Joh Henry SPINK, Amble, Northumberland

[wildgoose]

Is anyone researching the SPINK family in Amble, Northumberland.  If so please get intouch.  I have a John Henry SPINK b1883 in Amble.  Although the other SPINKs children were born in Yorkshire.  For some reason they moved up to Amble and then back down to Yorkshire.  Why? I haven't a clue.  I can only assume they had family up there.
Any help would be appreciated.

Name:   Thomas SPINK
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Birth:   2 2 1841   21 Paleys Gallerys, Marsh Lane, Kirkgate, Leeds, WRY1
Occupation:   Coal miner
Father:   William SPINK
Mother:   Mary Ann BALL
Spouse:   Hannah HAYES
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Birth:   1838   Leeds, WRY
Other Spouses:   CLARK

Children:
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1 M:   William CLARK (Step)
Birth:   1856   Leeds, WRY.
Occupation:   Coal miner.
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2 M:   Thomas CLARK (Step)
Birth:   1861   Leeds, WRY.
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3 M:   Joseph SPINK
Birth:   1864   Leeds, WRY.
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4 F:   Mary A SPINK
Birth:   1869   Leeds, WRY
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5 F:   Sarah Emma SPINK
Birth:   13 4 1871   Half Acres, Castleford, WRY2
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6 M:   George SPINK
Birth:   2 6 1873   Back Castle St., Castleford, WRY3
Occupation:   Coal miner (hewer)
Spouse:   Frances
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7 M:   Jim SPINK
Birth:   10 5 1875   5 Bridge St., Castleford, WRY4
Occupation:   Coal miner
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8 M:   John Henry SPINK
Birth:   6 3 1883   Amble, Alnwick, Northumberland5
Death:   1954   Normanton Parish Church, WRY
Occupation:   Coal miner
Spouse:   Charlotte Annie May PRATT
Marriage:   24 2 1912   The Register Office, Wakefield.6

[CarolBurns]

Hi Wildgoose

They probably moved up there for work as the father was a coalminer. Some of my hubby's family were miners and lived around the Amble area.

Have you tried the 1881 census to see if they were there then?

Carol

[wildgoose]

Many thanks,

In 1881 they are back in Yprkshire.  What puzzled me about the move to Amble was that why move from the middle of the Yorkshire coalfield for a mining jobin Amble?

Dave

[Michael Dixon]

And also why up as far as Amble, passing a million* other pits in Co Durham and Northumberland, on the way to get there.

( * = slight exaggeration )

Also a wee bit of detail.... as far as I know there was no coalmine in Amble.... there was in the Radcliffe/Hauxley area ( about 2 miles south of Amble) and in Shilbottle about 4 miles south of Amble. But Amble was a small port which shipped the coal out.

Michael Dixon,
Blyth, Northumberland

[wildgoose]

Only thing I could think of was that they had family up there.