Hi I am new to your list I am researching the KERR family Father Robert born BERWICK children(ones I have found) John born 1849 SCOTLAND Alexander b1859 Robert b1865 Jane b1870 Elizabeth b1877 all born SUNDERLAND.I cant find their births in SUNDERLAND can someone please tell me where to look? Wendy Melbourne

I'm sorry to bother the list, but someone wrote to me offlist today asking if I knew anything about another Sunderland pub called, I think, the Dew Drop pub. As I put all my mail through Mailwasher, I sometimes press the button too quickly and wipe what I don't want to. If he/she would like to write again via the list they may get more information than I am able to give. I haven't come across this pub in my enumeration district. Sorry about this. Janice

Hi all you fellow listers out there, reposting surnames Currently researching the following surnames FORM ,KEELER , HUSKISSON ( noe the " SS " ) EALES, STEPHENSON,HOWARD ,CAMERON, NELLIST and DUNWOODIE All families from the Tyneside area, ie Jarrow, Hebburn, Primrose, Boldod, North & South Shields and Sunderland., crca pre 1900 to date If anyone is also researching these names please get in touch, would love to hear from you Bill Form

In a message dated 23/09/2004 06:22:26 GMT Daylight Time, janices@twmba.net writes: I'm sorry to bother the list, but someone wrote to me offlist today asking if I knew anything about another Sunderland pub called, I think, the Dew Drop pub. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>. There does not appear to have been any pub called the 'Dew Drop' but there were two called the 'Drop Tavern' both in Monkwearmouth at Wreath Quay Road, and North Quay/Wear Street. Regards Stan Mapstone www.mapstone.org

Just been reading about the local ice cream vendors in Sunderland, Louis in Crowtree Rd., was where the Sunderland footballers of the late 40's & early 50's used to hang out, later they could be seen in the Bis Bar by the Ritz cinema when not training. The best ice cream in the area came from Houghton, by the bus stop, the Dimambro family had a traditional parlour with marble topped tables in booths, however the big attraction wasn't just the ice cream, there was a very lovely daughter, Antoinette. It was worth a stop off on the way back from Durham ice rink just to see if she was in the parlour...trouble was, the father didn't care for his daughter being chatted up by young lads. Derek

Hi Sue, I seem to be getting them thick and fast.... Anne-Marie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue" <sue@capcoffee.fsnet.co.uk> To: <ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 12:38 PM Subject: [SUNDERLAND] Hello - Is there anyone there???? > Hiya, > > Just wondering if this list is still active - I have not been receiving > e.mails for ages. Anyone else got this problem? > > Many thanks. > > Sue x > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.767 / Virus Database: 514 - Release Date: 21/09/04 > > > ==== ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND Mailing List ==== > Hylton Castle, > http://blake.sunderland.ac.uk/~ta5msy/castle.htm >

Does anyone know anything about this boxing school in Sunderland?

Hiya, Just wondering if this list is still active - I have not been receiving e.mails for ages. Anyone else got this problem? Many thanks. Sue x --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.767 / Virus Database: 514 - Release Date: 21/09/04

My father playedfor the following clubs in Sunderland. Can anyone tell me anything about them please? Central OB Grieves SC

And I'll bet that just mentioning them has brought back a whole pile of memories! In Stockton, the only Italian icecream parlour was Pacitto's where my cousin and I were taken for a treat every Saturday morning. I suspect that the first long words I could read were 'Knockerbocker Glory' - and I have NEVER had one! But to have an icecream in a dish - not a cone - was a luxury anyway! I did a search of Italian-born people in the Northern Borders region of the 1881 census. There were 356 entries, many of whom were sailors on ships in the ports. The most popular occupations seemed to be either ice-cream vendors or street musicians. Indeed some of the 356 were bandsmen on board Royal Navy ships! Somebody should write a book! Janice Toowoomba

