My Genealogy

Edward McDonnell 30th August 1883 – 11th January 1975.

2010-08-24T12:02:00.001+01:00

Edward McDonnell 30^th August 1883 – 11^th January 1975.

Edward was born on 30th August 1883 in Myton, Kingston Upon Hull, Hull, England at 1 Hutchinsons Place to Peter McDonnell, and Elizabeth Ann McDonnell (nee Ayre)

In 1891 (Age: 8) He was living at 1 Medley Square in Drypool, Yorkshire, England with his parents, and three brothers and his sister. He was a scholar.

On 14^th August 1897 is mother Elizabeth Ann dies from acute hepatitis aged 43 years.

In 1901 (Age: 18) Edward is living with his sister and her husband, and their three children at 1 Ivy Cottages Southcoates Lane Sculcoates, Yorkshire, England. Also living with their sister are Edwards three brothers.

On 12th June 1905 (Age: 21) Edward marries Alice Dixon at St Andrews, Drypool, Kingston Upon Hull. He is a Labourer living at 63 Crowle Street in Drypool at the time.

Between 1905 and 1910 Edward and Alice have three sons and move to 10 Wilfred Terrace, Raven Street Hull Sculcoates Kingston Upon Hull Yorkshire England. Edward is a Ship Yard Labourer.

On 21^st April 1910 Edward’s father Peter dies from Acute Bronchitis

On 5th December 1913 (Age: 30) Edward leaves Hull and departs from London to Australia aboard the Omrah. Two of his brothers also leave for Australia around the same time.

On 2nd December 1915 (Age: 32) Edward enlists in the Australian Imperial Force at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Edward is described on enlistment as being 33 years and 3 months. 5 feet and 4 inches. 132 ½ lb. His chest measures 35 – 37 ½ inches. His complexion is sallow, his eyes blue and hair brown. His religious denomination is C of E. He has a vaccination on his right forearm and a scar on his right shin. He has a tattoo of three dots on his lower forearm, and three moles. On 2nd May 1916 (Age: 32) he is discharged from Australian Imperial Force as medically unfit.

From 1930 to 1954 Edward lived in New South Wales in Lord Street and May Street according to the electoral rolls.

Residence

1930 (Age: 47)

107 Lord Street Camdenville, Cook, New South Wales, Australia

Boiler Attendant

Residence

1933 (Age: 50)

107 Lord Street Camdenville, Cook, New South Wales, Australia

Boiler Attendant

Residence

1943 (Age: 60)

58 May Street, St Peters, Cook, New South Wales, Australia

Textile

Residence

1949 (Age: 66)

58 May Street, St Peters, Grayndler, New South Wales, Australia

Textile

Residence

1954 (Age: 71)

58 May Street, St Peters, Grayndler, New South Wales, Australia

Textile

Edward McDonnell died on 11 January 1975 (Age: 91) in Peakhurst, New South Wales, Australia.

Updating!!!!

2010-03-18T21:05:00.008Z

Ok so yes it is about time I update this!!

I have been really excited about getting in touch with my Dad's cousin and actually meeting up with her and her husband :o) We had such a fantastic day together!!

I have been going great guns with the McDonnell's and have found out that Edward McDonnell who emigrated to Australia in about 1913 died in a Sydney suburb called Peakhurst in 1975. It looks likely he remarried and had a son. I think there are links to Newtown and Peakhurst, but there is, as ever, more investigating to do!! Would really love to hear from anyone who finds this blog searching for the above!!

Still looking for more information on Frederick Taylor b 1873 in Sunderland. I found him in 1911 but living with his children and parents after the death of his first wife Elizabeth Ellen Bell in 1906. I am told he remarried and had further Taylor children but have been unable to find them as yet......it's possible he never actually married but just lived with his "second wife".

Still no sign of William Murrell b 1873 despite the LMA records coming onto Ancestry!! Still can't prove either way the French/Bethnal Green connection. I'm thinking maybe he also remarried as did Margaret Georgina Coutts but I've yet to find it!!! TBH he could have gone anywhere after 1901 (ish) I found Grandma Coutts in 1911 enumerated as Lisle but still no sign of her in 1901.

Found some great info on baptism's and marriages' on the LMA records though :o)

All for now!!

SJ x x x x

Tracing the McDonnell's Forwards - Part 2

2009-03-18T15:49:00.003Z

Original post

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

2009-02-23T18:42:00.005Z

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

2009-02-19T23:41:00.001Z

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

2009-02-18T14:46:00.001Z

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?

2009-02-18T14:39:00.002Z

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

2009-02-14T18:51:00.001Z

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

2009-02-14T18:36:00.004Z

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

2009-02-14T18:15:00.015Z

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

2009-01-30T13:06:00.001Z

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

2009-01-30T12:40:00.006Z

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

2009-01-26T17:50:00.008Z

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

2009-01-26T17:28:00.007Z

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

2009-01-26T17:22:00.004Z

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

2009-01-24T19:04:00.009Z

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

2009-01-24T14:45:00.004Z

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

2009-01-23T11:05:00.000Z

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.......

2009-01-22T12:36:00.000Z

….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

2009-01-21T17:00:00.004Z

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

2009-01-21T16:46:00.004Z

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

2009-01-20T16:52:00.004Z

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!

2009-01-19T13:24:00.001Z

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

1911 UK Census

2009-01-18T19:56:00.004Z

How exciting!!!!! It's now available online although not all counties are there yet, and unfortunately the two I am wating for most are Durham and Yorkshire (East Ridings) and are not yet completed and released, so I'm checking on (what feels like) an hourly rate waiting for them to come online!!

It's quite expensive at the moment as it's on pay per view credits so I've tried to limit myself to the ones I really want to see!

In Yorkshire I'm waiting to see where my Grandad was in 1911, he would have been about 1, my great grandad in Sunderland should be there too and I am interested to find out where he was living as his mother had died in childbirth in 1906. I'm also interested to see where his father was, and whether he was still living with his children at then, as at some point after his wife died the childrens went to live with their grandparents.

I'm also looking to find my great grandma, also in Sunderland, I've had a real nightmare tracing her on the 1901, she's not to be found anywhere!!!

I've had some luck with the Boyd's in Croydon and have found great grandad Boyd with his step sister and her husband, also another step sister appears to have been visiting! Looks like Aunty Edie had just got married to Harry William Bailey (or maybe William Harry as he lists himself as Harry then signs the form WH Bailey) Anyway Gr Grandad Boyd was 18, and a shop assistant to a Tailor. Not sure where to go next with the Boyds as they are a bit of a mess around the late 1800's early 1900's.

Gr Grandad Boyd's father was Silas, who didn't appear with him on the 1901 census. Gr Grandad Boyd is there with his mother Elizabeth and two step sisters, who are listed as hers. Tracing the step sisters back on previous censuses there were two further brothers and the father Alfred was amrried to an Elizabeth, although I am really not sure that the two Elizabeths are the same - other than the fact Gr Grandad Boyd's birth certificate says his mother was a Bowyer, late Wilson (now Boyd) I can't find any of the marriages for them!! One to look over when I get a bit of time, it was one of the first branches added to my tree so maybe I need to go back thru and check it all out!

Anyway, mid month new years resoloution is to update the blog more!! Thanks to all who have visited, and for all the emails!

Still Searching

2008-11-23T14:42:00.002Z

Hi

I am still here! Wanted to say a big thank you to everyone who has emailed me recently, adding more information and branches to my tree, and I hope yours!

Things I am working on at the moment are William Murrell - STILL !!!! The Douglass brances of my tree to try to find a link with the ancestors of someone who emailed me. The Taylors, still looking for some information on Frederick b 1873. It seems I had the wrong second marriage for Frederick in my tree after receiving the marriage certificate! Not bad going it's the first duff certificate I've spent out on since beginning researching the family tree. So if anyone has a Frederick Taylor, marrying a Mary Jane Carter nee Derbyshire in their tree, I have a copy of the certificate if you want to drop me an email. The marriage was 28th September 1928 in Sunderland Register Office, Frederick was a farm servant living at 27 West Sunniside, Sunderland. Mary a widow living at 50 Henry Street East. Frederick's father was Edward Taylor a wood carver and Mary's Anthony John Derbyshire a Fireman (seagoing), witnesses were Ernest Taylor and E A Taylor.

Bits and bobs

2008-08-19T13:59:00.002+01:00

I've finally found some time to get going on the family tree again, although at the moment I'm not really sure which part yo look at, so for the time being I'm just looking at bits and bobs as they come up, or whatever takes my fancy at the time.

I am so looking forward to the 1911 census LOL it's going to hopefully answer quite a few questions!

I've managed to decipher some information on the Boyd's thanks to the great people at Rootschat, and have found some information on the Hunt branch.

I've been watching the new Heir Hunters program on the BBC before the Olympics wiped it off the morning line up, and am looking forward to seeing all the new series of Who Do You Think You Are, last weeks was brill!!

I think perhaps they have given me the kick up the bum to start looking again, tho sometimes a break can be a good thing to give yourself a rest and come back with fresh eyes!!

Murrell Murrell Murrell Murrell

2008-04-08T18:14:00.004+01:00

.....still looking for that piece of information to prove or disprove that Bethnal Green William Murrell is my Great Great Grandfather.

Not Much Doing......

2008-02-21T13:49:00.004Z

....in the genealogy way at the moment, it's been a pretty busy time here so I've not had much of a chance to get stuck in, plus I think I might have burnt out a bit going 100 miles a hour with the latest McDonnell discovery LOL

So I'm recharging my batteries and thought I'd leave this one with you!

Elizabeth Ann McDonnell (nee Ayre)

2008-02-08T21:52:00.000Z

Proof of a sort that I was right in connecting Elizabeth Ayre and Ann Ayre - even her children seem confused as to what she was called. Her two sons who emigrated to Victoria, Australia have listed her as Elizabeth, and Ann on their death certificates, well I'm sure they didn't persoanlly, but it does confirm what I thought that she used both on a regular basis and was know as either in life as on certificates.

Louis McDonnell / Louis Park

2008-02-08T21:31:00.000Z

I am wondering if Louis might be a McDonnell family name somewhere back along the line, or someone closely connected to the McDonnell's.

I have a Louis Desmond McDonnell birth registered in 1909, Sculcoated, he married Ellen Parker in 1933 in Sculcoates.

In 1902 Mary Ann McDonnell and John Park had a son called Louis Walter Park - who I'd guess married Louisa A Pickup in 1930 in Hull.

Perhaps it's co-incidence???? Perhaps there's more to it I'm going to discover at a later date!

SJ's Marriage Witness Index

2008-02-07T16:55:00.000Z

14 November 1819 - Marriage of William Palfrey and Mary Babb at the Church by Banns - Witnesses - George Babb & Elizabeth Haddon

16 April 1853 - Marriage of William Ayre and Mary Ann Teal at the Register Office, Sculcoates, Kingston Upon Hull - Witnesses - Charles Clapperon (?) and Jane Hildblood(?)

18th January 1870 - Marriage of Jonathan Fowler and Ellen Burn at the Parish Church, All Saints, Monkwearmouth - Witnesses - John Fowler & Margaret Ann Ramshaw.

24th March 1874 - Marriage of Peter McDonnell and (Elizabeth) Ann Ayre at the Catholic Chapel (? Unreadable) in the District of Sculcoates in the County of Kingston Upon Hull - Witnesses - Michael Fox & Mary Ann Fox.

8th July 1883 - Marriage of William Stemp and Caroline Palmer at the Church in the Parish of St James, Westminster, in the County of Middlesex - Witnesses - Alfred Weaver & Harriot Weaver.

1st January 1896 - Marriage of Margaret Georgina Coutts and WIlliam Murrell at The Cathedral int he Parish of St Nicholas, Newcastle - Witnesses - Thomas Colley & Frances Coutts

12th June 1903 - Marriage of Edward McDonnell and Alice Dixon at the Parish Church, in the Parish of Drypool in the County of Kingston Upon Hull - Witnesses - Arthur McDonnell, Harvy Dixon, Jane Elizabeth Spencer & Sarah Jane Longster.

8th August 1905 - Marriage of Peter McDonnell and Nellie Littlewood Brooks at the Brunswick Chapel, Holdness Road in the District of Sculcoates in they County of Kingston Upon Hull - Witnesses - William McDonnell and Alice Maud Brooks

15th June 1912 - Marriage of William James Stemp and Linda Mary Palfrey at St Martine, Kensal Rise in the Parish of Willesden in the County of Middlesex - Witnesses - Arthur John Stemp, George William Palfrey, Lydia Louise Palfrey & Daisy Harriet Stemp.

23rd December 1916 - Marriage of Frederick George Boyd and Hilda Murdy at the Register Office in the district of Sunderland - Witnesses - B Storey & E W Harrison.

