In a message dated 06/02/2004 20:45:12 GMT Standard Time, okfrooms@shaw.ca writes: > 1. I would be very interested in finding out where that street address > was located and if it still exists. > 2. Can any one tell me what a pattern maker might have been? > 3. The sir names after the mother's name - am I correct in assuming > that she was the widow of COWELL, > and her maiden name is LIDDELL? > Zetland Street is still there you can get its location using http://www.streetmap.co.uk/ What a Pattern Maker was would depend on the industry he worked in, but in Sunderland it was most probably Engineering or Pottery. In engineering he made models of patterns, (usually of wood) from drawings supplied by the Drawing Office, these formed the sand moulds from which castings were made. In pottery he made pots from the design of a draughtsman, and passed them to a mould maker who made the moulds from them for the mass production of the design. You are correct about the names. Regards Stan Mapstone