by Sarsfield Blog | Feb 16, 2015 | Uncategorized
Pioneer of the nursing profession Agnes was born into a wealthy family in Cambridge in 1832, but moved to Fahan, Co Donegal in Ireland while very young. Her father was in the army and the family travelled a great deal as he was posted overseas. Agnes herself was very...
by Sarsfield Blog | Feb 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
“The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropist” 17 April 1870 – 3 February 1911 Robert Tressell the author of the famous book, The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists, was born Robert Croker in Ireland, an illegitimate child whose father nonetheless acknowledged him....
by Sarsfield Blog | Feb 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
St James Cemetery, nestling alongside Liverpool’s Anglican Cathedral, is a little haven of peace and tranquillity away from the urban bustle. But this oasis of calm hides a long history of life and death in the city. From the sixteenth century, the land was used as a...
by Sarsfield Blog | Jan 26, 2015 | Blogs
‘Saint of the Slums’ – 1786 – 1860 Liverpool’s ‘Saint of the Slums’, as she was later dubbed, was born Catherine Seward in Londonderry, 1786. She came to Liverpool in 1795 with her mother, having lost her father and sister in a shipwreck, and was apprenticed in a...
by Sarsfield Blog | Jan 19, 2015 | Blogs
Born in Carmarthen on 24 February 1845, Alfred Jones began his career in shipping at an early age. He was apprenticed at twelve to the African Steamship Company in Liverpool and spent numerous years rising through the business, reaching the role of manager by the time...
