Does anyone know anything about John George ALLISON, inventor of the "Allison" Gas Engine? He is a bit of an enigma to me. He traded as JG Allison & Sons Engineers (Estd 1860) at Rectory Works in Sunderland in 1898. His letterhead - which is all I have - also states "Highest Award Prize Medal Newcastle 1887". Does any of this mean anything to anyone? JG Allison died a pauper in 1917 and is buried in an unmarked grave in Mere Knolls Cemetery. He may have had religious scruples, selling out his interest in the Allison Brewery in Sunderland to his two brothers for £5,000 probably in about 1870. The brewery was ultimately taken over by Scottish and Newcastle Brewereies. Clifford Allison.

I am trying to find information about William Barker Murray,born in Houghton-le Spring in 1913.He possibly married a Ruby Cutter in Sunderland in 1940.His parents were John Henry Murray and Ann Eliza Barker. Any help appreciated. Joan Murray

In a message dated 19/09/2007 08:42:54 GMT Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: William Barker Murray,born in Houghton-le Spring in 1913. He possibly married a Ruby Cutter in Sunderland in 1940 ________________________________________________ Hi Joan According to http://www.sunderland.gov.uk/pages/registrars/results.asp there was a marriage of a William B. Murray and Ruby I. Cutter in 1940 Stan

Hi Verna -this may be of no help but there is still an ' East End ' family in Sunderland by the name of Wealands Billy Wealands would be about 80 now ,he is or was as he could have passed away nicknamed Tattie Wealands as he was a barrow boy years ago Barrow boys were literally sellers of fruit and veg from a barrow or stall My husband recall that Tattie ( Potato in proper English ) was only about 5ft inches tall and a real character Maybe a check of the phone books for Sunderland could bring up the name Cheers Pat in Adelaide ----- Original Message ----- From: "Verna Bode" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 12:32 PM Subject: [ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND] Thomas Wealands > Hello listers > > I am seeking information about the family origins of > Thomas > Wealands who arrived here in Australia in 1825 and brought a large family > of > descendants into the world. It is believed he was a pilot and mariner > from > Sunderland and was born about 1784 to Thomas and Mary Wealands. Any > information at all would be most gratefully received > > Thanking you > > Verna Bode > > Sydney > > Australia > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.16/1004 - Release Date: > 12/09/2007 17:22 > >

In a message dated 18/09/2007 04:03:39 GMT Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: I am seeking information about the family origins of Thomas Wealands Verna: I notice that all the replies you have received so far refer, quite correctly, to the spelling of the name which you used - Wealands. However, please note that there are numerous variant spellings which have been used in the past, most of which can still be met with today. The most obvious one is Wealans but there are also Willans, Whillans, Willeans, Whellans etc. You might argue that Willans and Whellans are both separate surnames, but in the hands of some of the old clerks they could be distorted in just the same way as Wealands could! With a surname such as Wealands you really do have to be broad-minded as to spelling, even in the early 20th century Geoff Nicholson

Hello listers I am seeking information about the family origins of Thomas Wealands who arrived here in Australia in 1825 and brought a large family of descendants into the world. It is believed he was a pilot and mariner from Sunderland and was born about 1784 to Thomas and Mary Wealands. Any information at all would be most gratefully received Thanking you Verna Bode Sydney Australia

Hi Verna, A Thomas Wealands married a Sarah Hudspeth 14th March 1824 in Sunderland Parish Church, a Thomas Wealands married an Ann Vaux 7th August 1815 in Bishopwearmouth Parish Church, and a Robert Wealands married a Margaret Lowes 12th September 1831 in Sunderland Parish Church. Stan

In a message dated 18/09/2007 08:43:15 GMT Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Maybe a check of the phone books for Sunderland could bring up the name _________________________________________________________________ In 2003 there was only on Wealands family in Sunderland (SR4), and one in Cleadon (SR6) Stan

