CWHP was a partner in a private bank of Pickering and Schroder, Ellismere Port, Eccles and that bank help finance the Transatlantic Cable. We know that Cyrus W. Field, the general manager of the project, visited England ". . . and held meetings in London, Liverpool, Manchester and other places, where, by his speeches, he created such an enthusiasm, that in the course of a few weeks the whole amount of the stock was taken up." [The laying of the Cable, or The Ocean Telegraph, by John Mullaly, D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1858]

Mrs. Ernest K. Morgan (granddaughter of Henry Alfred Pickering) remembers that her Grandfather owned a piece of the Transatlantic Cable and she played with it as a child. The a descendant of Henry Alfred, son of Charles and Elizabeth, is now the owner of the cable. The youngest daughter of CWHP was named Valencia for the location in Valencia, Ireland where the cable was joined from Newfoundland.

The wonderful photo of Elizabeth (upper right) was sent to me by a cousin, Jeff Tozier, a Great Grandson of Elizabeth Catherine Walker Pickering [1820-1895].

Jeff Tozier writes . . .

"My grandmother left my father (and then, in turn, me) many family memories and artifacts. Among them are pictures of Pickerings that go back to an undated picture of Mrs. Charles Wm. Pickering. This is a seated photo of her taken at Montebello in a dress she supposedly wore as a Lady in Waiting to the court of Queen Victoria."

GORES LIVERPOOL DIRECTORY - 1850's

1859 - Pickering Bros. Merchant, Drury Lane
1859 - Pickering, CWHP, Merchant, J. H. Schroder, corn merchant
1860-1880 - CWHP Montebello
1882 - 1893 - Pickering, Mrs. E.P., Montebello
1897 - Karran, John E., Ship Owner, Montebello
1912 - Robinson, Mrs. Isabel, Montebello (Private Hotel)

During WWI it was a convalescent home for sailors and was probably destroyed by urban development during the late 1880's.

Complete Address: Montebello, St. Georges Mount, New Brighton,
Chester County

Please e-mail with your comments, changes and additions
Webmaster: Connie Pickering Stover / cstover@fastq.com