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Northumberland / Re: Isabella Middlemass, Lowick
« on: Wednesday 10 August 16 09:10 BST (UK)  »
How do you know her mother was Elizabeth? She's not named on Isabella's deatht certificate.

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Northumberland / Re: Isabella Middlemass, Lowick
« on: Tuesday 09 August 16 09:54 BST (UK)  »
I have Middlem*ss in my line and I have collected quite a lot of Northumberland Middlem*ss data. I am interested in identifying these people - please could you give more information.

How did you arrive at these names and birth dates? Where was Isabella in the censuses? Is this John Cockburn family yours? ... etc ... thanks.

Kath

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Knarsdale was/is not a nuclear town in the same sense as Alston, but a parish extending along part of the River South Tyne valley between Haltwhistle and Alston. Sadly a Google map can be quite misleading, because very few landmarks are recorded; however, if you are in UK and have access to Bing maps, there is an Ordnance Survey detailed map option which shows Merryknow a mile or so south west of Knarsdale Town Green (enter "Knarsdale, Northumberland").

To see the extent of Knarsdale parish the southern boundary runs roughly along the route of the  Thornhope Burn and the Barhaugh Burn - Thornhope, Williamston in Knarsdale parish, Lintley farm in Kirkhaugh parish. In the north the main road A689 takes a west (left hand) turn at Lambley. The parish boundary runs roughly along the Glendue Burn a couple of miles south of Lambley - Eals in Knarsdale parish, Whitwham and Tows Bank in Lambley parish.

Merryknow today is, I believe, a couple of buildings occupied by a single family, but in the 1700s there were a few families together, mainly Wallis and Walton, with the occasional mention in the parish transcript of Parker, Moor and Bell.

Alston parish registers begin 1701. There is no extra information recorded for your Bells ...
Thomas Bell of Aldston buried Jan 23 1754 (probably 1755, as the record appears displaced)
Ann Bell of Alston buried Jan 4 1764

A word of warning ... You will have found that the name Bell is very common in the area, so although I have quite a lot of Bells in my own database I hesitate to comment on an isolated query without knowing the ancestral route by which you have reached the family at Merryknow. Any Bells at Merryknow may not actually be connected with Bells in Alston. Sorry I have not tracked your previous Forum messages, but be sure to extend your research "sideways" as well as direct line, in order to be sure you have the right family line.

Hope that helps.
Kath


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Merry Know or Merryknow in Knarsdale, Northumberland has these location coordinates ...

Latitude: 54.87429518738862, Longitude: -2.514856177337606


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Northumberland / Re: Gordon Square Wallsend
« on: Wednesday 02 February 11 12:38 GMT (UK)  »
Just read this thread. The Wallsend Gordon Square was just about where the Forum Shopping centre is now. It was demolished in the early 60s, or maybe a bit before - probably to make way for the Forum. There is a Flickr photo of tenement-style buildings, with washing lines strung across ... that could be right, if my childhood memory serves me well (likely it doesn't, of course).
Hope this helps.
Kath

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Cumberland Lookup Requests / Re: Cumbria FHS pre-1986 article J V Harrison
« on: Monday 21 June 10 21:59 BST (UK)  »
Hi Geoff

Thank you so much for your quick reply. The witness Hugh Armstrong was probably Mary's brother and twin of Robert who was supposed to have made the journey at the same time.

Interesting to know that this info is available online. As a result I have now subscribed to Cumbria FHS  ... who knows what other goodies I have been missing.

Thanks again  :)
Kath

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Cumberland Lookup Requests / Cumbria FHS pre-1986 article J V Harrison
« on: Monday 21 June 10 12:33 BST (UK)  »
I am trying to locate evidence for the marriage of my gt-gt grandparents who were apparently married at Gretna Green on 30th June 1849. They are not listed in the Achievements Gretna website, although a sister is there.

I have been informed by a distant cousin that the marriage was recorded in a Cumbria FHS newsletter article by J V Harrison - she adds the comment "this would be before 1986".

My ancestors John Parker and Mary Armstrong were from Knarsdale. Mary's brother Robert Armstrong was said to have married Sarah Bailes on the same day.

Since the Carlisle Records Office is currently closed, can anyone suggest how I might locate and/or search pre-1986 FHS newsletters.

Thanks, 
Kath

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