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The Liverpool dock complex was officially opened in 1846 by Prince Albert. This event marked the first occasion in the Liverpool's history in which a member of the Royal Family had made a state visit to the city and as a result the occasion was marked with a major celebrations.
Augustus Stephen Jeffrey Pomeroy moved his wife & 5 children from Stepney to Liverpool in 1846 to take up a position with Liverpool Dock Company .
By 1858 Augustus was promoted to Principle of General Office and his salary raised to Ð250 per annum . In 1863 A S J Pomeroy was still in his position as Principle of General Office but with the additional position of Receiver of Charges and duty Superintendent of the Albert Dock Offices. At this stage his wage was £ 275 per annum, plus house and coals. They lived at the Dock House .Al
When he was 63, when he was superannuated ( retired) in 1880. At this stage he received £ 300 p/a, a house and coals. He had worked for the MDHB for 34 Years. s Yards End, Liverpool,
Albert Dock House
Canning Street
A huge amount of damage done to Liverpool during WWII bombing makes it almost impossible to find the places mentioned here.
AJP's cousin Pat Smith , added to the family record with the following........
In 1849 the family were at 106 Mill St, Toxteth Park (once a much 'better' area then than it is today;)
By 1851 they had moved to 62 Hampton Street, Toxteth Park, West Derby .
1855 they were at 8 Kensington Terrace, Kirkdale (where Walter William was born) then they moved again
1868. at Church Road, Much Woolton. E.
Augustus Pomeroy. junior, Bookkeeper, (ASJP’s son)
Walter, William. Pomeroy (ASJP’s son) (Albert Dock offices) Albert Dock
1870. at 22, Wavertree Vale. E
Pomeroy. Augustus, Bookkeeper. (junior)
Pomeroy Walter, William. (Albert Dock offices) Albert Dock . ( Canon Pomeroy. )
1871 at 3, Canning St Waterloo, W
Augustus Pomeroy. junior - Book Keeper, with wife Eliza Jane ( nee Jackson) died in July 1871 age 29 of TB
Harrison A Pomeroy A. (Albert Dock offices) Albert Dock west ( ASJP’s son) later a clergyman
Walter, William.Pomeroy (Albert Dock offices) Albert Dock . (ASJP’s son) later a clergyman also
1876. 48 Leeds St.
. Augustus. Pomeroy ( senior ). Princ/Gen/Office/ (wife Sarah Georgiana nee Moore died March 1875,)
1878. 30 Leeds Street.
Augustus SJ Pomeroy sen; Principal of the General offices of Royal Albert Docks
1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census
Hampton Street, Toxteth Park Extra Parochial, West Derby, Lancs
Stephen A Pomeroy Married 33 1818Clerk In Docks born Poplar, Midsex,
Sarah G Pomeroy Wife 35 1816 - Colchester, Essex, England
Georgiana Pomeroy Dau. 11 1840 Scholar Stepney, Middlesex,
Augustus F B Pomeroy Son. 9 1842 Scholar Stepney, Middlesex,
James R W Pomeroy Son 6 1845 Scholar Stepney, Middlesex,
Harrison A Pomeroy Son 1 1850 - Toxteth Park, Lancashire,
Edward M Pomeroy infant 1851 died infancy - Toxteth Park,
other people in the household
Ann P Eden Lodger Unm 31 1820 Gentleman Whitehall, Gloucs
P H Prince Lodger Unm 17 1834 Young Lady Liverpool, Lancs,
Jane Ellen James Unm 23 1828 servant- -
James Hardey Visitor 10 1841 Scholar Liverpool, Lancs,
Robert B Vynne Visitor 6 1845 Scholar Liverpool, Lancs,
Theobald Corrie Unm 33 1818 Nurse Liverpool, Lancs
Jane. Noble Unm 20 1831 Servant Liverpool, Lancs
1861 census address Albert Dock, Dukes Yards End, Liverpool,
Augustine L I Pomeroy Head 46 1815 Commercial dock clerk Born Poplar, Midx, Sarah G Wife 43 1818 Colchester, Essex, Georgina A Dau UnM 21 1840 Teacher of music B. Stepney, Middlesex, Augustus Son UnM 19 1842 Commercial clerk merchants office Stepney, James R Son UnM 16 1845 Commercial clerk East India Co B Stepney, Henry A Son UnM 11 1850 Harrison Albert - Lancaster,
Walter W Son - 6 1855 born Kirkdale Lancs
Deaths
John born Born 1855 Died in infancy & ?? Elenor died 1851
Sarah G Moore Pomeroy died 1875
James RichardPomeroy Married Eliza Colluden in Calcutta died of Typhoid 1880 in London
Augustus Fred Pomeroy Married Eliza Jane H Jackson 1867 died of TB 1871
My Great grandmother Georgiana Augusta Pomeroy married Dr George Shearer in 1868 and they went to China the following year.
