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Durham Lookup Requests / Re: Capt. John Humble, Forfarshire shipwreck
« on: Friday 30 November 12 15:27 GMT (UK)  »
Woops!  Posted too soon.  There were 2 Captain John Humbles of North Shields, probably father and son.  As it looks like you'd both already ascertained, the "John Humble, Master Mariner of North Shields" I spoke of who was fathering lots of children in the 1780s and 1790s was probably too old to have been the Captain John Humble of Forfarshire infamy.   He was already a Master Mariner by the 1790s and would have been elderly by the time of the Forfarshire shipwreck in 1838.  It's more likely that he was the father of Captain John Humble of the Forfarshire.  His son John, baptised 16 April 1781, was likely the Captain John Humble of the ship Forfarshire. Research ongoing.

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Durham Lookup Requests / Re: Capt. John Humble, Forfarshire shipwreck
« on: Friday 30 November 12 14:59 GMT (UK)  »
Diddy,  you're brilliant!  And John Wigham-- your John Humble WAS Captain John Humble's grandson. 

Diddy's breakthrough hints were spot on: I'd been on the wrong track, looking in South Shields because I'd read that Captain Humble was "of Shields."  As it turns out, Captain Humble lived in North Shields.

I'm still researching, but here's what I've found so far:  As Diddy suggested, the Bishops Transcripts for Durham, which include Northumberland, yielded clues as to Captain Humble's family connections.  From these records, I learned that Captain John Humble and his wife Ann Alexander-- who lived in Toll Square, North Shields but were natives of nearby Newburn--had at least two sons and five daughters.

Here's the record with the most info I've found so far: Baptized 8 December 1797: "Margaret Humble, 5th Daughter of John Humble of Toll Sq., Master Mariner, Native of Newburn by his wife Ann Alexander, Native of Newburn." [From Bishops Transcripts of Durham: Northumberland, Tynemouth, 1762-1813. Image # 256 of 835."

Image # 192 of 835 in this same set of records shows that William Brown Humble--the father of John Wigham's ancestor John Humble--was indeed the son of this John Humble who was a master mariner.

Did a quick search for Newburn marriage records-- lots of Humbles in Newburn, but seemingly not Captain John Humble and Ann Alexander.  You'd think if they were both from there that they would have married there.  Lots more to research.

Thanks so much Diddy-- for all of your great suggestions!
Jenny

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Help deciphering cause of death please
« on: Monday 23 May 11 17:02 BST (UK)  »
Ovarian Carcinoma (ovarian cancer)
Peritonial Metastasia (or metastasis-- it spread to the peritoneal cavity)

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Durham / Re: location of Jonswood, County Durham?
« on: Wednesday 14 July 10 14:03 BST (UK)  »
Brilliant!  You've pinpointed it, Jennifer.  With this added information, I have just located an online 1769 map of the area with Hyons Wood clearly labelled as "Jon's Wood." Thank you!  Thank you!  Thank you! to both Jennifer and John, RootsChatters extraordinaires.

Best Regards,
Jenny

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Durham / Re: location of Jonswood, County Durham?
« on: Wednesday 14 July 10 00:40 BST (UK)  »
Hooray--you've really made my day!! Thank you so much for taking the trouble to track this down, John.  I definitely could never have figured this out on my own.  (I was beginning to think that George was playing some kind of trick on the census takers by saying he was from a non-existent place.)  I'm very grateful for all your help.

Best regards,
Jenny


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Durham / location of Jonswood, County Durham?
« on: Tuesday 13 July 10 02:46 BST (UK)  »
Can anyone shed some light on the location of Jonswood, County Durham? One of my husband's ancestors--George Stephenson, a clogger/shoemaker/cordwainer-- was born there circa 1811 according to the 1851, 1861 and 1871 England censuses.   Any and all leads/suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

-Jenny S.


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Northumberland / Re: Loffstadt/Lofthouse, Newcastle/Willington/Wallsend
« on: Wednesday 12 May 10 17:33 BST (UK)  »
Hi Peter-- Thanks so much for the update and the link to historicaldirectories.org--what a fantastic resource! I've been finding lots of little tidbits about various ancestors on the site since you gave me the link.  I really appreciate all your help.  -Jenny

Hi Pat-- Thank you for finding those Swedish Minnesota Lofstedts for me.  I don't know if they're related to my Loffstadts, but I think you're right about the Swedish nationality being a key.  Sounds like my Loffstadts may have originally been of Swedish origin.  Thanks for your help, Jenny


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Northumberland / Re: Loffstadt/Lofthouse, Newcastle/Willington/Wallsend
« on: Friday 07 May 10 16:23 BST (UK)  »
Hi Peter--

It's very kind of you to have done some more checking on Captain Loffstadt for me-- thank you so much!  You told me before that he didn't appear in the Lloyd's Captains list, but he does appear in some local directory of Master Mariners?  Is that a directory you found somewhere in Newcastle or at a library?  I would like to note the name/location of the directory in my family tree.  Thanks so much for all your help!

Best Regards,
Jenny

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Armed Forces / Re: British regiments in Quebec
« on: Friday 16 April 10 15:27 BST (UK)  »
Hi China,

I've just been looking at the Riel family trees, which are a bit confused.  It looks like nobody really knows when Jean-Baptiste Riel, Irish immigrant, was born; but if he served under the Sieur de Lavaltrie--(Lavaltrie was a Lieutenant in the Berthier Company of the Carignan-Salieres Regiment), he would have had to be a grown man by 1660 or so.  The Jean-Baptiste Riel who died in 1753 was estimated to be about 90 years old in the death record, which, if correct, would put his birth year at about 1663.

-Jenny

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