17th January 1942 - Marriage of William Pedgrift and Alice McDonnell (formerly Dixon) at the register office in the county borough of Kingston Upon Hull - Witnesses - JL Hammond & O Hammond.

WooooHoooooMcDonnells!!

2008-02-06T17:34:00.000Z

Ok so the certificate came, and it does indeed prove that it was indeed my Great Grand Uncle Peter McDonnell who married Nellie Brooks. Peter then emigrated to Australia with his son Charles, and I now am in contact with my 2nd Cousins 1x removed - I swear I'd never be able to work that our without my family tree software which tells me how I'm related to everyone!! Anyway, it's been a really exciting and busy week or so finding out about the McDonnell's from Aus.

What I wasn't really expecting was to find other McDonnell's there too, well thanks to above mentioned cousins we have found that not only Peter and Charles emigrated, but Peters brother William and his wife Frances Marian (Turner) ended up there too!

What I wouldn't have thought of in a million years was that Edward, my elusive Great Granddad would be found there too, but he was. There's work still needed to track him down, but safe to say he enlisted in the Australian Army in 1915 - all be it briefly.

McDonnell's Forward - Pt3

2008-01-29T08:13:00.000Z

Most excellent news!!!!

Charles McDonnell born 1906 belongs to Peter McDonnell and Nellie Brooks and I have been really lucky to get in contact with Charles family and am now awaiting Peter and Nellie's marriage certificate to fit the final peice of the jigsaw and confirm that Peter McDonnell who married Nellie Brooks is definitely the same Peter who is my Edward's brother....if that makes sense :o)

Anyway, certificate on order, *awaits postie*

McDonnell's Forward - Pt2

2008-01-24T17:22:00.000Z

Despite trawling Genes Reunited and Ancestry to see if I can find anyone with any of the unplaced McDonnell children from here the only thing I can find is a possible for Charles McDonnell, who may (or may not) have moved to Australia and died on 23 Jan 1984 in Bullaburra, New South Wales, Australia. Unfortunately the contact details for the person who owns the tree dont' appear to be working :o(

If anyone lands here who has any information on Charles McDonnell born 28th May 1906 in Yorkshire (the birth date fits with the registration quarter of the Charles I'm looking for) drop me a mail, or leave me a comment, I'd love to find out more!

[Edit/Update - I now think it might actually have been either been me being stupid, or my computer as the message on Ancestry now seems to have gone through - I've sent another as I don't think I'd put a proper message on the one which did go through. Anyway I'd still love to hear from anyone with info on the McDonnells, and if you get here via my message on Ancestry connect, sorry if you ended up with lots of messages, and thanks for reading :o) ]

Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum

2008-01-24T17:14:00.000Z

Following on from this post I received a lovely reply from the RHRM, unfortunatley they haven't got any information, it was a really nice reply though :o)

Bugger!!!

Where to go next to try to find something on Edward McDonnell.........I'll have to have a think on that one LOL

Tracing The McDonnell's Forward

2008-01-14T17:29:00.001Z

Having come to another standstill with the McDonnell line going back I thought I'd have a look at them going forward to see what I could find out.

Untill the 1911 census is released, or I win the lottery and can afford to buy certificates willy nilly, then this remains speculation, an educated guess at most. If you recognise any of the names here and would like to get in touch, that would be fab, my email address is top right of this page!

Here's what I have so far.......

Peter McDonnell
Parents: Michael McDonnell & ???? Mother [Possibly Mary, born in Ireland abt 1811]
Birth: abt 1842
Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Death: [Possibly 1910, but this gives a birth year of abt 1846 - aged 64, registered in Sculcoates, 9d 116]

Elizabeth Ann Ayre
Parents: William Ayre & Mary Ann Teal
Birth: 1854
Sculcoates Hull Yorkshire
Death: 14 Aug 1897
Drypool Kingston Upon Hull Yorkshire England

Marriage — 1874 in Sculcoates, Yorkshire, East Riding, England [Elizabeth using the name Ann to marry]

Children

Mary Ann McDonnell Born abt 1876 in Hull Yorkshire England
Mary Ann married John William Park in 1896. They maried at St Andrew (Drypool)Hull. On the 1901 census the McDonnell children are living with Mary and John in Sculcoates. Mary and John had 10 children between 1897 and 1916. This I have evidence of, firstly the 1901 census, and secondly I have been in contact with Park descendants on Genes Reunited.

Here's where I start getting all detective and start putting things together with what I can find. Births, marriages and deaths from Yorkshire BMD, Free BMD and Ancestry.co.uk.

William McDonnell Born abt 1880 in Hull Yorkshire England
In 1907 I have a marriage between William McDonnell and Frances Marian Turner. The marriage was at Holderness Road Methodist Church in Hull.

Peter McDonnell Born abt 1882 in Hull Yorkshire England
In 1905 I have a marriage between Peter McDonnell and Nellie Littlewood Brooks. The marriage was at Holderness Road Methodist Church in Hull.

In Q3 of 1914 I have the birth of a John McDonnell in Hull, mothers maiden surname is Brooks. 9d 524.

Edward McDonnell Born 30 August 1883 in Myton, Kingston Upon Hull, Hull, England
In 1905 Edward married Alice Dixon, at St Andrew (Drypool) Hull.

In 1910 Alice gave birth to Lawrence H McDonnell in Sculcoates. Died 1998

Arthur McDonnell Born abt 1885 in Hull Yorkshire England
In 1905 I have a marriage between Arthur McDonnell and Jane E Spencer. The marriage was at St Andrew (Drypool)Hull.

I have the following births with mothers maiden surname Spencer in the Sculcoates area.

Births Mar 1913 Henrietta McDonnell Sculcoates 9d 421
Births Mar 1914 Annie McDonnell Sculcoates 9d 417 [Married Herbert Stark 1935 St Andrew (Drypool) Hull]
Births Jun 1915 Arthur McDonnell Sculcoates 9d 367 [Married Irene Dickinson 1939 Holderness Road Methodist Church Hull]
Births Jun 1916 Leonard McDonnell Sculcoates 9d 381
Births Sep 1917 Charles McDonnell Sculcoates 9d 291 Died 1917 Sculcoates 9d 207 - Age 0
Births Sep 1917 Florence McDonnell Sculcoates 9d 291 Died 1919 Sculcoates 9d 301 - Age 1
Births Sep 1919 Lawrence McDonnell Sculcoates 9d 307 [Married Phyllis E Smawfield 1956 Hull Register Offices Hull]

This leaves a few McDonnell births in the Sculcoates/Hull area to find homes for.

I believe Edward and Alice had another son, but I am not sure when, or of the name. I think Arthur and Jane look as though they have done their fair share of populating the area between 1913 and 1919, but maybe there are more between their marriage in 1905 and 1913 - If all the Spencer McDonnell children above are theirs.

Anyway, unaccounted for children at this stage are the following......

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]
Henry Albert McDonnell - Q1 1907 Sculcoates 9d 186 [Married Nellie Tait 1930 Sculcoates Register Offices Hull?]
Louis Desmond McDonnell - Q1 1909 Sculcoates 9d 193 [Married Ellen Parker 1933 St Andrew (Drypool) Hull]
Lily McDonnell - Q2 1909 Sculcoates 9d 198 [Married Frank Stainforth 1933 St Andrew (Drypool) Hull]
Robert William - Q3 1909 Sculcoates 9d 209

If anyone knows where these children belong I'd love to hear from you, even if it's not to any of the above McDonnell parents, at least I can cross them off my possible list.

Elizabeth Ann McDonnell (nee Ayre) Death Part 2

2008-01-09T21:35:00.000Z

I now, thanks to the lovely people on Rootschat have more information on the address where Elizabeth died.

20 Fredrick's Terrace, Normabell Street, Drypool, Hull, Yorkshire.

In 1892 it had four houses.

In 1933 Fredericks Terrace was between 41 & 43 Nornabell Street.

It was rebuilt after WWII so although Normabell Street is still there, Fredrick's Terrace has gone.

Elizabeth Ann McDonnell (nee Ayre) Death

2008-01-09T17:03:00.000Z

Woot !!!!

:o)

I received the certificate today and it is the right one, confirmed by her occupation being noted as "wife of Peter McDonnell - Dock Labourer" (how times have changed LOL) and the informant being James Woods, brother in law (and husband of Elizabeth's sister Roeshannah Ayre)

She died on 14 August 1897 in Dryppol, from Acute Hepatitis. I'm off to pester Rootschat for some more information.

McDonnell's

2008-01-04T08:22:00.000Z

Happy New Year :o)

I've started off with another go at finding the McDonnell's

Still no sign of Peter McDonnell born abt 1842's birth being registered. I have a Peter O'Donnell who is a possibility, and a death of a Peter McDonnell in 1910, but the birth year is 1846 for him.

Still unable to locate them on the 1901 census so I decided to come at it from a different angle.

I have found a death registered for Elizabeth Ann McDonald (not the first time it's been mis spelt LOL) This was registered in 1897 and her age was 43, giving a birth year of 1854.....it's looking good!!!! I've yet to order a duff certificate, this could be the first LOL I'll just have to wait and see what it says. Hopefully it might give me a bit more to go on if it proves to be the right one. It would also explain why Edward and his siblings were living with their older sister and her husband in 1901.

Possible for Peter, on his own on the 1901 census lodging in the Three Crown's Lodging House in Chruch Street, Sculcoates. Year of birth doesn't match, but I'm told some people weren't adverse to telling a porky or two on the censuses LOL

I have also found a pension record on Ancestry for an Edward McDonnell, firstly in the Hampshire Regiment, then the Labour Corps - from where he was pensioned off. There aren't really many details on the pension papers, apart from the fact the age matches, but someone on Rootschat suggested that I contact the Hampshire Regiment Museum I have emailed them with all the information I have on Edward hoping they might have something in their records with his next of kin, or at least date of birth.

That's it for now....*awaits latest certificate*

Merry Christmas

2007-12-24T20:49:00.000Z

Exciting Murrell News!!

2007-12-20T18:11:00.000Z

After trawling through the census for 1901 to find which district Robinson Terrace was in I eventually found it. Both 24 and 25 Robinson Terrace were listed as Uninhabited/In Occupation. Not really having a clue what this meant I posted on Rootschat and got some really interesting information. Also written in between the two (24 & 25) was Oddfellows Arms.

Uninhabited/In Occupation basically means that no one lived there but the building was being used, as a pub in this case.

Interestingly the parents of John Lisle were living at number 23 Robinson Terrace in 1901.

The Oddfellows Arms was on the corner of Robinson Terrace and Fowler Terrace, with the living accomodation for the pub being located at 36 Fowler Terrace. By 1901 William and Margaret, or John Lisle and Margaret were not living there. The new landlord of the pub was.

I am still searching hard for Margaret, Daisy and William (jnr) Murrell in 1901 on the census, perhaps they were hiding??

The name Oddfellows Arms appears to relate to the Oddfellows Friendly Society I wonder if William was a member?

I've had some really lovely replies, help and information from Rootschat and from the Sunderland List - which I posted to after learning about the pub being called the Oddfellows Arms.

It's great to be able to put more information to the lives of William and Margaret!

Partial Implementation of Plan C

2007-12-19T16:30:00.000Z

Well my impatient nature got the better of me and I emailed the Fulham Archives while I'm waiting for the birth certificate of William b1899 to come through. I suspect it will get delayed in the Christmas post unless the good people of the GRO are having a rush on getting things sent out before Christmas.

Plan C - Murrell

2007-12-17T13:01:00.000Z

Plan C - William b1872 in Bethnal Green died in (I think, from memory as I am at work) 1932 in Fulham, if I can find a copy of his Will there might be some clues as to whether this was indeed the same William as French William.

a) Ask the Fulham Archives if they have copies of Wills. If not, see option b)

b) Apply to York for a copy of William Murrell's Will (if any) to see if William or Daisy are listed in there!

If anyone has any ideas for a plan "D" please let me know!!!!

William Murrell - Good News/Bad News

2007-12-17T12:37:00.000Z

Well, many thanks to the fab information from the Sunderland rootsweb mailing list, I now know that a Beer House Keeper was someone licensed to sell beer from their living room!! (or kitchen, or wherever LOL) Their house. I have also learned that after the introduction of the 1869 Wine and Beerhouse Act, that you had to apply to the Justices for a license in order to run a beer house.

The bad news..........

After being given the details for the Tyne and Wear Archive Services and giving them a call, I have found that the licensing records from Sunderland appear not to have survived!!!

Enter plan B........

I have ordered the birth certificate of William Murrell b1899 to see if William Murrell b1872 has a different occupation by this time. *crosses fingers* lets hope he was doing something more traceable by then LOL

If that doesn't bring anything up, then I'm not sure where I'll go from there :o(

But I'm not ready to give up just yet!!!!

