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Welcome to all descendants of John Peers cotton broker of Liverpool [ born  abt 1790  ] He lived at  5 Upper Duke Street, Edge Hill in 1811.
 
           married  Mary HUNTER on 28th May, 1810 Darley, Derbyshire, England. at  St Helen's church
                                witnesses were John Greaves, Elizabeth Shepley.
 
            children -probably all carried the middle name Hunter.
            William Hunter, bc 1817, James Peers, George Peers, Henry Hunter Peers, Alice Peers, Mary Peers , Elizabeth Peers  and Ann Peers.

What happend to John Peers' son  William Hunter Peers bc 1817?

1840 William Hunter Peers , cotton broker of Edge Hill,  son of John PEERS, cotton broker,[bc 1817] married Janet Grimes  of Toxteth Park Park , on  11 March, 1840 at St Mary's, Edge Hill, Parish of Walton, Lancaster. [Reg Dist W. Derby] whose father was John GRIMES Comptroller in HM Customs. Witnesses were Mary Peers, James  Peers  and Mr Grimes . 1841 Census:Peers  William  25    Broker  Yes  North View, West Derby HO107/0520/3/~F17  with his wife &   son & mother. in law 1851 not in the British census not in any  Victoria Aus records - wife said she was married 1851 census.

1845  b George Hunter  Peers  [Noted in  1993  birth in 17 April 1845 at Wirral Reg. District, sub district of Wallory in County of Chester.  Birth of George Hunter  Peers son of James Peers cotton broker  and Ellen formerly Edlerton ?  ,  father informant usual residence Poulter xxx Seacombe.)

1851  IGI : Henry Hunter Peers married  Mary  Ann CLAY    on 08 Aug 1851   Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire, England

Henry Hunter PEERS, 33 Bachelor, 33, Commercial Clerk, 28 Baird St. Father, John PEERS, Cotton Broker &
Mary Ann CLAY, 21, Spinster, 36 Bloom St. Father, Samuel CLAY, Bootmaker.
Married...by Licence...Both signed. Witnesses Agnes RATTRAY & Rachel RATTRAY

 1851 CENSUS St Pancras Marylebone Middlesex Drummond Crescent [ added 29 th Jan 2006]

Henry H Peers Head age 30 Cotton Broker born Lancs Edge Hill, West Derby
Mary Ann Peers wife age 20 born Middlesex Marylebone

John Peers b c  1790  may have had a brother/father/ cousin William Peers a cotton broker  is listed in the Lancashire Wills 1826-1830 dated April 1826 - this may be the date the will was proved or the date of death - not stated in 2ndary source.

History of cotton  in Liverpool with lovely art   all about trading too here  "In 1808 the “New Exchange Building” was opened and cotton traders took offices in the new Building but persisted in their preference for doing business in the open air on what became known as “Exchange Flags”. This open space continued to act as the Cotton Market for almost 100 years. "    More all pictures
 

1832 Poll Book Liverpool Lancashire:  new voting rights  now extended to  include adult males who owned or occupied premises (houses, warehouses, counting-houses, shops, and other buildings) of an annual value of more than £10.
A freeman retained his right to vote provided that he had gained it by birth or servitude and lived in the borough or within 7 miles of it. Those whose residence fell outside this boundary were known as 'Non-Resident Freemen'.

Poll Book for the election of members of Parliament for the Borough of Liverpool  1832 act had brought about it  publish how each person voted, The Burgesses and Freemen are also identified in the Status column, (BGM/FMN).

