Hi Clifford, Welcome to the list. You seem to be connected to some prominent Sunderland families, Allison, Lumsdon and Vaux. Allisons owned a mill for feedstuffs in Monkwearmouth, Vaux owned the brewery of course, and I think that the Lumsdons owned the Luxden Laundry on Fulwell Road. Regards Stan Mapstone www.mapstone.org
Stan, Thanks so much for your kind welcome and interest. I am sure we have met on other lists, notably Brian Pears' Northumbria list. I'd love to know more about the ALLISON mill and the LUMSDON laundry you mention. I search long and hard for collateral branches of both these families, with little success so far. ALLISON. So far as I know, in the latter 19th century most ALLISONS were engineers, brewers and DLI soldiers. John ALLISON (c1741-1800) was a coalfitter from Monkwearmouth but I have never heard of any mill there. Can you tell me more of the family running it? This may help me to find collateral branches, which I am sure must exist. LUMSDON Likewise with this family. Joseph LUMSDON (1821-1902) was an anchor and chainmaker on the Wear, as was his father Edward, who married Margaret LIDDEL in St Hilda's South Shields on 18th Nov 1813. Again, I don't know enough about the origins of this family and, if the LUMSDON launderers connect, this could help my quest. I shall place this reply on the list if I may, as its contents may prove a help to others. Aye, Clifford Allison ___________________________________ -----Original Message----- From: Stanmapstone@aol.com [mailto:Stanmapstone@aol.com] Sent: 12 September 2004 14:18 To: ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SUNDERLAND] Introducing myself Hi Clifford, Welcome to the list. You seem to be connected to some prominent Sunderland families, Allison, Lumsdon and Vaux. Allisons owned a mill for feedstuffs in Monkwearmouth, Vaux owned the brewery of course, and I think that the Lumsdons owned the Luxden Laundry on Fulwell Road. Regards Stan Mapstone www.mapstone.org ==== ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND Mailing List ==== Genuki Sunderland pages, http://website.lineone.net/~pjoiner/genuki/DUR/Sunderland/index.html