Hi Ann Wonder if it is any use me trying the Keighley History forum for you...................................certainly Gilstead Lane, sounds like a Bingley address. Send me the pictures and I will add them to our Forum with a copy of your e-mail.....after all more fingers in the pie and all that. Jan in Bronte Country Webmaster & archivist for Keighley Local History Society keighleyhistory.org.uk -----Original Message----- From: eng-yks-bradford-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-yks-bradford-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Ann Burns Sent: 19 November 2007 20:07 To: ENG-YKS-BRADFORD@rootsweb.com Subject: [YKS-BRADFORD] seeking living descendants of Joseph Sunderland and Ann Stansfield Hello I am in Ottawa ON Canada and planning a trip to England next Spring. If at all possible I would like to contact any living descendants of my gg grandparents: Joseph and Ann (Stansfield) Sunderland. Most of the family worked in the textile industry in the 19th century - not exactly a unique occupation. Joseph Sunderland was born about 1828 in Halifax, Yorkshire and died in Sept 1904 in Bradford. I believe his mother's name was Rachel but have no proof at this time. Ann Stansfield was born in 1828 in Coldedge, Yorkshire and died sometime between 1861 and 1868, probably in Bradford as the family continued to live there. Joseph married Faith Robertshaw in 1869 but they had no children. The children of Joseph and Ann were: Thomas b. 1850 in Halifax; the remaining children were born in Bradford: Rachel b. 1853; James b. 1855; John b. 1858, Stansfield b. 1859; and William b. 1864. In 1901 Joseph and Faith lived at 37 Mildred St. James is my great-grandfather. He married Frances Core (parents Wm Core and Ann/Nanny Holdsworth) in 1878 and I have that Sunderland line complete to the present day - all in Canada and the US. James died in 1888 and Frances emigrated to Ottawa, ON Canada with the children in 1889. Tracing the family of Frances Core in Yorkshire is a matter for another day. John married Clara Sykes in 1881 and they had six children that I know of: William, Harold, Ann, Edith, Ruth, and John Jr. Ann and Ruth never married. Edith married ? Whitwham; Harold died in 1909. It is particularly the families of John Jr. and William that I may have the best luck in trying to trace. Ann, Ruth and Edith were living in Bingley until at least the 1960s but we lost track of them when my grandmother died in 1969. They have all passed away but I'm not certain when. In 1901 the family lived at Filter Beds House (???) in Bradford - the next address on the census page is Gilstead lane. After Clara's death, John married Hannah Town in 1906. I have a photo of the girls in 1917 and one of the family taken a few years later. Stansfield married Mary Ann Mowbray in June 1882 in Bradford. They had four children: Mary E b. 1883; Lucy b. 1885; Stansfield b. 1889 d. 1893; and Joseph b. 1891. To date I have not confirmed any information later than the 1901 census for this family. In 1901 they lived at 37 Wingfield Mount. William may have married Mary Barber (still uncertain this is the right William) - and they had children Joseph b. 1887, and John and Grace both b. 1890. However, I'm still unable to absolutely connect them as I have not seen the marriage certificate to verify that this is the right couple. They lived on Maperton (?) road in 1901. There was a Rachel Sunderland who married Thomas Davison Cummins in 1876 - and the ages fit in census of 1891 - but no other reason to simply accept this as the correct Rachel and family. All whose names I know would have certainly died by now so I don't know what names to even look for today. I have access to ancestry.com but all roads lead to confusion past 1901. In fact, there may be nobody left in Yorkshire but I have no information to suggest where else to look from where I sit here in Canada. I don't know the churches they would have attended - I believe they were Baptists but not regualr church goers according to family lore. The IGI has not provided anything more definitive. I would appreciate any suggestions as to where I should search from here. I'm quite willing to purchase certificates from the GRO if I can be reasonably certain it's the right family but at 7 GBP each it's a bit expensive to stab in the dark. Thank you. Ann Burns Ottawa ON Canada ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-YKS-BRADFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.0/1139 - Release Date: 19/11/2007 12:35