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1871 Census. Albert Dock House Canning Basin, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Augustus S JPomeroy Head 53 1818 Clerk of Dock Board Born Stepney Middlesex,
Sarah G Pomeroy Wife 56 1815 - Born Colchester Essex,
Augustus F B Pomeroy Son 29 1842 Clerk to Chemical Co; Born Stepney Lon ,Midsex,
Harrison A Pomeroy Son 21 1850 Student of Theology Born Liverpool
Walter W Pomeroy Son 16 1855 Medical Student Born Liverpool
Martha M Wire Visitor 21 1850 confectioner Born Essex, Married Walter Willie
Mary B Giles Visitor 17 1854 - born Hampshire, England
Margaret Moran 32 1839 House Servant born Ireland
Walter Willie later changed his study to Theology and became a clergyman- a Canon.
Sarah his wife died in 1875 and the retired Augustus moved across the water to the Wirrel to live at Fountains Lodge.(It is no more)
Household:1881 Fountain Lodge Liscard, Cheshire, England
Augustus S J Pomeroy Widowed 63 retired on Pension Born Poplar, Mid'sex
Elizabeth J. Pomeroy Wid. Dau In Law 41 Whitehaven, Cumb'lnd,
Edgar Pomeroy Grandson 12 scholar Woolton, Lancashire,
Campbell Pomeroy Grandson 10 scholar Waterloo, Lancashire,
Catherine TAYLOR UnM 33 House Servant Ulverstone, Lancs,
Edgar & Campbell were sons of Augustus FB Pomeroy & his wife Elizabeth Culloden
His father died of typhoid in 187a and the boy attended Liverpool Academy in 1878 prior to grandfather's retirement in 1880. when their grandfather moved to Wallesey
He, his brother Campbell & their mother migrated to California in 1888 link here
A History of Wallasey Village here
A Liverpool connection to the American Civil War
found by JFU 2025
The visitor to Sarah & Augustus in 1871 ,Martha Wire b 1850 was daughter Harvey Wire & his wife Lucy he was a master Baker in Colchester at 45 Botolph St., Colchester
She married to Rev Walter William Pomeroy M.A. He attended Cambridge University ,Corpus Christ, obtained MA & was ordained canon ,of Norwich ,in 1877 & priest in 1878.
They married in 1884 in Edmonton & he died in 1916 . Martha died in 1936 in Tonbridge age 86 . They had no children
1901 Census 40, Denning Road, Hampstead, London & Middlesex, England
Walter W Pomeroy 46 1855 Clergyman (C of E )B Liverpool, Lancs,
Martha Maria Pomeroy wife 51 1850- born Colchester, Essex, Eng
Mary A Henry UnM 25 1876 Cook born Swansea, Wales
May M Rushbrooke UnM 20 1881 Housemaid born Scoulton, Norfolk,
1911 Census 143 Upper Grosvenor RD, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
Walter William Pomeroy Married 56 B1855 Clergyman born Lancashire
Martha Maria Pomeroy Wife 61 1850 - Born Essex Colchester
Mary Ann Henry UnM 35 1876 Cook - Born Glamorganshire Kilvey
Kate Williams UnM 19 1892 Housemaid- Born Tolleshurst Darcy
By 1880 Augustus was widowed & retired, wife Sarah having died in 1875 . With a good pension he moved out of the city to the Wirrel to very salubrious area, Liscard.
This little amateur painting by M. Hopps reads -
Fountains Lodge & the Liscard Congregational church - Fountains Road. Williamson Art Gallery & Museum.
During the Second World War the Liscard Congregational church suffered damage from air-raids; the hall was destroyed & the adjoining school was completely destroyed.
In 1970 the church was demolished because dry rot had made it unsafe
Augustus SJ Pomeroys children
Georgiana Augusta Pomeroy the eldest child and only daughter of Augustus senior and Sarah Moore- She married Dr George Shearer in 1860 and they went to China where their first three of seven children were born including my grandfather James Ernest Shearer born in 1870 . They returned to Liverpool in 1875 where Dr George took up a medical practice in Upper parliament Street and lectured on botany atLiverpool University . He was a friend of Robert Dick the Victorian Botanist and the more famous Charles Darwin with whom he held opposing views .
Augustus Fredericks Brett Pomeroy, married Elizabeth Jackson, had two sons, Edgar and Campbell but Augustus died of TB in 1871. His sons, and their mother, lived with her father in law Augustus at Liscard house for several years. After Augustus died in 171 they lived with granfather Augustus for a while After he died they migrated to USA in 1888., where Edgar made a name for himself coaching football , bringing the Northern California Football Association soccar team to the 1920 Paris Olympics . See TWIG-
I found and contacted one of their descendants, Robert Pomeroy, in California but he is uninterested.
