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THE ANCESTRY OF ANDY BURNHAM
1 Andrew
Murray Burnham
b 7
Jan 1970, Aintree
Parents
2 Kenneth
Roy Burnham of Culcheth, telecommunications engineer
b
1941, Liverpool
m
1965, Ormskirk
3 Eileen
Mary Murray, receptionist
b
1939, Liverpool
Grandparents
4 Kenneth
James Burnham of Wavertree
b 5
Sep 1924, Liverpool
d 2
May 1993, Kent
m
1941, Liverpool
5 Emrol Thelma Hughes
b 9
Nov 1921, Warrington
d
2000, Leicestershire
6 James
Alfred Murray of Aintree, motor driver
b 14
Jun 1909, Liverpool
d 17
May 1996
m 28
Jul 1934, St Alphonsus, Liverpool
7 Catherine
Burke
b 26
Nov 1910, Liverpool
d 7
Jan 2002
Great-grandparents
8 Francis
Thomas Burnham of Liverpool, clerk
b 20
Feb 1893, Battersea
bur
26 Jan 1973, Allerton Cemetery, Liverpool
m
1914, Mossley Hill
9 Edith
Bellion
b
22 Sep 1891, Liverpool
bur
12 Mar 1970, Allerton Cemetery, Liverpool
10 Harold Hughes of Warrington, railway clerk
b 7
Feb 1891, Liverpool
d 4
Jun 1946, Liverpool
m
1916, West Derby
11 Emmeline Yates Davies
b 26
Apr 1892, Liverpool
d ca
1976
12 James Valentine Murray of Bootle, dyers
and cleaners’ foreman
b 14
Feb 1882, Bootle
d
10 Jan 1951
m 1908,
West Derby
13 Mary Ann Kelly
b 8
Feb 1882, Liverpool
d
27 Nov 1915, Bootle
14 Edward Burke of Liverpool, labourer
b 17
Jul 1884, Liverpool
d
28 Oct 1918, Koblenz
m 8
Jan 1905, St Sylvester, Liverpool
15 Ellen Moore
b 20
Mar 1884, Liverpool
d
Great-great-grandparents
16 Walter James Burnham of Battersea
and Wavertree, insurance agent
b 9
Jun 1852, Nottingham
bur
11 Feb 1919, Everton Cemetery
m 20
Mar 1877, Nottingham register office
17 Sarah Elise Pegg
b 10
May 1856, Derby
bur
24 Feb 1950, Allerton Cemetery, Liverpool
18 James Edward Bellion of Liverpool, waiter
b 1
Oct 1865, Liverpool
bur
20 Jan 1943, Toxteth Park Cemetery
m 1
Mar 1891, St Clement, Walton on the Hill
19 Helen Elizabeth Hayes
b 26
Aug 1864, New Brunswick
d 21
Jul 1945
20 William Cronshaw Hughes of Toxteth Park,
mechanical engineer
b
1856, Liverpool
d
26 Aug 1927, Liverpool
m 6
Nov 1887, St John the Baptist, Toxteth Park
21 Emma Curry
b 15
Oct 1855, Liverpool
d
18 Apr 1909, Liverpool
22 William Henry Davies of Toxteth Park,
engine fitter
b 30
Mar 1851, Liverpool
d 29
Aug 1899, Liverpool
m 26
Jan 1890, Walton on the Hill
23 Emma Stephenson
b 10
Jan 1852, Liverpool
d
24 James Murray of Bootle, porter
b ca
1859, Belfast
d
27 Aug 1938, Liverpool
m
23 Apr 1881, St Peter, Liverpool
25 Annie Finnemor
b 1
Mar 1860, Liverpool
d
22 May 1936, Liverpool
26 William Kelly of Liverpool, shipwright
b ca
1850, Liverpool
d 17
Jun 1931, Kirkdale
m
27 Oct 1872, St Vincent de Paul, Liverpool
27 Rose Ann Toman
b 9
Mar 1852, Liverpool
d 9
Apr 1915, Kirkdale
28 Edward Burke of Liverpool, dock labourer
b ca
1842, co. Mayo
d
m 2
Mar 1868, Holy Cross, Liverpool
29 Margaret Callaghan
b ca
1844, co. Limerick
d 27
May 1905, Liverpool
30 John Moore of Liverpool, brakesman
b ca
1857, Ireland
d
m
26 Oct 1879, St Alban, Liverpool
31 Ellen English
b 5
Jul 1861, Liverpool
d 5
Sep 1945, Liverpool
Sources
Who’s Who
Dod’s Parliamentary Companion, 2010 (London, 2009)
Lancashire BMD (www.lancashirebmd.org.uk)
National civil registration indexes
National probate calendars
1939 register
1861 census returns, West Derby (National Archives,RG
9/2730, fol. 100)
1871 census returns, Liverpool (National Archives, RG 10/3759,
fol. 144)
1881 census returns, Kirkdale (National
Archives, RG 11/3682, fol. 9)
1881 census returns, Liverpool (National Archives, RG 11/3596,
fol. 92A)
1891 census returns, Bootle (National Archives, RG 12/2975, fol.
