Tracing the McDonnell's Forwards - Part 2

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Hurrah!

The 1911 Census now has Durham and Yorkshire online, so I went digging for more information on the McDonnell's.

On my previous post I had some McDonnell children which were possibly part of my tree but didn't know where they lived. I've now managed to trace a few of them using the 1911 census and it would seem two of them were my grandfather's brothers!

Charles McDonnell - Q2 1906 Sculcoates 9d 227

Albert Edward McDonnell - Q3 1906 Sculcoates 9d 196 [Married Emily C Booth 1929 St Philips (Bilton Grange) Hull]

Louis Desmond McDonnell - Q1 1909 Sculcoates 9d 193 [Married Ellen Parker 1933 St Andrew (Drypool) Hull]

Charles, Albert and Louis are now all accounted for and do belong in my tree.

Lily McDonnell - Q2 1909 Sculcoates 9d 198 [Married Frank Stainforth 1933 St Andrew (Drypool) Hull]

Robert William - Q3 1909 Sculcoates 9d 209

Henry Albert McDonnell - Q1 1907 Sculcoates 9d 186 [Married Nellie Tait 1930 Sculcoates Register Offices Hull?]

Lily, Robert and Henry are still on the "to find" list.

It would seem that Albert Edward McDonnell and Emily Booth had at least one child, Horace E McDonnell.

Multitasking

While waiting for the 1911 Census to upload East Ridings and Durham online I've been looking at both sides of my family tree...........I am convinced one day my son will be interested and not just sigh and roll his eyes at the mention of it!

Anyway I've been looking into William Murrell....again!!! I've contacted a couple of people on Ancestry who I've found to have a possible match....watch this space!!

I've also been looking at the Permain side of the tree and found a possible link that goes back to Hampshire. I'm waiting on a birth certificate at the moment and then it's full steam ahead to see what else I can find! William Permain was an upholsterer....it seems after he was a soldier, and a lodging house keeper in Kensington. He married a Caroline Burford, born in Ross Herefordshire, in 1868. Caroline died in 1879 and William went on to marry Emily Halbeard who was born in Birmingham in 1840. William's father was Thomas, and I believe his mother was Elizabeth ?? From census records I think he had a sister Martha Hewlett Permain, and two brothers, George and John. Emily Halbeards family appear interesting....but that's a whole other post for another day!

Am practising patience while awaiting the 1911 ........................

New Website - Photographers 1840 - 1940

I Just found this, looks like it could be very useful if you have any old photo's or photographers in the family!

http://www.cartedevisite.co.uk/

A website about the photographers of Great Britain and Ireland from 1840 to 1940, their photographs, their studios and their customers.



Get information from the world’s largest collection of British and Irish carte de visite photographs and from the results of over 30 years of trade directory and census research.

More 1911 Census News

Good news for anyone who is worried their credits will run out before the county they are waiting for comes online.....it looks like Find My Past are going to extend your credits.....but only if you email them........details here http://blog.1911census.co.uk/2009/02/credit-extension-for-those-waiting-for-remaining-counties/

Q - Where would I be without the list?

A - A lot more stuck than I am!

I really can't recommend enough joining up to Rootsweb Mailing Lists for the area(s) you are researching.

Not only do you get a lot of great and helpful advice, the people I've met so far have been great in helping to piece together details from my tree by helping to search, local knowledge, or looking things up for you!!

If you're a bit stuck or just want some advice or confirmation you are looking along the right lines in your tree, give them a go!! The Link is in the left sidebar, or click here http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/

Unusual Names Update

New Number One position....

1) Easington Charlotte Batchelor 1831 Benington, Lincolnshire, England
2) Ephriam Alan Ayre 1803 Kingston Upon Hull Yorkshire England
3) Ritson Taylor 1894 Sunderland, Durham, England
4) Silas Boyd 1815 Hartley Hampshire England

1911 Census Counties News *hurrah*

I know this might be a bit old now, but it's exciting news and at least we now have an idea of what's coming and when!!

Click below or the title of this post to read the latest!

Thank you 1911 census peoples

http://blog.1911census.co.uk/2009/02/order-of-scanning-of-remaining-counties/

New Surnames

There's been a bit a lull in research as I recently "did my back in" resulting in an inability to move a couple of weeks ago!!! It's getting a bit better every day and the osteopath said I've damaged a disc, but not horrendously - The doctor said "have some pills"

Anyway I'm on the mend and have been looking a bit further into my partners side of the family tree, surnames and area's as below!