In a message dated 21/09/2004 12:38:04 GMT Daylight Time, sue@capcoffee.fsnet.co.uk writes: Just wondering if this list is still active - I have not been receiving e.mails for ages. Anyone else got this problem >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>. Hi Sue, You can see this month's postings at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND/2004-09 there have been 42 messages in September to date. Regards Stan Mapstone www.mapstone.org

Dear All, My grandmother was Annie Prior Moffitt, born 25/9/1896, 20 Harrogate Street, Sunderland, daughter of John Henry Moffitt and Jane Anne (nee Mason). They married on 29/1/1895 at Whitburn Street Chapel, Sunderland, witnesses were his brother Hudson Moffitt, and Jennie Faid, and he lived at 3 Violet Cottages, Fulwell at the time of the marriage, and was age 26. John Henry Moffitt was the son of John Robinson Nicholson Moffitt and Mary (nee Prior, who were both born in South Shields, but moved to Sunderland), and had siblings: Jane Ann Moffitt Mary Jane Moffitt Hudson Moffitt George Moffitt Sophia Moffitt Eliza Moffitt and possibly James Prior Moffitt Jane Anne Mason was born 27/5/1867 at 19 Union Street, Sunderland, daughter of William Mason and Ann Elizabeth (nee Hunter). She lived at 39 Wayman Street, Sunderland at time of marriage, and was aged 27. Jane Anne had siblings: Andrew Mason Isabella Mason Priscilla Mason Mary Elizabeth Mason Henry Graham Mason I would like to hear from anyone researching/connecting to any of the above. Regards, Yvonne

W E L L D O N E J.C. > > From: "Jim and Margaret Cleary" <marjimnz@xtra.co.nz> > Date: 2004/09/20 Mon PM 01:20:37 GMT+12:00 > To: ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [SUNDERLAND] i'm back > > > > > Back on line already after the fastest Computer repair job ever. > Jim Cleary, Napier, N Z > > > ==== ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND Mailing List ==== > The Lambton Worm, > http://orac.sunderland.ac.uk/lambton.html > >

Back on line already after the fastest Computer repair job ever. Jim Cleary, Napier, N Z

As well as Notarianni's in High St West, there was Pompa's in High St East where my mother Patsy worked for many years until it burnt down in the Joplings store fire in the mid-fifties.The Fella's had a shop at the bottom of Silksworth Row Bank and the Maggiore family had Louis' in Crowtree Road. I also remember Tony Puggi (or Pucci) who had an icecream cart - the forerunner of the icecream van! Marie Kerr marie@kerr75.fsnet.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: <Stanmapstone@aol.com> To: <ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 3:38 PM Subject: [SUNDERLAND] Ice Cream Vendors > In a message dated 19/09/2004 02:56:02 GMT Daylight Time, janices@twmba.net > writes: > All those immigrant groups you mentioned have appeared in my census > district with the exception of the Italian ice-cream vendor. > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > > Hi Janice, > It seems as though the ice-cream vendors arrived later. There are none in > the 1894 Directory, and only one in the 1902 Directory, a Mrs. Teresa Salesa, > at 3 1/2 High Street. Between 1908 and 1910 the Ciarella family moved to > Sunderland from Scotland, and the Valente family were also in business, a Mrs. > Congetter Valente was at 3 1/2 High Street in 1914. > Of course later was Notarianni's in High Street. > Regards Stan Mapstone > www.mapstone.org > > > > ==== ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND Mailing List ==== > Sunderland.com > http://www.sunderland.com/ > Sunderland Echo > http://www.sunderland-echo.co.uk/ >

As always, Stan, you are a mine of information! I hadn't realised that Sunderland had been such an important port- being a Stockton girl myself. All those immigrant groups you mentioned have appeared in my census district with the exception of the Italian icecream vendor. I will add a couple of Englishmen (born in Co. Durham) who were 'French interpreters' and one Thomas Smith who was born in a French prison. There was obviously a huge Irish presence in the area just a step back from the wharfs - I must have checked literally hundreds of them. I can recommend the Freecens project for anyone who wants to learn about the social history of an area. Reading the census gives an overall view of the population, their origins and their work which you don't get just by checking your family. Thanks again Janice Toowoomba

