Have you tried the Digital Library of Historical Directories http://www.historicaldirectories.org/ Regards Stan Mapstone

Antony, have you tried your luck with the Trade Directories at http://www.historicaldirectories.org Good Hunting, Anne in Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Certificates" <antonylambert@certificates.fsnet.co.uk> To: <ENG-DURHAM-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 1:32 AM Subject: [ENG-DUR] 1861 Trade Directory South SHields > Is there such a directory ? > > Does any one have a copy ? > > If so, I'm looking for the address of John Fowler, a > Hairdresser. His last known address was East Street in 1852. > > Thanks in advance > > Antony > > > > Certificates from Local Register Office; see: > > www.certificates.fsnet.co.uk/certificates.htm or e-mail > antonylambert@certificates.fsnet.co.uk > > > ==== ENG-DURHAM Mailing List ==== > Browse the ENG-DURHAM archives http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/eng-durham >

Is there such a directory ? Does any one have a copy ? If so, I'm looking for the address of John Fowler, a Hairdresser. His last known address was East Street in 1852. Thanks in advance Antony Certificates from Local Register Office; see: www.certificates.fsnet.co.uk/certificates.htm or e-mail antonylambert@certificates.fsnet.co.uk

A belated thanks to all those who helped with my NAYLOR lookup. My hard drive failed just after I posted my request - thank goodness I'd backed up my family files the week before :-) Cheers Jan Canberra Australia

Hello all, I dont know if this is an impossibility given the last name but I wonder if anyone would be kind enough to try to find my Robson Smith please? He should be living somewhere in the Gateshead/Heworth/Felling area and be with his wife Jane and children. Robson would be 36 and Jane (if she is still living) 35. Their children would include: Thomas aged 21 Jane Ann aged 19 Faith aged 18 Mary aged 16 Margaret aged 14 William 10 John George 7 Robson 6. They were at Hays Cottages Windy Nook on the 1861 and in Heworth on the 1881. I was hoping that Robson's unusual Christian name might be a help. thanks for reading this, Pen Take Care, Pen Researching: Bridgewood,Byerley,Cummins,Hall,Hunter,Lindsay,McTear,Smith,Williams. in the North East. Clos,Kause,Ort,Orth,Tibby,Wenzel. in London and Germany. Bonus,Clements,Cutting, Partridge, Pinner in Suffolk,London & Hants. Norbury,Quayle,Singleton,Woodhead in Yorks. Apologies in advance for any tardy replies, frequent migraines not conducive to PC work. Sorry!!

Connie, You don't give much information but here is a George Emery in Chester le Street, 1861 census. 1861 Census, Chester le Street District Chester-le-Street 1861 Census, Chester-le-Street George Emery, Head, married, 40, Shoemaker, born Bristol, Gloucestershire Janet Emery, Wife, married, 34, Scotland Francis Emery, son, 9, Scholar, born Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland Jessy Emery, daughter, 2, born Stockton, County Durham Janis

Can someone please do an 1851& 1861 census lookup< for Murton Durham> For a George nelson born Murton 1844. George would have been 6 or 7 at the time. I do not have any information on George's parents. But do know that in the 1881 census George was living at Green Lane 13 Hindmarsh at Harton Durham England. And that in the 1891 and 1901 census he was living at 56 4th Row Colly Ashington. With his wife Jane and childern And the year of his birth is always stated as being 1844 and he was born at Murton. So Obviously he could read and write. can anyone help me find George and his parents in the 1851 and 1861 Census Please!!! Kitty Cusick Tasmania at

Was wondering if someone could do a 1861 census look-up for the George Emery family at Chester le Street, County Durham, ENG. Thank you very much. Connie

I would like to hear from anyone with JOHNS(T)ONs from North Shields, Tynemouth, Hebburn or Sunderland around 1824/1828. Tim

I am researching the following names - BANKS : Stretton (Cheshire), Manchester (Lancs) BRADBURY : Lymm (Cheshire) BROWNBILL : St Helens (Lancs) CALLAGHAN : St Helens (Lancs), Ireland DANIELS : Bowdon (Cheshire) GABRIEL : St Helens (Lancs), Liverpool (Lancs), Dublin (Ireland) GARDNER : Dublin (Ireland) GRATWICH : Barlaston (Staffs) HIGHAM : Lymm (Cheshire), Leigh (Lancs) JOHNSON : Over Peover (Cheshire) JOHNS(T)ON : Wallasey (Cheshire), Birkenhead (Cheshire), Hull (East Riding), North Shields/Tynemouth (Northumberland), Ryton (Co. Durham) JONES : Whitchurch (Shrops) LEIGH : Lymm (Cheshire) MILLER : Lymm (Cheshire), Grappenhall (Cheshire) MOSTON/MOSSON : Lymm (Cheshire), Over Peover (Cheshire), Marthall (Cheshire) NORBURY : Liverpool (Lancs) PERCIVAL : Lymm (Cheshire), Antrobus (Cheshire) RICHARDSON : Lymm (Cheshire), Prescot (Lancs) TABERN : St Helens (Lancs) THOMPSON : North Shields/Tynemouth (Northumberland) WILLIAMSON : Cheshire WINSTANLEY : Lymm (Cheshire) WOOTTON : Barlaston (Staffs), Moddershall (Staffs), Stone (Staffs) I would be pleased to hear from anyone with similar interests. Thanks Tim

In a message dated 08/06/2004 23:30:53 GMT Daylight Time, avandel@sprint.ca writes: Personally, I think everyone should have at least one old occupations site like this on their browser favourites list. . . You could be right, but I wouldn't have thought to class "ironmonger" as an "old" occupation. From the correspondence it seems that it is probably a "British" occupational description, rather than a North American one, but so what? These are British people we are dealing with anyway, aren't they? Here in Britain I regard "ironmonger" as a still-current word, even though I suppose most of those who once called themselves that have now been driven out of business by the ubiquitous "DIY Store" and by the supermarket which, between them, now seem to sell everything an ironmonger once did. . . Geoff Nicholson . 57 Manor Park, Concord, WASHINGTON, Tyne & Wear NE37 2BU Ask for details of NBL/DUR family history research in depth by THE local expert, working for YOU.

