Lockerbie to Liverpool

[Mike Williams]

As I now call Liverpool home, I was interested that some of the
Lockerbie Branch also made the trip South, but about 100 years before
me.

Forgive me if you know the info I have found - but I found it really
interesting!

I noticed that James Earsman [19L] his sisters Dora (Howitson) [17L]
and Charlotte [22L] as well as his mother Christina Drummond [16L] had
all died here in Liverpool ... made me think that maybe I should move
to somewhere a bit healthier for the family! The 1871 census shows that
James and Dora were living with the Howitsons, running the "Howitson &
Earsman" drapers business.

Searching death certificates I found that Dora died on 29 July 1872 of
'Heart Disease', her husband George Howitson [18L] died on 11 February
1881 of 'Pleuro-pneumonia' at which point their son [also a George
Howitson b1870] seems to have moved to live with his Uncle James [19L],
shown in the census of 1881.

Christina Drummond died on 5 February 1888 [aged 81] of 'Senile Decay,
Syncope' whilst on a visit to her son James in Liverpool.

I also noticed that James and Charlotte [both unmarried] died within a
few weeks of each other. James died 30 January 1896 at Central Station
Liverpool - his death certificate states 'Killed by being crushed by
the wheels of an Engine and tender, when trying to rescue his sister
who had got onto the four foot'. Charlotte's death on 23 February 1896
was due to 'Nervous exhaustion due to Melancholia, death being
accelerated by an injury to the right foot received by jumping in front
of an Engine at the Central Railway Station on the 30th Ultima, but
whether she did so intentionally or not, the evidence is not sufficient
to show'.

A death notice in the Scotsman newspaper dated 1 February 1896:
"Mr James Earsman, who met his death at the Central Raiilway Station,
Liverpool, on Thursday, while attempting to save his sister, Miss
Charlotte Earsman, who had jumped in front of a train, was a son of the
late Mr James Earsman of Lime Tree House, Moffat, and was in business
as a glover and hosier in Ranelagh Street, Liverpool. Miss Charlotte
having become mentally weak, was being taken to an institution at
Southport."

Guess I won't view Central Station in quite the same light next time I
get off a train there!

Mike

[Barry Earsman]

Thanks for posting that info Mike. I had found the same newspaper article about the train incident, but had lost my copy.

Travis and I visited Lime Tree House, where the nice lady living there kindly showed us around. She was fascinated to hear a little of the history of the house. We were a bit disappointed that it wasn't an inn anymore though!

Barry

[Kathy Earsman]

Hi Mike, Nice to meet you! Thanks for sharing that story. It made these
people suddenly leap into focus, take flesh and bone, as it were. That´s
what it´s all about really, isn´t it. Tracing one´s family, I mean.

Interestingly, it seems that my sons, Barry and Travis, have been reading
your posts at the same time as me. I am in Spain with their brother, they
are in Australia. And you are in Liverpool. How the Earsmans have spread,
how large the family has grown. And all from this one couple who had an inn
called The Beld...

Kathy Earsman.

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[Travis Earsman]

Mike, you too can go to Lime Tree House! Next time you are pasisng through Moffat, find it. et us know and we'll help you locate it. It's a trip. We saw the Census report from the time in the local library and it made mention of a residence with adjcent workshop. Well, yo ucan see in the structure today the workshop next to the building. Barry, do kindly send Mr Williams a photo of Lime Tree house, and any other photos too.
By the way, it is called Moffatt House now, and is an Inn.
The Bield in in near-by Whamfray, as is the grave of the venerable old Mr and Mrs Earsman, James and Jean o' the Beild.

Cool huh.
 - TRav