THE MOUNT Owners and Occupiers (continued):

1878-1889
Herbert Kirkham Bibby (c.1845-1927) a General Broker born in Wiesbaden came here in 1878. By 1881 his wife Julia of 23, born in Woolwich, 2 sons Thomas 2 & Claud 7 months, his brother Ernest an apprentice copper smelter, with his wife Sarah and their small son Kenneth & 2 servants were here with him on census night. The brothers were members of the Bibby family of steamship owners (Bibby Steamship Co.), Copper Smelters of Garston & St. Helens and Oil Cake Mfrs. In 1889 Herbert Bibby and his family moved to Acrefield.

1890-1893
The next occupier of this house was Edgar C. Hornby, son of Henry H. Hornby of Grassendale, a cotton broker (Hornby & Hemelryk) established by his father c.1860. He was a life member of the Liverpool Cricket Club. He died in 1922 leaving a, widow, 1 son and 2 daughters.

1894-1898
On the first of January 1984 H.C. Neilson moved in. He was a stock & share broker (Neilson & Graves), by 1907 he was living at Aston Hall, Hawarden.

1898-1902
When Malcolm Blair became tenant in 1898 the R.V. had gone down to £49.

1903 -1911: From the 1903 Rates Book Alfred Maybrick and William J. Bush seem to be sharing the house, but from 1904 to 1911 the tenant is just W.J. Bush. From his probate in 1920 we see that when he died on 17th July he was living at Alma Cottage, Parkgate with his wife Charlotte. Effects £5,717. He had been the manager of the Liverpool Warehousing Co.

1912: The house was empty.

1913-1917: Stanley Rimmer, a timber merchant, was here.

1918-1919: The house appears to have been empty again.

1920-1921: George F. Morrell, provision merchant (John Morrell & Co, Victoria Street) was the tenant.

1922-1935: Mrs Richard Bulman (née Kindle) bought the house from the widow of James Cross, and ? after her death, her daughter Miss Mary Florence Bulman lived here.

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