1832 Poll book surname Peers
PEERS, GEORGE,CABINET MAKER,PRESTON STREET,LIVERPOOL,S & D,BGS/FMN
PEERS, GEORGE L.,MARINER,LOWER MYRTLE STREET,LIVERPOOL,S & D,BGS/FMN
PEERS, JOHN,BAKER,RICHMOND ROW,LIVERPOOL,S & D,
PEERS, JOHN,COTTON BROKER,ROMFORD STREET,LIVERPOOL,S & D,
PEERS, THOMAS,BROKER,DAULBY STREET,LIVERPOOL,S & D,BGS/FMN
PEERS, WILLIAM,PAINTER,LOWER MYRTLE STREET,LIVERPOOL,S & D,BGS/FMN
PEERS, WILLIAM,STORE KEEPER,GREAT NELSON STREET NORTH,LIVERPOOL,S & D,

1832 Poll book  surname Hunter
HUNTER,ALEXANDER,CHINA DEALER,LORD STREET,LIVERPOOL,E & T,
HUNTER,ARCHIBALD,BLACKSMITH,PORTLAND STREET,LIVERPOOL,S,BGS/FMN
HUNTER,DAVID,BOOK KEEPER,BEVINGTON HILL,LIVERPOOL,S & D,BGS/FMN
HUNTER,GEORGE,SHIPWRIGHT,PARLIAMENT STREET,LIVERPOOL,E & T,BGS/FMN
HUNTER,JAMES,BLOCK MAKER,BEDFORD STREET,HARRINGTON,S & D,BGS/FMN
HUNTER,JOHN,MERCHANT,MOUNT PLEASANT,LIVERPOOL,E & T,
HUNTER,MALCOM,MERCHANT,OXFORD STREET,LIVERPOOL,E & T,
HUNTER,ROGER,SAIL MAKER,SEEL STREET,LIVERPOOL,E & T,BGS/FMN
HUNTER,SAMUEL,JOINER,BACHELOR STREET,LIVERPOOL,E & T,BGS/FMN
HUNTER,THOMAS,ATTORNEY,CANNING STREET EAST,LIVERPOOL,S & D,BGS/FMN
HUNTER,THOMAS,GENT,SOUTH HUNTER STREET,LIVERPOOL,E & T,
HUNTER,WILLIAM,TOBACCONIST,MOUNT VERNON STREET,WEST DERBY,S & D,

1832 Poll book
RENWICK,THOMAS,MEDICAL DOCTOR,RENSHAW STREET,LIVERPOOL,E & T,BGS/FMN

GRIMES,THOMAS,ROPER,WARWICK STREET,TOXTETH PK.,S & D,BGS/FMN

1821  Pigots Directory

1827 Gores Directory lists all peers in Liverpool here: page 250 The cottom brokers have a list under that heading too

1828-29 in  Pigots Directory  Liverpool Lancs.

Under Brokers- Cotton  page 303
The only Peers were:
John Peers  at 1 Rumsford Building Liverpool
William Peers Wm & Sons 16 Exchange Bldg

1832 5 Duke Street Office 1 Rumford Street
1837 11 Duke Street Office 18 Exchange Buildings
1848 21 Duke Street Office-John Peers & Sons Convent Garden

1841 CENSUS  index. Liverpool  Piece no. 520/03 ED 14 Folio 17

John Peers age 50 Broker
Henry Peers  age 23 Broker
Mary  Peers age 20
Ann Peers age 20
Elizabeth Peers age 15 All born in County.
2 female servants.

        Peers  William  25    Broker  Yes  North View, West Derby HO107/0520/3/~F17 [ [son of John Peers ]
        Peers  *Sarah*  25    ?  Scotland  North View, West Derby HO107/0520/3/~F17[  *on original it is Janet]
        Peers  John  4 M    ?  Yes  North View, West Derby  HO107/0520/3/~F17
       Ann  RENWICK born Scotland aged 70  [mother of Sarah/Janet Peers]
        2 servants.