In a message dated 18/09/2007 08:43:15 GMT Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Billy Wealands would be about 80 now , he is or was as he could have passed away _______________________________________________________________ The death of a William Wealands, age 76, was registered in Sunderland April 1986, he was born 5th July 1909. There is also an Eleanor Wealands, born 9 Jun 1911, death registered May 1998, age 86 Sunderland Durham and a John George Wealands, born 17 Aug 1937, death registered Dec 2002, age 65 Sunderland Durham Stan

For those interested in Sunderland Borough Asylum (later and currently known as Cherry Knowle) check out http://www.countyasylums.com/mentalasylums/cherryknowle01.htm for some interesting photographs of the various old buildings. Well worth a look. Rob

Sorry Rob I cannot help. I do not have a copy of either artricle. I know that they are there from my copy of the index to articles. Can I suggest that you contact Sunderlan Library Local Studies Departmen and enquire if they can help, or alternatively write to the President of the Antiquarian Society and seek his help. Alan Vickers. __________________________________________________ Tiscali Broadband only £7.99 a month for your first 3 months! http://www.tiscali.co.uk/products/broadband/

Another one Sunderland Buses - Going Places (1950s/colour/sound) A journey on a motor bus, with information on the history of public transport in the North East." (3 minutes 48 seconds ©NRFTA) and many others. http://www.bbc.co.uk/nationonfilm/location/north-east-cumbria/wearside.shtml Stan

Some clips of Sunderland http://www.bbc.co.uk/nationonfilm/topics/ship-building/ Stan

Came across this site, apologies if it has been posted before http://www.bbc.co.uk/nationonfilm/topics/coal-mining/ Stan

On the subject of Cherry Knowles its good to see that there is going to be an improvement made in the hospitals there- checked a link given by Stan for Rhode I went there not that long ago to see my Mums Doctor and thought it such a shame that a lovely old building and all of that land was going to waste I am also a member of a Yahoo group and one of the groups owners was going to try to do a paranormal investigation there -wonder what or who would pop up there ? Cheers Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Skye" <[email protected]> To: "Marie Kerr" <[email protected]>; "ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND-L" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 10:43 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND] Sunderland Borough Asylum (Ryhope) &TheLonnen > Hi > > I trained as a nurse at Cherry Knowle between 1978 and 1981 and there were > still patients there diagnosed with GPI. > > At that time the daily routine in the hospital for the short term patients > in the Willows was to go to the OT unit where they could try various craft > activities or just socialise. They returned to the ward for lunch and went > back to the OT unit for the afternoon. On an evening there were films > shown > in the hall or other recreational activities such as Bingo. > > The hospital had a swimming pool as well, and patients could go there > during > the day. There was a small cafe on the corner where they could go for a > coffee. We used to take some of the long term patients for walks down to > the > beach at Ryhope. Some of the long term patients were also allowed to make > their own way down to the local shops. > > Many of the staff, I worked with said that when they retired they were > going > to book themselves into the hospital, so they could enjoy three meals a > day > and all the social activities! It was a nice place to be. > > Susan > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marie Kerr" <[email protected]> > To: "ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND-L" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 1:19 AM > Subject: Re: [ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND] Sunderland Borough Asylum (Ryhope) & > TheLonnen > > >> Sans St or Villiers St - both of which were side streets off High St >> East - >> were situated in the East End not Hendon. >> As Stan has already pointed out General Paralysis of the Insane or >> Dementia >> Paralytica was one of the results of syphilis in its tertiary stage >> affecting the higher centres of the brain & the pyramidal motor >> tracts.Signs >> & symptoms include : >> progressive dementia - sometimes with delusions of grandeur >> progressive paralysis of both legs >> fits are common >> very marked fine tremor of lips & tongue >> Argyll Robertson pupils (present in all neuro-syphilitic diseases) with >> unequal, very small & irregularly outlined pupils which fail to contract >> to >> light. >> Patients with GPI often also have another form of neuro-syphilis: Tabes >> Dorsalis characterised by deformed but painless swollen joints and a >> distinctive ataxic gait where the patient walks with feet wide apart with >> marked stamping of the feet. >> If your ancestor had ataxia it might have well have resulted in a fall >> which led to his diagnosis as these patients do tend to fall about >> especially when the eyes are closed or they are in a dark environment. >> There were still patients with this dreadful disease in the 60s when I >> nursed at Cherry Knowle - the Mental Hospital in Ryhope - and at least >> one >> lady in >> her late fifties was newly diagnosed at this time. >> Hope this "fleshes out" the diagnosis for you, Rob. >> Regards >> Marie >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "ROB SHEPHERD" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2007 9:34 PM >> Subject: [ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND] Sunderland Borough Asylum (Ryhope) & The >> Lonnen >> >> >>> My great-grandfather George McIntyre died at the Sunderland Borough >>> Asylum >>> in Ryhope in 1912; his death certificate recorded "general paralysis >>> over >>> one year" and family legend would have it that he fell down a lift shaft >>> whilst working for the Sunderland Gas Company at Ayre's Quay. I thought >> the >>> asylum was only for mentally ill patients. Did they take other patients >> such >>> as those paralysed, or should I be led to believe that his injuries >> affected >>> him mentally and this was the reason he was there? >>> >>> Also, does anyone know where "The Lonnen" was in Hendon. My grandmother >>> recalls that she and her sister used to walk from Grangetown through >>> "the >>> Lonnen" to Hendon (the Sans Street and Villiers Street area) and recalls >> it >>> was a rough dirt track but can't remember exactly where it was? Any >>> ideas >>> anyone? >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Rob > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.16/1004 - Release Date: > 12/09/2007 17:22 > >

