Hi Thomas I think this your man: 1891: 26 John Clay? Street, Westoe, South Shields Thomas SHEWAN? Head m. 29 Coal Miner b. Seaham Harbour, Durham Annie wife m. 29 b. East Boldon, Durham Thomas R. son 9 scholar b. Boldon Colliery, Durham **Thomas ROWELL Father in Law widow 60 Cartman b. Wycliffe, Yorkshire I found him on the 1881 census too: 1881: 32 Burns Street, Boldon, Durham Thomas RULE Head widow 50 carman born Wycliff, York. Annie RULE daur unmarried 19 Housekeeper born Boldon, Durham In 1871: 1871 Census, South Shields District Family Number: 19321.7 Boldon 1871 Census, East Boldon, Boldon Colliery, 5 North Row Thomas Rowell, Head, widowed, 40, Cartman, Wycliffe, Yorkshire Mary Rowell, Wife, married, 37, Dressmaker, do Mary J. Rowell, daughter, 16, Boldon Ann Rowell, daughter, 9, Scholar, do Elizabeth Rowell, daughter, 6, Scholar, do Joseph Richardson, lodger, 49, Coalminer, Easington So, you have Thomas ROWELL marrying Mary X sometime before (probably) 1854, judging by Mary J.'s age. Mary X died before 1881 and was born c1834 Yorkshire (Wycliff?). BUT! Then I found him on the 1861 and wife's name has changed! 1861: 1861 Census, South Shields District Family Number: 16265.6 Boldon 1861 Census,East Boldon,North Side Thomas Rowell, Head,married, 30, Quarryman,Wycliffe,Yorkshire Jane Rowell, Wife,married, 28, Boldon Mary Jane Rowell, daughter, 6, Scholar,do Margaret Rowell, daughter, 3, do Elizabeth Rowell, daughter, 2, do So, did he marry twice? First Jane X born Boldon c.1833. Second Mary X born Yorks (poss Wycliff) c1834? or are they one and the same person: you will have to check original census transcripts to find this out. On freebmd, I found the death of a Jane ROWELL aged 34 South Shields Dec 1867. Hope this has given you some useful info. and something to work on! Best wishes Louise ----- Original Message ----- From: "TO Rowell" <rowell_genealogy@hotmail.com> To: <ENG-DURHAM-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 12:54 PM Subject: [ENG-DUR] Rowell- South Shields Hello List, I have been struggling to find my Great Uncle Thomas Rowell born 1831 Wycliffe, Yks. and assumed that he must have died as there has been no sign of him since the 1841 census until now, when I have found him living with his daughter Annie and family at 294 Station Rd, South Shields on the 1901 census. Annie was born at East Boldon 1862, so I assume (Maybe) that Thomas was in this area since that time. Should anyone have access to the 1891 census I would surely appreciate a look up for Thomas and hopefully his wife will be with him as he is a widow in1901. Thanks and Happy Easter to all, Thomas Rowell _________________________________________________________________ MSN Premium with Virus Guard and Firewall* from McAfee® Security : 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines ==== ENG-DURHAM Mailing List ==== This list is only as good as you make it. Please Participate and help keep it interesting! If you do not like or agree with something on the list then your options are:(1)Simply 'delete' the relevant message(s)(2)'reply to that mail off list to the sender only'(3)unsubscribe' from the list!