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Thank you PaulineJ and emeltom for your replies. I don't have the marriage certificate (due to cost), but I might get it at some point if I can't get anywhere without it.

I don't know why I had discounted the Teesdale birth, I think my brain was so focussed on looking for entries in Durham I didn't even properly notice the Teesdale one. I'm not very familiar with the Durham area so I wasn't sure how near Teesdale was.

I had noticed the 1861 census with the 3 year old John Richardson living with his grandparents and wondered if it could be 'my' John, but I hadn't connected it with the birth record. This does indeed look like it could be the right John Joseph Richardson. Thank you so much for all your help!

I am trying to find the correct birth for Christopher Calvert who married Mary Allison in 1788 in Stockton. I have Mary in 1851 living in Northallerton, listed as widowed and a pauper. I believe she died in 1852 in Northallerton. There is a birth of a Christopher Calvert in 1764 in Brompton, Northallerton (death in 1819), born to Thomas calvert and Jane. This seems quite likely to be the correct birth (and death), but I don't know how to make sure.

Hi seaweed,

I did not know any of this, thank you so much for all your help. I don't subscribe to Ancestry but as soon as I am well enough to get to the library I will search Ancestry there to see if I can find any record of him. I am reasonably sure he died around 1867 so that would explain you not finding him in that period. Thank you so much for providing the links as well, my knowledge of all things ship related is almost non-existent so it would have taken me ages to find the right place to look.

James Pearson, master mariner, was born in 1822 in South Shields to Robert Pearson (a maritime pilot) and Isabella Green. James married Elizabeth Morris in 1841 and they had four children that I know of; John Morris Pearson (1861-1861), Robert Pearson (1843-?), Margaret Pearson (1846-1930) and Mary Elizabeth Pearson (1856-1864).

I have what I hope is "my" James in the 1861 census in Military Road, South Shields. His wife and two daughters are living at Green's Terrace, South Shields at this time. I haven't managed to find him in 1841 or 1851 so far.

I am hoping to find out more about the ships James worked on and how he died. I found a newspaper article giving a possible death in 1867 in Copenhagen, but no cause of death was given. I know James died between 1861 and 1871 as his wife is listed as married in 1861 but widowed in 1871.

If anyone can find out more information about James, or suggest where I should look myself, I would be very grateful. Thank you!

I am trying to find the birth of James Shuttleworth, as well as any information for his parents. I know James was born around 1817 and that he was the son of William Shuttleworth. One census has James listed as being born in Scotland, but I do not know for certain if this is accurate. Both James and his father were labourers.

James married Harriet/Harriott Green in Wallsend, Northumberland in 1841. Harriet was born in Yarmouth and is the daughter of Benjamin Green, exciseman. James died in 1843 aged 26, around the time of the birth of his only son, William.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you