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Down / Re: Dauffer - what does this mean?
« on: Friday 29 November 13 22:36 GMT (UK) »Hi,
Were you researching the name McIntyre.
Best Wishes,
sonoftherock
Hello! No, I've been researching the Surnames Poots and Hyde in this area.
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Hello! No, I've been researching the Surnames Poots and Hyde in this area.
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Northumberland / Re: Knox's/Blacksmiths of Bamburgh
« on: Friday 29 November 13 22:34 GMT (UK) »
Thanks for all this information everyone, it's given me a lot to go on, though time is now quite constrained because I'm now a trainee nurse (unfortunately an English degree and an interest in history has got me nowhere, so I'm retraining).
Just because I know some of you said you were interested in how this develops, I thought I'd update. I've got no further forward with my quest to find out the history of the Blacksmiths shop in Bamburgh, the castle replied and said they didn't keep any information locally but that Newcastle Library and Council offices had their records, but if I dig up anything showing a long-standing connection, please keep them informed as they are always interested in new displays.
However, I've recently got some information from someone who is related by a common ancestor, which I've been checking out. Turns out that David Knox's grandfather was also a blacksmith, but he emigrated from Wooler to Boston, US and did very well for himself. He invented machinery that revolutionised shoe production and he was the alderman and then mayor of Boston and was also on the waterboard. So that has been very fascinating indeed. I've also been quite pleased to see that I've now firmly placed the Knox's lineage in Selkirk, Roxburghshire, which means that it is a possibility that we are descended from the Macfarlane Knox's, which once again is quite interesting and gives me hope that researching this line might be a hobby for some years to come. I'm trying not to get too carried away though and I'm trying to consolidate all the information I have for the generations I was originally working with to make sure I don't make any mistakes further down the line.
Just because I know some of you said you were interested in how this develops, I thought I'd update. I've got no further forward with my quest to find out the history of the Blacksmiths shop in Bamburgh, the castle replied and said they didn't keep any information locally but that Newcastle Library and Council offices had their records, but if I dig up anything showing a long-standing connection, please keep them informed as they are always interested in new displays.
However, I've recently got some information from someone who is related by a common ancestor, which I've been checking out. Turns out that David Knox's grandfather was also a blacksmith, but he emigrated from Wooler to Boston, US and did very well for himself. He invented machinery that revolutionised shoe production and he was the alderman and then mayor of Boston and was also on the waterboard. So that has been very fascinating indeed. I've also been quite pleased to see that I've now firmly placed the Knox's lineage in Selkirk, Roxburghshire, which means that it is a possibility that we are descended from the Macfarlane Knox's, which once again is quite interesting and gives me hope that researching this line might be a hobby for some years to come. I'm trying not to get too carried away though and I'm trying to consolidate all the information I have for the generations I was originally working with to make sure I don't make any mistakes further down the line.
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Northumberland Lookup Requests / Re: Where is the most likely burial place?
« on: Thursday 14 March 13 23:04 GMT (UK) »
Lol - Boo, my husband has worked at Waren Mill and my SIL often works at Spindlestone.
I'd say definately if their children were baptised in Bamburgh it is highly likely that they are buried in Bamburgh churchyard. We'll go and have a look for you at the beginning of next week it's absolutely no problem. I'm getting to the stage where I'm having to pay for records now, so my own research has ground to a little bit of a standstill at the moment and two weeks till I'm at Uni, I've got time to help other people out
I'd say definately if their children were baptised in Bamburgh it is highly likely that they are buried in Bamburgh churchyard. We'll go and have a look for you at the beginning of next week it's absolutely no problem. I'm getting to the stage where I'm having to pay for records now, so my own research has ground to a little bit of a standstill at the moment and two weeks till I'm at Uni, I've got time to help other people out
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Northumberland / Re: WW2 Telephonists at Faraday House (Newcastle?) and Jesmond exchange?
« on: Thursday 14 March 13 22:50 GMT (UK) »
http://www.thecherrytreejesmond.co.uk/AboutUs.html
I think the Jesmond telephone exchange could be this restaurant on Osborne road.
http://www2.newcastle.gov.uk/cab2007.nsf/allbykey/D41EA66FCA2508E78025740200594DA4?opendocument
This shows that Jesmond telephone exhange changed to South of Jesmond Gardens in 1949.
I think the Jesmond telephone exchange could be this restaurant on Osborne road.
http://www2.newcastle.gov.uk/cab2007.nsf/allbykey/D41EA66FCA2508E78025740200594DA4?opendocument
This shows that Jesmond telephone exhange changed to South of Jesmond Gardens in 1949.
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Northumberland / Re: WW2 Telephonists at Faraday House (Newcastle?) and Jesmond exchange?
« on: Thursday 14 March 13 22:44 GMT (UK) »
Apart from that there is a Faraday House, Station Rd, Washington, Tyne and Wear NE38 7LW - but the building certainly doesn't look WWII.
