WilliamJackson

[streat]

Hi
This is my first visit. I am trying to find the parents of William Jackson born in 1828 ish.
On the 1851 census it gives his birth place as Blackwell Houses, Lanks.
His occupation is given as Quarryman. The Jackson's were a mining family living in and around Durham so the Lanks reference is odd. Was Blackwell the name of a coal mine ? Does it mean Lancashire.
Any help would be appreciated.

[velpremus]

Could you supply more info -  such as any census records you have found.

There are too many William Jacksons to check otherwise 

[streat]

The only census is the 1851 because he died in 1960. He married Susan Clark in 1847 and Sarah Ayres in 1855. The Blackwell Houses birth place comes from the 1851 census.
Thanks for your interest

[Barbara.H]

Reference for anyone wanting to have a go at this is 1851 Durham: 
HO107/2393 Folio 571, Page 19

William Jackson, widowed, son in law, 32, b. "Lanks, Blackwell House"
Abram Jackson, 3, b. Thornley, Durham
John Jackson, 1, b. thornley, Durham

Head of house and presumably Williams father in law, is John Clark age 67

Could be Lancashire or Lanarkshire    but it does look like Blackwell something

  Barbara

sorry should have added, Welcome to rootschat Streat

[mosiefish]

Hi,

A warm welcome from me too.

I have been looking as well, but not too sure about the "house" bit at the end.  The enumerator wrote his H with a very curly loop at the end which looks like a "o".  I can`t think what else it could be though.   

I did a street census search for a couple of census and the only address it threw up was Blackwell/Blackwall Buildings in Hulme, Lancs. 

Regards,
Mo

[Barbara.H]

There is a Blackwell near Darlington, which would be a lot more logical if not for that 'Lanks'...

Could it be Blackwell Home?  An institution of some sort? I can see a William Jackson aged 13 at a school in the Bootle-cum-Linacre area of West Derby in 1841, but census does not give the name of the institution!
HO107/519 Book 1, Folio: 52  if anyone is familiar with that area?

  Barbara

[mosiefish]

Hi.

Do you have his marriage certificate to either of his wives?  If so what was the name and occupation of his father? 

Regards,
Mo

[James1950]

There is a Blackwell House  in the Lake District and a mountain range called  Lanks, but I cannot see how this could be described as a place of birth. Blackwell House is stately home near Bowness. Not sure if Bowness was once part of Lancashire?

I would have expected Lancashire to have been abbreviated to 'lancs' not 'lanks' so it is a mystery to me

[noskcaj]

Hi all, I am also interested in the the ancestry of William Jackson. He is a 2nd Great Grandfather of mine. I have both of the aforementioned wedding certificates where he lists his father's occupation as quarryman but he gives different father's names, Edwin on his first marriage to Susannah Clark and Abraham on his second to Sarah Ayre. I'm sure it has to be the same William on both but the father's name difference is a mystery.

His son John (my 1st G/Grandfather) born circa 1950 to his first wife Susannah Clark named one of his daughters Sarah Ayre Jackson obviously after his step-mother. Plus it would appear John had a younger brother Abraham in the 1851 census. I also found a 1841 census record in Bury, Lancashire where a Abraham & Mary Jackson appear to have a large family including a 15 year old son William. Could this be he? Is there a Blackwell House near Bury? That is as far as I have gotten on the subject to date and any further input would be welcomed.