Hello Alan You may already have all this, and not Michael Hawdon, but on the National Archives site they list a document "Plan of Premises situate at Swalwell belonging to Mr W.G. Hawdon" at Millers Bridge. DT.BEL/2/46 17 April 1849 I believe Swalwell is about one and a half miles from Blaydon so looks like this could be your William's premises. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=183-dtbel&cid=-1&Gsm=2008-06-18 And on the Internet Archive site there is the book "Register of Voters for the Northern Division of the County of Durham 1868-1869" under Blaydon is Michael Hawdon and for William George under Willington and William George jun under Winlation. There is also a Joseph Yellowley Hawdon at Blaydon http://www.archive.org/details/registerofvoters00durh Scroll down, or use "edit", "find" and there is reference to a rare manuscript deed for the mortgage on the foundry and mentions William George Hawdon, John Emmerson Hawdon and William George jun. amongst others http://www.durtnall.org.uk/DEEDS/Yorkshire%20511-600.htm Genuki Marriages from the Ryton Registers (1813-1837) http://website.lineone.net/~pjoiner/genuki/DUR/Ryton/RYT1813.html 24 Nov 1818 William George Hawdon = Frances Emmerson Best regards Heather Carbis Online Parish Clerk for Morvah Cornwall http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~morvah Visit my Family Tree's at GOODWIN and GORDON http://heatherac.tribalpages.com CARBIS SPARROW ATTWOOLL http://carbissparrow.tribalpages.com JOLLIFFE MOULAND http://jolliffemouland.tribalpages.com --- On Fri, 13/11/09, Alan Booth <alanbooth@tiscali.co.uk> wrote: Subject: [ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND] Seeking HAWDON To: ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND@rootsweb.com Heelo List, New enquiry into the HAWDON family of Blaydon. Specifically Michael Hawdon born 10 Oct 1828 Blaydon and his parents Wm Geo Hawdon born 1794 Blaydon. Wm seems to have been an iron founder is his own right. Any further information on this please? Also appreciate information on earlier generations of this family. Thank you Alan Booth, Glos