Interested in the thread about Roker Farm - the Jane Lee mentioned by Rob is my wife's g-g-grandmother who moved to farm at East Farm House, Fulwell after the early death of her husband William in 1869, leaving her with 7 children. The widows were strong characters in those days - the farms had to keep going! Jane's move to Fulwell was the first time one of the Lee farming family had been north of the Wear - their normal patch was around Ryhope (and still is). William, her eldest son, my wife's gt grandfather, married Jane (Eggleston) in 1881 but died very young in 1887, at Roker Farm - of TB. So there was a second Jane Lee, also a widow, taking over in the area - by 1891 she was still farming along the road at Roker Lodge Farm. To help her run the farm and bring up her family, four of her siblings joined her from their family farm at Haverley House (Seaton). Jane (senior) lived, and farmed on until 1900 when she died aged 75. Jane (junior) married again in the summer of 1891, to William Walker who himself was a widower (to another Lee) and the two farming families joined at North Moor Farm, just south of the Wear. Roker Farm in 1901 was being farmed by Jane's brother, Joshua Eggleston. Fascinating story, that of the Durham farming families. Thanks to those on this particular thread. PS never quite got the hang of this mailing list - couldn't find how to reply direct to a thread. Any advice would be welcomed. _________________________________________________________________ http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/197222280/direct/01/ We want to hear all your funny, exciting and crazy Hotmail stories. Tell us now

Hi Martyn To reply to a thread just open a post on the thread and click "reply all". If you don't want the original poster to get two copies, such as this, just delete their emali address and leave eng-dur-sunderland@rootsweb.com Stan Mapstone -----Original Message----- From: Martyn Guy <martynguy50@hotmail.com> To: eng-dur-sunderland@rootsweb.com Sent: Tue, 4 May 2010 21:57 Subject: Re: [ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND] Roker Farm nterested in the thread about Roker Farm - the Jane Lee mentioned by Rob is my ife's g-g-grandmother who moved to farm at East Farm House, Fulwell after the arly death of her husband William in 1869, leaving her with 7 children. The idows were strong characters in those days - the farms had to keep going! ane's move to Fulwell was the first time one of the Lee farming family had been orth of the Wear - their normal patch was around Ryhope (and still is). William, her eldest son, my wife's gt grandfather, married Jane (Eggleston) in 881 but died very young in 1887, at Roker Farm - of TB. So there was a second ane Lee, also a widow, taking over in the area - by 1891 she was still farming long the road at Roker Lodge Farm. To help her run the farm and bring up her amily, four of her siblings joined her from their family farm at Haverley House Seaton). Jane (senior) lived, and farmed on until 1900 when she died aged 75. Jane junior) married again in the summer of 1891, to William Walker who himself was widower (to another Lee) and the two farming families joined at North Moor arm, just south of the Wear. Roker Farm in 1901 was being farmed by Jane's rother, Joshua Eggleston. Fascinating story, that of the Durham farming families. Thanks to those on this articular thread. PS never quite got the hang of this mailing list - couldn't find how to reply irect to a thread. Any advice would be welcomed. ________________________________________________________________ ttp://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/197222280/direct/01/ e want to hear all your funny, exciting and crazy Hotmail stories. Tell us now ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message