I have an interest in the surname TAYLOR and the surnames WINDALE & vars., KITCHEN / vars. & ALDERSON that I have associated with Taylor. Beginning in Darlington St. Cuthberts parish with Alphonso Taylor a hinge maker who married Dorothy ALDERSON at St. Cuthberts church 1775. Dorothy Alderson was the daughter of John Alderson and was baptised at St. Cuthberts in 1755. I believe John Alderson, occ Weaver, had married Elizabeth KITCHEN at the same church in June 1753 and that they were Dorothy's parents. Alphonso Taylor and wife Dorothy had two children baptised at the same church that I know of, Elizabeth in June 1776 and John in January 1778 Alphonso was buried at St. Cuthberts in March 1778 his wife Dorothy lived on as his widow until 1793. Son John TAYLOR a weaver married Mary WINDALE at St. Cuthberts in Jan. 1804 and they had children Anne 1804, Dorothy 1805, Mary 1807, John Alderson 1809 bur.as an infant, John Windale 1811, Michael 1813. Mary Windale was baptised at St. Cuthbert's Darlington in 1784 dau. of Michael Windale. John Taylor died in 1826. Daughter Anne married George Smith of Sedgefield, a Joiner, and after living Darlington for a couple of years they moved on to Hartlepool. John Taylor's widow Mary by the time of the 1841 census is also in Hartlepool living in the house of her son Michael age 25 a shoemaker, with them is Mary's son John aged 30 a builder and a 5yr old John Smith who I assume is a grandson of Mary Taylor. John and Mary's other daughter Dorothy married Whitfield Smith of Sedgefield, brother of George Smith, and they moved to the Manchester area. I am in touch with a descendant of Whitfield and Dorothy. In both the 1851 & 1861 censuses Mary Taylor and her son John were staying in Cheetham Manchester with Whitfield Smith and his wife Dorothy. Whitfield & his brother George SMITH were both born in Sedgefield as sons of Samuel Smith and his wife Rebecca WHITFIELD. Rebecca was born in Stockton dau. of George Whitfield and his wife Mary TAYLORSON. Mary died soon after Rebecca's birth and George and Rebecca appear to have moved to Sedgefield where Rebecca married Samuel Smith and bore him several Children. Samuel Smith was the son of Timothy SMITH and his wife Magdalen TURBETT. Timothy Smith was bapt. at St. Margaret Durham City in 1738 son of Samuel Smith and his wife Deborah PARKIN who had married at the same church. Magdalen Turbett was born Trimdon dau. of John Turbett and I believe his wife was Ann Todd, I wrote about the Todd & Turbett families in an earlier mail of today. Does anyone else share any of these names in these areas? Regards Jenny DeAngelis Spain.

