Until I started researching my family history I had no idea I had a connection with Wavertree. My family name originates from Shropshire, my grandfather moving to Liverpool from Much Wenlock in 1890 and taking up residence in Garston. I was brought up in Hunts Cross, and my first association with Wavertree was when I married.

By tracing my tree back through numerous generations I have learned that I had Great Great Great Great Grandparents John and Sarah Lloyd who originated from Cheshire, marrying in Malpas in 1796. One of their children, my Great Great Great Grandfather William Lloyd, was born in 1799 and, after moving north, married Elizabeth Radley from Halewood in 1821, in Prescot. Parish records show that they lived in the Rainhill area and raised a family which included my Great Great Grandfather, also William Lloyd (1822), and a younger brother of his, Charles Lloyd (1831). In the first census records of 1841, I found they had moved to Little Woolton, where the family name was recorded as Loid.

I have no idea what happened to my Great Great Great Great Grandfather John, but in the 1841 census I found a Sarah Lloyd listed as the Coffee House Keeper in Wavertree. She is recorded as 61 years old, and shown as being born outside of the County. I cannot be absolutely certain that she is my relative but it seems likely in consequence of further research.

My Great Great Grandfather William married Rachel Peacock in Liverpool, moved to Manchester in 1846, and has no connection with Wavertree. However, further research shows that in the 1851 census my Great Great Great Grandfather William, then 51 years old, was living in Hills Place, Wavertree, with his wife Elizabeth and their son Charles Lloyd. The occupation of both William and Charles is shown as an Ostler.

In 1855 Charles Lloyd married Jessie Mowat, and in the 1861 census they are shown as living in Waterloo Street, Wavertree. His occupation is an Omnibus Driver. Others in the house, but not family members, include a Blacksmith, an Ostler and a Horsekeeper. I suspect that Charles was then probably driving Coaches that operated from either the Lamb Inn or the Coffee House.