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Hello,

I've recently found out that my great-grandfather's family were living at "Carr's House, East Denton" at the time of the 1871 census.
Could anybody advise as to whether Carr's House was actually likely to be a house, or was it part of East Denton?
I found "Carr's Drift" on the map of East Denton at www.oldmaps.co.uk, so I realise there's a strong possibility of a connection there and that Carr's House could have been close by, but if anyone has more definitive information I'd be very pleased to know.
Further, any info on "Carr", maybe he was the owner of the mine, would be very welcome too.
Thanks for looking, best regards, Paul

Hello All,

I've just found out from my grandfather's birth certificate  that at the time of his birth my great grandfather's occupation was "medical bottle packer". This was in August 1917, the family were living in Markfield Road, Tottenham.
Does anyone have ideas as to where, companies or factories, he may have been employed in that area to do that job?

many thanks for looking, Paul

Hi, I have a book that I don't need and will happily send f.o.c. to the first poster to respond.
It is "Bygone Benwell", a collection of 23 photos, with notes by Terry Quinn. All are b&w and date back to early 1900's.
Please reply on this website, not to my email address. I'll contact the first poster offline then to find out your address. This is simply so that I don't get deluged on my email.

best regards, Paul

Hi,

My great-granfather's entry in the 1901 census details that he was a machineer at an ordnance works. Given that he lived in Scotswood I am thinking that it's most likely that this was the well known Vickers Armstrong works.
I am not really clear on what form the company took at that time, ie. was it Vickers, Armstrong or Vickers Armstrong? I have come across a lot of historical reference on the net, but nothing definitive, so if anyone knows from their own research what the set up was in 1901, I'd be grateful to know too.
(Or am I making too much of an assumption, were there other ordnance factories in the neighbourhood?).
Thanks for looking and happy holidays, Paul

Hello all,

I wonder if anyone can offer any enlightenment on the subject of paupery.

My interest is in relation to the entry in the 1861 census for my 3xgreat-grandmother, Hannah Thompson, of Brompton by Northallerton. She was by this time widowed. She married Henry Thompson in 1818, he had been a linen weaver and he died in 1845
In the entry she is  noted as a pauper, which has left me feeling
intrigued and more than slightly ignorant.
The oldest dictionary I have to hand (dated 1911) defines a pauper as "a
very poor or destitute person: one supported by charity or by some public
provision". The first part of that definition fits in fairly well with what
I would have imagined it ought to mean.
Does anyone know if a person had to meet certain criteria at the time of the
1861 (or any other) census to be defined as a pauper, and was it much the
same as the above?
What's curious is that her son, William, is entered at the same address and
he had an income as a linen weaver . The census makes it sound as though he wasn't providing for her.
So although probably poor, were weavers wages so low that she would have
been destitute to the point of needing charity? If so, what charitable
organisations were offering relief to paupers in the village? It sounds as
though she was one stop away from the workhouse!
I suppose these days such a household would be seen simply as an older
relative moving in with their children, I don't think you'd call them a
pauper.. maybe a useful source of babysitting.
Does anyone with access to the 1861 census know how many villagers, and what proportion they were, were recorded as paupers?

Any thoughts on the above would be appreciated, best regards, Paul