I am posting my interest in the surname TODD, and other names associated with the Todd family, in County Durham because I am hoping someone else may have some connection to the family, or families mentioned below, and might be able to help me find the marriage of one of my female Todd ancestors. I have a copy of the Will of Elizabeth Todd who died at Hetton bur. Houghton Le Spring May 1795. In the will Elizabeth mentions Sister Hannah NASBITT Nephews William & Robert NASBITT. The children of her deceased niece Ann SMURTHWAITE late wife of John. Niece Hannah TURPIN wife of William Turpin. Sister Ann TURBITT Nephew Robert TURBITT Niece Elizabeth TURBITT Niece Jane TURBITT Niece Magdalen SMITH wife of Timothy Smith of Bishop Middleham Elizabeth also mentions property in Shincliff, Ferryhill and Houghton le Spring. I also have a copy of the will of Robert TODD of Houghton Le Spring who names the following people. Sister Agnes TURBOTT sister Hanna NAISBIT, nephews Robert and William NAISBIT, sister Elizabeth TODD, niece Ann HUMPHREY and Isabella & Thomas HUMPHREY childfren of niece Anne Humphrey. I have copies of the baptisms of TURBETT children at Trimdon, Magdalen and Ann on same day in 1735, Mary 1737 and Hannah 1739. Father is shown as John Turbett on each entry. I also have baptisms at Witton Gilbert for Robert 1742, Elizabeth 1744 & Jane 1746 father John Turbett. I believe these to be all the same family of Turbett. I have copies of the marriages of Magdalen TURBETT to Timothy SMITH Trimdon 1768, Hannah TURBETT to William TURTON Lanchester 1764, Ann TURBETT to Thomas HUMPHREY Houghton Le Spring 1766 These married names for the Turbett daughters seem to fit with those mentioned in Elizabeth Todd's will, Hannah wife of William Turpin could have been a mis-spelling of surname Turton in the Will. marriage of Ann TODD to John SMURTHWAITE at Sedgefield 1768, this must be the niece mentioned in Robert Todd's will I think. I then have copies of the entries of Burials at Lanchester for Ann Turbett of Holmside Lane, April 1803 aged 90years wife of John Turbett. Also John Turbot of Holmside Lane bur. Lanchester Oct. 1787. Should Ann Turbett have been shown as the widow of John Turbett perhaps? I also found the marriage of Hannah TODD to John NAZBETT at Houghton le spring may 1752 baptisms of Robert Nesbitt Jul. 1753 Bishopwearmouth father John Nesbitt baptism William Nesbitt Sept. 1757 Bishopwearmouth father John Nesbitt. Again these tie into the will of Eliz. Todd and to the will of Robert Todd making this all the same family of Todd. I found on the IGI baptisms at Kirk Merrington of children of Robert Todd, William 1716, robert 1712, Elizabeth 1718, Katherin 1721 and Anne 1714. Could this be Robert and Elizabeth who wrote the wills and their sister Ann who married John Turbett? I found an extract on the Durham CRO database about a William Todd and a parcel of land of his in Hetton in the Hole, this is dated from 1619 so the Todd family must have been in Hetton Le Hole for quite a long time. If anyone can relate to any of the surnames I have mentioned or can add anything at all I would be very grateful if they would contact me. I have been stuck with the Todds and Turbetts for a long time now and would love to get further with them. Regards Jenny DeAngelis Spain.

Hi Stan Thank you for the information on Sydenham House ,plus interesting site you wrote about Doris

21 and 22 Fawcett Street, are Listed Buildings - Number:920-1/20/69 see http://preview.tinyurl.com/o9n3ne They were built for A. Corder & Son, by the architect Frank Caws, who used Sydenham House as his own office for many years, Meng's Restaurant traded from the ground floor. Stan Mapstone

Hi, wonder if someone could tell me about a red stone building in Fawcett St ,Sunderland . This building has the name Sydenham House built in 1895 . What purpose was it built for ? and who was Sydenham ,was he a person or was it just a company name Many thanks for any information Doris

In a message dated 08/05/2009 19:10:30 GMT Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Hi Doris, There is some information at http://preview.tinyurl.com/o5sm5c __________________________________________________________________________ The site says "Unusually the names of those involved in the design and construction of the buildings are engraved in the canted dormer high" Stan Mapstone

Hi Doris, There is some information at http://preview.tinyurl.com/o5sm5c Stan Mapstone

Thank you Janis, You have been extremely helpful and it is very much appreciated. Regards Judy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janis Noonan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 12:40 AM Subject: Re: [DUR-NBL] Rapsey - Smith > Paul Smith was baptised in Washington Holy Trinity 28 Sept 1828 s/o Paul > and > Sarah. > > Paul Smith and Sarah Ayre were married in Washington 29 Mar 1824 > > Siblings of Paul II: > > Mary Smith baptised Usworth 17 July 1836 > Ralph Smith baptised Washington 19 Nov 1826 > William Smith baptised Washington 26 June 1831 > Edward Smith baptised Usworth 2 Sept 1838 > Elizabeth baptised Washington 3 Nov 1833 > > Baptisms Kelloe St. Helen: (parish church for Coxhoe) > > James 23 Nov 1859 s/o Paul and Charity Smith, living West Hetton, Coal > Miner > Mary Jane Smith baptised 21 May 1861 d/o Paul and Charity Smith, living > West > Hetton, Coal Miner > Paul Smith baptised 22 Dec 1862 s/o Paul and Charity Smith, Living West > Hetton, Coal Miner > > Sorry no relation, just trying to be helpful > > Janis > > > >

