Surname Interests

[Jebbo]

EARL(E) / YEARL and other variants
- Lumley between 1850 and1700
- John (Y)earl & his father Thomas were gardeners at Lumley Castle in the early 1800's
- Looking for birth of Edward (Y)EARLE, married 1750, died 1793

BURLESON / BURLINSON
- Ann Burleson married Thomas Yearl in 1792
- Durham St. Margaret and/or Chester-le-Street circa 1800 - 1760

HAZON
- Mary Hazon married Thomas Burleson in Ryton in 1766
- Died 1801 aged 55 in Chester-le-Street
- Possible birth 1743, Brancepeth

FORSTER
- Ann Forster married John Earl in Chester-le-Street in 1820
- Born circa 1793 from census
- Not researched yet.

PATTISON
- Jane Pattison born ~1844, Sunderland, parent Matthew & Ann
- Not researched yet

COWPER / COUPER / COOPER
- James Cowper was born somewhere in Scotland ~1840
- Married Dorothy Heaviside before 1862 but this eludes me totally
- Traceable in 1871 census and later (possibly also 1861)
- His brother William served in the Sutherland Highlanders (recruited Kirkcaldy, 1852)
- Surviving letter from brother stationed in Rawalpindi in 1860
- Looking for James' marriage to Dorothy Heaviside . . .

HEAVISIDE
- Heighington, Auckland St Helen, Auckland St Andrew 1800 --> 1600
- Dorothy Heaviside's brother Thomas was the first photographer in Durham
- There are four generations in Heighington
- This, EARNGY, REVLAND, and MARSHALL below are tentative.
- Looking for birth of James Heaviside, who married in 1719 (maybe in Auckland St Andrew)

EARNGY
- Jane EARNGY married Michael Heaviside in Newcastle, 1788
- Looking for anything!

REVLAND
- Mary Revland married Michael Heaviside (father of Michael above) in Heighington, 1754
- Looking for anything!

MARSHALL
- Ann Marshall married James Heaviside in Heighington, 1719
- Not researched yet

WANLASS / WANDLESS and other variants
- Mary Wanlass married John Heaviside in 1826
- Born 1800 in Philadelphia; father Robert born in Lumley in 1777
- Loads of Wanlasses in Chester-le-Street parish all the way back to 1583
- All appear related but not all linked yet.
- Needs a lot of effort poring over Chester-le-street parish records

WINDERS / WINDER
- Sunderland area, 1850 - 1750
- In particular, looking for Henry Winders, married in 1788, Sunderland

BURNIP
- Elizabeth Burnip = Mother of Mary Wanlass
- Not researched yet

I really need to plan a trip to Durham to haunt the archives for a week or so

--- Tony Jebson

[Betty Boo]

Hi Tony,

I had a look at the names you listed in Rootchat and I don't know about the EARLY but my husband has the name ERLY in his family tree, the family came from Ireland and one of the children Ann or Annie ERLY married his grandfather Thomas Collins in Ossett in 1915.


Elizabeth

[jeny]

This isnt going to help you at all but my cousins wife was nee Burnip, i dont think it is a very common name, her family are from durham

[The Vicars Wife]

Hi Tony
 

Burial at St Helen's Church, Auckland
5th May 1856 George Heaviside of Butterknowle, aged 29

[Gromit]

Hi Jebbo
I have a Jane Pattison in my tree.  All I know about her is that she was married to Elijah William Crossley who was born in 1830.  They had 2 children Job William & Mary Jane, there may have been more - I haven't really researched it too far yet.  I'm fairly new to it all!  Wonder whether there may be some connection?
Love
Gromit
xx

[Donna M]

I have Forster in my family tree.
Hannah Forster born June 25 1847 Monkwearmouth Durham married William Emmerson born 1847 Sunderland. They were my 3x great grandparents.
Would love to hear from anyone who think they may be connected.
With kind regards Donna

[O1dgobbo]

Hi Tony

I have been looking for the marriage of James Cowper/Couper and Dorothy Heaviside, about 1860, but also without success.  I was interested in the reference to James's brother, William, and the existence of a letter from Rawalpindi - is it in a public archive?

One of Dorothy's granddaughters told her family that her Grandmother was French but I think we can be fairly confident that Dorothy was born in Durham, the child of a John Heaviside and Mary ?Wanless?, who was born in Ouston.  The family also holds a copy of a marriage certificate, 5 Aug 1860, St Cuthbert's Stella, Durham between Peter Couper, Full age, bachelor, Gardener, Blaydon Staithe, Father: Peter Couper, Forester; and Mary Heavside, of Full age, Spinster,-, Blaydon, Father John Heavside, Schoolmaster.  Freebmd lists the marriages of Peter Couper and Mary Heaviside under the same reference, "Marriages Sep 1860 Gateshead 10a 597.  Dorothy had an elder sister, Mary Lavinia, but she married an Irishman, Owen Ranaghan, in 1848 and lived with him until his death in 1895.

I have not found Peter and Mary (or James and Dorothy) in the 1861 census.

[Jebbo]

I haven't seen the letter yet - my aunt heard about it recently and I think my mother cousin has it somewhere near Durham.  I'm hoping to get a copy fairly soon.

As for the 1861 census, I've only found the following possibility:
RG9/3808/117 Blaydon St. Cuthbert
Peter Cauper, Head, Mar, 26, Gardner, Scotland Fife Shire
Dorothy Cauper, Wife, Mar, 27,   Durham

Looking at the scanned image, I'm not even sure the surname is Cauper - it could be something like Cavifer.

Yes, Dorothy Heaviside is the daughter of John Heaviside & Mary Wanless.  She was christened 5 Jul 1830 at Durham St. Oswalds.   John Heaviside's ancestry can be traced back to James Heaviside, married in 1719 in Heighington.  Mary Wanless can be traced (with a bit of difficulty) back to her grandfather John Wanlas, who married in 1761 in Chester-le-Street.  Before that, there is a tangled mass of Wanless's to unravel

--- Tony Jebson
(descended from James Adolphus Cowper)

[KMFRoberts]

Hi Tony,
I also have a host of Wanless' in my tree starting with Henry c1809 from Gateshead and his wife Grace. Their son James c1847 Winlaton married Eliza Pigford in 1879 my 3x Great Aunt. When Eliza died in 1887 he went on to marry Jane Ann Towdoff (or Toaduff) in 1887. She was Eliza's niece, the daughter of my Great Great Grandmother Mary Ann Pigford and her husband Thomas Towdoff.
Eliza and James had a daughter Grace Ann 1880 and he had 6 children with Jane Ann: Mary Ann, Martha, Thomas H, James, John and Robert.
Don't know if there is a link or not?
All the best,
Kate.