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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Gateshead Fell & Sheriff Hill
« on: Tuesday 22 August 17 21:37 BST (UK) »
Thanks guys 
Very helpful, will be adopting this from now on.
Very helpful, will be adopting this from now on.
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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Gateshead Fell & Sheriff Hill
« on: Tuesday 22 August 17 10:22 BST (UK) »...https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQBC-N2L
Reference is HO107; Piece: 296; Folio: 15; Page 25
If you go to the 1st page, there should be a description of the enumeration district....
Hi KGarrad,
Can you explain how(where) to search for particular pages please?
I'm a bit clueless about all things Enumerator I'm afraid.
Thanks
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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Gateshead Fell & Sheriff Hill
« on: Monday 21 August 17 11:31 BST (UK) »Was my reply #3 of any interest
Stan
Hi Stan,
That map is brilliant! Thank you.
The map has Wrekenton on, which is particularly close to my heart, as my GG Grandfather moved there from Galway, Ireland.
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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Gateshead Fell & Sheriff Hill
« on: Monday 21 August 17 10:04 BST (UK) »This map may help you to locate the area. From the enumerator's walk, Team Waggon Way is mentioned, and the map shows Team Colliery with a railway line close by.
http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#
Thanks BumbleB, that is a very handy link
In 2008 member 'MIS' posted "Gateshead Fell 1800's, 1900s. Can I help anyone?".
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=336723.0
This forum was closed by moderator 'sillgen' in May 2012.
Is anyone living near there able to pick this one up?
My GG Grandfather lived on Sheriff Hill in the 1841 Census.
I would like to find what the actual address was and if the house is still there.
The Census Page is at http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=uki1841&indiv=try&h=4901729
Name: James Soppet age 30. Also his wife Rebecca and 5 children.
Hi jonsops,
I live a couple of miles away, if you can get an address from a later Census, I can take a look for you.
A number of my ancestors lived (and died) in Gateshead Fell & Sheriff Hill, and I was born at the Hospital across the road
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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Census Enumerator Books
« on: Saturday 13 May 17 08:52 BST (UK) »...The 1911 census that we are currently viewing which only shows one household per schedule are the individual schedules themselves, filled in by the householder. You can now also view the enumerator's summary book on the same site, at no extra cost, provided that you have already paid to view the individual schedule...Nell
Just wanted to give this a 'bump' as I stumbled across this yesterday on FindMyPast.
Helped me to identify that my Grandfather lived 7 doors away from his future Mother-in-law, and 17 doors away from his future Father-in-law in 1911, when he was 9 yrs old (he was closer in age to both, than his future wife).
Bottom right hand corner of FindMyPast 1911 Census image, look for 'Related images'.
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Family History Beginners Board / Re: What is the most interesting or surprising discovery you have made?
« on: Saturday 29 April 17 16:14 BST (UK) »...Do we make unconscious decisions based on our ancestral make up?
Hmm. My wife and I called our son Thomas. Turns out fully a quarter of the 80 odd direct male ancestors I've found were called Thomas as well!
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Family History Beginners Board / Re: What is the most interesting or surprising discovery you have made?
« on: Saturday 29 April 17 07:44 BST (UK) »Finding that the person i knew as my grandma's brother was, in fact her son, and wondering if my dad had any idea he had a half brother.
Family secrets!
The 1911 Census led me to solve a 60 year mystery for my mother "How am I related to Uncle Joe?" She knew he was a relative, but none of her 9 Aunties & Uncles could tell her...big mystery.
Turns out 'Uncle' Joe was really her Grandfather's nephew. Her Grandfather had a sister (born out of wedlock in the 1870s, as he himself was) who nobody talked about. None of the Aunties and Uncles knew they had an Aunt.
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Family History Beginners Board / Re: What is the most interesting or surprising discovery you have made?
« on: Friday 28 April 17 15:28 BST (UK) »
Great, Great Grandfather shot and killed Great, Great, Great Grandmother in a gun accident. A surprising discovery at the time but I vaguely remember as a boy my Grandfather talking about something like this but no one else in the family remembers the story.
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Family History Beginners Board / What is the most interesting or surprising discovery you have made?
« on: Friday 28 April 17 11:13 BST (UK) »
Hi all,
I've been 'doing my Family History' for about a year now and I have learned so much, which got me thinking of the most interesting/surprising discoveries I have made so far...
The most thought-provoking discovery I have made is that both my wife and I are descended from 2nd Spouses at our GG Grandparents stage. If 1st spouses had not died, neither of us would be here. Reminded my of the section from Bill Bryson's 'A Short History of Nearly Everything' about how unlikely it is that we as individuals are here.
The most interesting discovery is that I am only the 3rd literate generation on my paternal line. Nobody before my Grandfather could read or write (that I know of).
The most surprising discovery, whilst I am from a long line of illiterate Irish farmers & Welsh miners, my wife's ancestry is somewhat more 'refined'. A long line of multi-millionaire merchants, professionals, royalty, and a GG Grand Uncle who has a crater on the far side of the Moon named after him!
How about you?
Regards
Graeme
I've been 'doing my Family History' for about a year now and I have learned so much, which got me thinking of the most interesting/surprising discoveries I have made so far...
The most thought-provoking discovery I have made is that both my wife and I are descended from 2nd Spouses at our GG Grandparents stage. If 1st spouses had not died, neither of us would be here. Reminded my of the section from Bill Bryson's 'A Short History of Nearly Everything' about how unlikely it is that we as individuals are here.
The most interesting discovery is that I am only the 3rd literate generation on my paternal line. Nobody before my Grandfather could read or write (that I know of).
The most surprising discovery, whilst I am from a long line of illiterate Irish farmers & Welsh miners, my wife's ancestry is somewhat more 'refined'. A long line of multi-millionaire merchants, professionals, royalty, and a GG Grand Uncle who has a crater on the far side of the Moon named after him!
How about you?
Regards
Graeme