Interesting people buried at St Hilarys, Wallasey - 10th Mar 2010 4:13pm
Sure there will be more that will be added to this list-
1. The Wallasey Hermit/ Frederick Krueger
The people of Wallasey clubbed together and paid for his funeral so that he did not have a paupers funeral. he was buried on 13th March 1909.
2. Peter Watts
One of Wallasey's earliest recorded murders. He was a stranger in the parish and 'done to death' in 1695
3. Captain Thomas Lambert
He was captain of the ship 'Mary Betsy' which was shipwrecked and sunk in heavy storms on 26th October 1820. When the vessel was driven ashore and began to break up onlookers just stood and stared. The Captain drowned and he plus four of his crew were buried at St Hilarys.
4. James Harrison
james Harrison was born near Lancaster in 1820 and he came to join his brother Thomas in the Liverpool Shipbrokers firm of 'George Brown and Harrison, in his twenties. Eventually the two brothers set up the Shipping Company of Thos and Jas which became known as the Harrison Line. The line was one of the most famous cargo ships in the Mersey.
In 1851 James lived in New Brighton and he and his wife came to live in 'Quarry Bank' in Rake Lane, before moving to the 'Laund'. They later went to live in kent where he died, aged 71 in 1891.
He was buried in St Hilarys where the old tower was made into a mortuary chapel in his memory.
1. The Wallasey Hermit/ Frederick Krueger
The people of Wallasey clubbed together and paid for his funeral so that he did not have a paupers funeral. he was buried on 13th March 1909.
2. Peter Watts
One of Wallasey's earliest recorded murders. He was a stranger in the parish and 'done to death' in 1695
3. Captain Thomas Lambert
He was captain of the ship 'Mary Betsy' which was shipwrecked and sunk in heavy storms on 26th October 1820. When the vessel was driven ashore and began to break up onlookers just stood and stared. The Captain drowned and he plus four of his crew were buried at St Hilarys.
4. James Harrison
james Harrison was born near Lancaster in 1820 and he came to join his brother Thomas in the Liverpool Shipbrokers firm of 'George Brown and Harrison, in his twenties. Eventually the two brothers set up the Shipping Company of Thos and Jas which became known as the Harrison Line. The line was one of the most famous cargo ships in the Mersey.
In 1851 James lived in New Brighton and he and his wife came to live in 'Quarry Bank' in Rake Lane, before moving to the 'Laund'. They later went to live in kent where he died, aged 71 in 1891.
He was buried in St Hilarys where the old tower was made into a mortuary chapel in his memory.
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