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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Northumberland => Topic started by: Phodgetts on Thursday 13 September 12 20:35 BST (UK)
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Hi folks, there is a photo of a family portrait on Ebay at the moment. The picture has an address on the back too. Dated 15 November 1916 with an address of what looks like 39 Grey Street, Blyth. There is supposed to be a family name on the back. I have asked the seller for a scan of the back of the picture, but it doesn't really reveal the name. I had thought it'd be nice to try an get the image back to the family.
P
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On 1911 census, the Davidson family, musicians, lived at 39 Grey St, Blyth
Sometime later Bondicar Terrace was renumbered to gobble up Grey St.
Two of the daughters were then aged 6 and 2 yrs.
Michael
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Looks as though their menfolk were away at WW1.... the ages of the 1st, 4th and 5th females are not easily guessed, they "could" be all the same age. Or the 4th "could" be the mother..... or elder sister. Difficult.
Sad to see stuff like this on eBay...
Gen in NBL England
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Sometime later Bondicar Terrace was renumbered to gobble up Grey St.
On the old maps site, Grey Street ran from Renwick Road to Croft Road in 1897, and from Coomassie Road to Croft Road in 1922. By 1937 it has been gobbled up by Bondicar Terrace.
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Just for future reference here is the image. It would be a shame for it to go unrecorded.
P
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A James dAVIDSON,
married Mary Robertson Ferrel,
Morpeth registration district 1898
1901
28 Aldbone Street ?
Cowpen,
RG13/4812
James Davidson,musical instrument dealer,aged 37 born Horton
Mary R Davidson,wife aged 25 born Bedlington
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Jane Robertson Davidson,
birth registered Tynemouth,September 1904
Isabella Dawson Davidson
birth registered Tynemouth,September 1908
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It won't go unrecorded, I bought it and will be framing it for display when I can arrange somewhere. (There are plans for the former United Reform Church on Waterloo Road to include museum dsplays, failing that the Blyth Town Council offices or the Blyth Library)
It may take a while, but it will go on public display.
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Kelly's Trade Directory of Northumberland, 1914 has James Davidson selling musical instruments and teaching music from his unit in Market Place, Waterloo.
( I think this was part of the Central Buildings- facing north)
In a separate listing, in same edition, he is still at Grey Street.
Michael
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I think they are the Ferrel sisters of Bedlington,
would printing it in your local paper be of any use,
there is a Mary Ferrel in an ancestry tree,
but it is locked and private so I cant check if its the same one,
1881 census
Bedlington
4 Store Row
Cambois colliery
RG11/5116
David Ferrell aged 40,born Ireland,miner
Jane Fennell aged 38,born Scotland
Grace D aged 16
John aged 12
Agnes aged 9
James aged 7
Mary aged 5
David aged 3
Thomas aged 1
children born Bedlington
David dies in 1899,and left a tidy sum of money for a hard working miner with a large famly
His wife Jane dies in 1926
Ferrell Jane,widow of 19 Bondicar Terrace Blyth
died January 7th 1926
Probate Newcastle Febuary 1926
to Letitia and Jane Ferrel ,spinsters,
possibly Mary Roberts Davidsons little sisters,
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there is a Mary Ferrel in an ancestry tree,
but it is locked and private so I cant check if its the same one,
Even though the tree is private, is it possible that you can contact the owner by sending them a message? You can send them a link to this forum and subject thread. It would be interesting to learn more.
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Well Phodgetts as you were the person to bring this family portrait to Rootschat,and of course know the area far better than me,without my satnav I go around in circles in Northumberland, have you found any thing to link this photo to the Fennel sisters or have you another family in mind,
I ruined the Sunday dinner following them around the Country,some ended up in Middlesex but the two spinster sisters stayed unmarried as far as I could research,the middle names Dawson and Roberts are used by them to,and I did send a message to the person on ancestry ,they havent returned a message as yet.The Davidsons seem to have disapeared,
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The photo is of Isabelle and Mary davidson, their aunts Leticia and Jane Ferrell and the other lady is, I would guess the girls mother. My mother was the youngest of the 6 Ferrell sisters, daughters of Tom Ferrell a teacher in Blyth.