Hi, I am researching the life and times of my late uncle John Edward "Eddie" LEVER who was born in Burnopfield in 1911, one of the children of Josiah and Ellen LEVER. The family moved to Burnopfield from Monkwearmouth sometime between 1905 and 1911. I believe that Josiah LEVER had a watch maker / repair shop in the village. Their address in the 1911 census was 6 Eden Avenue, Burnopfield. My uncle would have attended school locally with other elder brothers and sisters and he played football for White Le Head Rangers around 1927 before moving on to play professionally for Portsmouth. I have accumulated information about Josiah's ancestry but if any of your readers on this list can provide any information about the LEVER family and their time in Burnopfield I would be pleased to hear from them. Thanks, Martin Brown

Dear DUR-NBL-L Listers Thank you for your kind and prompted help especially Margaret, Nivard, Bill, Richard and Ian. Regards Harold

I've a Birth certificate for 1906, whereupon my Grandfather, Robert WALTON is shown as a "Railway Labourer" A family member believes he was an Engine Driver on the run from Newcastle to Glasgow? What Railway Company would have been in existence in 1906 and are employee records available? Regards; Robert KEMSLEY Australia

I received this today and I am passing it on in the hope it reaches people with expired credits. I know I once had five credits frozen until the next time I bought a batch. Margaret Hall Wallsend http://www.durhamrecordsonline.com/ FREE INDEX pay to view full record What's New at Durham Records Online: Credits no longer expire! Use them forever! Site credits no longer have an expiration date. Buy them now, use them forever! We know how annoying it is to feel like your time is running out to use up your credits, and really, there's no good reason for having an expiration date, so we got rid of expiration dates entirely. Any expired credits in your account are now usable. This change was made in response to a customer suggestion; we hope you all enjoy it!

Sorry I don't know what happened to the first message I sent it appears to have been condensed in cyberspace - sending in a new format. Harold, this is the family in 1891? Palmers Terrace James Slipper, Hd, W Age 39 Shipyard Labourer NFK Kings Lynn Folio 53 Page 13 Piece 4222 Palmers Terrace Elizabeth A Slipper Da Single Age 15 Servant DUR Hebburn Folio 53 Page 13 Piece 4222 Palmers Terrace William J Slipper So Single Age 14 Apprentice DUR Jarrow Folio 53 Page 13 Piece 4222 The address for them in all of the census you mention is PALMERS Terrace >From the 1891 census transcription of Willington Quay I did for the NDFHS. Margaret Hall Wallsend