*formulates plan C whilst waiting for the certificate to arrive*

Daisy Eugenie Murrell b 1896

2007-12-14T20:05:00.001Z

Yay, thanks to the speediness of the GRO I now have her birth certificate, William is listed as a Beer House Keeper, is that a posh term for a Publican??? LOL

Daisy was born at 24 Robinson Terrace and William is listed as the informant , address Feather, 24 Robinson Terrace.

I have asked the good people of the Rootsweb Sunderland list if they have any more information, as google and historical directories are bringing up nothing at the moment.

Whilst I've been away.....

2007-12-10T22:18:00.000Z

.....you have been finding me searching for........

If you are the 1 person who got here searching "23rd december 1916 - marriage of frederick george boyd and hilda murdy" I'd love to hear from you!

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All Sorted......pretty much!

2007-12-10T22:07:00.001Z

New lappy is now all up and running :o) If you are expecting an email from me and haven't heard anything drop me a mail to the address, top right. I have lost some email addresses to the demise of the old laptop :o(

William Murrell b1872 - God Knows Where LOL

2007-12-10T21:42:00.000Z

Latest update on William Murell is that I have ordered his daughters birth certificate from the GRO in the hope of getting some more information to help trace him.

Also Ancestry now have online the Cambridge University Alumni details as below.

About Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900
This list of all known students, graduates, and officers at the University of Cambridge, England, from 1261 to 1900 offers information from various sources. Every entry offers important information which may include any of the following: notable accomplishments, occupation, birth date, birth place, other schooling, spouse's name, parent's names, siblings and other important associations. Alumni Cantabrigienses was compiled by John and J.A. Venn, former presidents of Gonville and Caius and Queens' Colleges respectively. This list of all known students, graduates, and officers at the University of Cambridge offers information from various sources besides the university's records, which date from around 1261. The entire collection contains 10 volumes in 2 sets. The first set covers alumni from the earliest records to 1752 and the second set from 1752 to 1900. The compilation was completed in 1956.

Bad news there is I can't find any trace of William in the database, he was supposed to have been there and possibly rowed for the Cambridge Blues, but got expelled for getting up to no good LOL

WoooHooooo

2007-12-09T09:26:00.000Z

New lappy :)

I couldn't get a decent picture so here's a library one !!

So after about 2 years of the old one going back, being half fixed and then getting the same problem 6 months later, then about 25 phone calls over the last two weeks, a visit to PC World with a poor amount of vouchers yesterday ....a trip back home to get the reciept for the original lappy, and having to tell the manager at PC World if he didn't sort it today my head might explode all over the shop......I got the new laptop!!!!!

Tip for anyone none too pleased with their voucher amount from Coverplan, the store can call up and ask for more for the machine you think is best matched to the spec of your old one. I managed to get them to agree to an extra £80 as the old laptop had a separate graphics card, but the one they based the vouchers on didn't.

Anyway, I love it :) and I'm now back online properly!!! I'll (not too sadly) be saying taraaaa to the macbook, which has been great for keeping up with my emails but doesn't seem to display Ancestry properly :( So now I'm seeing all the new and lovely (I hope) things Vista has to offer, so far so good - but I've yet to hook up the printer and scanner *eek*

Exciting News - The Burnt Documents

2007-11-28T16:09:00.000Z

No, this doesn't mean I have my laptop sorted and it's printing off some hot news on the family tree, but it's just as exciting!!

Ancestry are starting to upload the WW1 Service Records.

In 1940, during WW2, a German bomb hit the War Office repository in Arnside Street, London; destroying over half of the WW1 service records stored there. Many of the records which survived were damaged by fire and water and are located in series WO 363 at The National Archives. These were microfilmed by TNA as part of a conservation project.

Ancestry are now making these available through their website, starting with surnames A-C.

www.ancestry.co.uk

In my opinion this website is well worth the subscription, especially good as a starting point for researching your tree.

Enjoy!!!

ps Still awaiting confirmation from PC World/The Tech Guys/Coverplan, who appear to each in turn "not deal with this" but it looks good for receiving vouchers to replace the now lost laptop.

Laptop News!

2007-11-19T14:59:00.001Z

There is none!! Which may or may not be a good thing!!

Hopefully by the end of the week I should ……….

a) Have it back all fixed and working :o)

b) Have some pretty vouchers for a new one

c) Be pulling my hair out and screeching at PC World!

I am secretly hoping that option ‘b’ is the one I am writing about come the weekend!

I have loads of things to add to my tree and lots of you lovely people who have emailed me that I want to send reports to, but the program for this is sitting on the lappy. Also my main tree is kept on Ancestry.co.uk and for some reason this website wont display properly on the macbook :o( All the dates and timelines are all over the place and it makes it really difficult to try to add things *sigh*

I am still also awaiting deliver of my copy of Wearside Battalion by John Sheen, the publishers say it’s “booked in” but Play are saying they don’t have any copies as yet! I was hoping this would prove an interesting read while my laptop was away. Never mind, patience is a virtue – so I’m told :o)

While I’m waiting for full service to be restored, I’ll leave you with this, which I found here à http://lest-we-forget.com/The_Outhouse/

GENEALOGY POX

WARNING: Very contagious to adults.

SYMPTOMS: Continual complaint as to need for names, dates and places. Patient has blank expression and is sometimes deaf to spouse and children. Has no taste for work of any kind except feverishly looking for records at libraries and courthouses. Has compulsion to write letters. Swears at mail carrier when s/he does not leave mail. Frequents strange places such as cemeteries, ruins and remote, desolate country areas. Makes secret calls at night. Hides phone bills.

TREATMENT: There is no known cure. Medication is useless. Disease is not fatal, but gets progressively worse. Patient should attend genealogy workshops, subscribe to genealogical magazines, and be given a quiet corner in the house where s/he can be alone with his/her computer.

REMARKS: The unusual nature of this disease is.....the sicker the patient gets, the more s/he enjoys it!

Remember!

2007-11-11T19:47:00.000Z

Mobile blogging

2007-11-08T22:22:00.001Z

Yay if this posts i can now blog from my mobile ... Cool! :-)

Boyd Marriage

2007-11-05T19:53:00.000Z

I think I have found the marriage of Silas George Boyd and Elizabeth Wilson (nee Bowyer) but only one side of the happy couple is transcribed.

There is an Elizabeth Wilson marrying in Croydon in 1890, no spouse details, I think this one must be it.

Marriages Q2 1890
WILSON Elizabeth Croydon 2a 361

Boyd, Boyd, Boyd, Boyd, Boyd's

2007-11-05T15:12:00.001Z

*sigh*

I thought I’d have a little look at lunchtime today for the Boyd’s. Every now and then when I get a bit bogged down with one branch I have a little look at another to see if I can fill a bit in somewhere!!

Now I have more blinkin’ questions !!! LOL

OK The Boyd’s ……..Lets start with Great Granddad Boyd – Frederick George, 1892-1956. His birth certificate states he is the son of Silas George Boyd and Elizabeth Boyd, late Wilson, formerly Boywer.

Pretty sure I have Elizabeth on the 1901 census with Frederick George, but no Silas George. Also with an Alice and Eliza (transcribed as Elliot) Booser. I’m pretty sure the census doesn’t say Booser – or Boyd, or even Bowyer, but I can’t work out what it does say. RG13; Piece: 637; Folio: 18; Page: 27. If anyone is feeling in a translatey kind of mood!

I have a marriage for Silas Boyd in 1888 but not to an Elizabeth…….and no other marriages after that for a Silas Boyd.

Marriages Q2 1888

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Boyd Silas George Croydon 2a 331

Butler Jane Croydon 2a 331

Greenslade Ann Mary Croydon 2a 331

SAYERS William Croydon 2a 331

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No way of telling which one of these lovely ladies married the Boyd though, without ordering a certificate!

So it looks like I’ve set myself yet another task LOL

…….and still no laptop!!!!!!!!!! ß Look how PC World make me overexclamate!!!

:o)

Still Without PC

2007-10-29T20:39:00.000Z

*sighs*

Well, credit to PC World they have this time outdone themselves..........not only did they originally fail to even bother to look at the disk drawer which was reported as not working, they then called me Saturday to ask what was wrong with my laptop!!

*sighs more*

So I told them, they said it was working.

*further sighs*

I asked if I could come collect it. They said they would run some more tests and call me. So I come off the phone and notice a voicemail left about 15 minutes earlier. Voicemail - from same bloke at PC World - advising they have found what's wrong with the laptop and are sending off for the part.

*sobs uncontrollably with frustration*

Another call seems to clear things up and they do indeed need to fix it (tell me something I don't know!!) and will call me when the part has been replced.

Hey, it's only about the 6th time the blinkin' thing has been back over the last couple of years!

Anyway, if anyone is expecting an email from me, I can't :o( All my email addresses are off in the workshop with my laptop, so if you need to contact me the best email address is the one at the top right on this blog.

*assumes some kind of meditation position and breathes deeply*

William Charles Murrell b1872

2007-10-27T20:37:00.000+01:00

Gosh, well where do I start?

I have had the good fortune to be put in contact with two lovely, helpful people who are connected to the Murrell One Name Study. With over 60 years of research between them into the Murrell name and its variants I spoke with a lady in Canada who helped go through my Murrell information and suggested I write to the person who holds all the information on the one name study in the UK. She gave me some information on the tree which might contain my Murrell's, and was proved correct when I received a reply to my letter.

The information which they have come up with has proved to be a bit of a double edged sword. It blows a lot of family stories out of the water, going back over five generations. It would appear the my great great grandfather was probably - well almost definitely not from France as we all thought. Nor were his parents, grandparents, or great grandparents. In fact the tree, as far back as it goes, originates in Ipswich, moves to Stoke Newington, Hackney and Bethnal Green. Maybe there is a French connection somewhere, but it's not, it would appear, where we thought it was. The sad thing is that my great grandmother and her family would have moved within a few miles of where her father lived, just a few years after he died. Family stories had him running off to Spain when my great great grandmother and him parted, and I guess my great grandmother would have never even thought to look for him. On the upside I have also been put in contact with someone who is a descendant from the same Murrell tree :o) - how exciting is that?!?! I am looking forward to hearing all about the Murrells.

I'm also hoping to investigate Mr William Charles Murrell and find out why he moved from London to Sunderland in the late 1800's. Over 60 years of experience with the contacts I have met pointing me in the direction of the Ipswich tree cannot be ignored, but I feel I need to find out more, the how's and why's - to tread William's footsteps from London, to Sunderland and back again - all be it that I'll probably be using the internet to tread most of them ;o)

Coool

2007-10-23T14:53:00.001+01:00

It works!!!!

2007-10-23T14:42:00.001+01:00

Testing out to see how posting via email works!!

And also to have a moan that a) the book I ordered as per the last post has had its release date delayed *sigh* It’s now not going to be published until about the 20^th November. Lets hope that it doesn’t get delayed again!!!

Moan b) is that my laptop is still not fixed, I’m going to try really hard not to start too much on this one as I could go on for about 20 pages worth!! Needless to say I am not happy, and that I’d advise anyone not to bother with an extended warranty as to be quite honest they are kak at actually really sorting out any problems!!

Quick hellllloooooo

2007-10-22T13:30:00.000+01:00

Not much doing on the family history front as the lappy has gone back to be fixed!!

In the meantime I have ordered a book on the 20th Battalion Durham Light infantry which my great grandfather served in. If I am lucky he may get a mention, but if not it will be an interesting, if not emotional read, hearing about what it was actually like during WWI where he was serving.

This is the book, hopefully it wont take long to arrive! Wearside Pals: The 20th (Service) Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry by John Sheen

How did you find me?

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Researching The Great War

2007-09-17T21:12:00.000+01:00

At the moment I'm on a steep learning curve, researching military records for my Great Grandad. It's delving into the unknown for me, but with the help from the fab people at Rootschat I'm getting there. I've hear a lot of stories from my Grandad about how terrible the First World War was. My Great Grandad was in the trenches and was injured, loosing his best friend. I want to learn more about what it was like, and what those men, and my Great Grandad went through. I'm hoping to learn more about which regiment he was in and therefore where he was in the grand scheme of things, and find out what happened to him and his regiment.

First stop was The National Archives (TNA) where I found his Navy records. From there I think I have now located his Medal Cards. He served in the Durham Light Infantry, and looks like he rose quickly through the ranks from Private, to Acting Warrant Officer, and then to Seargent. I'm not sure if there was anything in between as the medal cards tell me he was a Private and Acting Warrant Officer, and a picture of him during the war tells me he was a Seargent.

I hope to learn more soon!

Alfred Bell Taylor 1896-1994

2007-09-05T19:59:00.000+01:00

Alfred Bell Taylor

Alfred Bell Taylor was born on 21st June 1896 in Sunderland, Durham England. He had one brother Frederick and a sister called Nellie.