Just a note to say I will be Off Line for a week for Computer repairs. Jim Cleary, Napier, N Z

In a message dated 19/09/2004 02:56:02 GMT Daylight Time, janices@twmba.net writes: All those immigrant groups you mentioned have appeared in my census district with the exception of the Italian ice-cream vendor. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Janice, It seems as though the ice-cream vendors arrived later. There are none in the 1894 Directory, and only one in the 1902 Directory, a Mrs. Teresa Salesa, at 3 1/2 High Street. Between 1908 and 1910 the Ciarella family moved to Sunderland from Scotland, and the Valente family were also in business, a Mrs. Congetter Valente was at 3 1/2 High Street in 1914. Of course later was Notarianni's in High Street. Regards Stan Mapstone www.mapstone.org

-----Original Message----- From: Clifford Allison [mailto:clifford-allison@supanet.com] Sent: 18 September 2004 01:40 To: 'Barbara Short'; ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [SUNDERLAND] Introducing myself [STOREY] Dear Barbara, I'm sure there must be a link between our respective families. The tough bit is finding it! I kick off with a Sarah Ann STOREY [1814-1860] who married Cuthbert VAUX on 14th June 1834 at Holy Trinity, Sunderland. She was a daughter to John STOREY [1778-1860], who married Sarah STAFFORD [unresearched] at St Hilda's South Shields on 7th August 1803. I have it that John STOREY came from Tanfield, Co Durham. John STOREY is described as a painter. I don't know whether this means that he was an artist or a workman! All the other STOREYS in my tree are also children of this marriage, names being Mary, John, Matthew William, Thomas, Henry, Michael and Jane. Please let me know of any of this links with any thread of yours. I haven't made any link from the leads you kindly sent me, which I shall keep on file. Aye, Clifford A. _______________________________ -----Original Message----- Hi Clifford, I too am researching STOREY - I have almost too many to list ! Briefly, here are some of mine :- John STOREY b 1772 Willington m Margaret HALL in 1795 at Chester-le-Street = William b 1809 m Isabella OSWALD in 1826 = John b 1833 Plawsworth m Margaret GOLIGHTLY in 1860 = `Bell b 1868 Lanchester = William b 1887 Cornsay m Frances FAIRLESS in 1912 = John [my father]. There are lots of siblings/descendents along this line, so please let me know if you think we may have a link. Best wishes, Barbara

Dear Barbara, I'm sure there must be a link between our respective families. The tough bit is finding it! I kick off with a Sarah Ann STOREY [1814-1860] who married Cuthbert VAUX on 14th June 1834 at Holy Trinity, Sunderland. She was a daughter to John STOREY [1778-1860], who married Sarah STAFFORD [unresearched] at St Hilda's South Shields on 7th August 1803. I have it that John STOREY came from Tanfield, Co Durham. John STOREY is described as a painter. I don't know whether this means that he was an artist or a workman! All the other STOREYS in my tree are also children of this marriage, names being Mary, John, Matthew William, Thomas, Henry, Michael and Jane. Please let me know of any of this links with any thread of yours. I haven't made any link from the leads you kindly sent me, which I shall keep on file. Aye, Clifford A. _______________________________ -----Original Message----- Hi Clifford, I too am researching STOREY - I have almost too many to list ! Briefly, here are some of mine :- John STOREY b 1772 Willington m Margaret HALL in 1795 at Chester-le-Street = William b 1809 m Isabella OSWALD in 1826 = John b 1833 Plawsworth m Margaret GOLIGHTLY in 1860 = `Bell b 1868 Lanchester = William b 1887 Cornsay m Frances FAIRLESS in 1912 = John [my father]. There are lots of siblings/descendents along this line, so please let me know if you think we may have a link. Best wishes, Barbara