Harold, This is the family in 1891? 582 Palmer Terrace Elizabeth A SLIPPER Da S 15 Servant DUR Hebburn 53 13 4222 581 Palmer Terrace James SLIPPER Hd W 39 Ship Yd Labourer NFK Kings Lynn 53 13 4222 582 Palmer Terrace William J SLIPPER So S 14 Apprentice DUR Jarrow 53 13 4222 The address for them in all of the census you mention is PALMERS Terrace Margaret Hall Wallsend -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Harold.scott Sent: 06 May 2009 20:19 To: [email protected] Subject: [DUR-NBL] Census Dear DUR-NBL-L Listers I am hoping to find an answer to a problem I have with the 1891 Census in Northumberland and am looking for your kind help. This is what I have ; 1881 Census 43, Palmere Terrace Wallsend Northumberland. James Slipper H M 29 G/ Labourer Norfolk King's Lynn Ellen -#- W M 25 Durham Newcastle Elizabeth -#- D U 5 -#- Jarrow William J -#- S U 4 -#- -#- 1891 Census Cannot find them. 1901 Census 48, Oalmere Terrace Willington Ouay Northumberland James Slipper H W 49 Labourer Ship Yard Norfolk King's Lynn Elizabeth -#- D U 25 Durham Jarrow Ellen Slipper died Dec 1890 age 35 Reg Tynemouth. Try as I may I cannot find them in 1891. Regards Harold ==== DUR-NBL Mailing List ==== To Post a message to this list send it to, [email protected] ==== DUR-NBL Mailing List ==== List Web Page http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/durhamgenealogy/index.phtml ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Harold >From Ancestry Name: James Sapper Age: 39 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1852 Relation: Head Gender: Male Where born: Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England Civil Parish: Wallsend Ecclesiastical parish: St Paul Town: Willington Quay County/Island: Northumberland Country: England Registration district: Tynemouth Sub-registration district: Wallsend ED, institution, or vessel: 7b Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age James Sapper 39 Elizabeth A Sapper 15 William J Sapper 14 John Lascells 62 RG12; Piece: 4222; Folio 53; Page 13; GSU roll: 6099332. In fairness it does look like SAPPER Best wishes Nivard Ovington, in Cornwall (UK) > > > 1881 Census 43, Palmere Terrace Wallsend Northumberland. > > James Slipper H M 29 G/ Labourer Norfolk King's Lynn > > Ellen -#- W M 25 Durham Newcastle > > Elizabeth -#- D U 5 -#- Jarrow > > William J -#- S U 4 -#- > -#- > > > > 1891 Census Cannot find them. > > > > 1901 Census 48, Oalmere Terrace Willington Ouay Northumberland > > James Slipper H W 49 Labourer Ship Yard Norfolk King's Lynn > > Elizabeth -#- D U 25 Durham > Jarrow > > > > Ellen Slipper died Dec 1890 age 35 Reg Tynemouth. > > > > Try as I may I cannot find them in 1891. > > > > Regards > > > > Harold

> 1881 Census 43, Palmere Terrace Wallsend Northumberland. > > James Slipper H M 29 G/ Labourer Norfolk King's Lynn > > Ellen -#- W M 25 Durham Newcastle > > Elizabeth -#- D U 5 -#- Jarrow > > William J -#- S U 4 -#- > -#- In 1891, he has been indexed by Ancestry as SAPPER and is in Willington Quay. I found him by looking for a James, born 1852 in Norfolk and living in Northumberland. The street name is very faint. His children Elizabeth and William are with him. Richard

Dear DUR-NBL-L Listers I am hoping to find an answer to a problem I have with the 1891 Census in Northumberland and am looking for your kind help. This is what I have ; 1881 Census 43, Palmere Terrace Wallsend Northumberland. James Slipper H M 29 G/ Labourer Norfolk King's Lynn Ellen -#- W M 25 Durham Newcastle Elizabeth -#- D U 5 -#- Jarrow William J -#- S U 4 -#- -#- 1891 Census Cannot find them. 1901 Census 48, Oalmere Terrace Willington Ouay Northumberland James Slipper H W 49 Labourer Ship Yard Norfolk King's Lynn Elizabeth -#- D U 25 Durham Jarrow Ellen Slipper died Dec 1890 age 35 Reg Tynemouth. Try as I may I cannot find them in 1891. Regards Harold