Stan the allotments were on the opposite side of the road to Brian Mills -some have now been taken for a new ring road I think anyone walking to Villiers Street etc may have gone the 'back way ' along what was The Parade but is now nearly all Thompson's the builders Then there is still a pathway of sorts near Gideon's pub ,used to be the Whitehouse that leads towards Tatham Street -I know there is part of an old stone wall there so maybe it was a pathway years ago Making myself homesick now !! Cheers Pat in Adelaide ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 10:16 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND] The Lonnin > Hi Rob, > Go to http://gis.durham.gov.uk/website/interMAP/viewer.htm and do a Post > Code Search for SR2 8PL > and you will see that there are allotment gardens south of the school. It > could be this area your aunt remembers. > Stan > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.16/1004 - Release Date: > 12/09/2007 17:22 > >

Hi Rob, Stan & Listers I have been following this thread with great interest. I have a death certificate for the wife of an ancestor Sarah Isabella Bishop maiden name Hedley. Cause of death 'falling out of a window' of the Sunderland Mental Hospital, Ryhope in 1926. I guess what I'm asking is how can I obtain a report of any subsequent inquest? So I too would like to have any replies posted to the list about the history of the Asylum Regards Margaret -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of ROB SHEPHERD Sent: Sunday, 16 September 2007 6:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND] Sunderland Borough Asylum Thanks very much for the answers from Stan and Susan regarding my ancestors "general paralysis" I was not expecting him to have died from tertiary syphilis! Can anyone give me more history about the Asylum or life in the Asylum around 1912? Also, what was the treatment for venereal diseases such as syphilis and gonorrhoea at this time? Can anyone recommend a website with details about old medical remedies? Thanks Rob ------------------------------- 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

Good point Stan, I'll pass on your observations. Rob

In a message dated 15/09/2007 22:49:08 GMT Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Durham Record Office have the Baptism records for Corn Market Congregational Chapel 1717-1837. these are also available on fiche from the Northumberland & Durham Family History Society, ____________________________________________________________________ Also available on IGI 1765-1837 (Old Meeting Or Corn Market Chapel High Street Independent) Batch Number C064861 Stan

Thanks for the replies. Alan, do you have a copy of either 'The Antientt Chappel in the Corn Market, Sunderland-near-the-Sea' by George Washibngton Bain, and 'The Rev Samuel Turner, sometime Minister of the Corn Market Chapel, Sunderland' by Rev. J. T. Middlemiss. Or does anyone else have a copy they could scan and email? Thanks Rob