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Oh my goodness I feel so bad,
I didn't even get a notification for these replies!

Thank you all for your time and effort in decoding and deciphering the Halfway House issue. It was a matter of curiosity as the modern connotation immediately sprang to mind upon seeing it!

I have managed to look at all the baptisms for William and Hannah's children except for their first in 1814, Thomas Henry Hope, I didn't manage to find that one. Sarah's mother Mary Ann died really young, aged 18 so I'm not surprised that on the death certificate the son (the informant) didn't know the mother's name. He also didn't know the father's first name, only the surname and occupation.

In August 1827 William and Hannah had another son John Robert, and they were living in Newbottle at that time so they could have been at that 'halfway house' place when those skeletons were found that you mentioned earlier, Gadget.

That map that you posted is brilliant. I zoomed out a bit and found Four Lane Ends, where William and Hannah Hope, along with Thomas Jackson, Sarah Alice Hope, Mary Jane Briggs and James Hope were living in the 1841 Census.

Another thing I couldn't work out was the relationship between Mary Jane Briggs' parents Thomas Briggs and Jane Fouthrop, to the Hope family, as William Hope was a witness to their marriage (as Trish found) and Mary Jane Briggs is with the Hope family in the 1841 Census. Also Trish, I will have a look at FreeREG!

Thank you all for your help, and I'm really sorry I didn't get back to you sooner! I wish the notification system was better

EB

Thanks Monica for having a read,

I should have linked my other posts but I see you found them! 

I hadn't realised that son David remarried in 1857, but I will check that marriage out as that would have been after civil registration and possibly give me a bit more info. I had had a bit of trouble tracing the other children of Janet Spittal and David Brand. I believe the youngest, Euphemia, did not marry but I'm yet to find a death record. I'll have to go and have a closer look! All the other births and marriages that I've seen do not have too much info.

I have had a detailed search through the British Newspaper Archives and nothing has come up of note re. David and Janet. Perhaps I should do a search for the siblings as well. There are a few articles there about George and his adventures.

My Uncle and I are pretty much sure that his parents were David and Janet, but we would love that missing link to corroborate all the work we've put in. So far, not even DNA has helped. We've considered doing a Y-DNA test, but it is unsure whether we will actually get any results. It's our last resort.

I will have a look at that death/burial on SP as well!

Thanks so much for these leads, I appreciate it!

EB.

Thanks so much for that Gadget,
That’s awesome!

EB

Okay thank you for that, I will see if I can find those records!

Hi there,

In November 1866, in the Parish of Little Ouseburn, a house servant by the name of Elizabeth Scandle passes away from premature labour and loss of blood after she is taken from her master's house to the local workhouse to receive medical attention. This made the news as it put my ancestor, her master, James Dalton Gowland in the spotlight. He had apparently done wrong by sending her to a doctor instead of calling a doctor to the house, but the coroner's inquest concluded that he had no part in her death.

All that aside, I'm trying to find out a little more about Elizabeth, her life before her premature death. There is one newspaper article, the Yorkshire Gazette 17 Nov 1866 that tells of the circumstances to her death, but not to her previous life. I have ordered her death certificate but it has given me no extra information. I can't find her on Census records at all either.

Unsure where to go from here, or maybe I'm missing something with the Census search.
I would be grateful for your help!

Thanks,
EB.