There is also a Faraday Grove in Bensham but once again, no building that looks like what you'd be looking for.
I'm really stabbing in the dark here trying to help.
The main GPO exchange in London was called Faraday house and from reading round on forums on the internet it seems a few Newcastle girls went to Faraday House in London for a little while as relief telephonists?
http://www.skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=6037
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faraday_Building
Here's some information about Faraday house in London if that's what you are looking for.
Also, is this you? Because if not, this person has exactly the same dilemma as you -
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/NORTHUMBRIA/2003-03/1047371462
There is also a Faraday Grove in Bensham but once again, no building that looks like what you'd be looking for.
I'm really stabbing in the dark here trying to help.
The main GPO exchange in London was called Faraday house and from reading round on forums on the internet it seems a few Newcastle girls went to Faraday House in London for a little while as relief telephonists?
http://www.skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=6037
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faraday_Building
Here's some information about Faraday house in London if that's what you are looking for.
Also, is this you? Because if not, this person has exactly the same dilemma as you -
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/NORTHUMBRIA/2003-03/1047371462
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Northumberland / Re: WW2 Telephonists at Faraday House (Newcastle?) and Jesmond exchange?
« on: Thursday 14 March 13 22:29 GMT (UK) »
I know it's old but it might be worth posting in this thread:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=280493.0
Also it might be worth contacting these people:
http://postalheritage.org.uk/page/about
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=280493.0
Also it might be worth contacting these people:
http://postalheritage.org.uk/page/about
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Northumberland Lookup Requests / Re: Where is the most likely burial place?
« on: Thursday 14 March 13 22:08 GMT (UK) »
Also, do you have a more specific address than farm cottages, Budle that could narrow it down? Neighbouring addresses perhaps?
My husband says he's about 70% sure where they are and that they are still there if you wanted us to take a photograph while we are pandering about. My husband is a keen amateur photographer so he really doesn't mind.
My husband says he's about 70% sure where they are and that they are still there if you wanted us to take a photograph while we are pandering about. My husband is a keen amateur photographer so he really doesn't mind.
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Northumberland Lookup Requests / Re: Where is the most likely burial place?
« on: Thursday 14 March 13 22:02 GMT (UK) »
Boo,
Something has occurred to me. I was in Bamburgh churchyard recently doing research of my own. If they lived in Budle it is entirely possible they were buried in Bamburgh church. My husband had relatives still being buried there in the 1980's. The graves are a motley bunch but quite easy to navigate because they are more or less sectioned according to age, the older graves from the 1700's at the front of the church yard and the newer ones towards the back of the church grounds. My husband is pretty sure that if your relative died in Budle that it would be Bamburgh churchyard they'd be buried in, unless they had a family connection elsewhere.
On most documentation I've seen they list Budle as part of Bamburgh, it's literally a couple of minutes up the road and Bamburgh people tend to be buried in Bamburgh and Seahouses people buried in Seahouses. Both villages see themselves as completely seperate cultural identities and even now, villagers of both are proud if they can say several generations came from their particular village. My FIL has always been proud of saying they are "Bamburgh folk". Another area maybe to look is Belford as well, but I don't know when they stopped burying people in St Marys Church and moved to the civil cemetary.
And seriously, if you find out what churchyard I really don't mind - we live within 5 miles of Budle as it happens. The apples never fell far from this family tree!
Something has occurred to me. I was in Bamburgh churchyard recently doing research of my own. If they lived in Budle it is entirely possible they were buried in Bamburgh church. My husband had relatives still being buried there in the 1980's. The graves are a motley bunch but quite easy to navigate because they are more or less sectioned according to age, the older graves from the 1700's at the front of the church yard and the newer ones towards the back of the church grounds. My husband is pretty sure that if your relative died in Budle that it would be Bamburgh churchyard they'd be buried in, unless they had a family connection elsewhere.
On most documentation I've seen they list Budle as part of Bamburgh, it's literally a couple of minutes up the road and Bamburgh people tend to be buried in Bamburgh and Seahouses people buried in Seahouses. Both villages see themselves as completely seperate cultural identities and even now, villagers of both are proud if they can say several generations came from their particular village. My FIL has always been proud of saying they are "Bamburgh folk". Another area maybe to look is Belford as well, but I don't know when they stopped burying people in St Marys Church and moved to the civil cemetary.
And seriously, if you find out what churchyard I really don't mind - we live within 5 miles of Budle as it happens. The apples never fell far from this family tree!
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Northumberland / Re: 1871 Census lookup please - The elusive David Knox
« on: Thursday 14 March 13 21:56 GMT (UK) »Hi,
She's down as Jane Knox and Jane Taylor - she's listed as married but as "agricultural labourers wife"?
If you look at the original census sheet she is clearly Jane Knox
Stan
Thank you - I've got both the transcription and the original record to look at on Ancestry, but I was reading from my notes! I'm pretty sure that's her.