Aspery - London & Birmingham
Burford - Herefordshire & London
Halbeard - London & Birmingham
Hardy - London & Somerset
Hunt - Hertfordshire & London
Jenkins - London & Somerset
Marklew - Birmingham
Permain - London
Skelding - Birmingham
Tupman - London & Somerset

If you'd like more info on the surnames above drop me an email!

I also hope there is someone else out there looking at the Permain surname who might be pleased to find a hit rather than Google asking if you mean "permian" So annoying LOL !!

Something interesting I've found is that (subject to a marriage certificate to confirm) my gr gr gr grandfather in law was a successful paper mache manufacturer and japanner, until he went bust, ended up in prison and then worked as a clerk. I am loving the access to the 19th century newspapers online via my library!!

John B Dixon

As per the last post I've started looking at John B Dixon, who I am now sure is actually John Robert Dixon. If you look at the census return I'm sure the B which is transcribed is actually an R - especially when you compare with the R on Railway on the same return in the same handwriting!

Off I go in search of John Robert!

McDonnell Update

Yesterday I received the death certificate for Sydney McDonnell who accidentally drowned in the River Humber in 1926 aged 7 :o( Sydney would have been my granddad's brother. His death certificate said he was the nephew and adopted son of Harry Dixon of 42 Lee Smith Street. Harry would have been Alice Dixon's brother and can be found on the Crowle Street Kids website (link in sidebar) living at 42 Lee Smith Street from 1935.

Harry is listed as living with a Sarah whom I assume was his wife I've narrowed it down to Sarah J LONGSTER in 1907 or Sarah A STOW in 1915 from Yorkshire BMD - I will have to await the 1911 census to confirm I think.

I've ordered Sydney's birth certificate as my records so far place Edward McDonnell in Australia in 1915 in the Australian Imperial Force. His papers suggest they were passed to the department of repatriation in about 1931/32. So far I've been unable to find Edward coming back to the UK, or Alice going out to Australia. Sydney's birth was registered in Q4 of 1918.

Using the Crowle Street Kids website I've managed to find a marriage for Edith Dixon, another of Alice's siblings, to a William Rawson in 1920, and I think four children Ethel, Vera, Jeffrey and Betty. Now hopefully soon I'll be able to put together Harry's marriage and find out who Sydney's adoptive mother was.

Last left on the list for Alice's siblings is John B Dixon born abt 1883.

1911 Census - Counties

Found this on the 1911 Blog http://blog.1911census.co.uk/2009/01/map-counties-currently-available/ which explains why the North and Wales are last to be made available.....fair enough I spose......tho no less frustrating having to wait.....I am not a good waiter LOL :o)

If I get their explanation right, the I think East Ridings, Yorkshire is going to be the next to become available.......I hope so!!!! The original email said they hoped to have the whole of the UK available by the Summer, which looking at the amount of places still to come online makes me think that maybe it wont be too long a wait for Yorkshire and Durham.

*crosses fingers*

I am so itching to find a lot of people from Oop North!!

I've heard also (if reading various message boards and googling for theories counts) that when it's all online and fully searchable they will open it up to subscriptions rather than pay per view......I'm also looking forward to this as it's not all that easy to tell from the results at the moment whether you have the right family or not, and sometimes it's something completely random whcih leads you to finding your family transcribed as something weird and wonderful. If I had to PPV for all the censuses I've looked at on Ancestry which were wrong I'd be having to ebay the entire contents of my house to pay for them :o)

Till then however I will practice patience, which is a virtue apparently :o

More Unknown Photos

Following on from the funky new addition in the sidebar, here are some more of my unknown pictures. No idea on the two ladies at the top, I'm thinking that the lady on the bottom photo may be a Dixon?? I'm also thinking the lady in these two other photos is probably a Dixon too.......










.....just because she so reminds me of my Grandad, and the photo I have of my Great Grandmother. I think my Grandad inherited the Dixon genes - although I don't have a picture of my Great Grandfather to prove this as yet.....I live in hope!!!

SJ x

New Stuff in the sidebar

Hi all

I've found this cool new widget which shows all the pictures I've posted on the blog in a little slideshow in the sidebar!

Enjoy SJ x

Granny Dixon - Pitts Terrace

Following on from my post the other day about the Crowle Street Kids (link on the left) website, I've uploaded the picture that started my journey to find this website. Granny Dixon, as noted on the back of the photo is, I am sure, Emma Grainge. Emma Grainge was born in about 1861 in Skirlaugh, Hornsea, Yorkshire, England. Her parents were John Grainge and Jane Short.