Hi Robert FreeBMD transcribers are kind volunteers who give up their time to transcribe the General Register Office civil registration indexes. Only a tiny proportion of entries are uploaded by people with a research interest in those entries. The names of the transcribers are therefore almost certainly irrelevant. The maiden name of mothers is only included in the GRO indexes (and therefore on FreeBMD) from part way through 1911, not 1900. The easiest way to order copies of the birth and/or death certificates is to do so directly from the GRO's website, where you can pay by credit card. It costs 7 pounds per cert, postage included. This is the website: http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/ As there were a number of possible churches in Gateshead at the time, ordering the birth certs will be the fastest and easiest way of finding out about these children. However you can order films of some church records through the nearest LDS Family History Centre - see www.familysearch.org for their on-line film catalogue to see what is available for the area. For earlier records also check the search option & go to pilot record search. Follow the links to view images of Bishops Transcripts for Durham & Northumerland. Note these are partial records, for some years for some C of E parishes only (not all) and no non-conformist records. Except in the case of Catholic registers, neither baptism nor burial records are likely to provide you with the mother's maiden name. A birth certificate will do so. To see what information is on civil registration certs for England & Wales, click on the info tab on FreeBMD & follow the links. Good luck, Ingrid. On 6/05/2009, at 1:37 PM, KEMSLEY, Robert N. G. wrote: > > > The details as from Free BMD are as follows: > > Births Dec Quarter 1905 : > Dorothy Ann WALTON Gateshead District, Vol: 10a Page: 978 > Margaret WALTON Gateshead District, Vol: 10a Page: 978 > > Deaths Dec Quarter 1905: > Dorothy Ann WALTON Age: 0, Gateshead District, Vol: 10a Page: 531 > Margaret WALTON Age: 0, Gateshead District, Vol: 10a Page: 5[38] > [38] > (Looks to me like 533?) > > I note that for the births; it's the same Transcriber, but for the > deaths, both girls have different Transcribers? > > Another thing which surprised me and would have assisted me is, > that no > Mother is shown for both girls? which I had believed; Free BMD show > after > 1900? > > Is it possible the girls may have been Christened or is there > some way > that I may be able to find out about the girls and who their parents > were or > perhaps obtain Birth & > Death certificates for? > > >

Hi to the list, I am looking for any information on Paul Smith born Washington, Co Durham in 1830, his wife Charity Smith nee Rapsey born Mills Bridge in Cornwall in 1836 and their children Mary Jane born Coxhoe in 1863, Charity born 1877 in Seaton, Northumberland and Sarah Ellen born Ryhope in 1880. I would be very interested in hearing from anyone who is researching this family. Thank you in advance Regards Judy Douthie Australia

I've a query in that within my family; there was believed to have been twin girls born to my Grandparents; Robert & Dorothy Ann WALTON (Nee LAYBOURNE); the details are as follows: Twin WALTON girls Born 6 Mar 1905, Gateshead, Durham. All efforts thus far have failed to find, believing them to be have been stillborn? Whilst searching "Free BMD" last night; I stumbled across the birth of Dorothy Ann WALTON and as both my Mother and Grandmother share this name; I thought it to much of a coincidence and more so that the birth took place in 1905, but was registered much later than I would have expected. I then found a Margaret WALTON also born the same time and with the same details. I then went on to check the deaths, finding both died the same time, with slightly differing details and differing Transcribers, but: feel these could very well be the twin girls whom the family believe were born to my Grandparents? The details as from Free BMD are as follows: Births Dec Quarter 1905 : Dorothy Ann WALTON Gateshead District, Vol: 10a Page: 978 Margaret WALTON Gateshead District, Vol: 10a Page: 978 Deaths Dec Quarter 1905: Dorothy Ann WALTON Age: 0, Gateshead District, Vol: 10a Page: 531 Margaret WALTON Age: 0, Gateshead District, Vol: 10a Page: 5[38][38] (Looks to me like 533?) I note that for the births; it's the same Transcriber, but for the deaths, both girls have different Transcribers? Another thing which surprised me and would have assisted me is, that no Mother is shown for both girls? which I had believed; Free BMD show after 1900? Is it possible the girls may have been Christened or is there some way that I may be able to find out about the girls and who their parents were or perhaps obtain Birth & Death certificates for? It's one great mystery, which could very well be now cleared up? I would be most appreciative of any assistance or advice? Regards; Robert KEMSLEY Australia