Hello List, I now have a report from the papers on the inquest of my ancestor John Reed who was a keelman & died in 1848. - He rose at 4o'clock to take his keel up the water for 6o'clock. The keel was found unmoored, he was found dead in the water by his son. Verdict "Accidently drowned" Can any one tell me how the keel would have been transported up & down the river in those days. Was it drawn by a horse or was it propelled by a paddle or oars. I would love to know more about the keelmen on the River Wear - does any one have any reference to where I can look this up. I do have a book on South Hylton which is good but I should like to know more. Many thanks Judy

-----Original Message----- Would SKS be able to check the marriage details for Jonathan Wilkinson & Charlotte King on 22/8/1825 at Bishopwearmouth. I would like to know if their Parishes are listed & possibly any witnesses. Hi Bryan I am happy to check it out for you but due to family commitments I will not be going to the local studies centre for 2 weeks. If no one else is able to look it up before then I will do it on my next visit. Sue Sunderland Researching: POLLEY, OLD, CARTLEDGE, CALVERT, TAYLOR, NEASHAM, AYRE, PESTELL, BRANTON, LINCOLN, GANLEY, FLAHERTY, BAINBRIDGE, FORSTER, GREEN, BLANCHFLOWER, BOOTH, EMBLING, CARR, FINNEGAN, HALL, HUNTER, KELLY, RICHARDS, BLAKELOCK, ROWE, RUTHERFORD, STEWART, COCKERILL. Places: ESSEX, SUNDERLAND, NORFOLK, DURHAM, IRELAND, SCOTLAND.

Hi Looking for information In relation to the HANN family Thomas HANN was born in 1796 in Wallsend; he married Ann (b1797 Gateshead). Their son Robert was born in Gateshead in 1837 and married Barbara CUMMINGS from Pittington (born 1839) in 1858 (probably at Haswell - need to determine this). The whole family appears to have moved to Sunderland (via Gateshead & Hetton ) in around 1870. Their children were as follows: Thomas HANN b 1859, Hetton - died in a pit accident on 12th October 1871 aged 12 years - Monkwearmouth Colliery. Buried at Mere Knolls cemetery along with his parents. James HANN b 1863 Hetton Robert HANN b 1867 Hetton Elizabeth HANN b 1870 Sunderland Thomas HANN b 1875 Sunderland Annie Elizabeth HANN b 1876 Sunderland Barbara HANN b 1879 Sunderland Mary HANN b 1881 Sunderland The family moved to the Monkwearmouth area and lived close to Monkwearmouth Colliery - Wayman St, Bond Street and Hood St. Annie Elizabeth married Archibald YEOMAN in 1897 Looking for others who are either researching this family or who have information to share that might help me in my quest for further details. Be grateful for any help! Regards Julie

Five questions re the above. Can anyone tell me if the above Regiment was stationed in the tented training encampment at Wensley in North Yorkshire? and if not, where would I be able to access this information? Also can you enlighten me as to what role someone in the Territorial Force - 4 years serive in the UK - Corps RFA would play? The gentleman had always worked with horses and lived close by the large training camp. I have a family photograph of him in uniform and to be honest it never occurred to me that he had been a Territorial. Is there a website where I can compare his uniform with others? and where may I access more information about him or the WW1 Territorials? Thank you

Wondering if anyone on this list has a connection to the surname CARROLL. Ann CARROLL born circa 1859 married Patrick GANLEY on 08 Jul 1877 in St. Patrick's RC, Sunderland. I have located them on the 1881 census living at 46 Norman St but nothing found after this date. So far found a baptism record for their son Thomas born 1878 but to date no record for the daughter Isabella who was shown on the census aged 4mths. My mother in law was a GANLEY and I am trying to link Patrick to my main GANLEY ancestors, of which I have a lot of info. Fingers crossed someone out there holds the key. Regards Sue Sunderland Researching: POLLEY, OLD, CARTLEDGE, CALVERT, TAYLOR, NEASHAM, AYRE, PESTELL, BRANTON, LINCOLN, GANLEY, FLAHERTY, BAINBRIDGE, FORSTER, GREEN, BLANCHFLOWER, BOOTH, EMBLING, CARR, FINNEGAN, HALL, HUNTER, KELLY, RICHARDS, BLAKELOCK, ROWE, RUTHERFORD, STEWART, COCKERILL. Places: ESSEX, SUNDERLAND, NORFOLK, DURHAM, IRELAND, SCOTLAND.

It looks as though he joined the tramways in 1915 because of the shortage of men. The war caused a great drain on the manpower employed on the tramways. By 1917 no less than 152 men were in the forces and eventually all the 85 conductors were female, and the whole of the cleaning staff had been replaced by men exempt from military service. There was an illuminated Tramcar for the Coronation of King George V in 1911, but the next one would most likely be in 1937 for the Coronation of King George VI. Stan

