parish records Bishopwearmouth

[frenchdressing]

Hi,

I have the marriage cert. for my ancestors Joseph Clementson and Caroline Whitecross who were married at the Parish Church Bishopwearmouth on the 28 Jan. 1839.

I'm intrigued by the fact that one of the witnesses is also Joseph Clementson. I'd be really grateful if anyone has access to the PR of Bishopwearmouth to see if there really was another Joseph Clementson or if there's been a mistake in the transcription.

I'm stuck on that side of my family as my Joseph wasn't born in Durham and only stayed there for a few years and I can't trace his father, George Clementson. Did he go there because he had family up there???

Regards

French

[Necromancer]

seen this site ?

http://www.durhamrecordsonline.com/

[frenchdressing]

I've already tried that site but there aren't any records for Joseph and Caroline.

French

[jwilko]

Yes the bishop wearmouth records are very poor online. Even with the page and folio numbers for census they are missing from ancestry. Ancestry does not have all of the census records for the UK.

The parish records are terrible in this location also. Lots of gaps. Ithink they hold some records back so you have to buy them from companies online.

[aries1]

Hi

I live in Sunderland and I have a Joseph Clementson in my family tree. He was married to Mary and they had a daughter, Jane b. 1776 in Lanchester.

Best Wishes
Pam

[2zpool]

Hmmm.  My index has the marriage between Stephen Clementson and Caroline Whitecross for 28 Jan 1839. 

There is a baptism in Jarrow of a George Clementson 31 Dec 1815 s/o George and Mary.

Janis

[frenchdressing]

Thank you Janis and Pam.

Your answers are both very promising. I had almost given up on that branch of my family although I still have the Clementson family name.

Caroline Whitecross definately married Joseph Clementson on 28 Jan 1839 as I have the marriage cert.
Was Stephen Clementson the witness instead of Joseph as marked on the marriage certificate ? It would be interesting to see the original church entry.

On the 1941 census Joseph and Mary were living in Monk Hesleton Durham with their daughter Mary born 1840.

Perhaps Joseph who was born in 1817 was the son of George and Mary and named their first daughter after his mother?

 On all the census returns from 1851, Joseph is marked as being born near Wigan, Lancashire but after hours and weeks of searching I have never found a baptism for him in Lancashire.

Caroline was born near Newcastle but was baptised in Houghton le Spring the same day as several of her brothers and sisters.

In 1851 they were back living near Wigan where they stayed until their deaths.

I don't know if Clementson was a common name in Durham.

Best wishes.

French