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I am looking for the birth/baptism record for John Dixon Hore born (possibly in Liverpool, Lancashire) in 1802/1803, and/or the name of his parents. Many censuses and the baptismal records of his own children show that he was a bookkeeper/accountant in Liverpool and subsequently in Birkenhead and his death is registered in 1886 in West Derby, Cheshire. Any help will be much appreciated.

As his marriage to Mary Boyter was pre-1837, no father's name on record. He states in 1851 that he was born in Liverpool

Yes thank you for that - I have the marriage record from 1824 but no birth or baptism record - I have already searched the Lancashire OPC. I have found an Elizabeth Dixon Hore buried on the very same day and at the same church where one of John Dixon Hore's children was baptised - St Peter's Liverpool. She was 48, living in the workhouse and died of 'Decline'. I am wondering if this is a coincidence but trying to find out if Elizabeth Dixon Hore born 1780 may have been John Dixon Hore's mother. But as John Dixon Hore died leaving quite a large estate, I am wondering why his widowed mother would have died in a workhouse?

For our reference:

Elizabeth Dixon Hore
in the Liverpool, England, Church of England Burials, 1813-1970
Name: Elizabeth Dixon Hore
Age: 48
Birth Year: abt 1780
Burial Date: 9 Jan 1828
Burial Place: Liverpool, St Peter, Lancashire, England


Richard Dixon Hore
in the England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
Name: Richard Dixon Hore
Gender: Male
Baptism Date: 9 Jan 1828
Baptism Place: St. Peter's, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Father: John Dixon Hore
Mother: Mary
FHL Film Number: 93877

Yes - thank you. Those are the records referred to in my response above which have led me to wonder if Elizabeth Dixon Hore was 1) a relative or 2) the mother of John Dixon Hore.

Yes, I know, Caroline. I posted the records for helpers' reference. for exact date and place.

Not that it seems to help find any other record of her so far!

I once found a newspaper obituary announcing her death but can't seem to lay my hands on it now. As her death was announced in a paper I am assuming she wasn't a pauper and was in the workhouse infirmary but I don't know this to be the case.

Elizabeth may have been a patient rather than an inmate of the workhouse when she died.

If you look at the original of the burial record for Elizabeth Dixon Hore, it states that she died in the workhouse, reason:- Decline and that she was a widow.
May help find further information on her.

As below perhaps...

Chris :)

11 January 1828 - Liverpool Mercury - Liverpool, Merseyside, England

Died
On Sunday last, aged 48, after a long and tedious illness, Elizabeth, relict of the late Richard D. Hore of Dublin.

Oh that is fantastic Chris Ho. Thank you. All I have to do now is find out if said Elizabeth and Richard D. are the parents of John Dixon Hore and this will take me to Dublin!!

Probably below ...

Chris :)

Liverpool, England, Catholic Baptisms, 1741-1906 (Ancestry)

John Dixon (Born 6 Jul 1802) Baptism 12 Jul 1802 St Peter's Priory
(son of Richard & Elizabeth Hare Dixon (Hore on image. sponsors, John Baynes & Alice McDermott)

Oh goodness - that's a real possibility then but I wonder how Hare/Hore Dixon gets replaced in all subsequent generations by Hore (Dixon seems only to be given as a middle name to the eldest sons). I will follow this up - thank you Chris!!

John D Hore's subsequent marriage was in the C of E Parish of St Peter's - I wonder if he would have required an adult baptism/confirmation if he was considered a convert from Catholicism at that time... More leads to follow as I suspect I can refine my searches to Catholic records in Ireland for the previous generation!