I have a small plaque that looks like it could have been attached to a wooden box, it was obviously given to my great grandfather on his retirement from the Sunderland Corporation Tramway on the 30th October 1926 at the age of 71! It is engraved 'Presented to George Haswell on his retirement by the administrative staff of the Sunderland Corporation Tramways Oct 30th 1926' What would a retirement gift be in those days? He had been a marine engineer working at one time for the Londonderry family, sailing out of Seaham Harbour in the 1880's on the SS Mount Stewart and I think it was on his retirement from the sea at possibly the age of 60 that he joined the Tramways, but I have no idea of his position with them, are there any records still in existence that would show this? Stories handed down through the family have him given the great honour of driving an illuminated tram, either on his retirement or close to it, again does anyone have any thoughts what this celebration could be, I believe that it was quite common for trams to be specially illuminated for coronations and other royal events in those times. Many thanks, Peter Laver

Hello All, My grandfather was a Loftsman at Laings shipyard in Sunderland during the 1940's Can any one tell my where Laings shipyard was located and where I can get more information and also what job a 'loftsman' did. Thank you. Judy

Hello All, My grandfather was a Loftsman at Laings shipyard in Sunderland during the 1940's Can any one tell my where Laings shipyard was located and where I can get more information and also what job a 'loftsman' did. Thank you. Judy

In a message dated 25/10/2007 20:06:58 GMT Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Can any one tell my where Laings shipyard was located and where I can get more information and also what job a 'loftsman' did. ___________________________________________________________________________ Hi Judy, A Loftsman reproduced a draughtsman's specifications for a ship in full size on the floor of a mould-loft. Laing's Shipyard was on the south side of the river in Deptford. Go to http://gis.durham.gov.uk/website/interMAP/viewer.htm and do a co-ordinate search to centre the map on 438880, 558120 which is where Laing's Shipyard was. Go to the 1970-79 map Stan

Hello all Can anyone recall the Sunderland Echo (in the not to distant past) re-printing WW1 photographs of a victory parade in Sunderland showing a Wearside Artillery Regiment?? Would like to hear from anyone who has any info or done research on the 160th Wearside Brigade Royal Field Artllery WW1 John North Yorkshire

In a message dated 25/10/2007 09:47:31 GMT Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Would like to hear from anyone who has any info or done research on the 160th Wearside Brigade Royal Field Artillery WW1 _________________________________________________________ Hi John, My father's Attestation 2nd. March 1915 was for the 160th Wearside Brigade Royal Field Artillery. Stan

"Loves Last Word Is Spoken" can be heard at: http://webjay.org/iteminfo/6155676/ae24a256fea41fec10df501622affe98 John in NC About Ron http://www.ronpaulnation.com/tv.html#pbs_newshour_pt_2 ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 3:04 AM Subject: ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND Digest, Vol 2, Issue 217 > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. song lyrics (ann hansen) > 2. Re: song lyrics ([email protected]) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:14:51 +1000 > From: "ann hansen" <[email protected]> > Subject: [ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND] song lyrics > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Does anyone know the English words to the old song "Loves Last Word Is > Spoken Cherie". I think it was recorded by Joseph Locke and also the 3 > Tenors. Many thanks Ann Hansen > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 17:19:54 EDT > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND] song lyrics > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > Hi Ann, > It is "Loves Last Word is Spoken" Words and music - Bruce Sievier and C A > Bixio. The lyrics are copyright so they are not available on the web. > > Stan > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND mailing list, send an email to > [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > 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 > email with no additional text. > > > End of ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND Digest, Vol 2, Issue 217 > ************************************************** >

Hi Ann, It is "Loves Last Word is Spoken" Words and music - Bruce Sievier and C A Bixio. The lyrics are copyright so they are not available on the web. Stan

Does anyone know the English words to the old song "Loves Last Word Is Spoken Cherie". I think it was recorded by Joseph Locke and also the 3 Tenors. Many thanks Ann Hansen

Just a very big thank you to Stan for a very comprehensive report on my Seamen`s Medallion. Allan. 15/10/07 15:35

Hello Listers, After trawling through maps of the city over various years, I was interested to notice that certain areas have streets grouped together all beginning with the same letter eg' Putney Square, Penman Square, Partick Square, Partick Road, Palmerston Road. I take it this works as a sort of postcode indicator? I have never seen this in any other city layout. Can anyone provide any more information? I'm not familiar enough with the city to know if these are old or fairly recently built areas. Claire --------------------------------- Yahoo! Answers - Get better answers from someone who knows. Tryit now.

In a message dated 14/10/2007 22:32:07 GMT Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Putney Square, Penman Square, Partick Square, Partick Road, Palmerston Road. _____________________________________________________________ Hi Claire, They would be on the Pennywell Council Estate. It was the custom for the streets in the pre and post war council estates to begin with the same letter. Those on Thorney Close all started with 'T', Springwell Estate with 'S', Plains Farm with 'P', Farringdon with 'A', and so on Stan

Hi, I am new to the list and hail from South Africa. I was wondering if anyone was researching the Taylors of Chester le Street? I am looking in particular for marriage between Jane Bowes and Jacob Grieve, (Marr abt 1718) as well as their daughter Elizabeth Mary Grieve to Robert Taylor, (marr abt 1778) son of Anthony Taylor and Dorothy Holmes. Can anyone assist? Regards Jackie

Hi I have been informed that the Seamen`s Union was first founded in Sunderland 1879, but I have a medallion worded as follows, Seamen`s United Protection Society 185?, Monkwearmouth Branch. I am hoping someone can provide further information I have Goggled this but no luck. Thank you in advance Allan. 12/10/07 14:44