In 1882 Emma married John Thomas Dixon in Glanford Brigg, Lincolnshire.

Emma and John had four children John B Dixon, born abt 1883, Alice Dixon born 1884 Harry born abt 1887 and Edith born abt 1897.

On searching for more information on Pitts Terrace so I could find out more about the photo I came accross the Crowle Street Kids website and was surprised to find that Emma Dixon was living on Pitts Terrace at number 14 during the 1940's and 50's. She appears to have been living with her daughter Edith and her daughters husband William Rawson. Also living there was Edith and William's son Jeffrey Rawson.

Edith and William look to have married in 1920 and had four children, Ethel, Vera, Jeffery and Betty.

It appears the family lives in and around the area at the turn of the century with the Dixon's living at Crowle Avenue in 1901, my grandfather being born in Wilfreds Terrace, Raven Street, and my great grandparents giving their address as Crowle Street in 1905.

Batchelor Family Of Lincolnshire

Up until today when I revisited this family I had a Charlotte Esentoun Batchelor, born abt 1831 and married to Richard Dixon in 1852. Now looking again I think her first name was either Esentoun or Esenton. She appeard to marry inder the name Esentoun Charlotte Batchelor, and looking today I found what I'm sure is her with her family in 1841 (how many Esento(u)n Batchelors can there be in Lincolnshire?? )

In 1841 her name is spelt Esenton, and her brothers and sisters have some brilliant names!!

Esenton's Parents
John Batchelor abt1786
Ann ??? abt1796

Esenton's Siblings
Jemima Batchelor abt1829
Carrington Batchelor abt1829
Cornelious Batchelor abt1831
Kesia Batchelor abt1836

Looking at the Family search website there seems to be a couple of varient spellings for Kesia - Kezziania and Kuzziah, and the 1851 census has her as Kezziah.

I also have a Carrington born 1829 from the 1841 census and one born 1840 from the 1851 census??

Esenton Batchelor would have been my Great Great Great Grandmother, and married Richard Dixon in 1852 in Glanford Brigg. From the censuses thereon, she seems to use the name Charlotte. She appears to have died in Glanford Brigg, Lincolnshire aged between 46 and 48 in 1879. He death is listed under the name Easington Charlotte Dixon in quarter 3.

So far I've been unable to find her in 1851, but she appears not to have been living with her parents at this time.

So I wonder if her name was Esenton, Esentoun - probably less likely IMO to have been Easington??? But if you have details on the family with what her name actually was drop me an email :o)

Crowle Street Kids

 

http://www.crowlestreetkids.com/

 

A very exciting website......I just found my gr gr grandmother living on Pitts Terrace in the 1940’s and 50’s .............more later........

 

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Posted by email

Still Waiting.......

….For Yorkshire (East Ridings) and Durham to appear on the 1911 census……..

 

*sigh*

 

The 1911 Blog has some good updates tho…………if you, like me, are still waiting for your ancestors counties to come online!

 

http://blog.1911census.co.uk/

 

………………………

 

Posted by email :o)

 

Quilkin Family

One person in my tree I've been trying to find out more information on is Margaret Quilkin.

She was born abt 1855 in Sunderland (although it does say this on census returns I believe she may have been born in Ireland)

In quarter 1 of 1871 aged abt 17 she married George Bell (born 1852 in Sunderland) On the 1871 census she was living at 15 George Street, West Sunderland and was a sempstress.

In 1881 I can't find the family.

In 1891 they were living at 20 Stamps Lane, Sunderland, husband George is a Baker.

In 1901 they were at 10 Stamps Lane, Sunderland, George still a Baker.

Margaret and George had six children between 1872 and 1886.


John W Bell Born 1872 SUNDERLAND Durham England

Elizabeth Ellen Bell Born 1873 SUNDERLAND Durham England Died 1906
SUNDERLAND Durham, England

Margaret Bell Born 1875 SUNDERLAND Durham England

Mary A Bell Born 1877 SUNDERLAND Durham England

George Alderson Bell Born 1880 SUNDERLAND Durham England

May Unthank Bell Born 1886 SUNDERLAND Durham England

Family info suggests she may have been Irish, and I am struggling to find her birth registered, or her on the 1861 census with her parents. So I'm guessing she came over to England between her birth and 1871.

Any info on the surname Quilkin greatfully received :o)

SJ x

Sparshott Chronicle

Hi all

If you found me searching for the name Sparshott I have been sent an excellent webiste which might help you out. I posted my surname list a few days ago which included Sparshott. I only have one in my tree who was Mary Ann E Sparshott born in abt 1878 in Sunderland, Durham. She married John W Bell in Sunderland in 1896. John W Bell was my Great Great Grandmother, Elizabeth Ellen Bell's brother.

