Estimated Birth Year Birthplace Relationship Civil Parish County/Island
John Everard abt 1822 Writtle, Essex, England Head Strood Kent
Thomas Everard abt 1842 Writtle, Essex, England Son Strood Kent
Eliza Everard abt 1844 Writtle, Essex, England Daughter Strood Kent
Anna Everard abt 1846 Strood, Kent, England Daughter Strood Kent
George Everard abt 1850 Strood, Kent, England Son Strood Kent
Mary Everard abt 1788 Writtle, Essex, England Mother Strood Kent

NOTE 2./ 1861 South Shoebury Essex England census,

Name Estimated Birth Year Birthplace Relationship Civil Parish County/Island
John Everard abt 1822 Writtle, Essex, England Head South Shoebury Essex
Thos Everard abt 1842 Essex, England Son South Shoebury Essex
Eliza Everard abt 1844 Essex, England Daughter South Shoebury Essex
Ann Everard abt 1847 Finsbury, Kent, England Daughter South Shoebury Essex
George Everard abt 1850 Finsbury, Kent, England Son South Shoebury Essex
James Everard abt 1854 Hoo, Kent, England Son South Shoebury Essex
Jane Everard abt 1856 Hoo, Kent, England Daughter South Shoebury Essex
Simon Collings abt 1845 Hoo, Kent, England Lodger South Shoebury Essex

NOTE 3./ 1871 South Shoebury Essex, England census,

Name Age in 1871 Birthplace Relationship Civil Parish
John Everard 49 Writtle, Essex, England Head South Shoebury Essex
George Everard 22 Strood, Kent, England Son South Shoebury Essex
James Everard 18 Hoo, Kent, England Son South Shoebury Essex
Jane Everard 15 Hoo, Kent, England Daughter South Shoebury Essex

John married Susanna STOKES on 30 May 1840 in Chelmsford, Essex, England. Susanna (daughter of James STOKES and Susanna UNKNOWN) was born about 1824 in Writtle, Essex, England; died before 1861 in Writtle, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]