Friday 30 January 2009

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.

Monday 26 January 2009

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

Saturday 24 January 2009

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)

Friday 23 January 2009

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

Thursday 22 January 2009

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)

 

Wednesday 21 January 2009

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

Tuesday 20 January 2009

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!!

Monday 19 January 2009

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