Anyway I received an email from Peter at the Sparshott Chronicle who is researching this surname. So if you have Sparshott's in your tree click the link above or the one in the sidebar and take a look.

SJ x

Libraries

Well you learn something new every day!!!

I've been mainly an on line family tree researcher, being as my family comes from either Durham or Yorkshire I've been using Ancestry, Free BMD and a few other sites to put together the information I have at the moment. I've got to the point where I feel I've got pretty much all I can from there at the moment, until new stuff is added.

With a huge amount of thanks going to the Rootsweb London List I've now found out how to view loads of additional information online via my council website with my library card - which has until now been mostly neglected and gathering dust in my purse!! It's mainly old newspapers, but they seem to cover most of the country which is excellent!!! Not that I've found anything yet but I think the search facility is going to take some practicing LOL

Anyway if you're wanting to have a search through the old historic papers online check out the facilities your library offers and you, like me, might be able to stay safely on your butt in front of the pooter to view some!!

Thanks again to the Rootsweb London List!!

New Updated Surnames and Places!

Here’s my all new updated surname list with (where I could remember) the place they came from!!

 

I now have 121 surnames in my tree. This year the plan is to find some of my ancestors on the 1911 census and hopefully put a bit more information to the four main grandparent branches in my tree. I’ve not quite worked out how I’m going to do this yet as being t’other end of the country to Durham and Yorkshire I might either have to arrange a visit or find out how to (and what to) look at for things which may not be online!

 

Anyway, here goes the Surname Listing! Hope it looks OK as I’m posting this via email!

 

SJ x

 

Name	County	Place	County1	Place1
Agar	Yorkshire	Kingston Upon Hull
Alderson	Durham	Sunderland
Ansell
Ayre	Yorkshire
Babb
Bagnet
Bailey
Barney
Batchelor
Baxter
Bell	Durham	Sunderland
Benfield
Black	Durham	Sunderland
Blenkhorn	Durham	Sunderland
Booth
Borrer	Surrey	Croydon
Bowyer	Surrey	Chipstead/Croydon
Boyd	Surrey	Croydon	Sunderland	Durham
Brooks	Yorkshire	Sculcaotes
Brown
Burn
Burt
Butler
Caiger
Cairns	Durham	Sunderland
Clark
Cloughton	Durham	Sunderland
Cockburn
Cooper
Corp
Course
Coutts	Durham	Sunderland	Scotland	Aberdeenshire
Cowey
Creed
Davis
Dickinson
Ditchburn
Dixon	Yorkshire	Sculcaotes
Donaldson	Northumberland	Brownside
Douglass	Durham	Sunderland
Earle
Farquarson
Foster
Fowler	Durham	Sunderland
Grainge	Yorkshire	Sculcaotes
Greenwood
Hardy	Somerset
Hawthorn
Henderson	Durham	Sunderland
Hesketh	Durham	Sunderland
Hibbs
Hill
Hold	Durham	Sunderland
Hunt
Hunter
Jenkins	Somerset	Wells
Joan
Jordan
Kennedy	Scotland	Aberdeenshire
Kirby
Knowles
Langford
Leedham	Durham	Sunderland
Leighton
Ley
Lisle	Durham	Sunderland
Little
Littlewood
Luty	Durham	Sunderland
Mallory
Mark
McDermott	Durham	Sunderland
McDonnell	Yorkshire	Sculcaotes/Myton	Leeds
McKinnon
Metcalf
Mitchell
Moody
Moore
Morley
Mould
Murdy	Durham	Sunderland
Murrell	Durham	Sunderland	God Only Knows!
Nation
Newbert
Nicholson
Osgerby
Palfrey	Somerset
Park
Parker
Parkinson
Pedgrift	Yorkshire	Sculcoates
Peters	Durham	Sunderland
Pickup
Pocklington
Poole
Pullen
Quilkin	Durham	Sunderland
Ranger
Riach
Shield
Shimell
Smawfield
Snowden
Sparshott
Spencer
Stemp	Surrey	Cranleigh
Tanner
Taylor	Durham	Sunderland	Northumberland	Ellingham
Teal
Teal
Thompson
Thorp	London	Kensington
Turner
Turner
Watts
Weetman
Wilkins
Wilson
Woods
Wraith	Durham	Sunderland
Wright