His father was Frederick Taylor and his mother Elizabeth Ellen Bell. In 1906 Elizabeth died in childbirth along with their fourth child, a boy called John Robert. Alfred and his brother and sister went to live with their grandparents Jonathan and Hannah Taylor (nee Black) as Frederick went on to (possibly) marry again, and have more children.

Frederick Taylor

Elizabeth Ellen Bell

In 1901 Jonathan and Hannah lived at 29 Nile Street in Sunderland, Durham, England. With them at that time were their son William, their daughter Elizabeth and her husband William Douglass with their children James and Stanley. Also living with them was their granddaughter Florence Taylor, born in 1889. Florence was their son George’s daughter. They also had three boarders as they ran a boarding house.

At some point around 1906 after the death of his mother, Alfred went to live with Jonathan and Hannah. Jonathan died in 1910 and as Hannah went both deaf and blind Florence stayed on and helped run the boarding house and look after Frederick and Elizabeth’s children, they called her Aunty Florrie.

In 7th October aged 17 he joined the Royal Navy where he served upon the Victory I, in the Empire of India, on the Fearless, Victory VII, Victory I and then lastly the Fearless. Whilst serving on the Fearless during an attack Alfred lost some of his hearing and was discharged from the Navy in 1916.

Alfred and Daisy's Wedding Day
On 14th August 1915, whilst serving in the Navy during WW1, Alfred married Daisy Eugenie Murrell, the daughter of Margaret Georgina Coutts and William Murrell. They married in Weymouth where Alfred was serving at the time.

After being discharged from the Navy he went to the Army and enlisted. He signed up with his cousin Stanley Douglass, with whom Alfred was close friends. He served in the trenches and reached at least the rank of sergeant as pictured below.

Alfred was serving in the trenches when they were blown in and his leg was trapped. He lost his best friend and his leg was injured and he was sent home to recover. He came back home with Stanley Douglass.

Alfred and Daisy had ten children the first of whom was born in 1916, the last in 1932.

Around the 1920’s Alfred ran a fruit and veg shop called the Nut King and Universal Fruit Store in Sunderland Market. He then ran a record shop and then a bike shop.

Alfred then got a job working for the Sunderland District Omnibus at the Newbottle depot and the family moved from Sunderland to Shiney Row as it was difficult for him to get to the bus depot for a 4.30am start from Sunderland.

He also opened a shop called ABS Libraries, which started off life as a lending library, but which Alfred introduced sweets, tobacco, home made wine and home made ice cream to. His son, my grandfather, would work in the shop and cycle around a push bike with a box attached to the side in which the ice cream was sold from. The shop was shut when Daisy said it was too much for their son to run.

Shiney Row was primarily a pit village with several pits in the area, and with the closure of ABS Libraries their sons found work on the top of the coal mines, sorting through the stones which were brought up on a conveyor belt. After some time in this job it was expected that they would go down the mines and they were given training on the pits training tunnel where they had to learn to control the pit ponies going down the mines. When Daisy found out that her sons were to go down the mines she went to their manager and took their cards and ripped them up, leaving the boys unemployed. Daisy didn't know that her eldest son was already working down the mines.

The family moved back to Sunderland and lived in Murton Street in a large house with a basement and an attic room. The Taylor’s lived in the basement, although their bedrooms were in the attic. Ted and Barbara Taylor lived on the next floor, Margaret Coutts her third husband and daughters lived another floor up. On the next floor lived the Lisle family.

Alfred worked at J A Joblings (who also made Pyrex glass) polishing television tubes until 1936 when he hitchhiked South looking for work. Employment was hard to find in the North and the government was offering a grant to families who could find employment and housing in any part of the country for all family members of working age. Alfred found a job for himself and his two second eldest sons and the family moved to the South of England. His eldest son had work and had moved out, but came back home as the family were preparing to move, and came with them. The government paid their moving costs and for their furniture to be transported and the family all moved.

Alfred had no trade when he left Sunderland in 1936, and worked as a servant for the RAF. When one day my granddad won a chicken in a raffle, and brought it back on the tube from London. Alfred decided to make a chicken shed for it. When the chicken laid eggs, he decided to make a proper coup, and chicken run, and bought more hens. He carved the whole thing using a penknife and my granddad told him to get proper tools and work on the bomb damage as war had now broken out. He worked as a carpenter on the bomb damage and then went on to work at Heathrow airport and helped construct the first building on the site in 1942.

In 1952 aged 56 Alfred and Daisy cycled from their home in Middlesex back to Sunderland on a motorized tandem after their children had said they wouldn’t be able to do it. This was reported in the local paper, the Sunderland Echo.

In 1965 Alfred and Daisy celebrated their Golden wedding anniversary with their friends and family.

Daisy died in 1979, and Alfred in 1994.

~*~

I was born in 1972 and don’t really remember Daisy, but will always remember Alfred, known as Gaga or Poppy with a pipe in his mouth. I can remember visiting as a small child and sitting in his living room with him lighting his pipe in his green chair. Even today I love the smell of a pipe burning reminds as it me of him.

Meet Severus

2007-09-04T16:58:00.000+01:00

The latest addition to the family!

Leon was 6 on Saturday and this was part of his present, he is his fathers son - at least it wasn't a lizzard LOL

The Taylor Family

2007-08-28T12:36:00.000+01:00

Here's the latest update on the Taylor family!

1st Generation

1. John Taylor was born About 1760 in Adderstone, Bamburgh, Northumberland. He married Mary Donaldson Sep 3, 1782 in Eglingham, Northumberland, England. She was born in Belford Northumberland .
Other events in the life of John Taylor
Occupation : Gardener on 1800 in Ellingham Northumberland England

Children of John Taylor and Mary Donaldson:
i. 2. Moses Taylor was born Apr 14, 1800 in Brownside, Ellingham, Northumberland, England and died 1868 in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England.

2nd Generation (Children)

2. Moses Taylor was born Apr 14, 1800 in Brownside, Ellingham, Northumberland, England and died 1868 in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England. He married Jane Brown . She was born 1801 in Ellingham, Northumberland, England .
Other events in the life of Moses Taylor
Christening : Apr 27, 1800 in Ellingham, Northumberland, England
Occupation : Retired Husbandman on 1861 in SUNDERLAND Durham England
Occupation : Agricultural Labourer on 1841 in Ellingham, Northumberland, England
Residence : 1 Deans Yard Low ? on 1861 in Sunderland, Durham, England
Occupation : Agricultural Labourer on 1851 in Dunstan, Northumberland, England
Residence : 58 Spittle Ford on 1851 in Dunstan, Northumberland, England
Residence : Brockdam on 1841 in Ellingham, Northumberland, England

Children of Moses Taylor and Jane Brown:
i. 3. Robert Taylor was born 1835 in Ellingham, Northumberland, England.
ii. 4. Jonathan Taylor was born 1841 in Ellingham, Northumberland, England and died 1910 in Sunderland, Durham, England.
iii. 5. Moses Taylor was born 1826 in Ellingham, Northumberland, England.
iv. 6. William Taylor was born 1826 in Ellingham, Northumberland, England.
v. 7. John Taylor was born 1831 in Ellingham, Northumberland, England.
vi. 8. George Taylor was born 1833 in Ellingham, Northumberland, England.

3rd Generation (Grandchildren)

3. Robert Taylor was born 1835 in Ellingham, Northumberland, England.
4. Jonathan Taylor was born 1841 in Ellingham, Northumberland, England and died 1910 in Sunderland, Durham, England. He married Hannah Black 1860 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England. She was born 1843 in Gateshead, Durham, England and died 1929 in Sunderland, Durham, England, daughter of Peter Black and Elizabeth Baxter.
Other events in the life of Jonathan Taylor
Occupation : Time Keeper on 1873 in South Bishopwearmouth, Sunderland, England
Occupation : Engineers ? on 1901 in Monkwearmouth, Durham, England
Occupation : Engineers ? on 1871 in Monkwearmouth, Durham, England
Occupation : Contractors Clerk on 1881 in Monkwearmouth, Durham, England
Occupation : ?stone Dealer on 1861 in Gateshead, Durham, England
Occupation : Engineers Clerk on 1891 in Bishopswearmouth, Sunderland, Durham, England
Residence : Birth Of Son Frederick Taylor on 1873 in 6 Wall Street, South Bishopswearmouth, Sunderland, England
Residence : Spittle Ford on 1851 in Dunstan, Northumberland, England
Residence : Brockdam on 1841 in Ellingham, Northumberland, England
Residence : 29 Nile Street on 1901 in Sunderland, Durham, England
Residence : 104 Dame Dorothy Street on 1871 in Monk Wearmouth Shore, Durham, England
Residence : 21 Nile Street on 1881 in Bishopwearmouth, Durham, England
Residence : East Street on 1861 in Gateshead, Durham, England
Residence : 29 Nile Street on 1891 in Bishopswearmouth, Durham, England

Other events in the life of Hannah Black
Residence : 1851 in Gateshead, Durham, England
Residence : 1901 in Sunderland, Durham, England
Residence : 1891 in Bishop Wearmouth, Durham, England

Children of Jonathan Taylor and Hannah Black:
i. 9. Peter Taylor was born 1863 in Gateshead, Durham, England.
ii. 10. George Taylor was born 1865 in Gateshead, Durham, England.
iii. 11. William Taylor was born 1869 in Sunderland, Durham, England.
iv. 12. Elizabeth J Taylor was born 1871 in Sunderland, Durham, England.
v. 13. Frederick Taylor was born Aug 19, 1873 in SUNDERLAND Tyne and Wear England.
vi. 14. Jonathan Taylor was born 1870 in Sunderland, Durham, England.

5. Moses Taylor was born 1826 in Ellingham, Northumberland, England.
6. William Taylor was born 1826 in Ellingham, Northumberland, England.
7. John Taylor was born 1831 in Ellingham, Northumberland, England.
8. George Taylor was born 1833 in Ellingham, Northumberland, England. He married Margaret . She was born 1837 in Gateshead, Durham, England .
Other events in the life of George Taylor
Occupation : Marine Store Dealer on 1871
Residence : 1871 in Sunderland, Durham, England
Occupation : General Dealer on 1861
Residence : 1861 in Sunderland, Durham, England
Occupation : Agricultural Labourer on 1851
Residence : 1851 in Dunstan, Northumberland, England
Residence : 1841 in Ellingham, Northumberland, England

Children of George Taylor and Margaret:
i. 15. Clement Taylor was born 1861 in SUNDERLAND Durham England and died 1881 in SUNDERLAND Durham England.
ii. 16. Jane Taylor was born 1863 in SUNDERLAND Durham England.
iii. 17. George Taylor was born 1865 in SUNDERLAND Durham England.

4th Generation (Great-Grandchildren)

9. Peter Taylor was born 1863 in Gateshead, Durham, England. He married Esther Leedham 1894 in Sunderland, Durham, England. She was born 1862 in Worcestershire, England .
Other events in the life of Peter Taylor
Occupation : Marine Coppersmith on 1901 in Sunderland, Durham, England
Occupation : Coppersmith on 1891 in Sunderland, Durham, England
Occupation : Apprentice Coppersmith on 1881 in Sunderland, Durham, England
Residence : 5 South Durham Street on 1901 in Sunderland, Durham, England
Residence : 29 Nile Street on 1891 in Bishop Wearmouth, Durham, England
Residence : 21 Nile Street on 1881 in Bishopwearmouth, Durham, England
Residence : 104 Dame Dorothy Street on 1871 in Monk Wearmouth Shore, Durham, England

Children of Peter Taylor and Esther Leedham:
i. 18. Elizabeth Cloughton was born 1893 in Sunderland, Durham, England.
ii. 19. Dorothy Cloughton was born 1884 in Sunderland, Durham, England.
iii. 20. Isabella Cloughton was born 1891 in Sunderland, Durham, England.
iv. 21. Job Cloughton was born 1889 in Sunderland, Durham, England.
v. 22. Thomas Cloughton was born 1882 in Sunderland, Durham, England.
vi. 23. Edith Taylor was born 1899 in Sunderland, Durham, England.
vii. 24. Ethel Taylor was born 1896 in Sunderland, Durham, England.
viii. 25. Hannah Taylor was born 1897 in Sunderland, Durham, England.
ix. 26. Peter Taylor was born 1900 in Sunderland, Durham, England.
x. 27. Ritson Taylor was born 1894 in Sunderland, Durham, England.