James Richard Webber Pomeroy, my Cousin Pat Smith is descended from this brother, who possibly worked for the East India Company, was married in Calcutta and had four children. He too died young, of typhoid and pneumonia at the home of his brother rev Walter Willie Pomeroy in Islington in 1880. His Eldest son James died at Albert Dock House from acute suffocative bronchitis with diarrhoea at the age of 1 on 9th Feb 1875.
His son Harrison Hornblow Pomeroy was a black sheep. He stole money from the shipping line he worked for and after going to prison for several years migrating to Australia . They had four children and his son Anthony is still living and refuses to talk about his father but I later found he remarried in Melborne and died there.
Harrison Albert Pomeroy became a clergy man married Mary Jane Irvine and had one child Mary Elsie Irving who died in 1967
Walter William Pomeroy also became a clergyman, a canon , married Maria Wire but had no children.
1881 census Wike/ Wyke Yorkshire, Yorkshire (West Riding)
Rev. Harrison A Pomeroy Visitor Single 31 1850 Curate Of Wike Liverpool, Lancashire, England
1891 St Peters ?, Bloxwich Road, Walsall Foreign, Walsall, Staffordshire, England
Rev. Harrison A Pomeroy Visitor Married 41 1850 Curate Of St Peters Liverpool, Lancashire,
1901 at 3, Priory Terrace, Everton, West Derby, Lancashire, England
Rev. Harrison A Pomeroy Head 51 1850 Protestant Clergyman C E Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Mary J Pomeroy Wife 49 1852 - Ireland
Mary Elsie Pomeroy Daughter Single 10 1891 Egremont, Cheshire, - died unmarried 1967
1901 at 81, Claremont Road, Wavertree, West Derby, Lancashire, England
Eliza Charlotte Pomeroy Widow 46 1855 nee Culloden Born & married in Calcutta India widow of James
Walter J Pomeroy Son Single 22 1879 Iron Merchants Clerk Born Calcutta India
Harrison H Pomeroy Son Single 21 1880 East India Merchant & Ship Owner born Calcutta India
Harrison Hornblow Pomeroy
Harrison Hornblow Pomeroy Birth 1 Jan 1880 Calcutta India - Occupation Purser & Chief Steward
Attestation date 15 Feb 1918 age 27
Service number 131325 Marriage date 10 Jun 1906 Spouse Lena (Collins)
record set British Royal Air Force, Airmen's service records 1912-1939
Category Military, armed forces & conflict
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Children - Twins Audrey Mabel born England 1911; Richard Anthony born Australia 1920; Isobel born 1924 Pennant Hills Australia
Walter William Pomeroy
census 1861
Augustus Pomeroy Head 46 1815 Commercial Dock Clerk Poplar, Middlesex,
Sarah G Pomeroy Wife 43 1818 Colchester, Essex, England
Georgina A Pomeroy Dau Unm 21 1840 Teacher Of Music Stepney, Middlesex, England
Augustus Stephen Pomeroy Son Unm 19 1842 Commercial Clerk In Merchants Office born Stepney, Middlesex,
James Richard Pomeroy Son Unm 16 1845 Commercial Clerk In E J Merchants Office Stepney, Middlesex,
Harrison Albert Pomeroy Son Unm 11 1850 Lancaster, Lancashire, England
Walter William Pomeroy Son 6 1855 Kirkdale, Lancashire, England
Mary Brett Visitor Widow of Edward Brett friend 69 1792 Colchester, Essex, England
1871 Albert Dock House Canning Basin, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Augustus S J Pomeroy Head 53 1818 - Middlesex, England
Sarah G Pomeroy Wife 56 1815 - Essex, England nee Moore
Augustus F B Pomeroy Son 29 1842 - London, Middlesex, England
Harrison A Pomeroy Son - 21 1850 - Lancashire, England
Walter W Pomeroy Son - 16 1855 - Lancashire, England
Martha M Wire Visitor - 21 1850 - Essex, England
Mary B Giles Visitor 17 1854 - Hampshire, England
Margaret Moran Servant - 32 1839 - Ireland
1881 - 8, Montpelier Road, Islington, London, England
Walter W Pomeroy Boarder Single Male 26 1855 Curate Kirkdale, Lancashire, England
1901 - 40, Denning Road, Hampstead, London, England
Walter W Pomeroy Head Married 46 1855 Clergyman (Church Of England) Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Martha M Pomeroy Wife Married 51 1850 - Colchester, Essex, England
Mary A Henry Servant Single 25 1876 Cook Domestic Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales
May Marie Rushbrooke Servant Single 20 1881 Housemaid Domestic Scoulton, Norfolk,
WALTER W POMEROY Born 1855 died age 58 1913 TONBRIDGE Kent
1883. Mrs. James Pomeroy. 11, Mount View , Clwyd St New Brighton.
1881 census Mrs Eliza also called Lizzie Pomeroy. (Widow ) Fountain Lodge, Rake Lane, Liscard, Wallasey living with her with her retired father in law Augustus and her two sons Campbell and Edgar Pomeroy- 1888 she migrated with her two sons to California.
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