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Berkshire Lookup Requests / Re: Badcock -Abingdon
« on: Monday 31 January 22 18:50 GMT (UK)  »
Think I have a deed of sale somewhere for some land in Oxfordshire, sold by a Richard and William Badcock. It has their signatures and wax seal of some kind of bird on it.

Think it said that Richard lived in Radley and William in frilford in Marcham.

Assume it’s the same family

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Durham Lookup Requests / Re: Whitburn Durham request
« on: Saturday 23 January 21 21:32 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: joanyjojo on Sunday 21 January 18 08:53 GMT (UK)
Hi thanks for your reply My Grandfather was Menter (note the spelling of the name with an 'e' rather than an 'o'.  he was born "around 1900" according to the record I have seen - I have him in a census aged 11 living at Ann Street which I believe is or was in Hendon Sunderland.
Menter married Jane Stephenson in June 1927 and they had 3 children: Joan I'm named after her),
Raymond and my father Norman.  All three children were given the middle name of Stoker and I have been told by a cousin that this was because somewhere in the family tree - possibly Menter's mother was called Sarah Stoker.
Menter sadly died at age 44 leaving Jane (who we all knew as Nanna Jenny) to bring up her 3 children alone.  she did remarry some years later.
I think the connection to this line of descent came because of the unusual Christian name of Menter and also the connection with the middle name of Stoker.
I am exploring lots of options but according to my cousin we are in some way connected to the original William Wilkinson and I have now just seen that his father was called Thomas to I'm pleased to have been able to go back even further.  It was very interesting to visit Whitburn Parish church and actually see Williams grave and also see the house that he had built for him -  he was clearly a wealthy man of some importance in the local area.
I also found a document relating to marriages at Whitburn Church and there are two listings for William Wilkinson - he married Sarah Wilson on 8th September 1760 but then there is a wedding listed between William Wilkinson and Isabella Robinson on 1st May 1782.  I wonder if this would explain children out of wedlock or perhaps two separated lines of children.
I am very new to all of this and sadly as my grandfather died when my father and his siblings were quite young I have very limited knowledge of his family history
Any help will be great
Thanks in anticipation.

Hello he’s down as a bachelor when he married Isabella Robinson and she’s a spinster. He has connections with Newcastle Upon Tyne, Whitburn and Monkwearmouth. I’m sure there should be a parish record for the children of a wealthy man, whether you can access it is another matter.

Good luck

John

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Durham Lookup Requests / Re: Whitburn Durham request
« on: Sunday 21 January 18 17:12 GMT (UK)  »
Sybil Reader wrote a book on Whitburn, there is a section in there on William Wilkinson and the house. It's called Olde House now, A wealthy businessman built a house on the bank opposite and took the name of Whitburn House.

As for any further assistance with the tree, I haven't got a clue. Took a look, realised that there were endless possibilities and no census and gave up.

If you find anything of interest I would like to know myself. 








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Durham Lookup Requests / Re: Whitburn Durham request
« on: Saturday 16 April 16 09:43 BST (UK)  »
the quest for the missing scans. Hope this person responds, but I suspect that the only way you will see these scans is a trip to Durham or an offer from somebody in Durham to look them up next time that they are in the records office. when I went to Durham records office the lindisfarne gospels were on show so the family history centre was relocated to a new building. When I requested to access bishopwearmouth parish records for the years not shared with family search for BT's they told me that the only records that they have to view are the same as the ones already shared on the Internet. When I asked to see Whitburn St Mary they said the same thing and that I'd have to refer to a book of transcripts for the parish and no original scans are available. I wonder how the person on this forum managed to get copies???

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Durham / Southwick, Durham
« on: Thursday 16 May 13 02:10 BST (UK)  »
Can anybody out there tell me if "Waterloo Place" and "Waterloo Street" in Southwick, Durham, England are the same street please? Not to be confused with the two seperate streets in Bishop Wearmouth.

I ask because the first page of the census index says that "Waterloo Street" will be covered and I've been through the whole census booklet with no sign of a "Waterloo Street" but it has entries for "Waterloo Place" which isn't mentioned on the first page of the census book.

Then sometime around 1891 "Waterloo Place" appears to be missing from the census and "Waterloo Street" is named instead. But it's between the same streets in the census return as "Waterloo place" was in earlier census returns.

Can anybody confirm they are the same place or point me in the right direction for "Waterloo Street" in the 1861-1871 census, England

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Durham / Re: Sunderland minster, st Michaels & all angels
« on: Wednesday 20 February 13 13:31 GMT (UK)  »
That's probably the website I was thinking of the map box looks similar. Thank you for the help

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Durham / Re: Sunderland minster, st Michaels & all angels
« on: Tuesday 19 February 13 20:41 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you for the help. Do either of you know of a website online that allows me to view old maps of Durham and Northumberland? I found a website some time back and it came up in a map viewer box like google maps but I could select the year in a drop down box to the side and see Sunderland as it was during all of the census years. It was a great site but I can't find it anymore

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Durham / Re: Sunderland minster, st Michaels & all angels
« on: Sunday 17 February 13 23:07 GMT (UK)  »
Would monumental inscriptions cover headstones and tombs?

John

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Durham / Re: Sunderland minster, st Michaels & all angels
« on: Sunday 17 February 13 16:53 GMT (UK)  »
My knowledge of genealogy is you find the correct BMD records and census matches and you use them and parish records to trace your tree. I've never put any further thought into what other records might exist to assist in my research after a death.

Where would I find out about monumental inscriptions at the church?

My way of thinking is surely a church kept records of the dead buried in each plot?  I think stan has said this information is recorded so a headstone is no longer necessary. I need to find out where to find it? What am I searching for stan and who do I need to ask?

John


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