10. George Taylor was born 1865 in Gateshead, Durham, England. He married Margaret . She was born 1866 in Sunderland, Durham, England .
Other events in the life of George Taylor
Occupation : Marine Engine Fitter on 1901 in Sunderland, Durham, England
Occupation : Marine Engine Fitter on 1891 in Sunderland, Durham, England
Occupation : Apprentice Engine Fitter on 1881 in Sunderland, Durham, England
Residence : 26 Clyde Street on 1901 in Sunderland, Durham, England
Residence : 21 South Durham Street on 1891 in Bishop Wearmouth, Durham, England
Residence : 21 Nile Street on 1881 in Bishopwearmouth, Durham, England
Residence : 104 Dame Dorothy Street on 1871 in Monk Wearmouth Shore, Durham, England

Children of George Taylor and Margaret:
i. 28. Florence Taylor was born 1889 in Sunderland, Durham, England.
ii. 29. Frederick Taylor was born 1890 in SUNDERLAND Durham England.
iii. 30. George Taylor was born 1891 in Sunderland, Durham, England.
iv. 31. Jonathan Taylor was born 1895 in Sunderland, Durham, England.

11. William Taylor was born 1869 in Sunderland, Durham, England.
12. Elizabeth J Taylor was born 1871 in Sunderland, Durham, England. She married William Holt Douglass 1892 in Sunderland, Durham, England. He was born 1867 in Sunderland, Durham, England .
Other events in the life of Elizabeth J Taylor
Occupation : Dressmaker on 1891 in Sunderland, Durham, England
Residence : 29 Nile Street on 1901 in Sunderland, Durham, England
Residence : 29 Nile Street on 1891 in Bishop Wearmouth, Durham, England
Residence : 21 Nile Street on 1881 in Bishopwearmouth, Durham, England

Children of Elizabeth J Taylor and William Holt Douglass:
i. 32. James Douglass was born 1900 in Sunderland, Durham, England.
ii. 33. Stanley J Douglass was born 1896 in Stockton On Tees.
iii. 34. William Douglass was born 1898 in Sunderland, Durham, England.

13. Frederick Taylor was born Aug 19, 1873 in SUNDERLAND Tyne and Wear England. He married Elizabeth Ellen Bell 1895 in SUNDERLAND Durham Tyne and Wear. She was born About 1873 in Sunderland, Durham, England and died 1906 in Sunderland, Durham, England, daughter of George Bell and Margaret Quilkin.
Other events in the life of Frederick Taylor
Occupation : Scholar on 1881 in Bishopswearmouth, Sunderland, Durham, England
Occupation : Apprentice Fitter on 1891 in Bishopswearmouth, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, Durham, England
Occupation : Marine Engine Fitter on 1901 in SUNDERLAND Durham England
Residence : 6 Wall Street on 1873 in South Bishopswearmouth, Sunderland, England
Residence : 29 Nile Street on 1891 in Bishop Wearmouth, Durham, England
Residence : 9 Pemberton Street on 1901 in Sunderland, Durham, England

Other events in the life of Elizabeth Ellen Bell
Residence : 1891 in Sunderland, Durham, England
Residence : 1901 in Sunderland, Durham, England

Children of Frederick Taylor and Elizabeth Ellen Bell:
i. 35. Nellie Taylor was born 1902 in Sunderland, Durham, England and died 1991 in Sunderland, Durham, England.
ii. 36. John Robert Taylor was born 1906 in Sunderland, Durham, England and died 1906 in Sunderland, Durham, England.
iii. 37. Frederick Taylor was born About 1900 in SUNDERLAND Tyne and Wear England and died Aug 6, 1972.
iv. 38. Alfred Bell Taylor was born Jun 21, 1896 in SUNDERLAND Tyne and Wear England and died Feb 1994 in Hillingdon Middlesex.

14. Jonathan Taylor was born 1870 in Sunderland, Durham, England. He married Isabella Leedham 1890 in Sunderland, Durham, England. She was born 1870 in Sunderland, Durham, England .
Other events in the life of Jonathan Taylor
Occupation : Machine Worker on 1901 in Sunderland, Durham, England
Residence : 104 Dame Dorothy Street on 1871 in Monk Wearmouth Shore, Durham, England
Residence : 21 Nile Street on 1881 in Bishopwearmouth, Durham, England
Residence : 27 South Durham Street on 1901 in Sunderland, Durham, England
Residence : 9 Hope Street on 1891 in Stranton, Durham, England

Other events in the life of Isabella Leedham
Residence : 1901 in Sunderland, Durham, England
Residence : 1891 in Stranton, Durham, England

Children of Jonathan Taylor and Isabella Leedham:
i. 39. Bella Taylor was born 1895 in Sunderland, Durham, England.
ii. 40. Arthur Taylor was born 1897 in Sunderland, Durham, England.
iii. 41. Rachel Taylor was born 1900 in Sunderland, Durham, England.

15. Clement Taylor was born 1861 in SUNDERLAND Durham England and died 1881 in SUNDERLAND Durham England.
16. Jane Taylor was born 1863 in SUNDERLAND Durham England.
17. George Taylor was born 1865 in SUNDERLAND Durham England.

5th Generation (Great(2)-Grandchildren)

18. Elizabeth Cloughton was born 1893 in Sunderland, Durham, England.
19. Dorothy Cloughton was born 1884 in Sunderland, Durham, England.
20. Isabella Cloughton was born 1891 in Sunderland, Durham, England.
21. Job Cloughton was born 1889 in Sunderland, Durham, England.
22. Thomas Cloughton was born 1882 in Sunderland, Durham, England.
23. Edith Taylor was born 1899 in Sunderland, Durham, England.
24. Ethel Taylor was born 1896 in Sunderland, Durham, England.
25. Hannah Taylor was born 1897 in Sunderland, Durham, England.
26. Peter Taylor was born 1900 in Sunderland, Durham, England.
27. Ritson Taylor was born 1894 in Sunderland, Durham, England.
28. Florence Taylor was born 1889 in Sunderland, Durham, England.
29. Frederick Taylor was born 1890 in SUNDERLAND Durham England.
30. George Taylor was born 1891 in Sunderland, Durham, England.
31. Jonathan Taylor was born 1895 in Sunderland, Durham, England.
32. James Douglass was born 1900 in Sunderland, Durham, England.
33. Stanley J Douglass was born 1896 in Stockton On Tees.
34. William Douglass was born 1898 in Sunderland, Durham, England.
35. Nellie Taylor was born 1902 in Sunderland, Durham, England and died 1991 in Sunderland, Durham, England.
36. John Robert Taylor was born 1906 in Sunderland, Durham, England and died 1906 in Sunderland, Durham, England.
37. Frederick Taylor was born About 1900 in SUNDERLAND Tyne and Wear England and died Aug 6, 1972.
38. Alfred Bell Taylor was born Jun 21, 1896 in SUNDERLAND Tyne and Wear England and died Feb 1994 in Hillingdon Middlesex. He married Daisy Eugenie Murrell Aug 14, 1915 in Weymouth, Dorset. She was born Sep 15, 1896 in SUNDERLAND Tyne and Wear England and died Jun 9, 1979 in HAYES, Middlesex, England, daughter of William Charles Murrell and Margaret Georgina Coutts.
Other events in the life of Alfred Bell Taylor
Residence : 16 The Crescent, Park Estate, Shiney Row on 1936 in Houghton Le Spring, Durham, England
Residence : 117 Cromwell Road on 1937 in Hayes, Middlesex, England
Residence : 9 Pemberton Street, Sunderland, Durham, England on 1901 in Sunderland, Durham, England

39. Bella Taylor was born 1895 in Sunderland, Durham, England.
40. Arthur Taylor was born 1897 in Sunderland, Durham, England.
41. Rachel Taylor was born 1900 in Sunderland, Durham, England.

Some Updates

2007-08-28T12:13:00.000+01:00

Hi all *waves*

School holidays have kinda taken over at the moment althought I do have some great new info on the Taylors!!

Between me and Mel we have found the elusive Florrie and managed to find out she was the daughter of George Taylor, who was the son of Jonathan Taylor and Hannah Black. She went to live with Jonathan and Hannah at some point before the 1901 census and helped to look after the children of Frederick Taylor and Elizabeth Ellen Bell after Elizabeth died and Frederick remarried, the children from his first marriage went to live with their grandparents. Elizabeth died in 1906 in childbirth with her fourth child and Jonathan died four years later in 1910. Hannah ran a theatrical boarding house and Florence, or Florrie as she was known, helped run this and look after the kids as Hannah went both blind and deaf. Big thanks to Mel without whom I'd not know half of this!

Florence Taylor b1888 - Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland

2007-08-16T15:39:00.000+01:00

Hi all

Wondering if anyone can help with what this says?

It is from the 1901 census for Florence Taylor, and is in the column at the end to note if a person was deaf and dumb, blind, Lunatic, Imbecile, feeble minded.

Please leave me a comment or drop me a mail if you have any ideas.

Thanks :o)

Alfred Bell Taylor

2007-08-14T21:12:00.000+01:00

Alfred Bell Taylor was born Jun 21, 1896 in SUNDERLAND Tyne and Wear England and died Feb 1994 in Hillingdon Middlesex.

He married Daisy Eugenie Murrell Aug 14, 1915 in Weymouth, Dorset. She was born Sep 15, 1896 in SUNDERLAND Tyne and Wear England and died Jun 9, 1979 in HAYES, Middlesex, England, daughter of William Charles Murrell and Margaret Georgina Coutts.

Other events in the life of Alfred Bell Taylor

Residence : 9 Pemberton Street, Sunderland, Durham, England on 1901 in Sunderland, Durham, England

Residence : 16 The Crescent, Park Estate, Shiney Row on 1936 in Houghton Le Spring, Durham, England

Residence : 117 Cromwell Road on 1937 in Hayes, Middlesex, England

Tracing the Taylors

2007-08-14T15:06:00.000+01:00

Today I have decided to put some effort into the Taylor branch of my tree. I have been flitting back and forth between different branches of the tree filling in bits here and there and not feeling like I have got anywhere really. So am rolling up my sleeves and getting stuck in to tracing the Taylors, filling in the gaps and finding out what life was like for them, where they lived and what it was like in Northumberland and Durham at the time they lived there.

So far I have back to John Taylor who was born in Northumberland, I have no dates but am guessing around 1775. He married Mary Donaldson and their son Moses b1800 is the only child I have managed to trace. By the time the 1841 census was taken he was no longer at home with his parents.

Right now I should be working so I’ll leave it there for now and get stuck in later when I get home (with a little break later to watch a bit of CSI on the tellybox)

Tenting

2007-08-04T21:57:00.000+01:00

I am off tenting for a week or so, I shall leave you with this, which I found

here!

HOW MANY RELATIVES DO YOU HAVE?
Think you have enough to keep you busy??
Let's see...........................
1 YOU
2 parents
4 grandparents
8 g grandparents
16 gg grandparents
32 ggg grandparents
64 gggg grandparents
128 ggggg grandparents
256 gggggg grandparents
512 ggggggg grandparents
1024 gggggggg grandparents
2048 ggggggggg grandparents
4096 gggggggggg grandparents
8192 ggggggggggg grandparents
16,184 gggggggggggg grandparents
32,768 ggggggggggggg grandparents
65,536 gggggggggggggg grandparents
131,072 ggggggggggggggg grandparents
262,144 gggggggggggggggg grandparents
524,288 ggggggggggggggggg grandparents
1,048,576 gggggggggggggggggg grandparents
2,097,152 ggggggggggggggggggg grandparents

Shiney Row

2007-08-02T22:22:00.000+01:00

How cool is this!!!

Thanks Mel xxx xox

Updating

2007-08-01T21:46:00.000+01:00

Hi all *waves*

Not much genealogy being done at the moment, it's the school holidays and so I'm being kept quite busy.

I'm hoping to write a bit on the Taylor branch of my tree soon but it may be a couple of weeks or so before I get around to it. Damn real life getting in the way of my family history researching LOL

Anyway, if anyone has any pictures of Shiney Row in Sunderland from around the 1920's to 1930's that would be fab if you could mail them to me, or of Murton Street, Sunderland from the same time period. If anyone arrives here searching the Taylor family from Northumberland, or Sunderland drop me a mail (address top right of the page) I am also looking for more information on Mary Donaldson, born in Northumberland (Belford)

Am also still searching for details on the McDonnell's (McDonnell, McDonel, McDonnel, McDonell, MacDonnell, McDonald, MacDonald's - or any other varient spellings LOL) from Leeds, then Sculcoates.

SJ's Marriage Witness Index

2007-07-25T20:53:00.000+01:00

14 November 1819 - Marriage of William Palfrey and Mary Babb at the Church by Banns - Witnesses - George Babb & Elizabeth Haddon

16 April 1853 - Marriage of William Ayre and Mary Ann Teal at the Register Office, Sculcoates, Kingston Upon Hull - Witnesses - Charles Clapperon (?) and Jane Hildblood(?)

18th January 1870 - Marriage of Jonathan Fowler and Ellen Burn at the Parish Church, All Saints, Monkwearmouth - Witnesses - John Fowler & Margaret Ann Ramshaw.