Could the owner of the photo contact me please. Most of my cousins are in Britain but as can be understood, all our surnames are those of our father's.
One cousin lives just outside Blyth. Thank you.
I joined this site after coming across the photo while searching information regarding my Aunt Belle
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My first teacher at Crofton Primary School in Blyth was called Miss Ferrell. 1951. I think she lived on Marine Terrace.
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Hello,
Of the six girls, 5 were teachers including my mother. Margaret (Peggy) to me, lived on Marine Terrace as did her sister, Mary who was the non teacher. She worked for many years for the Blyth Co-op. Peggy became what we call a Principal, like her father. I attended classes at her school going to Form 1 and 2 while we were visiting from Canada. If it was the same school, there was a model boat on display that had been used to pull people in another boat but i don't remember more than that. The two aunts on the right of the picture were also teachers who never married but I don't know where they taught.
As someone already said, the Davidson father had a music store in town.
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The date I gave should have been 1941, not 1951.
I think the Ferrell sisters lived at 55 Marine Terrace. My maternal GPs lived at no.59 and we lived with them there for a few years during WW2.
There were many unmarried ladies about in those days, so many men killed in both world wars.
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Seeing as you were referring to 1941 I would guess it was either Lettie who lived to be 102 years old or her sister Jjane. When I was a child my aunt Mary Dunn lived at 59 and Peggy Lynn lived at 57. My grandfather Tom lived down the street. I recall going down to play with the Fairbairn (sp) twins in the area. There was also a round pond where we sailed our sailboats but if you were unlucky, they sailed against a stone column in the middle and were hard to retrieve. So long ago. I still have a "Star" sailboat like the one I used to have.
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My grandparents left Marine Terrace around 1950, when Grandpa retired. So maybe that's when Mary Dunn moved in. I remember the house well, I used to sleep in the attic, a spooky place!
And someone called Lynn next door - I wonder if she was from the family of Lynn and Rutherford solicitors?
Amazing how these early memories come back, but for me the wartime memories are the most vivid. When they go I'll know I've entered my dotage ;)
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Peggy and Bill. She was the teacher, my mother's oldest sister. Bill was a sea going engineer and assisted during the Dieppe evacuation. Their son still lives locally.
I remember the brass statue on the stair post and the washroom in the rear yard at 59.
My parents were married at St. Mary's and we were christened there. I think most, if not all the Ferrell family were too.
On my father's side, my great,great grandfather was at one time the station master in Blyth but my grandfather emigrated to Canada in 1905.
Do you know the fellow who started this post after acquiring the photo? He hasn't looked at it since 2012 so not sure he will check back. Is there a way to send private messages to someone on this site? I just signed on when I happened on the photo and hoped to contact him. Thanks
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Welcome to rootschat Frosty :)
The person who started the thread was last on site on Saturday and Alisdair, who bought the photograph, has been on today. They would both be notified of new activity on the thread.
Personal messages can be sent. Click on the persons name to go to their profile page and on the list on the left of the page there is an option to send a pm.
Hope this helps
Christine
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Yes - I forgot to welcome you Frosty :)
I remember the washroom in the backyard too, but not the brass statue on the stairpost.
I think I would have noticed it while I was there, because I used to slide down the bannisters on my tummy, and once fell over headfirst ( panic - minor concussion!)
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I think the ornament was a lady holding a light bulb which could be turned on. A few years back I asked my aunt what happened to it and she said it was left there because the house they moved to was a bungalow duplex with no stairs. It may be something sheet and Teddy bought, I don't remember.
I did send a private message to the person who posted the picture. Thank you for the guidance.
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I Just checked with one of my cousins and the people in the picture are as follows:
Three Ferrell sisters. Mary Davidson (nee Ferrell) on the left, Lettie & Jane Ferrell the last two on the right, and the two young girls are Jeannie and Isabella the daughters of Mary.
Sorry for earlier confusion.
I will scan another picture or two that I have and try and add them for interests sake if I can do so.