Exciting Murrell News!!

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!