1843 Directory for Liverpool, includes Birkenhead.

Peers John Cotton Broker 21 Duke Street Edge Hill
Peers Henry H Cotton Broker 21 Duke Street Edge Hill
Peers John & Sons Cotton Brokers 16 Exchange buildings
Peers James Broker (WP & Son) Liscard
Peers Ann, Stanley Place Liscard
Peers Wm Cotton Broker (JP & Sons) 4 North View, Mount Vernon
Another interesting find in the 1843 Directory for Liverpool, which also covers Birkenhead.
 Liscard is near Birkenhead.

1847  Slaters  Directory for Liverpool, under Brokers- (Cotton)

          John PEERS & Sons  16 Exchange  Bldg
          Smithers  Misses seminary edge hill
 

Slaters 1847

more in this one

1851 CENSUS St Pancras Marylebone Middlesex Drummond Crescent [ added 29 th Jan 2006]

Henry H Peers Head age 30 Cotton Broker born Lancs Edge Hill, West Derby
Mary Ann Peers wife age 20 born Middlesex Marylebone

        Lord Street , Birkenhead ( just across the river from Liverpool ) transcribed as Peare.

Jennette Peers Head Married age 38 Teacher of music/singing born Scotland
John do son age 10 born Liverpool
F       do son age 9 born Liverpool
JA    do daur age 7 born Liverpool
CH do son age 6 born Liverpool
MA Cubbin serv age 22 born Cumberl

1852  Janet Peers & children only emigrated to Australia in 1852 - no trace of  William Hunter Peers  in Victoria Aus.

1853 Slaters  Directory of Liverpool and Environs: people of interest :

James Peers book  keeper, Church Street, Egremont
James Peers cotton broker Church St, Egremont: office 9 Tithebarn St.
Peers Misses, ladies' seminary 2 Duke Street, Edge Hill
Peers Jane, 2 Duke Street, Edge  Hill
Under Cotton Brokers: Wm Peers & Sons  9 Oldhall Street

...
1853 Slaters Liverpool [cont]

COTTON BROKERS ASSOCIATION
Signatures of those averse to restricting width of carts to 8ft 5inches. Under 9ft impolitic to repeal the act of 1854.

[included in long list was]  William PEERS & SON

Deaths Jun 1851
Peers  William    Stockport  19 194
Peers  William     W Derby  20 _15

Deaths Sep 1852
Peers  William     Birmingham  6d 4

Deaths Dec 1852
Peers  William     Stockport  8a 37
PEERS  William     Stockport  __ 37
Peers  William     Great Boughton  8a 246
 

Marriage certificate of William Hunter Peers 1844  to Janert GRIMES      whose father is JohnGrimes Comptroller of HMCustoms

 

Janet GRIMES What do we know about  so far 29  Jan  2006:  b   1813 Scotland   - from death certificate - South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland ? I dont have proof of this location- hard to read on d cert.. m 1840  Liverpool  William Hunter PEERS  Liverpool 1841-1844 she had 4 children all born Liverpool. in Reg Records in England. d 1888  Carlisle Street,  St Kilda Melbourne  1841 Census   0017 39 567/10a   Toxteth Park (Liverpool)  Jno Grimes age 55 HMC Officer Not born in county  Henry " age 15 Born Scotland  Amelia " age 25 Born Scotland  Janet GRIMES  [ Peers ] death certificate  [below]  her mother is  Janet Grimes nee  RENWICK her father was  John Grimes Controller of HMO Customs  Janet GRIMES died 27 September 1888 age 75, married liverpool England,  to William Hunter Peers  at the age of 27, buried at  St Kilda General Cemetery , she was born is ////  - 'perhaps South  Leith Scotland?] all  crossed out ///years in 'Victoria 31 years'[ ??] ,  her children are listed as John Grimes deceased, Frederick William 46 years old, Janet Alice aged 43 Charles Harley deceased.

Headings are
Place and date of Death    |    name of deceased, sex, age,  | 1 cause of death, 2 how many days ill, 3  name of doctor, 4 date last seen   |  names of parents and mothers maiden name.

p2 Headings, | name and address of undertaker 1 Sign. of Deputy Registrar, 2 Date, 3 Where registered | 1 date buried, 2 where 3 who by | Where  born, 2 how long in the colonies, stating which |
last two columns if deceased was married: 1 where married, 2 at what age,  3 to whom |  Issue in order of birth, their names and ages .

