Penrose Family Information

John Poole Penrose was actually born in Mary Tavy near Tavistock, Devon in 1863.
The 1881 census has John at home (aged 17) in Mary Tavy with his mother Betsy, step-father Mathew Northey, brother Matthew and various step- brothers and sisters. In that census he is shown as a copper miner, as are all the other male family members.
Sometime following 1881 he moved to live in Liverpool and marries Florence Annie Griffiths (b. 1865 Liverpool) in late 1887 (their marriage registered Toxteth Park Sep Qtr that year).
Their first child Reginald is born at Litherland, Liverpool in 1891 followed by a daughter, Florence in 1897 also at Litherland. The 1901 census has the family still at Litherland and also reveals a third child, born March 1901 (possibly Patrick James - per DRO birth index Jun Qtr 1901)
John Penrose is described in the 1901 census as a mariner.