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Durham / Shield family of Gateshead.
« on: Friday 19 June 09 17:39 BST (UK)  »
Shield Family of Gateshead.

My ancestor Beatrice Shield nee Henderson had two sons. After her marriage she lived at Gateshead.

Beatrice was born at Aspatria, Cumberland in 1903 and died in childbirth in 1938 (I think.)

Is anyone else descended from this family or is researching it?

I would be glad to hear any information about their descendants, please.

Sarah
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Unwanted Birth, Marriage, Death Certs H to M / unwanted marriage certificate William Lawson/Beatrice Henderson
« on: Tuesday 16 June 09 16:17 BST (UK)  »
I thought Beatrice was my great-aunt but it's the wrong Hendersons.

Date:5th Feb. 1921 at King Cross Wesleyan Chapel Halifax.

Parents:James Lawson, Thomas Henderson. Bride and groom both living in Halifax.

Sarah.

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Cumberland / RITSON FREARS
« on: Friday 30 November 07 22:09 GMT (UK)  »
My ancestor Ritson Frears travelled from Ravenglass to Bermuda in 1831 to work as a joiner in the royal naval Dockyards, with his wife Betty and son Thomas.  By 1841 they were back in Kent on the way back to Cumbria.  They had eight children altogether so there must be plenty of descendants from this family.  What I am trying to find out at present is....

Where were they all in 1851?  I can find no result in that census.  In 1861 they were in Eskdale.   In 1841 they were at Woolwich, presumably Ritson was working at the Chatham dockyards.

How did they travel up north in 1841?  (Mother, father and five young children)

The railways were only just being built and certainly in Cumbria not until the 1850s.

Where should I be looking to find out about transport at that time?

I have Hunter Davies' book 'A Walk along the tracks'  ( hooray for one of our own Cumbrian authors)

I am most impressed with Rootschat......hope someone out there has one or two ideas.                                   SarahB


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