 

[All 4 children  of Janet GRIMES &  William HUnter PEERS are in Registered in the  English Public Records] Janet [Grimes] Peers "widow" [ where did I get info  this from? family probably ]  immigrated with her children to Victoria Australia  on the SERAMPORE  in October 1852. Also listed as passengers oanother ship leaving a few months earlier and crossed out.   The children were : 1  John Grimes PEERS b March 1841  UK-        [ freebmd Births Mar qrtr. 1841, Peers  John Grimes,     W Derby.  Vol 20,  page 9xxx illeg]    John  Peers was christened in April 1841 [ thanks  Carole]         m Sarah LEADBEATER / LEADBETTER  in 1866 Vic :         died 1896 Bairnsdale, Vic.  2 Frederick William PEERS        b 19 March 1842 Mount Vernon West Derby [ Liverpool]  Lancashire, England       m  1867 Margaret Henrietta DUNN   Vic.      d 1896 St Kilda aged 53. Vic Reg BMD's No 4036.        full English  birth certificate, below reads:        born 12 noon,19th  March 1842, fathers full name:  William Hunter Peers,         occupation of father :  cotton broker, father usual place of  residence:         North View, Mount Vernon",  West Derby County of Lancaster 3  Janet Alice PEERS b 1843 Edge HIll Liverpool  .unm. d 1917 Caulfield Vic. "JANET ALICE PEERS was born 1843 Edge Hill, baptised 15.7.1843 St Mary's, Edge Hill and died 1917 at Caulfield aged 74.  Vic Reg BDM's No 11723. She never married. "   from family CK thank you . 4 Charles Harley PEERS (1844-1853) born Liver pool       [ freebmd Births Sep 1844, Peers  Charles Harley    W Derby  Vol#  20 Page #981       Vic death records. fa William Hunter peers, mo Janert Grimes Research notes :  Thank you Carole! Jan 06    [  NB www.rootschat.com  excellent resource.]  CENSUS SEARCHES England  "There is no trace of any of your Peers on the 1851 [Census].  done an "all counties" search in case they were in another county and  checked under christian names only but nothing.  Found John Grimes on the 1841 [Census].   From the 1841 Liverpool name index  .. need to find what is in the  full census - ask for  look up the following reference .[ in bold] The info shown below is all that is on the index. The 1841 census did not record relationships or actual birthplaces and uses the following symbols:  Y = Born in parish  N= Not born in parish  I = Ireland  Some entries also show S or W for Scotland or Wales but this was at the enumerators discretion  Also - ages could be "out" in view of the following instructions issued to enumerators for the 1841:  Instructions to enumerators on the 1841 census  "Write the age of  every person under 15 years of age as it is stated to you.  For persons aged 15 years and upwards, write the lowest of the term of 5  years within which the age is.  Thus -for persons aged  15 years and under 20 write 15;  20 years and under 25 write 20;  25 years and under 30 write 25;  30 years and under 35 write 30;  Piece number 567/10A Folio 17 John Grimes 55 HMC officer (Her Majesty's Customs) - N Henry 15 b Scotland Amelia 25 b Scotland Re: Peers   John Peers was christened in April 1841 and the 1841 census was taken on June 6th so I checked the 1841 index and found  [1841 Census Liverspool]  Piece number 520/03 folio 17:  William Peers aged 25 occ Broker - Y Sarah 25 b Scotland (not Janet) John 4 months - Y  MORE DETAILS   NOW  from an English  Juliet         Peers  William  25    Broker  Yes  North View, West Derby HO107/0520/3/~F17         Peers  Sarah  25    ?  Scotland  North View, West Derby HO107/0520/3/~F17         Peers  John  4 M    ?  Yes  North View, West Derby  HO107/0520/3/~F17          exact location of birth of  Fred. Wm Peers 1842!  AND MORE From CK : also in this house         Ann  BENWICK born Scotland aged 70 and 2 servants. - THIS IS PROBABLY RENWICK  There is no trace of John or Henry Grimes on the 1851- Amelia [Grimes]  could well have married by then."   1841 Census   0017 39 567/10a   Toxteth Park (Liverpool)  Jno Grimes age 55 HMC Officer Not born in county  Henry " age 15 Born Scotland  Amelia " age 25 Born Scotland    Liverpool Area Parishes Looking for death of William Hunter PEERS post  1840  SEARCHING FOR A DEATH  RECORD OF WILLIAM HUNTER PEERS IN LANCASTER C 1840 -1852 as no age is given here is hard to tell which is the right one if any?  free births marriages and deaths shows:2006 Jan,;

