Hello Judy I have MORRISONs. Mary Ann MORRISON was born in South Shields in 1825 and married Thomas POLLARD on 5 May 1842 at St Hildas Church, South Shields. She died at South Shields on 15 April 1876. Mary Ann was the eldest daughter of Henry and Sarah MORRISON. Mary Ann's sisters were Jane MORRISON (1828 - 1839) and Sarah MORRISON (1833 - 1878). Sarah was born in Tynemouth and married Thomas SADGEBEAR (a Mariner) on 26 August 1852 at Holy Trinity Church, South Shields. Henry and Sarah MORRISON had one son. He was also called Henry and he was born in 1821 in South Shields and was still alive in 1901. Both the father and the son were Mariners. I have more information about the son, who was a Steamboat Captain in 1881 and a Ferry Boatman at the age of 80 in 1901. I would like to find out more and will probably join the Rootsweb Mariners List to do so. This MORRISON family appears in censuses both in South Shields and Tynemouth. My great-grandmother, Sarah Morrison STOKER used to say that her ancestors were buried with the Dukes of Argyll, which we have always taken to mean that they were from Scotland (The Morrison clan), but I've never proved a Scottish link. Maybe our MORRISONs are related, but I seem to remember spotting several Morrison families on Tyneside, when I was looking. Mike Stoker, Farnham, Surrey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy McCracken" <judmc@xtra.co.nz> To: <DUR-NBL@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2006 10:50 PM Subject: [DUR-NBL] Morrison Family > Hello Listers, > > Does anybody have Morrisons in their family? Mine begin in 1650's at Felton NBL and later gravitate down to Tynemouth. > Humphrey (and Umphorah!) Morrison, Robert Morrison, William Morrison, Roger Morrison were early patriarchs. Would love to compare notes with anyone. > Judy > ==== DUR-NBL Mailing List ==== > To Post a message to this list send it to, > DUR-NBL-L@rootsweb.com > > ==== 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 DUR-NBL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message