Hi people,
In tracing the life of William Sanderson (1798-187X) in Northumberland/Durham, I have found evidence of as many as three women that gave him children between 1825 and 1838 in locations as far dispersed as Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Bamburgh and Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.
The likelihood is that there are several William Sandersons in my data and that I am mixing their families together. But I am finding it very hard to prove that. There were certainly many William Sandersons in the north of England in this period. One was a mariner and one was a lawyer of some sort (in Bamburgh) and a third was a ‘husbandman’. There was even a ship named William Sanderson in operation in this area at the time.
I have tried to trace the lives of his (posited) wives but I can find no data on them.
() Ellen Gardener
() Isabella Amour
() Ellen Blackey who could also be Helen Blakey (or any interpolation of those names).
All women would have been born about 1800, in Newcastle UT or Bamburgh or Berwick UT.
I would like help disambiguating the marriages, which probably includes finding out where these women came from and when they died, and which of several possible William Sandersons they actually married.
I will provide below the data that I have assembled. Apologies that there is so much of it. I don’t expect you all to wade through it, but it is there for reference if anyone participates.
Some of this data comes from a previous conversation on the subject posted on Rootschat about a year back.
Thanks for your help, experts.
-David C
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The data:
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- – 1825-1830, birth of children as obtained from Family Search
Christenings; Presbyterian, Warenford, Northumberland
WILLIAM Sanderson, 25 Nov 1825 (birth 17 Oct, Parents William Sanderson and Ellen Gardener
MARK Sanderson, 25 Sept 1827 (birth 20 Sept, Parents William Sanderson and Ellen Gardener
JOHN Sanderson, 7 March 1830 (birth 26 Feb), Parents William Sanderson and Helen Blakey
- – 2 Dec 1828 marriage to Isabella Amour (obtained from FreeReg)
Newcastle UT
William Sanderson, mariner. He signs X.
- – 25 Sep 1830 baptism of Margaret Sanderson, Newcastle UT. Ouseburn.
Father = William Sanderson, mariner.
Mother = Isabella.
- – 1837 birth cert for Elizabeth Sanderson
1837 July 22 – North Shields
Father = William Sanderson, labourer
Mother = Ellen Sanderson formerly Blackey
Mother was the informant. Address = Lighthouse Bank, North Shields.
Bill Street, North Shields, Tynemouth, NUT
All family members born in this county (Nthbld):
William 1798 43 Labourer
Ellen 1801 40
Mary 1825 16
John 1831 10
Elizabeth 1838 3
Westoe, South Shields
William 1793 58 Labourer born Durham, Sunderland
Ellen 1801 50 born NUT
William 1827 24 son, unmarried, mariner, born northern Bambrough.
Margaret 1829 22, daughter, born Berwick Upon Tweed
Elizabeth 1838 13 daughter, scholar, born Northern Nth Shields
Mark 1851 10 mths, son, born Durham, Jarrow.
Lower Thames Street, Philips Yard, Westoe, St Hildas Chapel, SS
William Sanderson, 1798 (63), Labourer, born Sunderland.
Ellen Sanderson, 1801 (60) , wife, born Newcastle.
Jane Ellen Sanderson, granddaughter, born 1858 SS.
(Living in same street as daughter Elizabeth and her husband)
(I have identified Jane Ellen as the daughter of son William).
WESTOE, SS
2, Johnsons Court, Westoe
William Sanderson, Head, Widr, 1797 (74), Labourer (Dock), Durham South Shields
Living alone.
OTHER NOTES
- – Mary Sanderson born 1825 in Alnwick, to Robert & Mary Sanderson (obtained from FreeReg).
I think Mary was simply living with her uncle William in 1841. Adopted?
- – Mary A Sanderson is a 67-yr-old visitor to her niece’s house in 1891. (Forster family)
She is from Berwick UT.
- – 1859 daughter Elizabeth’s marriage cert.
Father (William Sanderson)’s occupation given as ‘agriculturist’.
I think that WS the mariner and WS the ‘agriculterist’ are two different people.
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