< can purchased Medals from WW2.....I would like to replace them for my family history file Dear Bob, There is plenty of the net for buying replacement medals but here some local ones. http://www.arbeia.demon.co.uk/srs/collect/medals/medals_frmd.htm and these are at S.R.S., P.O. Box 113, South Shields, Tyne & Wear. NE34 6WZ ENGLAND And this ones sells miniatures & regimental badges. Kard Bar Cross Street Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear GB, NE1 4XE I hope these two help you? May your God be with you, John L. Gallon Walker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne little.blobby2@btinternet.com --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.700 / Virus Database: 457 - Release Date: 06/06/2004

Personally, I think everyone should have at least one old occupations site like this on their browser favourites list. http://www.rmhh.co.uk/occup/ Good Hunting, Anne in Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: <Stanmapstone@aol.com> To: <ENG-DURHAM-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 5:51 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-DUR] Ironmonger > An Ironmonger was a retail shopkeeper who sold tools, household utensils, > cutlery, general hardware, and in country districts, agricultural machinery and > seeds. > Would this not be known as a Hardware Store in the USA? > Regards Stan Mapstone > > > ==== ENG-DURHAM Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe send the command unsubscribe to > ENG-DURHAM-L-request@rootsweb.com (if in mail mode) > or ENG-DURHAM-D-request@rootsweb.com (if in digest mode.) > >

Can anyone tell me where in Newcastle-upon-Tyne or Sunderland, I can purchased Medals from WW2. I have found the an Uncle of mine died in Burma and his medals where given to my Grand parents, the medals are now lost & I would like to replace them for my family history file Thanks Bob

An Ironmonger was a retail shopkeeper who sold tools, household utensils, cutlery, general hardware, and in country districts, agricultural machinery and seeds. Would this not be known as a Hardware Store in the USA? Regards Stan Mapstone

Thank you all for the info' to my question. I would have never guessed the answer! Thanks again. Phyllis USA

Phyllis, I think the American equivalent would be "proprietor of hardware store". Sort of like a precursor to Home Depot. Regards, Rob At 03:39 PM 6/8/2004, Phyllis Pasqual wrote: >Hi List > >I have found a new family member, a widow who's >occupation is listed as Ironmonger. Her 25 year old >daughter is listed as Assistant Ironmonger. > >Can you help me out on this one? > >Thanks for your time, >Phyllis USA > > >==== ENG-DURHAM Mailing List ==== >query board for Durham gen web >http://www.britishislesgenweb.org/cgi-bin/data/durham.cgi Rob Welbourn 24 Wilde Road Waban, MA 02468-1325, USA Tel +1-617-558 0182

<<<<In a message dated 08/06/2004 18:06:34 GMT Daylight Time, relder@tiscali.co.uk writes: Can anyone tell me where in Newcastle-upon-Tyne or Sunderland, I can purchased Medals from WW2.>>>> Today most medal dealers now do business over the Internet, try this site http://www.britishmilitarymedals.co.uk/index2.htm Regards Stan Mapstone

Hi List I have found a new family member, a widow who's occupation is listed as Ironmonger. Her 25 year old daughter is listed as Assistant Ironmonger. Can you help me out on this one? Thanks for your time, Phyllis USA

In a message dated 05/06/2004 22:31:03 GMT Daylight Time, widdowfield9255@yahoo.com writes: I looked up Gilpin House on Google, and found a Gilpin House in Houghton. In the website there was no mention of it still being a school. Can anyone give me some history of it being a school in 1858. James Widdowfield was married to Mary Dixon. . While I don't know much about Gilpin House as such, I do know that at that time there were several fairly small and short-lived boarding schools in Houghton le Spring. They were living in the reflected glory of, and "cashing in" on the reputation of, the Kepier Grammar School, a very good and more substantial Boys' Boarding School, which was well funded and had originally been a mediaeval church foundation. The Gilpin School seems to have tried to create a spurious church association by taking its name from Dr Bernard Gilpin, a 16th/17th-century Rector of Houghton le Spring, who was thought extremely highly of in Co Durham, as one who not only preached in an age when that had gone out of fashion, but did so to the ordinary working man, making what would later have been regarded as "Wesley-style" tours around the Pennine Dales. . . An examination of the 1851, 1861 etc censuses and of local Trade Directories, should reveal the numbers, sizes and other details of, those Houghton le Spring schools. . . As you will have seen from Google, there is now an "Independent Living Unit" (Old Peoples' Home?) in Houghton le Spring, called "Gilpin House". I have no real idea but would guess that it is either in the same old building (extended?) or else at least on the same site as the original Gilpin House. . . Geoff Nicholson . 57 Manor Park, Concord, WASHINGTON, Tyne & Wear NE37 2BU Ask for details of NBL/DUR family history research in depth by THE local expert, working for YOU.