Happy new year everyone. Hoping that at least some of your brick walls will come tumbling down. Roy has posted an interesting comment recently (elsewhere) about maternal lines so I thought I would post something here on mine in the hopes that someone will have some ideas. Me - Christine Mary (nee) BOYES / Mother - Olive Mabel CHATTERTON b. 1914 Ferryhill co. Durham d. 1992 St George's Hospital Tooting / Grandmother - Alice FOSTER b.1876 Pudsey Yks d. 1943 Ferryhill Co Durham / Gt grandmother - Hannah WOODWARD b 1843 Thornton Bridge Helperby Yks d.1920 Bishop Monkton Yks / 2x gt grandmother - Sarah CLARKSON b about 1810 Arkendale Yks d ? / 3x gt grandmother - Elizabeth CLARKSON stuck Sarah Clarkson's birth is in the Arkendale PRs but no relevant entries before this. For the post 1837 births, I have the certificates. Elizabeth Clarkson is the lady from whom I inherit my mt DNA so I would like to try to trace her back a bit further. It is some time since I looked at this line, but it would be interesting to see Elizabeth's origins. Many thanks Chris

Re Sarah: A quick check of censuses shows that Thomas and Sarah were living with their son in Durham in 1881 - there is a death registered at Auckland, Durham July quarter 1882. The date of birth on the certificate is 1804. The age she gives on censuses gives a year of 1803. The Arkendale records are at North Yorkshire Archives - keep an eye open for when one of the group members is visiting and offers look-ups. Wendy -----Original Message----- From: CHRISTINE WILLOTT via Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2014 12:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [YORKSGEN] brick walls and maternal lines Happy new year everyone. Hoping that at least some of your brick walls will come tumbling down. Roy has posted an interesting comment recently (elsewhere) about maternal lines so I thought I would post something here on mine in the hopes that someone will have some ideas. Me - Christine Mary (nee) BOYES / Mother - Olive Mabel CHATTERTON b. 1914 Ferryhill co. Durham d. 1992 St George's Hospital Tooting / Grandmother - Alice FOSTER b.1876 Pudsey Yks d. 1943 Ferryhill Co Durham / Gt grandmother - Hannah WOODWARD b 1843 Thornton Bridge Helperby Yks d.1920 Bishop Monkton Yks / 2x gt grandmother - Sarah CLARKSON b about 1810 Arkendale Yks d ? / 3x gt grandmother - Elizabeth CLARKSON stuck Sarah Clarkson's birth is in the Arkendale PRs but no relevant entries before this. For the post 1837 births, I have the certificates. Elizabeth Clarkson is the lady from whom I inherit my mt DNA so I would like to try to trace her back a bit further. It is some time since I looked at this line, but it would be interesting to see Elizabeth's origins. Many thanks Chris ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message