24th March 1874 - Marriage of Peter McDonnell and (Elizabeth) Ann Ayre at the Catholic Chapel (? Unreadable) in the District of Sculcoates in the County of Kingston Upon Hull - Witnesses - Michael Fox & Mary Ann Fox.

8th July 1883 - Marriage of William Stemp and Caroline Palmer at the Church in the Parish of St James, Westminster, in the County of Middlesex - Witnesses - Alfred Weaver & Harriot Weaver.

1st January 1896 - Marriage of Margaret Georgina Coutts and WIlliam Murrell at The Cathedral int he Parish of St Nicholas, Newcastle - Witnesses - Thomas Colley & Frances Coutts

12th June 1903 - Marriage of Edward McDonnell and Alice Dixon at the Parish Church, in the Parish of Drypool in the County of Kingston Upon Hull - Witnesses - Arthur McDonnell, Harvy Dixon, Jane Elizabeth Spencer & Sarah Jane Longster.

15th June 1912 - Marriage of William James Stemp and Linda Mary Palfrey at St Martine, Kensal Rise in the Parish of Willesden in the County of Middlesex - Witnesses - Arthur John Stemp, George William Palfrey, Lydia Louise Palfrey & Daisy Harriet Stemp.

23rd December 1916 - Marriage of Frederick George Boyd and Hilda Murdy at the Register Office in the district of Sunderland - Witnesses - B Storey & E W Harrison.

17th January 1942 - Marriage of William Pedgrift and Alice McDonnell (formerly Dixon) at the register office in the county borough of Kingston Upon Hull - Witnesses - JL Hammond & O Hammond.

Summer Holidays

2007-07-24T08:49:00.000+01:00

Morning all *waves*

I've not done much genealogy over the last few days, it's the start of the school holidays and I have some time off work and am going to try to get some decorating done. It's good to give the braincells a rest from searching through censuses too. I tend to go at it for days looking and searching and then I get genealogists block LOL. A few days doing something else and I usually find what I'm looking for first time when I come back to it!

Harry Potter

2007-07-22T08:49:00.000+01:00

Morning !!

Not much doing on the genealogy front over the last couple of days, I have been too busy reading the new Harry Potter with no TV, pooter or papers in case they spoilt the ending LOL

Phil queued at the local Tesco at midnight and picked us up two copies, so we didn't have to share LOL and I stayed up till nearly 3am reading. The up first thing Saturday morning to finish it off. Managed to finish by 7pm. Would have been earlier if I didn't have stuff to do LOL

I'm not spoilering the end or any of it here, but it was good !!!!

The Tooth Fairy Visits

2007-07-18T21:37:00.000+01:00

....for the first time, Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

Did you know the going rate for the tooth fairy is now a quid *eek* LOL :o)

Here's Mr SJ Junior showing off his first wibbly wobbly tooth that fell out!!

Marriage Certificate of William Ayre and Mary Ann Teal

2007-07-17T09:30:00.000+01:00

.....and I could do with some help.

This is the occupation of Mary's father George, and I'm having trouble reading what it says. I've also yet to find a census with her father listed as anything which looks similar.

Also here are their witnesses .........

If anyone has any idea what they might say I'd love to hear from you, either email me of leave me a comment. Thanku :o) You can click to enlarge the pictures.

If there are any of my Ayre contacts out there reading who would like to see the certificate, give me a shout.

SJ's Marriage Witness Index

2007-07-17T09:23:00.000+01:00

14 November 1819 - Marriage of William Palfrey and Mary Babb at the Church by Banns - Witnesses - George Babb & Elizabeth Haddon

16 April 1853 - Marriage of William Ayre and Mary Ann Teal at the Register Office, Sculcoates, Kingston Upon Hull - Witnesses - Charles Clapperon (?) and Jane Hild(?)

18th January 1870 - Marriage of Jonathan Fowler and Ellen Burn at the Parish Church, All Saints, Monkwearmouth - Witnesses - John Fowler & Margaret Ann Ramshaw.

24th March 1874 - Marriage of Peter McDonnell and (Elizabeth) Ann Ayre at the Catholic Chapel (? Unreadable) in the District of Sculcoates in the County of Kingston Upon Hull - Witnesses - Michael Fox & Mary Ann Fox.

8th July 1883 - Marriage of William Stemp and Caroline Palmer at the Church in the Parish of St James, Westminster, in the County of Middlesex - Witnesses - Alfred Weaver & Harriot Weaver.

12th June 1903 - Marriage of Edward McDonnell and Alice Dixon at the Parish Church, in the Parish of Drypool in the County of Kingston Upon Hull - Witnesses - Arthur McDonnell, Harvy Dixon, Jane Elizabeth Spencer & Sarah Jane Longster.

15th June 1912 - Marriage of William James Stemp and Linda Mary Palfrey at St Martine, Kensal Rise in the Parish of Willesden in the County of Middlesex - Witnesses - Arthur John Stemp, George William Palfrey, Lydia Louise Palfrey & Daisy Harriet Stemp.

17th January 1942 - Marriage of William Pedgrift and Alice McDonnell (formerly Dixon) at the register office in the county borough of Kingston Upon Hull - Witnesses - JL Hammond & O Hammond.

23rd December 1916 - Marriage of Frederick George Boyd and Hilda Murdy at the Register Office in the district of Sunderland - Witnesses - B Storey & E W Harrison.

SJ's Family Forum

2007-07-14T22:27:00.000+01:00

Thanks to all those who have joined up so far. I thought it would be nice to have somewhere to invite all the people I meet while researching my family tree. If you are connected to my tree in any way, however remotely please feel free to join up and hopefully you will be able to chat to and meet the other people who share ancestors who I meet. Please feel free to invite anyone connected who you think would like to join.

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Descendants of Charles Coutts b1780

2007-07-14T22:12:00.000+01:00

1st Generation

1. Charles Coutts was born 1780 in Glenmuick, Aberdeenshire, Scotland and died About 1841. He married Jean Ley . She was born Jul 22, 1786 in Logie Coldstone Scotland .

Children of Charles Coutts and Jean Ley:
i. 2. Jean Coutts was born Sep 25, 1811.
ii. 3. George Coutts was born Feb 14, 1814 and died Jul 25, 1894.
iii. 4. John Coutts was born Mar 24, 1816 and died Jan 4, 1900.
iv. 5. James Coutts was born Oct 4, 1818 in Logie Coldstone, Abd, , Scotland and died Mar 3, 1892.
v. 6. Charles Coutts was born 1810 in Logie Coldstone and died Dec 26, 1885 in Lochhead Dinnet Scotland.

2nd Generation (Children)

2. Jean Coutts was born Sep 25, 1811.
3. George Coutts was born Feb 14, 1814 and died Jul 25, 1894. He married Elizabeth Leighton Sep 11, 1841 . She was born 1819 and died Jan 31, 1876.

4. John Coutts was born Mar 24, 1816 and died Jan 4, 1900. He married Elizabeth Farquarson Mar 16, 1844 .

5. James Coutts was born Oct 4, 1818 in Logie Coldstone, Abd, , Scotland and died Mar 3, 1892. He married Isabella Taylor Dec 1, 1859 . She was born Oct 29, 1827 and died Oct 13, 1895.

Children of James Coutts and Isabella Taylor:
i. 7. James Coutts was born Sep 15, 1860.
ii. 8. Thomas Coutts was born Jul 11, 1862.
iii. 9. David Coutts was born Jan 10, 1865.
iv. 10. Elizabeth Coutts was born Jul 14, 1866.
v. 11. James McKinnon (alias "James Coutts") was born Mar 15, 1882 and died Dec 1, 1971.

6. Charles Coutts was born 1810 in Logie Coldstone and died Dec 26, 1885 in Lochhead Dinnet Scotland. He married Mary Ann Farquharson Riach Dec 25, 1853 . She was born Jun 23, 1833 in Kirkmichael Banffshire Scotland and died Dec 10, 1912 in March, Glenmuick, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Other events in the life of Mary Ann Farquharson Riach
Residence : 1871 in Glenmuick, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Children of Charles Coutts and Mary Ann Farquharson Riach:
i. 12. Mary Coutts was born Dec 21, 1854 in TULLICH Glenmuick Aberdeenshire.

3rd Generation (Grandchildren)

7. James Coutts was born Sep 15, 1860.
8. Thomas Coutts was born Jul 11, 1862.
9. David Coutts was born Jan 10, 1865.
10. Elizabeth Coutts was born Jul 14, 1866.
11. James McKinnon (alias "James Coutts") was born Mar 15, 1882 and died Dec 1, 1971. He married Kate Maria Course Oct 2, 1906 . She was born Jun 30, 1882 and died Oct 13, 1973.

12. Mary Coutts was born Dec 21, 1854 in TULLICH Glenmuick Aberdeenshire. She married ? Wilson . He was born 1850 in Cushnie Aberdeenshire .

Other events in the life of Mary Coutts
Residence : 1881 in Tullich and Glenmuick, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Residence : 1861 in Glenmuick, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Children of Mary Coutts and ? Wilson:
i. 13. Margaret Georgina Coutts was born Dec 7, 1874 in Braemar Aberdeenshire Scotland and died 1940 in SUNDERLAND Tyne and Wear England.
ii. 14. Frances Coutts was born Dec 4, 1876 in Glenmuick, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
iii. 15. Andrew Kennedy was born Jun 3, 1880 in Glenmuick, Aberdeenshire.

4th Generation (Great-Grandchildren)

13. Margaret Georgina Coutts was born Dec 7, 1874 in Braemar Aberdeenshire Scotland and died 1940 in SUNDERLAND Tyne and Wear England. She married 1st William Charles Murrell Jan 1, 1896 in Saint Nicholas, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England. He was born About 1876 in France . She married 2nd John M Lisle 1913 in TYNE AND WEAR Sunderland Durham. She married 3rd Thomas Brown (alias "Tommy") .

14. Frances Coutts was born Dec 4, 1876 in Glenmuick, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
15. Andrew Kennedy was born Jun 3, 1880 in Glenmuick, Aberdeenshire.

Descendants of James Dixon b 1796

2007-07-14T22:02:00.000+01:00

1st Generation

1. James Dixon was born 1796 in Lincolnshire, England and died 1846 in Glanford Brigg, Lincolnshire, England. He married Mary . She was born 1793 in Barton, Lincolnshire, England .

Other events in the life of James Dixon
Residence : Newport Street on 1841 in Barton On Humber St Mary, Lincolnshire, England
Occupation : Agricultural Labourer on 1841 in Barton On Humber St Mary, Lincolnshire, England
Residence : 1841 in Barton Upon Humber St Mary, Lincolnshire, England

Other events in the life of Mary
Residence : 13 Newport Street on 1861 in Barton On Humber St Mary, Lincolnshire, England
Residence : 1861 in St Mary, Lincolnshire, England
Occupation : Charwoman (Pauper) on 1851 in Barton On Humber St Mary, Lincolnshire, England
Residence : Newport Street on 1851 in Barton On Humber St Mary, Lincolnshire, England
Residence : 1851 in Barton On Humber St Mary, Lincolnshire, England
Residence : Newport Street on 1841 in Barton On Humber St Mary, Lincolnshire, England
Residence : 1841 in Barton Upon Humber St Mary, Lincolnshire, England
Residence : Newport Street on 1871 in St Mary, Lincolnshire, England

Children of James Dixon and Mary:
i. 2. James Dixon was born 1827 in Barton, Lincolnshire, England and died 1895 in Glanford Brigg, Lincolnshire, England.
ii. 3. Robert Dixon was born 1830 in Barton, Lincolnshire, England and died 1907 in Glanford Brigg, Lincolnshire, England.
iii. 4. Richard Dixon was born 1819 in Barton On Humber, Lincolnshire, England.
iv. 5. John Theaker Dixon was born 1833 in Lincolnshire, England and died 1865 in Glanford Brigg, Lincolnshire, England.

2nd Generation (Children)

2. James Dixon was born 1827 in Barton, Lincolnshire, England and died 1895 in Glanford Brigg, Lincolnshire, England. He married Hannah Osgerby 1851 in Glanford Brigg, Lincolnshire, England. She was born About 1832 in Feniby, Lincolnshire, England, daughter of Thomas Osgerby and Mary Thompson.

