Matthew Gore is my Great Grandfather
He was born in Liverpool in 1879 to Thomas Gore and Alice Youds.
His early life was pretty traumatic; his father died when he was 4 years old and then his mother when he was 11 and he had no brothers and sisters which is unusual for that generation in my family. Papers show that his Aunty Mary Pye (Gore) and Uncle John Pye had previously been made his Guardians and he moved in with them and lived with them until he got married in 1907, firstly in a cottage in Orrell and then Jackson Street in Toxteth
He married Sarah Anne Walton at St Athanasius Church Kirkdale, Liverpool in 1907 and they had 3 children, the eldest of which was my Grandmother Alice (Mary) Gore.
Matthew worked all his life on the docks in Liverpool, firstly as a fruit porter and he retired as a Customs Clerk working for the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board. In 1911 when he was 32, he was living in Pentland Avenue in Liverpool and his Aunty Mary, now a widow was living with them. A favour returned.
He died aged 86 years in 1966