Deaths   Surname:   peers   First name(s):   william Start date:   Mar 1841   End date:   Dec 1852   District:  West Derby Surname   First name(s)   Age   District   Vol   Page  Deaths Jun 1847 Peers  William    W Derby  20 1167  Deaths Jun 1849 Peers  William     W Derby  20 902  Deaths Jun 1851 Peers  William     W Derby  20 _15  ------------------------ Deaths   Surname:   peers   First name(s):   william Start date:   Mar 1841   End date:   Dec 1852   County:   Lancashire Surname   First name(s)   Age   District   Vol   Page  Deaths Dec 1840 PEERS  William     Liverpool  20 223  Deaths Mar 1841 PEERS  William    Chorlton  20 196  Deaths Dec 1842 PEERS  William     Warrington  20 627  Deaths Mar 1843 PEERS  William Bent     Warrington  20 698  Deaths Jun 1843 PEERS  William Henry     Liverpool  20 317  Deaths Mar 1845 PEERS  William     Liverpool  20 343  Deaths Jun 1845 PEERS  William     Stockport  19 218  Deaths Sep 1849 Peers  William     Liverpool  20 605  S Deaths Jun 1850 PEERS  William     Liverpool  20 259  PEERS  Williams     Liverpool  20 207  Deaths Mar 1851 Peers  William     Warrington  20 771  Deaths Jun 1851 Peers  William     Stockport  19 194  Deaths Dec 1852 Peers  William     Stockport  8a 37  PEERS  William     Stockport  __ 37

Looking for death of William Hunter PEERS post  March 1840 free bmd :  ALL of England not listed above  Surname   First name(s)   Age   District   Vol   Page  Deaths Mar 1840 PEERS  William    Thrapston  15 304  Deaths Jun 1840 PEERS  William     *rincham  19 14  Deaths Mar 1841 PEERS  William     Wirral  19 275  Deaths Mar 1842 PEERS  William     Gt. Boughton  19 61  Deaths Dec 1842 PEERS  William     Great Boughton  19 40  Deaths Jun 1843 PEERS  William     Wrexham  27 197  Deaths Jun 1845 PEERS  William     Wirral  19 251  Deaths Sep 1845 PEERS  William     Wirral  19 192  Deaths Jun 1846 Peers  William     Birmingham  16 159  Deaths Sep 1846 PEERS  William     Wirral  19 296  Deaths Dec 1847 Peers  William     Wirral  19 255  Deaths Mar 1848 Peers  William     Greenwich  5 177  Deaths Jun 1848 Peers  William     Nantwich  19 138  Deaths Sep 1848 Peers  William     Runcorn  19 165    Deaths Mar 1851 Peers  William     Warrington  20 771  Deaths Jun 1851 Peers  William     Stockport  19 194  Deaths Sep 1852 Peers  William     Birmingham  6d 4  Deaths Dec 1852 Peers  William     Great Boughton  8a 246

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