Other events in the life of James Dixon
Occupation : Night Watchman - Cement Works on 1891 in Barton On Humber, Lincolnshire, England
Occupation : Agricultural Labourer on 1881 in Barton On Humber, Lincolnshire, England
Occupation : Labourer on 1871 in Barton On Humber, Lincolnshire, England
Occupation : Agricultural Labourer on 1861 in Barton On Humber, Lincolnshire, England
Occupation : Agricultural Labourer on 1851 in Barton On Humber, Lincolnshire, England
Residence : 14 Newport Street on 1891 in Barton On Humber, Lincolnshire, England
Residence : Newport Street on 1881 in Barton St Mary, Lincolnshire, England
Residence : Newport Street on 1871 in St Mary, Lincolnshire, England
Residence : 7 Newport Street on 1861 in St Mary, Lincolnshire, England
Residence : Newport Street on 1851 in Barton On Humber St Mary, Lincolnshire, England
Residence : Newport Street on 1841 in Barton Upon Humber St Mary, Lincolnshire, England

Other events in the life of Hannah Osgerby
Residence : 1871 in St Mary, Lincolnshire, England
Residence : 1851 in Barton On Humber St Mary, Lincolnshire, England
Residence : 1891 in Barton On Humber, Lincolnshire, England
Residence : 1881 in Barton St Mary, Lincolnshire, England
Residence : 1861 in St Mary, Lincolnshire, England

Children of James Dixon and Hannah Osgerby:
i. 6. George Dixon was born 1863 in Barton, Lincolnshire, England.
ii. 7. Mary Dixon was born 1865 in Barton, Lincolnshire, England.
iii. 8. Joseph Dixon was born 1870 in Barton, Lincolnshire, England.
iv. 9. Fred Dixon was born 1873 in Barton, Lincolnshire, England.
v. 10. Charles Dixon was born 1874 in Barton, Lincolnshire, England.
vi. 11. John Henry Dixon was born 1852 in Barton, Lincolnshire, England.
vii. 12. Thomas Dixon was born 1854 in Barton, Lincolnshire, England.
viii. 13. William Dixon was born 1860 in Barton, Lincolnshire, England.

3. Robert Dixon was born 1830 in Barton, Lincolnshire, England and died 1907 in Glanford Brigg, Lincolnshire, England. He married Eliza Ann Parkinson 1851 in Glanford Brigg, Lincolnshire, England. She was born 1832 in Barton On Humber, Lincolnshire, England .

Other events in the life of Robert Dixon
Occupation : Gardener (Not Domestic) on 1901 in Barton On Humber, Lincolnshire, England
Occupation : Labourer (General) on 1881 in Barton On Humber, Lincolnshire, England
Occupation : Stone Quarrier on 1871 in Barton On Humber, Lincolnshire, England
Occupation : Agricultural Labourer on 1851 in Barton On Humber, Lincolnshire, England
Description : Eliza Ann Parkinson as Visitor on census staying with family. on 1851 in Barton On Humber, Lincolnshire, England
Occupation : Quarrier (Stone) on 1861 in Barton On Humber, Lincolnshire, England
Residence : 1861 in St Mary, Lincolnshire, England
Residence : Burleys Row on 1901 in Barton On Humber, Lincolnshire, England
Residence : Westfield Road on 1881 in Barton St Mary and St Peter, Lincolnshire, England
Residence : Westfield Road on 1871 in Barton St Mary, Lincolnshire, England
Residence : Newport Street on 1851 in Barton On Humber St Mary, Lincolnshire, England
Residence : Newport Street on 1841 in Barton Upon Humber St Mary, Lincolnshire, England

Children of Robert Dixon and Eliza Ann Parkinson:
i. 14. Mary Ann Dixon was born 1852 in Barton On Humber, Lincolnshire, England.

4. Richard Dixon was born 1819 in Barton On Humber, Lincolnshire, England. He married Charlotte Esentoun Batchelor 1852 in Glanford Brigg, Lincolnshire, England. She was born 1831 in Benington, Lincolnshire, England .

Other events in the life of Richard Dixon
Occupation : Cliff (?) Labourer on 1851 in Barton On Humber St Mary, Lincolnshire, England
Occupation : Agricultural Labourer on 1841 in Barton On Humber St Mary, Lincolnshire, England
Residence : F(?)leetgate District on 1861 in Barton St Mary, Lincolnshire, England
Residence : Newport Street on 1851 in Barton On Humber St Mary, Lincolnshire, England
Residence : Newport Street on 1841 in Barton Upon Humber St Mary, Lincolnshire, England

Other events in the life of Charlotte Esentoun Batchelor
Residence : 1861 in Barton St Mary, Lincolnshire, England
Residence : 1871 in St Mary, Lincolnshire, England

Children of Richard Dixon and Charlotte Esentoun Batchelor:
i. 15. Eliza Dixon was born 1861 in Barton, Lincolnshire, England.
ii. 16. John Thomas Dixon was born About 1857 in Barton On Humber, Lincolnshire, England.

5. John Theaker Dixon was born 1833 in Lincolnshire, England and died 1865 in Glanford Brigg, Lincolnshire, England. He married Jane Osgerby 1853 in Glanford Brigg, Lincolnshire, England. She was born 1835 in South Ferriby Lincolnshire England and died 1889 in Glanford Brigg, Lincolnshire, England, daughter of Thomas Osgerby and Mary Thompson.

Other events in the life of John Theaker Dixon
Occupation : Stone Quarrier on 1861 in Barton On Humber, Lincolnshire, England
Occupation : Farm Servant on 1851 in Barton On Humber, Lincolnshire, England
Residence : 8 Newport Street on 1861 in St Mary, Lincolnshire, England
Residence : Fleetgate on 1851 in Barton On Humber St Mary, Lincolnshire, England
Residence : Newport Street on 1841 in Barton Upon Humber St Mary, Lincolnshire, England

Children of John Theaker Dixon and Jane Osgerby:
i. 17. Fanny Dixon was born 1854 in Barton On Humber, Lincolnshire, England.
ii. 18. Joseph Dixon was born 1857 in Barton On Humber, Lincolnshire, England.
iii. 19. Mary Elizabeth Dixon was born 1860 in Barton On Humber, Lincolnshire, England.
iv. 20. John Dixon was born 1862 in Barton On Humber, Lincolnshire, England.
v. 21. Arthur Dixon was born 1863 in Barton On Humber, Lincolnshire, England.

3rd Generation (Grandchildren)

6. George Dixon was born 1863 in Barton, Lincolnshire, England.
7. Mary Dixon was born 1865 in Barton, Lincolnshire, England.
8. Joseph Dixon was born 1870 in Barton, Lincolnshire, England.
9. Fred Dixon was born 1873 in Barton, Lincolnshire, England.
10. Charles Dixon was born 1874 in Barton, Lincolnshire, England.
11. John Henry Dixon was born 1852 in Barton, Lincolnshire, England.
12. Thomas Dixon was born 1854 in Barton, Lincolnshire, England.
13. William Dixon was born 1860 in Barton, Lincolnshire, England.
14. Mary Ann Dixon was born 1852 in Barton On Humber, Lincolnshire, England.
15. Eliza Dixon was born 1861 in Barton, Lincolnshire, England.
16. John Thomas Dixon was born About 1857 in Barton On Humber, Lincolnshire, England. He married Emma Grainge 1882 in Glanford Brigg, Lincolnshire, England. She was born 1861 in Skirlaugh, Hornsea, Yorkshire, England, daughter of John Grainge and Jane.

Other events in the life of John Thomas Dixon
Residence : 1861 in Barton St Mary, Lincolnshire, England
Residence : 1891 in Drypool, Yorkshire, England
Occupation : General Labourer on 1891 in DRYPOOL Kingston Upon Hull
Residence : 15 Crowle Avenue on 1901 in Sculcoates, Yorkshire, England

Other events in the life of Emma Grainge
Residence : 1871 in Barrow, Lincolnshire, England
Residence : 1901 in Sculcoates, Yorkshire, England
Residence : 1891 in Drypool, Yorkshire, England

Children of John Thomas Dixon and Emma Grainge:
i. 22. Alice Dixon (alias "Pedgrift") was born Sep 5, 1884 in Barton, Lincoln and died Apr 19, 1956 in Albert, Kingston Upon Hull, Hull.
ii. 23. Harry Dixon was born About 1887 in Barton On Humber, Lincolnshire, England.
iii. 24. John B Dixon was born About 1883 in Barton On Humber, Lincolnshire, England.
iv. 25. Edith Dixon was born About 1897 in Hull, Yorkshire, England.

17. Fanny Dixon was born 1854 in Barton On Humber, Lincolnshire, England.
18. Joseph Dixon was born 1857 in Barton On Humber, Lincolnshire, England.
19. Mary Elizabeth Dixon was born 1860 in Barton On Humber, Lincolnshire, England.
20. John Dixon was born 1862 in Barton On Humber, Lincolnshire, England.
21. Arthur Dixon was born 1863 in Barton On Humber, Lincolnshire, England.

4th Generation (Great-Grandchildren)

22. Alice Dixon (alias "Pedgrift") was born Sep 5, 1884 in Barton, Lincoln and died Apr 19, 1956 in Albert, Kingston Upon Hull, Hull. She married 1st Edward McDonnell 1905 in St Andrews, Drypool, Kingston Upon Hull. He was born Aug 30, 1883 in Myton, Kingston Upon Hull, Hull, England, son of Peter McDonnell and Elizabeth Ann Ayre (alias "Ann"). She married 2nd William Pedgrift Jan 17, 1942 in Kingston Upon Hull Yorkshire. He was born Sep 21, 1889 in HULL Yorkshire and died May 18, 1960 in Kingston Upon Hull Yorkshire.

Other events in the life of Alice Dixon
Residence : 63 Crowle Street on 1905 in DRYPOOL Kingston Upon Hull

Other events in the life of Edward McDonnell
Residence : 1891 in Drypool, Yorkshire, England
Occupation : Ship Yard Labourer on 1910 in Sculcoates Hull Yorkshire England
Residence : 10 Wilfred Terrace, Raven Street Hull on 1910 in Sculcoates Kingston Upon Hull Yorkshire England
Residence : 1901 in Sculcoates, Yorkshire, England
Residence : Born here on Aug 30, 1883 in Hutchinsons Place, Hill Street, Hull, England
Residence : 63 Crowle Street on 1905 in DRYPOOL Kingston Upon Hull
Residence : 1 Ivy Cottages Southcoates Lane on 1901 in Sculcoates, Yorkshire, England
Occupation : Labourer on 1905 in DRYPOOL Kingston Upon Hull

Other events in the life of William Pedgrift
Residence : 1901 in Sculcoates, Yorkshire, England
Residence : 1891 in Southcoates, Yorkshire, England
Residence : 11 Berkley Terrace, Buckingham Street in Hull
Occupation : Painter

23. Harry Dixon was born About 1887 in Barton On Humber, Lincolnshire, England.
24. John B Dixon was born About 1883 in Barton On Humber, Lincolnshire, England.
25. Edith Dixon was born About 1897 in Hull, Yorkshire, England.

My Stemps from Cranley, Surrey, England.

2007-07-14T15:47:00.000+01:00

I had just received the birth certificate for William Stemp born 1858 in Cranley (Cranleigh) Surrey which gave me the name of his parents as James Stemp and Susan Cooper when I decided to do a litte google looking for Knowle Lodge where William was born. One of the first hits was this website --> click here

I emailed the owners of the site who were really helpful in confirming that we did indeed have the same Stemp's in our trees, and offering their information for my tree. I therefore now have right back to about 1600, and the Stemp line goes even further back on the Dackombe webiste. All the information on their surnames can be forund here -->
click here

I love meeting new people with connections to the family or who are interested in genealogy and it's great to come accross someone using google, it's quite surreal when someone from your tree pops up on a search in someone elses!

Ancestors Of William James Stemp

2007-07-14T15:36:00.000+01:00

1st Generation

1. Stemp, William James1,2 was born 1886 in Epsom, Surrey, England3,4,5 and died 1967 in Hillingdon England.

Other events in the life of Stemp, William James
Residence : 31a Cumberland Road, Hanwell on 1916 in Brentford England
Occupation : Civil Services Candidate P?Office on 1901 in Leatherhead, Surrey, England
Residence : Gardeners Cottage, Randall Park Estate, Leatherhead, Surrey, England on 1891 in Leatherhead, Surrey, England 6
Residence : Gardeners Cottage, Randall Park Estate, Leatherhead, Surrey, England on 1901 in Leatherhead, Surrey, England 7

Father: 2. Stemp, William was born Apr 30, 1858 in Cranley, Surrey, England.
Mother: 3. Palmer, Caroline was born About 1859 in Croydon, Surrey, England.

2nd Generation (Parents)

2. Stemp, William8,9,10,11,12 was born Apr 30, 1858 in Cranley, Surrey, England13,14,15,16,17,18.

Other events in the life of Stemp, William
Occupation : Head Gardener, Domestic Servant on 1891 in Randall Park Estate, Gardeners Cottage, Leatherhead, Surrey, England
Residence : 1891 in Leatherhead, Surrey, England 19
Residence : Cherkley Court, Swanston Cottage, Leatherhead, Surrey, England on 1881 in Leatherhead, Surrey, England 20
Residence : Utworth, Cranley, Surrey, England on 1871 in Cranley, Surrey, England 21
Residence : Knowle Lodge, Cranley, Surrey, England on 1861 in Cranley, Surrey, England 22
Residence : 1901 in Randall Park Estate, Gardeners Cottage, Leatherhead, Surrey, England 23

Father: 4. Stemp, James was born Oct 12, 1834 in Cranley, Surrey, England and died Oct 30, 1882 in St Nicholas, Cranley, Surrey.
Mother: 5. Cooper, Susan was born 1837 in Cranley, Surrey, England.