41)
1891 census returns, Kirkdale (National
Archives, RG 12/2966, fol. 9)
1891 census returns, Liverpool (National Archives, RG 12/2902,
fol. 44)
1891 census returns, Toxteth Park (National Archives, RG 12/2931,
fol. 141)
1891 census returns, Toxteth Park (National Archives, RG 12/2940,
fol. 9)
1901 census returns, Everton (National Archives, RG 13/3474, fol.
87)
1901 census returns, Toxteth Park (National Archives, RG 13/3440,
fol. 17)
1901 census returns, Wavertree (National Archives, RG 13/3503,
fol. 45)
1911 census returns, Bootle (National Archives, RG 14/22436)
1911 census returns, Liverpool (National Archives, RG 14/22143)
1911 census returns, Wavertree (National Archives, RG 14/22655)
1921 census returns, Liverpool (National Archives, RG 15/17678)
1921 census returns, Liverpool (National Archives, RG 15/17683)
1921 census returns, Warrington (National Archives, RG 15/18375)
1921 census returns, Wavertree (National Archives, RG 15/17905)
St Peter, Liverpool, parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com)
St Vincent de Paul, Liverpool, registers
(online at www.ancestry.com)
Our Lady of Reconciliation de la Salette, Liverpool, registers
(online at www.ancestry.com)
St Patrick, Toxteth Park, registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk)
St Alphonsus, Liverpool, registers
(online at www.findmypast.co.uk)
St Anthony, Liverpool, registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk)
St Sylvester, Liverpool, registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk)
St Alban, Liverpool, registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk)
Holy Cross, Liverpool, registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk)
Orford parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com)
St Cleopas, Toxteth, parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com)
St John the Baptist, Toxteth Park, parish registers
(online at www.ancestry.com)
Walton on the Hill parish
registers
St Clement, Walton on the Hill, parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk)
Allerton Cemetery registers (online at www.ancestry.com)
Toxteth Park Cemetery registers (online at www.ancestry.com)
Sefton General Hospital register of deaths (Liverpool Record
Office, 614 SEF/4/5)
Birth certificate for Andrew Murray Burnham
Birth certificate for Emma Curry
Birth certificate for Emma Stephenson
Birth certificate for Mary Ann Kelly
Birth certificate for Walter James Burnham
Birth certificate for William Henry Davies
Death certificate for Ellen (English) Moore
Death certificate for Emma (Curry) Hughes
Death certificate for Margaret (Callaghan) Burke
Daniel Boffey, “From
Cambridge ‘impostor’ to New Labour star: Andy Burnham’s winding path to power”,
The Guardian, 16 Jul 2026
Liverpool Daily Post, 26 May 1936, 31 Aug 1938
Liverpool Echo, 10 Apr 1915, 29 Nov 1915, 27 Nov 1916, 24 Jul
1945, 21 May 1996
Liverpool Post & Mercury, 19 Jun 1931
Liverpool Weekly Courier, 2 Sep 1899
Monumental
inscription at Ford Cemetery, Liverpool
Prisoners of War 1715-1945 (online at www.findmypast.co.uk)
World War I Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923 (online at www.ancestry.com)
Army Registers of Soldiers’ Effects, 1901-1929 (online at www.ancestry.com)
England, Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991 (www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CD5Y-CNN2)
England and Wales, Death Index, 1989-2025 (online at www.ancestry.com)