3. Palmer, Caroline24,25,26,27 was born About 1859 in Croydon, Surrey, England28,29,30,31.

Other events in the life of Palmer, Caroline
Residence : 1861 in Deptford St Nicholas, Kent, England 32
Residence : 1891 in Leatherhead, Surrey, England 33
Residence : 1901 in Leatherhead, Surrey, England 34
Residence : Cherkley Court House, Leatherhead, Surrey, England on 1881 in Leatherhead, Surrey, England 35

Father: Palmer, John was born 1822 in Sussex, England.
Mother: , Mary A was born 1823 in Cheam, Surrey, England.

3rd Generation (Grandparents)

4. Stemp, James36,37,38,39,40,41 was born Oct 12, 1834 in Cranley, Surrey, England42,43,44,45,46,47 and died Oct 30, 1882 in St Nicholas, Cranley, Surrey.

Other events in the life of Stemp, James
Residence : 1841 in Cranley, Surrey, England 48
Residence : 1851 in Cranley, Surrey, England 49
Residence : 1871 in Cranley, Surrey, England 50
Residence : 1881 in Cranleigh, Surrey, England 51
Occupation : 1861 in Farm Labourer
Residence : Knowle Lodge on 1861 in Cranley, Surrey, England 52

Father: 6. Stemp, Henery was born 1787-11-19.
Mother: Mitchell, Mary.

5. Cooper, Susan53,54 was born 1837 in Cranley, Surrey, England55.

Other events in the life of Cooper, Susan
Residence : 1881 in Cranleigh, Surrey, England 56
Baptism : Oct 29, 1837 in St Nicholas, Cranley, Surrey, England

Father: Cooper, Henry.
Mother: Cooper, Catherine.

4th Generation (Great-Grandparents)
6. Stemp, Henery was born 1787-11-19.
Father: 7. Stemp, George was born 1759-10-14.
Mother: Tanner, Elizabeth.

5th Generation (Great(2)-Grandparents)

7. Stemp, George was born 1759-10-14.
Father: 8. Stemp, James was born 1728-06-26 in Rudgewick,,, and died 1784-04-16.
Mother: Ranger, Mary57 was born Dec 4, 1734 in Rudgwick,,Sussex,England58 and died Jun 5, 181559.

6th Generation (Great(3)-Grandparents)

8. Stemp, James was born 1728-06-26 in Rudgewick,,, and died 1784-04-16.
Father: 9. Stemp, Thomas was born 1682-07-23 in Wonersh,,Surrey,England and died 1742-12-23.
Mother: Ansell, Ann60 was born Feb 2, 1684 in Bap Wonersh Church,,,61 and died 1739-06-13 in Ewhurst,,Surrey,England62.

7th Generation (Great(4)-Grandparents)

9. Stemp, Thomas was born 1682-07-23 in Wonersh,,Surrey,England and died 1742-12-23.
Father: 10. Stemp, Robert was born Sep 17, 1643 in St Mary, Chiddingford, Surrey and died Jul 6, 1711 in St John, Wonersh, Surrey.
Mother: Bagnet, Mary63 was born 1674 in Cranleigh, , Surrey, England64 and died 1715 in St John, Wonersh, Surrey65.

8th Generation (Great(5)-Grandparents)

10. Stemp, Robert66 was born Sep 17, 1643 in St Mary, Chiddingford, Surrey67 and died Jul 6, 1711 in St John, Wonersh, Surrey68.
Father: 11. Stemp, Thomas (alias "Stimpe").

9th Generation (Great(6)-Grandparents)

11. Stemp, Thomas (alias "Stimpe").
Father: 12. Stemp, John (alias "Stimpe, John") was born 1600.
Mother: Joan died 1634-01-24.

10th Generation (Great(7)-Grandparents)

12. Stemp, John (alias "Stimpe, John") was born 1600.
Father: 13. Stemp, Thomas.
Mother: Pullen, Joanne died 1593-02-18.

11th Generation (Great(8)-Grandparents)

13. Stemp, Thomas.
Father: Stemp.

Invasion of the KILLER Bees !!!!

2007-07-13T10:26:00.000+01:00

OK, maybe that's a little dramatic !!!

Last night I arrived home to find a swarm of bees had taken up residence on our apple tree !!!!

Luckily we found a man in the Yellow Pages who lived just around the corner and came and rehomed them in a little box and took them away !

Big thanks to Grandma and Grandad for putting me and the boy up overnight while Phil bravely entered the loft (where they had appeared to have been before deciding they didn't like the decor and moving to the tree) and got rid of the last of them.

Unknown Photos - Part 4 - The Restoration

2007-07-13T09:36:00.000+01:00

I would like to say a very big thanks to Jim who emailed me a restored version of the picture of Cousin Jack, and made it colour. It has really brought them to life!! It looks absoloutley fantastic, thank you very much Jim :o)

Unknown Photos - Part 4

2007-07-11T08:28:00.000+01:00

Meet Cousin Jack, and probably his wife.

This is Granny Dixon, but I'm not sure whose Granny she is. If anyone has an idea of what date this might be that might help.

Unknown Photos - Part 3

2007-07-10T19:10:00.001+01:00

Please excuse my squiffy scanning on this one. Here's a picture of Uncle John. This came from my Grandad's box of photos, so could be from the Taylor, Murdy, Coutts, or Boyd family, or none of the above!

If you click the pictures they will enlarge and you can see Uncle John written on the back.

SJ's Marriage Witness Index

2007-07-09T21:26:00.000+01:00

I thought it might be good to keep a record of the witnesses at the marriages of my ancestors. I will update these as and when I get any new certificates.

14 November 1819 - Marriage of William Palfrey and Mary Babb at the Church by Banns - Witnesses - George Babb & Elizabeth Haddon

18th January 1870 - Marriage of Jonathan Fowler and Ellen Burn at the Parish Church, All Saints, Monkwearmouth - Witnesses - John Fowler & Margaret Ann Ramshaw.

24th March 1874 - Marriage of Peter McDonnell and (Elizabeth) Ann Ayre at the Catholic Chapel (? Unreadable) in the District of Sculcoates in the County of Kingston Upon Hull - Witnesses - Michael Fox & Mary Ann Fox.

8th July 1883 - Marriage of William Stemp and Caroline Palmer at the Church in the Parish of St James, Westminster, in the County of Middlesex - Witnesses - Alfred Weaver & Harriot Weaver.

12th June 1903 - Marriage of Edward McDonnell and Alice Dixon at the Parish Church, in the Parish of Drypool in the County of Kingston Upon Hull - Witnesses - Arthur McDonnell, Harvy Dixon, Jane Elizabeth Spencer & Sarah Jane Longster.

15th June 1912 - Marriage of William James Stemp and Linda Mary Palfrey at St Martine, Kensal Rise in the Parish of Willesden in the County of Middlesex - Witnesses - Arthur John Stemp, George William Palfrey, Lydia Louise Palfrey & Daisy Harriet Stemp.

17th January 1942 - Marriage of William Pedgrift and Alice McDonnell (formerly Dixon) at the register office in the county borough of Kingston Upon Hull - Witnesses - JL Hammond & O Hammond.

23rd December 1916 - Marriage of Frederick George Boyd and Hilda Murdy at the Register Office in the district of Sunderland - Witnesses - B Storey & E W Harrison.

Marriage Certificate on order!

2007-07-09T21:15:00.000+01:00

I have ordered the marriage certificate for William Ayre and Mary Ann Teal.

Hope this will give me the information I need on Mary Ann's father and help locate her on the census.

And I like seeing certificates :o)

Contact Me!

2007-07-09T19:00:00.000+01:00

I can see I am getting a few hits from search engines now, from people searching for some of the names in my tree that I have mentioned here.

If you would like to contact me please use the email address at the top of the right hand sidebar.

If you are reading and would like to leave me a comment that would be cool too !!!

Mary Ann Teal possibilities

2007-07-09T13:24:00.000+01:00

Looking at the 1851 census I have two Mary Ann Teal's living with their parents.

James, Elizabeth living in Holme On The Wolds, Yorkshire, England Holme On The Wolds Yorkshire

George, Ann living in Knaresbro, Yorkshire, England Knaresborough Yorkshire

Looking for more on Mary Ann Teal Born Approx 1836 Hull Yorkshire

2007-07-09T13:04:00.000+01:00

I have decided to have a little look for Mary Ann Teal on the backward branches of my tree. Having spent the last week or soo filling in some gaps on they Ayre branches I thought it might be nice to go back along the Teal ones. Which is where I hit a problem.

There are two possibles on the 1841 and 1851 censuses, so I'm going to have to do some detective work on both of them to see if I can figure out which is which, especially as her birth was probably before 1837.

Here's Mary and her family.

William Ayre
Parents: Ephraim Allen Ayre & Anne Metcalf
Birth: 1834
Hull Yorkshire England
Death: 1887
Sculcoates Hull Yorkshire England

Mary Ann Teal
Parents: Unknown
Birth: 1836
Hull Yorkshire England
Death: 1869
Sculcoates Hull Yorkshire England

Marriage — 1853 in Sculcoates Hull Yorkshire England

Children

Elizabeth Ann Ayre F 1854 in Sculcoates Hull Yorkshire
Mary A Ayre F 1856 in Hull Yorkshire England
Catherine Ayre F 1857 in Hull Yorkshire England
Maria Ayre F 1860 in Hull Yorkshire England
Harriet Ayre F 1861 in Hull, Yorkshire, England
Alice Ayre F 1864 in Hull Yorkshire England
Rosehannah Ayre F 1866 in Hull Yorkshire England

Unknown Photos - Part 2

2007-07-09T08:21:00.001+01:00

Meet Moustache Man !!

Unusual Names

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1) Ephriam Alan Ayre 1803 Kingston Upon Hull Yorkshire England
2) Ritson Taylor 1894 Sunderland, Durham, England
3) Silas Boyd 1815 Hartley Hampshire England

New Ayres

2007-07-06T13:18:00.000+01:00

Many Thanks to Brian who has given me some information on the parents and grandparents of William Ayre b1834. Details as below.

Ephriam Alan Ayre
Parents: Antony Ayre & Mary
Birth: 1803
Kingston Upon Hull Yorkshire England
Death:

Anne Metcalf
Parents: Unknown
Birth: 1805
Kingston-Upon-Hull, Yorkshire, England
Death:

Marriage — 12 Mar 1822 in Kingston Upon Hull Yorkshire England

Children
William Ayre M 1834 in Hull Yorkshire England

Ephriam now has proud place at the top of my Unusual Names list, replacing Ritson Taylor who was born in 1894 in Sunderland and the son of Peter Taylor and Esther Leedham. I think they are both pretty unusual names but I think Ephriam just about pips Ritson to the post! Come to think of it maybe I should post up my Unusual Names, mgiht be fun !! :o)

More Ayres

2007-07-03T16:49:00.000+01:00

Have been going through the Ayre family again this afternoon and have come up with another surname. Earle.

James L Earle born in Hull in 1877.

James L Earle
Parents: Unknown
Birth: abt 1877
Hull, Yorkshire, England
Death:

Caroline Pocklington Ayre
Parents: William Ayre & Sarah A Pocklington
Birth: 1878
Hull Yorkshire England
Death:

Marriage — 1899 in Hull Yorkshire England

Children
Margaret Earle F 1900 in Hull Yorkshire England

I also stumbled accross a possible marriage for John W Ayre, born 1877. While searching the Yorkshire BMD which is a great website for all your Yorkshire BMD queries!! I found a marriage in 1912 between John W Ayre and Alice Pocklington which stood out like a sore thumb being as Johns mothers maiden name was Pocklington. Have put it on my list of things to investigate !! *dons Inspector Morse cap*

I also wonder if William and Sarah had another child Frances Pocklington Ayre born and died in 1872. Another one for investigation!

Doing at the moment.......

2007-07-02T23:14:00.000+01:00

I have been having lots of fun with the Ayre family today :o)

Reasonably easy to find on the censuses and on BMD records (thanku free BMD) I always seem to find free BMD the easiest site to search.

It's nice sometimes to just sit and add people from a branch of my tree without any pressure to try to find a particular person (I think I am referring to the ongoing search for the McDonnell's here LOL)

I'm eyeing the clock and thinking it might be time to go to bed :o)

Maybe another five minutes :o)

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Edward McDonnell 30th August 1883 – 11th January 1975.

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